I so love this TIE variant! Heavy Support fighter! 😛
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di'Ce
Pretty
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Steve
SFS was also approached and pointedly told to help resolve the current Rebel problem with regards to the Navy’s fighters. The TIE Fighter was a very dangerous craft in the hands of a good pilot, but most Pilots rarely survived a single tour in the very fragile fighter before they could learn to fully exploit the speed and manouvering quirks the TIE series offered. The far more capable TIE Interceptor was seen as a major improvement and a step in the right direction, but other craft were also to be developed to counter Rebel and Pirate fighters. The biggest hurdle… Read more »
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Tanner Redland
I like your head cannon of this design and comparing this to the Xg-1. Even if the Mangler was a superior fighter I rather have my ship have squadron of Xg-1 then then a squadron of these fighter because you get more use out of Xg-1 then the maulers.
And I just noticed the Four Warhead launchers around the cockpit. I like the mean-looking wing mounting pylons.
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Coulden Pettit
I was really fascinated by this design you put in, Fractal. The TIE Mangler looks like an absolute beast that’s ready to annihilate and Rebel starfighter, or give the Corellian corvette a really rough time.
Though I do appreciate the TIE Mangler design, Fractal, by any chance, I would be very excited if this gets a bomber variant that’ll even put the Scimitar assault bomber to shame.
It’s not much bigger than the Scimitar. A real upgrade over Scimitar in terms of munitions carried would be blastboat sized.
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Coulden Pettit
Okay. Thanks for letting me know.
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Coulden Pettit
Speaking of ‘not much bigger than the Scimitar.’, I was wondering how long, actually, was the TIE Mangler?
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Jean-Luc Martel
what a beast wow! are those turbolasers?!
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Jean-Luc Martel
plus could you give dimensions for this ship?
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JOBe
Hi Fractal, dya think you could do another design similar to this with the wings inverted by any chance. These designs are absolutely amazing. Definitely thinking of writing some of them into my fanfic if that’s cool with you
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Anonymous
Hey Fractal what do you think of the Nssis class Clawcraft?
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PhantomFury
This is far more gorgeous than a TIE silencer will ever be.
The concept and role are solid but the design is ugly as sin 😛
If I did one, I’d probably make it an Avenger variant.
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gorkmalork
*squints at an X1 with shaved-down lower winglets, oversized *upper* winglets & a plus-sized dorsal refrigerator* …Sithspew, no wonder I apparently memory-holed that one for a while. Even if your Avenger render wasn’t both slick & spacious, hard to do *worse* than the official Scout visual. Speaking of TIE tangents, more/less agreed re: your SDnet commentary about upper-end variants needing *someplace* for machinery besides the cockpit ball & wing struts. Doesn’t even have to be much by non-Sienar fighter standards-I get the distinct impression you could hyperdrive & shield-retrofit an eyeball or squint with, say, the mini-trunk & rear wingroot… Read more »
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Anonymous
By away the TIE Scout is 24 meters in length.
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Anonymous
Anyway Fractal what do you think of the TIE Vanguard that have a similar role to the TIE Scout?
They are going to be used differently I assume. Scout is independently hyper capable and a long range recon craft. Vanguard/rc seem like…manned sensor nodes for a mothership.
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Vanguard/rc being manned on the mothership huh so they will be less of the fighter then right?
(Very late response) Never mind manned as in being controlled by a pilot and since they are sensor nodes for a mothership then they most likely are independent.
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Anonymous
Funny enough there was a TIE/rc the predecessor to the TIE Vanguard and it look like this:/revision/latest?cb=20051212095557
Also there was a TIE/fc (Fire-Control) which work with with the other TIE variant known as the TIE/gt (Ground-Targeting) which is a bomber of some kind that can carry either 12 concussion missiles, 6 proton torpedoes, 18 air-deployed mines, 2 cluster bombs or I’m not making this up 20,000 plastic leaflets which are use for propaganda campaigns here more info on the gt: http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/TIE/gt_starfighter
And here what they look like:
Fire-Control:/revision/latest?cb=20071202205027
Ground-Targeting:/revision/latest?cb=20061126202425
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gorkmalork
Missiles, triple modular fighter-grade mounts, and no small degree of streamlining despite the light-gunboat mass. Even sans those light turbos, one of the neater outward-winged TIE creations in recent memory.
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Steve Bannon
A TIE that is conceivably a match for a CR90 Corvette in a straight-up gunfight. Now all we need to do is hope someone at Disney lurks these threads to put one of them in the next season of Rebels or the Han Solo movie.
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gorkmalork
You’d probably want a flight of four to properly mob your average CR or Quasar Fire, but Force knows these brutes would ensure brown trousers on any YT freighter (or lighter) in their frontal arc. ‘Course, now I get to visualize one in a knife-fight with that micro-superlaser B-wing. Speaking of fiendishly hax small craft, how do we like this thing’s chances of whacking an XM-1 before it makes with the torpedo spam?
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Little Grasshopper
I like the odds, that’s an insane amount of firepower moving with Avenger-ish performance.
Is there any info on shield strength?
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Eric Otness
Just so we’re clear, by “next season”, you mean Season 4, right? Only asking because Star Wars Rebels won’t have any more seasons after that, it’s the final season.
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gorkmalork
In that case, I’d be honestly surprised if more than one handful of original, OT or currently-Legends designs get (re)introduced. Most interesting development might be watching Scarif from the Ghost’s cockpit.
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Astro1derboy
Outstanding (as usual)!!
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Anonymous
This is AMAZING. period
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Anonymous
Also: Heavy fighter, gun boat, personal transport? I’d love to know it’s role.
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George Apley
On stardestroyer.net, Ansel said:
“Sniper. Cover dogfighters as they accelerate into the scrum, kill bombers, shuttles, transports, and escort corvettes, independent point and area defense for a capital ship. Instant kills on light fighters, extremely dangerous in close even vs high end fighters because it might have a lot of weight, but it has enormous power to move it, on top of the firepower and shielding. A flight of these with 2 flights of Defender to back them up and that’s a fighter squadron that’s dangerous at all ranges.”
Dear Fractalsponge I get very excited everytime i’m seeing you create a (new) TIE Variant for the Empire. Your TIE Mangler is a masterpiece in the matter of innovation and combat strength. The Empire (as we can see it in Episode IV to VI) has a lot know-how when it comes to design of heavy and ultra-heavy battleships (Star- and Super Star Destroyer). But this is going at the expense of quality TIE Fighters. The only advanced TIE Variant we can see in the movies (IV – VI) is Lord Vaders TIE and so i’m very lucky every time i’m… Read more »
I so love this TIE variant! Heavy Support fighter! 😛
Pretty
SFS was also approached and pointedly told to help resolve the current Rebel problem with regards to the Navy’s fighters. The TIE Fighter was a very dangerous craft in the hands of a good pilot, but most Pilots rarely survived a single tour in the very fragile fighter before they could learn to fully exploit the speed and manouvering quirks the TIE series offered. The far more capable TIE Interceptor was seen as a major improvement and a step in the right direction, but other craft were also to be developed to counter Rebel and Pirate fighters. The biggest hurdle… Read more »
I like your head cannon of this design and comparing this to the Xg-1. Even if the Mangler was a superior fighter I rather have my ship have squadron of Xg-1 then then a squadron of these fighter because you get more use out of Xg-1 then the maulers.
I love this thing! A Squadron versus a Star Cruiser? No chance for the Star Cruiser!
And I just noticed the Four Warhead launchers around the cockpit. I like the mean-looking wing mounting pylons.
I was really fascinated by this design you put in, Fractal. The TIE Mangler looks like an absolute beast that’s ready to annihilate and Rebel starfighter, or give the Corellian corvette a really rough time.
Though I do appreciate the TIE Mangler design, Fractal, by any chance, I would be very excited if this gets a bomber variant that’ll even put the Scimitar assault bomber to shame.
It’s not much bigger than the Scimitar. A real upgrade over Scimitar in terms of munitions carried would be blastboat sized.
Okay. Thanks for letting me know.
Speaking of ‘not much bigger than the Scimitar.’, I was wondering how long, actually, was the TIE Mangler?
what a beast wow! are those turbolasers?!
plus could you give dimensions for this ship?
Hi Fractal, dya think you could do another design similar to this with the wings inverted by any chance. These designs are absolutely amazing. Definitely thinking of writing some of them into my fanfic if that’s cool with you
Hey Fractal what do you think of the Nssis class Clawcraft?
/revision/latest?cb=20170411044633
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This is far more gorgeous than a TIE silencer will ever be.
Well done!
Hey Fractal what do you think of the TIE Scout?
The concept and role are solid but the design is ugly as sin 😛
If I did one, I’d probably make it an Avenger variant.
*squints at an X1 with shaved-down lower winglets, oversized *upper* winglets & a plus-sized dorsal refrigerator* …Sithspew, no wonder I apparently memory-holed that one for a while. Even if your Avenger render wasn’t both slick & spacious, hard to do *worse* than the official Scout visual. Speaking of TIE tangents, more/less agreed re: your SDnet commentary about upper-end variants needing *someplace* for machinery besides the cockpit ball & wing struts. Doesn’t even have to be much by non-Sienar fighter standards-I get the distinct impression you could hyperdrive & shield-retrofit an eyeball or squint with, say, the mini-trunk & rear wingroot… Read more »
By away the TIE Scout is 24 meters in length.
Anyway Fractal what do you think of the TIE Vanguard that have a similar role to the TIE Scout?
They are going to be used differently I assume. Scout is independently hyper capable and a long range recon craft. Vanguard/rc seem like…manned sensor nodes for a mothership.
Vanguard/rc being manned on the mothership huh so they will be less of the fighter then right?
(Very late response) Never mind manned as in being controlled by a pilot and since they are sensor nodes for a mothership then they most likely are independent.
Funny enough there was a TIE/rc the predecessor to the TIE Vanguard and it look like this:
/revision/latest?cb=20051212095557
/revision/latest?cb=20071202205027
/revision/latest?cb=20061126202425
Also there was a TIE/fc (Fire-Control) which work with with the other TIE variant known as the TIE/gt (Ground-Targeting) which is a bomber of some kind that can carry either 12 concussion missiles, 6 proton torpedoes, 18 air-deployed mines, 2 cluster bombs or I’m not making this up 20,000 plastic leaflets which are use for propaganda campaigns here more info on the gt: http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/TIE/gt_starfighter
And here what they look like:
Fire-Control:
Ground-Targeting:
Missiles, triple modular fighter-grade mounts, and no small degree of streamlining despite the light-gunboat mass. Even sans those light turbos, one of the neater outward-winged TIE creations in recent memory.
A TIE that is conceivably a match for a CR90 Corvette in a straight-up gunfight. Now all we need to do is hope someone at Disney lurks these threads to put one of them in the next season of Rebels or the Han Solo movie.
You’d probably want a flight of four to properly mob your average CR or Quasar Fire, but Force knows these brutes would ensure brown trousers on any YT freighter (or lighter) in their frontal arc. ‘Course, now I get to visualize one in a knife-fight with that micro-superlaser B-wing. Speaking of fiendishly hax small craft, how do we like this thing’s chances of whacking an XM-1 before it makes with the torpedo spam?
I like the odds, that’s an insane amount of firepower moving with Avenger-ish performance.
Is there any info on shield strength?
Just so we’re clear, by “next season”, you mean Season 4, right? Only asking because Star Wars Rebels won’t have any more seasons after that, it’s the final season.
In that case, I’d be honestly surprised if more than one handful of original, OT or currently-Legends designs get (re)introduced. Most interesting development might be watching Scarif from the Ghost’s cockpit.
Outstanding (as usual)!!
This is AMAZING. period
Also: Heavy fighter, gun boat, personal transport? I’d love to know it’s role.
On stardestroyer.net, Ansel said:
“Sniper. Cover dogfighters as they accelerate into the scrum, kill bombers, shuttles, transports, and escort corvettes, independent point and area defense for a capital ship. Instant kills on light fighters, extremely dangerous in close even vs high end fighters because it might have a lot of weight, but it has enormous power to move it, on top of the firepower and shielding. A flight of these with 2 flights of Defender to back them up and that’s a fighter squadron that’s dangerous at all ranges.”
Wicked. Thanks. 🙂
Even Rogue Squadron would think twice before engaging them without backup.
Tycho would have nightmares for weeks afterwords.
Damn, that’s a beauty. Appreciate the scale comparison shots as well! Great work
Dear Fractalsponge I get very excited everytime i’m seeing you create a (new) TIE Variant for the Empire. Your TIE Mangler is a masterpiece in the matter of innovation and combat strength. The Empire (as we can see it in Episode IV to VI) has a lot know-how when it comes to design of heavy and ultra-heavy battleships (Star- and Super Star Destroyer). But this is going at the expense of quality TIE Fighters. The only advanced TIE Variant we can see in the movies (IV – VI) is Lord Vaders TIE and so i’m very lucky every time i’m… Read more »