Alright, I'll admit it. Ever since I found out about imperial veterans I've been drooling over the defender. They spent a while collecting dust (well...not that much dust...I've only been playing for 3-4 months) I flew them once after opening them then never looked back. They simply cost too much to fly alongside my favorite imperial ship, the TIE Phantom. However, now that FFG has decided to "fix" the defender, I wanted to take advantage of that sexy dial before everyone got their grimy hands on her.

After reading a few articles on jousting efficiency and other math stuffs I decided that HLC was the way to go on my defender. Why stop there? Now that I'm rolling 4 dice, I might as well turn them all to hits on almost every attack (my glass cannon phantom mentality prevails) well...vessery happens to have some really nice natural modifications that combine nicely with the ultimate modification action -- focus. Nothing else really seemed worth the points on an already self-sufficient and expensive TIE defender, so I opted to spend the rest of my points elsewhere...on target locking studs that turn my defender into a giant cannon wielding 3 winged spike ball of doom.

Anyway...the TAP and TIE/FO expansions have served as an indirect buff to col. vessery thanks to their efficient target locking shenanigans. Here's the list I have spent the past month or so refining and tweaking (and totally changing when I dropped vader for the inquisitor) feel free to give me your honest praise or point out some serious logical flaws in my build. I'm a bit of a perfectionist when it comes to ship lists and synergy and if you see something awesome that I am overlooking, I would greatly appreciate that valuable information alongside any and all feedback. Thanks!

Here's the list

Col. Vessery -- 35

Heavy laser cannon -- 7

Veteran Instincts -- 1

43

Omega Leader -- 21

Juke -- 2

Comm Relay -- 3

26

The Inquisitor - 25

Push the Limit -- 3

Autothrusters -- 2

TIE/V1 -- 1

31

100 points total

Let me know what you think

Vessery is the cornerstone upon which this list was built. VI allow you to spend the inquisitor's target lock every turn.

Omega leader loves target locks and is soooooo efficient vs aces for the points you spend on him

The inquisitor clocks in at the perfect amount of points, provides arc dodging, and is a platform for autothrusters (a necessity in 3 ship builds these days)

I like it and am running this list and a similar list with the D title and tractor beam in lieu of the HLC. It is fun and competetive.

For me vessery lives to fly with advanced targeting computer tie advanced. Buy I have never run him with VI I like your list.

The second part of vesery that bothers me is I know there is an awsome title coming.

Lastly I strongly recommend you find a pint to put the ion engine mod on him. If you ever have to do a red or get stressed you will thank me. I can't fly defenders without it personally.

it's about as fine as it can be until Imperial Veterans hits imo

happy hunting!

Looks good! I've looked at running a similar list, but just haven't managed to get it on the table.

I like it and am running this list and a similar list with the D title and tractor beam in lieu of the HLC. It is fun and competetive.

Yeah once the title comes out this list will be even stronger. I'm looking forward to vets. The focus fire will be insane

For me vessery lives to fly with advanced targeting computer tie advanced. Buy I have never run him with VI I like your list.

The second part of vesery that bothers me is I know there is an awsome title coming.

Lastly I strongly recommend you find a pint to put the ion engine mod on him. If you ever have to do a red or get stressed you will thank me. I can't fly defenders without it personally.

Before TAP came out, I ran a vader without EU. he was also 31 points and some games I didn't even notice the lack of mobility on vader. However, TAP is superior to vader in the aspect of synergy. The fact that TAP wants to take a new TL every turn means that I am no longer restricted to staying on one target. Also, vessery doesn't care about stress as much as you might think. Sure, it's less than ideal. But often, taking that 4k and staying stressed puts you in a far superior position than taking any bank with an action. If I had the points I'd take mk2 but everything else is just far more valuable.

it's about as fine as it can be until Imperial Veterans hits imo

happy hunting!

Thanks!

Looks good! I've looked at running a similar list, but just haven't managed to get it on the table.

Definitely try it! The defender is a ton of fun. There's so many synergies with vessery's ability. The lists are endless

Looks good! I've looked at running a similar list, but just haven't managed to get it on the table.

Definitely try it! The defender is a ton of fun. There's so many synergies with vessery's ability. The lists are endless

Oh, I'm very familiar with the Defender and its fun, but I haven't used it with the TAP yet. I took the Defender and 2 /FO's to a Store Championship

Looks good! I've looked at running a similar list, but just haven't managed to get it on the table.

Definitely try it! The defender is a ton of fun. There's so many synergies with vessery's ability. The lists are endless

Oh, I'm very familiar with the Defender and its fun, but I haven't used it with the TAP yet. I took the Defender and 2 /FO's to a Store Championship

Oh cool! Haha I should have recognized you but it's tough to keep profiles straight.

lol, no worries there, I'm not a super loud voice on the forums, nor a regular on Vassal or big name tournaments. I'd be surprised if you DID recognize me from another post/thread.

VI on Vessery is nice, but not necessary for him to get his free target lock. It is fun to have all three shooting at 8 though.

I ended up flying a very similar list last night and had relatively good results (though I put Clusters on Vessery instead of an HLC). Didn't do to well against Tractor Ten and his stressy friends, but otherwise I'm a fan.

I ran Rexler, Omega leader and Zeta leader at two different store championships, loved them. I'll bench the trio until veterans now, though fitting in the inquisitor is tempting.

VI on Vessery is nice, but not necessary for him to get his free target lock. It is fun to have all three shooting at 8 though.

Do elaborate. The whole reason VI is on vessery is to allow the free target lock on a turn where the inquisitor wishes to spend his target lock on the same target.

I ran Rexler, Omega leader and Zeta leader at two different store championships, loved them. I'll bench the trio until veterans now, though fitting in the inquisitor is tempting.

you should try it at least once. I personally like having vessery over rexler. the extra PS is nice, but I hardly ever use rexler's ability, and I use vessery's ability 9 turns out of 10. I've had to check my own dice to see if they were weighted after turning 3-4 hits on every single bloody HLC shot for 2 straight games. I did the math and every red die has an 87.5% chance of turning a hit when modified with both target lock and focus. it's beyond fun to burn through anything and everything

I ended up flying a very similar list last night and had relatively good results (though I put Clusters on Vessery instead of an HLC). Didn't do to well against Tractor Ten and his stressy friends, but otherwise I'm a fan.

Nice! I like running clusters on redline. Free target locks make clusters super deadly.