Any one tried to fly this or a variation of it?

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Unlike Kylo Vader is extra special fragile so you need some ships that carry the load and draw attention away. I have been considering something along these lines. Looks fun and could cause problems for all those lower ps gunboats.

10 hours ago, Boom Owl said:

Unlike Kylo Vader is extra special fragile

Am I living in bizarro-world?

35 minutes ago, Stay On The Leader said:

Am I living in bizarro-world?

I mean +2hp and AT access is nothing to sneeze at, dat missing evade tho.

9 minutes ago, Admiral Deathrain said:

I mean +2hp and AT access is nothing to sneeze at, dat missing evade tho.

+1hp. And yeah, dat missing evade.

I've run a bunch of this. Quickdraw's dial matches up well with the gunboats. I haven't tried Vader yet, but I've been meaning to.

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Using Vader as your base ace is, I think, a great plan. However, if you are using canon boats, I might suggest downgrading to Nus and using Linked Battery, I think it would be more potent than Rhos with Crack. That being said, packing a flechette Canon and Adv. SLAM is something I would like.

However, if you want Rhos, might I suggest 2 of them with OS-1, Harpoons, Adv. SLAM, and PTL? Those are very potent and very reliable dice, with PTL available when you have desperate need. Its one of my favorite builds.

Admittedly, that does not leave room for missiles on Vader, so if you want those, I would suggest 2 Rhos with XG-1, Deadeye, Harpoons, Adv. SLAM, Flechette Canons? They can shoot missiles every second turn, SLAMming, reloading, and flechetting on the next.

I have them as Rhos to give a slight edge over other gunboats that are possibly going to be running Nus. I have thought about dropping HLC down to Mangler cannons and added LB but I'd have to fly it a couple times and see what I like more.