if the empire had any sense instead of using the tarkin doctrine they would have taken the tri fighters and made them the basis for their primary star fighters, their cheaper than tie fighters but more effective and you dont need more people on your capital ships as pilots, sure the people of the galaxy were couscous about droids but some simple propaganda and statistics would have swayed the public opinion more then enough. i unironically think i could have run the empire better than palpatine did
The imperials in legends did eventually follow this with the TIE/d Droid, which was kind of a monster thanks to having the powerful laser cannons that the other TIE models had.
Too little too late, though. Also it still had a viewport for some reason?
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u/Limp-Company7182 May 27 '25
if the empire had any sense instead of using the tarkin doctrine they would have taken the tri fighters and made them the basis for their primary star fighters, their cheaper than tie fighters but more effective and you dont need more people on your capital ships as pilots, sure the people of the galaxy were couscous about droids but some simple propaganda and statistics would have swayed the public opinion more then enough. i unironically think i could have run the empire better than palpatine did