Hey everyone,

I've got my first store championship coming up tomorrow and I plan on playing a heavily iterated Raddus fleet I've been running in casual games over the last couple of months:

Fleet Name: Raddus Mk II

Points: 398

• MC75 Armored Cruiser - Flagship (153 pts)
  • Admiral Raddus
  • Damage Control Officer
  • Veteran Gunners
  • Electronic Countermeasures
  • XI7 Turbolasers
• MC75 Ordnance Cruiser (131 pts)
  • Damage Control Officer
  • Caitken and Shollan
  • Electronic Countermeasures
  • External Racks
  • Assault Concussion Missiles
  • Aspiration
• MC30c Torpedo Frigate (91 pts)
  • Lando Calrissian
  • Ordnance Experts
  • Electronic Countermeasures
  • Assault Concussion Missiles
  • XI7 Turbolasers
• GR-75 Medium Transports
  • Leia Organa
  • Comms Net

Objectives

• Most Wanted
• Fleet Ambush
• Solar Corona

MC30 leads the way with the Armored Cruiser following behind, screening the GR-75 (providing token/command dial support). The Ordnance drops whenever I feel like I can apply maximum damage to knock out the primary fleet target). I feel like I have a decent re-roll suite. I had recently added the two Damage Control Officers (and removing Raymus Antilles & MS-1 Ion Cannons from the Armored Cruiser) due to getting absolutely pasted by Sato Hammerheads/MC75 and their ACM barrage. The DCO's did the trick in the rematch. I'm guessing I'd be pretty vulnerable to any heavy bomber squadron list. Any thoughts would be appreciated!

Well, that looks brutal.

I would put C&S on the flagship, removing Veteran Gunners and put Ordnance Experts on the OC. I'd drop ACM to APTs on one of your ships, or drop Aspiration and try to fit a Strategic Advisor on there. I know it will hurt to remove a DCO, but if you Raddus the MC30 instead of the OC, you might feel it a bit less?

Just some suggestions. Also watch out for squad-heavy lists. Rush the carrier I guess?

I definitely agree with the swaps mentioned above. OE will help ensure your crits fire, and CS gives you more control than Veterans do.

I might also avoid Fleet Ambush. Perhaps look at Hyperspace. You’re likely to already be beat on deployments, so setting aside one more won’t hurt too much.