I've been wanting to play a Ghost list, the concept really intrigues me. How do you guys feel about this one? I feel like it could hit pretty hard with Finn adding the die on attacks and Jess' M9-G8 allowing the re-roll as long as she's alive. The only concern I have is generating Focus to feed Kanan's ability. With FCS, I can usually have a Target Lock already, so I can take a Focus for Kanan. With Han Solo, I have the flexibility of using the Target Lock like a Focus if I need it on attacks.

100 points

Kanan Jarrus (54)
VCX-100 (38), Ghost (0), Fire-Control System (2), Twin Laser Turret (6), Han Solo (2), Finn (5), Tactical Jammer (1)

“Zeb” Orrelios (18)
Attack Shuttle (18), Phantom (0)

Jess Pava (28)
T-70 X-Wing (25), M9-G8 (3), Integrated Astromech (0)

That sounds and interesting list, my only concern would be keeping the ghost alive with its zero agility dice.

I usually run rey and recon specialist on my ghost

My first reaction is that Jess's pilot ability is not going to get you much in this list and that Biggs is a better traditional partner for Kanan. A popular such list even has Biggs with M9-G8. Don't get me wrong, I love Jess - but she wants a more numerous squad.

I do like the idea of Han Solo crew on an FCS Ghost, though

I do agree that Biggs is the better wingman for Kanan, I have another similar Ghost list I was thinking about with Biggs. I guess I was just looking for something different and Jess looked fun. I hadn't really thought of putting M9-G8 on Biggs, R4-D6 is pretty much stapled to his pilot card, haha. I like the idea, though, it seems to me that M9-G8 just goes well with Finn.

You can put M9 on Biggs; running with Kanan he stands a good chance of staying alive long enough to matter, and getting a mod on every single TLT shot is really, really nice.

R4-D6 is good for the fact that he is a 1 point astromech. Given that he doesn't work on crits, I find he rarely triggers as it is not that common for opponents to get 3+ regular hits. I can count on the fingers of one hand the number of times this guy has triggered. If you have a couple of extra points available then M9-G8 is a good choice since you can TL on turn 1 and then spend the rest of Bigg's (rather short) lifespan focussing.

I would rather take Rey or Rec spec than Han on a Kanan Ghost as he really needs more than 1 Focus token per turn to work effectively. I am getting very tempted by Finn though.

I play against a Kanan with recon specialist and it's nasty. I can't imagine running Kanan without it.

I don't want to be a downer, but I agree that the Ghost will go down hard and fast. Given Jess's ability and her lower pilot skill, you'll probably also find it a pain to fly...could be a lot of bumping going on.

VCX-100: · Kanan Jarrus (38)
Twin Laser Turret (6)
Fire Control System (2)
Recon Specialist (3)
· Finn (5)
· Ghost (0)
X-Wing: · Biggs Darklighter (25)
· M9-G8 (3)
Integrated Astromech (0)
Attack Shuttle: · "Zeb" Orrelios (18)
· Phantom (0)
-- TOTAL ------- 100p. --

After reading what you guys had to say about my list, I made some adjustments. I dropped tactical jammer to get recon specialist instead of Han and switched Jess with Biggs. I like the double focus of recon spec, it pretty much does the same thing as Han, but I can use Kanan's ability twice if needed. This list is much more survivable.

Looks very solid and nasty.

9 hours ago, BiggsDarklighter said:

VCX-100: · Kanan Jarrus (38)
Twin Laser Turret (6)
Fire Control System (2)
Recon Specialist (3)
· Finn (5)
· Ghost (0)
X-Wing: · Biggs Darklighter (25)
· M9-G8 (3)
Integrated Astromech (0)
Attack Shuttle: · "Zeb" Orrelios (18)
· Phantom (0)
-- TOTAL ------- 100p. --

After reading what you guys had to say about my list, I made some adjustments. I dropped tactical jammer to get recon specialist instead of Han and switched Jess with Biggs. I like the double focus of recon spec, it pretty much does the same thing as Han, but I can use Kanan's ability twice if needed. This list is much more survivable.

Yep, this is now a various on a standard Kanan/Biggs list. This will is be very solid for you.

I'm (not-so) sorry for digging up the thread, but I'm wide range research on WTH can I come up with having my current fleet.

Can someone explain to a young padawan here what purpose serves Finn in this list? I imagine most of the time our attacks will consist of the twin-twin laser turret salvo, in which our favourite traitor has no use. Then, of course, the enemy will most likely try to find shelter hugging Ghost in its R1 bubble, but even with our efforts to keep 'em in the 25% of it that we can make use of Finn, without TL or our friendly M9 Biggs still standing by our side, the blank seems to have close to no purpose. The same goes for defence.

So, unless I'm really missing on something, is it worth dedicating yet another 5 points to the brick for a rather situational crewmate?