Ordnance for the Empire

By c3lb, in X-Wing Squad Lists

After reading about the Y Wings being all point efficient if they are just carrying proton torpedoes, I wondered what the imperial counterpart could be.

I came up with this:

(36) Captain Jonus
(9) Proton Torpedoes
(1) Trick Shot
Points 46

(34) Major Rhymer
(9) Proton Torpedoes
(1) Trick Shot
Points 44

(44) "Redline"
(9) Proton Torpedoes
Points 53

(52) "Whisper"
(4) Juke
Points 56

Total points: 199

I only played the list once, against 4 Xwings, my green dice were mostly blanks(2 evades over the whole game) and I made some terrible mistakes, yet I still won pretty easily. Captain Jonus is great, usually rerolling two dice is enough, giving the option of k turning after the first engage to fire the second torps.

Whisper is solid for late game. What are your thoughts?

I dropped the Trick Shots for a bid and have managed to play a second game.

Granted, it was against a beginner but these torpedoes are strong. I took out a U Wing in the first engage. The linked Barrelroll into lock action on the bombers is really good.

Two more games in. One against 4 M3 and one HWK piloted by Torkil Mux. His ability is really strong. I managed to take him out in the second engage and finally won by points after time ran out. I made a big mistake in the first engage so only 2 ships could fire protons.

Second game against two Defenders. This was my first game against ships which actually flew after my bombers and it was hard. Still managed to win. I like this list.