Not so much a squad list question but a combo question: Like others here, I am constantly drawn to under used pilots and combos. While I know they are not often seen for a reason; trying to make them work seems to be my thing.

So what does everyone think about Red Ace +Artoo? At 33pts. he is expensive for PS 6, no EPT and no other upgrades but his ability could trigger a lot with Artoo. Seems like a late game regen + tanky PITA. As long as you take greens every other turn or so, R2D2 keeps giving you shields and your opponent keeps giving you evade tokens when they shoot at you. Not great 1v1 unless you also add Comms Relay but................

He needs a com relay as well, i liked him when i tried it, but its probably a little to expensive

The trouble I find with Red Ace is, to make the combo you describe function effectively (i.e. R2-D2, Comm Relay, Autothrusters), you have to spend as many points as you would on one of the standard Poe builds...and at that point, you're probably better off going with Poe instead. You could perhaps use Integrated Astromech instead of Autothrusters but I'm not sure the saving is worth it.

It's a shame, as I think Red Ace has a lot of potential - at range 3 he's untouchable.

I think its pretty solid if you are running R5-P9 Poe alongside him and then you have about 30 points or so (a bit more) to round out the list. There's a ton of options for rebels in that range...

Sounds good to me. Agree on the comms relay though. At that point you could consider the EPT droid for juke.. say if your saving r2d2 for Poe.