Talk:TIE/D Defender/Legends

Accelerational Value?
Is the Defender actually meant to possess a slower acceleration than the TIE Interceptor? Because this is rated at 4220 Gs, while the Interceptor is at 4240 Gs. I always thought the Defender was meant to be blisteringly fast, more along the lines of 144 MGLT, or in the terms of Gs, 4896 Gs. Being the 'ultimate Imperial starfighter' it seems its supposed to be, it seems strange to me that they didn't have the improved drive system of the Avenger, especially since I remember it using a Tri Ion Engine, instead of a Twin. Of course,t he last bit is purely recollection, so I'm probably wrong again.
 * I think it should be faster, but if the majority of the sources says otherwise, then I guess it isn't. Admiral J. Nebulax (talk) 12:53, 26 March 2006 (UTC)

Unfortunately, all we have to go on other than game mechanics is The New Essential Guide to Vehicles and Vessels. It gives the Defender slightly (less than &frac12; of 1 percent) lower straight-line acceleration but a much higher atmospheric flight speed (1,680 vs 1,250 km/h). (Of course, all the atmosphere speeds are way too low except the ones in the Ep3 ICS, but that's another problem entirely.)

Comparing their stats in Star Wars: X-wing Alliance puts the Interceptor at 110 MGLT and the Defender at 144 MGLT, and those are the top speeds. The problem is, assuming a Star Wars ion drive works on the same Newtonian physics as a real-world ion drive (and there's no real reason it shouldn't), there shouldn't be such a thing as a "maximum speed" in the absence of a friction medium like air. Unfortunately, neither the spaceflight games nor the RPGs recognize this. (And there's no really reliable way to convert MGLTs to Gs. I've tried. It averages out to roughly 34 Gs per MGLT, but only if you ignore wild variations in individual ships.)

The WotC version of the SW RPG is the only one that has provided statistics for the Defender, and it lists both the Interceptor and the Defender as "Maximum Speed: Ramming," which (although fairly vague) would seem to agree with the miniscule variation in acceleration listed in the NEGVV.

The TIE Defender is the "ultimate Imperial fighter" because of its other attributes. In both the RPG and the flight sims, it's more maneuverable than the Interceptor and has heavier armament and shields than the X-wing (in the WotC RPG, the shields are stronger even than the NJO-era T-65AC4, though it still has the standard TIE series tinfoil hull).

Can you tell I put way too much thought into these things? &mdash;Darth Culator  (talk)  19:35, 26 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Hey, I'm grateful for it. Admiral J. Nebulax (talk) 21:05, 26 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Nah, you can have a maximum speed before standard particle densities/micrometeorites destroy your vehicle-- The Erl of the  talk  What I do 01:10, 20 April 2006 (UTC)

Other Uses of TIE Defender
I am a new Wookieepedian, so I don't have much idea how these things work, but I have a long history of reading Star Wars, playing games, watching the movies, etc. I was curious- in such a thorough database, why is there no mention of Wedge Antilles' and Rogue Squadron's use of the TIE Defender in X-wing: Isard's Revenge? The Defender was instrumental in taking down Ciutric's planetary shield and killing the clone of Isard. Also, Defenders were used by Turr Phennir and the 181st Fighter Group in X-wing: Starfighters of Adumar against the combined New Republic/Adumari force. I believe there were three wing pairs (6) Defenders present. Why is there no mention of these uses of the Defender in this article?

Atarumaster88 21:28, 14 June 2006 (UTC)
 * The article really isn't meant for that kind of thing. A mention, yes, but not in depth. Fleet Admiral J. Nebulax (Imperial Holovision) [[Image:Implogo.png|20px]] 23:51, 14 June 2006 (UTC)

My apologies, Fleet Admiral. I'm new at this. Is there any record of what happened to the 8 or so Defenders Antilles acquired? Atarumaster88 14:38, 15 June 2006 (UTC)
 * That is some very useful information there, Atarumaster88. Perhaps you could begin a section in the article called "History" and include your information there. --Azizlight 14:49, 15 June 2006 (UTC)

Per Azizlight's recommendation, I have created the aforementioned history section and moved some of the already existing historical information to that section. It's probably incomplete.

17:30, 15 June 2006 (UTC) Atarumaster88
 * I still don't think we should have gone that in depth, though. The information on Rogue Squadron's use should be on Rogue Squadron with a mention here, with the same kind of thing with the 181st Fighter Group. Fleet Admiral J. Nebulax (Imperial Holovision) [[Image:Implogo.png|20px]] 19:30, 15 June 2006 (UTC)

Well, I've been watching this discussion page for a little while and have seen no other input. With sincere respect to Admiral Nebulax, I am leaving what I added until there is a larger response. As Corran Horn said, "If one person calls you a Hutt, ignore him. If two say it, start wondering. If three people call you a Hutt, buy a drool bucket and start stockpiling spice."

Atarumaster88 15:50, 7 July 2006 (UTC)
 * I don't see why the History section can't be kept. We have similar on other starship articles. It gives a good overview of the ship's history and usage by various groups, and really, it isn't overly detailed - Kwenn 15:53, 7 July 2006 (UTC)

Another move?
The "D" in the designation no doubt stands for "Defender". Suggest moving this to TIE/D starfighter? Fleet Admiral J. Nebulax (Imperial Holovision) 01:11, 8 July 2006 (UTC)
 * When have we ever seen this referred to by any name or designation other than "TIE Defender"? -- Darth Culator 01:15, 8 July 2006 (UTC)
 * Jaymach said The Official TIE Fighter Strategy Guide is the source. Fleet Admiral J. Nebulax (Imperial Holovision) [[Image:Implogo.png|20px]] 01:16, 8 July 2006 (UTC)
 * The strategy guide actually refers to it as the TIE/D Defender, rather than THE/D starfighter...additionally, moving it to TIE/D starfighter may confuse people as it has the same designation as the TIE/D droid starfighter. The strategy guide also says its role is a Fleet Defender, oddly. &mdash;Jaymach Ral'Tir (talk) 07:52, 8 July 2006 (UTC)
 * If moved to TIE/D starfighter, which is where it really should be now, we could just put up a "youmay" tag on both articles. Fleet Admiral J. Nebulax (Imperial Holovision) [[Image:Implogo.png|20px]] 14:02, 8 July 2006 (UTC)
 * Hey, in a TIE Defender, you could defend a fleet. (:--TIEDefenderPilot 08:41, 7 June 2007 (UTC)
 * Don't restart old topics. &mdash;Grand Admiral J. Nebulax (Imperial Holovision) [[Image:Imperial Emblem.png|20px]] 19:47, 7 June 2007 (UTC)

Twin Ion Engines or Triple Ion Engines?
Like Atarumaster88, I am a new Wookieepedian, so I don't have much idea how these things work, but I have a long history of reading Star Wars, playing games, watching the movies, etc. I seem to recall a reference in the Tie Fighter Series of games from Lucas Arts, the popular acronym Twin Ion Engine actually became Triple Ion Engine in reference to the Defender. This meaning that the information posted here about the Engine units being SFS P-sz9.7 Twin Ion Engines (rated 230 KTU) could potentially be incorrect, but perhaps not as I mentioned that I am a new Wookieepedian. Also perhaps a reference to this should be also made in the body of the article somewhere but I did not wish to make the changes myself as I only have a vague memory and very uncertain how to find proper reference material to verify this. Does anyone else recall this as well, or have reference material stating such?--Dazz Zarr Err-Ron 01:08, 12 October 2006 (UTC)
 * Well, we'll need a quote to know for sure. Grand Admiral J. Nebulax (Imperial Holovision) [[Image:Implogo.png|20px]] 20:32, 12 October 2006 (UTC)

Are there two different Tie Defender models?
Because I'm trying to reconcile how this: http://www.theforce.net/ swtc/Pix/cg/tie/tied4.gif (there's a space in the link so the picture won't automatically pop up) looks anything like this: http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Image:TIEdefender_negvv.jpg

I mean the solar panel designs look completely different. Are there two Marks for the Tie Defender, because a WEG card indicated a Tie Defender Mark I, is the second photo I posted a Mark II, or am I just looking into something that's simply the effect of upgraded graphics? I mean it's almost the same thing with the Missile Boat between Tie Fighter and X-Wing Alliance looking completely different. --Anguirus111 04:48, 16 November 2006 (UTC)
 * Ah, I see. I think it's just a thing with the graphics. Grand Admiral J. Nebulax (Imperial Holovision) [[Image:Implogo.png|20px]] 12:16, 16 November 2006 (UTC)

Inconistency with Wrack page
This page says that two of said ship's TIE Defenders were destroyed at Bilbringi, while the Wrack article says that all three were destroyed. I don't have that book, can anyone clear this up?

The best starfighter?
The article said that TIE Defender is a highly performance TIE starfighter which exceeds Rebel's starfighters such as A-Wing and X-Wing. Should we consider it as the best starfighter? Personally I dislike the look. The TIE Defender looks very weird in my point of view, but looks count next to nothing on a battlefield.Jasonfu 06:32, 2 April 2007 (UTC)
 * "Best" is inherently POV. jSarek 10:36, 11 June 2007 (UTC)
 * And opinions have no place here, either. &mdash;Grand Admiral J. Nebulax (Imperial Holovision) [[Image:Imperial Emblem.png|20px]] 12:42, 11 June 2007 (UTC)

Pilot

 * my friend said that in the tie fighter game (for ms-das) that in a cutscene right before u save the emperor, level 8 mission 5 or something like that, u see a pilot scrambling for a defender and he looked different than a normal tie pilot? can anyone back that up.--PyRo 14:36, 8 May 2007 (UTC)
 * There's no cutscene like that in any version of TIE Fighter, and I've played them all.--TIEDefenderPilot 09:51, 11 June 2007 (UTC)

Main image vote.
Since Thefourdotelipsis reverted my edits, I'll bring it to the talk page in the form of a vote. My reasons for making option 2 the main image instead of option 1 (the current main image) are this: The current main image doesn't look much like the other images, with the cockpit being larger and/or the wings being shorter. In addition, the current main image looks more like a toy version of the TIE Defender, similar to Hasbro's TIE Interceptor vehicle. So, since neither jSarek or Fourdot posted their reasons for changing the image in their edit summaries, maybe they'd care to explain here. &mdash;Grand Admiral J. Nebulax (Imperial Holovision) 11:22, 5 September 2007 (UTC)

Option 1

 * 1) Thefourdotelipsis 11:23, 5 September 2007 (UTC)
 * 2) *Care to explain why? &mdash;Grand Admiral J. Nebulax (Imperial Holovision) [[Image:Imperial Emblem.png|20px]] 11:25, 5 September 2007 (UTC)
 * 3) **The grayish hue of the other is just so Fact Files, darling. Thefourdotelipsis 11:42, 5 September 2007 (UTC)
 * 4) This one looks clearer to me. Actually, I don't like the look of either of them, but I prefer this one. Unit 8311 13:57, 5 September 2007 (UTC)
 * 5) It looks a little more plastic, yes, but it's also more consistent with the original TIE aesthetic than the Fact Files CGI. -- Darth Culator  (Talk) 14:47, 5 September 2007 (UTC)
 * 6) This one is nice and photorealistic; the FF one is obvious in its CGI-ness. jSarek 19:23, 5 September 2007 (UTC)
 * 7) *Since when is a CGI image worse than one that has a ship that looks like it's made out of plastic? &mdash;Grand Admiral J. Nebulax (Imperial Holovision) [[Image:Imperial Emblem.png|20px]] 20:15, 5 September 2007 (UTC)
 * 8) **It looks no more plastic to me than the TIEs that appeared in the original films. I've always thought that this pic, along with the TIE Avenger and bounty hunter ship pics, were exceedingly well done. jSarek 20:22, 5 September 2007 (UTC)
 * 9) ***Then what's wrong with a picture being a CGI image? &mdash;Grand Admiral J. Nebulax (Imperial Holovision) [[Image:Imperial Emblem.png|20px]] 20:45, 5 September 2007 (UTC)
 * 10) The photorealism's enough for me. Green Tentacle (Talk) 19:47, 5 September 2007 (UTC)

Option 2

 * 1) &mdash;Grand Admiral J. Nebulax (Imperial Holovision) [[Image:Imperial Emblem.png|20px]] 11:22, 5 September 2007 (UTC)
 * 2) It's a higher resolution, though I'd actually prefer a different FF one that's not uploaded yet. Additionally, the CCG one just looks...off...to me somehow. &mdash;Jaymach Ral'Tir (talk) 14:27, 5 September 2007 (UTC)