With all this PS11 type of talk, has anyone tried anything like this?

Epsilon Ace/Advanced Optics
3x Rho Squadron Veteran/Harpoon Missles/Long Range Scanners/Swarm Tactics

PS12 possibly erase something off the board. Probably not good vs Poe, and especially BB8 Poe. But anything else? Range 2-3 is a pretty big net. Seems like this would be okay vs Fenn/Kanan as you would likely remove Fenn first turn of firing. Good chance of removing Nym first turn of firing as well. I'd think the Gunboat is the best place for a PS12 alpha like this, but there are rebel options as well. I'd guess probably not the most competitive since its basically a one trick pony, and those generally don't work all that well. Just curious before I go and buy a 3rd gunboat!

"At the start of the Combat phase, you may choose 1 friendly ship at Range 1. Until the end of this phase, treat the chosen ship as if its pilot skill were equal to your pilot skill."

Correct me if I'm wrong, but I believe the Rhos using Swarm Tactics would make the Epsilon Ace a PS4, not make the Rhos a PS12. Shame it doesn't work the other way though, low PS pilots with EPTs would enjoy being able to jump up to PS9-11 and that Epsilon Ace combo would be really neat for Imperials.

6 minutes ago, Enigami said:

"At the start of the Combat phase, you may choose 1 friendly ship at Range 1. Until the end of this phase, treat the chosen ship as if its pilot skill were equal to your pilot skill."

Correct me if I'm wrong, but I believe the Rhos using Swarm Tactics would make the Epsilon Ace a PS4, not make the Rhos a PS12. Shame it doesn't work the other way though, low PS pilots with EPTs would enjoy being able to jump up to PS9-11 and that Epsilon Ace combo would be really neat for Imperials.

Yup, totally misread that. I was tinkering with Decoy earlier. I guess the question still stands as you could PS12 a rebel swarm with Roark and a few Swarm Tactics. Unfortunately Rebels don't have things as neat as a gunboat...

Roark on the other hand is a list I’ve built an alpha strike around, but I don’t hate myself enough to actually run it!

Rho Squad Veteran (21)
Decoy (2)
Scrambler Missiles (2)
Os-1 Arsenal Loadout (2)
Long Range Scanners (0)
Harpoon Missiles (4)

Epsilon Ace (17)
Sensor Cluster (2)

Nu Squadron Pilot (18)
Harpoon Missiles (4)
Os-1 Arsenal Loadout (2)
Long Range Scanners (0)
XX-23 S-Thread Tracers (1)

Nu Squadron Pilot (18)
Harpoon Missiles (4)
Os-1 Arsenal Loadout (2)
Long Range Scanners (0)
XX-23 S-Thread Tracers (1)

Total: 100

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Came up with something in the same vein. The Rho can use Epsilon for a PS12 Scrambler Missile to strip tokens to do things like mess with an Alpha Strike or remove Poe's Focus token before they can even shoot, and then the Nus can follow up with their Harpoons. Tracers are mostly just filler but they can help get new target locks after their targets are destroyed. Basically a worse NuNuNuQD with a bit of jank.