I've heard a lot of awesome ideas for Tomax Bren so far, but they've mostly all been offensive in nature. Unlimited use of Crack Shot makes him punch far above his typical two dice, unlimited use of Adrenaline Rush gives him a shockingly maneuverable dial, and Lightning Reflexes lets him turn on a dime whenever he pleases. However, I've heard very little discussion of using Tomax Bren as a stellar support ship.

With the TIE Shuttle title, Fleet Officer, and Cool Hand, he can hand out two Focuses every turn, and then bank one for himself. Throw Ysanne Isard in there if you can spare the points, Throw in Rebel Captive and TIE Mk II to clear stress, and he's a surprisingly survivable and very handy support ship. Admittedly, he clocks in at 32 points, which is a bit more expensive than your typical Palp shuttle, but in exchange, he's actually doing more to help your entire squad, has a much better dial, a smaller base, and is arguably more survivable with an extra evade dice and the Focus token every turn for defense.

Just something I thought I'd throw out there. Definitely something I'm going to try playing around with when Imp. Vets. gets here.

I just threw together max + inquisitor + Zeta Leader + Scourge for fun. It went well...enough.

I went with the fleet + Cool hand+ MKII + and kept him cheap at 29pts.

Note that Ysanne won't work since you are stressed.

I just threw together max + inquisitor + Zeta Leader + Scourge for fun. It went well...enough.

I went with the fleet + Cool hand+ MKII + and kept him cheap at 29pts.

I'm looking at throwing Max in with Omega Leader+Comm Relay+Juke+Stealth Device and Darth Vader+Juke+Prockets+ATC+Engine. I swapped out Isard for MKII and Rebel Captive to better clear stress, and punish opponents who focus on him instead of the more survivable Vader and OL.

Note that Ysanne won't work since you are stressed.

Thanks for reminding me. I shall fix that immediately.

That's a lot lot for a support ship thats equally as squishy as the shuttle.

I'd go offense.

20 points for a fleet officer Bomber though, is gold.

6hp behind 2 AG with a focus and evade every round isn't exactly Squishy. Well, until you run into alpha strikes... Then everything is squishy.

I think I'll run him with his own alpha strike next round though.

You'd be better off taking an evade rather than a focus from Cool Hand, and that's a LOT of points to be spending on an extra focus a round for two relatively stripped-down aces.

E: not to mention that you don't want to make it too unattractive of a target; you want to give your enemies a tough choice about who to hit, not an easy one. Make it too tough to crack and they focus on your aces, and that's really not what you want.