I'd like to see a new ship like a skipray blastboat (with a Scum variant of Mara Jade piloting it) and scum versions of YT pilots.

I expect Scum aces announcement this spring.

Scyk and Starviper seem likely canidates for aces pack.

I wouldn't mind seeing it be firespray and Scyk though would be cool to get another repaint firespray and new pilots.

IMHO, a bit unlikely we'd get another Starviper. For one thing, it's only ever been "canonically" associated with Black Sun...and we've already got it in that color scheme. Secondly, it's a more-expensive model than the others, which the aces/veterans packs have so far shied away from. And finally, it's "fixable" without including the model at all - the right torpedo or modification could do it (shame the stock model didn't have an "illicit" slot, though...not sure where FFG was going with that...)

So the most likely 'Scum Aces' would be a Scyk (I think we can all agree on that one, anyway) and a Z-95. Or possibly (but less likely, given how recently it was released) a Kihraxz alongside the Scyk. That one would be kind of cool to see, if they did both the Scyk and Kihrahxz in Black Sun colors. Although, hell, they could pull an 'Imperial Aces' on us and decide that it's just the Scyk that has so completely missed its target, and give us a pair of them in the expansion.

(Although, I have to admit, what I'd REALLY like to see - and it'd be darn near FFG winging it, but given their recent entry into canonicity, I'd LOVE to see the effort - would be a pair of ships in Corporate Sector Authority colors!)

I tend to agree with earlier posters, that a 'Scum Aces' is more likely before a 'Rebel Veterans'.

A Scum Han Solo. Before meeting Obi-Wan he was a smuggler and worked for Jabba. He even killed poor Greedo and shot first.

Make him a PS 0 so he always moves first then make his Scum trait "Regardless of Pilot Skill, Han Solo always shoots first."

This also gives FFG the option to put the oddball Outer Rim Smuggler into the S&V category.

Rebel Vets will probably consist of two X-wings, similar to how Imperial Aces was just two TIE Interceptors. Calling it!

HEL-NAH... cause: E-WING!

xanderf, on 20 Jan 2016 - 10:38 PM, said:

Tokyogriz, on 20 Jan 2016 - 5:58 PM, said:

I expect Scum aces announcement this spring.

Scyk and Starviper seem likely canidates for aces pack.

I wouldn't mind seeing it be firespray and Scyk though would be cool to get another repaint firespray and new pilots.

IMHO, a bit unlikely we'd get another Starviper. For one thing, it's only ever been "canonically" associated with Black Sun...and we've already got it in that color scheme. Secondly, it's a more-expensive model than the others, which the aces/veterans packs have so far shied away from. And finally, it's "fixable" without including the model at all - the right torpedo or modification could do it (shame the stock model didn't have an "illicit" slot, though...not sure where FFG was going with that...)

So the most likely 'Scum Aces' would be a Scyk (I think we can all agree on that one, anyway) and a Z-95. Or possibly (but less likely, given how recently it was released) a Kihraxz alongside the Scyk. That one would be kind of cool to see, if they did both the Scyk and Kihrahxz in Black Sun colors. Although, hell, they could pull an 'Imperial Aces' on us and decide that it's just the Scyk that has so completely missed its target, and give us a pair of them in the expansion.

(Although, I have to admit, what I'd REALLY like to see - and it'd be darn near FFG winging it, but given their recent entry into canonicity, I'd LOVE to see the effort - would be a pair of ships in Corporate Sector Authority colors!)

I tend to agree with earlier posters, that a 'Scum Aces' is more likely before a 'Rebel Veterans'.

The Z-95 is one of the most efficient ships in the game. It needs no new pilots nor any "Fixes". Very unlikely and unneeded for it to be in a aces pack.

The Kihraxz is more likely than the Starviper I agree. Both could use and Aces pack. It will be the Syck and one of these ships for sure. In the Alex and Frank interview at worlds they stated the ships that were not in the tournament are up for aces look. For scum I think this was Syck, Kihraxz and Starviper. Only 2 will be done though based on past aces.

fix the scyk

Tractor Beam already goes a long way to making the Scyk an interesting choice.

Except the PS on the Scyk is so low that you wont get much benefit out of moving the other ship after everyone has shot. Sure, once in a while you may get to stick him on a rock, but I think Tractors will shine in a higher PS ship that can place the other ship in a situation where he can't shoot but the rest of yours can.

Scyk will be packed with the Jewel, no doubt about that. It's also not unlikely that they'll pack another 1-2 fighters with the support Scum huge, in which case we'll probably see Zs or similar (I know there's at least a small following for a Mara Jade Z).

predicting scum aces pack will be a ways off yet, with a scum epic 1st.

Edit: Typically they will give an underperformer a boost and package with it, and a syck theme would work with some of the epic theory's floating around