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| BTL-S8 K-wing assault starfighter | |
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BTL-S8 K-wing |
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Assault starfighter |
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- "We're the heavy hitters. When you need a command bridge leveled or a convoy of tanks wiped out, the K-wings get the call."
- ―New Republic pilot Miranda Doni shortly before her death at Doornik-319[src]
The BTL-S8 K-wing assault starfighter, commonly known as the K-wing, was a heavy starfighter/bomber.
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[edit] Characteristics
[edit] Role
[edit] History
Some Viscount-class Star Defenders were known to have K-wings in their hangar complements as an alternative to B-wings.[1]
[edit] Behind the scenes
[edit] Source discrepancies
While The New Essential Guide to Vehicles and Vessels describes the K-wing as mounting laser turrets for self-defense, in The Black Fleet Crisis, it is indicated that the fighter has no built-in armament whatsoever, and instead relies entirely on its wing hardpoints to carry weaponry. The Black Fleet Crisis also lists the K-wing's third engine as being below the other two and at a slight angle to help the K-wing pull out of a dive, making its placement in The New Essential Guide to Vehicles and Vessels unlikely.
Other discrepancies include the arrangement of the wings and cockpit, with most visual sources using a pair of side by side cockpits, while the Black Fleet Trilogy refers to the pilot and bombadier sitting one behind the other. Michael P. Kube-McDowell, who wrote the Black Fleet Crisis, may originally have conceived the K-wing cockpit to be similar to that of a snowspeeder.
Starships of the Galaxy (2007) addresses all of these issues, with the laser armaments and side-by-side cockpit arrangement being identified as later modifications to the vessel, and the "turbolaser" designation being a non-technical use of the term.
[edit] Appearances
- Star Wars: Battlefront (cut content)
- Before the Storm (First appearance)
- Shield of Lies
- Tyrant's Test
- Star by Star
- Fury
[edit] Sources
- Cracken's Threat Dossier
Starship Battles Preview 1 on Wizards.com (article)
- The New Essential Guide to Vehicles and Vessels
- Starships of the Galaxy (2007)
[edit] Notes and references
- ↑ Starship Battles Preview 1
[edit] Image repository
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