So, in a terribly unsportsmanlike plan, I was looking for a way to Blount to spam Assault Missiles without ever actually hitting.

At the moment, I'm thinking of using Predator to at least allow for a reroll, But I guess, realistically if my opponent realized what I was up to, they wouldn't bother modifying defense dice and just let the attack through?

I'm not sure how you expect that to work?

He always counts as hitting so the missile is always expended, even if you have a Munitions Failsafe .

My interpretation must be off then. I was figuring if I didn't actually 'hit' a-la more hits/crits than evades, I would get the effect without expending the munitions. Appears I am mistaken. My bad.

"do not discard it unless the attack hits"

"the defender is hit by your attack, even if he does not suffer any damage"

Same wording. Hence Lieutenant Blount can never fail to hit, and hence never trigger a Munitions Failsafe and retain a piece of ordnance.

If you want to try something equally unpleasant, Flechette Torpedos on anyone that's not Lieutenant Blount do not actually need to hit to impart stress - so if you can keep missing with them somehow, theoretically you have a recycling source of stress tokens. Pair with R2-A3 for even more stress-related shennanigans.

I'm not a fan of that approach, but you did say you were trying for 'terribly unsportsmanlike'

Blount is still a phenomenal vehicle for Assault and Ion Pulse missiles. The effect happens, do not pass go, do not collect $200.

With Assaults, you are basically rolling for Concussion-missile damage on your target, knowing that you'll detonate a seismic charge underneath them.

With Ion Pulse Missiles, the results of the attack don't actually matter. The missiles hit, so the defender receives 2 Ion tokens and 1 damage.

"do not discard it unless the attack hits"

"the defender is hit by your attack, even if he does not suffer any damage"

Same wording. Hence Lieutenant Blount can never fail to hit, and hence never trigger a Munitions Failsafe and retain a piece of ordnance.

If you want to try something equally unpleasant, Flechette Torpedos on anyone that's not Lieutenant Blount do not actually need to hit to impart stress - so if you can keep missing with them somehow, theoretically you have a recycling source of stress tokens. Pair with R2-A3 for even more stress-related shennanigans.

I'm not a fan of that approach, but you did say you were trying for 'terribly unsportsmanlike'

"do not discard it unless the attack hits"

"the defender is hit by your attack, even if he does not suffer any damage"

Same wording. Hence Lieutenant Blount can never fail to hit, and hence never trigger a Munitions Failsafe and retain a piece of ordnance.

If you want to try something equally unpleasant, Flechette Torpedos on anyone that's not Lieutenant Blount do not actually need to hit to impart stress - so if you can keep missing with them somehow, theoretically you have a recycling source of stress tokens. Pair with R2-A3 for even more stress-related shennanigans.

I'm not a fan of that approach, but you did say you were trying for 'terribly unsportsmanlike'

At some point receiving stress is beneficial to actually taking damage.....