This weekend has regionals tournament play and I thought I’d join the fray. I have no illusions of even being competitive but thought I’d post a fleet and get some feedback. I chose Madine as I really don’t have enough games under my belt and need “newbie helper” upgrades to help correct for my mistakes. If you were handed this fleet, how would you play it, deploy it, etc.?

Keep the Liberty pointed forward (400/400)
Rebels

Commander: General Madine

Objectives: Superior Positions, Advanced Gunnery, Contested Outpost

[flagship] MC75 Armored Cruiser (104)
- General Madine (30)
- Overload Pulse (8)
- Ordnance Pods (3)
= 145 total points

MC80 Liberty Battle Cruiser (103)
- Mon Karren (8)
- Leading Shots (4)
- Spinal Armament (9)
- Gunnery Team (7)
= 131 total points

MC30c Torpedo Frigate (63)
= 63 total points

Squadrons (61/134):
1x Shara Bey A-wing Squadron (17)
1x Tycho Celchu A-Wing Squadron (16)
1x Gold Squadron Y-wing Squadron (12)
1x YT-2400 (16)

See it can get 9 points on the 30 for ord ex and APT

MC75 as your flagship it could use a defensive upgrade like ECM or RBDs to help keep the commander alive. If not consider moving Madine to the Liberty class. OL Pulse is ok but Mon Karren isn't that bothered by defence tokens so you could go for an Ord cruiser with APT, OE and E-Rax or O-Pods.

Liberty is fine and your fighters aren't bad so you could downgrade to a star cruiser as the reduced flak is acceptable.

MC30 - Yes you need to get some use out of the MC30 or drop it. APT, Ord Experts and Admonition would be nice. Eating into the squadrons is risky. The Star cruiser and MC75 suggestions would get you 11 without a defensive upgrade. Rogue squadron in place of the YT2400 gets another 2 which is APT, OE & Lando. You could also change to Dodonna or Raddus to save points or spinals down to DTTs. If you can't afford to upgrade the MC30 (as you wish to keep the big ships tooled up) drop it for a CR90, TRC, Jiana's light.

Squadrons. Nice

Objectives - Advanced gunnery won't work with the Liberty due to the GTs. MC75 won't benefit hugely and will give away points as it tends to get in close. I would go for Station Assault . Split the stations, deploy between them, then flank-rush the enemy when they decide which to go for. Contested Outpost is fine. Superior Positions is good but a fully bomber or Sloane fleet will relish it more. Solar Corona is a safer bet.

This ended up being what I settled on. It feels better. Thanks!

Radical Liberty (396/400)
Rebels

Commander: Admiral Raddus

Objectives: Superior Positions, Contested Outpost, Station Assault

[flagship] MC75 Ordnance Cruiser (100)
- Admiral Raddus (26)
- Electronic Counter Measures (7)
- Rapid Reload (8)
- Ordnance Experts (4)
= 145 total points

MC30c Torpedo Frigate (63)
- Reinforced Blast Doors (5)
- Assault Proton Torpedoes (5)
- Ordnance Experts (4)
= 77 total points

MC80 Liberty Star Cruiser (96)
- Leading Shots (4)
- XI7 Turbolasers (6)
- Gunnery Team (7)
= 116 total points

Squadrons (61/134):
1x Shara Bey A-wing Squadron (17)
1x Tycho Celchu A-Wing Squadron (16)
1x Gold Squadron Y-wing Squadron (12)
1x YT-2400 (16)