OrderedOrb
I trust you know where the happy button is?
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What are you even talking about with slave linked drones? I'm pretty sure those don't even exist in Star Wars at that level for starfighter support.That is the point though. These fighters are meant to interdict star fighters. The rounds in the guns can be adjusted for the type of targets they are going after. Or if they are going after capital type ships they can focus on a missile boat concept akin to the F35 and its drone buddies. Basically go into a system with a slave linked pod that is directed by the fighter to launch missiles at capital ship targets if needed. They aren't meant to dogfight. They are meant to missile spam. Wedge did something similar to this taking down Lusankya with freights and slaved proton torpedo launchers. They can do the same with concussive missiles and proton launchers on a smaller scale. These are meant for anti piracy missions not for capital ship engagments though.
Besides, this is getting off topic for why the Empire likes the TIE; the lack of hyperdrives so they can't just run off and join the rebellion and promotes dependece on capital ship carriers to move around. They don't care about the lack of shields and potentially losing pilots because they have an ABUNDANCE of manpower and cheap starfighters. And why bother with those railguns on a TIE when the regular laser cannons are actually good enough firepower against other starfighters AND for choose weakpoints on larger ships up to Corvette size when the railguns are objectively worse against anything larger than a starfighter? You sound like you're more in love with the idea than you bothered to think it through.