Back when Imp Vets was released, the pilot that immediately drew my attention was Tomax Bren. Not in shuttle form as a support ship, but as a pure battering ram. Crack shot, missiles to flavour, and you have yourself a lethal but fragile ship.
A quick glance at meta wing shows that success has come for Bren generally when paired with targeting synchroniser Quickdraw plus one. My first and only tournament win came with this pair and Omega Leader.
This gives him the action economy to make sure he hits hard, navigates around countermeasures and black one if QD has FCS, and provides other high priority targets to take the heat off.
Outside of this archetype my experiments have generally failed.
I’d love to hear how you guys fly your Bren. I’m particularly interested to hear about the humble bomber making waves in competitive play. Is he lost without his buddy Quickdraw??