Hi all,

I was tinkering with raider-flechette build, When this came to my mind: What if i Take the cheapest Double brace squads with the smiling one to use them to prevent Raider from Getting killed when he lands in a middle of a figtherball. Also, simply tie bombers could fill this role, and with rhymer the could be a threat that cant be ignored. Of They are a big juicy ball, Ready to be harvested, the opponent might Take the bait, Jump on them, then Next turn flechette could seal their fate(if you Take 2 raiders). Could this work?

Use instigator in this role. Most lists still only run with one Intel, If you jump your tie fighters/ intercepors/scatter aces in to lock down the bombers ( keeping them out of range of the anti fighter screen and Intel) then jump instigator strait onto the Intel ship and fighter screen. Do it right and you have royaly messed up the other guy. Unless he has another way to kill instigator he is now stuck with his bombers trading shots with fighters, his fighters trying to kill instigator and his Intel ship stuck fast doing nothing, all the while instigator will get to hammer all and sundry with double blacks (you did give it OE) next round ( if your super you would have double arced his Intel ship). For laughter you could also add a a gozanti with jamming field so he has almost no chance of chewing through your fighters before instigator et al eliminate the bomber ball.

Big weakness is an ids coming along and vaporising all your little ships...... But no risk no rewards......