Challenge: S&V Bounty Hunter Theme - 3x Large Base Ships

By J1mBob, in X-Wing

With the fourth large base ship coming to the S&V faction any day now, part of their theme (along with dirty tricks and no 3-turns!) seems to me to be the independently operated large ship. So let's run with that theme and make a list representing a temporary alliance of bounty hunters. Using just the Firespray (35 to 39 points), YV (29 to 35 points), Aggressor (36 each), and Jumpmaster (25 to 33 without title), what kind of build comes to mind? It'll have to be lean on upgrades and you'll need to choose which ship (if any) gets a named pilot very carefully...

I could be persuaded that the G1-A could make it onto the list, but it seems the workhorse vehicles more associated with the Black Sun should get their own separate thematic spotlight.

If I start with Mando, Scout, and Slaver, that leaves 11 points. With so many 1- and 2-point crew to choose from in the S&V faction and with a total of 5 empty crew seats to fill in that list, it seems like there is still a lot of design room in those 11 points. That's also 31 hull across just three ships! And three of the oh-so-fun-and-thematic Illicit slots...

A little while ago I was messing around, and you can have aggressor, Trandoshan slaver, and mandalorion merc for exactly 100.

The Hammerheads:

Transdoshan Slaver

+ Bossk

+ Gunner

+ Tactician

Transdoshan Slaver

+ Zuckuss

+ 4-LOM

Transdoshan Slaver

+ Greedo

+ Boba Fett

A control ship, a punch-you-in-the-face ship, and a crit-you-break-your-stuff ship.

18 hull, 18 shields, 540 degrees' worth of firing arcs, and 100 points.

I'd try with:

-Mando merc: Attani, Dengar

-Contracted Scout: Attani, k4, Unhinged

-Slaver: Zuckuss and 4-Lom

100 points

Or replace Mando for Ig-C with Attani and AT!

I think that's not bad at all! Shure you have to be carefull with asteroids...

What do you think?

Edited by Albertpalma

The Hammerheads:

Transdoshan Slaver

+ Bossk

+ Gunner

+ Tactician

Transdoshan Slaver

+ Zuckuss

+ 4-LOM

Transdoshan Slaver

+ Greedo

+ Boba Fett

A control ship, a punch-you-in-the-face ship, and a crit-you-break-your-stuff ship.

18 hull, 18 shields, 540 degrees' worth of firing arcs, and 100 points.

I love this. Bounty Hunter Caravan. Can I watch this road trip movie?

I think I'd go...

YV-666: Trandoshan Slaver (29)

"Mangler" Cannon (4)

YV-666: Trandoshan Slaver (29)

"Mangler" Cannon (4)

YV-666: Trandoshan Slaver (29)

"Mangler" Cannon (4)

Ride them majestic space beasts around at R3 and try and plump some crits on

Triple Bounty Hunter is a fun list, but is sadly using the wrong faction's Firespray 31.

Triple Slavers w/K4 and Damps, of course!

built to get in your way and stay there

Contracted Scout (25)
Predator (3)
Intelligence Agent (1)
Feedback Array (2)
Anti-Pursuit Lasers (2)

Contracted Scout (25)
Predator (3)
Intelligence Agent (1)
Feedback Array (2)
Anti-Pursuit Lasers (2)

Contracted Scout (25)
Predator (3)
Intelligence Agent (1)
Feedback Array (2)
Anti-Pursuit Lasers (2)

Total: 99

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If they bring any new ones out, I'd like to see Talon Kardde and his "Wild Kardde" ship, Booster Terrik and his Errant Venture Star Destroyer would be fun as well.

The Hammerheads:

Transdoshan Slaver

+ Bossk

+ Gunner

+ Tactician

Transdoshan Slaver

+ Zuckuss

+ 4-LOM

Transdoshan Slaver

+ Greedo

+ Boba Fett

A control ship, a punch-you-in-the-face ship, and a crit-you-break-your-stuff ship.

18 hull, 18 shields, 540 degrees' worth of firing arcs, and 100 points.

*golf clap*

Well done, sir.

If they bring any new ones out, I'd like to see Talon Kardde and his "Wild Kardde" ship, Booster Terrik and his Errant Venture Star Destroyer would be fun as well.

Wild Kardde is almost certainly going to be the Huge ship.

Star Destroyers are, sadly, way too massive for use at this scale (compare the opening to A New Hope, with the knowledge of the size of the largest model in the game thus far being the ship that gets swallowed...

If they bring any new ones out, I'd like to see Talon Kardde and his "Wild Kardde" ship, Booster Terrik and his Errant Venture Star Destroyer would be fun as well.

Wild Kardde is almost certainly going to be the Huge ship.

Star Destroyers are, sadly, way too massive for use at this scale (compare the opening to A New Hope, with the knowledge of the size of the largest model in the game thus far being the ship that gets swallowed...

Not only that, the swallowed ship is already at a smaller scale than the small and large ships...