Comment on Kuat Systems Engineering Eta-4 Interceptor by Shoguneagle
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Awesome as ever! Adamkop really knows how to channel the StarWars aesthetic these days, doesn't he? 
How much input do you have into the design process for the works you commission? The reason I ask is because as acebird1234 mentions, it looks quite similar to the A-Wings. I think I'd personally have shortened the engines by removing the thrust vectoring rings and tucking the bulk of them under the hull, and then mirrored the cockpit/nose "hood" out toward the rear to simulate the aft fin that the old Aethersprite fighters and Venator/Acclamator cruisers had -- just to reinforce that it's a Kuat Systems design. (the extended rear fin hull would give a bit more protection for that poor Astromech, too
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How much input do you have into the design process for the works you commission? The reason I ask is because as acebird1234 mentions, it looks quite similar to the A-Wings. I think I'd personally have shortened the engines by removing the thrust vectoring rings and tucking the bulk of them under the hull, and then mirrored the cockpit/nose "hood" out toward the rear to simulate the aft fin that the old Aethersprite fighters and Venator/Acclamator cruisers had -- just to reinforce that it's a Kuat Systems design. (the extended rear fin hull would give a bit more protection for that poor Astromech, too
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Honestly, Adam gives me quite a bit of freedom regarding changes and alterations to the commission requests. Acebird is not wrong regarding engines, and that piece was intentional with respect to the ETA-4. As Jan Dodonna and his team never design the A-Wing in the Father and Son of the Suns setting, a team within Kuat Systems Engineering decides to radically change the lineage of design for the ETA series for the Galactic Republic... and embarks on the creation of better-armed, slightly more durable interceptor. The ETA-4 is the result of that.
Good point, hadn't really considered what the timeline changes might do in terms of effects on the various industrial players