B-Wing Starfighter Admiral Ackbar, with the help of skilled Verpine ship builders, personally designed the B-Wing spacecraft. It played a major role in the Rebel Alliance victory at the Battle of Endor. One of the Alliance's most heavily armed starfighters, the B-Wing in effect is one long flat wing with and unusual 'floating' cockpit at one end and one of the ship's three ion cannons at the other end. About midway on the wing two airfoils extend out during combat, giving the ship the appearance of a cross, or with some imagination a, the letter B. Because of its unusual gyrostabilization system, the cockpit remains steady while the rest of the ship rotates around it, giving the pilot a stable field of fire. Designed to go head-to-head against much larger Imperial ships and disable them, the B-Wing has also been used for heavy assault strikes against Imperial facilities and as an escort for X-Wing and Y-Wing fighters. In addition to the ion cannons, there is a laser cannon mounted to the cockpit, two proton torpedo launchers, and two small blaster cannons. An enhanced model, such as the one Ackbar uses personally, has an expanded command module with room for a gunner. Along with other changes that have made the ship faster and tougher, this has substantially increased its combat success rate. |
