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 Posted: Mon Nov 12, 2007 10:22 am
Its a theory, to be honest.
I read the Phantom Menace Novilization and there was a Stranded Fighter pilot who spoke to anakin as I had stated.
I looked back at Shmi's past and saw that she had lost her parent in a pirate raid when young and spent the vast majority of her life as a slave.
With no clue as to her folk's history, I assumed that Shmi was without a surname for much of her life, typical of most slaves.
The Origin of the Skywalker name probably comes from Anakin, where he was known to be a remarkable pilot and more that ready to boast about it. Hearing the fighter pilot speak of his "Sky Walking", he probably adapted the term himself.
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Posted: Mon Nov 12, 2007 10:34 am
That makes some sense, I suppose. Even by GFFA standards, Skywalker is an odd name...
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Posted: Mon Nov 12, 2007 10:36 am
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Posted: Mon Nov 12, 2007 1:54 pm
Cale Darksun Nelowulf Yeah... I tried to create daredevil into a pilot, and everyone shouts "red baron"... One guy doesnt mean everyone. A Red Painted ship could mean anything, not just a tribute to the Red Baron. Rogue Squadron had red stripes on all their craft, and Nym's Havoc had red markings. Red is a color for Danger. It draws the eye and makes one instinctively take notice. Its the color of blood, of war, and passion. Red is also the color of the Republic Diplomatic Corp in the same fasion that the Red Cross uses a Red Cross. red draws attention. That and Red ones go faster. Ah but a squadron where every ship has a custom paint job and is lead by a red painted aircraft does seem to yell "Red Baron" and "Flying Circus". As to the reason I brought up Udet, one of the less known facts about him is that he flew a Fokker DR.I for awhile which was painted blue. As for flying style... the best fighter pilots have a very conservative flying style. The highly aerobatic style is shunned because it's actually too predictable for fighter combat. Those that were skilled at aerobatics usually were among the first to be shot down in combat.
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Posted: Mon Nov 12, 2007 1:56 pm
What about Rogue Squadron?
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Posted: Mon Nov 12, 2007 2:13 pm
Dicta Boeloke
1. Secure every advantage
2. Attack from behind.
3. Attack in groups.
4. Don’t quit an attack once started.
5. Don’t be fooled by the enemy’s tricks.
6. Turn to face a diving foe.
7. Always keep the enemy in sight.
8. Fire at close range.
Amendments.
1. Secure every advantage.
2. Keep your back to the sun.
3. Shoot to kill.
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Posted: Mon Nov 12, 2007 2:14 pm
Or any other Jedi Ace?
Or has Stellar forgotten just how "aerobatic" the fights were in the Clone Wars miniseries?
And Actually, I never really read much into the Flying Circus. I just wanted a red craft. I had no clue about Udet until you mentioned it. WWI airplanes don't really interest me much. No real speed to it to pull off the maneuvers that you can in star wars. xp
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Posted: Mon Nov 12, 2007 2:14 pm
You repeated Secure every Advantage.
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Posted: Mon Nov 12, 2007 2:16 pm
Well, it is extra important...
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Posted: Mon Nov 12, 2007 2:16 pm
Nelowulf Or any other Jedi Ace? Or has Stellar forgotten just how "aerobatic" the fights were in the Clone Wars miniseries? And Actually, I never really read much into the Flying Circus. I just wanted a red craft. I had no clue about Udet until you mentioned it. WWI airplanes don't really interest me much. No real speed to it to pull off the maneuvers that you can in star wars. xp You can pull off quite a few in those old planes that would be impossible in starfighters, but thats another story. Starfighters fight like WWII aircraft. Thats the way its been for 30 years of Star Wars Fandom.
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Posted: Mon Nov 12, 2007 2:19 pm
Cale Darksun Nelowulf Or any other Jedi Ace? Or has Stellar forgotten just how "aerobatic" the fights were in the Clone Wars miniseries? And Actually, I never really read much into the Flying Circus. I just wanted a red craft. I had no clue about Udet until you mentioned it. WWI airplanes don't really interest me much. No real speed to it to pull off the maneuvers that you can in star wars. xp You can pull off quite a few in those old planes that would be impossible in starfighters, but thats another story. Starfighters fight like WWII aircraft. Thats the way its been for 30 years of Star Wars Fandom. Yeah, WWII to present. We haven't come up with a way to fight at hypersonic speeds, so the changes in aerobatic combat have mostly been due to ordinance abilities. The missle has fazed out dogfighting, but that doesn't mean it isn't possible in today's era. Just unlikely to be used... Not to say that four cluster homing missle pods wouldnt' be a nasty surprize for a squadron.
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Posted: Mon Nov 12, 2007 2:21 pm
Endangered species. Keep then flying!
I did? sorry 'bout that
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Posted: Mon Nov 12, 2007 2:22 pm
They weren't allowed to have a variety of paint schemes as part of the New Republic military. All they had was a squadron crest, and a spaceframe painted green because it wasn't really New Republic property.
The Rogues are very conservative in their flying style. Reversals, rolls, and loops aren't very common maneuvers (Rolls especially, the roll is the most useless acrobatic maneuver devised, so long as the direction your nose is pointing doesn't change my aim doesn't need to change, nor a missiles flight path). The bread and butter of fighter combat is the break turn, coupled with slight variations (Hi-Lo, Yo-Yo, and thatch weave to name a few).
Acrobatic skill doesn't matter, because you're not doing a precise display to a crowd. Maneuvers need an instability, a random factor that keeps the enemy from predicting your moves. Aerobatics demands the removal of those factors.
Gunnery doesn't matter, because you're attacking a maneuvering target. If you fire at range, he's going to dodge. You must close and eliminate deflection... so the best attacks are at the enemy's 12 and 6 o'clock positions within one kilometer or less (You can thank the targeting computer for keeping you from having to get into the 100 meter or less range).
What does matter is situational awareness (The one you don't notice lining up a shot will kill you) and aggressiveness (The one sure fire way to die is to turn away from an attacker.) That's where the rogues excel.
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Posted: Mon Nov 12, 2007 2:23 pm
Nelowulf Cale Darksun Nelowulf Or any other Jedi Ace? Or has Stellar forgotten just how "aerobatic" the fights were in the Clone Wars miniseries? And Actually, I never really read much into the Flying Circus. I just wanted a red craft. I had no clue about Udet until you mentioned it. WWI airplanes don't really interest me much. No real speed to it to pull off the maneuvers that you can in star wars. xp You can pull off quite a few in those old planes that would be impossible in starfighters, but thats another story. Starfighters fight like WWII aircraft. Thats the way its been for 30 years of Star Wars Fandom. Yeah, WWII to present. We haven't come up with a way to fight at hypersonic speeds, so the changes in aerobatic combat have mostly been due to ordinance abilities. The missle has fazed out dogfighting, but that doesn't mean it isn't possible in today's era. Just unlikely to be used... Not to say that four cluster homing missle pods wouldnt' be a nasty surprize for a squadron. Boom.
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Posted: Mon Nov 12, 2007 2:24 pm
They tried to faze out dog fighting in Viet Nam, it didn’t work out to well.
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