Hey there, I have a tournament coming up this week and I'm thinking about running the Ghost. However, I can't decide on what escort to use along with it. Would you run an ace arc dodger, like Jake Farrell with VI, or would you run some goons, like a B-wing or some Z-95s? An A-wing is very hard to catch in arc and can survive turrets with Autothrusters, but only fires 2/3 dice, so it has more of a harass role that anything else.. On the other hand, a B-wing can dish out some serious damage, especially with FCS, but can be killed very easily. Finally, Z-95s provide for some cheap blockers that can do a little damage and add to the ship count.

So my question is, what would you run and why?

2 z's as blockers. Can help against aces/ships that fire ordnance.

Biggs with R4-D6 and IA has to be a strong contender for any Ghost setup. It will take all 3 protorps from a triple Scout list to kill him and against smaller weapons he can normally pull fire off the big ship for at least a couple of turns.

It's not original but he is a PITA that has to be eliminated before they can start chewing on the Ghost.

Depends how much pts you have left.

Poe for example is excellent in late game, but he neets 34-37pts.

Else Pair of A-Wing's better that Z's, A single A-Wing, can be Gemmer is you have pts

Well, with the current set up I have 24 points left, exactly enough for 2 Z-95s, a B-wing with FCS or a Y-wing with TLT . So I'm thinking what is the best of those to run.

Squeeze 2 more points out of your list and run it with a Stresshog.