Thanks everyone for the welcome and Suggestions.

So far my plan this weekend is going to be :

Imperail Aces

Imperial Veterns

a TIE/fo

That is pretty much all i can afford at the moment, but i think from the suggestions here That might be the best for me for the moment.

Then when i get a chance I'll grab a regular Inteceptor to get my hands on Soontir.

For those suggesting the Starviper, I think that i'll only need my own Autothrusters card when i move to tournaments. The group i'm going to play with will happily let me borrow or proxy for now.

I cant wait to fly my own ships!

Edit : I actually will not need extra dice, for those saying to grab some.

I recently played against an opponent at the club, and he very very kindly gave me some of his dice because he had a lot of surplus.

The other named pilot has uses too (Valen Rudor) but not in the way you'd think. He gets a free action if hes attacked and survives: instantly you think he can boost/barrelroll to dodge the next shot right? Normally yes, since he can do an action every time he defends long as he still has actions to do, but thats not the strength of his ability. NOBODY will target this guy unless they have no choice because they dont want to hand him actions, so he rarely ever gets attacked. Leave him literally bare except for Prockets to give him a noticeable threat, he will either never get attacked and gets his prockets off perfectly or gets hit and dodges all over the place.

This is why I like him with Crack Shot. Keeps him nice and cheap, and you can run him straight at the enemy, ideally a higher PS ace. Grab a target lock and evade, and they ignore him, fine, he fires his 2-3 modded dice and can remove an evade if need be. If they shoot at him, he's pretty dodgy, and either boosts into R1 to get another die, or grabs a focus to improve his attack or defense.

He's also handy against U-boats. In such a fast and flexible ship, and with higher PS, he should be able to dodge them if not blocked. Out of arc with Autothrusters he's pretty hard to hit, and can keep chipping away. Unlike an Interceptor, he can also move slow enough to stay on them.

He's a great little ship, there's only one problem, and one which he shares with Turr Phennir, Commandor Alozen and Zertik Strom: Omega Leader is better. Unless you're taking both, you'll go with El Presidente.

Hello everyone! I have now bought the ships.

Here is the Fleet!

I really like it, and im really happy to have it

@Fourdogsinahorsesuit

I'm not sure where you got that i dont have my own templates?

I do, and my own damage deck. I have only been borrow ships and upgrades from the guys so that i can get a feel for the factions and game.

Nice fleet, congrats.

But I must reinforce the need for a standalone TIE/Defender expac. You want Vessery (and Predator EPT) badly in there.

Welcome and very nice fleet.

I remember when I could get all my ships in a single close up shot, now I just take an outside picture of my shed.

At the start just play what looks cool and is fun to use, it looks like you have done just that.

Nice fleet, congrats.

But I must reinforce the need for a standalone TIE/Defender expac. You want Vessery (and Predator EPT) badly in there.

That will come for sure, but for now i donr have the money.

But I must reinforce the need for a standalone TIE/Defender expac. You want Vessery (and Predator EPT) badly in there.

A Tie Defender pack will be nice but is not vital. Running Countess Ryad with Push the Limit (from the Aces expansion) will work very nicely. An x7 Glaive with Crack shot is cheap, punchy and surprisingly tough too.

Hello everyone! I have now bought the ships.

Here is the Fleet!

I really like it, and im really happy to have it

@Fourdogsinahorsesuit

I'm not sure where you got that i dont have my own templates?

I do, and my own damage deck. I have only been borrow ships and upgrades from the guys so that i can get a feel for the factions and game.

Tis a fine start boyo.

What did you get?

What did you get?

He said he got...

So far my plan this weekend is going to be :

Imperail Aces

Imperial Veterns

a TIE/fo

What did you get?

Ended up getting:

Aces

Vets

TIE

TIE/fo

TIE INterceptor

Theres a picture a bit up in the thread of my stuff all together

I got asked this many times. I used to say pick a faction you like, focus on them, and then buy some tanky ships...you know... to learn how to play and not be too frustrated. I have since changed my tune. I now say, pick a faction, and pick ships that require learning to fly. I suggest interceptors. I have seen way too many people struggle after learning using tanky 360 shooting ships when they want to change their build. Learn how to arc dodge and survive and you'll get this game much faster and frankly I think will enjoy it more.

I would recommend one more defender vessery is really good with /D, and Rexler my favourite pilot comes into his own with x7.

Also a decimator is a good buy.

When you're ready to expand of course.

What did you get?

Ended up getting:

Aces

Vets

TIE

TIE/fo

TIE INterceptor

Theres a picture a bit up in the thread of my stuff all together

Good buys. I love tie fighters, i routinely try to put 2 of them in a list instead of ~25pt ace.