Ship of the week: X-wing starfighter

Deepcrush · Post by **Deepcrush** » Tue Sep 01, 2009 2:26 am

The droids do talk.

RK_Striker_JK_5 · Post by **RK_Striker_JK_5** » Tue Sep 01, 2009 3:34 am

The droid's speech is translated into text, Monroe. We see that in ROTJ when Artoo asks Luke where they're going after leaving Tatooine.

Deepcrush · Post by **Deepcrush** » Tue Sep 01, 2009 3:40 am

RK_Striker_JK_5 wrote:The droid's speech is translated into text, Monroe. We see that in ROTJ when Artoo asks Luke where they're going after leaving Tatooine.

Which is most likely due to the droid being outside of the cockpit.

Tyyr · Post by **Tyyr** » Tue Sep 01, 2009 4:10 am

No one seemed to have trouble understanding Artoo even when all he had were whistles and clicks.

Deepcrush · Post by **Deepcrush** » Tue Sep 01, 2009 4:14 am

I was saying that the text was because they were out in space and needed a way to communicate.

Tyyr · Post by **Tyyr** » Tue Sep 01, 2009 4:23 am

Yeah, wasn't really aiming that at you. Since Artoo was outside the cockpit he'd need something to transmit the words to the cockpit. Vacuum is less than a fantastic transmitter.

Deepcrush · Post by **Deepcrush** » Tue Sep 01, 2009 4:24 am

True enough.

RK_Striker_JK_5 · Post by **RK_Striker_JK_5** » Tue Sep 01, 2009 4:28 am

So... we're all in agreement, then?

Mark this on your calendars.

Deepcrush · Post by **Deepcrush** » Tue Sep 01, 2009 4:37 am

Nope, Monroe is still disliking droids. Everyone else agrees.

Lighthawk · Post by **Lighthawk** » Wed Sep 02, 2009 6:47 pm

Monroe wrote:Going back to the R2 (since I can't check this site on weekends) I guess its just a matter of taste. I would rather not have a little beeping droid following me around. Now if the computer can talk to me and everything fine but I don't want to mess with the droid. Personal choice I guess.

You know, you don't HAVE to take your droid around with you. You would be well within your right to just leave the little guy in the ship plug at all times. Even if that's all you do, there is a nice feature about the droid plug, upgrading your ship's assistant computer (which is what the droid is mostly) is pretty easy. You don't have to tear anything out of the ship, just swap your old droid for a newer model. Plug and play.

Sonic Glitch · Post by **Sonic Glitch** » Wed Sep 02, 2009 6:49 pm

Lighthawk wrote:
Monroe wrote:Going back to the R2 (since I can't check this site on weekends) I guess its just a matter of taste. I would rather not have a little beeping droid following me around. Now if the computer can talk to me and everything fine but I don't want to mess with the droid. Personal choice I guess.
Plug and play.

Is that what they call it these days?

Deepcrush · Post by **Deepcrush** » Wed Sep 02, 2009 6:50 pm

This all pretty much sums it up. The X-Wing never NEEDED the droid, it just helped.

Monroe · Post by **Monroe** » Wed Sep 02, 2009 11:57 pm

Deepcrush wrote:Nope, Monroe is still disliking droids. Everyone else agrees.

Alright I agree they're useful. Just not for me... that better?

I'd rather be the individual in the unit and have a built in computer that does all the same things a R2 does. But I like Lighthawk's idea if I had to have one.

"Hey Monroe grab your R2 we're going to the Station to grab some drinks."

"No R2, you stay and never leave this ship. EVER." Monroe commands his droid.

Sad beeps

Oh yeah. That does sound like a perfect system.

Sionnach Glic · Post by **Sionnach Glic** » Thu Sep 03, 2009 4:32 pm

Building what is effectively an R2 unit into the X-Wing as standard would seriously up the complexity of the fighter, increasing cost and build time. Best to have two seperate manufacturers build the two seperate units, and pair them as they're available.

Mark · Post by **Mark** » Sat Sep 05, 2009 5:01 am

Deepcrush wrote:This all pretty much sums it up. The X-Wing never NEEDED the droid, it just helped.

As I understood it, the X wing needed an R2 unit for hyperspace since it didn't have it's own nav computer

The A wing and the B wing were the first to have them, and they were limited to 10 preset jumps.

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