X-wing 2.0: The Big Thread o’ Pilots

By WAC47, in X-Wing

I thought I would start putting together lists of the pilots for each ship. I plan on updating with sources and the stats of each pilot as I get the chance.

REBELS

T-65 X-wing

Initiative 2

  1. Blue Squadron Escort (Unboxed X-wing Expansion)
  2. Edrio Two-Tubes: Cavern Angels Veteran (Team Covenant Video – Wave XIV)
    • Before you activate, if you are focused, you may perform an action.

Initiative 3

  1. Red Squadron Veteran (Unboxed X-wing Expansion)
  2. Biggs Darklighter: Red Three (Unboxed X-wing Expansion)
    • While another friendly ship at range 0-1 defends, before the Neutralize Results step, if you are in the attack arc, you may suffer 1 [boom] or [kaboom] damage to cancel 1 matching result.

Initiative 4

  1. Garven Dreis: Red Leader (All Wings Report In)
    • After you spend a focus token, you may choose 1 friendly ship at range 1-3. That ship gains 1 focus token.
  2. Jek Porkins: Red Six (Team Covenant Video)
    • After you receive a stress token, you may roll 1 attack die to remove it. On a [boom] result, suffer 1 [boom] damage.

Initiative 5

  1. Thane Kyrell: Corona Four (All Wings Report In)
    • While you perform an attack, you may spend 1 [eyeball], [boom], or [kaboom] result to look at the defender's facedown damage cards, choose 1, and expose it.
  2. Luke Skywalker: Red Five (X-wing Second Edition Article)
    • After you become the defender (before dice are rolled), you may recover 1 [force]. Force = 2

Initiative 6

  1. Wedge Antilles: Red Two (All Wings Report In)
    • While you perform an attack, the defender rolls 1 fewer defense die.

Initiative ? (1st edition Wave XIV spoilers)

  1. Cavern Angels Zealot
  2. Leevan Tenza
    • [Speculation] After you perform a boost action, you may perform a red evade action. (Or phrased to provide a linked Boost > red evade action).
  3. Kullbee Sperado
    • [Speculation] After you perform a boost or barrel roll action, you may flip your equipped "Servomotor S-Foils" upgrade card. (Pilot ability seems to work just as well in 2nd edition).

Y-wing

Initiative 2

  1. Gray Squadron Bomber (Team Covenant Video)

Initiative 3

  1. Gold Squadron Veteran (Worlds Demo Live Stream - Played)

Initiative 4

  1. “Dutch” Vander: Gold Leader (All Wings Report In)
    • After you perform the [target lock] action, you may choose 1 friendly ship at range 1-3. That ship may acquire a lock on the object you locked, ignoring range restrictions.

Initiative 5

  1. Norra Wexley: Gold Nine (All Wings Report In)
    • While you defend, if there is an enemy ship at range 0-1, add 1 [evade] result to your dice results.

Initiative ?

  1. Evaan Verlaine (Worlds Demo Live Stream - Mentioned)
    • Source: Princess Leia comic, retconned as surviving Y-wing pilot in ANH.
  2. Horton Salm (All Wings Report In – Quick Build Card)
    • HAS AN EPT.

YT-1300

Initiative 6

  1. Han Solo (Worlds Demo Live Stream - Mentioned)
    • [Translated from Polish] While rolling dice, if you're in range 0-1 from an obstacle, you may reroll all of your dice. This is not treated as a reroll for the purpose of other effects.

Inititative ?

  1. Chewbacca (Worlds Demo Live Stream - Mentioned)
    • Weaker ability, not immune to all critical damage.
  2. Lando Calrissian (All Wings Report In – Base)
    • Stronger ability.

A-wing

Vectored Thrusters: After you perform an action you may perform a red [boost] action.

Initiative 4

  1. Jake Farrell: Sage Instructor (All Wings Report In)
    • You can perform primary attacks at range 0. If you would fail a [boost] action by overlapping another ship, resolve it as if you were partially executing a maneuver instead.

Initiative ?

  1. Green Squadron Pilot (Teaser Trailer)
  2. Arvel Crynyd (Livestream/interview - mentioned)
    • [Paraphrase] You may attack ships at Range 0. You may also boost into ships.

HWK-290

B-wing

Initiative 4

  1. Ten Numb: Blue Five (All Wings Report In)
    • While you defend or perform an attack, you may spend 1 stress token to change all of your [eyeball] results to [evade] or [boom] results.

Z-95

E-wing

Initiative ?

  1. Corran Horn (Livestream/Interview? - mentioned).

YT-2400

K-wing

Ghost

Phantom I

ARC-170

Initiative 4

  1. Garven Dreis: Red Leader (Worlds Demo Live Stream – Mentioned)
    • After you spend a focus token, you may choose 1 friendly ship at range 1-3. That ship gains 1 focus token.

U-wing

Initiative 2

  1. Benthic Two-Tubes: Cavern Angels Marksman (Team Covenant Video – Wave XIV)
    • After you perform 1 [focus] action, you may transfer one of your focus tokens to a friendly ship at range 1-2.

Initiative ?

  1. Bodhi Rook (All Wings Report In - base).
  2. Magva Yarro (1st edition Wave XIV spoilers)
  3. Saw Gerrera (1st edition Wave XIV spoilers)
    • [Speculation] When a friendly ship at range 1-2 attacks, if it is stressed or has at least 1 damage card, it may reroll 1 attack die.

Sabine’s TIE Fighter

Initiative 3

  1. Ezra Bridger: Spectre-6 (All Wings Report In)
    • While you defend or perform an attack, if you are stressed, you may spend 1 [force] to change up to 2 of your [eyeball] results to [evade] or [boom] results.

Initiative ?

  1. Captain Rex (Livestream/interview - mentioned).

Auzituck Gunship

Phantom II

Initiative 3

  1. Ezra Bridger: Spectre - 6 (Polish Spoilers)
    • While you defend or perform an attack, if you are stressed, you may spend 1 [force] to change up to 2 of your [eyeball] results to [evade] or [boom] results.

Initiative 6 (assumed)

  1. Fenn Rau: Reluctant Rebel (Hyperspace Report)
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IMPERIALS

TIE/ln Fighter

Initiative 1

  1. Academy Pilot (Worlds Demo Live Stream – Mentioned)

Initiative 2

  1. Obsidian Squadron Pilot (Crush the Rebellion)
  2. ”Night Beast” (Worlds Display Case)

Initiative 3

  1. Black Squadron Ace (Team Covenant and Worlds Demo Live Stream)
  2. Valen Rudor (Worlds Display Case)

Initiative 4

  1. Iden Versio: Inferno Leader (X-wing Second Edition Article)
    • Before a friendly TIE/In fighter at range 0-1 would suffer 1 or more damage, you may spend 1 [charge]. If you do, prevent that damage. Charge = 1.

Initiative 5

  1. “Scourge” Skutu: Seasoned Veteran (Crush The Rebellion)
  2. “Mauler” Mithel: Black Two (Crush the Rebellion)
    • While you perform an attack at attack range 1, roll 1 additional attack die.
  3. Howlrunner: Obsidian Leader (Crush the Rebellion)
    • While a friendly ship at range 0-1 performs a primary attack, that ship may reroll 1 attack die.

Initiative ?

  1. Del Meeko (Crush the Rebellion – Quick Build)
  2. Gideon Hask (Crush the Rebellion – Quick Build)

TIE Advanced

Advanced Targeting Computer: While you perform a primary attack against a target you have locked, roll 1 additional attack die and change 1 [boom] result to a [kaboom] result.

Initiative 2

  1. Tempest Squadron Pilot (Be the Spark - NA and European Championship Alt Art prize)

Initiative 3

  1. Zertik Strom: Pitiless Administrator (Crush the Rebellion)
    • During the End Phase, you may spend a lock you have on an enemy ship to expose 1 of that ship's damage cards.

Initiative 4

  1. Ved Foslo: Ambitious Engineer (Crush the Rebellion)
    • While you execute a maneuver, you may execute a maneuver of the same bearing and difficulty of a speed 1 higher or lower instead.
    • Source: Lost Stars

Initiative 5

  1. Maarek Stele: Servant of the Empire (Crush the Rebellion)
    • While you perform an attack, if the defender would be dealt a faceup damage card, instead draw 3 damage cards, choose 1, and discard the rest.

Initiative 6

  1. Darth Vader: Black Leader (Worlds Demo Live Stream – Played)
    • After you perform an action, you may spend 1 [force] to perform an action. Force = 3

TIE Interceptor

Autothrusters (assumed): After you perform and action, you can perform a red [Barrel Roll] or [Boost] action.

Initiative 4

  1. Turr Phennir (Teaser Trailer)

Initiative 6

  1. Soontir Fel (Worlds Demo Live Stream – Mentioned)
    • (Paraphrase) If an enemy ship is in bullseye arc at the beginning of the Engagement Phase, gain a focus token.

Lambda-class Shuttle

Initiative ?

  1. Lieutenant Sai (Crush the Rebellion - base)
    • Source: Lost Stars

TIE Bomber

TIE Bomber: If you would drop a device using a [straight] template, you may use a [bank left] or [bank right] template of the same speed instead.

Initiative?

  1. Deathfire (Teaser Trailer)
    • When you are destroyed, before you are removed, you may perform an ______ and drop or launch 1 device

TIE Defender

Initiative 3?

  1. Valen Rudor (Teaser Trailer)

TIE Phantom

Stygium Array: After you decloak, you may perform an [evade] action. At the start of the End phase, you may spend 1 evade token to gain 1 cloak token.

Initiative 5

  1. Whisper: Soft-Spoken Slayer (Crush the Rebellion)
    • After you perform an attack that hits, gain 1 evade token.

VT-49 Decimator

Initiative 5

  1. Rear Admiral Chiraneau: Advisor to Admiral Piett (Crush the Rebellion)
    • While you perform an attack, if you are reinforced and the defender is in the [fore 180 arc] or [aft 180 arc] matching your reinforce token, you may change one of your [eyeball] results to a [kaboom] result.

Initiative ?

  1. Captain Oicuun (Polish Spoilers)

TIE Punisher

Initiative 5

  1. "R____________" [Redline?] (Crush the Rebellion - base)

Inquisitor’s TIE

Initiative ?

  1. Generic inquisitor (Worlds Demo Livestream)
  2. Baron of the Empire (Worlds Demo Livestream)
  3. Seventh Sister (Worlds Demo Livestream)
  4. Inquisitor (Worlds Demo Livestream)

TIE Striker

Adaptive Ailerons (assumed): Before you reveal your dial, if you are not stressed, you must execute a white [1 bank left], [1 straight], [1 bank right] maneuver.

Initiative 5

  1. “Duchess”: Urbane Ace (Crush the Rebellion)
    • You may choose not to use your Adaptive Ailerons. You may use your Adaptive Ailerons even while stressed.

TIE Agressor

Alpha-class Star Wing

Initiative 3

  1. Rho Squadron Pilot (Teaser Trailer)

TIE Reaper

Adaptive Ailerons (assumed): Before you reveal your dial, if you are not stressed, you must execute a white [1 bank left], [1 straight], [1 bank right] maneuver.

Initiative 3

  1. Captain Feroph (Team Covenant Live Stream – Wave XIV)
    • While you defend, if the attacker does not have any green tokens, you may change one of your [eyeball] results to an [evade] result.

Initiative ? (1st edition Wave XIV spoilers)

  1. Scarif Base Pilot
  2. "Vizier"
  3. Major Vermeil

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SCUM

Firespray

Initiative 2

  1. Bounty Hunter (Become Infamous – Base)

Initiative 3

  1. Koshka Frost: Icy Professional (Become Infamous)
    • While you defend or perform an attack, if the enemy ship is stressed, you may reroll one of your dice.
    • Source: No Disintegrations: A Sourcebook for Bounty Hunters (Edge of the Empire Roleplaying Game)
  2. Krassis Trelix: Imperial Deserter (Become Infamous)
    • You can perform [fore 90 degree arc] special attacks from your [aft 90 degree arc].

Initiative 5

  1. Boba Fett: Notorious Bounty Hunter (Worlds Demo Live Stream – Played)
    • While you defend or perform an attack, you may reroll 1 of your dice for each enemy ship at range 0-1.

Initiative ?

  1. Emon Azzameen (Become Infamous – Quick Build)
  2. Kath Scarlett (Worlds Demo Livestream).

Fang Fighter

Concord Faceoff: If the attack range is 1 and you are in the attacker's [front] arc, change 1 result to an [evade] result.

Initiative 1

  1. Zealous Recruit (Worlds Demo Live Stream – Played)

Initiative 4

  1. Joy Rekkoff: Skull Squadron Ace (Become Infamous)
    • While you perform an attack, you may spend 1 [charge] from an equipped [torpedo] upgrade. If you do, the defender rolls 1 fewer defense die.
    • Source: ???????
  2. Kad Solus: Skilled Commando (Become Infamous)
    • After you fully execute [a red maneuver], gain 2 [focus tokens.]

Initiative 6

  1. Fenn Rau: Skull Leader (Become Infamous)
    • While you defend or perform an attack, if the attack range is 1, you may roll 1 additional die.

Z-95

Y-wing

HWK-290

Aggressor

Initiative 4

  1. IG-88A: Aggressive Automaton (Become Infamous)
    • At the start of the Engagement Phase, you may choose 1 friendly ship with [calculate] on its action bar at range 1-3. If you do, transfer 1 of your calculate tokens to it.

Starviper

Initiative ?

  1. Xizor (Teaser Trailer - @BoxerlessBossk)

M3-A

Khiraxz

Initiative 2

  1. Cartel Marauder (Become Infamous – Base)

Initiative 4

  1. Viktor Hel (Become Infamous)
    • After you defend, if you did not roll exactly 2 defense dice, the attacker gains 1 stress token.

Hound’s Tooth

  1. PARTY BUS (Worlds Demo Livestream)

Mist Hunter

Punishing One

Initiative 6

  1. Dengar: Vengeful Corellian (Become Infamous)
    • After you defend, if the attacker is in [fore 90 degree arc]... Charge = ?

Shadowcaster

Initiative ?

  1. Shadowport Hunter (Become Infamous – Base)

Quadjumper

Initiative 1

  1. Jakku Gunrunner (Become Infamous – Base)

Scurrg H-6 Bomber

Initiative ?

  1. Captain Nym (Alex Davy Interview)

M12-L Kimogila Fighter

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THE LOST ONES

Unfortunately, it appears many of our favorite pilots may be left behind in 1st edition. First off, if you see your favorite pilots below, don’t panic! There’s always the chance that the lost ones may be released when the ship models themselves are re-released (as these are confirmed to have additional material beyond the core set/conversion kit. This material WILL BE MADE AVAILABLE TO VETERAN PLAYERS SOMEHOW WITHOUT BEING FORCED TO BUY THE SHIP). However, some may be confined to first edition forever, and in that case I encourage you to remember the good times you had with them and memorialize them here, telling tales of the great victories they won for you (and maybe break out a casual game of 1e every now and again to fly them once more).

All of these are assumed until full contents are revealed:

Dark Curse (art now belongs to Iden Versio)

Backstabber (art now belongs to Valen Rudor)

Juno Eclipse (ability now belongs to Ved Foslo)

Lieutenant Colzet (ability now belongs to Zertik Strom)

Keyan Farlander (ability now belongs to Ten Numb)

Rebel Nym (confirmed)

Imperial Boba, Krassis, Kath (confirmed)

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WISHLIST

Pilots you'd like to see in the game! One of my favorite parts of Second Edition is the chance to add newer characters that fly classic ships into the game flying those ships (See Norra, Evaan, Thane). Here's some to start with but I'll add suggestions here!

X-wing

  1. General "Mustache" Merrick
  2. Corran Horn (@Hawkstrike)
  3. Shriv (@drail14me)

Y-wing

  1. Davish "Pops" Krail (@Hawkstrike)
  2. Dex Tiree (@Hawkstrike)
  3. Leia Organa (@Hawkstrike)

B-wing

  1. Braylen Stramm (Highly likely, given Norra and Thane)

A-wing

  1. Shara Bey (Highly likely, given Norra and Thane)
  2. L'ulo L'ampar

YT-2400

  1. Mart Mattin: Iron Squadron

U-wing

  1. K-2SO

TIE Interceptor

  1. Ciena Ree
  2. Gideon Hask
  3. Kasan Moor (u/happygocrazee on reddit)
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This is great! Can you also update them with the pikot abilities if we know them?

Iden can use a charge to prevent a damage to friendly ship at R1.

:ph34r:'d.

Dang it Jim!

19 minutes ago, heychadwick said:

This is great! Can you also update them with the pikot abilities if we know them?

Iden can use a charge to prevent a damage to friendly ship at R1.

To prevent all damage with that charge, she's fantastic.

Keyan Farlander may be lost, Ten Numb has his ability.

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3 minutes ago, eMeM said:

Keyan Farlander may be lost, Ten Numb has his ability.

I mean, it makes some sense. In the new canon, Evaan was the Y-Wing pilot that survived the Death Star assault. It seems to me like FFG is trying to fit as much of the canon characters into their ships from the new media as possible.

Where did you get names for some things like other Firespray pilots? Did I miss some news?

1 minute ago, Stealthcmc1974 said:

I mean, it makes some sense. In the new canon, Evaan was the Y-Wing pilot that survived the Death Star assault. It seems to me like FFG is trying to fit as much of the canon characters into their ships from the new media as possible.

That seems to be the case. Obscure or purely legendary ships, like HWK, E-wing or K-wing will stay as they are, but I wouldn't count on any more EU characters in X-wings, B-wings and A-wings.

3 minutes ago, heychadwick said:

Where did you get names for some things like other Firespray pilots? Did I miss some news?

I don’t recognize them either. I’ll try to hunt down where the pilots come from too for the newer ones when I can.

A photo of the display case shows Valen Rudor in a TIE/ln. Found it on Twitter. Appears to be PS3 (how the heck do we abbreviate Initiative??) with no Charge on the stat line.

The screencap thread from the trailer video also speculates that Valen flies a Defender, but I can't vouch for that.

Looking at the display case photo again from @marsgarr on Twitter, we can fill in a few more blanks:

TIE/ln --

PS1 Academy Pilot

PS2 Obsidian...

PS2 "Night Beast" (can't make out ability) with no Charge on stat line

Some more pilots and abilities found on reddit:

Bump to avoid duplication of effort. @Khyros! Maybe we can merge threads?

2 minutes ago, WAC47 said:

Bump to avoid duplication of effort. @Khyros! Maybe we can merge threads?

Sure. It looks like I've stumbled across:

A Wing:

  • Arvel Crynyd (From some livestream/interview regarding his ability)
  • Green Squadron Pilot (X Wing 2.0 Teaser Trailer)

Sheathipede:

  • Ezra Bridger (Polish Leak)

E Wing:

  • Corran Horn (From some livestream/interview)

Sabine's TIE Fighter

  • Captain Rex (From some livestream/interview)

U Wing:

  • Bodhi Rook - (From the ship base on All Wings Report In)

TIE Fighter:

  • Night Beast (core)- (The Future of Star Wars Youtube)

TIE Advanced Prototype:

  • Generic Pilot - (Alex Davy Interview)

TIE Bomber:

  • DeathFire - (X Wing 2.0 Teaser Trailer) When you are destroyer, before you are removed, you may perform an ______ and drop or launch 1 device

TIE Interceptor:

  • Tu_______ (Presumably Turr Phenrir) - (X Wing 2.0 Teaser Trailer)

VT-49 Decimator:

  • Captain Oicunn - (Polish Leak)

Gunboat:

  • Rho Squadron Pilot - (X Wing 2.0 Teaser Trailer)

Lambda:

  • Lieutenant Sai - (Crush the Rebellion)

TIE Punisher

  • "R______ (Presumably Redline) - (Crush the Rebellion)

Scurrg:

  • Nym - (Alex Davy Interview)

Fenn Rau is a Sheathipede pilot with the subtitle "Reluctant Rebel". (Hyperspace Report)

If we are adding Pilot abilities, Duchess has the same ability as now PLUS can Aileron while stressed

Thanks guys! Almost done with work today so I'll be updating the thread soon! :)

Ten Numb - While you defend or perform an attack, you may spend 1 stress token to change all of your focus results to evade or hit results.

So now even better than Keyan Farlander he works both on offense and defense.

Some strong evidence for Kath Scarlet being the fifth Firespray pilot:

The Andrasta title card is included in the Firespray pack and it's almost certain to have Slave I. The title on the splat? Marauder. And it's got a picture of Kath Scarlet's ship on it.

Alright... I think I'm mostly caught up. Let me know if I'm missing anything, or if there's additional information you'd like to see (I'll probably put ship abilities in at some point as well).

And feel free to make suggestions for the Wishlist portion!

10 hours ago, eMeM said:

Keyan Farlander may be lost, Ten Numb has his ability.

I'm actually thinking this is probably to give Keyan a new Force-centric ability. They just liked his old one too much not to re-use it.