It's a fine list, one I've seen flown a few times to good effect. Just be wary of Vader getting focused down super fast and stuck trying to solo 3/4th of a list with Kenkirk. he's durable, but can still die.

I'd give Kenkirk Lone Wolf or Predator, as you really don't want to restrict yourself to 4 Green maneuvers.

Nor is stress welcome with all the stressbots/Tacticians out there at the moment.

True, but the joy of triggering PTL off Isard's evade to arc dodge a Soontir with a Decimator cannot be denied.

If you have a stress heavy meta, Predator, if stresshogs/tacticians are few and far between, PTL is very viable.

Vader wants VI. No reason to run him over Soontir except PS11, imho.

PtL and Ysanne was great fun while it lasted, but there's too much stress in the current meta; use Predator.

Always two there are; no more, no less.

Used it today and it didn't go well - I felt I needed more dice to throw at other ships although the Decimator didn't seem to want to die very quickly which was fantastic, it would have been even harder to kill with Determination.

Vader with predator is a nice idea but as you say Markham, VI would have made a difference - I normally don't go without it but I felt I'd try something new .

Back to proper arch-dodge lists for me, the giant faux-Soontir didn't quite work.