Has anyone had success with running a dual turbo-laser slotted MC80 Star Cruiser like this:

Commander Dodonna

MC80 Star Cruiser

1. Endeavor

2. Damage Control Officer

3. Veteran Gunners

4. Medical Team

5. SW-7 Ion Batteries

6. XI7 Turbolasers

7. XX-9 Turbolasers

It seems to me like XX-9 and XI7s are a match made in heaven as the latter requires you to deal at least 2 hull damage. Dodonna is icing on the cake, allowing you to turn 2 hull into 4 hull damage, if lucky enough.

Are any of the other upgrades expendable?

These Star Cruisers are soft, and DCO and Med teams seem like obvious choices to mitigate damage.

If you like this Star Cruiser kit, what would you use to build around it? Garel's Honor, etc.

I just put together something similar:

Points: 385/400

Commander: Leia Organa

Assault Objective: Advanced Gunnery
Defense Objective: Contested Outpost
Navigation Objective: Dangerous Territory

[ flagship ] MC80 Star Cruiser (96 points)
- Leia Organa ( 38 points)
- Skilled First Officer ( 1 points)
- Gunnery Team ( 7 points)
- Quad Battery Turrets ( 5 points)
- X17 Turbolasers ( 6 points)
- SW 7 Ion Batteries ( 5 points)
= 158 total ship cost

Nebulon-B Support Refit (51 points)
- Salvation ( 7 points)
- Quad Battery Turrets ( 5 points)
= 63 total ship cost

R-75 Medium Transports (18 points)
= 18 total ship cost

GR-75 Medium Transports (18 points)
- Bright Hope ( 2 points)
- Toryn Farr ( 7 points)
- Boosted Comms ( 4 points)
= 31 total ship cost

1 Tycho Celchu ( 16 points)
1 Hera Syndulla ( 28 points)
1 "Dutch" Vander ( 16 points)
1 Wedge Antilles ( 19 points)
1 Jan Ors ( 19 points)
1 Shara Bey ( 17 points)

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With QBT and a CF you get six blue dice at medium range that are all damage. Not as good as a Devastator ISD... but not bad either.