This will be done as a series of posts, instead of one big post, because Photobucket, Windows 10 and the Internet are being cantankerous right now.

The Imperial Fleet Setup (400 points)

Imperial-I Star Destroyer

Admiral Screed

Weapons Liaison

Flight Controllers

Boosted Comms

NK7 Ion Cannons

Victory-I Star Destroyer

Assault Concussion Missiles

Raider-I Corvette

naked

Squadrons

Darth Vader

Dengar

3x TIE Interceptor

Major Rhymer

3x TIE Bomber

Objectives

Advanced Gunnery

Fleet Ambush

Superior Positions

The Rebel Fleet Setup (400 points)

MC80 Assault Cruiser

Admiral Ackbar

Enhanced Armament

Expanded Hanger Bay

Advanced Projectors

Ordinance Experts

MC30c Torpedo Frigate

Enhanced Armament

Assault Concussion Missiles

Squadrons

Han Solo

3x Y-Wing

2x X-Wing

Luke Skywalker

Wedge Antilles

Objectives

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Top of Turn 2

The fleets exchange little fire as they maneuver toward each other.

Top of Turn 3

Now the turbolaser fire is starting to heat up as squadrons also start to entangle near the top of the picture.

Top of Turn 4

It becomes a vicious close quarters melee. I was surprised how well the MC80 stood up under the fire of the Imperial ships.

Somewhere in the middle of all of this Han Solo and Luke Skywalker died, but so did Darth Vader. Wedge Antilles and Dengar would survive the battle.

You will note that the MC80 managed to get the VSD in his port side arc (barely) and the ISD in his starboard side arc.

Top of turn 5 (final turn)

During turn 4, in rapid succession the MC80 killed the Imperial Star Destroyer, the MC30c killed the Imperial Raider, and then the Victory Star Destroyer and a couple of TIE Bombers dispatched the MC80.

During Turn 5 the VSD and TIE Bombers prevailed and destroyed the MC30c. Rebels were tabled so it ended in an Imperial victory. The VSD had 4 hull remaining and its shields were in shambles so its a real good possibility that the Y-Wings and X-Wing off her starboard bow would have finished her off.

Nice, are squadron heavy lists normal in your area?

Most of the players included at least some squadrons. In the 3 Swiss rounds the winner was a Squadron heavy Imperial build. You can see the top four finishing fleets at the miniranker website here.

Our top winner was also a double Victory list with 8 squadrons.

I got 1st place at my event with the following Squadrons heavy build, but admittedly I did a meta call and only played squad heavy builds:

+++ VG F Screed (293pts) +++

++ Imperial Navy (Standard) (293pts) ++

+ Gladiator Star Destroyer (107pts) +

Gladiator I-Class Star Destroyer (107pts) [Assault Concussion Missiles (7pts), Engine Techs (8pts), •Admiral Screed (26pts), •Demolisher (10pts)]

+ Victory Star Destroyer (95pts) +

Victory I-Class Star Destroyer (95pts) [Expanded Hangar Bay (5pts), Gunnery Team (7pts), •Admiral Chiraneau (10pts)]

+ Squadrons (91pts) +

TIE Advanced Squadron (12pts)

TIE Advanced Squadron (12pts)

TIE Bomber Squadron (9pts)

TIE Bomber Squadron (9pts)

•"Mauler" Mithel (15pts)

•Major Rhymer (16pts)

•Soontir Fel (18pts)

+ Objectives +

Assault Objective [Precision Strike]

Defense Objective [Fleet Ambush]

Navigation Objective [superior Positions]

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