Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-26411770-20160819020034/@comment-26411770-20160822192219

Ajones47, let me address your concerns. First, the E-Wing is just an overpowered T-70 X-Wing. It gains the barrel roll and evade actions in exchange for the boost action (Which, if necessary can be acheived with the Engine Upgrade modification). It gains the system slot in exchange for the tech slot. It has a 3rd Agility instead of a 3rd Hull. It has green speed 2 banks vs green speed 1 banks. It has a white speed 5 straight maneuvers while the T-70 has no speed 5 manuvers. So how the hell do you figure that the E-Wing needs 'help'? However, as for the Y-Wing, it is too slow for bomb loadout to be very efficient, and BTL-A4 negates its one true benifit by forcing the turret to fire exclusively in the foward arc to gain the dubious benefit of making a 2-die attack that won't get through most ships evade dice anyway. And R2-D6 ends up negating one of the most important upgrade slots in order to recieve an upgrade that SHOULD be native to at least one of the ships. And you can't say that the ship itself can't host an elite talent, a la Lambda-class shuttle because the Kavil can equip it (though he's scum).

I can think of a few titles offhand:

T-65 Advanced X-Wing = Gains the Missile upgrade slot

T-65D-A1 X-Wing = Gains the System upgrade or Tech upgrade slot

Light Y-Wing = Loses all Torpedo upgrade slots, you may preform 1 free boost action per turn even when stressed.

BTL-S3B Y-Wing = Gains Elite upgrade slot