Hi all,

I've been playing around a lot lately with three ship Rebel builds, and with Rebel Aces finally on the boat, I want to get your thoughts on the following:

• Wes Janson (29) + Predator (3)
• Keyan Farlander (29) + heavy laser cannon (7) + Opportunist (4) + advanced sensors (3)
• Biggs Darklighter (25)

Like most three ship lists, this one is built around hitting and killing the biggest threat in the enemy fleet before it has a chance to fight back. The Alpha Strike looks like this:

• Wes shoots with focus + Predator and strips token
• Keyan shoots with target lock + Opportunist (+1 attack die) + his unique pilot ability, giving him 5 attacks, re-rollable, with the option to remove his stress with the same effect as a focus, and no bonus defense die since it's a secondary weapon.
• Biggs dies.
• Repeat.

Keyan is pretty outrageous, no?

Looks good on paper, you'll have to what happens to the plan when it makes contact with the enemy!

I think Predator might be overkill on Wes. I rather throw a droid or HU on him. Between Wes, Keyan, and Biggs you should kill whatever the heck you are shooting at the first round.

I'm going to try this combo but drop AS on Keyan and Predator on Wes. Then use Jan Ors with Ion turret and Nien Numb inplace of Biggs. 6 Attack dice TL + Stressfocus on Keyan. Jan will Ion the next victim after Wes shoots. Then Keyan fires his death beam and watches everything but large ships explode in one blast.

I think Predator might be overkill on Wes. I rather throw a droid or HU on him. Between Wes, Keyan, and Biggs you should kill whatever the heck you are shooting at the first round.

I'm going to try this combo but drop AS on Keyan and Predator on Wes. Then use Jan Ors with Ion turret and Nien Numb inplace of Biggs. 6 Attack dice TL + Stressfocus on Keyan. Jan will Ion the next victim after Wes shoots. Then Keyan fires his death beam and watches everything but large ships explode in one blast.

Yeah, to be honest I wasn't quite sure how to fill out the final six points. I chose Predator and Advanced Sensors, both of which you suggest I drop.

I'm open to the idea but I can't figure out what I'd take instead. I don't own a HWK (in fact, it's the only ship I don't own), although I like your thinking with the ion cannon...

If you were keeping the same three ships (i.e., not swapping in Jan), what would you do with the last six points?