I wanted to try to make the defender a viable tournament ship. With the 2 ship meta, an HLC defender could be an effective ship. Any thoughts on whether this build would be effective against Fat Han, Super Dash, Decimator/Phantom?

Soontir Fel

- PTL

- TC

Vessery

- HLC

- Lone Wolf

OGP

- Vader

until autothrusters comes out squints struggle in turret heavy lists, vessery would have to fly fairly slow to allow the others to get TL on ships and I think it might put your ship in a bad position, personally id drop soontir (never thought id say tht coz hes a badass) and lone wolf and put some acadamies in. id go something like this:

OGP

weapons engineer

FCS

ST 321

vessery

VI

HLC

engine upgrade

2x academy pilots

I flew a very similar list that I ran. I did some games with a friend or two and then started this thread:

http://community.fantasyflightgames.com/index.php?/topic/128827-tournament-tomorrow-empire-list-help/

There were 7 people and I came in 3rd, so that was good. I flew against a Fat Han and had a decent chance. My first round of shooting didn't go well, but I still stripped all his shields off. Next, I tried to block him in and I thought I had it. He managed to go 4 straight and scraped by with a couple of millimeters. It was the only thing that would've worked for him. If not, I would've blasted him with Col Vessery (who had Focus and free TL) and Turr Phenir. After that, I messed a turn up and still would've had another round of blasting. After that, I just took too much damage. So....I say that if you don't hurt Fat Han fast, you will die.

I have played this list vs Phantoms. Maybe not against an expert Phantom player, but not a bad player. If you fire at a Phantom enough, it will go down. These ships are all heavy hitters. It can be done. It might be bloody, but it can be done.

Good luck!