I think that his Special Ability, remove tokens from enemy ships, is quite valuable, and equiping a defence oriented crew upgrade plus Inertia Dampers to enhance the chances to live to steal another token, this Hwk is my favourite Scum hwk

So 20 pts, plus one Inertia Dampers, plus perhaps a 3 pts crew upgrade...25 pts. Better playing 150 or 200 pts games, but a good ECM ship

Give him Moldy Crow, stock up on focus in the early turns and he will be a lovely small turret!

Aye, either that or recon spec if you don't, otherwise intelligence agent is a good shout. I would be weary about making the ship too heavy though, people rarely need reason to kill palob.