I'm in an escalation tournament soon so looking for advice

Normal rules apply with the addition of "all pilots are unique" to help prevent swarms.

It's the timing of Vader/Stealth device I'm unsure of.

Let's see how this looks:

60 points:

Fel with PTL and autothruster (32 points)

Carnor Jax with autothruster (28 points)

90 points add:

Palpatine in OGP shuttle (29 points)

120 points add:

Vader with tie\x1 and ATC (30 points)

150 points add:

Soontir Fel gets Royal Guard title plus stealth device (3)

Carnor Jax gets Royal Guard title, PTL plus stealth device (6)

Vader gets Predator and Engine Upgrade (7)

Include Nightbeast (15)

Eventually I get to the meat, should I leave Vader til the 150 game to give Soontir and Carnor stealth devices at the 120 points, plus PTL on Carnor and bring in Nightbeast? I'm not sure Vader offers much until he's fully loaded.

Vaders upgrades, along with Palpatine, have all been bought as cards, not the full ship's, so I don't have all available cards but my collection is quite broad if anyone would be willing to offer suggestions. I need to submit my list in the next day or so.

Thanks in advance

Vader with just ATC and Adaptability is good value. You just need to treat him as more of a jouster than an ace until he gets Engine Upgrade. Predator is overkill in my opinion, but if you have the points go for it.

Personally, I would prioritize getting Carnor Jax PTL.

At 90 points, I would do:

Soontir [PTL, AT, SD] - 35

Carnor [PTL, AT, SD] - 34

OGP - 21

total = 90

Palpatine is good, but he's not going to save Carnor when he's eating shots every turn without PTL and SD. Once he goes down, that's a lot of pressure on Soontir.