After years of avoiding them I'm trying to get the hang of squadrons. I'm pretty happy with my Imperial list but Rebels aren't doing so well.

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Faction: Rebel
Commander: General Dodonna

Assault: Precision Strike
Defense: Fighter Ambush / Fire Lanes
Navigation: Sensor Net

MC80 Command Cruiser (106)
• General Dodonna (20)
• Strategic Adviser (4)
• Fighter Coordination Team (3)
• Electronic Countermeasures (7)
= 140 Points

Nebulon-B Escort Frigate (57)
• Flight Commander (3)
• Fighter Coordination Team (3)
• Yavaris (5)
= 68 Points

GR-75 Medium Transports (18)
• Bomber Command Center (8)
• Boosted Comms (4)
= 30 Points

GR-75 Medium Transports (18)
• Toryn Farr (7)
• Comms Net (2)
= 27 Points

Squadrons:
• Biggs Darklighter (19)
• Dutch Vander (16)
• Gold Squadron (12)
• Jan Ors (19)
• Ten Numb (19)
• Wedge Antilles (19)
• 2 x VCX-100 Freighter (30)
= 134 Points

Total Points: 399

First attempt with this didn't go great. With Fire Lanes I was up about 300 points after a few rounds and then suddenly the Yavaris and MC80 went down and that was that.

Now I'm considering switching it up to something like this:

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Faction: Rebel
Commander: General Dodonna

Assault: Precision Strike
Defense: Fighter Ambush
Navigation: Sensor Net \ Superior Positions

Pelta Command Ship (60)
• General Dodonna (20)
• Fighter Coordination Team (3)
• All fighters, Follow Me! (5)
• Boosted Comms (4)
= 92 Points

Nebulon-B Escort Frigate (57)
• Flight Commander (3)
• Fighter Coordination Team (3)
• Yavaris (5)
= 68 Points

CR90 Corvette B (39)
• SW-7 Ion Batteries (5)
• Jaina's Light (2)
= 46 Points

GR-75 Medium Transports (18)
• Bomber Command Center (8)
• Boosted Comms (4)
= 30 Points

GR-75 Medium Transports (18)
• Toryn Farr (7)
• Comms Net (2)
• Bright Hope (2)
= 29 Points

Squadrons:
• Biggs Darklighter (19)
• Dutch Vander (16)
• Gold Squadron (12)
• Jan Ors (19)
• Ten Numb (19)
• Wedge Antilles (19)
• 2 x VCX-100 Freighter (30)
= 134 Points

Total Points: 399

Switching the MC80 for a Pelta+CR90 reduce the risk of tabling. Dodonna might be safer on the CR90.

Any thoughts on the lists (and/or how to fly them?

As always with Dodonna you want to maximize face up crits. That means trc90s, ordnance slots with ATP, Dodonna's pride on a cr90 and other such things. I also don't see enough bombers.

See if you can find points for Luke his ability works well with Dodonna

Yep, fair enough. I had Dodonna mainly because nothing else seemed that great and he's the default. Replacing SW-7s/Jaina's Light with Dodonna's Pride, then swapping Biggs and a VCX for a B-Wing and Luke. Takes me down to one VCX so probably best to avoid Sensor Net.

Now I just need to figure out how to fly it.

17 hours ago, Grumbleduke said:

Yep, fair enough. I had Dodonna mainly because nothing else seemed that great and he's the default. Replacing SW-7s/Jaina's Light with Dodonna's Pride, then swapping Biggs and a VCX for a B-Wing and Luke. Takes me down to one VCX so probably best to avoid Sensor Net.

Now I just need to figure out how to fly it.

Agreed I don't see the need for 2 VCX and for a bomber list it lacks bomber firepower

19 hours ago, Nomemories said:

Agreed I don't see the need for 2 VCX and for a bomber list it lacks bomber firepower 

The problem I'm seeing with no VCXs is without them Yavaris has to be at medium of the squadrons. The squadrons have to be at 1 of the target ship. So Yavaris has to be at long range of the target. Meaning next turn it is probably going to be at medium. If the target is worth throwing Yavaris bombers at, that probably means Yavaris is dead.

Without 2 VCXs the Yavaris has to come into medium of the squadrons (as does anything else without Boosted Comms). So how do we keep those ships alive?

Other problem is the numbers. We have 134 points of squadrons. 19 for Jan, let's say 15 points for a VCX. That gives us 100 points left. Let's replace Biggs and Wedge with Luke; reduces the anti-squadron firepower, but still gives us something and some escort. 80 points. At ~15 points each (for a non-generic or B-Wing) that gives us room for 5 bombers. Or are we supposed to be spamming generic Y-Wings?

When I read “bombers” and “yavaris”, Luke and Norra are auto