I have a store tournament today at 7:00 pm. Rather than run the standard issue swarm that I love, I am trying to use the new models I bought but do not play. Accordingly, please interject your opinions about these two lists.

I am assuming the opposition will be mostly 3 or 4 Rebel ships, standard B and X lists. Today's turn out will most likely only be max at 6 players, mostly Rebel players.

This tournament is not really high importance, so I am willing to try something out of the ordinary. I only own one shuttle and one firespray, which I have never played with, so thats all I can run. I own three bombers and find them fun to play. I own 7 ties, so I can build most lists, however, I am looking for something different

Thanks in advance for your input.

List one:

99 points -

Capt Kagi/Lambda Class Shuttle (27)

+sensor jammer (4)

+ heavy laser cannon (7)

+rebel captive (3)

+ Saboteur (2)

+ Anti-Pursuit Lasers (2)

Gamma Squadron Pilot - Tie-Bombers x2

+ cluster missles (4)

+Homing Missles (5) -- or I can go with Assault missles, but I like the inability to use an evade token here

List two:

100 points

Howlrunner (18)

+swarm tactics

Dark Curse (16)

Krassis Trelix/Firespray - 31 (36)

+heavy laser cannon (7)

+gunner (5)

+anti-pursuit lasers (2)

--- I like the idea of going in with the heavy lasers and if I miss I get a second bite at the apple with primary weapons, and Howlrunner adds a rerol. -- lots of rerolls here.

Black Squadron Pilot

Again, thanks in advance for your insite, and please try not to bash, constructive criticism is appreciated. 100 point ournament.

Edited April 16, 2014 by EmpireErik

Here's list 1 in a squadbuilder:

http://geordanr.github.io/xwing/?f=Galactic%20Empire&d=v2!53:44,23,39,46:-1:4:;50:-1,-1,14,17,-1:-1:-1:;50:-1,-1,14,17,-1:-1:-1:

And here's the second list:

http://geordanr.github.io/xwing/?f=Galactic%20Empire&d=v2!18:9:-1:-1:;16::-1:-1:;12:-1:-1:-1:;39:23,-1,21,-1:-1:4:

In the first list I think that Kagi is a bit unfocused. The HLC doesn't work at range 1, which is where you want to be for Saboteur, the APL. You also want to keep your distance so you draw the target locks from the widest arc.

For your first list, have you considered Jendon?

If you haven't flown a Firespray before, I wouldn't run it at a tournament: they're pretty effective ships, but there's definitely a learning curve.

But if you like Bombers, here's a variant of a list that beat me like a drum a couple of weeks ago:

* Jonus + Homing Missiles + Seismic Charges

* Gamma + Cluster Missiles + Proton Torpedoes

* Gamma + Cluster Missiles + Proton Torpedoes

* Black Squadron Pilot + Draw Their Fire + Shield Upgrade

Alternately, you can drop Jonus' Homing Missiles in order to swap Black Squadron for a pair of Academy Pilots.