In a tournament, a bye is a match win worth 5 points.
What about when counting squad points destroyed? Does a bye credit you with destroying 100 points of enemy ships while losing 0 points of your ships? Or, is it a 5 point match win with 0 points of destroyed ships?
BYEs do not count for Strength of Schedule. (well they do, but there's no opponent, so null)
They are a two-edged sword imho.
Edited by KeffischSomeone asked this question on another forum and wrote to FFG so when an official response comes back I will post it. But yes it appears a two edge sword.