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[[image:Original_Y-wing.jpg|thumb|250px|Y-wing with original coverings still intact.]]
[[image:Original_Y-wing.jpg|thumb|250px|[[Rebel Alliance]] Y-wing.]]


The '''Y-wing''' was a type of fighter/bomber used by the Rebel alliance during the galactic civil war. The Y-Wing was well shielded and armored and carried a sizable bomb payload as well as an ion cannon for disabiling enemy vehicles, but lacked in manuverability and required alot of matinence to keep fuctioning at full order. Because of this, often they would go into battle with armored plating removed and their ion cannons non fuctional.
The '''Y-wing''' is a heavy fighter/bomber developed during the [[Clone Wars]], and still used by the [[Rebel Alliance]] during the [[Galactic Civil War]]. The Y-wing is well shielded and carries a sizable [[proton torpedo]] payload as well as a turreted [[Ion Cannon|ion cannon]] for disabling enemy vehicles, in addition to standard dual laser cannons mounted in front.
 
The original configuration had a crew of two, pilot and gunner.  By the Civil War era, many Alliance vessels were single-seaters, but two-seater versions were still extant, e.g. the one flown by [[Leia Organa|Princess Leia]] and [[C-3PO]] in ''[[Splinter of the Minds Eye]]''.
 
[[Image:YWing art.jpg|thumb|[[Clone Wars]]-era Y-Wing]]
 
The Y-wing requires a lot of maintenance to keep functioning at peak performance. Alliance technicians often leave the armor plating removed to reduce maintenance time. The Y-wing's ion cannon turret is notoriously fragile and often left non-functional. For example, out of all the Y-wings involved in the [[Death_Star#The_Destruction_of_the_First_Death_Star|Battle of Yavin]] only two had functioning ion cannons, one of which was the only Y-wing to survive.
 
==[[Rogue One]]==
In ''Rogue One'', a pair of Y-wings disabled an [[Imperial Star Destroyer]] with a torpedo attack. The torpedoes were apparently special anti-ship weapons that used [[ion cannon|ion bursts]] to overload the target's systems, much like an [[electromagnetic pulse]]. The attack occurred during a fleet battle over Scarif, so it's not clear whether the Y-wings succeeded on their own or were successful because the ISD was also under fire from Rebel capital ships.


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Latest revision as of 16:03, 27 December 2016

The Y-wing is a heavy fighter/bomber developed during the Clone Wars, and still used by the Rebel Alliance during the Galactic Civil War. The Y-wing is well shielded and carries a sizable proton torpedo payload as well as a turreted ion cannon for disabling enemy vehicles, in addition to standard dual laser cannons mounted in front.

The original configuration had a crew of two, pilot and gunner. By the Civil War era, many Alliance vessels were single-seaters, but two-seater versions were still extant, e.g. the one flown by Princess Leia and C-3PO in Splinter of the Minds Eye.

Clone Wars-era Y-Wing

The Y-wing requires a lot of maintenance to keep functioning at peak performance. Alliance technicians often leave the armor plating removed to reduce maintenance time. The Y-wing's ion cannon turret is notoriously fragile and often left non-functional. For example, out of all the Y-wings involved in the Battle of Yavin only two had functioning ion cannons, one of which was the only Y-wing to survive.

Rogue One

In Rogue One, a pair of Y-wings disabled an Imperial Star Destroyer with a torpedo attack. The torpedoes were apparently special anti-ship weapons that used ion bursts to overload the target's systems, much like an electromagnetic pulse. The attack occurred during a fleet battle over Scarif, so it's not clear whether the Y-wings succeeded on their own or were successful because the ISD was also under fire from Rebel capital ships.


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