FTS Gecko 24,199 Posted October 24, 2016 Yeah, the Gunboat is a snubfighter. It was brought into production by the Empire after the Incom defected to the Rebellion and took the X-Wing with them. The X-Wing was originally going to be an Imperial ship, y'see. (in Legends, anyway). 2 VanderLegion and Odanan reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
FTS Gecko 24,199 Posted October 24, 2016 Would have been better if the photoshop of the gunboat had the wings coming out of the ordnance pods. Still, a solid A-/B+ for effort. You see, that was the one thing that gave me a moment's pause for thought when I saw the picture - only three wings, and a cockpit closer in style to the Lambda's cockpit than is normally shown on the Gunboat's artwork and models. It looks like a redesign / interpretation of the Gunboat, as opposed to a straight copy of the models and artwork already out there. It's quite a cool image, really Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Managarmr 2,355 Posted October 24, 2016 Sorry i didn't read through the whole thread, and may be repeating others. But i will laugh so much if SWX58 is... drumroll please. THE GUNBOAT You mean like this? A nice photoshop, but imho also clearly showing why it probably will not turn up in this configuration. The faction identity is just too weak, too low recognition outside of people having played decades old PC games. And the colouring clearly cries rebels to the happy amateur. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Darth Tam 156 Posted October 24, 2016 Sorry i didn't read through the whole thread, and may be repeating others. But i will laugh so much if SWX58 is... drumroll please. THE GUNBOAT You mean like this? But the web address doesn't work so it must be fake:<Error><Code>AccessDenied</Code><Message>Access Denied</Message><RequestId>C6446A1D5947F8B5</RequestId><HostId>TtALpQeuYdEMsH+E9JJQOwuIVcdn6ExMPDzHOfrioL5FG3M1Kz+1RTu3Of9+/Cfvr8zI7yMb5Js=</HostId></Error> Well as soon as this showed up, the URL would've certainly been taken down. Very true. Sadly. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
R4B2 222 Posted October 24, 2016 Interesting, looks to me like there is an xwing with partisan color scheme in the operations specialist card. https://images-cdn.fantasyflightgames.com/filer_public/c4/02/c402847e-edc5-44b6-a7ba-d32bd694d67c/swx60-operations-specialist.png Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
FTS Gecko 24,199 Posted October 24, 2016 A nice photoshop, but imho also clearly showing why it probably will not turn up in this configuration. The faction identity is just too weak, too low recognition outside of people having played decades old PC games. And the colouring clearly cries rebels to the happy amateur. If you say so. Personally I think there's enough design cues to tie it to the Lambda Alabaster Space Waffalo that if you remove the red markings, it'll be good to go, and it'll sell by the shipload. Plus, if the happy amateur isn't aware of the Imperial penchant for white, folding winged ships already, they will be after Rogue One hits. 2 KCDodger and Odanan reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Managarmr 2,355 Posted October 24, 2016 Interesting, looks to me like there is an xwing with partisan color scheme in the operations specialist card. https://images-cdn.fantasyflightgames.com/filer_public/c4/02/c402847e-edc5-44b6-a7ba-d32bd694d67c/swx60-operations-specialist.png ? The front one has a red stripe. - thus no partisan, i'd say. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
evanger 369 Posted October 24, 2016 I am hoping this SKU is for an optional, non-standard, ground game add-on, like Epic. 1 ForceSensitive reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ForceSensitive 2,643 Posted October 25, 2016 There's alot of support already built into the game for such ground based expansion. And a fair amount already announced. 2 KCDodger and evanger reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Odanan 5,452 Posted October 25, 2016 (edited) I am hoping this SKU is for an optional, non-standard, ground game add-on, like Epic. I (futilely) hope it's a boxed campaign. EDIT: OK, I wouldn't mind at all if it was really the Assault Gunboat (even if without the secondary wings). Edited October 25, 2016 by Odanan Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
All Shields Forward 1,928 Posted October 25, 2016 Clearly SXW58 is the "Star Wars Holiday Special" tie in product. That's why it hasn't been announced yet. 5 Bojanglez, NotBatman, spacebug and 2 others reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
xanderf 6,795 Posted October 25, 2016 I am hoping this SKU is for an optional, non-standard, ground game add-on, like Epic. I (futilely) hope it's a boxed campaign. EDIT: OK, I wouldn't mind at all if it was really the Assault Gunboat (even if without the secondary wings). I don't really think there is any doubt, at this point, that SWX58 is the Scum epic. Announcement is likely on hold at the moment, as wave 9, HotR, and wave 10 are what FFG wants to really move units during the holiday season we are now in - and in any case, the 'Epic'-scale ships don't sell as well as the smaller (tournament-legal) ships. So I don't expect an announcement of what SWX58 is until maybe late December (post-Christmas) or early January. IE - if there is no possibility of it being on retail shelves before Christmas, FFG isn't going to want to be teasing it and having people hold off on purchases of 9/HotR/10 products that WILL be out, in anticipation of something that won't be. (At least that's the logic I'm seeing a lot of other manufacturers and businesses in similar verticals taking at the moment - posting previews and news on what will be on shelves before Christmas, holding off on announcements of things that won't be until later. Of course, there is always a remote possibility that it's a stealth release alongside the rest of wave 10 and still unannounced because there is a massive Rogue One spoiler involved...but other explanations seem more likely) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
patox 2,020 Posted October 25, 2016 Like All Shields Forward said, SXW58 is the Star Wars Holiday Special tie-in. it's also going be the first card-only expansion for X-Wing. The Lumpy Crew Card and Life Day mod is going to be so OP. 4 All Shields Forward, General Mayhem, KCDodger and 1 other reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Malburet 26 Posted October 25, 2016 (edited) Personnaly I bet on this one: Edited October 25, 2016 by Malburet 2 knavelead and Odanan reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
KCDodger 11,110 Posted October 25, 2016 Isn't the Gunboat a modified Lambda? I always assumed it would be another large base ship (though I never made it far enough in the games to encounter one, so could just be speaking out of turn). how does anybody get this idea 2 knavelead and Vigil reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Odanan 5,452 Posted October 25, 2016 Isn't the Gunboat a modified Lambda? I always assumed it would be another large base ship (though I never made it far enough in the games to encounter one, so could just be speaking out of turn). how does anybody get this idea Maybe he is thinking about the Escort Shuttle? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Joe Boss Red Seven 11,293 Posted October 25, 2016 T-65 X-Wing from Rogue One Mining Guild Epic Gozanti with clipped TIE fighters. Bespin Cloud Car (I wish) Choose! T-65 X-Wing from Rogue One. 2 Bojanglez and knavelead reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bojanglez 2,159 Posted October 25, 2016 T-65 X-Wing from Rogue One Mining Guild Epic Gozanti with clipped TIE fighters. Bespin Cloud Car (I wish) Choose! T-65 X-Wing from Rogue One. This. 1 Joe Boss Red Seven reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Joe Boss Red Seven 11,293 Posted October 25, 2016 T-65 X-Wing from Rogue One Mining Guild Epic Gozanti with clipped TIE fighters. Bespin Cloud Car (I wish) Choose! T-65 X-Wing from Rogue One. This. Looks like I may be wrong about a LAND WAR Expansion (Dam Dat Card-Dice Game!!!)... but I will be shocked if we do not get these little badass'es'us'sss.... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
xanderf 6,795 Posted October 25, 2016 T-65 X-Wing from Rogue One. This. Oh, I'm sure we'll get the Partisan T-65, no doubt. But SWX58 is Scum, and that ship may or may not be. I mean, no reason the Partisan T-65 couldn't be SWX64 or SWX65, after all... 1 Joe Boss Red Seven reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
FTS Gecko 24,199 Posted October 25, 2016 I imagine we MIGHT find out what SWX58 really is after Heroes hits (or shortly after the Wave 10 previews are all released). 1 knavelead reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Joe Boss Red Seven 11,293 Posted October 25, 2016 7 gabe69velasquez, grandmoffjoe, Arttemis and 4 others reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
costi 1,304 Posted October 25, 2016 And now for something completely different... We know that there's an Imperial astromech in Rogue One... which is black. What if the black and white X-wings are Imperial, and the Rebels "liberate" them during the movie (or not)? 2 FTS Gecko and Vigil reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
All Shields Forward 1,928 Posted October 25, 2016 That would be great and keep the spirit of the X-Wings lore. Though honestly I think 58 will be revealed after the next Rebels episode. It's probably the new Phantom. 1 Magnus Grendel reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
eMeM 3,188 Posted October 25, 2016 That would be great and keep the spirit of the X-Wings lore. Though honestly I think 58 will be revealed after the next Rebels episode. It's probably the new Phantom. Why would they add the new Phantom now, in a wave with 2 Rebel ships? 1 Odanan reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites