In the standard Lambda Palp + Juke Stele/Vess + PTL MKII Ryad....is it worth dropping Stele/Vess for Omega Leader to upgrade the Lambda to an Upsilon (PS2 Pilot)? This gives you some options with the coordinate action, a better dial that lets you turn without stress, 2 more health, and 1 more red die. I think it might have a shot at being good, but I'm not entirely sure.

At least you get points in my book for being creative. And yes, I think it could be an interesting variation, because you could fly the shuttle differently. You could use it as a blocker, to keep it with your other ships and coordinate (giving OL extra actions is not something I would want to face). Also, the 4 die gun would be a shame to have circling the board.

With palp i doubt it

Palp's ship aint **** next to the actual aces + palp effect

And as great as 4 dice is, no kturn basically means bad times ahead trying to catch mobile ships

Probably meed other upgrades/ships to warrant a UPS

With palp i doubt it

Palp's ship aint **** next to the actual aces + palp effect

And as great as 4 dice is, no kturn basically means bad times ahead trying to catch mobile ships

Probably meed other upgrades/ships to warrant a UPS

That may be true, but I have seen quite a few matches were the Palpmobile gets 2-3 good shots off and does decent damage. The upsilon also makes you a little less predictable with your movement and gives you 2 more health for the enemy to chew through to kill your Palpatine. The extra coordinate action could be really nice too since the Upsilon moves before anyone and can let you barrel roll a ship that you think is going to hit a rock or get blocked.

I think it could be great and is definitely worth trying out.

With those points in the UPS, I think you will need to spend a few more points to enhance its combat effectiveness to make it worthwhile which means you are going to have go sub-OL for your second fighter. Wired Zeta Leader might worth considering.

Overall I still think the beauty of the Defenders is that they don't need Palp to be effective, especially if you run 3 of the blighters (or 2 with Deathfire which is my current favourite). /x7 Defenders are tough enough to take a few hits and still bring the enemy down, unlike Interceptors which tend to explode if the enemy manages to catch them with any serious firepower (like a loud sneeze).