Posted by: Lord Xizer
« on: March 11, 2015, 04:19:54 PM »Also the ability to pack hundreds of them into a small space. The Imperials tended to be quantity-over-quality folks back then.
Well in the Imps defense the thing carrying the TIEs is capable of slagging most worlds surfaces on its own...the TIEs were originally an afterthought.
Also according to the X Wing books TIEs can land on the solar panels, they can hover like a harrier jet on repulsor lifts like the x wings to take off and land. The racks just make launching from ships easier because they just drop and fly out.