Ok, so I have a tournament on the 26th of February and I have decided on a list to practice. I am looking if anyone has any potential tweaks. However, I am currently happy with its performance (2:0 last night).

Scummy Aces: 100 points

Zuckuss 28 (33)

- Veteran Instincts 1

- Fire control system 2

- Ketsu Onyo 1

- Mist Hunter 0

- Tractor Beam 1

Talonbane Cobra 28 (33)

- Fearlessness 1

- Engine Upgrade 4

Fenn Rau 28 (34)

- Push the Limit 3

- Autothrusters 2

- Concord Dawn Protector 1

The idea of this list is to use zuckuss at ps9 using ability to tractor beam a target into range 2 of him and range 1 of the others, lowering agility by 1 and then unloading 5x2 dice and ideally blasting it out of the sky. So far besides pilot errors (poor judgement choices etc) it's worked amazingly well, only losing zuckuss once over the 2 hours of flying.

Give me a M! Give me an I! Give me an N! D...L...I...N...K. Really though, Attani would make that list a lot better if you've got it, otherwise it looks alright.

I only have one bumpmaster at the mo, so only 2 mindlink. Im not so sure on it as i havent had much success using mindlink. The thing is, i want zuckuss to be tractor beaming the enemies first before the others attack. I will try mindlink on fenn and talon, and keep zuckuss on vi

Do you have access to Vectored Thrusters? Only, for the same cost, I think Talonbane Cobra gets far better slippery shenanigan-ness out of Vectored Thrusters + Cloaking Device than Engine Upgrade.

I dont, but was thinking of getting arc anyway. Good idea though, ill also try it, though im not good with cloaks

It takes a bit of practice, but Cloak, Vectored Thrusters, Predator is a very tasty combination for Talonbane.

Assume you're only getting one use out of it, and cloak the turn before you engage the enemy. If you screw up and they get range 3 shots on you, it's still no big deal - a Khiraxz' agility 2, the Range Defense Bonus, Talonbane Cobra's ability and a Cloak Token make you the next best thing to untouchable at range 3, even without tokens.

Next turn.....you can be bloody anywhere. Decloak left, do a speed 1 turn right and barrel roll left to flank someone. Decloak forwards and do a speed 5 k-turn to appear behind people on their tail. You lack the phantom's ability to bounce in and out of cloak, but all you need is one good strike to wreck someone's day, and Fenn Rau can clean up.

ill leave for a week, and come back once ive tested the two variants suggested here:

variant 1: 98 points

Fenn Rau 28 (32)

- mindlink 1

- authrusters 2

- title 1

talonbane 28 (32)

- mindlink 1

- eu 4

zuckuss 28 (33)

- VI 1

- FCS 2

- Ketsu 1

- title 0

- tractor beam 1

Variant 2: 100 points

Fenn Rau 28 (34)

- ptl 3

- at 2

- title 1

T-bane 28 (33)

- fearlessness 1

- cloak 2

- vectored thrusters 2

zuckuss 28 (33)

- as above

I might also get time to try out mindlinked fenn and t-bane, with bane having vt and cloak.

Can someone tell a newb which ships these are?

Can someone tell a newb which ships these are?

Yeah sure, Fenn Rau is the pilot of the protectorate starfighter (fangfighter), talonbane Cobra is piloting the Kihraxz starfighter and Zuckuss is in the G1-A starfighter. Hope that helps