From what I understand, its legal to fly rebel TIE pilots in regular Imperial TIE models. Is that correct? Their ship is just TIE Fighter and the dial that comes with Sabine's TIE is the same as the regular Imperial.

You can use a regular TIE Fighter model for the rebel TIE Fighter, yes. Just as you could interchange Rebel and Scum Z-95 and Y-wing models.

Figured so, thanks!

2 hours ago, gennataos said:

From what I understand, its legal to fly rebel TIE pilots in regular Imperial TIE models. Is that correct? Their ship is just TIE Fighter and the dial that comes with Sabine 's TIE is the same as the regular Imperial.

Just make sure you've got the correct ship tokens as well.

Side note: dial is also allowed - so you can use red dial in imperial squad

Could we get an "official" ruling on this matter? I ask only because this topic has been the subject of many a heated discussion in my league. Almost always leaning toward that notion that you must have, let's say, four Sabine Ties to field the four Rebel tie pilots. Thank you.

On 12/24/2017 at 3:58 AM, thephillster said:

Could we get an "official" ruling on this matter? I ask only because this topic has been the subject of many a heated discussion in my league. Almost always leaning toward that notion that you must have, let's say, four Sabine Ties to field the four Rebel tie pilots. Thank you.

You're not always going to get an "official" ruling here, because FFG developers almost never comment on these threads and they're the only guys that can give you an "official" ruling on anything. Your best option would be to ask them directly via the rules question form

https://www.fantasyflightgames.com/en/contact/rules/

What you will get here is discussion from experienced players from around the world based on the rules as they currently stand. And on this particular matter, it's covered in the "official" Tournament Regulations document on page 4:

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Multiple Faction Ships
All pilot cards and ship tokens in a player’s squad must belong to the same faction. If a player’s ship has different versions in more than one faction, he or she may use any version of that ship’s model and dial in his or her squad.
Multiple Ship Example : Scott is fielding a Scum & Villainy squad consisting of four Z-95 Headhunters and one Firespray. His Firespray model and dial are from the Imperial Firespray expansion, two of his Z-95 Headhunter models and dials are from the Rebel Z-95 expansion, and the final two of his Z-95 Headhunter models and dials are from the Scum & Villainy Most Wanted expansion. However, all of his pilot cards and ship tokens are from the Scum & Villainy faction.

So as long as you have all of the Rebel pilot cards and Rebel ship tokens required, you can use Imperial TIE Fighter models and dials.

Thank you very much! Official or not, your response was more than adequate, and provided me with necessary information to finally end the debate.

21 hours ago, Parravon said:

You're not always going to get an "official" ruling here, because FFG developers almost never comment on these threads and they're the only guys that can give you an "official" ruling on anything. Your best option would be to ask them directly via the rules question form

https://www.fantasyflightgames.com/en/contact/rules/

What you will get here is discussion from experienced players from around the world based on the rules as they currently stand. And on this particular matter, it's covered in the "official" Tournament Regulations document on page 4:

So as long as you have all of the Rebel pilot cards and Rebel ship tokens required, you can use Imperial TIE Fighter models and dials.

Due to the ship token requirement this is why you have zero reason to buy more than 2 rebel TIE expansion packs (provided you own at least 2 TIE fighter expansion packs or the original corset).

Actually, on page four of the Tournament Regulations document (emphasis mine):

MULTIPLE FACTION SHIPS : All pilot cards and ship tokens in a player’s squad must belong to the same faction. If a player’s ship has different versions in more than one faction, he or she may use any version of that ship’s model and dial in his or her squad.

16 hours ago, emeraldbeacon said:

Actually, on page four of the Tournament Regulations document (emphasis mine):

MULTIPLE FACTION SHIPS : All pilot cards and ship tokens in a player’s squad must belong to the same faction. If a player’s ship has different versions in more than one faction, he or she may use any version of that ship’s model and dial in his or her squad.

Yeah, I read that somewhere...

1 hour ago, Parravon said:

Yeah, I read that somewhere...

What, you expect me to read the whole thread before answering...?