Yeah, I remembered the map with the VSD hovering over that barren planet. My best memory is actually how simple and novice-ish it looked from above (on the map) and in screenshots, and how great it looked in-game. A prime example of screenshots not doing a game justice. I preferred the map with the green vehicles, though.

That is quite an original interpretation of that particular tune. Kudos .

As for the idea, I'd love to have a single Corvette or similar ship hover over a map like a Titan, dominating the area it happens to be over with turbo laser fire. You'd have to have turbo lasers on the ground and/or fighters to have a chance to take it down, though.

did i open it wrong or somethinkg?

'neways, its a pretty good song lol

P.S. I realize I posted this in the wrong section. I could of sworn I was replying to the sentinel thing, so it was either sent to the wrong place, I had two internet panels open at once and was looking at one thread and replying to another, or I just was replying to the wrong thing.

Well if you are, at the moment we're only planning to have the one configuration, with a forward troop compartment and cargo bay at the rear for light transport vehicles. These vehicles will be small enough to disembark via the two large loading ramps that are situated one on each side of the ship.

Yeah, this would make for a cool map. You could have a modified version of a VSD on a map and it would have ramps on the bottom for the deployment of AT-STs, speeder bikes, AT-ATs, repulsor tanks and other vehicles. But you would have to have the ramps and landing gear tall enough so that fighters can take off from the hanger if you plan to include one that still has the hanger on the bottom. But it would be cool to to do a re-enactment of the Ghorman Massacre.

Most troop drops are handled by Drop ship though.  The amount of time and effort to get a Capital ship of that size (VSD, ISD, SSD - whatever) into the atmosphere spoils the element of surprise - not to mention that you'd want the Star Destroyer in Low Orbit for interdiction duties.  The Imperials tended to use the Landing Brick to drop their contingents of troops and other larger drop ships to drop ATATs and ATSTs.  It was much faster, and didn't leave the capital ships open to attack from atmospheric fighters / speeders..  Most drop ships entered a planet's atmosphere at such a high rate of speed that very few atmospheric fighters could touch them, and these drop ships were more than able to handle themselves, easily clearing out the drop zones with heavy blasters and turbolasers so that their troops could disembark relatively unscathed.

And just a quick note, the Imperial I class ISD was capable of entering the atmosphere to support troops - the Imperial II class ISD was not..

http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/F7_%22La … _drop_ship

http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Imperial … _Transport

http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Theta-class_AT-AT_barge

http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Y-85_Titan_dropship

http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Warlord_Dropship

As far as atmospheric travel for ISDs, it is possible, as the Lusankya managed it, but only with lengthy and heavy customisation. Standard ISDs are certainly not capable of such flight, and standard ISDs are what we'll be using in First Strike.