New to the game, and leaning towards having a torpedo fighter in my list. Which ship and which pilot would people recommend?

Thinking one of the following:

Nera Dantels 26

- Proton Torpedoes 4

- Proton Torpedoes 4

- Deadeye 1

=35

Horton Salm 25

- Proton Torpedoes 4

- Proton Torpedoes 4

- R2-F2 3

=36

Thoughts?

One of those proton torpedoes should be Extra Munitions instead. Save yourself 2 points. Also R2-F2 is pretty worthless. You'd be better off with R2-D2 or an R2 unit on Horton. You also probably want a turret on Horton for after you've exhausted your munitions.

Pretty expensive ship builds for 2 rounds of torpedo shooting, you'll probably find that it's not worth it. But hey, why not fly it and see!

Like the above; it's a lot of points for two attacks. I've tried ordnance a couple of times, and it can be made to work but does eat a lot of points.

Given a choice between the two pilots I think I would take Nera.

Deadeye combined with the 360 arc on the secondary means she will almost never miss a chance to shoot.

Also, she has a better primary attack than Horton. (Horton needs a turret, otherwise he can't pull his weight after his torps are spent.)

I have no doubt Horton is the better shot - you'll do better damage with his torpedoes. But Horton kitted out properly will cost way more than Nera, and both are already more expensive than I am comfortable with.

Loadout for Nera:

Proton torpedoes are good, you may want to look into other torpedoes as well, since plasma and flechette torps can also be quite good.

Deadeye is very good here. I personally think it's probably the best ept you can take for her.

Extra munitions. Replaces the second torpedo and makes Nera cheaper.

Munitions failsafe: Depends what you are shooting at as to whether this is good for you. If you're shooting up a 0 or 1 green dice ship you probably won't ever need to use it. On the other hand if you're trying to gun down a fully equipped soontir then you will be very glad of it. Also it's only 1 point.

First of all:

Bwing aces are overpriced.

Y aces just suck.

Now that we have the basics:

Nera hands down. Better firing arc, better durability, better firepower, better dial, cheaper.

Thanks for the feedback everyone. I know Y wings are more for turrets than torps so I see everyone's points. I'll give things a play through

I prefer to fly B's over Y's.

That being said they both have their place. But if I was to choose one for a Torpedo carrier I would go Nera Dantels. So useful having 360 arc. Dead eye is pretty useful as well as FCS on it.