I'm going to a tournament soon, and as always, my list will have at least one defender. I'm happy with the Vessery+Omega Leader+2 Epsilon list that someone suggested, but I would like some feedback on these two lists as potential options.

Double defenders (100)

Rexler (51)

-Push the Limit

-TIE MK II engines

-Heavy laser cannon

-Proton Rockets

Vessery (49)

-Veteran Instincts

-Hull Upgrade

-Heavy Laser Cannon

-Ion Pulse Missiles

I've thought about trading the missiles between ships, but I'm not sure.

Firespray+Defender (99)

Kath (51)

-Mangler Cannon

-Tactician

-Predator

-Engine Upgrade

Rexler (48)

-Heavy Laser Cannon

-Push The Limit

-TIE MK II Engines

A couple of things about this list. I'm going to try and borrow the engine upgrade, but what would people suggest if I can't borrow one? I'm also considering trying to borrow a rebel captive and go up to 100 points. I played a similar list to this in my first tournament and had a blast, but Krassis didn't work out so well since he wasn't able to acquire target locks reliably.

For the first list, I would say don't bother with missiles on Vessery. But put Ion pulse missiles on Brath. I don't find the proton rockets a good fit on the defender. You don't really want to be in Range 1 anyway, so why take a weapon that would encourage it? While it might happen on occasion, you are almost always better off staying at range if you can.

For your 2nd list, either tactician or rebel captive work well on Kath. I like Gunner on her though because with predator, its a very good chance of a crit that gets cancelled. You could take that instead of engine (if you can't get it), or if you prefer, just put a shield upgrade on her.

I use the second list a lot, and had very good results with it. Of course it has some variations, but Rexler has the same build, about Kath, well, i prefer her with VI and Rebel Captive/Recon Specialist, in that way i can add an Ion Bomb, and you get a 99 point build so you can get initiative, i recommend to move last instead firing first

Anhk what obstacles did you use with the firespray defender list.