Growing increasingly outdated with the advent of sleeker, more powerful starfighters, the Y-wing will nonetheless stand proudly when history recalls its important role in the Rebel Alliance. Y-wing starfighters hold the dubious record of being the most-destroyed military vessel in the Alliance arsenal. This is not due to any design flaw in the Koensayr starfighter; rather it is the result of it being the most common starfighter the Alliance had at its disposal during the Galactic Civil War. The Y-wing was the "work horse" of the Alliance starfighter arsenal. 隨著更高效、更強大星際戰鬥機的出現，Y翼日益過時歷史記錄下它在義軍同盟中的重要作用時，Y翼依舊享有無上榮光。Y翼星際戰鬥機可能保持著一項記錄——義軍同盟軍火庫中戰損率最高的作戰飛船。這並非因為這種星際戰鬥機有任何設計缺陷；這是因為在銀河內戰期間它是同盟能使用的最常見星際戰鬥機。
Y翼是同盟星際戰鬥機里的“老黃牛”。圖紙
基本結構
Despite many variants, all Y-wings have the same basic configuration. At the front of the craft is the wedge-shaped cockpit module. A reinforced central spar connects the cockpit to a cross-spar. At each end of the cross-spar rests a powerful engine nacelle, which houses the fighter's sublight and hyperdrive engines. Each nacelle is topped with sensor arrays. Three repulsorlift engines propel the craft in atmosphere, and support it for in-hangar maneuvering. A tiny joystick both in the cockpit and outside under the nose allow ground crew or pilot to move the vessel about when parked. 儘管有許多不同的型號，但所有Y翼都有相同的基本結構。楔形駕駛艙位於飛船前部一根加固的中央翼梁連線著駕駛艙和十字翼梁。十字翼梁兩端各有一台動力強大的引擎艙，安裝著戰鬥機亞光速和超空間驅動引擎。
The initial BTL-B bomber was a double-seater craft with a forward-facing pilot, and a tailgunner in a rotating bubble turret. The Rebel Alliance maintained two basic types of Y-wings, the single-seater BTL-A4 and the double-seater BTL-S3. In the two-seater S3, the gunner sits facing rear, controlling the turret-mounted ion cannon. Both pilot and gunner are protected by a pair of Koensayr ballistic ejection seats that automatically eject both crew members. The A4 features Guidenhauser ejection systems like their X-wing counterparts. 最初的BTL-B轟炸機是雙座飛船，有一位面向前方飛行員和一位坐在水泡型旋轉炮塔里尾炮手。義軍同盟的Y翼有兩種基本類型——單座型BTL-A4和雙座型BTL-S3。在雙座型S3上炮手位面向後方，控制炮塔上離子炮。BTL-B Y-wing
飛行員和炮手有一對肯賽爾彈道式彈射椅保護能自動彈射這兩位乘員，A4跟X翼一樣有吉登豪澤彈射系統。
Just aft of the cockpit module is an astromech socket. Typically, an R2 or an R4 unit provide astrogation assistance in the S3 model. The Y-wing BTL-A4 (LP) Longprobe variant does have an astromech socket, but is also equipped with a navicomputer. 宇航技工機器人插座就在駕駛艙後面，通常一台R2或R4機器人在S3型號上提供宇航輔助。Y翼BTL-A4（LP）“遠程探測”型不僅有宇航技工機器人插座，還配備了導航計算機。 The Y-wing S3 has a cargo capacity of 110 kilograms carried in .4 cubic meters. It has a total of one week of life support and fuel for non-combat operations. The Y-wing Longprobe is modified for deep-space missions with longer in-flight time, providing three weeks of consumable supplies. The Longprobe has 80 kilograms of cargo capacity. Y翼S3的0.4立方米貨艙可以容納110千克物資。S3共包含為期一周的維生補給和燃料以供非戰鬥行動。BTL-A4 Y-wing.
The twin massive Koensayr R200 Ion Jet engines (rated at 250 KTU) propel the starfighter in real space, and each ion fission engine nacelle is topped with sophisticated sensor arrays. In an atmosphere, these engines work in conjunction with recessed repulsorlift generators to attain speeds of 1,000 kilometers per hour. The Y-wing's maneuverability comes from a pair of thrustor control jets in the aft-face of the central spar. Additional agility is afforded by disk-vectrals set in the end of the engine nacelles to redirect thrust. 兩台大型肯賽爾R200離子噴氣引擎（級別為250KTU）用於各種空間推進這種星際戰鬥機，每台離子裂變引擎艙上都有精密的感測器陣列，在航空狀態中這些引擎與內置反重力發生器共同工作達到每小時1000公里速度。Y翼機動性來自中央翼梁後面一對推進控制噴口，額外敏捷性由引擎艙末端能改變推進方向的導向盤提供。 The Y-wing's R300-H hyperdrive motivator yields a Class One performance on standard astrogation routes. The S3 model does not have a hyperdrive backup. In the A4 Longprobe, the gunner's station is replaced with a nav-computer and backup systems. The slower backup is equivalent to a Class Six hyperdrive. Y翼的R300-H超空間驅動發動器在標準宇航航路上能發揮一級性能。S3型號沒有備用超空間驅動器。
A4“遠程探測”上，炮手位被一台導航計算機和備用系統代替較慢的備用系統相當於一台六級超空間驅動器。 Hyperdrive, repulsordrive, and sublight systems are controlled via the Subpro NH-7 flight control avionics package. The Y-wing draws power from Thiodyne O3-R cryogenic power cells which fuel the internal ionization reactor. 超空間驅動器、反重力驅動器和亞光速系統都通過薩布普羅NH-7飛行控制設備操縱。Y翼的動力來自於為內部離子化反應堆提供燃料蒂奧達因03-R低溫電池。
戰術
The Y-wing's primary weapons are twin forward-firing Taim & Bak KX5 laser cannons, which can be fire-linked or fired singly. They are housed in a recessed slot in the front of the cockpit module. Some fighters instead carry Taim & Bak IX4 models. These lasers are fed from a Novaldex power generator in the central spar by exposed but shielded power lines. A secondary weapon is a turret mounted paired set of ArMek SW-4 ion cannons. In the A4, these weapons are preset in one of four fire arcs before flight, and operated by the pilot. In the S3, a tailgunner operates the ion cannons,in the rear-facing gunnery station. Y翼主要武器是兩門向前開火的泰姆與巴克KX5雷射炮，它們能同時開火，也能單獨開火。它們被安裝在駕駛艙前的凹槽中。有些戰鬥機則攜帶泰姆與巴克IX4型。中央翼梁內安裝諾瓦爾德克斯發電機通過暴露在外但有護盾保護的線路為這些雷射炮提供動力。次要武器是一對安裝在炮塔內的阿爾梅克SW-4離子炮。在A4上這些武器在起飛前被預先設定了四個火力範圍之一，由飛行員操作。在S3上炮手在面向後方的炮位上操作離子炮。 Providing a heavier punch at longer ranges is a pair of Arakyd FlexTube proton torpedo launchers below the cockpit module. These torpedoes are fed by two four-torpedo magazines. The BTL-B bomber also featured a proton bomb bay. 駕駛艙下方兩台阿拉基德“多樣管”質子魚雷發射器提供了遠程重型火力。這些魚雷發射器由兩個彈艙供彈，每個彈艙裝有四枚魚雷。BTL-B轟炸機也有一個質子炸彈艙。 The Y-wing's weapons are controlled by a Fabritech ANc-2.7 tracking computer with a SI 5g7 "Quickscan" vector imaging system. Like its X-wing counterpart, the Y-wing features an extendable targeting mask that covers a pilot's eyes for pinpoint accuracy at high speeds. These targeting systems receive data from the primary sensor threat analysis grid, housed in the main cockpit section. This is a short-range PG-7u unit. For longer range information, the Y-wing employs a matched set of ANx-y sensors with PA-9r phased tachyon detection arrays mounted under sensor-transparent domes atop each engine nacelle. Engine vibrations often hamper sensor alignment, but skilled operators can compensate accordingly. Y翼的武器由結構科技公司的ANc-2.7跟蹤計算機和SI 5g7“快速掃描”失量成像系統控制。跟X翼一樣，Y翼也有可伸縮瞄準器置於飛行員眼前，用於高速狀態下的精確定位。這些瞄準系統從主駕駛艙內的主要感測威脅分析網獲取數據。這是一個短程PG-7u設備對於遠程信息Y翼使用配套ANx-y感測器和PA-9r快子探測相位陣列後者被安裝每個引擎艙上面的感測透明圓罩下。引擎震動經常干擾感測器校正，熟練的操作員能作出相應補償。 Covering the Y-wing with defensive energy are a set of Chempat shield projectors. The shield generator in the A4 Longprobe provides weaker coverage because shield energy is diverted to supply the hyperdrive backup and navicomputer systems. 用防禦能量保護Y翼的是一套切姆帕特護盾發生器。A4“遠程探測”上護盾發生器只能提供較弱保護，因為其護盾能量被轉移給了備用超空間驅動器和導航計算機系統。 Perhaps the one thing fighter jockeys on both side of the war will agree on is that the Y-wing can take a beating. Its durable titanium reinforced Alusteel alloy hull proved a surprise to early enemy pilots, who confident that they had lined up the Y-wing in their targeting crosshairs, failed to destroy it with a snap-shot. Only by repeatedly dogging the Y-wing will lasers cut through its hull. The A4 model has slightly stronger armor. This reputation for being tough and stubborn, as well as its ground-hugging attack bomber mission profiles, have caused faster fighter pilots to nickname the Y-wing a "wallowing pig." 或許，戰爭雙方的戰鬥機飛行員都會承認Y翼的抗打擊能力很強。其耐用的鈦增強阿盧鋼合金外殼令早期敵軍飛行員大吃一驚他們曾自信地把準星對準Y翼卻無法快速擊毀它。只有不斷向Y翼開火雷射炮才能打穿外殼。A4型號的裝甲更強一些。堅固抗打的威名加上其總是執行低空襲擊轟炸任務，使Y翼被駕駛更快戰鬥機的飛行員暱稱為“滾地豬”。
歷史
The Y-wing fighter rose to prominence during the early stages of the Clone Wars, when Koensayr -- a corporation allied to the Republic -- developed a dependable bomber that could deliver more destructive power than the typical Torrent V-19 interceptor or the Jedi starfighters of the day. Koensayr testing facilities could barely keep up for the demand on the fighter, which were rushed into service on bombing runs at Gwori and in defense of Kaliida Shoals Med-Center. Notable Y-wing units of the era include Shadow Squadron and Hunter Squadron. Y翼戰鬥機在複製人戰爭早期就脫穎而出了，當時肯賽爾——一家與共和國結盟的公司——研發了這種可靠的轟炸機，它比當時常用的“激流”V-19截擊機或絕地星際戰鬥機更具戰鬥力。肯賽爾試驗設施能勉強滿足對這種戰鬥機需求。它們出廠後被立即投入對格沃里的轟炸疾飛和卡利達暗沙醫療中心保衛戰。那個年代著名的Y翼部隊包括影子中隊和獵人中隊。 Predating the Incom X-wing, the Koensayr Y-wing figured prominently in the Rebellion's early skirmishes of the Galactic Civil War. They proved their value in the Battle of Vnas at Duro, and the Battle of Ord Biniir. During the Siege of Ank Ki'Shar, Y-wing fighters saved thousands of lives by holding off attacking TIE bombers. And during the Battle of Yavin, and the Battle of Endor, Y-wing squadrons were influential in helping fend off the Death Star threats. A Y-wing brandishes its squadron colors and markings on its main cockpit module and the forward tips of the engine nacelles. 對起義軍而言在銀河內戰初期的小規模衝突中，肯賽爾Y翼比英康X翼更早地發揮了重要作用在比尼爾兵站戰役和杜羅弗納斯戰役中Y翼證明了它們的價值。安克基肖爾圍攻戰期間Y翼戰鬥機擋住TIE轟炸機的進攻，拯救了數千人的生命。雅文戰役和恩多戰役期間Y翼中隊是協助對抗死星威脅的中流砥柱。一架Y翼會在主駕駛艙和引擎艙前端展示其中隊的顏色和標誌。 The Y-wing is designated an attack fighter, giving it a wide range of combat applications. Capable of respectable performance in one-on-one fighter engagements, its durable spaceframe is also well-suited to carry heavy-armaments. With little to no modifications, many Rebel Alliance units use Y-wing fighters for bombing craft. In the later years of the Galactic Civil War, Y-wings began to be replaced by B-wing starfighters. This newer fighter boasted similarly strong shields and hull, and devastatingly powerful projectile, laser and ion weaponry. The B-wing did not completely replace the Y-wing, however. Y翼被定性為強擊機，有著廣泛的戰鬥套用。在一對一的戰鬥機纏鬥中，它能發揮出令人稱道的性能。其堅固的架構也非常適合攜帶重型武器。幾乎未經任何改裝，Y翼戰鬥機即被很多義軍同盟部隊用作轟炸機。在銀河內戰後期，Y翼開始被B翼星際戰鬥機取代。這種新戰鬥機有同樣強大護盾和堅固外殼還有威力力巨大的魚雷、雷射和離子武器然而B翼沒有完全取代Y翼。 Y-wings were relocated from front-line combat service to base protection and on raids on outlying Imperial convoys. Many Y-wings were pushed into courier duty for Intelligence services. This is where the most interesting Y-wing variants could be found. Some courier Y-wings did away with the ion weapons, replacing the cannon power systems with luggage space. These fighters featured special split-canopies for faster ingress or egress when landed (or even, as reported by some, high-altitude exits!) Some modified Y-wing fighters have detachable cockpits that served as repulsor-powered escape vehicles. 從前線撤後Y翼被轉用於保衛基地和襲擊偏遠的帝國船隊。很多Y翼被賦予交通員的職責，為情報局服務。這是目前已知最有趣的Y翼改裝型號。有些Y翼交通員拆掉了武器，把火炮動力系統替換為行李空間。這些戰鬥機有開裂式艙罩，用於著陸時更快地出入（或像有些人說的，甚至用於高空逃生！）。有些改裝過的Y翼戰鬥機有可分離駕駛艙，它們可作為反重力逃生工具。 Y-wing componentry has made itself into other Alliance hardware. The cockpit of the modified T-47 snowspeeder is a modified Y-wing fighter cockpit refit. This expedites training due to the familiarity most pilots have with the control layout. The T-47 also features refitted sections of Y-wing armor along its hull. Y翼為其它同盟裝備提供了部件。改裝過T-47雪地飛行艇駕駛艙就是由Y翼戰鬥機駕駛艙改裝。這有利於速成訓練，因為大多數飛行員對這種駕駛艙布局很熟悉。T-47的外殼也有部分是改裝過Y翼裝甲。 A short-lived venture between Koensayr and Rendili StarDrive produced an enlarged Y-wing fighter capable of housing a crew of up to four people, but these models are rare. 肯賽爾和倫迪利星際驅動公司曾短暫地聯合投資生產一種加大的Y翼戰鬥機，其機組成員最多可達四人，但這些型號很罕見。
Because only a trio of Y-wing ever shared the screen in the original Star Wars, the ILM modelmakers concentrated their efforts on the scene-stealing X-wing, building the venerable Y's in smaller numbers. Model-makers David Beasley, Steve Gawley, and Jon Erland worked on the original Y-wing, which was based on a Colin Cantwell design. 由於在最早的《星球大戰》里，銀幕上只須出現三架Y翼，因此工業光魔的模型製作師只製作了少量令人敬畏的Y翼，主要精力都花在搶鏡頭的X翼上。戴維·比斯利、史蒂夫·高利和喬恩·厄蘭三位模型製作師以科林·坎特韋爾的設計為基礎，開始製作最早的Y翼。 The early Cantwell concept models built of the Y-wing featured an immense bubble turret dome for a gunner to sit in. The limitations of bluescreen technology at the time made such a dome impractical --- it would be impossible to shoot a miniature with a clear dome and have that dome register properly on film after composite processing. Subsequent iterations of the Y-wing concept did away with the fragile-looking compartment. 坎特韋爾的Y翼早期概念模型有炮手乘坐巨大水泡型炮塔圓罩。當時的藍幕技術限制導致這種圓罩無法實現——拍攝有透明圓罩的縮微模型，並且經過合成處理後讓這個圓罩在膠片上準確顯示是不可能的。
後續版本Y翼構思都去掉了這個看起來很脆弱的部件。 When Joe Johnston refined the Y-wing for construction as a visual effects model, he posited that the Y-wing was once a sleek vessel that was chopped and stripped like a hot rod by Rebel Alliance technicians. The Y-wing's sole remaining touch of sleekness was the smooth shape of its cockpit. That section was a rare early instance of injection molding, allowing it to be "cleaner" than some of the more complex forms seen in the film. This uncluttered wedge-shaped front section quickly trailed off into a crossbar of jumbled plumbing, filled with kitbashed detail. The massive engines were sections of Apollo Saturn V rockets, 1/144 scale; the domes capping them were pantyhose containers. 喬·約翰斯頓把Y翼改進為可以製作的視覺效果模型時，假定Y翼曾是一種圓滑的飛船，後來像改裝車一樣被義軍同盟大幅度刪改。Y翼唯一還剩下一點圓滑感部分就是其外形流暢的駕駛艙。這個部分是罕見的注射成型早期範例，因此它比電影裡出現的一些更複雜形狀要“乾淨”。很快，這個簡潔楔形前艙的後面就有了一條布滿雜亂管道的橫樑，橫樑上的精細部件都是從其它模型套件上拆卸下來的。巨大的引擎是阿波羅計畫土星五號火箭1比144模型的部件；引擎頭部的圓罩是連褲襪容器。 Of the small pool of Y-wings built for Star Wars, one was given to Twentieth Century Fox executive Alan Ladd, Jr. as a gift. When it came time to do Return of the Jedi, new "hero" Y-wing models were needed for screen use, so model-maker Bill George brought in a home-made model he had built before he had even started working at ILM. It is now part of the traveling museum exhibit of original trilogy models. 在為《星球大戰》製作的少量Y翼中，有一架作為禮物被送給了二十世紀福克斯公司的執行官小艾倫·拉德。到《絕地歸來》時，銀幕需要新的“英雄”Y翼模型，於是模型製作師比爾·喬治帶來一個自製模型，他製作這架Y翼時，甚至還沒加入工業光魔。現在，這個模型是正傳三部曲模型博物館巡迴展覽的一部分。 For the Y-wing's triumphant return to the screen in the animated television series Star Wars: The Clone Wars, designer Russel Chong spearheaded the ship's development. "The Y-wing was a really fun project, bringing it back fully faired," he says. "We back-engineered the Y-wing and turned it back into a bomber. I took the actual model of the Y-wing from the files at Lucasfilm, and I overlaid our new version. We revitalized the bubble turret that Colin Cantwell and Ralph McQuarrie had developed. All the body panels are very much the same as the original Y-wing. I did my best to give it the same styling and the same look as the original Y-wing." 為了Y翼在《星球大戰：複製人戰爭》動畫電視連續劇里的勝利回歸，設計師拉塞爾·宗領導了該飛船的設計工作。“完全平整地再現Y翼確實是個有趣的項目，”他說。“我們反向分析Y翼，把它變回一種轟炸機。我從盧卡斯影業的檔案里拿了現有的Y翼模型，然後把我們的新版本覆蓋上去。我們恢復了科林·坎特韋爾和拉爾夫·麥夸里設計的泡型炮塔。所有機身面板都跟最早的Y翼一模一樣。我盡力讓它與最早Y翼有相同的式樣和相同外觀。”
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BTL-B Y-wing
BTL-A4 Y-wing.
BTL-S3 Y-wing
BTL-B Y-wing starfighter
BTL-A4