Rogue Squadron III on the gamecube, brings back good memories
Nyle
5 years ago
When the wings are folded it looks a bit like a TIE Avenger to be honest
Last edited 5 years ago by Nyle
CRMcNeill
5 years ago
As I’m trying to write up game stats for this to go along with the Spector, it occurs to me that it was a real lost opportunity that Lucasfilm didn’t make the Hunter a stealth platform of some kind. I mean, if you’re going to have a fighter that supposedly only assigned to Storm Commando units, it would seem appropriate for the fighter to have a degree of stealth capability as well.
Mauler
7 years ago
So is this just a collection of images or is there by chance a Virtual Model around… and to follow up, could it be a .mdl file that one such as i could attain?
Fractals been ripped off too many times by putting out publicly available models. You might be able to buy one from him or commission one but that’s pretty much the only way you’re gonna get one.
Didn’t the TIE Hunter’s wings fold closer together in Rogue Squadron 3? I don’t remember seeing them folding inward like they are in these images…Despite that, they are still wonderful to look at!
the fold inward as shown here and in the game, if you were to speed up they fold together a little bit more but again thats only when speeding up to the objective.
Just found this website and I really wish the Hunter was canon. Your stuff is amazing!!
PhantomFury
8 years ago
Huh, the fact the wings fold back like that is unique, I would have thought it would be something akin to the X-wing.
Soren
8 years ago
Fractal, do you think that it would’ve made more sense to use this TIE model as the Inquisitor’s TIEs in Rebels rather than the TIE Advanced V1? They are practically the exact same ship after all.
The Inquisitor TIEs seem to be bare-bones interceptors, as befits their whole ‘slightly budgeted X1 sibling’ aesthetic. As I understand it, the Hunter’s also expected to disable small craft (ions) or conduct limited anti-ship/vehicle action (missiles).
Dredd Dobbs
8 years ago
First time caller and new listener. You stuff is amazing Fractalsponge. I even love to geek out on the comment sections.
Huh Fractal I just notice that this fighter have 4 ion engines but yet only two behind the cockpit are active and not the other two behind the ion cannons so why is that?
I see the problem with using standardized TIE rack for this model. The folding wings block the upper sphere, there is no place for hooks to grab the fighter hull. So it would use the non standard system or it will land on the deck if lower wings are reinforced enough for such type of landing.
It would make the folded wing system unnecessary. I presume as in most cases such system is for minimizing the space occupied in hangar by fighter. It do make sense as for almost one standard TIE upright you would fit two Hunters in the same space. It can be used on ships and installations with more limited space that would have specific rear hooks system or even maybe some type of Cobra Bay?
Painting a plane red works in 40k because of the warp being a psychic mirror of belief for every race that is psychically active. Orks just believe and the warp reflects this as a physical action. Actually Ork tech only works for Orks. Put a human in there and the stuff sometimes falls apart because that isn’t how our psychology works. We NEED a technical reason for it and the warp reflects this. Don’t steal Ork tech, it really only works for them if its a vehicle.
Again this is seven years later and I’m dubious anyone’s looking, but it could be a low-emission mode? Half the radiators are closed, it’s emitting much less heat, which should connote to a much quieter sensor signature on approach, allowing it to penetrate much deeper into a hostile sensor net than otherwise possible before going loud.
Which would fit well with its stated purpose as a special forces unit.
Of course you can honestly just turn the radiators off if you disconnect them from the heat transfer system, and you’d want to if you were folding them rather than radiating the heat right into your hull. But it does also reduce the cross-section a lot, which can lower the profile against active sensors too. Granted, with Star Wars ships you’re only going to be able to get the radar cross-section so small, but folding the wings does more on that front than you’re ever otherwise gonna get, and the folded Hunter is about as low as RCS gets on a TIE.
I was under the impression S-foils opened for extra heat dissipation, which the T-65 & B-wing need due to their plus-sized wingtip cannons (though whether said barrel size improves punch, range or both I couldn’t say). Hence ‘to attack position’.
If I remember right, the Hunter does land, since it’s whole point of existing is to be as the name implies, a hunter. Not needing a Star Destroyer or any other ship to ferry it around. So it should go without saying that a ship like that is capable of landing.
It did? My memory is not that great and I only have very limited experience with a game but I do not remember any scene with them on ground.
gorkmalork
8 years ago
The lack of wingtip lasers still strikes me as a grievous waste of pointy portions, and those deployed S-foils seem damn spindly at the base, but this render quality manages to make it look good from a fair handful of angles.
The panel pivots are spindly because there’s no firepower to support on the tips – it’s all radiator connections. Extra lasers on the tips would also mean this thing is going awfully close to Avenger, and I think it’s more of a cheaper multirole fighter than bleeding edge Avenger/Defender territory.
I dunno-vaguely similar armament but skimping on thrust for budget’s sake still strikes me as fitting for that job description. But perhaps that’s just me rationalizing aesthetic prefer-ah, wondering whether those hub ions are non-negotiable & pull enough juice to rule out, say, wingtip autoblasters.
Rogue Squadron III on the gamecube, brings back good memories
When the wings are folded it looks a bit like a TIE Avenger to be honest
As I’m trying to write up game stats for this to go along with the Spector, it occurs to me that it was a real lost opportunity that Lucasfilm didn’t make the Hunter a stealth platform of some kind. I mean, if you’re going to have a fighter that supposedly only assigned to Storm Commando units, it would seem appropriate for the fighter to have a degree of stealth capability as well.
So is this just a collection of images or is there by chance a Virtual Model around… and to follow up, could it be a .mdl file that one such as i could attain?
No 3d models, only images.
Fractals been ripped off too many times by putting out publicly available models. You might be able to buy one from him or commission one but that’s pretty much the only way you’re gonna get one.
The images he posted get ripped off!
Didn’t the TIE Hunter’s wings fold closer together in Rogue Squadron 3? I don’t remember seeing them folding inward like they are in these images…Despite that, they are still wonderful to look at!
the fold inward as shown here and in the game, if you were to speed up they fold together a little bit more but again thats only when speeding up to the objective.
You can see the wings folding in some screens here:
https://www.ign.com/wikis/star-wars-rogue-squadron-iii-rebel-strike/Guide_part_4
Just found this website and I really wish the Hunter was canon. Your stuff is amazing!!
Huh, the fact the wings fold back like that is unique, I would have thought it would be something akin to the X-wing.
Fractal, do you think that it would’ve made more sense to use this TIE model as the Inquisitor’s TIEs in Rebels rather than the TIE Advanced V1? They are practically the exact same ship after all.
The Inquisitor TIEs seem to be bare-bones interceptors, as befits their whole ‘slightly budgeted X1 sibling’ aesthetic. As I understand it, the Hunter’s also expected to disable small craft (ions) or conduct limited anti-ship/vehicle action (missiles).
First time caller and new listener. You stuff is amazing Fractalsponge. I even love to geek out on the comment sections.
I second that!
I also second
Huh Fractal I just notice that this fighter have 4 ion engines but yet only two behind the cockpit are active and not the other two behind the ion cannons so why is that?
..because I forgot to turn them on? 🙂
I see the problem with using standardized TIE rack for this model. The folding wings block the upper sphere, there is no place for hooks to grab the fighter hull. So it would use the non standard system or it will land on the deck if lower wings are reinforced enough for such type of landing.
It could probably dock with wings deployed. Doesn’t look bigger than an Advanced or Intercepter.
It would make the folded wing system unnecessary. I presume as in most cases such system is for minimizing the space occupied in hangar by fighter. It do make sense as for almost one standard TIE upright you would fit two Hunters in the same space. It can be used on ships and installations with more limited space that would have specific rear hooks system or even maybe some type of Cobra Bay?
Folding wings is supposed to make it faster, somwhow. Just like locking s-foils on X-wings.
I refuse to believe that 🙂 That’s on par with painting it red.
Painting a plane red works in 40k because of the warp being a psychic mirror of belief for every race that is psychically active. Orks just believe and the warp reflects this as a physical action. Actually Ork tech only works for Orks. Put a human in there and the stuff sometimes falls apart because that isn’t how our psychology works. We NEED a technical reason for it and the warp reflects this. Don’t steal Ork tech, it really only works for them if its a vehicle.
Again this is seven years later and I’m dubious anyone’s looking, but it could be a low-emission mode? Half the radiators are closed, it’s emitting much less heat, which should connote to a much quieter sensor signature on approach, allowing it to penetrate much deeper into a hostile sensor net than otherwise possible before going loud.
Which would fit well with its stated purpose as a special forces unit.
Of course you can honestly just turn the radiators off if you disconnect them from the heat transfer system, and you’d want to if you were folding them rather than radiating the heat right into your hull. But it does also reduce the cross-section a lot, which can lower the profile against active sensors too. Granted, with Star Wars ships you’re only going to be able to get the radar cross-section so small, but folding the wings does more on that front than you’re ever otherwise gonna get, and the folded Hunter is about as low as RCS gets on a TIE.
I was under the impression S-foils opened for extra heat dissipation, which the T-65 & B-wing need due to their plus-sized wingtip cannons (though whether said barrel size improves punch, range or both I couldn’t say). Hence ‘to attack position’.
So Fractal why do you refuse to believe that folding wings make the X-wing and TIE Hunter go faster is it because it make no scene?
If I remember right, the Hunter does land, since it’s whole point of existing is to be as the name implies, a hunter. Not needing a Star Destroyer or any other ship to ferry it around. So it should go without saying that a ship like that is capable of landing.
It did? My memory is not that great and I only have very limited experience with a game but I do not remember any scene with them on ground.
The lack of wingtip lasers still strikes me as a grievous waste of pointy portions, and those deployed S-foils seem damn spindly at the base, but this render quality manages to make it look good from a fair handful of angles.
The panel pivots are spindly because there’s no firepower to support on the tips – it’s all radiator connections. Extra lasers on the tips would also mean this thing is going awfully close to Avenger, and I think it’s more of a cheaper multirole fighter than bleeding edge Avenger/Defender territory.
I dunno-vaguely similar armament but skimping on thrust for budget’s sake still strikes me as fitting for that job description. But perhaps that’s just me rationalizing aesthetic prefer-ah, wondering whether those hub ions are non-negotiable & pull enough juice to rule out, say, wingtip autoblasters.