Ach, talon and his ruddy toys again.    

Got to say, the TFU thing makes more sense.  Clone Gunship was a fantastic asset during the clone wars, it makes sense the Empire would continue with the technology, although the thing in TFU looks a bit too "sci-fi" with the blue lights and extra bits.

Talons toy makes no sense though.  Transporting guys outside of the craft? Come on!   Talons advantage is that the thing has special suspension which imulates wobbly, bouncy hovercraft rides.

You forgot the other advantage, it produces R2 D2, C3p0 and darthvader noises on command.
Can you imagine the news post for this?
We have a great new piece of kit for Imperial players this week!
By pressing X, the Imperial pilot broadcasts Astromech noises, ensuring the rebels mistake his dropship for an approaching support trooper- until it is too late!
He then presses F to switch to recordings of Darth Vader, striking the fear of the Empire into the rebel scum as his stormtroopers deploy.

Oh and the rebels get this brand new ME speeder, its the old one reskinned to be Blue!

BTW, I love that that its based on an old toy- much like what was done in FS with the MLC3. Difference being that we were faithful to the original design and they turned it way up to 11 on the badass-o-meter.

I agree that its a bit more glowy modern Unreal Tournament scifi in parts than good ol starwars scifi.  I still think its a nice transition between the MAAT and the DX9/ Lambda family.

''Its over. Angel won.''   RSF Gurd