Anyone else discover the combo included to make it work?

Coolhand + Targetting astromech + APT.

Has anyone actually tried the combo?

It's a bit of a pricey, one-off, situational combo, but it could work.

Edit:

A similar combo is Guri + Deadeye + ETP. Focus to fire, and use the focus you gain from being in R1 to convert.

Add Guidance Chip for even more effect.

It is lethal, but it's also very expensive - Advanced Proton Torpedoes are the most expensive piece of ordnance out there at the moment, and Cool Hand is essentially making it a point more expensive. A Red Squadron Veteran with that setup costs 35 points - in the region of a lot of elite aces - and suffers from a relatively low pilot skill (which is an issue when trying to use a range 1 weapon.

Targeting Astromech does make torpedos a lot more useable on a T-70, but I think advanced torps are a step too far - they're best used on either Major Rhymer or Guri, to my mind.

Or possibly Deadeye/E2/Recspec Nera, who at least can use EM to get more value out of the APTs and can 360.

by far nobody but bat-wedge didn't do good with that SUPEREXPENSIVE ordnance.

Just looking for reasons that APT was included with the t70... one good tallon roll and you can wax a ship...

its a weird card to include in there

Blue Ace

R7-T1

Experimental Interface

Advanced Proton Torpedoes

So tempting, and ridiculously expensive. But when it works, it's beautiful.

They are pretty good in Epic play. Throw 2 bombers with APT in a Gozanti with that PS8 title and Fleet Officer.

2x PS8 bombers with TL+Focus at Range 1 and they can't be arc dodged as they deploy last after Gozanti has moved.
Did 10 damage on the first round to Boba, which he evaded 2 of those.

Sure APT has little use in normal 100p dogfights though.. Major Rhymer would be awesome, but he's so **** expensive.

I think you could only justify APT on a Two torpedo slot ship and use Extra Munitions for 2 points bring the price down to 4 a piece.

I haven't tried it yet but I was going to either field Nera Dantels + FCS + EM + APT or Keyan Farlander + AdvSys + EM + APT in a game this weekend just to give them a try.

I think you could only justify APT on a Two torpedo slot ship and use Extra Munitions for 2 points bring the price down to 4 a piece.

I haven't tried it yet but I was going to either field Nera Dantels + FCS + EM + APT or Keyan Farlander + AdvSys + EM + APT in a game this weekend just to give them a try.

adding Guidance Chimps for 0 pts makes it a "near certainty" to landing 5 hits with at least 1 being a crit