No, not those kind of escorts! Yorr has a very important rebel captive and needs to bring him in for questioning. Three top TIE/FO aces have been assigned to make sure the mission gets completed! That is my list's thematic story anyways

YORR'S ESCORTS = 100pts

Yorr + Rebel Captive + Ion Cannon = 30pts

Omega Ace + PTL = 23pts

Zeta Leader + Wired = 21pts

Omega Leader + Juke + Comms = 26pts

Yorr can take Omega Ace's stress when he PTLs to get his TL/Focus for crits. OA attacks last of the FO's so good chance for his crits to hit. Zeta Leader is Zeta Leader, badass 21pt mofo. Same with good ol OL.

Flew the list today against Scum Kath and a couple TLT Ywings. Everything worked as planned for the most part. I led with Yorr then lined up the FOs to the right in a tight triangle formation, two up front OA closest to Yorr, Omega in the back. First action round, took out a Ywing fast, Yorr and OA at range 1 got it 2 hull remaining, Yorr took OA's stress. ZL and OL were out of firing arc (**** asteroid kept me from barrell rolling). TLTs went for ZL since he wasnt stressed from not attacking that round (mistake by me) and he kept barely getting hit, he survived with 1 hull left. Kath kturned and was outta arc, no shots.

Next round - OL has that injured TLT locked, and gets a hit in, TLT used focus, Zeta Leader finishes it off. I turned to sharp and OA arc barely misses Kath, so he cant attack this round, damnit! Kath fires at Zeta Leader from range 3. Rolls four hits. ZL rolls evade and three eyeballs. He still has his focus! SAVED! However TLT finishes him off. Wired almost saved him, but re-rolled an eyeball into another eyeball

Yorr has a range 2 shot on Kath. My opponent forgot Yorr had an Ion cannon and turned Kath around to be facing corner of the board. Lambda with focus + Ion cannon equals dead Kath. But I didnt call Ion Cannon as a weapon before I rolled my dice (DOH!) so it only counted as a primary hit. We called the game after that round anyways as Kath had nowhere to go and was a gonner next round anyways. Quick game, haha.

So, while I was playing I noticed a few things. One, because Yorr has rebel captive, and FOs are prettier targets, nobody wants to attack him, and those TLTs were attacking through him to get to ZL, so I thought maybe a tactical jammer would be useful on him? However, that means dropping Ion Cannon

Do I drop Ion Cannon for Jammer + ??? Maybe a tactician? Or a baffle so he can erase stress he gets from Omega Ace? FCS?

I like this squad, lots of fun to fly.

No, not those kind of escorts! Yorr has a very important rebel captive and needs to bring him in for questioning. Three top TIE/FO aces have been assigned to make sure the mission gets completed! That is my list's thematic story anyways

YORR'S ESCORTS = 100pts

Yorr + Rebel Captive + Ion Cannon = 30pts

Omega Ace + PTL = 23pts

Zeta Leader + Wired = 21pts

Omega Leader + Juke + Comms = 26pts

Yorr can take Omega Ace's stress when he PTLs to get his TL/Focus for crits. OA attacks last of the FO's so good chance for his crits to hit. Zeta Leader is Zeta Leader, badass 21pt mofo. Same with good ol OL.

Flew the list today against Scum Kath and a couple TLT Ywings. Everything worked as planned for the most part. I led with Yorr then lined up the FOs to the right in a tight triangle formation, two up front OA closest to Yorr, Omega in the back. First action round, took out a Ywing fast, Yorr and OA at range 1 got it 2 hull remaining, Yorr took OA's stress. ZL and OL were out of firing arc (**** asteroid kept me from barrell rolling). TLTs went for ZL since he wasnt stressed from not attacking that round (mistake by me) and he kept barely getting hit, he survived with 1 hull left. Kath kturned and was outta arc, no shots.

Next round - OL has that injured TLT locked, and gets a hit in, TLT used focus, Zeta Leader finishes it off. I turned to sharp and OA arc barely misses Kath, so he cant attack this round, damnit! Kath fires at Zeta Leader from range 3. Rolls four hits. ZL rolls evade and three eyeballs. He still has his focus! SAVED! However TLT finishes him off. Wired almost saved him, but re-rolled an eyeball into another eyeball

Yorr has a range 2 shot on Kath. My opponent forgot Yorr had an Ion cannon and turned Kath around to be facing corner of the board. Lambda with focus + Ion cannon equals dead Kath. But I didnt call Ion Cannon as a weapon before I rolled my dice (DOH!) so it only counted as a primary hit. We called the game after that round anyways as Kath had nowhere to go and was a gonner next round anyways. Quick game, haha.

So, while I was playing I noticed a few things. One, because Yorr has rebel captive, and FOs are prettier targets, nobody wants to attack him, and those TLTs were attacking through him to get to ZL, so I thought maybe a tactical jammer would be useful on him? However, that means dropping Ion Cannon

Do I drop Ion Cannon for Jammer + ??? Maybe a tactician? Or a baffle so he can erase stress he gets from Omega Ace? FCS?

I like this squad, lots of fun to fly.

Nice! I use Jendon and the Title instead of yorr for the target lock shenanigans. Used to put TJ on the shuttle, but rarely used it so I took it out. Baffle looks like a must, at least on paper. Will have to try it though.

Good luck!

I wouldn't worry about tactical jammer. If you want your opponent to target shuttle first, just deploy and fly your ships a bit differently.

Tactician and baffle are probably a good choice for Yorr (especially with rebel captive)