Did a thought experiment. With Advanced Optics and Flight Assist Astromech opening up some pretty cheap options (with Poe in particular, but any T-70), could I put together a squad I liked with nothing but T-70s and not feel like I was making major compromises in terms of upgrades.

Overall I've been very happy with the squad. The action economy is solid with pretty much everyone having free reposition actions available allowing them to all adjust positioning will still fighting at full strength. Interestingly enough, Poe is usually the target of stress application, but with Advanced Optics it's usually nothing more than an inconvenience and Jess has passive re-rolls as long as she's got a buddy nearby. Snap remains the most fun pilot to fly. I don't know why, just free boosts for days is fun for me. The reason he got R2 over Poe is because Poe usually either casually kills everything without needing regen or is a lot cause as he gets focus fired. Snap, OTOH, usally ends up being last on the kill list and his passive boost makes him a good candidate to do greens while still performing useful maneuvers.

I had one game where I just brain farted and flew utterly terribly, but other than that it's been doing very well or at least making close games of it.

This might belong in the Triple T70s thread but I do like the cut of your jib. Have you tried ditching PT and having M9G8 on Jess instead? You lose the repositioning but I think those 2 are just made for each other. It might be much harder to keep Jess in touch with the others without the free movement though. Interested in your thoughts.

I might personally suggest using FAA instead of BB-8 on Poe; I find it offers more freedom, given the T-70's limited greens.

With Snap, I'm a fan of R2 Astromech or FAA, because he has much greater flexibility.

With an M9-G8 Jess, that allows Snap to focus action, still getting re-rolls from M9. Or you could use Fenn w/ M9 and Weapons Engineer to give both the T-70s rerolls.

Snap's fantastic with FAA and Intensity, or with Targeting Astromech (can you say four actions on a red maneuver?).

I like Jess with M9-G8.

I've been experimenting with Poe with ... wait for it ... Debris Gambit. With Advanced Optics to lock down his Focus and R2D2 for regen, it's not bad.

Triple T-70 thread is the place to be!