You may have already seen my thread about the 2x200pt Team Epic tournament I'm playing in this weekend, but my questions are mcuh more specific this time. My teammate has settled on the fairly common CR90 build with Han Solo crew, plus three naked Blues. I've been mucking around with different builds but I know I want to take at least one HWK to support the corvette, and maybe even two.

So what do you guys think? I know some feel that Roark is pretty much auto-include if there's a friendly CR90 on the table, but Jan's ability seems pretty whipass as well - that is if I'm interpreting her ability correctly as modifying both primary AND all secondary weapon attacks for the corvette.

Also, do I need to take ICTs on the HWKs or can I get away with cheaper turrets? And how hard should I expect opponents to be gunning for these guys? Do I need to take defensive upgrades, or am I fine if they want to go after these relatively cheap support ships while the buffed CR90 and my escort fighters do their thing?

Finally, are one or two turreted HWKs sufficient to guard the CR90s blind spot while my other fighters go hunting?

Thanks for any input!

That's a negative on Jan Ors improving Primary AND Secondary weapons fire. She'll do Primary OR a Secondary. One attack only. That doesn't really pull her down too much, as hat corvette can still do a 6 red dice primary attack which is kinda frightening. I like Jan, but I've yet to build a list successfully with her. Roark clearly has huge advantages as well and at a lot smaller cost.

You can get away with cheaper turrets, but you are losing a fair bit of effectiveness... If your opponent decides the Hawk has gotta die it will die no matter how much points you put into it. I'm liking the new TLT for the Hawk anyway.

I'm not sure the Hawk will be much threat protecting your corvette's weak point. If your escorts do their job well enough at a distance though, it'd be help though...

I know - very indecisive. I've not figured out the Hawk yet so not an expert. Just pointing out the Jan Ors text really.

That's a negative on Jan Ors improving Primary AND Secondary weapons fire. She'll do Primary OR a Secondary. One attack only. That doesn't really pull her down too much, as hat corvette can still do a 6 red dice primary attack which is kinda frightening.

I know - very indecisive. I've not figured out the Hawk yet so not an expert. Just pointing out the Jan Ors text really.

Ohhhh...is it because she gets a stress token to trigger the ability, but CAN'T do it if she's stressed? So after the first attack she'd be stressed and wouldn't be able to add a die for a subsequent attack, right?

In any case, that's pretty much what I needed to know. She costs the same as a Warthog anyway, which is prolly a better fit for defending the corvette. Thanks!

Correct. That said, even once per turn can be powerful. As I said, a six red dice attack from that corvette is scary, particularly for raiders and Decimators that can't avoid it. I'd say of you got a heavy escort of fighters try one of those two Hawks. If you only have a few fighters, yes drop the hawk for the Y wing.

Go with Roark. Shooting at PS 12 is really awesome on the CR-90. You can kill a lot of stuff before it even has a chance to fire.

Funnily enough, I've just been toying with supporting a CR90 with some HWKs. How did your game go? Was it worth it or would a screen of cheap Z-95s have been better?

Here's my current 200 point list:

REBEL TEAM EPIC V4

It's all about that base (ship)... ahem. The HWKs add +1 attack dice, an extra action and allow it to fire at PS12. The Tantive just needs to get into range 1-2 so it can open up with its quad laser cannons.

PILOTS

CR90 Corvette (Fore) [Tantive IV, Weapons Engineer , Ion Cannon Battery, Quad Laser Cannons, Sensor Team, Gunnery Team, Tibanna Gas Supplies, Han Solo] (83)

CR90 Corvette (Aft) [R2-D2, Quad Laser Cannons, Engineering Team, Tibanna Gas Supplies] (58)

Jan Ors [squad Leader, Twin Laser Turret, Nien Nunb] (34)

Roark Garnet [Twin Laser Turret] (25)

http://xwing-builder.co.uk/view/309652/rebel-team-epic-v4