Take off every 'ZIG'!

Faction: Galactic Empire

Points: 399/400

Commander: Admiral Motti

Assault Objective: Opening Salvo
Defense Objective: Contested Outpost
Navigation Objective: Superior Positions

[ flagship ] Imperial II-Class Star Destroyer (120 points)
- Admiral Motti ( 24 points)
- Avenger ( 5 points)
- Flight Controllers ( 6 points)
- Expanded Hangar Bay ( 5 points)
- Electronic Countermeasures ( 7 points)
- Overload Pulse ( 8 points)

Victory II-Class Star Destroyer (85 points)
- Flight Controllers ( 6 points)
- Enhanced Armament ( 10 points)
- Overload Pulse ( 8 points)

1 "Howlrunner" ( 16 points)
1 "Mauler" Mithel ( 15 points)
1 Soontir Fel ( 18 points)
1 Dengar ( 20 points)
2 TIE Interceptor Squadrons ( 22 points)
2 TIE Advanced Squadrons ( 24 points)

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It has its obvious holes, but hey, if you want fighter superiority...

I'd personally drop the OP on Avenger (its redundant other than for Double-Arc Shots) and add another 8 Point Zig!

I guess I'll be the first to say it...you don't put overload pulse ON the avenger...it triggers after tokens are spent

I guess I'll be the first to say it...you don't put overload pulse ON the avenger...it triggers after tokens are spent

I'm aware of that, but I think it's nice to set up some shots for the VSD too. Sure, they can still spend exhausted tokens, but once they do they're gone. The idea is, you're probably not gonna get to spend your defense tokens, but if you do, you're gonna lose them for good.

Sure, you can try to count on always activating the VSD first, but things happen in battle. It's good to have one's bases covered.

An alternative list I built purely in a moment of delusional madness:

There's too many of them!

Faction: Galactic Empire
Points: 396/400

Commander: Admiral Ozzel

Assault Objective: Opening Salvo
Defense Objective: Hyperspace Assault
Navigation Objective: Superior Positions

[ flagship ] Raider-I Class Corvette (44 points)
- Admiral Ozzel ( 20 points)
- Expanded Hangar Bay ( 5 points)

Raider-I Class Corvette (44 points)
- Expanded Hangar Bay ( 5 points)

Raider-I Class Corvette (44 points)
- Expanded Hangar Bay ( 5 points)

Raider-I Class Corvette (44 points)
- Expanded Hangar Bay ( 5 points)

Raider-I Class Corvette (44 points)
- Expanded Hangar Bay ( 5 points)

8 TIE Fighter Squadrons ( 64 points)
1 "Howlrunner" ( 16 points)
1 "Mauler" Mithel ( 15 points)
1 Dengar ( 20 points)
1 Major Rhymer ( 16 points)

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I actually like the first list more, but I'm not sure about the layout of upgrades.

I would probably look at a Expanded Hangars + Flight Controllers on a VSD-I since you're using it as a carrier. I'm not sold on OP, too expensive, inconsistent with activations, and Avenger is good enough to stand on its own.

ISD-II should have Gunnery Teams over FC, and you want Boosted Coms. Why get Expanded Bays if you 8 squadrons and 2 ships with 4-squadron commands (Expanded on the VSD)?

Is putting on EA a good idea for the 10 points. Seems expensive.

Is putting on EA a good idea for the 10 points. Seems expensive.

You're right, it is expensive. I wouldn't take it.

I actually like the first list more, but I'm not sure about the layout of upgrades.

I would probably look at a Expanded Hangars + Flight Controllers on a VSD-I since you're using it as a carrier. I'm not sold on OP, too expensive, inconsistent with activations, and Avenger is good enough to stand on its own.

ISD-II should have Gunnery Teams over FC, and you want Boosted Coms. Why get Expanded Bays if you 8 squadrons and 2 ships with 4-squadron commands (Expanded on the VSD)?

Well the list only has 7 squadron native, so somebody has to get EHB to have full command of the fighters. Of course that could be the VSD to even out command values, or it could stay on the ISD to maximize its squadron activations. Really just depends on what a person was comfortable with.

I usually agree that GT is all but an auto-include for ISDs, but it didn't sit with the theme I was playing with, and I've seen plenty of harm done with multi-zone fire if one drives one's cheese-wedge well.

And yeah, boosted comms is a notion I played with, but understand that these lists were just built to have fun with a theme, not necessarily to be the omg/aren'tyouclever/tourneywinner/minmax lists so often expected in this neighborhood. I frequently make lists just to make humor of various themes and ideas and/or to exaggerate a list in some way (like the There's too Many of Them list).

But anyway, another alternative since I'm screwing around with this concept, and you brought up some otherwise (outside of my mad tinkering) valid points:

Move Zig!

Faction: Galactic Empire

Points: 397/400

Commander: Admiral Motti

Assault Objective: Opening Salvo

Defense Objective: Contested Outpost

Navigation Objective: Superior Positions

[ flagship ] Imperial II-Class Star Destroyer (120 points)

- Admiral Motti ( 24 points)

- Avenger ( 5 points)

- Flight Controllers ( 6 points)

- Boosted Comms ( 4 points)

- Electronic Countermeasures ( 7 points)

- Overload Pulse ( 8 points)

Victory II-Class Star Destroyer (85 points)

- Flight Controllers ( 6 points)

- Expanded Hangar Bay ( 5 points)

- Enhanced Armament ( 10 points)

- Overload Pulse ( 8 points)

1 "Howlrunner" ( 16 points)

1 "Mauler" Mithel ( 15 points)

1 Dengar ( 20 points)

2 TIE Interceptor Squadrons ( 22 points)

3 TIE Advanced Squadrons ( 36 points)

Fleet created with Armada Warlords