Because they didn’t get them in pristine condition, and their logistics and repair capabilities for capital ships was sketchy at best. The TIE racks were useless to them, as they didn’t use TIE fighters, viewing them as death-traps for novice pilots being fragile and having limited shielding (no combat usefulness for shields only designed to deal with micro-strikes from space rubbish).
They probably stripped the parts to make their own ships. (they designed and made the A-wing) Also they might have bought them beaten up for a discounted price.
The New Essential Guide to Vehicles and Vessels states that Nebulon-Bs are fairly sluggish, so I could see the Rebels trying to cut down on the mass in order to make it faster and better-suited to Rebel tactics.
They didn’t buy them, they were never on the civilian market, it’d be like trying to go and buy a modern frigate or destroyer as a bunch of terrorists. They were captured from the Empire, or were brought over to the Rebellion when an Imperial crew deserted.
There can be some plausible reasons – what is more of a question to me is what could be inside those large sections at the prow and aft section that you can just remove without compromising the ship’s functioning.
My theory? This version of the Nebulon is the A variant, with the B version from the films being the stripped down economy model intended for greater mass production as a convoy escort against starfighters and poorly equipped pirates. Not as capable one-on-one, but able to be more places at once for the price.
Question: why would the rebels ever rip this ship apart?
Because they didn’t get them in pristine condition, and their logistics and repair capabilities for capital ships was sketchy at best. The TIE racks were useless to them, as they didn’t use TIE fighters, viewing them as death-traps for novice pilots being fragile and having limited shielding (no combat usefulness for shields only designed to deal with micro-strikes from space rubbish).
They probably stripped the parts to make their own ships. (they designed and made the A-wing) Also they might have bought them beaten up for a discounted price.
The New Essential Guide to Vehicles and Vessels states that Nebulon-Bs are fairly sluggish, so I could see the Rebels trying to cut down on the mass in order to make it faster and better-suited to Rebel tactics.
They didn’t buy them, they were never on the civilian market, it’d be like trying to go and buy a modern frigate or destroyer as a bunch of terrorists. They were captured from the Empire, or were brought over to the Rebellion when an Imperial crew deserted.
I think you might be replying to the wrong comment. I didn’t say anything whatsoever about Rebels buying the Nebulon-B.
Right, it should have been posted under Markov’s comment. My bad.
There can be some plausible reasons – what is more of a question to me is what could be inside those large sections at the prow and aft section that you can just remove without compromising the ship’s functioning.
My theory? This version of the Nebulon is the A variant, with the B version from the films being the stripped down economy model intended for greater mass production as a convoy escort against starfighters and poorly equipped pirates. Not as capable one-on-one, but able to be more places at once for the price.
EC Henry in his design create a very good in-universe explanation. It do fit Fractal design too.
So the turbolaser armament is exclusively the PD light turbolaser/heavy laser-cannon mount?
This is great it is also just like EC Henry’s design
I love what you have done to the turrets, they are a lot more noticable.