So ran this list:
Heff Tobber: Intimidation, Tactical Officer, Pivot Wing
Wedge Antilles: R4, Servomotors, Marksmanship, Proton Torps
2x, Blue Squadron Escort: R4, Servomotors
So this was a slight change from what I ran a few weeks ago. I chose to drop Tactical Jammer, and Outmaneuver from that list feeling I wasn’t getting enough out of either upgrade.
Was up against a Yavin List of
Wedge: Proton Torps, R3, Servomotors, trickshot
Luke: Heightened Perception, R3, Proton Torps, Servomotors
Jek Porkins: R5-D8, Hull upgrade, Servomotors
He won Initiative and gave it to me. Wanted his wedge moving last. Initial moves went the the blues going slow to see how he wanted to approach. He came fast and boosted towards the squad and through the rocks. Second round was just Jek and Heff trading shots. Luke also got a Torp Shot off on Heff getting him into hull damage.
Next round Heff turned the center of the board into a parking lot. Banking up to intercept Luke and Wedge who were likely to slow roll to maximize shots. Jek unexpectedly K turned rather than turn to get the two blue squads who came around another asteroid. My wedge slow rolled and his wedge swept in but caught Luke, and was facing the large Center Asteroid near to Heff. Wedge took shots at Luke, and for whatever reason I chose to focus instead of using my Torps. With no Defnce Dice wedge pushed 3 hits through. His wedge and Luke bit into my Wedge. Jek wasn’t able to finish off Heff who still had one hull left. Heff took a chunk out of wedge getting 3 hits at R1. The Blues brought Luke down to 1 hull remaining.
Next round the U-wing turns 180 in place. The 2 Blues 1 forward trying to cut off escape routed for Wedge and Luke. Luke tried to Talon Roll and was blocked by the front of the two blues. Jek just 1 forward and my wedge 1 banked. Clogging up the middle. His wedge could only slam into Heff. The Wedges destroyed each other in Simultaneous fire. Luke did some damage to the Xwing he could see who then destroyed him with return fire as Luke blanked.
About 3 turns of Maneuvers and a couple of shot exchanges the Blues and Circled out and came back as Jek ran turned cleared his damage and then got aggressive. A debris cloud between him and the Blues one nearly dead, charged through hard. Took a Damage using His ability. Ended up R1 of both and didn’t have a shot on the one he could have killed. Because he opened his wings he didn’t have the boost availability to get out of arc. Rather than take a Focus action he elected to use his final charge of R5-D8 to stay at 5 hull. With all the shots Jek was left at 1 hull.
The blues turned out in Talon Rolls. Jek rather than fight tried to runaway in hops of a better position but wasn’t able to clear one of the blues. R2 Shot and nattied crit crit hit porkins blanked.
A nice little example of how having Initiative paired with not having the higher Pilot skills overall doesn’t mean an auto loss. Good flying paired with smart decisions and not giving up on your own strategy can pay off.