Hi hivemind, I've been theorycrafting with great excitment the upcoming thrawnplosion we're about to see in our gaming stores and ive come up with this:

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Imperial II-class Star Destroyer (120 + 61)
+ Grand Admiral Thrawn (32)
+ Skilled First Officer (1)
+ Gunnery Team (7)
+ Boosted Comms (4)
+ Electronic Countermeasures (7)
+ Leading Shots (4)
+ XI7 Turbolasers (6)
Victory II-class Star Destroyer (85 + 27)
+ Minister Tua (2)
+ Gunnery Team (7)
+ Disposable Capacitors (3)
+ Leading Shots (4)
+ XI7 Turbolasers (6)
+ Reinforced Blast Doors (5)
3 x TIE Defender Squadron (16)
Lambda-class Shuttle (15)
4 x Tie Interceptor Squadron (11)

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Dangerous Territory

Advanced Gunnery

The plan would be to keep thrawn's 3 dials as squadron commands and use them when needed, freeing up the vic and isd to navigate and engineer as needed. Lamda is there incase vic needs to reach a couple of squadrons - a worthwhile trade off i think so it can get disposable capacitors

Very keen to see what the community thinks, whats peoples experience with proxying thrawn?

Why run boosted comms when you have lambdas?

11 minutes ago, Alzer said:

Why run boosted comms when you have lambdas?

He has a single Lambda. WHich is not enough to get a full Squadron Command through. Perhaps having both is a compromise rather than trying to double-down on Lambdas?

3 hours ago, Drasnighta said:

He has a single Lambda. WHich is not enough to get a full Squadron Command through. Perhaps having both is a compromise rather than trying to double-down on Lambdas?

That was my thinking, lambda there as a back up purley for the vsd. Its two black dice on squadrons is a pretty nice finisher as well after all my other squadrons have attacked and something is hanging on by one. Also for the occasssion that im playing opponents objectives it may be helpful.

I'm tempted to think that Howlrunner or Dengar would be needed with a ball that big...that being said, this looks like something I would run. Sounds interesting!

1 hour ago, ImperialCaptain2017 said:

I'm tempted to think that Howlrunner or Dengar would be needed with a ball that big...that being said, this looks like something I would run. Sounds interesting!

Indeed, you could drop a Defender for Howlrunner.

11 hours ago, Drasnighta said:

He has a single Lambda. WHich is not enough to get a full Squadron Command through. Perhaps having both is a compromise rather than trying to double-down on Lambdas?

I apparently can't count after midnight...

1 minute ago, Alzer said:

I apparently can't count after midnight...

But can you eat and get wet? ?

Just now, Drasnighta said:

But can you eat and get wet? ?

My family locks the pantry and shuts off the water main at night, so I'be never been able to try...strange

I admit, I was guessing at the reason myself, since it’s not the way I usually think with Imperials ?. But as Rebels, it’s ehat I’d do, since there is no point trying to get to 4 relay-able commands with VCXs... but you can partial.

That's a good point Belphegor. I should work to get a lambda into more of my lists.