Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-26997653-20160602202007/@comment-27221056-20160609110728

I think releasing the ARC-170 was the final nail in the coffin for prequel ships beside that one. It's like they say "Here ya go, a prequel ship, buuuut not in they way you expected." And before you start with more "they just made up stuff to fit it into the rebel faction yadda-yadda", in Legends, the Empire actually used ARC fighters before the introduction of the much cheaper TIE series. And Headhunters are dated ships as well, originating from the same time as the ARCs. Introducing a prequel ship in this way, as only flown by a few pilots after a major overhaul, probably signifies that there won't be a Republic or Federation faction. And good riddance, I say. The N-1 is probably the most dated fighter in current canon. It's 20-30 years older than Z95s and ARCs. Compared to a TIE Fighter, it would have 1 attack, 2 agility, 2 hull and 1 shield, and then torpedo and astromech upgrade slots (EPT for vets). Unless FFG introduces a new upgrade type called "Dated Tech" these ships would be 10 points for the lowest PS.

As for droids flying ships, Vulture Droids ARE the ship. Game mechanically you can have different droid pilots in some ships, but the ship type would be Vulture Droids and so would the pilots. And Federation droids worked as a hivemind, it wouldn't make sense to single out a certain "old" droid amonst the horde, unless it was tampered with and modified for a certain purpose.