So what is your take on this list?
Gamma squadron with cluster missiles and...I thinks it's called extra munitions? Anyways 72 points for 3.
Captain Jonus with 6 points of upgrades. I'm thinking a hull upgrade or even two so he can survive for two rounds.
The idea is 48 attack dice (with CJ's rerolls to ensure hits) in two rounds.
Thats a lot of hull and their dials are not bad...plus...they are fun!
TIA.
You can only take a single Hull Upgrade on Jonus. Other than Interceptors with the Royal Guard Tie title, ships can only take a single modification. Determination isn't a bad way to spend a point to increase his survivability. With 6 hull (7 with Hull Upgrade) it is fairly likely that you'll take at least one Pilot crit.
oh right. Forgot about that. Determination is a very good idea. I could add a bomb as well.
You could also leave the upgrades off of Jonus and smack a Flechette Torpedo on each of the Bombers to make the most out of the the points invested in Extra Munitions (dropping the Gammas to Scimitars let you do this and keep upgrades on Jonus).
The biggest issue I see this list having is being able to get target locks on higher PS targets.
Dang this is all very good advice. I also was concerned about the high pilot skill gap and target locks and the only thing I could think of was upgrading them to gamma squadron pilots. It helps a little bit I guess. Getting the most out of EM is a good idea. Thanks for the feed back.
I almost need to agree that if you are dropping points for the Extra Munitions it could well be worth getting another munition to double up on 'for free' as you're paying for the upgrade to double the other one. I'd be thinking about seismic charges for those bombers.
I almost need to agree that if you are dropping points for the Extra Munitions it could well be worth getting another munition to double up on 'for free' as you're paying for the upgrade to double the other one. I'd be thinking about seismic charges for those bombers.
If you take no upgrades on Jonus and go with Scimitars you can take Seismic Charges, Flechette Torpedoes, and Concussion Missiles. That's 24 points of ordnance that you are paying 6 points for. The Seismic Charges and the Flechette Torpedoes seem like they'd work well together.
That's an interesting list. So you wouldn't take the higher skilled gamma's?
That's an interesting list. So you wouldn't take the higher skilled gamma's?
Honestly, I'd want to play them each a little bit and see if the PS difference makes much of an actual difference. I'd prefer the list with the Scimitars if I didn't see a huge difference in how likely they were to get off their ordnance.
I think at pilot skill 2 and a hull value of 6, you should be able to get most if not all ordnance off. I'm Sure CJ would get dusted by no later then round 2 though.
Captain Jonus (22)Scimitar Squadron Pilot (16)Extra Munitions (2)Flechette Torpedoes (2)Cluster Missiles (4)Seismic Charges (2)Scimitar Squadron Pilot (16)Extra Munitions (2)Flechette Torpedoes (2)Cluster Missiles (4)Seismic Charges (2)Scimitar Squadron Pilot (16)Extra Munitions (2)Flechette Torpedoes (2)Cluster Missiles (4)Seismic Charges (2)Total: 100
Looks solid, but my knee-jerk reaction is that you'd want to have Munitions Failsafe in case the missiles miss. I'd be tempted to drop the Clusters to Ion Pulse Missiles to get that point, but it cuts way, way down on your firepower. On the bright side, 6 Ion Pulse Missiles ought to be enough to run big fat turrets off the board. That makes me smile.
The other catch is that with Jonus providing rerolls, how likely is it that you will actually miss? Probably not very likely.