So this fleet is borne out of an effort to have a dual Arquitens/Quasar list with a Rhymer/Decimator ball. The latter part worked okay, kinda, not really, and the former was something of a trainwreck. It was having serious damage output issues. ANYWAY. several theoretical iterations later, I ended up with Demolisher, Impetuous, a Quasar, and a pile of Imperial aces. Does anyone have any useful thoughts or opinions on this list before I give it a test with the fires of battle? I don't like JJ on the Quasar, but with the lifeboat nerf everywhere else looks worse. Also note that this would make a terrible Sloane list, I only have a handful of blue antiship to work with, and the squads are very much set up to bludgeon their way through their enemies with autodamage and raw firepower instead of stripping tokens and swarming them with generics (though there is definitely some swarming to occur here).

JJ, Demo, and a Lot of Squads
Author: GiledPallaeon

Faction: Galactic Empire
Points: 398/400

Commander: Moff Jerjerrod

Assault Objective: Most Wanted
Defense Objective: Hyperspace Assault
Navigation Objective: Superior Positions

[ flagship ] Quasar Fire I-class Cruiser-Carrier (54 points)
- Moff Jerjerrod ( 23 points)
- Admiral Chiraneau ( 10 points)
- Flight Controllers ( 6 points)
- Expanded Hangar Bay ( 5 points)
- Boosted Comms ( 4 points)
= 102 total ship cost

Gladiator I-Class Star Destroyer (56 points)
- Demolisher ( 10 points)
- Ordnance Experts ( 4 points)
- Engine Techs ( 8 points)
- Assault Concussion Missiles ( 7 points)
= 85 total ship cost

Raider-I Class Corvette (44 points)
- Impetuous ( 4 points)
- Agent Kallus ( 3 points)
- Ordnance Experts ( 4 points)
- Flechette Torpedoes ( 3 points)
= 58 total ship cost

Gozanti-class Cruisers (23 points)
- Comms Net ( 2 points)
= 25 total ship cost

1 Colonel Jendon ( 20 points)
1 Darth Vader ( 21 points)
1 Zertik Strom ( 15 points)
1 Soontir Fel ( 18 points)
1 "Mauler" Mithel ( 15 points)
1 Morna Kee ( 27 points)
1 Saber Squadron ( 12 points)

I actually just played a list like this! This is the second time this has happened Giled, I think of a list and a day later you post it here. Great minds think alike right?

In the final version that got table time, however, i finally abandoned the quasar for 2 gozantis and put the admiral on Insiduous. I also leaned a bit heavier into Decimators, taking 3 of them Jendon, Maarek, Morna, and Valen. The glads did good work, tearing an mc80 and an mc30 apart while dodging the big mc80 side arcs, the Decimators ran clean up chasing down wounded ships. I played too conservative with them, and ended with a 7/4 win, but if I had been a little more aggressive with them I would have killed the 2 hull 1 shield mc30 instead of running out of turns.

End was we traded my demo and Maarek for his mc80 and all his squads (standard 50pt shara tycho 2x a wing). I liked how it played. Really aggressive and proactive. End of the day though, you have 2 small ships without defensive retrofits and it lives and dies on an edge. My Insiduous lived with 2 hull and no shields.

So you spent the additional savings of two Gozantis for a second Gladiator over the Raider? What was the full squadron complement you used? I always want to use Decimators, but they need support, and they're expensive enough a large number of them seems prohibitive.