Re: Starfighters on Ground Maps
Basically the reasons for airspeeders on ground maps are...
A: Lore
B: Variety
V-Wings can be transported to other systems via V-Wing transports that are stored in capital ships.
T-47s (snowspeeders...for all you "normal" people) can be transported via Gallofrees.
T-16 Skyhoppers are civillian. They are usually everywhere, because they are a usual personal transport and can be used on many worlds.
Lore could go both ways. Variety means more work for the devs and longer waits for patches. And for what? A ship that does the same thing as the other ships we already have, only it can be used on ground combined arms maps exclusively.

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