I've been thinking about uses for the new Imp Vets upgrade cards. I thought maybe Systems Officer would be great on a Decimator. Unlike the Tie Shuttle thing I don't think you'll be tying up a whole ship just to carry the guy along (probably too slowly to keep up). I know the Deci hasn't got many greens but I think he could be a useful addition. Any thought which Deci he would be best with and who should be his wing man?

Chiraneau might be a good place for Systems Officer due to his high PS if the rest of your squad has lower PS.

In general though I'd probably build a squad with a VT-49 that I wanted to use and slap in a Systems Officer if it happens to have two points and a crew slot leftover. The free TL from System Officer should be a nice little bonus when it happens and not something to build a squad around.

Trouble is that many Decimator + x builds either don't have the crew slot or don't have the points. VI Chirpy wants Palp and Gunner, other Decis want Isard, or Vader/Gunner and don't really want to spend the points, or to be driving around near their ace(s)

I could see it maybe on a Ramming Speed Buzzsaw Oicunn with Soontir as his ace, but in that situation you probably don't want your Deci anywhere near Soontir, so it's a struggle to believe it would be worth it.

Could be used to support a bomber escort with an alpha strike capability. Do you shoot the decimator, or the bomber who's about to unload some proton torpedoes on your ace?

Cheers for the input. I think you're right about him just being something that you might slot in IF you have the space. I have run a Deci + Punisher build before, SysOff might allow me more flexibility there.

Only problem with that is that I like to run Isard-Vader-Captive on my PS10 RAC. So those three crew are heads above what a systems officer is going to net me. Also, the deci is so points heavy that there is usually just a single wingman (maybe 2-3 if you're running ties) that the ability could possibly affect, IF that wingman/winglady happened to be at range 1 when the deci takes it's action.

Might be good on Oicunn VI'd up to 6? He'd move late enough to give Glaives and Countess a TL. Omega Leader could use it, but is pretty unlikely to be maintaining formation once the deci makes its first pass.