I know I'll get tabled fast with this, but gosh darn it, I want the glory days!

Soontir Fel : PTL, Title, AT, SD (35)
Whisper: VI, FCS, ACD, Rebel Captive (42)
Omega Leader: A Score to Settle, Advanced Optics (23)

Theory is that OL leads out as a "blocker" and has AStS on the end game threat. AStS gives me a passive mod against that ship. No juke means that I don't really need CR, so AO gives me the same two tokens per turn, but at a one point savings. The penalty of AStS is negated by OL's pilot ability, so I can theoretically save the focus token for defense.

Its a glass cannon, and I'm going to try it out. And I know its going down in flames. But it should be fun...

I'm no expert, but would trading Rebel Captive for regular OL be an improvement?

That's a good question. I've been having a good deal of luck lately (maybe it is just luck?) running OL with Optics, Score, and Stealth. Dropping RC would let me add the SD back on, so that might be the right thing to do here, but with so much expertise out there, RC helps keep Whisper from getting Rey'd, and/or helps double stress those pesky PTL aces like Vynder, Kylo, Inquisitor, etc.

While Juke/Comm is great, the Score/Optics comes in 3 points cheaper, and keeps the same token ratio. Juke is far better against a multi-ship list, but at PS8, with all the PS9+ stuff out there, I've been finding that relying on keeping the evade token by the time PS8 is shooting isn't a reliable strategy.

With all the PS9+ you are mentionning and no init bid, what about switching ACD for Lightweight Frame ?

26 minutes ago, Cartchan said:

With all the PS9+ you are mentionning and no init bid, what about switching ACD for Lightweight Frame ?

Never worth it. If you face PS 9>, Whisper becomes godlike with ACD.