Favorite Tie

[Mandalore-the-Inquizitor]

and a good mechanic can rework it into a suppior ship

[Scarecrow63]

It would take more than good mechanic, more like an uber 1337 mechanic, to take parts of other fighters and put them together to make it better

[Meyer]

yep. It is a hard job for two entirely different fighter designs.

[Mandalore-the-Inquizitor]

i dont htink it woul take that many its just the act of getting it right trial and error and CASH

[Marko Dash]

the panels on the TIE don't generate its power, its not possible to get the kind of energy they need to preform as they do just from sunlight, and even if they did then they wouldn't be able to operate in deep space. the panels are radiators for the TIE's reactor, just as the S-foils are for the X-wing.

[Slornie]

The panels on the TIEs do generate power, I quote:

All TIE series starfighters had two or more ion engine outlets, linked to a solar ionization reactor and solar array wings.

[Meyer]

solar array wings idea is that they generate power and are lighter and cheaper than onboard generator.

[Scarecrow63]

And makes it so that they tie engine has no moving parts

[Meyer]

yes. lighter, cheaper, and weaker.

[Scarecrow63]

I wouldnt say weaker, the engine itself was perfectly fine, it was just the surrounding tie that was weak

[Meyer]

one good part isn't able to compensate dozens of bad parts.