For three points it's fine it gives you a proto pwt, if you don't have points for TLT it does as an alternative.

Torkil has had some success with an Ion Cannon and Greedo for a cheap psuedo-biggs of "You better kill me, or I'll ruin your day."

This turret would be 2 points cheaper and still leave his primary job description (Ruin hostile firing order) intact.

And as noted, this means that for 1pt Kavil can go from being a Range-1 3 attack autoturret to being a Range-1 4 attack normal-damage-gun... with a Range 2 3-attack for kicks. That's not nothing.

It'll also make a cheap BTL-A4 Y-wing, though I'm not sure double-tapping two dice at Range 2 is going to do much unless you catch a Decimator or B-wing in the lurch. I suspect 'cheap turret' definitely has a place in the world, though; I'm curious what else we can do with it.

Kavil with Predator, R4-B11 and Dorsal is pretty good, especially alongside Torkil is nasty.

"But guys, I don't WANT a counter to my agility!"

Ha. Ha. Ha.

Oh, you were serious?

I don't get it. And I'm ok with that.

I got the translation of 'dorsal' wrong as well at the first place.

its 'back', not 'back-facing'

Even if pictures of dorsal turrets always showing them pointing backwards

there should be no technical reason why you shouldn't rotate them facing to the front ... at least thats true for allied planes ...

As others have said, Dorsal means on the top, not back or back-facing.

In that regard, though, consider it on the HWK. The HWK's turret emplacement is mounted on the ventral surface, not the dorsal as with other ships. So if you put it on a HWK, its not only a generally terrible choice, it just doesn't make any sense.

Nope "dorsal" means back - that is correct - but it does not mean rear-wards. Rather it refers to the back as a part of your anatomy.

In the case of an aircraft it means the top of the fuslage. This is a reference to how when fish swim and how birds fly, their spinal portion (ie their back) is facing upwards.