Copy-pasted from my Reddit post, because I'd like to see it generate discussion...

http://imgur.com/a/5RQmk

Okay, technically, it wasn't a one-shot: he went from 100% untouched to one hull left, and I intentionally avoided the ram-to-kill because he was sitting in Home One's broadside. Still counts.

I was second player, and the objective was Hyperspace Assault. Tvayumat ran his nose right up against my exit point, so I dropped the MC30T out of hyperspace nose-to-nose, with the double side arc into his nose. His ISD tried his damnedest, with six fighter activations (4+EHB+Tarkin bucks) and then a close-range shot, and then a ram. The salvo dropped me to essentially no shields and 2/4 hull left.

Then, I ripped into him.

It was an MC30 Torpedo Frigate (the blue/black one) with Intel Officer, Turbolaser Reroute Circuits, ACM, and Ordnance Experts. The nearby MC80 was Home One with Ackbar aboard.

First shot was a terrible 6 damage (two from a TRC'd Ackbar die), with two accuracies (one from Home One) on the redirects and Intel Officer on the brace. Could not get a single goddamned black crit on 8 rolls (3 normal, +1 CF, then OE rerolled them all fishing for the crit). He opted not to burn his brace, and took two to the hull.

Clearly, all of the best gunners aboard were on my starboard side, because they then ripped into the nose, dropping 10 damage plus ACM. The (sole) Home One accuracy shut down the brace, and he was able to redirect 2 points to one side, allowing 8 damage through to the hull for a total of 10/11 hull damage.

I don't think there were any particularly terrible/amazing rolls involved. All of his fighters hit, as I recall, and he rolled 6 damage + 1 acc out the front of an ISD-1: almost exactly average. My shrimp's total of 16 damage was actually a couple points below average.

The takeaways here:

• Shrimp are the cannoniest of glass cannons right now.

• ISD's can die, vigorously.

• For God's sake, don't pick Hyperspace Assault or Advanced Gunnery (which would have been functionally equivalent) if your opponent has a pimped out MC30.

Man after seeing that happen today I was Awestruck. I have a newfound respect for the MC30. I mean what was that shrimp loaded with? Mega tactical Nuclear warheads or whatever the Star Wars equivalent is?

argh...I'm so sorry to be such a prick...but I can't help myself

the past tense of shoot is shot; the ISD was one-shot

but yes, the mc-30 is very promising and never pick hyperspace no matter what because your opponent probably has an evil nasty to abuse it with. Salvation , Paragon , and Demolisher are other dead giveaways

To be fair, the chances of getting two broadsides off against a single enemy ship are pretty slim.

argh...I'm so sorry to be such a prick...but I can't help myself

the past tense of shoot is shot; the ISD was one-shot

Lol... While I disagree, I can always get on board with some grammatical pedantry, so no prickery involved.

You're right, the past tense of shoot is shot. But "shoot" is not the word I'm using. I'm using the past tense of the verb "one-shot", an abbreviated verb conversion of "kill in one shot." Just as you wouldn't say "I'm pretty sure I can one-shoot that ISD," you also wouldn't say "I one-shot that ISD."

"One-shotted" is the past tense of "one-shot," not of "one-shoot," so "one-shotted" is the past tense form most in keeping with convention.

Verbing weirds language. https://bellsiebooks.files.wordpress.com/2013/08/verbing_weirds_language.gif?w=918

To be fair, the chances of getting two broadsides off against a single enemy ship are pretty slim.

You are correct. That said, it wasn't a particularly clever maneuver on my part (just dropped out of hyperspace), it is very possible to pull off the double side arc with the MC30 by getting nose-to-side to the ISD, and the same effect can be achieved with Advanced Gunnery. And even barring all those cases, just a single broadside can very nearly strip an ISD's shields.

Don't misunderstand me here, my point is not that the MC30 is unstoppable or OP or anything... Just that it's definitely a thing that you ignore at your very dire peril.

2-shot... Almost.

Exact wording aside, that's still quite the impressive feat. I'll learn this lesson.

To be fair, the chances of getting two broadsides off against a single enemy ship are pretty slim.

What is really funny was that Tarkin was the admiral of your opponent, and I recall him saying something along the lines of:

"I think you overestimate their chances."

Looks like Tarkin has a habit of underestimating.

Great, kid!

Don't get cocky.

I love the MC30. . . Silly favorite ship ever. . . Something will supplant someday. . . But that day is not today!

That said, it wasn't a particularly clever maneuver on my part (just dropped out of hyperspace), it is very possible to pull off the double side arc with the MC30 by getting nose-to-side to the I

Don't be apologetic! History is written by the victor. In the decades to come, the New Republic will* teach and praise your military tactical genius for being the pivot point of the Imperials downfall.

Each new game erases history and rewrites a new ending, so, good luck in the future...Rebel scum.

./salute

*Typo/Editted bits

Wait. How can you shoot that ISD at all with your MC30? You don't have LOS from either side, and boy that arc is dubious.

LOS only gets blocked by the defending ship? Not your own?

Wait. How can you shoot that ISD at all with your MC30? You don't have LOS from either side, and boy that arc is dubious.

LOS only gets blocked by the defending ship? Not your own?

I had the same question. And I didn't think the Torp Shrimp had a slot for TRC

Wait. How can you shoot that ISD at all with your MC30? You don't have LOS from either side, and boy that arc is dubious.

LOS only gets blocked by the defending ship? Not your own?

Wait. How can you shoot that ISD at all with your MC30? You don't have LOS from either side, and boy that arc is dubious.

LOS only gets blocked by the defending ship? Not your own?

I had the same question. And I didn't think the Torp Shrimp had a slot for TRC

But LOS yellow dot to yellow dot crosses both ship arc lines.

But LOS yellow dot to yellow dot crosses both ship arc lines.

Trust me. It was my ISD that went down. This shot is legitimate.

But LOS yellow dot to yellow dot crosses both ship arc lines.

Page 7 of the RRG

• The attacker’s hull zones do not block his line of sight.

Only the Death Star is able to one-shot an ISD

So you almost two-shotted an ISD?

The (sole) Home One accuracy shut down the brace, and he was able to redirect 2 points to one side, allowing 8 damage through to the hull for a total of 10/11 hull damage.

This is why I very much favor the ISD-II over the I. ECM is worth its weight in gold.

This game is too rules crazy. Lol.good shot though.

I had the same happen to a VSD (with some absolutely crazy rolls), and the VSD return the favor the next game.

Crazy, but fragile.

This is where someone remember Riekan, and realizes that almost two shotting an ISD with an MC30 is a thing. The ISD's attacks wont really matter much

So you almost two-shotted an ISD?

"I one-activationed an ISD" just didn't roll off the tongue the same.