So I am trying to decide which are the better 2 ships to support the Sloane/Quasar build...2 Arquitens(One is Hand of Justice) or Demo-Glad/Raider-Impetuous. What do you think? I am really excited about the Quasar build part of it...4 flight controlled TIE defenders, backed up by 3 Squall boosted VT-49 Decimators. All squads have lots of hull, so after shooting red die AS + Kallas, Ruthless Stratgists can finish off any squads left on a single hull. They can then go after ships...

List #1:

Sloane and Friends v1.0a
Author: itzSteve

Faction: Galactic Empire
Points: 400/400

Commander: Admiral Sloane

Assault Objective: Precision Strike
Defense Objective: Planetary Ion Cannon
Navigation Objective: Superior Positions

Quasar Fire II-class Cruiser-Carrier (61 points)
- Squall ( 3 points)
- Agent Kallus ( 3 points)
- Flight Controllers ( 6 points)
- Ruthless Strategists ( 4 points)
- Boosted Comms ( 4 points)
= 81 total ship cost

[ flagship ] Arquitens-class Light Cruiser (54 points)
- Admiral Sloane ( 24 points)
- Reinforced Blast Doors ( 5 points)
- Turbolaser Reroute Circuits ( 7 points)
= 90 total ship cost

Arquitens-class Light Cruiser (54 points)
- Hand of Justice ( 4 points)
- Captain Needa ( 2 points)
- Reinforced Blast Doors ( 5 points)
- Turbolaser Reroute Circuits ( 7 points)
= 72 total ship cost

Gozanti-class Cruisers (23 points)
- Repair Crews ( 4 points)
= 27 total ship cost

4 TIE Defender Squadrons ( 64 points)
3 VT-49 Decimators ( 66 points)

List #2:

Sloane and Friends v1.0b
Author: itzSteve

Faction: Galactic Empire
Points: 399/400

Commander: Admiral Sloane

Assault Objective: Precision Strike
Defense Objective: Planetary Ion Cannon
Navigation Objective: Superior Positions

[ flagship ] Quasar Fire II-class Cruiser-Carrier (61 points)
- Admiral Sloane ( 24 points)
- Squall ( 3 points)
- Agent Kallus ( 3 points)
- Flight Controllers ( 6 points)
- Ruthless Strategists ( 4 points)
- Boosted Comms ( 4 points)
= 105 total ship cost

Gladiator I-Class Star Destroyer (56 points)
- Demolisher ( 10 points)
- Intel Officer ( 7 points)
- Ordnance Experts ( 4 points)
- Assault Proton Torpedoes ( 5 points)
= 82 total ship cost

Raider-I Class Corvette (44 points)
- Impetuous ( 4 points)
- Ordnance Experts ( 4 points)
- Flechette Torpedoes ( 3 points)
= 55 total ship cost

Gozanti-class Cruisers (23 points)
- Repair Crews ( 4 points)
= 27 total ship cost

3 VT-49 Decimators ( 66 points)
4 TIE Defender Squadrons ( 64 points)

I prefer the demo/instigator list. But are decimators the way to go? Aren't they rogue, and therefore not sloanable?

3 minutes ago, Baltanok said:

I prefer the demo/instigator list. But are decimators the way to go? Aren't they rogue, and therefore not sloanable?

Yeah...but they are "Squallable"...which makes them faster than the speed 5 TIE defenders. They are the finishers to the flight controlled defenders. I also wanted something that could take a couple of Ruthless Strategist hits. I have questioned whether Sloane is actually the best commander for this list...

Only the 4 Defenders are getting the benefit from Sloane, aren't they? If I saw right on the card, she doesn't affect rogues.

I think the best option (for both fleets) is to either change admiral, or swap those VT-49s for TIE/F or TIE/I swarms. Right now Sloane is basically 24 points of almost no benefit

So the answer to the question is, the one without sloane!

You are using the Quasar Kallus build to win the squad war, rather than the Sloane squads. The benefit of Sloane is the ties have something to do AFTER winning the squad war, not that the squads are no longer needed for the squadron war. Its somewhat counter intuitive to run Sloane and Kallus Quasar.

YV666's are fast enough for Squall to take effect, so not sure you even need decimators for that. In terms of hull per point, Tie Bombers and YV666's are leading the pack by some distance.

Flechettes? For?