I am creating a full load out of a Decimator, here is what I am thinking.

Decimator - Rear Admiral Chiraneau

Expose

Gunner

Ysanne

Mara

Dauntless

Experimental Interface

I am thinking, do my maneuver, Target Lock - EI gives me another action - Expose. Now range 1-2 I do 4 dice (5 on range 1), I can change 1 focus roll to a critical, I an re-roll misses with target lock. If I miss totally, I have gunner to allow me to roll again.

Dauntless is little redundant due to EI but figured it did not matter.

suggestions, ideas?

Rebel captive will be more useful than Mara in this case

Dauntless will screw up your use of EI and Ysanne as well due to the stress. I've used the following build before to good effect, key is to note that your action sequence changes after you get your first damage card.

Prior; Action -> EI -> Expose

After 1st Damage card; Action -> Ysanne (at start of combat) -> EI -> Expose (otherwise you get stressed and Ysanne cant activate)

Build was this;

RAC + Expose + EI + Rebel Captive + Ysanne

Whisper + IA + ACD + FCS + VI

Switching out Whisper for Soontir;

RAC + Expose + EI + Rebel Captive + Ysanne + Gunner(or Recon Specialist for a 2 pt initiative bid)

Soontir + PtL + AT + Royal + SD or HU (or SU if you go with Recon Specialist for a 1 pt initiative bid)

Do you really need Gunner with 4-5 dice, TL and soft- Focus, at Range 1-2?

Do you really need Gunner with 4-5 dice, TL and soft- Focus, at Range 1-2?

You have not seen me roll Plus the person rolls great. I went 2 rounds once at the start of a game, I hit 2x, he hit ever one of his rolls. the outcome was not pretty.

I do not understand how Ysanne is affected by stress. She gives you a free action, I didnot think stress would prevent it.

If I do drop gunner, what is another suggested crew member?

Moff Jerjerrod (2)

Ysanne Isard (4)

Rebel Captive (3)

Dauntless (2)

Anti-Pursuit Lasers (2)

Then add either Veteran instinct or Intimidation

Do you really need Gunner with 4-5 dice, TL and soft- Focus, at Range 1-2?

You have not seen me roll Plus the person rolls great. I went 2 rounds once at the start of a game, I hit 2x, he hit ever one of his rolls. the outcome was not pretty.

I do not understand how Ysanne is affected by stress. She gives you a free action, I didnot think stress would prevent it.

If I do drop gunner, what is another suggested crew member?

You cannot take actions when stressed, free or otherwise.

What about Rebel Captive, The Moff, or just a simple Proton Bomb?

What Keffisch said. Using EI prior to the combat phase will give you a stress token thus preventing Ysanne's free action (if it was free evade token that'd be different). However given that Ysanne gives a free 'Action' it can activate EI.

As mentioned Gunner can be a bit much as well. Recon specialist will give you a 2nd focus to use for defense as well as one for attack once you have a TL. Dont forget to use you TL to re-roll blanks only then convert focus to the 1 crit (via pilot ability) and others to hit via token.