I worked the following list a a generalist squadron build that is backed up by a very survivable set of ships, specifically the MC-80. It also kicks out some potent anti-ship fire.

The idea is to have a force that can deal with most things that it will face across the table.

Rebels really did get some sweet new toys in wave 5.

Author: Englishpete

Faction: Rebel Alliance
Points: 396/400

Commander: Admiral Ackbar

Assault Objective: Advanced Gunnery
Defense Objective: Planetary Ion Cannon
Navigation Objective: Minefields

[ flagship ] MC80 Assault Cruiser (114 points)
- Admiral Ackbar ( 38 points)
- Defiance ( 5 points)
- Damage Control Officer ( 5 points)
- Medical Team ( 1 points)
- Electronic Countermeasures ( 7 points)
- Reinforced Blast Doors ( 5 points)
- Heavy Turbolaser Turrets ( 6 points)
- Leading Shots ( 4 points)
= 185 total ship cost

GR-75 Medium Transports (18 points)
- Bright Hope ( 2 points)
- Bomber Command Center ( 8 points)
= 28 total ship cost

CR90 Corvette A (44 points)
- Jainas Light ( 2 points)
- Turbolaser Reroute Circuits ( 7 points)
= 53 total ship cost

1 Jan Ors ( 19 points)
1 Wedge Antilles ( 19 points)
1 Ketsu Onyo ( 22 points)
1 X-Wing Squadron ( 13 points)
1 Norra Wexley ( 17 points)
1 Gold Squadron ( 12 points)

1 Hera Syndulla ( 28 points)

Echoing the comment in your original thread I'm not sure that Ackbar is the right Admiral. He's really only giving you 2 dice on your MC80 for 38 points. The CR90 is better off double-arcing (and is normally able to do so) as it can TRC twice then. This seems like a cross between an Ackbar list and a bomber list (that lacks a big squadron activator - MC80C, AF2 or Pelta - plus Yavaris). I think you need to decide which direction to go in. I like the Fat MC80 list that just won the Michigan Regional as it has 5 activations which works well with Defiance - I'm still not sure it benefits enough from Ackbar though). I've also had good success with a MC80C/Yavaris/2 GR75 (1 BCC, 1 Toryn) / 4B/2Y/3 YT1300/Jan list with FC and FCT.

I agree with Vae. You could swap in Dodonna or Rieekan and arguably be instantly more effective.

Here's my comment from the original thread:

As a massive Ackbar fan, I have just one thing to say: He's not the admiral for this fleet.

Since no one will ever pick Advanced Gunnery, you're not getting value for your money here. I've used him with an MC80, but it is either a pair of them or one and 2 AFBs with Gunnery - either way, you want to squeeze red dice from the fleet to justify his inclusion.

Consider Reeikan due to the number of uniques, or Dodonna to free some points and use bomber's Crits better.