So I've been wanting to take a bit of a break from firesprays, and decided that I would try out something with starvipers. I wanted to go with Guri, but decided to go with Sensor Jammer instead of my normal Adv Sensor build. Immediately paired her with Palob, but can't decide on the last 30 points. So anyways....here's what I have, any advice/thoughts are appreciated!

(40pts) Guri: Virago, Predator, Autothrusters, Sensor Jammer

(30pts) Palob: TLT, Expert Handling, Bossk

Options:

1) Talonbane: Glitterstim -just about the only ship I know of that will draw more aggro than Palob

2) BlackSun Soldier: Feedback Array x2 -blocking, but still higher PS than most TLT platforms. Also some ace protection for Palob.

3) Tansarii Vet: Crackshot, Stealth Device, Title, HLC -will hurt if ignored in favor of Palob

4) maybe some flavor of MistHunter once I actually have wave 8 in hand

Thanks again!

Nice idea!

I think there are actually only 2 real ways of doing this sort of list. One is to fly Palob + beefy ship as your 'centre' and have Guri either close by (with predator) or use her as a flanker (with lone wolf). Alternatively, you can take 3 independent ships and fly them like '3 flankers'. This is not easy to do, and requires a very different mindset than what most people are used to, since you have to think about dodging arcs first and foremost and only taking shots of opportunity from positions of relative safety.

So the easier of the two would be to have Palob with something that won't die too easily. Probably a y-wing or a cheap YV-666.

Trandoshan slaver w/ greedo (or zuckuss or 4-LOM when they come out) = 30 OR

Thug w/ TLT & R4 = 26 (use the last 4 points to get moldy crow + recon specialist on Palob)

3 flankers would be something like this:

Guri w/ virago, LW, SJ & AT = 39

Palob w/ predator, TLT, engine & moldy crow = 36

N'dru w/ predator & engine = 24

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Not easy to fly though since you really can't afford to joust. Put Palob in the centre (because that's who your oppoonent is most likely gonna want to kill first) and then your other two ships can get on the flank relatively easy. If your opponent switches to a different target, run away with that ship (boost makes it possible)

Thanks,some good ideas to think about! I really like the slaver, I keep forgetting how cheap those things are. Torkil with TLT and Recon might make a good "core" too, with 2pts left for a cloak somewhere to adjust position if necessary. I just worry he'd make the list too squishy.

N'dru and I really don't work that well together,but 3 flankers seems like a lot of fun if I can get the timing right.

I love expert handling... But... Not with Bossk crew. I think you could do better with most other upgrades in that slot(including no upgrades). I think TLT Y is probably the right fit for guri palob. I don't like your expensive guri at all. For PS 5 that price tag is a sin.

I love expert handling... But... Not with Bossk crew. I think you could do better with most other upgrades in that slot(including no upgrades). I think TLT Y is probably the right fit for guri palob. I don't like your expensive guri at all. For PS 5 that price tag is a sin.

What's wrong with Bossk + expert handling? If you barrel roll you get a stress. If you activate Bossk, you don't get another stress (because you got one already). Just take your Focus + TL and hope for a better roll next shot!

Forgot about that... Still not much of a fan in the squad. Doing 5 damage if all of Guri shots and palob shots hit is pretty lackluster

Kavil with ion turret and unhinged?

I really don't mind the extra 5pts to make Guri more durable, especially with all the TLTs floating around. The price I pay for wanting to fly a starviper I suppose. PS is mid-range, but the dial can more than make up for that with some good flying. I do think the best fit currently for this list is the slaver with a crew to help punch damage through, or perhaps an Intel Agent. Maybe when they finally spoil the jump master I'll have the perfect fit.

I ran this list at the 2015 Winter tournament.

Kavil

Blaster Turret

R4

Wired

Guri

Predator

Virago

Autothrusters

Ad Sensors

Palob

Blaster Turret

Recon Sp

Moldy Crow

I went 2-1. My loss was to a Vader Soontir Palpmobile list. I didn't like the Blaster on Kavil, so I'm changing that around with a TLT. With this list, you need a lot of focus tokens on Palob . I burned a lot of focus on Palob (they are great when he is the object of multiple attacks or TLT's). Guri was a beast close in as my second opponent ran 2 K-wings with Tactician and TLTs. It (as Guri IS a robot) took out both of them almost single-handedly. Love that Segnor's Loop.