-Jax

Lone Wolf

Hull Upgrade

Shield Upgrade

Royal Tie

-Royal Guard Tie

Predator

Hull Upgrade

Shield Upgrade

Royal Tie

-Mauler

-Dark Curse

Well done!

Imperial Aces squads are nice. Autothrusters are cool, but don't sweat it if you can't get them. Jax - as someone who wants to be in range 1 - benefits as much from a 'proper' Royal Guard TIE (shield & hull) as the classic stealth/autothrusters combo.

Interceptors plus basic TIEs in support are a nice combination - an ace plus a small swarm of normal fighters works well because they excel at different things and complement one another.

TIEs are cheap, expendable, and actually quite good in a head-on pass for their points. Because they get a lot of dice for their points -albeit split into many small attacks - they're very good at killing decimators, b-wings, y-wings and so on. They're also good at blocking aces - scatter the formation in the path of an enemy ace to block him, deny him an action and set him up for a kill-shot from Carnor.

What do you mean by block?

move in where you think the other person will move a ship that hasn't moved yet to try to deny them of an action

Exactly so. You know the rule where if you accidentally collide with another ship, you lose your action, and can't shoot at them (because they're in base contact)?

If you have an expendable PS1 pilot, you can move him first and drop him in the way of your opponent's squad. Then sit back and laugh as his squad pile into one another and are left without tokens and shot to hell. If you have a pack of them, it's easier to judge.

This is doubly effective against big ships with engine upgrades, or boost/barrel roll interceptors - they're so **** fast that getting a shot on them is nigh impossible.....unless you block them, so they don't get their action in the first place.

Double bonus if you pair this plan with a ship with one or more of the following upgrades: Intimidation, Ion Projector, Anti-Pursuit Lasers, Mara Jade.