An unmodified shot against his unmodified dice.

I prefer the Rage/Baffles option tbh; just run with a good bid, or assume he's going to hate you for giving him a terrible choice. Getting your shots (up to four of them don't forget) well-modified seems much better than having to hit an obstacle to get the shots off at all.

It leaves the whole thing within your control wherever you end up, which is vital.

If he's using adaptability, how is he triggering his pilot ability? Using a red move with baffles I guess?

Red maneuver or running over a rock are the commonly expressed options. I still hate the idea of self mutilation but getting that free shot at a naked Soontir or Carnor is awfully compelling.

Running over a rock is a bad idea just as a red maneuver is.

mostly because in case of PTLing Baffler we have two actions to support our INDAFACE claim for his miserable life

and this way it's simply 3(4) naked red dice.

Ragewaffles does the same but can mod all the attacks and only costs one point as opposed to three. Needs a green move next turn though, so that part is pretty dial dependent.

I'd honestly only ever really expect Quickdraw to get one use out of his pilot ability unless he manages to arcdodge ALL THE THINGS.

given that its a 4die attack if hes range 1, i'd still be surprised if Soontir dies in 1 volley. Severely crippled and SD-less? definitely.

Still waiting on more leaks though. Its been awhile since they showed wave9 off. Longer for HOTR

If you really want to go the Electronic Baffle rout, I'd strongly consider Rage instead of PTL. You're basically building Doom Shuttle, but without the guarantee of damage. Saving those extra 2 points would be a good idea.

PTL gives you an option to use more of your action bar, but Rage gives you rerolls on every attack you make in a given round. That's quite useful if you can line things up to shoot Soontir before he moves and someone else during the combat phase.

I also _really_ want to make Rage work.

I want Rage to work as well. Another one, at least fluff-wise, I wish worked better is Opportunist. I mean the guy is shooting in the activation phase, if that's not an opportunist I don't know what is! The target wont have any tokens, but you'll have to clear that extra stress the next round and we don't know the greens yet. Also means you probably have to trigger the attack with a red move, and its costs 4 points

It's also outright worse than Rage, if you have to trigger it with a red move and take no actions. Focus + rerolls is better than an additional die. And cost 3 less points.

Opportunist is just plain overcosted.