Haven't tried the firesprays in a while. I always meant to try out a paired list, rather than just 3 x Bounty Hunter. Mentioning the Firespray in the Fleet officer thread had my thinking, and finally got a list I liked.

Might work, might not. Nice to note that Kath can really use her special ability with some of the new hardware coming out.

Note that these are the Imperial versions, not the Scum ones.

(39) Boba Fett

(1) Veteran Instincts

(3) Navigator

(0) Slave 1 Title

(4) Engine Upgrade

(2) Fletchette Torpedos

(38) Kath Scarlett

(3) Marksmanship

(2) Mercenary Copilot

(4) Mangler Cannon

(3) Experimental Interface

Essentially a classic supermanouvrable Fett, but with a Fletchette shot in his back pocket (because he has the Slave 1 title for reasons), to allow him to throw a bit more stress into the pot.

Kath's loadout may be overkill on criticals - normally getting more than 1-2 crits is irrelevant as you only expect to get one or two hits through most people's defences anyway, but Kath gets mileage out of cancelled criticals, so turning most (or all) of the dice to critical results is a big deal.

I reckon that a Mangler cannon shot with Target Lock/Marksmanship has a pretty good chance of landing three criticals - even if you avoid damage, that's a plan-buggering three stress tokens you've just racked up.

Kath's ability isn't "Stress per Crit" it's "Stress for Crit" so multiple Critical Cancels don't equal extra stress.

Might drop Merc and Marks for Gunner and EI for Outmaneuver on her. other than that I like the list.

Ah. Misremembered her ability. In which case, swapping the Mercenary Copilot for a Tactician might be better. I still think the ability to set up two 'swap to criticals' is worth it for her ability, as that increases the likelihood of one being cancelled and double-stressing the target. Range 2 shots are easier to get in a furball, anyway.

(39) Boba Fett

(1) Veteran Instincts

(3) Navigator

(0) Slave 1 Title

(4) Engine Upgrade

(2) Fletchette Torpedos

(38) Kath Scarlett

(3) Marksmanship

(2) Tactician

(4) Mangler Cannon

(3) Experimental Interface

Looks fun to me. Mangler + Kath seems fun and totally makes sense to me now. I'd probably do Tactician and Mangler, personally, for the chance of double stress from Kath alone.

If you've played a lot of 3 x BH, you've probably thought about this squad before:

Soontir + PTL

Bounty Hunter + Tactician

Bounty Hunter + Tactician

Soontir and Tactician add some nice flavor to this sort of list, it works better than I first realized.

Exactly. Plus, even if you don't get into the tactician range bracket, with target lock + marksmanship there should still be at least two critical hits and no bonus defence die for range 3 coming at you, which is enough to be concerned about by itself.

I like the idea. Tactician is a nice card; it's not overpowering but it doesn't need actions or leave you with any downsides - and stress based lists, the more you can lay down per turn, the better.