I've been playing around with lists containing the new TIE F/O and I was wondering what everyone thought about this list. I've played a variation on this list once before and enjoyed the synergy, but I had Deathrain instead of Soontir and that felt like wasted points.

In this version I would think the Shuttle and TIEs stay close and the Shuttle drops Focus (possibly extra Foci) for the TIEs and Leader clears the stress. Soontir flanks and does his thing. One concern I have will be the lack of Focus on the Shuttle itself, but hopefully Rebel Captive will discourage some attention.

Thoughts?

"Epsilon Leader" (21)

Weapons Guidance (2)

Epsilon Squadron Pilot (17)

Weapons Guidance (2)

Omnicron Group Pilot (27)

Fleet Officer (3), Rebel Captive (3)

Soontir Fel (35)

Push The Limit (3), Royal Guard TIE (0), Autothrusters (2), Stealth Device (3)

You don't have to worry about the Shuttle having no focus. If you give one focus away and keep the other for yourself you'd have that problem sorted.

You are of course a friendly ship at range 1 of yourself and so a valid target.

You could then exchange the Rebel Captive for Advanced Sensors and clear the stress yourself. This makes the whole setup a little less interdependent and will enable you to weather the loss of Epsilon Leader making him less of a priority target.

Thanks for the reply. Advanced Sensors on the Shuttle is a good idea to clear the stress. I might have to toy with that. I have to admit that I planned on giving the extra focus to both the TIE F/O to help push damage through with Weapon Guidance for any blanks (trying to make those two red die count) but I think the sheer damage output of this list may be too low.