TIE Fighter Force Doctrine
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EN Dragon Spirit / Lamed 1-3 / VSD Stalwart
The doctrine of our Imperial TIE Fighter Force was brought about though a long process. This process brought into being many new types of TIE Fighters. You can break the TIE Fighting Force into five different areas of expertise.
These areas are:
For each area there was a craft suited for the task at hand.
Imperial Navy Ship Support
When you have a fleet of large ships moving into a situation they become targets. Using just shipboard weapons, you can take out other ships of like size but smaller ships with missiles are another matter. These small ships are like gnats; they are small and fast so hard to hit with shipboard lasers. To take out these ships you must have small starfighters of your own and the TIE Fighter fits this bill to a tee.
Flights of TIE Fighters flying sentry duty can handle ships of their own size and even cause damage to larger ships. The TIE fighter keeps the star fighters of any enemy fleet from engaging the larger ships of the Imperial fleet.
Planet Force Support & Strategic Bombing
The need of a fighter capable of supporting Ground units is always noticed as soon as Flight is discovered. Be it a hot air balloon to shot at enemy targets just out of their range, or the first powered craft with hand weapons and small bombs to drop on enemy lines.
Bombing of enemy targets and supporting your own ground forces becomes a prime importance in any war or engagement. The TIE Bomber is well suited for this as it can carry the following weapons:
But its Slow speed of 80MGLT makes the bomber a easy target for other fighters.
Space Defence
When you have Fighters inbound with only a small amount of time to meet and stop them before they get to your fleet, you need a Fast Fighter of your own. the TIE Interceptor fit this requirement with a top speed of 111MGLT. But the TIE Interceptor days were numbered as soon as the Rebellion forces started using the A-Wing Fighter with a Top speed of 120 MGLT.
A new fighter was now needed so Sienar Fleet System's created the TIE Advanced with a Top speed of 133MGLT compared to the A-wings 120. The T/A also has a hyperdrive, so it can be used to patrol farther away from the fleet then any other TIE, as well as a shield generator, so it can take a beating.
Conclusion
As each new situation arises we move forward in our strength to meet it with newer and better Star Craft and other weapons. What will be in our future is still to be seen. No matter what the Alliance sends up against us we will always meet it with our best effort. We have a lot to be thankful for what our TIE fighters can do when they are out dated then we will have a new TIE to take their place.
Glory to the Empire.