Hi folks,

I'm thinking of attending an alternate tournament in a few weeks. So advice would be great please.

The change is that you can only take 2 small based ships adding up to 40 points.

Rebels: 2 rebel operatives, 1 with tlt, 1 with autoblaster turret. As a way of controlling space.

Imperial: countdown, black squadron scout with Adaptability, both with titles. To out ps people.

Scum: 2 cartel spacers, title, mangler Cannon.

I'm leaning towards the 2 strikers as I haven't flown them yet, what do you think?

Your HWK list loses as soon as the TLT carrier goes down. Every other ship in the game will be able to avoid a HWK with autoblaster.

Your Scum list might be interesting with Ion Cannons.

Strikers are lots of fun, but I don’t recommend taking them to a tournament without some practice flying them.

If it were me, I’d be taking Omega Leader with Wampa for a wingman.

2 Syck interceptors with ion cannons could be decent - provided they both survive round 1, your opponent is going to be hard pressed to escape the lock. Sunny Bounder with title and ion cannon plus Inaldra with Crack Shot, Ion Cannon and title comes out to 40 points.

2 Scimitar Squadron Pilots with Unguided Rockets and LWF might also be OK - that's a lot more hull to chew through than most 40 point lists.

A regen Y-wing should be pretty solid - Gold Squadron Pilot, TLT, "Chopper", Title, Bomb Loadout and Chips. Again, it's got a lot of health to chew through for a 25 point ship. Add Captain Rex as a wingman for even more tankiness.

15 minutes ago, Pooleman said:

Jake and Z-95 ( 40 )

Jake Farrell — A-Wing	24
Intensity	2
Chardaan Refit	-2
Veteran Instincts	1
A-Wing Test Pilot	0
Ship Total: 25
Bandit Squadron Pilot — Z-95 Headhunter	12
Advanced Homing Missiles	3
Ship Total: 15

I really like the Jake Farrell idea - there's not going to be much PS 9 running around at all, so you should be able to fly circles around everyone. I'm not sure about the Bandit wingman though - you probably want either cruise missiles or ion pulse missiles instead, plus chips of course. Sabine + Adaptability, Rex, or AP-5 + Courier Droid (once that pack comes out) all seem like decent wingmen as well.

Because I don't own the c-roc I don't have sunny or inaldra. But I think 2 cartels with ion cannon would still be fun. Shame about the 2 wasted points though.

@player2456237 If you have Guns for Hire you could throw Pulsed Ray Shield on one of the cartels. Honestly though, an initiative bid at PS 2 might not be completely useless in this tournament; you're going to see a lot of low-PS generics due to the point requirements.

If Sunny Bounder were an option, I'd certainly consider her. Even with the Light title, she's always a threat to add extra dice, and she's tied for the cheapest ship in the game. Throw her in with a 28-point Kihraxz Vaksai (say that three times fast) kind of like this:

• Viktor Hel (28) - Vaksai, Crack Shot, Inertial Dampeners, Vectored Thrusters, Stealth Device
• Sunny Bounder (12) - Light Scyk Interceptor

17 hours ago, player2456237 said:

Imperial: countdown, black squadron scout with Adaptability, both with titles. To out ps people

They'll be really good fun to fly. You may well miss the Lightweight Frame card! With PS 5-ish you should in theory have the ability to dance around people, but a striker's "Boost" is compulsory and comes before the move, so it's harder to be reactive with it. By comparison, Lightweight Frame is a very valuable extra green die, and if a lot of people field PS1-2 generics, the PS3 of a Scarif Defender might still matter.

@jmswood 's idea of Omega Leader/Wampa is not a bad suggestion at all. In any game where you start closer than normal to 1 vs 1, Omega Leader's value goes up. For that matter, TIE fighters generally are not a bad call; you get a lot of ship for your points with the elite swarmers.

• Omega Leader
  • A Score To Settle
• Epsilon Ace
  • Primed Thrusters