I enjoyed this Imperial list (I'm writing this from memory, might not be exactly right):

Bounty Hunter

Tactical Jammer

Darth Vader

X1

Advanced Targeting Computer

Soontir Fell

Royal Guard

Push the Limit

Stealth Device

Autothrusters

and I fancied making a scummy version.

The point of the list is all three ships hit hard, but thanks to the tactical jammer the two small ships are very hard to hit, meaning the enemy is somewhat compelled to take out the Firspray first, which takes a while. This works particularly well if the Bounty Hunter manages to block the enemy ships so they can't shoot him and have to waste their shots missing the guys with all the green diced and tokens.

The first problem I've come across is that in Scum the lowest pilot skill Firespray is 5 (who's also more expensive). Not great for blocking, particularly swarms, and limits the rest of the squad.

The second problem, or at least question, is who to take in addition to the jammer? Needs to be someone who hits hard, since I'm not going to have many ships, and ideally someone fairly hard to hit on their own, to make the idea of hitting them through the jammer seem futile. Starvipers, maybe?

Any suggestions? If the answer is "you can't really get something for Scum that works the same way as that Imperial list because the factions have well defined feels" then I suppose that's OK, but no harm in trying

Serrisu (with HLC maybe?) and Xizor seem like they'd fit rather well hiding behind the jammer, both have good synergies there.

Maybe a Trandoshan Slaver as the jammer?

Here's what I've come up with so far:

• Trandoshan Slaver

Hound's Tooth

Tactical Jammer

• Serissu

Heavy Scyk

Heavy Laser Cannon

• Prince Xizor

Autothrusters

which is 98 points. I could do with something to make people more inclined to target the YV-666 first, so either something to help the others harder to hit, or something to make the Skaver scarier.

Serrisu (with HLC maybe?) and Xizor seem like they'd fit rather well hiding behind the jammer, both have good synergies there.

Maybe a Trandoshan Slaver as the jammer?

Slaver is a good idea. I'm not so sure about Serissu though. Her ability doesn't help the Slaver much, since he only has 1 green die to begin with. And pairing her with Xizor doesn't make much sense, since no one is going to shoot Xizor anyway.

How about this:

Xizor w/ VI, virago, FCS & autothrusters = 37

Talonbane w/ crack shot & glitterstim = 31

Slaver w/ tactical jammer = 30

98

Gives you a decent bid for your 2 PS 9 ships, but if you don't particularly care about bidding initiative, you can throw a flechette torpedo on Xizor for some anti-soontir/bro-bot insurance.

Serrisu (with HLC maybe?) and Xizor seem like they'd fit rather well hiding behind the jammer, both have good synergies there.

Maybe a Trandoshan Slaver as the jammer?

Slaver is a good idea. I'm not so sure about Serissu though. Her ability doesn't help the Slaver much, since he only has 1 green die to begin with. And pairing her with Xizor doesn't make much sense, since no one is going to shoot Xizor anyway.

How about this:

Xizor w/ VI, virago, FCS & autothrusters = 37

Talonbane w/ crack shot & glitterstim = 31

Slaver w/ tactical jammer = 30

98

Gives you a decent bid for your 2 PS 9 ships, but if you don't particularly care about bidding initiative, you can throw a flechette torpedo on Xizor for some anti-soontir/bro-bot insurance.

Ooh, that's interesting. I particularly like that it's cheaper and would leave room for that Fire Control System. I'd need to keep Talonbane at long range to make the "it's not worth shooting them till the jammer's gone" trick to work (at range 2 he'll still be quite hittable), I wonder how hard that would be. Without barrel roll it could be tricky to make sure he's in cover...

Firespray-31: · Kath Scarlet (38)

Veteran Instincts (1)

Recon Specialist (3)

StarViper: Black Sun Vigo (27)

Autothrusters (2)

StarViper: Black Sun Vigo (27)

Autothrusters (2)

-- TOTAL ------- 100/100p

YV-666: Trandoshan Slaver (29)

Firespray-31: · Kath Scarlet (38)

Veteran Instincts (1)

Recon Specialist (3)

StarViper: Black Sun Vigo (27)

Autothrusters (2

Or just two trandoshan slavers

Firespray-31: Mandalorian Mercenary (35)

YV-666: · Latts Razzi (33)

Weapons Engineer (3)

Kihraxz Fighter: · Talonbane Cobra (28)

Veteran Instincts (1