We must be up to our ears in Vader Cymoon builds by now, but why shouldn't we be, this is vader's ship! At first I was looking into pairing spinal with Quad Turbolaser Cannons as a way to cheat in that seventh die, but decided you don't get enough of a chance for accuracy on initial roll to make it worth it imo. These raider II's look fun however with turbines and dcaps... if you double arc with cf you can get 3 + 3 fairly reliably using vader and IF at long range and we all know how good that is from tcr90... small squad screen that we'll probably lose, hopefully not too quickly... assault carrier in most wanted will be hilarious for possible 3 reds with CF against objective ship.

Vader Raider
Author: skycake

Faction: Galactic Empire
Points: 400/400

Commander: Darth Vader

Assault Objective: Most Wanted
Defense Objective: Capture the VIP or Planetary Ion Cannon
Navigation Objective: Solar Corona

[ flagship ] Imperial Star Destroyer Cymoon 1 Refit (112 points)
- Darth Vader ( 36 points)
- Pass Officer Horn Face ( 4 points)
- Gunnery Team ( 7 points)
- X17 Turbolasers ( 6 points)
- Spinal Armament ( 9 points)
- Intensify Firepower ( 6 points)
= 180 total ship cost

Raider-II Class Corvette (48 points)
- Disposable Capacitors ( 3 points)
- High-Capacity Ion Turbines ( 8 points)
= 59 total ship cost

Raider-II Class Corvette (48 points)
- Disposable Capacitors ( 3 points)
- High-Capacity Ion Turbines ( 8 points)
= 59 total ship cost

Gozanti-class Assault Carriers (28 points)
- Hondo Ohnaka ( 2 points)
- Expanded Hangar Bay ( 5 points)
- Comms Net ( 2 points)
= 37 total ship cost

1 Ciena Ree ( 17 points)
1 Valen Rudor ( 13 points)
1 Whisper ( 20 points)
1 Lambda-class Shuttle ( 15 points)

anyways, thoughts? devastator is also a possibility and gets massive flavor points... I just don't like that when we run out of tokens, we lose rerolls...

Devastator on Vader Cymoon is... truly something.

Try it. Not only for the obvious offensive effect, but for the pause it gives your opponents when it comes to picking targets.

With the Heavy Ions stripping shields like crazy you may not need the XI7s as many of the shields will have gone. XX9s could be fun.

1 hour ago, Mad Cat said:

With the Heavy Ions stripping shields like crazy you may not need the XI7s as many of the shields will have gone. XX9s could be fun.

Those aren’t the new HIE he has there, though I should think they would be a better fit, allowing you to forgo the Xi7 for XX9s as you suggested.

Also, Quad turbos would be great paired with Captain Jonus. That ensures you get an accuracy, at least once, then reroll with Vader. You can ditch Whisper to make the changes.

I like the Horn Face inclusion.

Thanks I miss read.

So a points neutral change could be

• Swap out both High Cap Ions for the new Heavy Ions
• Change XI7s for XX9s
• Change expanded hangar for boosted comms on the flotilla. Then you may not need the relay so could swap the shuttle for Zertek to attract initial fire and use his braces.

I won't start yet another VaderCymoon thread but here's my take:

Faction: Galactic Empire
Points: 397/400

Commander: Darth Vader

Assault Objective: Advanced Gunnery
Defense Objective: Contested Outpost
Navigation Objective: Solar Corona

[ flagship ] Imperial Star Destroyer Cymoon 1 Refit (112 points)
- Darth Vader ( 36 points)
- Devastator ( 10 points)
- Intel Officer ( 7 points)
- Gunnery Team ( 7 points)
- X17 Turbolasers ( 6 points)
- Spinal Armament ( 9 points)
- Shields to Maximum! ( 6 points)
= 193 total ship cost

Imperial I-Class Star Destroyer (110 points)
- Avenger ( 5 points)
- Minister Tua ( 2 points)
- Boarding Troopers ( 3 points)
- Electronic Countermeasures ( 7 points)
= 127 total ship cost

Gozanti-class Cruisers (23 points)
- Slicer Tools ( 7 points)
= 30 total ship cost

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

2 TIE Interceptor Squadrons ( 22 points)

Intel Officer your own defense tokens (leaving a brace or redirect for Vader) and start chucking 7 Red and 3 Blue around at Long range (with CF)...meanwhile there is a BTA for your opponent to worry about too. Can't wait to get this on the table!

I can't decide between a Cymoon-Tua and an ISD2-Chimeara (same cost) in this list...
I also seek an opinion about one of the support ships.

ISD2 gives flexible fleet commands, medium range AA, and 9 rerollable dice in blue range (w/o CF).
Cymoon gives accuracy shinanigans, 6-7 rerollable dice at red range (w/o CF), and strong close range AA.

Commander: Darth Vader I have 15 spare points to play with.

[ flagship ] Imperial Star Destroyer Cymoon 1 Refit (112 points)
- Darth Vader ( 36 points)
- Relentless ( 3 points)
- Minister Tua ( 2 points)
- Gunnery Team ( 7 points)
- Early Warning System or Electronic Countermeasures ( 7 points)
- Spinal Armament ( 9 points)
- Quad Turbolaser Cannons ( 10 points)
- Intensify Firepower ( 6 points)
= 192 total ship cost

OR

[ flagship ] Imperial II-Class Star Destroyer (120 points)
- Darth Vader ( 36 points)
- Chimaera ( 4 points)
- Fleet Command of Choice ( 5 points)
- Support Officer ( 4 points)
- Gunnery Team ( 7 points)
- Early Warning System or Electronic Countermeasures ( 7 points)
- Spinal Armament ( 9 points)
= 192 total ship cost

with supporting cast...

2x Gladiator II-Class Star Destroyer (62 points)
- External Racks ( 3 points)
= 130 total ship cost

2x Gozanti-class Assault Carriers (28 points)
- Agent Kallus ( 3 points) Only on one of them, obviously
- Comms Net ( 2 points)
= 63 total ship cost

Another option is to drop 1 assault carrier and strip the Glad ERacks to add a:

Raider-II Class Corvette (48 points)
- Instigator ( 4 points)
- Disposable Capacitors ( 3 points)
= 55 total ship cost