Talk me out of this - Imperial Lockdown

By Polaritie, in X-Wing Squad Lists

Rear Admiral Chiraneau (62)
VT-49 Decimator (46), Veteran Instincts (1), Kylo Ren (3), Emperor Palpatine (8), Engine Upgrade (4)

Lieutenant Colzet (24)
TIE Advanced (23), TIE/x1 (0), Advanced Targeting Computer (1)

“Wampa” (14)

The basic game plan is pretty straightforward - lock Colzet onto their biggest, most dangerous ship and keep it perpetually blinded while Chiraneau chews up the rest of their list. Wampa converts any spare Palpatine activations into penetrating damage (and also leads to making short work of Quickdraw and similar by pushing two damage behind shields per turn).

My concern is that while this has an obvious advantage against most two-ship builds it won't work as well on larger groups. Colzet is potentially vulnerable to alpha as well (nobody is burning alpha on Wampa, I would assume). Anyone want to make suggestions or explain why I shouldn't run this tomorrow night?

Fly it. My guess is the synergy is going to be a lot more fragile than you think, and you'd probably have been better off with Quickdraw or the Inquisitor, but it seems like a valuable experience to have, however it turns out.

I'm pretty sure it's exactly as fragile as I think it is! A lot of that is hinging on the raw power of RAC.

Although honestly dropping Palpatine and Wampa for a second TIE Advanced seems like it may be a good idea. That's exactly enough points for a Tempest Squadron Pilot with title/computer. I may shelve it until the Reaper is out, and see what that offers for a Kylo ship.