Again, thanks to everyone who's helping this newbie.

So...eyeballing the next wave. Specifically the Decimator.

360 arc primary gun.

3x crew slots.

So...if any ship is within rb 1-3...would this work?

Fire...miss (bad die roll, or good defense).

Trigger Vader.

Gunner second attack.

Hit or miss...Vader again?

Still have a crew slot open for other fun stuff.

So Double Vade Move? Sure you eat 4...but if this 4 destroys what you are shooting at...Phantom I'm looking at you. Dunno...if this works...second it may be very expensive as IDK what the point cost for the next wave is.

Still learning so this may not be valid...just curious.

yup. it works... have fun with your force crushing.

I have talked about this at length in other threads. DeciVader will be quite punishing, particularly with Gunner, but you cannot trigger it every attack, or you'll waste those 50ish points that the combo will cost. Now, if you have a chance to flyswat an interceptor, or otherwise finish off a dangerous opponent, by all means, trigger Vader. But, until the Empire has a crewmember that can repair their ships, take great care. Those 16 HP will go fast with no agility and burning 2HP a couple times.

As long as you don't use Vader every time, you should be ok. If you use him twice in a turn I predict your Deimator is going to last all of two turns if your lucky. That's quick for a ship thats going to be costing half your list. Use Vader to finish off a ship if its on its last legs and you will get more use out of your decimator.

I am thinking that the option to do 4+ damage (especially if the second attack hits it could be 7 damage, with crits it could be 10 though that's really unlikely) on that hard target really brings a new dynamic for control options. And it is a great equalizer to a bad streak of attack rolls or ships with super evade.

Still probably off my buy list for a while. Bank account recovering from my last purchase

Vader/Gunner can already be done on the Lambda Shuttle. BUT! The Decimator has 360 degrees to shoot and 6 more total Hull/Shields. Of course, it costs more points, too.

That's a LOT of points.