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Beta

Category: Codes and Ids
Affiliation: Imperial

This was one of the common designations used by the targetting computers installed on Imperial warships to identify a group of Imperial starfighters. Because most Imperial starfighters, like TIE Fighters, were mass-manufactured, their transponders codes were often little more than a group of letters and numbers. In order to distinguish these ships from enemy vessels during a battle, Imperial targetting computers assigned all fighters in a given unit to a specific group, each with a specific designation. The second group discovered by the targetting computer was usually assigned to the Beta group, and the ships within that group were also given a numerical identifier, such as Beta 1. In situations where starfighters from two or more base ships were participating in a battle, the designation Beta was preceded by a character that was unique to the base ship.

Source Abbreviations Listing - TIEP

For more information, please read or view the following material(s):

TIE Fighter: The Official Strategy Guide, by Rusel DeMaria, David Wessman, and David Maxwell, copyright 1994, from Prima Publishing

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