I know some ships have been touched in the HotAC FAQ but does anyone have any experience with swaping in some more ship options for the Rebels?

Possibly having a "smuggler" in your crew via the scum faction ships?

Obviously the Starviper is out of the question since apparently the E-Wing does not balance well either. It does not have the mech slot for R2-D2 but then again it could equip Autothrusters.

I was thinking of Kihraxz with added Salvaged Astromech slot or Scyk with increased hull or shield value (by at least a single point).

Keeping with the rebel theme - I guess the Attack Shuttle would work quite fine.

Has anyone tried any substitute ships?

The Ewing is something of a special case. Its an Awing with a system and astromech, so much more synergy that it breaks the game.

Without Virago, the starviper has... stats. And a torpedo.

But yea, a Mercenarys of the Aturi Cluster (that can be hired by either side would be great.

Ive got ideas, but im busy with Hunters right now.

There is ALREADY a sheet of all scum small ships going around the web. The hvy Scyk, the G-1A1 (Misthunter), the Khi (no astromech), and the Starviper....costing 7exp to upgrade.

Any Illicit upgrades on them cost twice as much as the card says.

We've tried them in our campaign, as well as allowing Salvaged mechs on Rebel fighters (but they cost twice as much as their card says)....also the Salvadged mechs dont work with the Integrated Astromech on the Xwing...a slight drawback.

And this has worked well for the campaign we've played. The Misthunter and Starviper have been the most popular. but several of us stuck with Xwings and Ywings with scum mechs...r4, unhinged, etc.

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We also played a special mission where we had to get a smuggler from an Imperial Ambush to unlock said ships/items.

Trying to find that picture for you guys....

it could equip Autothrusters.

We actually did not find Auththrusters to be all that great in HotAC. The only imperial turret ship is the Decimator, and that is only in a scant few missions; that eliminates half the point of autothrusters (out of arc), leaving just R3 attacks.

Took some seraching, but here is a link to where the 4 already made Scum fighters are.

https://www.facebook.com/groups/1547918162145655/?ref=ts&fref=ts