Between the two, which would you prefer and most importantly why? I've been flying the following list pretty successfully (shamelessly adapted from something I found on Truthiness' blog) but it's been against the same couple of people and not sure how it'll do against a more competitive crowd:

Faction: Rebel Alliance

Points: 400/400

Commander: General Rieekan

Assault Objective: Advanced Gunnery

Defense Objective: Fire Lanes

Navigation Objective: Dangerous Territory

[ flagship ] MC80 Command Cruiser (106 points)

- General Rieekan ( 30 points)

- Independence ( 8 points)

- Boosted Comms ( 4 points)

- Advanced Projectors ( 6 points)

Nebulon-B Escort Frigate (57 points)

- Yavaris ( 5 points)

- Turbolaser Reroute Circuits ( 7 points)

CR90 Corvette A (44 points)

- Tantive IV ( 3 points)

- Turbolaser Reroute Circuits ( 7 points)

1 YT-1300 ( 13 points)

4 B-Wing Squadrons ( 56 points)

1 Jan Ors ( 19 points)

1 Wedge Antilles ( 19 points)

1 "Dutch" Vander ( 16 points)

Alternatively, there's this:

Faction: Rebel Alliance

Points: 400/400

Commander: General Rieekan

Assault Objective: Advanced Gunnery

Defense Objective: Fire Lanes

Navigation Objective: Dangerous Territory

[ flagship ] MC80 Command Cruiser (106 points)

- General Rieekan ( 30 points)

- Independence ( 8 points)

- Adar Tallon ( 10 points)

- Boosted Comms ( 4 points)

- Advanced Projectors ( 6 points)

Nebulon-B Escort Frigate (57 points)

- Yavaris ( 5 points)

CR90 Corvette B (39 points)

- Tantive IV ( 3 points)

1 YT-1300 ( 13 points)

1 Keyan Farlander ( 20 points)

3 B-Wing Squadrons ( 42 points)

1 Wedge Antilles ( 19 points)

1 "Dutch" Vander ( 16 points)

1 Jan Ors ( 19 points)

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The first one gives Yavaris and the corvette more of a punch. The second one sacrifices this in favor of Keyan's double black with potential re-rolls plus Adar's ability (which ideally would be used on Keyan), not to mention braces and Riekken for Keyan. I have yet to test the second one to see if it's worth taking away firepower from my ships. What do you guys think?

I've been a fan of Truthiness' B-wing madness from the beginning, but I haven't really had a chance to test my own versions. My sense is that you pretty much expect one of the ships smaller ships to be destroyed. In all honesty, when I see this many Rebel squadrons, I start thinking Adar. If the squadron has real power, that double tap significantly extends its effectiveness.

It may in the end turn out just to be situational. Sometimes, your opponent just cannot get at your ships well enough and the extra damage really helps them shine. At other times, you just gave him points that could have kept attacking him in the form of squadrons.

Thanks Vergilius. It's such a hard choice! Also, I realized that the second list there had 3 points to spare so I think I'll add a Veteran Captain to Tantive (if I go that route).

Never been a big keyan fan. Just seemed too expensive for his ability. Especially if you have jan to hand out braces

Never been a big keyan fan. Just seemed too expensive for his ability. Especially if you have jan to hand out braces

I'm not 100% sold on him but in one of my matches at Regionals today he ended up dying, but still got to deal 3 damage to a Star Destroyer afterwards thanks to Rieeken. His re-roll also came in handy once or twice. If I was running this with any other commander I'd definitely just put in another generic B. I'll keep playing around with it and see.