When Rebel Aces came out, I dabbled with a 45 point Keyan build, using HLC, Engine Upgrade, FCS, And PTL. It was lots of fun, but I couldn't figure out what I wanted to run with him in the other 55 points.

Biggs and Jan? Yes.

I've done it before, I just have better results without it on my B's.

The thing with engine upgrade and upgrades in general is that when stacked on an already expensive upgrade filled ship they act as a force multiplier, that one engine upgrade allows your dumb over half your list fattie to boost out of arcs and save itself massive amounts of damage, whereas an engine on a blue squadron just allows you to waste your one action on boost and then roll unmodified dice. It's nice to have but not 4 points nice on a B Wing.

So how about that chewbacca crew though? That's the equivalent of a hull and a shield upgrade. Why don't we see him?

The problem with a Hypermobile B-Wing is that, even though it's an absolute terror at close-range and in asteroid fields, is that it's fragile and expensive.

29 points for a PS2 pilot, the best pilot for the job (Keyan) costs 36 with just the vanilla build (39 with PtL).

It's got terrible damage mitigation, so it goes down frustratingly swiftly in combat.

And all of this is terribly sad, because it's the first build I was excited enough to post about in these forums. I'm the guy who coined the term "Hypermobile", even though I hyphenated it for the first few posts.

However, just Advanced Sensors on the B gives you the barrel-roll before you move, which most players find as good enough, without breaking the budget.

for example, something like

keyan farlander

ptl

engine upgrade

you can essentially fly it like soontir at that point, since firing turns your white maneuvers green, in a sense. get great positioning, and still get your "focus" or boost into range one and grab a target lock, ensuring max damage.

i also have a build with 5 extra points to spend (different build, keyan, 4 awings) and i'm seriously considering chewbacca for a 10 health b wing.

thoughts?

I took fifth at a recent regional with this plus advanced sensors and fat Han. Lost my round of eight by one hull and rotten luck. It's pretty solid and is super offensive. I need to play with a couple variations, but I'd definitely give it a shot again.

So how about that chewbacca crew though? That's the equivalent of a hull and a shield upgrade. Why don't we see him?

because 5 points (b/e mod) is a lot for a purely defensive upgrade that only triggers once, and there's something about c3po beating the **** out of chewie if triggered over a few rounds.

10 health, 1 agility also just isn't particularly durable

hell, you take the falcon title and c3po off of a yt-1300 and it'll basically evaporate relative to how slowly (if at all) it normally dies, and that sucker has 13 health

I won a recent store championship with Dash/outrider+HLC+PTL+EU and Keyan/SoT+Navigator+AS+HLC+EU. At least I think that was the list. I personally think it's great as long as you have the PS to do it.