I'm trying to come up with an AABY squadron based around Nera dealing 360 stress with Flechettes and a Y-Wing (preferably Dutch - preferably with r5k6) handing out Ion tokens.

There;s a few different permutations I can play with around this but I always end up with around 36 to 40 ish points left

While that's plenty for a brace of basic As, I'm struggling to come up with any way I could make it a little bit more interesting than that with so few points remaining.

Can it be done?

Best I can manage in that window. is a bumper car Prototype with Charradan. and a Green Squadron Pilot with Charradan refit and a Push the Limit for Flanking.

That runs you 35 points. Best I can do if you want 2 of them. I'd almost consider turning one into jake and the other into a bumper car Bandit. If you wanted an amazing flanker and still about the same bumper.

Best I can manage in that window. is a bumper car Prototype with Charradan. and a Green Squadron Pilot with Charradan refit and a Push the Limit for Flanking.

That runs you 35 points. Best I can do if you want 2 of them. I'd almost consider turning one into jake and the other into a bumper car Bandit. If you wanted an amazing flanker and still about the same bumper.

Yup - that's more or less what I've been coming up with - there's nothing wrong with it but I just feel like there's something else a little more creative to do with it, but I'll be buggered if I can think of what that might be

Honestly, I don't think there is anything better. You're in the awkward area where you have too many points to spend on two cheap ships (blocker prototypes, for example), but not enough to bring two good ships (Jake/Tycho with proper upgrades). If you aren't determined to stick to your original concept I'd suggest either taking an "ace" a-wing (Tycho/Jake with PTL + VI + proton rockets is my preference) or seeing what you can do with the rest of your list to either free up some points or spend the remaining points after taking a couple of refit prototypes.

With 40 you can do 2x Protos with Protons. Their ordnance attacks could be pretty dangerous with free TLs from Dutch.

Try this.

Nera Dantels — B-Wing 26

Veteran Instincts 1

Flechette Torpedoes 2

Flechette Torpedoes 2

Munitions Failsafe 1

"Dutch" Vander — Y-Wing 23

Ion Cannon Turret 5

R5-K6 2

Prototype Pilot — A-Wing 17

Chardaan Refit -2

Gemmer Sojan — A-Wing 22

Chardaan Refit -2

Outmaneuver 3

A-Wing Test Pilot 0

Try this.

Nera Dantels — B-Wing 26

Veteran Instincts 1

Flechette Torpedoes 2

Flechette Torpedoes 2

Munitions Failsafe 1

"Dutch" Vander — Y-Wing 23

Ion Cannon Turret 5

R5-K6 2

Prototype Pilot — A-Wing 17

Chardaan Refit -2

Gemmer Sojan — A-Wing 22

Chardaan Refit -2

Outmaneuver 3

A-Wing Test Pilot 0

I may try this some time. Looks good.

Thanks guys - there's nothing here I hadn't thought of already, but in a way I'm pleased with that.

I had that nagging suspicion that I had missed a really obvious combination and I was about to receive 30 posts from people telling me what a total idiot I was for overlooking it.

Kudos to Clayjar and Gibarian for their mind reading skills

Clayjar's list is EXACTLY - point for point - upgrade for upgrade - what I was considering as my best option

And the idea of maximising the utility of Dutch's ability by loading cheap protos with protons was a very close second