While awaiting TIE Phantoms to fly my phantom swarm, I threw down something a little more my style.

• Tarn Mison: M9-G8, Ingrtd Astro
• Hobbie: Target Astro, Intgrtd Astro
• Gold Sqdn: R3-A2, Dorsal Turret, BTL-title
• Blue Sqdn Pathfinder: Inspiring Recruit, Pivot Wing title

Okay, didn't really get to test it to full but 2-0 isn't a bad start. Things that worked:

• Tarn/M9 was both mean and annoying. Though not all one sided... A rerolls hit became a crit that landed against me.
• Hobbie Kturns. Didn't do it a lot but handy to have!
• Ahh... Classic stressbot with a new cheaper turret. Classic flavour, now less filling.
• U-wing tankiness. Lead with the U-wing for clear threat of firepower but enough hit points to draw fire long enough.

What didn't:

• inspiring recruit just didn't trigger with the limited green on a Y-wing dial

Any thoughts on changes? I've been fighting the urge to swap the U-wing for another X-wing... The extra hit points are just to useful here with no disadvantage. The U-wing actually feels classic Star Wars to me for reasons I can't explain, so I'm quite happy flying/learning it. Really not much for one point to really boost it though.

Could the ARC swap in for your Y? I think it is deffinitely more points

Braylen Stramm: R3-A2, Alliance Overhaul, Gunner. First shot don't add AO dice and don't modify, hopefully enemy ship evades, activate gunner and try to light it up. Toss 2 stress and with Braylens ability and a green move you can be stress free, maybe

The ARC won't slip in, no. The problem is points. While much more effective, the price cost shoots up significantly. This is okay in a three ship list, but in a four ship list an expensive ship becomes priority number one and hurts even more when it's burned down. The advantage of the Gold Sqdn in this configuration is that it's only 23 points, the cheapest ship on the list. It's also one of the most sturdy, so barring an alpha strike list that one shots it, the decisions on targets becomes more complex.

Lots more green on that ARC though. Sore point really, considering the Y-Wing and X-Wing are newer fighters with less green. Grumble, mutter, curse.