Here's what I have, either from Stackpole novels or Star Wars Adventure Journal #10. Rebel Slang about Imperial Fighters: Breakfast: A TIE Element of two fighters (SWAJ#10) Clutch: a TIE Flight, according to SWAJ #10, and in Stackpole novels it is the name given to the Tri-Fighters used by the Invids Eggs,Eggshells: TIEs, due to their fragility (SWAJ#10) Eggbasket: a TIE wing (SWAJ#10) Egglayers: Originally TIE Ground Targeters (TIE/gts), now used for TIE Bombers (SWAJ#10) Emperor's Dozen: TIE squadron (SWAJ#10) Eyeballs: TIE Starfighters/TIE/ln, both sources. Dupes: TIE Bombers, both sources. Motherbird: TIE carrying craft (SWAJ#10) Nest: TIE ground base, typically a garrison. (SWAJ#10) Peepers: TIE/rc's (SWAJ#10) Sharps: TIE/fc's Squints: TIE Interceptors, both sources Brights: TIE Advanced/Avengers, Stackpole novels Trips: TIE Defenders, Stackpole Novels Rebel/Pirate Slang: Skulls: Z-95 Headhunters, Stackpole Novels Wishbones: Y-wings, Stackpole Novels Pointers: X-wings, Stackpole Novels Slims: A-wings, Stackpole Novels Crosses: B-wings, Stackpole Novels Imperial Slang Aurebesh Soup: Rebel fighters (SWAJ#10) Crosses: X-wings (SWAJ#10) Edges: A-wings (SWAJ#10) Piles: Y-wings (SWAJ#10) Spinners: B-wings (SWAJ#10) Targets: Ground targets, be it vehicles, tanks, buildings or people (SWAJ#10) Groundhogs: Ground based TIE pilots (SWAJ#10) Vacheads: Space based TIE pilots (SWAJ#10) Okay, now here's what I'm asking. What would some of the slang be for other fighters? I write some fan fiction on the side and want some ideas. Here's some of my suggestions, tell me what you think: Assault Gunboats: Quints (due to wings) R-41 Starchasers: Rauders (Due to their similar look to Marauder Corvettes, yeah I know this is pretty weak) T-wings: Coffins, or Streaks.
Did you have one for V-wings? Maybe you could use "Jumps" because of the Boost feature, for E-wings you could use "Bents" because of how the wings slant down.
The X-Wing Collector's Edition Strategy guide has the slang for the Xg-1 - 'Boat. There's also nova or nova-ing, which means something go boom
What about T-Wing and M-Wings? V-Wings could be fivers (V = 5), and E-Wings could be Sigs (they have the greek alphabet, and E's and sigmas look alike.) K-Wings could be hoods .