Trying to build for Second Edition Scum. Heard the "Freightful Four" was good, and I already have 3 of 4 Falcons needed, but I was curious about a slightly different build for it.

Freighter Captain (46)
Qira (2)

Freighter Captain (46)
Tobias Becket (2)

Freighter Captain (46)

Skull Squadron Pilot (50)
Predator (2)

https://raithos.github.io/?f=Scum and Villainy&d=v4!s!92:-1,55,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1:-1:-1:;92:-1,62,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1:-1:-1:;92:-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1:-1:-1:;101:127,-1:-1:-1:&sn=Freighter Caravan&obs=

Goal is to be below 195 to ensure the Captains can move before Academy TIEs in a Howlrunner + Iden + 5x Academy TIE list so that in a bump scenario the Falcons get their action and the TIEs do not. Unlike the Freightful Four, this list drops one of the YTs for a Fang Fighter mini-ace. Could maybe go with some more or other upgrades, but I like the idea of repositioning obstacles to my advantage and making SSP hit harder.

Older build had Teroch instead of SSP, but after some thinking this feels better. Thoughts?

Edit: Misread Composure, thought it enabled Focus after bump. Had to fix my list when I realized that (would've been awesome if it did though) .
Edit 2: Swapped Fearless with Predator, and used the spare points to put Qira on a YT to add engagement options

I was building similar but spending light on the ace or even just upgrading the Freighters with Cargo Chutes and crew so that I could afford the Escape Shuttle Bomb.

Personally, I'm not sold on Fearless, and think it's a bit of a trap. While the Fang fighters have a bit of a defensive perk at range 1, I think it's still a bad plan to aim to go nose-to-nose. Consider: Predator is likely to be active whenever Fearless would be, and also can work if you dodge some arcs. While a reroll isn't as good as a plain turn, it also is a bit cheaper.

Here's another thought: what if, instead of a Fang ace, you added a Moldy Crow. Torkil Mux can tank an opponent's initiative for engagement, and perhaps allowing a PS kill. There'd be a fair amount of crew wiggle room left over with that, and it'd almost surely be cool to get 0-0-0 for one of the falcons.

Good point on Predator, I'll swap that out. That leaves me with 2 pts under my target of 194 or lower, so I can add Qira on one of the YTs too for more engagement options.

Can't run Moldy Crow or 0-0-0 though. This is for the "Second Edition" format, which is Wave 1 only right now. Otherwise I'd change some things, like atleast one of them would get a Feedback Array and have the threat of a YT rushing in and frying the front row of a swarm, or just bumping an ace to death if it can.