I travel for work a fair ammount and i spend a lot of time in hotels, so i was thinking that while i am travelling i might try to find some local tournaments to play in. Right now I play with a group of local friends and it would be a great chance to play more and learn the rules better. I am certain we are messing up quite a bit in how we interpret the rules.

Here is my challenge, help me build a competivie list that i can easily pack in carry on luggage. I have at least one of every ship, except the Tantive, Raider, Decimator, and Hound's Tooth. I have the yt 1300, yt 2400, firespray, shuttle, aggressor, scyk, special k, star viper, e wing, k wing, Punisher, tie bomber, defender, phantom, tie advanced, 3 tie fighters, 3 Interceptor , 3 y wing, 4 x wing, 2 a wing, 3 z 95 and 3 b wing. I also have the standard and FA starters, scum starter, imperial aces, rebel aces, and the transport. The model count includes the expansions, so for example I have the z 95 expansion, and the scum starter giving me 3 z 95s.

My idea is to have to carry as few models and cards as possible. I have looked at 4 B, 4 Y with TLT, and some of the more common 2 ship builds like dash and Corran

Then the question is how to pack it some the miniatures stay safe while traveling. My battle foam case would be my carry on so that's out.

Turr

Bounty Hunter

2x named ties (I prefer backstabber and NightBeast).

Load to taste.

brobots in a 9 mm handgun case (may not be ideal if you fly), or one of those travel kr/ or battlefoam case.

One time we had docked in Brooklyn after being out on the water for nearly a month. I really, really wanted to play Xwing and saw a local store was having a tournament that day. SO! I went to the shop, bought 3 Star Vipers, and made a list with them. Got in third... it was a good day...

Corran and super Dash is a small, easy to carry list with no small fragile parts that might snap off.

Aggressors are also very compact and hard to break

Bwings, Any "Tie", and Xwings might break if not stored properly... Ywings are compact and hard to break! 3 TLT ywings

https://geordanr.github.io/xwing/?f=Rebel%20Alliance&d=v3!s!9:135,-1,-1,2:-1:-1:;9:135,-1,-1,2:-1:-1:;9:135,-1,-1,2:-1:-1:;31:18,72:7:15:U.101

Fly this. TLT things, bump into anything with high enough agility to give your TLT's trouble and enjoy!

Corran, Wedge, and and a cheap A-Wing? Three small ships that aren't easy to break, particularly the A-Wing.

My current tournament bag is all in a FA core set box. Vader, Soontir and Turr in the black plastic insert. Ditto Poe, and Han sits in one half of the clear insert. The other half of the insert holds components and cards. That's one tournament Imperial 999 list, and a fluffy FA trailer list for casual play.

a Feldherr Mini with the right insert - easy to fit into carry on or stick in checked luggage, with ziplock bags for your tokens and movement and asteroids that'll fit under the insert.

Season to taste with the right ships. Boba and 2 x TLT Thugs travels well, as does Soontir and a few pals. 4 x TLT Thugs are very popular at the moment but should be out of season soon. The suggested serving on that page of Brobots is also never a bad choice and can often cause indigestion in others, so it's definitely a smart pick.