Yesterday my orders came in from Fleet HQ and I've been given command of the GSD2 Demolisher, outfitted with a Nav Team, Expanded Launchers, and Captained by Wulff Yularen. (96)

Joining me however is Admiral Screed In either the VSD1 Dominator with an expanded armament.(121) However the Admiral also has access to the VSD1 Warlord, with an enhanced armament, and a sensor team.(122)

Both are guarded by as many interceptors I could cram. I was hopping to get my fellow commander's input before I chose between the Dominator or the Warlord. I'd like to keep promoting into double hits on Warlord, but throwing more dice is always a good plan on Dominator.

What do you guys think?

I think unless you have h9 turbo lasers equipped to warlord it needs to be a victory-2, so then dominator wins

Also do you mean expanded launchers when you say expanded armament? Because if you do that is 13 points wasted on the Vic, use enhanced armament instead

expanded launchers is basically an incredibly optimistic upgrade

I've seen a VSD - 1 use its close range front arc a grand total of once in all my games. It's a feat to line that thing up

anyway, you're probably best off with h9 + warlord. Dominator is ******* nuts (intimidating regardless of which arc it's shootiing from) but it's not terribly good practice to have your flagship help your opponent kill itself

I think unless you have h9 turbo lasers equipped to warlord it needs to be a victory-2, so then dominator wins

Also do you mean expanded launchers when you say expanded armament? Because if you do that is 13 points wasted on the Vic, use enhanced armament instead

so

VSD1 Dominator with an expanded armament.(121)

so this is enhanced armament? not expanded launchers

Yea. Launchers on the Gladiator, armament on the Victory.

ok good boy

Why not both?

If only you could take h9 and enhanced armorment.

Warlord basicly guarantees 2-3 damage from the side arcs with h9, meaning you either pop a shield or force the expedature of defensive tokens. Then you fire with your front.

I guess enhanced armoents+sensor team is a good replacement for h9.

I wouldn't say EA is a great replacement for h9. The side arcs are kinda small, and I'm really leery at sensor team basically defeating the purpose of that extra die.

H9s work out of all arcs, don't cost you dice, and are cheaper. Imo, they're the go to for warlord

Admiral Screed easily wants the Dominator. It shores up the range weaknesses of the VSDI quite nicely and also helps protect your sides and rear. 4 attack dice at a flanking Corvette is nothing to sneeze at. As a Rebel player, I would rather see Warlord across the table instead of Dominator any day of the week.

idk, I kind of like shooting at a VSD that weakens its redirects for me

dominator's a scary bugger, but he is also a giant target. If he's also the obvious target (i.e flagship with tons of points up for grabs), then it's more of a tasty treat than anything.

when you have to decide between blowing up the dominator or a more valuable target is when it truly shines, imo

Basically warlord=long range firepower and dominator=come close you die!!

Well if you come close, that's what the black dice are for. With Screed they roll better than 1:1 damage to dice.