A terrifyingly stressful boat in EPIC play.

By DraconPyrothayan, in X-Wing

By now, you've probably seen how terrifying multiple Tacticians are, and how good Tactician is alongside Gunner.

Consider the following CR-90.

Tantive IV (Fore)

+ Tactician

+ Tactician

+ Quad Laser Cannons

+ Quad Laser Cannons

+ Engine Booster

(Aft)

+ Tactician

+ Quad Laser Cannons

+ Slicer Tools

Now, this is a 128 point ship, but look at the combo it gives.

  1. If your chosen maneuver would not put you at Range 2 of your foes, use Engine Booster.
  2. If you have done this before, activate Slicer Tools. Otherwise, Jam.
  3. Attack with your Primary Weapon. If this is at Range 2 of a foe, assign 2-3 Stress tokens to that ship (I don't know if Aft upgrades effect the primary).
  4. Attack with Quad Laser Cannons. If at Range 2, assign 2-3 stress tokens. If this missed, do so again
  5. Attack with Quad Laser Cannons. If at Range 2, assign 2-3 stress tokens. If this missed, do so again
  6. Attack with Quad Laser Cannons. If at Range 2, assign 2-3 stress tokens. If this missed, do so again
  7. Repeat from the top, to annihilate many ships at once at step 2.
Survivors will still be stressed long after the Tantive is destroyed.

Laugh maniacally.

The primary weapon can't shoot at Range 2. :)

But yes, it will be a very stressful game. :)

Slicer Tools requires energy to use. You're going to have a very difficult time powering both it and all three Quads consistently.

But yes, if you stack nothing but Tacticians you'll be able to stress the heck out of 3 ships. And then the other 20 will kill you :P

Slicer Tools requires energy to use. You're going to have a very difficult time powering both it and all three Quads consistently.

But yes, if you stack nothing but Tacticians you'll be able to stress the heck out of 3 ships. And then the other 20 will kill you :P

By now, you've probably seen how terrifying multiple Tacticians are, and how good Tactician is alongside Gunner.

Consider the following CR-90.

Tantive IV (Fore)

+ Tactician

+ Tactician

+ Quad Laser Cannons

+ Quad Laser Cannons

+ Engine Booster

(Aft)

+ Tactician

+ Quad Laser Cannons

+ Slicer Tools

Now, this is a 128 point ship, but look at the combo it gives.

  1. If your chosen maneuver would not put you at Range 2 of your foes, use Engine Booster.

  2. If you have done this before, activate Slicer Tools. Otherwise, Jam.

  3. Attack with your Primary Weapon. If this is at Range 2 of a foe, assign 2-3 Stress tokens to that ship (I don't know if Aft upgrades effect the primary).

  4. Attack with Quad Laser Cannons. If at Range 2, assign 2-3 stress tokens. If this missed, do so again

  5. Attack with Quad Laser Cannons. If at Range 2, assign 2-3 stress tokens. If this missed, do so again

  6. Attack with Quad Laser Cannons. If at Range 2, assign 2-3 stress tokens. If this missed, do so again

  7. Repeat from the top, to annihilate many ships at once at step 2.
Survivors will still be stressed long after the Tantive is destroyed.

Laugh maniacally.

Maybe I missed something, but after you use gunner you cannot perform another attack. I think handing out the stress tokens will be great and all, but as mentioned above you will be faced with an energy crisis using all of those secondary guns, engine boosters and actions. Some Tibanna gas would be useful in this situation I would think.

Maybe I missed something, but after you use gunner you cannot perform another attack.

Quad Laser Cannons give you a second attempt if the first misses for the cost of 1 energy. So you would't have enough to power all of them and do a second shot, and use Slicer Tools, and use Engine Booster (that's potentially 8 energy right there).

Edited by Ghost Dancer

Fine, we'll put Slicer Tools on a nearby Transport.