Hi all, after some thoughts on the following Epic lists.

Raider Fore 50 (56)

Ion Cannon Battery 6, does 1 Crit and 1 Ion

Raider Aft 50 (75)

Weapons Engineer 3, get 2 target locks

Sensor Team 6, target lock range 1-5

Ordnance Tubes 5, unlimited missiles&torps

Homing Missile 5

Homing Missile 5

Impetuous Title 3, gain TL after a kill

Basically the ion cannon up front with primary gun as ranges match. Double homing out the sides as they don't cost energy and don't have to expand valuable TLs.

Captain Jonus 22 (28)

Adaptability 0

Twin Ion engine 1

Tie Shuttle title 0

Systems officer 2

Fleet officer 3

3x Gamma Vet 27 (81)

Deadeye 1

Homing Missile 5

EM 2

Chips 0

4x Black Squad with Crack 15 (60)

Total 300.

Kinda want some defenders in there but see the 4 ties as a method of offsetting the huge costs of the raider with some bodies . Would also like an initiative bid but not sure how many points I would need to find for it.

It's very hard to get a Raider into a 300pt list. However, Backup Shield Generator is really useful.

You have 4 Blacks, and 4 bombers, plus an ordnance Raider: that's quite scary!

This looks wonderfully evil. You might find yourself short on firepower after the bombers are out of ordnance... but... if all goes well most opponents will have a few key pieces missing from their list.

Defenders are great, but yes I think you needed a few bodies and agree with your choice on the Black Sqdns.

As far as initiative bids go... I don't know that I'd short yourself too many points to go for it. Myself I wouldn't go more than 2 points and if I saw something that would improve my squads chances of winning with those two points I'd spend it instead. That's me and my personal preference.

Thanks for the opinions. Im thinking I probably need some form of extra help regaining shields and repairing.

Opinions on 3 points (remove title) that offer good longevity to the raider. Repair droids, shield tech, backup generator?

Or bugger it and go Vader crew to double up crits with ion cannon.

Don't bother with Shield Tech: you'll rarely use Recover (Reinforce usually saves more damage than Recover regains shields) and when you do you'll usually only have a few energy tokens left anyway).

WED-15 repair droid is one I always try to have, because some crits are totally crippling. You might only use it one or twice, but it's the only way to fix crits.

Backup Shield Generator works every round, all game. It's the equivalent of having about 6 to 10 more shields.

Vader is fun, and can do eg 4 extra damage per round...but that will also kill the Raider! Useful against high agility targets, less useful against Rebels generally.

Thanks, was doing some numbers yeah once energy is gone I can really only regen max 3 shields after moving so understand you point.

Also been thinking does Jonus really need the 6 points on upgrades to hand out 2 focus and a TL. Yes extra focus are handy but he already gives the re-rolls and considering he probably won't live that long would some extra firepower be better?