Talk:CR90 corvette/Legends

Acceleration
Should stuff from the games like MGLT be allowed in articles? Vehicles in space shouldn't have a set top speed, just a top acceleration rate (as the two latest ICS books show). 22 MGLT (or even 100 MGLT) is also ridiculously slow. It should be regarded as a non-Canon game mechanic, IMO. JimRaynor55 03:32, 12 May 2005 (UTC)
 * MGLT was first used by ILM to determine relative speeds of starfighters, although its meaning is unclear. Curtis Saxton has tried to figure it out and produced some interesting results. Unfortunately, the MGLT rating is supported by WEG and computer games. I think that the WookieeProject Starships will eventually determine if we want to keep those types of ratings, or simply offer a relative statement ("as far as a TIE Interceptor" or "Slower than a Y-wing". --SparqMan 04:29, 12 May 2005 (UTC)
 * As MGLT is a behind the scenes measurement, I don't think it has any place within IU articles.--Eion 11:27, 31 May 2005 (UTC)
 * Was MGLT used in the X-Wing novels by Michael A. Stackpole? I can't remember, but I do know he was a fan of the X-wing computer game series. -- Falmarin 03:50, 17 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * It is somehow a function of G, as the new incredible cross-section books suggest. I estimate that 30G equate 1 MGLT. --Gen.d 07:43, 24 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Size
Anyone else notice that the Tantive IV in ROTS looked squatter and with a large engine bay? --SparqMan 14:52, 30 May 2005 (UTC)
 * I believe this is because the designers played around with the design (sigh) and used an image from WEG books or something. Instead of, you know, looking at the actual films. In-universe explanation could be that it was an earlier model, which was later refitted to match later models seen in ANH and ROTJ.VT-16 11:22, 31 May 2005 (UTC)
 * Doesn't seem at all unlikely that in 20 years a ship that started out as a luxory yacht for a senator, and would eventually be used as a covert counsular ship for a Rebel agent would go through at least one major refit.--Eion 11:26, 31 May 2005 (UTC)
 * I think this is probably one area where it may be useful to "suspend" belief, and just pretend it looks the same...Darn, WEG, you've done it again! :) QuentinGeorge 11:31, 31 May 2005 (UTC)
 * This isn't a production error. GL has the original model in his barn, I don't think he forgot what it looked like. He meant for it to look different. We have to reason with that. We can't just throw out a concious creative choice because it makes our lives hard. This is now wire coming out of Ben Kenobi's lightsaber.--Eion 11:40, 31 May 2005 (UTC)
 * I agree, this should be adressed in the article itself. Something about refitting/upgrading the Tantive IV on Bail´s behalf (which is actually mentioned in the ROTS VD). And the fact that CR90s can change certain modules to fit different missions. VT-16 22:57, 3 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * As long as it uses whatever source material can go with that. No reason to conjecturally retcon it for him. The Tantive IV bit should probably go in its article. --SparqMan 23:02, 3 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Sure, it must be nice to be able to cover up all of your gaffs with "creative license" =) While we're at it, what was the point of using CGI Clone troopers in close up shots when an actor would have been cheaper, easier and not move like an animatronic robot? --SparqMan 13:18, 31 May 2005 (UTC)
 * Because it´s easier and quicker to make a CG character stand in front of a CG background than a RL character. Time and money are the considerations here, so that´s what they decided to go with. VT-16 22:57, 3 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * I don't know how accurate of a statement the first part is.--SparqMan 23:02, 3 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * You don´t think integrating a live actor with a CG background is more difficult than doing it with CG ones? Not to mention multiplying them and then integrating each and every one of these actors again. They did it with the wookiees, but they only had a few scenes. The clones appear in much of AOTC and ROTS, and if they deemed the model good enough, they must have decided to use them in faraway and close shots, rather than making a suit for close-ups and integrating it with the digital surroundings. VT-16 23:21, 3 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Ship name
"Corellian Corvette" seems to be a slang term for the ships, the equivalent of calling a Ford F-series an American Truck -- as CEC was the major Corellian manufacturer of starships. CR90 Corvette should probably be the name of this ship. --SparqMan 21:05, 1 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Could probably chop off hte Corellian and still be fine. I just don't think a bunch of alphanumeric article names are all that interesting.--Eion 21:11, 1 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * The need for descriptives was already decided, just curious if "Corellian" is.
 * It certainly lets people know that this is the 'Corellian Corvette' they're used to hearing about. – Aidje talk 23:37, 1 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * The Image helps with that too, but even then a simple sentence in the article could cover it as well. This is no reason to keep an inaccurate title.--Eion 00:09, 2 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Well in all fairness, the title is not canonically inaccurate. Many sources refer to it as such, but been given the vessel name, it seems to make sense to title it with what CEC labeled it, rather than its colloquial name. --SparqMan 00:25, 2 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Dark Lord: The Rise of Darth Vader mentions a Tantive-class corvette (p112, comparing the size of a Corellian freighter to a Tantive-class corvette). Since Tantive IV was named after diplomats from that planet, 'Tantive' doesn't have much to do with the CR90 model. Could this just be a mistake, a colloquislism, or perhaps a completely different ship class? - Kwenn 21:59, 3 Jan 2006 (UTC)
 * Well, it's probably a mistake, but a page could always be made. Admiral J. Nebulax 23:32, 3 Jan 2006 (UTC)

Category
No need to have this in the RA, NR and GE categories. It was a common enough ship class that I think we can keep it under "Capital ship classes" and leave the other categories for fleet-specific designs. --SparqMan 23:45, 26 Jul 2005 (UTC)
 * I'll second that. – Aidje talk 03:05, 27 Jul 2005 (UTC)

Hyperdrive
The Databank specifically refers to CR90 corvettes as having fast hyperdrives. Class 4 is a very slow hyperdrive. 68.47.234.131 19:58, 3 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Well, the Databank has gotten a couple of things wrong before, so just ignore it on this subject. Admiral J. Nebulax (talk) 20:56, 3 March 2006 (UTC)

Axial Blindspot
The portion of the article that suggests that the blindspot is ignored is inaccurate. The Devastator is a large enough ship that it would extend above and probably below the blindspot and thus still be within reach of the turrets. Add to that the command tower is taller still and the Tantive IV would have no problem hitting the star destroyer. If there had been a greater distance between the two ships, it might have stayed in the blindspot but since the star destroyer was activly trying to close and capture the corvette it presented itself as a target albeit a very difficult one to damage.
 * The Devastator would have been well above the Tantive IV, if you look at the capture scene its espcially obvious, its prefectly feasible that the blind spot does exist and the Tantive IV could still hit the Devastator, just look at the ship, it must have a blind spot!! unless it can shoot through its own engine block. Basically I'm agreeing with you :-D
 * Well, the distance between Devastator and Tantive IV is important in the issue. Had Devastator been on top of Tantive IV from the beginning, Tantive IV might have been able to score a shot or two and get away. Admiral J. Nebulax (talk) [[Image:Implogo.jpg|20px]] 20:17, 13 April 2006 (UTC)

Original design
Are there any pictures of the original "Blockade Runner" design, the one that was discared when the original Millennium Falcon concept was transferred over to be the Tantive IV? I think I've seen one that bore a resemblance to the Corellian Star Shuttle, but I'm not sure about that or if it was actually a real Lucasfilm image. Red XIV 03:47, 14 April 2006 (UTC)
 * Yes, there are some in an Insider issue. Admiral J. Nebulax (talk) [[Image:Implogo.jpg|20px]] 11:57, 14 April 2006 (UTC)

First Launched?
What is the estimate when the first CR90 Corvette came off the CEC assembly line?
 * Well, I'd say they were made after the YT-1300's, which were made c. 60 BBY (taken from Millennium Falcon), but when exactly, I have no clue. Admiral J. Nebulax (talk) [[Image:Implogo.jpg|20px]] 16:34, 15 April 2006 (UTC)
 * It seems like they came after the Counsular-class Space Cruiser. I think it is most likely they were produced for the Clone Wars.
 * No, I don't think so. They were probably made shortly after the Consular-class, but they weren't made for the Clone Wars. Admiral J. Nebulax (Imperial Holovision) [[Image:Implogo.jpg|20px]] 21:32, 17 April 2006 (UTC)
 * They certainly existed prior to the CW, there's a comic dealing with the Separatist crisis that had a CR90 crew going AWOL. VT-16 11:21, 12 May 2006 (UTC)
 * Scarlet Thranta, wasn't it? Fleet Admiral J. Nebulax (Imperial Holovision) [[Image:Implogo.jpg|20px]] 11:22, 12 May 2006 (UTC)

Decks?
How many decks total does the Corellian Corvette have?
 * I don't think anyone knows. Fleet Admiral J. Nebulax (Imperial Holovision) [[Image:Implogo.jpg|20px]] 23:36, 11 May 2006 (UTC)