I will be playing my first escalation tournament in two weeks. I've been putting different squads together and I am leaning towards this but any advice is appreciated!!!

ESCALATION

150 points

PILOTS

Dagger Squadron Pilot (31) x 2
B-Wing (24), Heavy Laser Cannon (7)

Dagger Squadron Pilot (28) x 2
B-Wing (24), “Mangler” Cannon (4)

Etahn A’baht (32)

Round 1: Dagger w/ HLC and Dagger w/ Mangler

Round 2: + Dagger w/ HLC

Round 3: +Dagger w/ Mangler

Round 4: +Etahn

The good thing about escalation is that you get to choose your next 30 points after playing, allowing you to get a feel for your opponents and how your original 60 points fly. Because of this, I'd say decide on your first 60 points and then just keep in mind a pool of ships and upgrades you can choose for the next round so you have some flexibility if you decide you need to try a different tactic, rather than setting yourself in stone by choosing the whole 150 points beforehand.