Ben is first player with his Motti ISD 4 Gozanti and Rhymer Bomber Fighter ball. He does have flight controllers on the ISD.

Tokra picks Most Wanted with his Demo 5 Gozanti Jendon Maarek Mauler list.

Two lines of obstacles. Station bang in the middle.

Cagey Gozanti deployments with squadrons mainly in the middle.

Bit of background.

They played each other very early in the swiss. Ben won that one by about 20pts. Tokra says his plan there was to avoid a big loss so took superior positions and deployed far away.

This will be a very different game.

Ok. Tokras tarkin flagship is wide left. Everything else in a cluster in the middle heading straight forward. Believe Tokra has a jamming field.

Isd about to drop followed by demo.

ISD right side after deliberation.

Demo immediately deploys opposite.

Notice Ben has all black bases and stands.

Jamming field is Tokras middle gozanti.

Nav banking all over the place here. Comms net feeding the ISD.

Tarkin runs away.

Squadrons stay close. No one willing to risk over extending. Bens bomber head towards Demos side of the table. Tokras mirror.

The armada squadron dance as beautiful as starlings.

Standard first round really.

Ben forgot to deploy one of two jumpmasters.

End of turn 1

In unrelated news I just discovered that the head chef here is my cousin's fiancé and have had a lovely meal and chat about wedding plans. Glad I lost now

ISD and Rhymer knocks 2 hull damage into Demo.

I'm sat next to Gink so will take the roll of analyist

So Dr Alex, how do you see Tokra preventing/mitigating an early loss of Demo to Bombers?

Demo is looking very vulnerable here. He's got no scatter and is very easy for the rhymerball to kill. The ISD will then have free range to try and kill the remaining flotillas.

conversely, the ISD 1 is really poorly set up to be anything other than a super carrier and it's best bet at killing flotillas will be to ram them and bring in bombers to take out their scatter. That makes tokra's interceptors and mauler key here

Oh wow, two imperials in euro finals, rieekan AKA john cena.

Rhymmer is the best fighter in armada I wonder how they did not realize this yet in the US.

Just now, Ginkapo said:

So Dr Alex, how do you Tokra preventing/mitigating an early loss of Demo to Bombers?

I don't think it can do it, Ben has first turn even though Tokra has activation advantage. It's also going at speed 1 currently so it just can't outpace the swarm. It's not got enough shots to flak them to death, even with a demo double flakking option. The best bet would be to bring in the fighters into the rhymerball, kill the jumpmaster and tie(he he) them up. I think they are too far away though

1 minute ago, xerpo said:

Rhymmer is the best fighter in armada I wonder how they did not realize this yet in the US.

I think you'll find the best fighter is actually a CR90-b

Just now, Dr alex said:

I think you'll find the best fighter is actually a CR90-b

Finals proves you wrong.

Tokra cant hit the bombers so is munching on a flotilla. 1 down.

With Jendon Maarek etc he should be able to fairly reliably splat a flotilla every turn.

How much does activation advantage help when every activation is only 2 squads via relay? Well this is the German National 8 Gozanti player....

Only Black Squad for escort so Ben could get to Jendon. But Flotillas are following in anyway.

I am wrong. Tokra is going after TWO flotillas a turn.

Evade gone of the second gozanti so far. And thats all squads activated for Tokra.

Tokra has clearly realised demo is dead and is taking as much with him as possible. Just got an 8 damage hit on the ISD with capacitor failure as an apt crit

Demo gonna die next round. To bombers or ISD?

End of turn 2

IMAGE REMOVED AS ITS DEFINETELY JUST THE TURN 1 PHOTO AGAIN, My apologies Armada fans

ISD squad dial.

1 bomber on demo. 1 hit

Jumpmaster hits for 2 on black.

Mauler in and kills black and then one shots mauler.... hit hit acc acc. No reroll required.

Tie fighters followed in. Saber dead. Maarek taking pain.

Isd shoots and kills the demo.

That was BIG

Maareks down.

Tokra is down to Valen Rudor with Jendon. 4 tie bombers at least protecting Valen.

I cant see this swinging back.

A wuluff expanded hanger boosted comms flight controllers ISD is a beast, and its shown it.

Bets on another six squad ISD activation first?

Quality vs quantity.