Sith Empire Fleet Candidates

The pessimistic side of me is guessing that CG will create 2 new characters for us to farm for the 1 new ship to farm.

I don't see them as "nice to the player base" to give us a ship for a character many many have at various Relic levels to use for the new ship.

"Metroplex79;c-2417283" wrote:
I don't see them as "nice to the player base" to give us a ship for a character many many have at various Relic levels to use for the new ship.

Yeah it'll have to be as inaccessible as possible so it'll either have the game's first relic 10 requirements or new characters and heavy relic requirements across the board.

The predictions I posted earlier:


Me, putting my money where my mouth is:

Getting ready

I don't think it'd be the Phantom. Keep in mind that most ships have pilots, and we don't have anything for the Phantom that would stay in theme with its origins (lore isn't a top priority for CG, but deviating too far will upset too many people).

I can't see the Sith Fighter being updated to look like the Supremacy-Class, because they are two completely different ships. I can, however, see a Supremacy-Class Starfighter piloted by the Sith Empire Trooper. The goal also isn't to keep it in line with SWTOR aesthetic; the Leviathan is a prime example of this, as it isn't from that era (as it predates it). I can definitely see the transport being an option, but that would definitely require Sith Empire Trooper.

We have a tank in the Extinction Bomber, and Malgus's Fury is a Support ship. Sith Fighter is an attacker, so I imagine we will see 2 more attackers.

-Supremacy-Class is where my money is at. Sith Empire Trooper would make a good pilot imo.

-More of a long shot, but Bastila Shan (Fallen) did have a ship in KOTOR. A G-Type Light Shuttle.


I can definitely see Bastila getting a ship, as Darth Revan is the pilot of the Flagship.

Sith trooper wouldn’t really make much sense as he’s a sequel trilogy character with FO tags as well as Sith.

Seems more likely that they’ll stick with prequel trilogy and older toons and ships IMO, Fury fitting in with the B28, Sith Fighter and scimitar in that way.

"Notthatguyfrombefore;c-2416739" wrote:
Sith trooper wouldn’t really make much sense as he’s a sequel trilogy character with FO tags as well as Sith.

Seems more likely that they’ll stick with prequel trilogy and older toons and ships IMO, Fury fitting in with the B28, Sith Fighter and scimitar in that way.

Pretty sure they're referencing "Sith Empire Trooper" which used to be called Sith Trooper before the red sequel version was added to the game.

Scimitar is likely to have a home in this fleet, no doubt about that, but a fleet is typically 5-6 ships. However, we've been told that we are getting 2 additional ships from what I recall. I do agree with them using pre-existing characters for pilots, though we do need to get a bit more creative with our guesses. I don't think we're getting new Sith Empire characters, at least not right now. I could be wrong, but I think they'll just add ships.

Crewless is possible, but I don't think they will do that. If the Flagship requires ships to unlock, then having pilots means more relics; more relics means more money. They want this to be profitable as well, much as we may dislike/like it.

So I fully expect all of the required ships to also need pilots.

"JohannesAlbrecht;c-2416727" wrote:
"I don't think it'd be the Phantom. Keep in mind that most ships have pilots, and we don't have anything for the Phantom."

They never said that they wouldn't be adding more characters as pilots. I could see them adding the Imperial Agent as a character to pad out Sith Empire more, especially since Malgus and Revan have to do a fair bit of sharing at the moment. Plus it means a more profitable grind.

"JohannesAlbrecht;c-2416727" wrote:
"Lore isn't a top priority for CG, but deviating too far will upset too many people."

In the context of this game, lore is least priority for CG and for most players. Case in point, the Sith Assassin from SWTOR pilots the KOTOR-era Sith Fighter. So for all we know they could give the Phantom to Bastila, SET, or even HK. In terms of visuals and ability references, the Phantom is the best option, and the most predictable one with the addition of the Fury.

"JohannesAlbrecht;c-2416727" wrote:
"I can't see the Sith Fighter being updated to look like the Supremacy-Class, because they are two completely different ships."

They're the same ship in function and purpose. The only difference is 2003 vs. 2011 graphics.

"JohannesAlbrecht;c-2416727" wrote:
"The goal also isn't to keep it in line with SWTOR aesthetic; the Leviathan is a prime example of this, as it isn't from that era."

We simply have more visual references, and in greater detail, from SWTOR than KOTOR. The introduction of Malgus and choice of the Fury interceptor suggests more SWTOR aesthetics. SET and Sith Assassin also follow the visuals of SWTOR, as opposed to their KOTOR counterparts, so unless they plan to add more KOTOR-era characters, expect the SWTOR aesthetic.

The choice of the Leviathan can definitely be credited more to its narrative significance, the fact that we actually have visual references for its abilities unlike Nihilus' Ravager, and of course because making Revan the fleet commander makes it much more inaccessible + profitable.

"JohannesAlbrecht;c-2416727" wrote:
"More of a long shot, but Bastila Shan (Fallen) did have a ship in KOTOR. A G-Type Light Shuttle."

A long shot like you said. Again there's the issue of references. In both KOTOR games that shuttle functioned purely as a transport.