Corran Horn: At the start of the activation phase you may perform one attack. You cannot attack again this round.

That's my guess.

That could be really good... don't know how i would feel about no token attack, but Advanced sensors will shine here basically giving you the attack version of Dark Curses ability. Here's it's best use in my mind...

Focus with Advanced Sensors

Attack with Pilot ability

4 K-Turn (assuming it has it)

It's very situational. The lack of being able to Focus means you may not want to use it every round. But it can also enable him to get one more shot at Soontir before he gets out of range, or take out a damaged ship or potential blocker before they can impede you.

Han Corran shot first.

Corran Horn: At the start of the activation phase you may perform one attack. You cannot attack again this round.

That's my guess.

That could be really good... don't know how i would feel about no token attack, but Advanced sensors will shine here basically giving you the attack version of Dark Curses ability. Here's it's best use in my mind...

Focus with Advanced Sensors

Attack with Pilot ability

4 K-Turn (assuming it has it)

If it's at the start of the Activation Phase, even Advanced Sensors wouldn't help since the attack occurs before even PS1 pilots would activate. The better option might be FCS, giving you a TL on whomever he attacked last turn.

It's very situational. The lack of being able to Focus means you may not want to use it every round. But it can also enable him to get one more shot at Soontir before he gets out of range, or take out a damaged ship or potential blocker before they can impede you.

Yup, it happens before any actions or movements, assuming the card says activation phase. So, it would be punishing paired with Fire Control System and Opportunist. Get in close, make a focused range 1 attack, get a free target lock, make a locked range 1 attack with an extra die at top of next turn, then use a green maneuver to bug out. Then focus or evade for defense.

I hope all attacks stay in the combat phase. Can. O. Wyrms.

So much excitement

If Rexler Brath does what we think he does, I see Autoblaster calling his name...

Did Corran ever fly an E-wing? I knew he had his green Corsec X-wing and I was hoping to see him as an X pilot.

Yeah, ditto. He's my most-wanted Rogue, and he's not in his X-Wing? Bummer.

So we have theories about each pilot now. Assuming that what we've deciphered from the annoyingly partial texts, and point cost is no object, what upgrades would go great with these pilots?

It looks like Corran Horn gets to attack at the start of the activation phase. I'd like to see him flying with Fire Control System and Opportunist for a powerful alpha strike before bugging out.

Just saw @Revanchist mention that Rexler Brath seems to pretty naturally pair with Autoblaster.

Other thoughts?

Someone mentioned earlier in another thread that Horn and crew flew E wings a while in one of the EU comic book series.. so, looks like FFG is getting more bang for their buck by putting in this iconic character, and using that to fuel sales of the new wave...

Edit... fixed a couple goofs I made..

No offense to any conspiracy theorists out there who think Corran Horn on an e-wing is a ploy to boost sales, but I've not yet met a single person who knows who he is. And I'm afraid for many that are even that into Star Wars, they would be much more likely to be in it for the ships than the fact that a dude's name was written on a card. I think very few people in the outside world are likely to buy an expansion just because of a card unless they want that card's written ability.

Oh Corran being an E-wing pilot instead of X-wing pilot isnt going to stop me from buying atleast 3 of em lol

No offense to any conspiracy theorists out there who think Corran Horn on an e-wing is a ploy to boost sales, but I've not yet met a single person who knows who he is. And I'm afraid for many that are even that into Star Wars, they would be much more likely to be in it for the ships than the fact that a dude's name was written on a card. I think very few people in the outside world are likely to buy an expansion just because of a card unless they want that card's written ability.

I agree, he's popular enough the hardcore EU fans are going to react to him being in the game but most of the casual fans probably the name won't mean anything to them. My guess is, they needed a high PS top dog pilot for the E-Wing. There aren't a lot of named E-Wing pilots around. The Rogues flew E-Wings at one point, however briefly. Corran has at least a bit of name recognition, so...good enough. If not Corran, then who, you know?

Here's a random thought. If the E-Wing is poor at low speeds (judging by the white 1 we can see) then it may pair pretty nicely with R2 Astromech. I love that little card.

Edit. I would also like to say that I really hope Rexler deals a stress to a target he hits. Can you imagine how crazy that would be with an ion cannon? Broken game. Gg.

I'm guessing nobody here read the book I, E-Wing Pilot .

I would imagine fans of the X-wing books would be naturally drawn to this game. I wouldn't exactly call Corran someone only the hardcore would know. I would rank him up there with Thrawn, Mara, and Dash Rendar.

I believe Rexler's ability is: After you perform [an attack that] deals at least one [Damage card to the] defender, you [may receive one Stress] token to [flip the card.] Basically taking stress to turn a Damage into a Crit.

This makes sense. The damage CARD implies that it is a hit to the hull, so yeah that works.

It's a good idea, but there's a grammatical problem--"at least one Damage card" is essentially plural, so "flip the card" doesn't make sense. If I'm attacking an unshielded Falcon that whiffs on the defense roll, what happens if it takes 3 damage cards?

It's not stress because it would allow him to flip multiple damage cards as worded. My guess is that line is "spend one focus token"

There was a Blackmoon squadron of E-wings in "Rebel Dream" with a named commander... who later had a mental breakdown and had to be removed from the line (stress related ability anybody?). So there are options.

The REAL QUESTION is, with Corren added, do we get his R2 unit, WHISTLER now? It would be interesting since I believe Whistler only ever is shown in the X-wing series but the E-wing can take one so... thoughts?

Whistler isn't in the E-wing pack. It has the R7 Astromech and R7-T1.

I know Whistler isn't in the pack, I'm just saying it creates a unique situation if we're to see him at all later.

I really hope Rexler's ability isn't: take a stress to flip a damage card to a crit.

That's seriously underwhelming for a pilot that is likely to cost somewhere in the neighborhood of 40 points Before any upgrades...

Furthermore, I'm not sure why he would pair well with an autoblaster. HLC seems like it would be much better. Autoblaster slightly increases the chances of hitting a high agility target at range one only (Keeping in mind that the Defender has four 'natural' attack dice at range one). And it doesn't do anything to get past shields.

HLC seems like a much better pairing option. For two more points over the AB you get an extra die at ranges two and three AND opponents don't get the extra evade at range three. If Rexler's ability does indeed cause crits, he even negates the one drawback of the HLC. This has a greater chance of dealing more damage across all ranges and against all targets - not just targets with 3+ evade dice...

Really, it makes me sad that AB want given 4 attack. All of the ships that can use it get 4 dice at range one anyway, so you're paying 5 points to roll one LESS die with a slight bonus against high evade targets...

Am I missing something here?

The advantage that auto blaster denies the effects of evasion dice make it a fair choice. it's biggest drawback is it's range. So, yes, HLC is probably the superior option, but the denial if evasion dice I'd al nothing to be shy about. However, I agree with you on the point of the cost

Also, a thought. If we have Rexler's ability figured out, would it cause Chewbacca to take a crit? Technically it turns to a crit AFTER it has already been dealt, and other abilities like Sabotage can cause his damage cards to flip.

The advantage that auto blaster denies the effects of evasion dice make it a fair choice. it's biggest drawback is it's range. So, yes, HLC is probably the superior option, but the denial if evasion dice I'd al nothing to be shy about. However, I agree with you on the point of the cost

Also, a thought. If we have Rexler's ability figured out, would it cause Chewbacca to take a crit? Technically it turns to a crit AFTER it has already been dealt, and other abilities like Sabotage can cause his damage cards to flip.

And with respect to Autoblaster, it would have some synergy there, too (as well as with HLC). The advantage of the Autoblaster would be that your target's Agility is basically meaningless, and Brath would basically be dealing an automatic crit every turn, as long as he can handle the stress.

We already have Whistler. Horn's droid is listed as an R2D2 in X-Wing book 1 and as an R2 in X-Wing books 2 and 3.

We already have Whistler. Horn's droid is listed as an R2D2 in X-Wing book 1 and as an R2 in X-Wing books 2 and 3.

Maybe, but I'm sure people are looking for a "Whistler" specific droid card with a cool special ability to help out..

Right, Whistler is a specific R2 unit with a developed personality like R2-D2. People have asked about him and I was just saying putting Corran in an E-wing makes getting Whistler seem unlikely/awkward in a future release. Unless it's a Rogue Squadron specific set or something.