Ackbar is, understandably, sounding like the Rebel Wave 2 favourite. But he's not without competition for the role. Dodonna's in line for a lot of use with the additional access to criticals in Wave 2, so here's my take on him:

REBEL FLEET (399 points)

1 • MC80 Command Cruiser - General Dodonna - Raymus Antilles - Boosted Comms - Electronic Countermeasures (144)

2 • MC30c Torpedo Frigate - Ordnance Experts - Assault Proton Torpedoes (72)

3 • MC30c Torpedo Frigate - Ordnance Experts - Assault Proton Torpedoes (72)

4 • CR90 Corellian Corvette B - Dodonna's Pride (45)

5 • Luke Skywalker X-wing Squadron (20)

6 • Y-wing Squadron (10)

7 • Y-wing Squadron (10)

8 • X-wing Squadron (13)

9 • X-wing Squadron (13)

10 • Objectives - Precision Strike - Contested Outpost - Dangerous Territory (0)

Hiding Dodonna on the MC80 keeps him safe, and that ship provides me with plenty of access to squad activation.

Luke, Dodonna's Pride and both MC30s can put face-up cards onto ships regardless of shields, and Dodonna ensures they're effective.

I'm half way to talking myself into swapping an X-Wing for a HWK-290 to get some Intel on the go, allowing Luke in particular to leap past enemy squadrons and start fishing for crits.

Objectives all suit me pretty well. Precision Strikes is an obvious choice, I've got loads of crits ignoring shields, can choose a "flip-down" crit using Dodonna then flip it back up with hits from the MC80, any of the other fighters, or even spare dice that the other ships are throwing. Dangerous Territory means they'll have to land on asteroids and take the Dodonna damage if they want to compete on the objectives. Contested Outpost means my MC80 doesn't have to worry about catching anything as they'll need to come to me.

On the other hand, should be equally happy as first player. MC30s will be able to take advantage of activating first to keep the black dice in range.

I'd like to get the MC30 titles in there to protect them getting into range, but at 8pts each I don't really see anything I'm willing to drop to make room for them. Happy to be shown otherwise though if someone's got a bright idea!

So how do we feel, is there room in the Rebel fleet for a commander other than Ackbar? Or in turning down those bonus red dice am I falling into some kind of trap?

Dodonna begs for XX-9s on the Big MonCal, if it does smack its way through shields... Really, the only thing you've got to pay with at the moment is an X-or-Y wing...

you have dangerous territory

pun in title is justified

I like the thought process behind this list. I'd like to see it on a table. I don't think its a tournament winner, but it does look like a lot of fun. I would also really want to get Admonition on at least one of those torpedo frigates.

I like the thought process behind this list. I'd like to see it on a table. I don't think its a tournament winner, but it does look like a lot of fun. I would also really want to get Admonition on at least one of those torpedo frigates.

Will definitely be giving it a go once I get my MC30s, I've done well in tournaments with lists based on a similar idea in Wave 1, so is very much going to depend on what counters to that type of play people manage in Wave 2. Then again, this list relies on using black dice so will need to get closer to them than I'm used to. Admonition would really help with that, though not sure whether I want to sacrifice something (probably a Y-Wing) to find the points.

Though honestly, the list's mostly so I can tell my opponent that " only a precise hit will set off a chain reaction " every time I roll a crit. Because that'll never get old.

CR90A with turbolaser reroute circuits is very good with Dodonna. 2 of those, and the CR90B with Dodonna's pride are going to be a staple of my wave 2 rebel lists.

Also, I second the idea of putting XX-9s on the MC80. It really would be rude not to.

For that cr90B I would highly recommend leading shots paired with Dodona's pride. Burn one blue die to reroll two, looking for a crit and face up card? Yes, please. Its like rolling 5 blue and hoping for one crit.

I Just threw this together as i enjoy dodnana also and think this could work as a fleet. What do you think and thoughts.

1 • MC80 Command Cruiser - MC80 Mon Calamari Star Cruiser (106) - General Dodonna (20) - Raymus Antilles (7) - Electronic Countermeasures (7) - XX-9 Turbolasers (5) - Defiance (5)
• Total : 150

2 • CR90 Corellian Corvette B - CR90 Corellian Corvette (39) - Dodonna's Pride (6)

• Total : 45

3 • Luke Skywalker X-wing Squadron - X-wing (20)

4 • Nebulon-B Support Refit - Nebulon-B Frigate (51) - Intel Officer (7) - Slaved Turrets (6) - Salvation (7)

5 • HWK-290 - HWK-290 (12)

6 • Y-wing Squadron - Y-wing (10)

7 • Y-wing Squadron - Y-wing (10)

8 • MC30c Torpedo Frigate - MC30c (63) - Ordnance Experts (4) - Assault Proton Torpedoes (5) - Admonition (8)

9 • Objectives - Objectives (0) - Precision Strike (0) - Hyperspace Assault (0) - Dangerous Territory (0)

Salvation needs Raymus, always and without question

Salvation needs Raymus, always and without question