Just wanted to share this little piece of inspiration I had. Reminds me a lot of what I used to play when starting out (to my first tournament I took Biggs, Roark with Ion because TLTs weren't a thing, yet, an ion B-Wing and a stress B-Wing).

Biggs Darklighter (25)
R4-D6 (1)
Integrated Astromech (0)

Tarn Mison (23)
M9-G8 (3)
Integrated Astromech (0)

Jess Pava (25)
R2 Astromech (1)
Integrated Astromech (0)

Rebel Operative (16)
Twin Laser Turret (6)

Total: 100

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It looks nice. Tarn locks the TLT, making it a lot more accurate, Jess does her thing with full rerolls on her attacks. Sadly there isn't much room here for variation, only the possibility of giving Jess one of the 0-point EPTs (probably Snap Shot, since she will have focus anyways and I am not too keen on spreading PS even further), but since she kind of is lategame, I like R2 for more manouverability after T-rolls and K-turns.

How hopeless is this? I fear this looks better to me than it really is. Just feels right!

It might just be the way I fly, but Biggs isn't really protecting anyone there. Why not swap him out for a cheap x wing with seismic torps?

2 hours ago, Estarriol said:

It might just be the way I fly, but Biggs isn't really protecting anyone there. Why not swap him out for a cheap x wing with seismic torps?

I would tend to agree. Some people can make Biggs work by using him to split fire and spread damage. I'm not one of those. I'd be tempted to do a Red with R3A2.

Decent. I'm a fan of Draw Their Fire on Jess to pull a crit off of Biggs and make R4-D6 work better; to get that point you'd need to drop Tarn's astromech back to R7.

Plus Chopper on the Rebel Operative, 'cause zero points.

2 hours ago, Hawkstrike said:

Decent. I'm a fan of Draw Their Fire on Jess to pull a crit off of Biggs and make R4-D6 work better; to get that point you'd need to drop Tarn's astromech back to R7.

Plus Chopper on the Rebel Operative, 'cause zero points.

Chopper is a good catch. Downgrading M9-G8 is not an option, I think it would be smarter to replace the HWK with a Snapshot GSP at that point. Which I don't know if I am too keen on. It certainly is a good option, but M9-G8ted TLT is so good.

4 hours ago, Estarriol said:

It might just be the way I fly, but Biggs isn't really protecting anyone there. Why not swap him out for a cheap x wing with seismic torps?

He protects the fragile HWK and allows Tarn to get into situations with less ships, that is worth a lot. Having played Biggs extensively I also know a thing or two about splitting fire, though I am rusty.

Only thing I'd try to find points for would be a pattern analyzer on Jess. PA is fantastic for T-70s.

R2-D6 and trick shot might be nice for Jess.

If you drop Biggs you could replace him with a Blue Squadron Novice w R2 and IA to save a point.

You could also drop Tarn and put M9 on Jess, swap Tarn for a another BSN and you're rolling with 3 T-70s and a TLT. Pretty respectable.

Now you've got someone to shoot before everyone else with Roark. Hera lets the HwK keep up with 4 straights and 3 banks.

Jess has PA so she can pull a sick T-Roll, grab a focus and shoot at PS 12 thanks to Roark. PS 2 Rookies to block and take an opportunistic ps 12 shot as needed.

XXXH (100)

Jess Pava (30) - T-70 X-Wing
M9-G8 (3), Pattern Analyzer (2), Integrated Astromech (0)

Roark Garnet (26) - HWK-290
Twin Laser Turret (6), Hera Syndulla (1)

Rookie Pilot (22) - X-Wing
R2 Astromech (1), Integrated Astromech (0)

Rookie Pilot (22) - X-Wing
R2 Astromech (1), Integrated Astromech (0)

im super into the hwk. last time i used it he didnt do so well