Not sure how good this will be but it seems kind of fun.

I call it the Dash Smash list. The basic idea is to alpha strike the pancake and hopefully destroy it off the bat...?

Any thoughts?

Z-95 Headhunter: · Lieutenant Blount (17)

Predator (3)

XX-23 S-Thread Tracers (1)

Engine Upgrade (4)

A-Wing: Green Squadron Pilot (19)

Crack Shot (1)

Proton Rockets (3)

Autothrusters (2)

A-Wing: Green Squadron Pilot (19)

Crack Shot (1)

Proton Rockets (3)

Autothrusters (2)

A-Wing: Green Squadron Pilot (19)

Crack Shot (1)

Proton Rockets (3)

Autothrusters (2)

giving Blount a predator is useless.

He wil hit 1 even if he misses all attack. so rerolling with your 2 dice attack is not very effective better give him a good missile with will hit for sure due to his ability. assault missile or any with will have side effect when hitting.

Blount with the Predator, I get, cause you're looking for improved fire after the Alpha shot with tracers, however with an Engine Upgrade, you would leave yourself vulnerable without a focus when you boost. You also tie up a lot of points in Blount the could help your Awings.

Possible to put Veteran Instincts on Blount for initial shot, take off Engine, and give your Awings some more EPTs with A wing Test Pilot Title.

Blount with the Predator, I get, cause you're looking for improved fire after the Alpha shot with tracers

Yeah that's it exactly.

however with an Engine Upgrade, you would leave yourself vulnerable without a focus when you boost. You also tie up a lot of points in Blount the could help your Awings.

Fair point. I guess I was just thinking that I wanted to try and take the edge off the stiffness of the Z95 dial with it, hence the combo up with predator as above to mitigate not having focus/TL on the boosting turns. But, having said that, it's a Z, so I doubt the EU will make a huge difference to it, now that I think on it some more.

Possible to put Veteran Instincts on Blount for initial shot, take off Engine, and give your Awings some more EPTs with A wing Test Pilot Title.

My original plan was to have 2 EPTs on each, but I wasn't certain about what to use for the second EPT slot. Nothing jumped out as being hugely useful in this build. I was thinking about Wingman maybe, so they can K-turn with relative impunity?

Dunno. Think you're right about ditching the EU though. Still kinda want to keep predator in there but you make a good case for removing it.