Hey folks, so I'm having a friendly couple of games with some mates on Thursday evening and again on Sunday and so am thinking, once again, about some lists I could run. Now I usually play Imperial with these guys as one plays Rebels (the guy who got me into the game) and the other plays scum. I've been thinking that I want to get the TIE Interceptor back into rotation and was thinking about fun things I could do with it, which made me think about a twin interceptor list with the ever popular Upsilon shuttle as support.

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The Interceptors
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100 points

Pilots
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Soontir Fel (33)
TIE Interceptor (27), Rage (1), Royal Guard TIE (0), Autothrusters (2), Stealth Device (3)

Carnor Jax (32)
TIE Interceptor (26), Lightning Reflexes (1), Royal Guard TIE (0), Autothrusters (2), Stealth Device (3)

Major Stridan (35)
Upsilon-class Shuttle (32), Inspiring Recruit (1), Systems Officer (2)

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The plan here is to have the two interceptors dance around the enemy and cause as much hassle as they can, the Shuttle can use it's coordinate action to have Soontir take an Evade or Barrel Roll action, the Systems Officer hands out target locks as the shuttle moves. When he's got a good shot Soontir can Rage and stack up the focus, the inspiring recruit can help clear the stress next turn, which should allow for pretty consistant damage output. Carnor Jax has Lightning Reflexes because I only had one point of wiggle room left and I wanted something that lets me keep him in range one of the opponents as much as I can.

The Shuttle I'll slow roll I think, keep it in the combat range as long as I can, and in range to coordinate and buff the others.

Does anyone have any suggestions here, have I missed anything obvious? I could replace the Upsilon with a Lambda or maybe even a cheap Firespray with the Inspiring Recruit onboard and add in some other stuff. Has anyone found anything better than Autothrusters & Stealth Device for the Interceptors?

3 hours ago, UberMunchkin said:

Has anyone found anything better than Autothrusters & Stealth Device for the Interceptors?

With PWTs and TLTs still a bit part of the meta, this combo is pretty much the gold-standard for Interceptors. Some people like running targeting computers but I haven't tried them myself.

I do quite like the idea of Raging Soontir though. Props for trying something different than the old PTL. I really think stacking up rerolls and Focus could have mileage.