I typically play rebels but I want to play scum list.

Here's my thought Palob takes focus actions and stores them with the MC title, he then strips tokens from targets to open up opportunist for the FS and Z. Palob also offers some control with the ion, but that is just a bonus. Kaa'To' Leeachos can grab stored focus or evades from Palob.

Is this viable?

I flew a list similar to this last night, it works, but you lose almost all of your "oomph" when your firespray goes down.

I swapped out Leeachos for Suhlak with Lone Wolf, and my firespray was Boba with VI, Gunner, and EU

you can afford the crow package, so might as well go blaster

Palob does some hilarious damage that you wouldn't expect out of a ship as lame as the HWK, mainly because moldy crow makes it easier to get TL + focus and because Palob's ability means you're shooting at naked, fickle green dice. Giving him an ion removes most of his potential damage output.

otherwise, I'd second Shirako's changes. You don't need opportunist to take advantage of Palob's amazing ability, and Leechos is just kind of sh*tty imo.

Will you really want to use your feedback array from a ship that will get focus fired and is worth nearly half your squad?

I'd drop Leech down to a 12pt Z and find another 5pts somewhere to squeeze in a 2nd Z. Maybe drop RecSpec for Outlaw Tech and Opportunist to Predator and drop the Feedback entirely.