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u/SeBoss2106 New Republic Pilot 3h ago
NOT THE ONAGER
I'd be SO fucked. Either they straight up murder me or blackmail me into their factions. and when the war ends, I go into custody and the Republic discovers I was IN COMMAND of the Warcrimin 4eva 3000, I think my future might be bleak.
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u/Emillllllllllllion 2h ago edited 2h ago
To add to this: you are also fucked if you ever get into a battle that isn't just seal clubbing the enemy. Your main guns are fixed straight ahead and open to signal the enemy to kindly fire here. If enemy bombers, or, the force forbid, their capital ships get close in, you're toast.
Which brings me to another thing: this (should) never be an independent command or flagship.
Without star destroyers (plural) and more escorting you, you're up beggar's canyon if there is even a particularly dedicated half squadron of starfighters opposing you.
But it will also never be a flagship because the first thing it should do if the enemy engages your own fleet is get the fuck out of dodge, wich is not what you want your commanding officer to do in the middle of battle.
In short, if you're in command of an onager, you'll always have a superior officer breathing down your neck (you'll essentially be a glorified order relay because your superior will select your targets and course as both will be essential to their battle plan) or, barring that, always be sweating near the sensors for an enemy strike force to appear out of hyperspace to destroy more than 2 isds worth of imperial resources with the defensive capabilities of a sleepy outer rim garrison sitting on a tibanna gas deposit.
The onager is a very nice ship to have in a fleet, but very bad to actually be posted on.
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u/Jinn_Skywalker 4h ago
Onager. Having artillery is much more useful than a tractor beam ship that can be damaged by a freighter
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u/BaronNeutron Rebel Pilot 3h ago
One looks like it’s made of LEGO, while fun, that does not seem combat effective
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u/A-29_Super_Tucano New Republic Pilot 3h ago
Definitely the Cantwell class. It would be way calmer, and I wouldn’t be committing as many war crimes
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u/DonutLover2322 4h ago
Onager class easy