I was inspired by a friend to dust off the Liberty...and try and do something MEGA nasty with it...

The idea here: everyone can go speed 3 if needed. My major gripe with the Pelta was that it couldn't keep up with the fleet, and I realized: engine techs. So I saw just how great Sato is when it comes to smashing people...and I thought to myself...well wait...lets make this even better.

With the liberty I wanted to make a ship that can smash two targets, and smash them good...Gunnery teams + Mon Karren is nasty...throw in spinal, leading shots, and XI7 and ontop of that bank a token to toss in Tycho to get the Sato activation...you're now tossing 5 base red....sato changes two to black...throw in a 3rd black for concentrate fire...and this is happening at long range. You're pretty much going to smash anything below an ISD. Oh but wait...here comes Gunnery Teams to add some flavor to that.

Throw in a Pelta that throws two blacks at range...and then a CR90 that can dual arc 2 blacks a piece as a flanker.

Now we've got sato hanging out in the back pushing squadrons to throw them in...and generic a-wings to tie down a push.

The strategy is this: get in your face, smash your carriers, and clean up....carrier builds excel by sitting at range and pushing squadrons, most of the time they are weak and when confronted with a smash and grab list they fall apart fast.

I really hope someone picks the Ion Cannon

Liberty or Death
Author: GottMituns205

Faction: Rebel Alliance
Points: 400/400

Commander: Commander Sato

Assault Objective: Targeting Beacons
Defense Objective: Planetary Ion Cannon
Navigation Objective: Superior Positions

MC80 Battle Cruiser (103 points)
- Mon Karren ( 8 points)
- Chart Officer ( 2 points)
- Gunnery Team ( 7 points)
- Spinal Armament ( 9 points)
- X17 Turbolasers ( 6 points)
- Leading Shots ( 4 points)
= 139 total ship cost

Modified Pelta-class Command Ship (60 points)
- Engine Techs ( 8 points)
- Expanded Hangar Bay ( 5 points)
= 73 total ship cost

CR90 Corvette A (44 points)
- Jainas Light ( 2 points)
- Enhanced Armament ( 10 points)
= 56 total ship cost

[ flagship ] GR-75 Medium Transports (18 points)
- Commander Sato ( 32 points)
- Boosted Comms ( 4 points)
= 54 total ship cost

1 Tycho Celchu ( 16 points)
1 Shara Bey ( 17 points)
1 Green Squadron ( 12 points)
3 A-Wing Squadrons ( 33 points)

Lol, you could even change one to blue and then use leading shots from the liberty at long range.

I would use TRCs on the vette.

Why?

I mean wouldn't it be better to balance out the arcs to throw two blacks?

Always change one liberty dice to blue at long range and use leading shots. Let's you have a much higher chance of killing those flotillas at range.

I used almost the same lost to great effect, just with a neb b salvation instead of the corvette.

14 hours ago, Gottmituns205 said:

Why?

I mean wouldn't it be better to balance out the arcs to throw two blacks?

I suspect it's the choice of having reliable damage (TRC) vs the greater variability of having two blacks. A reliable 2-3 damage front/2 sides vs 0-4 (average 2) on both.

Have you considered Ewings? Kill the intel. Let Shara do her thang

I like the balance overall, you can maneuver and shoot at all ranges

Have had absolutely no success with Z95s though, paper tigers that burn at the slightest touch but YMMV

Cheers

Papasmurf