- "Alliance High Command has authorized me to give you an experimental starship chassis. It is a heavy version of the X-wing fighter. It has much greater mass capacity than the standard one!"
- ―Rebel Outpost's Station Master
The advanced X-wing fighter, also known as heavy X-wing starfighter, was a heavy variant of the T-65 X-wing starfighter, developed as a result of the success of the Heavy '95.
Description[]
The Advanced X-wing was developed by engineers who, because of their allegiance to the Rebel Alliance, were forced to adopt a "develop more with less" policy, demonstrating the engineers' innovation. Likewise, because of this policy, the Rebel engineers often concentrated on making minute but consequential changes to their fighters.[2]
The Advanced X-wing's development was owed largely to the success of the Heavy '95, a heavy variant of the Z-95 Headhunter, as the engineers realized that wider bodies were good improvements to various concerns of starship performance. In large part because of this, the Advanced X-wing was supplied with similar modifications to its hull as the Heavy '95 before finalizing the latter fighter design. The improved heat handling and increased mass capacity made the Advanced X-wing a better choice for X-wing pilots.[2]
History[]
After the Battle of Yavin, several advanced X-wing starfighters were awarded to Rebel pilots for escorting and protecting representatives of the Civilian Protection Guild on Kashyyyk.[1]
As part of the New Republic, a squadron of advanced X-wings participated in the Liberation of Coruscant in 7 ABY.[3]
Appearances[]
- Star Wars: Galactic Battlegrounds (First appearance) (as Advanced X-wing)
- Star Wars: Galactic Battlegrounds: Clone Campaigns (as Advanced X-wing)
- Star Wars Galaxies: Rage of the Wookiees (as Advanced X-wing Fighter & Heavy X-wing Starfighter)
Sources[]
Advanced X-wings in Star Wars: Galactic Battlegrounds.
- Star Wars: Galactic Battlegrounds: Prima's Official Strategy Guide
Friday Feature: Rage Of The Wookiees: Ships on the official Star Wars Galaxies website (original site is defunct)- Star Wars Galaxies: The Total Experience: Prima Official Game Guide (as Heavy X-wing)
- Star Wars Galaxies: The Complete Guide: Prima Official Game Guide (as Heavy X-wing)
- Ships: X-Wing on the official Star Wars Galaxies website (original site is defunct) (as Advanced X-Wing)
Notes and references[]
- ↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 1.12 1.13 1.14 1.15 1.16 1.17 1.18 1.19 1.20 Star Wars Galaxies: Rage of the Wookiees
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2
Ships: X-Wing on the official Star Wars Galaxies website (original site is defunct)
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Star Wars: Galactic Battlegrounds: Clone Campaigns
External links[]
- Advanced X-wing on the SWG Wiki
