Hi folks.

Ive ben collecting ships ever since wave 1, but havent really been playing much, maybe a total of 20-30 games, and really only for fun with "random" upgrades that seemed fitting with no real thought behind the squadrons.

But, in about a month I will be attending a store tournament of 16 players, and so Ive tried to give it a serious go, after all Ive played competetive games for over 10 years.

Ive come up with two squads that I thought Id put through the wisdom of the boards, one rebel and one imperial. Theyre based on my facourite ships, not because theyre good, but because I like the ideas and visual aspect of them.

Oh well, enough ranting, here goes.

3bees

Nera dantels, fire control system, extra munitions, advanced proton torpedoes and squad leader 38pts

2* Blue squadron pilot with heavy laser cannon and fire control system 31pts

I really like the B-wing, its been my favourite ship ever since I first saw it, and this list really appeals to the cinematic side of me. The thinking is that nera protects the other two from arcdodgers with the 360' torpedoes, alternatively gets some heavy hits in on large ships, something that seems cuite popular at the moment. All the while the other two ships shoots away with hopefully mostly target locked+focused attacks at range.

Kinda hard to fly perhaps, but I tried to get an answer in for most opposition, with my limited experience that is

Next up:

whispering chiraneau

Chiraneau with expose, mara jade, ysanne isard, experimental interface 60pts

Whisper with fire control system, advanced cloaking device and veteran instincts 39pts

So, Ive seen variants of this list, and the decimator is an old friend from star wars galaxies, so it makes me kinda feel at home. Originaly I had darth vader in the decimator, and echo instead of whisper, and that still makes me smile inside, but Ive come to understand that pilotskill 9 on the phantom is allmost a necessity?

Apart from that I figured mara jade to be a nice counter to swarms, to make them think a little before getting in range one, rather than the rebel csptive that only works on one ship. As swarms are a real threat to a ship with no defence, but maybe thats a miscalculation? I dont really know if theyre flown that much anymore? Of course thats somewhat of a meta-issue, and I dont know the meta at all, so its prbaby a wash anyway.

Cheers, and thanks for any input.