My normal go to lists are the ones with a lot of hp and 3 dice guns. In the past (before wave IV) I've had a lot of success with 3 X bounty hunters and loved the 30 hit points and rear firing arcs. In keeping with the tradition of 30 total (or more) hit point list I present the following....

Patrol Leader- Gunner, Rebel Captive, 48 pts

Omicron Group Pilot- Darth Vader 24 pts

Omicron Group Pilot- Adv Sensors, Engine Upgrade 28pts

http://geordanr.github.io/xwing/?f=Galactic%20Empire&d=v3!s!96:-1,21,-1,46,-1:-1:-1:;56:43,-1,-1,-1:-1:3:;56:-1,-1,-1,45:-1:-1:

A 36 hp list that can take a round or two of punishment and has a little bit of a phantom counter in the rebel captive and a turret.

Some variant takes on this I've thought of.

Removing the zoomshuttle and replacing it with two academy pilots and adding Isard to Patrol Leader. This of course drops the HP but gives blockers and more life to Patrol Leader once his shields are gone and he has a damage.

Removing Vader and replacing him with the fleet officer. I think I'd rather have the extra damage from Vader and I do wonder if fleet officer can affect the ship she is on due to the new FAQ.

Let me know what you think.

That's actually a pretty impressive list to be honest! The beefiest list I have seen was the 3 OMG Shuttles with a Bounty Hunter for a total of 40 hull and shields. However, I like gunner on the Big D and the Doomed Shuttle. I would think you would want to make third shuttle a bit more offensive though. Maybe drop Rebel Captive off of the big D and AS off of the shuttle to gain Gunner. What I wouldn't give for another point in the list to be able to run a buzzsaw Shuttle!

A good list though, with A LOT of hull to chew through, it should do well in timed events!

I like buzzsaw but I don't feel good flying it hence the zooming shuttle.

Well, all you need is Fire Control System and Gunner on your existing build... unless you took gunner off of the Big D and put something like Anti-pursuit lasers on it with Mara Jade...

just spit-balling some ideas... your core list is good!

I may try both zoom and buzzsaw out. I'd have to really practice to get the most out of the buzzsaw without engine upgrade.

It's not a bad list, but it might struggle against a swarm. Not sure against a Falcon either; would depend on its support ships.

6 Scimitar Bombers also have 36 hull ... you could use the remainung 4 points for a shield upgrade to get 37 hits

True enough but I like big bases.

That's pretty beastly, OP.

I played a 5 Gamma with Seismic Charges list once in a tournament, it was tough chewing through all that hull, but Critical Hits helped a bit. No such luck against Shields!

I had come up with something similar:

Oicunn + Daredevil + Navigator + Dauntless + Engine Upgrade

OGP + Engine Upgrade

OGP

2 x Patrol Leader

1 x Scimitar

= 96 points

= 38 HP

6 Scimitar Bombers also have 36 hull ... you could use the remainung 4 points for a shield upgrade to get 37 hits

I'm also one bomber short of being able to run that

True enough but I like big bases.

I like big bases and I cannot lie. You other brothas can't deny, when a girl walks in with an itty bitty waiste and a big base in your face... You get crunk.

Beefy and big bases (mostly) . . .

4 OGP and a Scimitar.

46 HP baby!