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Thread: Where did SOE get the idea for the Tie Oppressor?
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Ducimus
Tue Feb 08, 2005 6:21 pm
#1
I can't find reference to this ship anywhere that is not a SWG related website.
Is it an acutal Extended Universe Ship or did they just hatch it out of nowhere for JTL?
While im on the subject, does anyone else get the distinct impression that.
A.) it should have had 3 blasters
and
b.) the wings are on backwards?
If sony just made this ship up like the privateer ships i have a theory. If you look closely at the T/O's slotted wings you'll see what looks like what might have been meant as a gun port, on all three panels. Infact i think the wings were slotted BECAUSE of the gunports. Somewhere in the development process for whatever reason, i think they decided to move its design from 3 guns to 2. But that left an art problem so the flipped the wings around backwards as a quick fix and mounted the guns on the chin.
Seriously, i want more information about this ship
Is it an acutal Extended Universe Ship or did they just hatch it out of nowhere for JTL?
While im on the subject, does anyone else get the distinct impression that.
A.) it should have had 3 blasters
and
b.) the wings are on backwards?
If sony just made this ship up like the privateer ships i have a theory. If you look closely at the T/O's slotted wings you'll see what looks like what might have been meant as a gun port, on all three panels. Infact i think the wings were slotted BECAUSE of the gunports. Somewhere in the development process for whatever reason, i think they decided to move its design from 3 guns to 2. But that left an art problem so the flipped the wings around backwards as a quick fix and mounted the guns on the chin.
Seriously, i want more information about this ship
Rishathra
Tue Feb 08, 2005 7:30 pm
#2
It was created specifically for JtL, but with Lucasarts approval, so technically it is part of the EU now.
soal-farous
Tue Feb 08, 2005 8:04 pm
#3
its the same for the deciminator, Nova, the Hutt fighters, the Balck-sun fighters, the agressor...
Do You Need Some Soal?
Amuro0079
Tue Feb 08, 2005 8:21 pm
#4
TIE Oppressor
"When we began doing our first round of Jump to Lightspeed concepts, first and foremost in our minds were to try and keep with the look of the spaceships already established in Episodes 4, 5 and 6.
"We needed a stronger, more armored looking fighter for our Empire Faction players to use as a gunship, so we started with the base design of the TIE-Fighter. We noticed that there were already more variations of the TIE-Fighter from the fiction then we were initially aware of, so we knew we had some latitude to play with in terms of the over all concept. We kept the basic cockpit area very much the same as the old design, but then went to work playing with the wing designs and adding extra, larger guns then the original. How many wings and of what size could we add before the design looked cumbersome and just generally out-of-wack? After a few rounds of concept drawings we decided that three wings, with a sleeker, more streamlined look then the TIE Fighter was just what the Space-Doctor ordered. We then played a round a bit with the body style, all the while keeping it similar to the original, and then added large gun turrets on the underside and rear of the craft for players to fire from.
Source: The Ships of the Empire: We unveil two brand new ships.
Message Edited by Amuro0079 on 02-09-2005 11:25 AM
Cyrus_Biddissi
Wed Feb 09, 2005 2:28 am
#5
I remember seeing the TIE Oppressor somewhere long before JTL came out, I just can't remember where!!
*Starts a frantic Google search*
Cya!
sumner
Wed Feb 09, 2005 5:46 am
#6
At first I thought it looked like the wings were on backwards too, but as time has gone by I've started to like the design. I think the points at the back gives the craft a visual feeling of speed, and I don't have to be annoyed with the tips of the blasters in my view.
Most of the common TIE designs came from games and comic books, the only offical designs were the orginal Fighter (white and grey) the Bomber and the Interceptor.
xTekx
Wed Feb 09, 2005 11:16 am
#7
If I remember right the TIE Oppressor was in the Xwing Vs TieFighter series and came on the Balance of Power addon. I know i remember it from the ship patch for XvT and heard the ship patch came from BOP. I don't think the design is the same for JTL as in BOP. I think it was more flat shaped in BOP.
Kaiyn
Wed Feb 09, 2005 11:36 am
#8
The TIE from the XvT series was called the TIE Defender. It was similar to the TIE Oppressor, and I feel (since the XvT series was Lucas sponsored is EU?) it should have just been incorporated into JtL AS IS. For those of you who are interested, it had three equally spaced solar arrays around a TIE 'Eye', but the solar panels edges were turned OUT, as opposed to the TIE Interceptors, which are bent in. It was deadly fast, insanely manueverable, and shielded, and you almost always had to face three of them at a time..
As an addition to this line, why not use the Assault Gunboat from the XvT line? These were always the heavies of the imperial line (well, since TIE Fighter (the game), and devastating with all the misiles they carried. I would like to see a lambda ship in the JtL line. There are other makers of Imperial ships, but they are not represented in JtL.
As an addition to this line, why not use the Assault Gunboat from the XvT line? These were always the heavies of the imperial line (well, since TIE Fighter (the game), and devastating with all the misiles they carried. I would like to see a lambda ship in the JtL line. There are other makers of Imperial ships, but they are not represented in JtL.
WarlordRhawn
Wed Feb 09, 2005 12:50 pm
#9
Cyrus_Biddissi wrote:
I remember seeing the TIE Oppressor somewhere long before JTL came out, I just can't remember where!!
*Starts a frantic Google search*
Cya!
It was during christmass when they gave you posters I think the oppresor was the eye one.
xTekx
Wed Feb 09, 2005 12:58 pm
#10
Kaiyn wrote:
The TIE from the XvT series was called the TIE Defender. It was similar to the TIE Oppressor, and I feel (since the XvT series was Lucas sponsored is EU?) it should have just been incorporated into JtL AS IS. For those of you who are interested, it had three equally spaced solar arrays around a TIE 'Eye', but the solar panels edges were turned OUT, as opposed to the TIE Interceptors, which are bent in. It was deadly fast, insanely manueverable, and shielded, and you almost always had to face three of them at a time..
As an addition to this line, why not use the Assault Gunboat from the XvT line? These were always the heavies of the imperial line (well, since TIE Fighter (the game), and devastating with all the misiles they carried. I would like to see a lambda ship in the JtL line. There are other makers of Imperial ships, but they are not represented in JtL.
The Tie Defender and Tie Oppressor were completely different ships in XvT also. The Tie Defender is exactly how you described it. But there was a Oppressor in the ship patch and it was different from the JTL version from what I remember.
Ducimus
Wed Feb 09, 2005 12:59 pm
#11
>>The TIE from the XvT series was called the TIE Defender. It was similar to the TIE Oppressor, and I feel (since the XvT series was Lucas sponsored is EU?) it should have just been incorporated into JtL AS IS
I seriously think they considered it. Look VERY CLOSELY at the wings, and what looks like 3 gunports, one for each wing, just flip it around backwards and there you go. Granted howver, T/D panels were more U shaped, creating a 6 paneled appearance.
I seriously think they considered it. Look VERY CLOSELY at the wings, and what looks like 3 gunports, one for each wing, just flip it around backwards and there you go. Granted howver, T/D panels were more U shaped, creating a 6 paneled appearance.
Vetolio
Thu Feb 10, 2005 1:39 am
#12
now i know at least one of these new TIE-FIGHTERS is actually from the movies.....i just watched episode 6 or something and there was a funny looking TIE in it not the bomber or the regular fighter but the wings where wierd so at least one is real lol
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