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The Torpedo Sphere is one of the most amazing and practical designs in all of Star Wars ships, and is the only thing on par with a Death Star.
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coming from the thrawn revenge mod and playing as the new republic the torpedo sphere is a pain to fight against special early on when the nr only have mc80b and liberty as thier main capitalships
I mean, would it really be 25 Droids total? Could it not be like, 25 Droids per section? I doubt the Empire would count them as part of the compliment.
the B-1 in this seems to be a different droid (suction/magnetic fingers and a 3rd leg), this might have been made pre episode 1
It's detailed because it was part of a Star Wars RPG campaign
far more practical than the death star because you can actually pull the trigger to make good on your threats without reducing all of a planet's resources to a rapidly expanding cloud of plasma and dust
Sounds like the designer really loved to study declassified blueprints of decomissioned naval warships.
WEG wars is still the best SW RPG
Firing the Torpedo sphere: 4 to 10 seconds. Reloading the Torpedo Sphere….(if it was reloaded "manually" like the Buratino 😀 😀 )
Refreshers. Or as those who use small camping trailers call them, the shit-shower-shave room. You could relieve yourself and flush, then stand up and shower, and then shave before stepping out to dry yourself.
It would be one of Megatron’s favorite weapon.
Torpedo Spheres exist so that Star Wars D6 tabtetop RPG players could, "blow up the Death Star," without causing a lore problem. These are substitute targets, six of them if I recall, that your rebel players can score a huge blow to the Empire by destroying one, but let the movie character of Luke, Han, Chewie, and Wedge (and unnamed Y-wing pilot) get the credit for the actual first Death Star.
Personally, I do not like the art of the version that is a hollow sphere with three rings around it. I prefer the basic egg shaped one because it is a mini-Death Star substitute.
Better than just the ball.
I wonder if the grav waves could be used to destroy ships too
NICE VIDEO! At 2:05 to 2:16ish? What is this footage from?
5:02, This scene with all those different weapons attacking the Imperious Class Star Destroyer. It’s literally a “KILL IT NOW,” and “WHY WON’T IT DIE” moment.
In a fantasy setting with the highest number of super cool ships, legendary, iconic designs.. the Torpedo Sphere just falls flat
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The reason Torpedo Spheres kept getting rammed to be destroyed is bad writing. One is probably good, but then "hey, let's all do it," is just laziness on the writer's part. And ships ramming ships don't always lead to complete destruction, but it's a "cooler effect" than saying the ramming ship is now disabled. Even ships during WW1 and WW2 that rammed other ships weren't always sunk; some limped back home (a few in reverse).
Having stated all that, it would be nice to see these show up in something official for Star Wars, even if they were outdated.
Dr. Robotnik made a Death Egg.
1:37: That actually has good precedent. During sieges and other bloody battles it was common to threaten devastating consequences if the enemy didn't surrender. Also on pirate raids they frequently did the same thing, to encourage enemy ships to just surrender.
I doubt the Torpedo Sphere has so view torpedoes per tube as a star fighter, as it is not limited to the same degree.
After all, it´s at the size of a capital ship, a very large one, in fact.
So i would expect it to carry AT MINIMUM 20 torpedoes per launcher, possibly even more in case of extended missions.
But that´s just me as i would think when designing one myself.
The torpedoes on starfighters and the big heavy torps used by capital ships are NOT in any way comparable. The torps delivered by a venator or a torpedo sphere are a couple of orders of magnitude more powerful than the ones delivered by star fighters. The star fighters can deliver them with precision and in great numbers and at such close range they are inside the outer shields, but they are not the ship smashing heavy torps of a capital ship.
2:42 imagine having six of these defending your planet than Golans
That's no angel, is an torpedo sphere
I hate the original design so much
Seeing all those torpedo bays launching in sequence from front to back would be a Real Death Blossom experience!