Slang: Fighter Pilots
Imperial Pilots[edit]
Slang used by Imperial TIE pilots is relatively standardÂized. Pilots learn it quickly in the Academy, and these terms are reinforced on the line.
Aurebesh Soup: Rebel starfighters
Crosses: X-wings
Edges: A-wings
Groundhogs: Ground-based TIE pilots (derogatory)
Piles: Y-wings
Spinners: B-wings
Targets: Any ground target. TIE pilots make little distinction between vehicles, tanks, infantry units, or buildings
Vacheads: Space-based TIE pilots (derogatory)
Rebellion/New Republic[edit]
Rebel terms pertaining to TIEs vary according to area of operation. Some of the more common terms are listed below.
Breakfast: A TIE element, two TIE fighters
Clutch: A TIE flight
Eggs, Eggshells: TIEs, from their fragility and cockpit shape. Egg Basket: A TIE wing
Egglayers: Originally TIE/gts, now TIE bombers. Emperor's Dozen: A TIE squadron
Eyeballs: TIE starfighters of any kind, especially the TIE/ln, from the main pod shape
Dupes: TIE bombers, from the double pod configuration
Motherbird: A ship carrying TIEs
Nest: A TIE ground base, generally a garrison
Peepers: TIE/rc starfighters
Sharps: TIE/fc starfighters
Squints: TIE interceptors, from the streamlined bent-wing configuration
Source[edit]
This appeared in Alliance Intelligence Reports: TIE Fighters, an article by Timothy S. O'Brien featured in Star Wars Adventure Journal #10, published by West End Games in 1996
