I tried Lightning Reflexes on Talonbane Cobra but it was dismal because of the lack of other modifiers.

Of course, with Manaroo able to throw him double focus tokens and possibly a target lock, that kind of changes things...

Although we still need to see what the do with Tomax Bren I've thought Lightning Reflexes could be interesting with him and the TIE Engine card assuming that he could use it each turn. Maybe Crack would be the more obvious choice but giving Tomax the option of 180s on pretty much everything could be impressive.

Tomax Bren is just a PS8 2 dice defender when you give him LR and Ion MK2, he justs sloops every turn but gets no mods

i kinda wanna do that just to get the "wtf?" response out of people.

I love doing things like that. The response i got out of one guy when i barrelrolled a Decimator via expert handling was hilarious.

Question. LR says "after check pilot stress" does that mean you still get an action if you do this or is the wording funky?

The think that keeps getting me about Lightning Reflexes is that it's best on a ships that's not going to be around for that long (otherwise, you do a different EPT), but one that can actually make use of the positional advantage long enough to make it worthwhile over Crack Shot. That's a curious combination of needs.

Just thinking about for fun:

Royal Guard Pilot, Autothrusters, Lighting Reflexes = 25

Gamma Squadron Veteran, Adaptability, Fleet Officer, Systems Officer, Mk2 Engines = 25

The idea is that you're always keeping guns pointed on target, and you can supply the most important Interceptors with Focus/Target Lock to make them count. It's not a great list, but it's an interesting list.

Although we still need to see what the do with Tomax Bren I've thought Lightning Reflexes could be interesting with him and the TIE Engine card assuming that he could use it each turn. Maybe Crack would be the more obvious choice but giving Tomax the option of 180s on pretty much everything could be impressive.

Tomax Bren is just a PS8 2 dice defender when you give him LR and Ion MK2, he justs sloops every turn but gets no mods

i kinda wanna do that just to get the "wtf?" response out of people.

I love doing things like that. The response i got out of one guy when i barrelrolled a Decimator via expert handling was hilarious.

Question. LR says "after check pilot stress" does that mean you still get an action if you do this or is the wording funky?

Oh wow forgot this card existed

It's going RIGHT on whichever ARC wants to pal around with r3-a2 + gunner

Although we still need to see what the do with Tomax Bren I've thought Lightning Reflexes could be interesting with him and the TIE Engine card assuming that he could use it each turn. Maybe Crack would be the more obvious choice but giving Tomax the option of 180s on pretty much everything could be impressive.

Tomax Bren is just a PS8 2 dice defender when you give him LR and Ion MK2, he justs sloops every turn but gets no mods

If you had ordnance with Tomax....it might be interesting. Just make sure to have the TL from before (LRS or left over from Homing Missile). It might help you get a decent shot at range with someone. Maybe.

It's too bad that Deathfire can't use it, or it would just be awesome.

Makes sense.

Totally doing this.

Tomax 24

Lightning Reflexes (1)

Ion MK2 Engines (1)

TIE Shuttle

Tactician (2)

Navigator (3)

Comes to 31pts so definitely isnt a competitive build but its just a hilarious one. Navigator lets me change the speed of my "sloop" to precisely land right behind someone for range2 tactician, or range1 if i'd rather try and kill. Can do it literally every turn lol.

Oh the reactions im going to get out of this....

Oh, combined with Tactician is actually pretty good. Nice one. Not so much for doing the damage, but always getting the shot and having the stress out there is good.

Although we still need to see what the do with Tomax Bren I've thought Lightning Reflexes could be interesting with him and the TIE Engine card assuming that he could use it each turn. Maybe Crack would be the more obvious choice but giving Tomax the option of 180s on pretty much everything could be impressive.

Tomax Bren is just a PS8 2 dice defender when you give him LR and Ion MK2, he justs sloops every turn but gets no mods

i kinda wanna do that just to get the "wtf?" response out of people.

I love doing things like that. The response i got out of one guy when i barrelrolled a Decimator via expert handling was hilarious.

Question. LR says "after check pilot stress" does that mean you still get an action if you do this or is the wording funky?

If you really want "wtf" responses, use lightning reflexes on Defenders... "I will do a white 4K, trigger LR and turn 180 degrees"

Those white 4 straights with a stress at the end will make them "wtf"

the synergist in me really wants to find ways to give him tokens so he can mod his dice, but i think i really need to leave him like he is and basically operate alone. Find a target that dislikes stress and chase them ruthlessly lol. Already too expensive as it is.

And no i like getting the wtf response out of things that actually have an effect. The defender with it would literally just be a failsafe in case you predicted they were moving fast and they didnt.

I wouldn't mind trying it on a Green Squadron A-wing. This plus Crack would make for an interesting "gotcha" moment.

Thinking more, it seems like the sort of card you want to put on a ship with limited maneuver game to give it some maneuver game. I guess from that point of view, it's parent ship, the Khiraxz sort of fits. The K has a lot of dial options to make use of Lightning Reflexes, but doesn't have much else, so LR could give it a big surprise effect and prevent it from being outmaneuvered.

From that perspective, Gand Findsman (or Zuckuss or 4-LOM) might be something to look at. LR gives it a bunch of flexibility and a bunch of things for opponents to think about every turn. It's also got a system upgrade to do FCS or Electronic Baffles to keep your damage up and a crew slot to get those awesome scum crew. I don't know. Maybe.

its yet another card i'd love to put on a lambda....rofl...

Do a turn towards the board edge just to make your opponent go "oohhhh hes done for!" and flip it around.

So i ran this list 3 times on friday...

Tomax 24

Lightning Reflexes (1)

Mk2 Engines (1)

TIE Shuttle (0)

Tactician (2)

Rebel Captive (3) // Navigator (3)*

"Echo" 30

VI (1)

FCS (2)

Adv Cloaking (4)

Recon Specialist (3)

Delta Squad Pilot 30

Mk2 Engines (1)

TIE/x7 (-2)

Total: 100

*Originally i had Navigator but after a game i noticed i not only never used it, but it wouldnt even work as intended. I wanted to use it to make my range2 possible after the "sloop" but i soon realized i would always be in range1 anyway unless my opponent booked it, which a 1sloop might not have been enough to keep range2 anyway. So i swapped to Rebel Captive and that perfomed waaaay better...i quad stressed Dengar before he took my bomber down granted the 4th stress was because he flopped the killing blow so i got another Tac shot off before blowing up but was glorious...he never gonked all game

The idea of the list was mobility. Entitled simply: "Fun...." lol. And holy balls it was fun lol. All 3 of my ships flew circles around EVERYBODY while Tomax dished out stress and rarely did damage he was still fun because he was royally ticking my opponents off. So many times my opponents tried to pull something sneaky to dodge his turn, but i just did a 1 move and turned anyway

Even goofed and hit a rock once...and noticed that LR is completely independent of any step other than completing a maneuver so i STILL turned around lol...

Competitive? Nah. Maybe if i had Tactician on Echo it could be. But wow that was a blast to play. For some reason i fly Echo a lot better than Whisper...i consistently skirt around debris perfectly with her but i am constantly slamming into crap as Whisper.

Oh wow forgot this card existed

It's going RIGHT on whichever ARC wants to pal around with r3-a2 + gunner

I know quoting myself is probably very egotistical

but I just found this comment and I made myself sad