Hi! I am having a game of Armada this week and we are both beginners and modtly thematic players. So i have made a thematic list of thrawns 96th task force. What do you think of this list? The objectives are random, because I have no idea which one to take (its my first game). Ome thing: thematic pöay and fun is more important for us than victory at all cost :-)

96th Task Force

Faction: Galactic Empire
Points: 400/400

Commander: Grand Admiral Thrawn

Assault Objective: Advanced Gunnery
Defense Objective: Contested Outpost
Navigation Objective: Superior Positions

[ flagship ] Imperial Star Destroyer Kuat Refit (112 points)
- Grand Admiral Thrawn ( 32 points)
- Chimaera ( 4 points)
- Wulff Yularen ( 7 points)
- Ordnance Experts ( 4 points)
- Electronic Countermeasures ( 7 points)
- External Racks ( 3 points)
= 169 total ship cost

Arquitens-class Light Cruiser (54 points)
- Reinforced Blast Doors ( 5 points)
= 59 total ship cost

Arquitens-class Light Cruiser (54 points)
- Reinforced Blast Doors ( 5 points)
= 59 total ship cost

Raider-I Class Corvette (44 points)
- Ordnance Experts ( 4 points)
- External Racks ( 3 points)
= 51 total ship cost

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

4 TIE Fighter Squadrons ( 32 points)

Objectives are good but watch out for Superior Positions. it is more of a Bomber list mission and you cold find it backfires against squadron heavy opponents. Dangerous Territory or Solar Corona would be better.

Chimera grants you nothing unless you buy a card like Intensify Firepower or Shields to Maximum in the first place. You could swap Wulff for a veteran captain to save points.

RBDs on Arquitens are OK but you may find they pop before you can use them. Don't be afraid to allow hull damage in rather than redirecting if it means you will have time to use the RBDs. If, before that, the enemy hit you again you still have the redirects available. Generally if an Arquitens doesn't have the commander on board I would go for a turbolaser like DTTs or Needa+TRC instead.

Thanks for the reply.

@Chimeara: I have Entrapment formation in the list. Unfortunetstly it doesnt scho up here...maybe a copy/paste error.

I went for even more thematic....

Battle Of Batonn (398/400)
Empire - Author: Drasnighta

Commander: Grand Admiral Thrawn

Objectives: Close-Range Intel Scan, Contested Outpost, Solar Corona

[flagship] Imperial I-class Star Destroyer (110)
- Grand Admiral Thrawn (32)
- Chimaera (4)
- Entrapment Formation! (5)
- Veteran Captain (3)
- Heavy Turbolaser Turrets (6)
- Gunnery Team (7)
= 167 total points

Arquitens-class Light Cruiser (54)
- Early Warning System (7)
= 61 total points

Arquitens-class Light Cruiser (54)
- Early Warning System (7)
= 61 total points

Arquitens-class Light Cruiser (54)
- Early Warning System (7)
= 61 total points

Squadrons (48/134):
6x Tie Fighter Squadron (48)

Costarring Commander Faro as Veteran Captain, and Cruisers Shyrak, Flenser and Tumnor...

Right for the battle of Batonn.

Also nice. But i dont have a 3rd cruiser (yet) :-)

Hooray for Thrawn book reference!

No NK-7s? I’m at once impressed and disappointed...

What do you say to this thematic rebel fleet? Would it be a fun game for both? I will strip the Raider I in the Imperial list, so that both have around 350 points. I think it could be fun, i have all this models in 1:7000, so the rebel fleet is really tiny besides the ISD :-)

Alliance Fleet

Faction: Rebel Alliance
Points: 350/350

Commander: General Dodonna

Assault Objective: Blockade Run
Defense Objective: Hyperspace Assault
Navigation Objective: Intel Sweep

[ flagship ] Nebulon-B Support Refit (51 points)
- General Dodonna ( 20 points)
- Salvation ( 7 points)
- Raymus Antilles ( 7 points)
- Quad Battery Turrets ( 5 points)
= 90 total ship cost

Nebulon-B Escort Frigate (57 points)
- Yavaris ( 5 points)
- Flight Commander ( 3 points)
- Fighter Coordination Team ( 3 points)
= 68 total ship cost

CR90 Corvette B (39 points)
- Dodonnas Pride ( 6 points)
- Intel Officer ( 7 points)
- SW 7 Ion Batteries ( 5 points)
= 57 total ship cost

Hammerhead Torpedo Corvette (36 points)
- Garel's Honor ( 4 points)
- Hondo Ohnaka ( 2 points)
- Boarding Engineers ( 2 points)
- External Racks ( 3 points)
= 47 total ship cost

GR-75 Medium Transports (18 points)
- Bright Hope ( 2 points)
- Comms Net ( 2 points)
= 22 total ship cost

1 Wedge Antilles ( 19 points)
1 Biggs Darklighter ( 19 points)
1 "Dutch" Vander ( 16 points)
1 Green Squadron ( 12 points)