ARC-170 Starfighter - 104th Battalion Pilot - 50
104th Battalion Pilot - (42)
Ion Torpedoes (6)
Synchronized Console (2)

Delta-7 Aethersprite - •Plo Koon - 69
•Plo Koon - Serene Mentor (51)
R3 Astromech (3)
Synchronized Console (2)
Battle Meditation (13)

V-19 Torrent Starfighter - Blue Squadron Protector - 39
Blue Squadron Protector - (29)
Dedicated (3)
Cluster Missiles (5)
Synchronized Console (2)

V-19 Torrent Starfighter - Blue Squadron Protector - 39
Blue Squadron Protector - (29)
Dedicated (3)
Cluster Missiles (5)
Synchronized Console (2)

Total: 197/200

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I recently bought a bunch of Republic ships and I noticed the potential for a synergy based formation build. This is my first attempt at making one and I would appreciate some help refining it.

I dropped one SynConsole and added veteran tail gunner to the ARC. If the Torrents get within range 1, the one with the SynCon can spend a TL and give the other Torrent a TL. The VTG on the ARC will help when the ARC gets surrounded.

V-19 Torrent Starfighter - Blue Squadron Protector - 37
Blue Squadron Protector - (29)
Dedicated (3)
Cluster Missiles (5)

V-19 Torrent Starfighter - Blue Squadron Protector - 39
Blue Squadron Protector - (29)
Dedicated (3)
Cluster Missiles (5)
Synchronized Console (2)

ARC-170 Starfighter - 104th Battalion Pilot - 54
104th Battalion Pilot - (42)
Ion Torpedoes (6)
Synchronized Console (2)
Veteran Tail Gunner (4)

Delta-7 Aethersprite - •Plo Koon - 69
•Plo Koon - Serene Mentor (51)
R3 Astromech (3)
Synchronized Console (2)
Battle Meditation (13)

Total: 199/200

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Am I missing something here? What is the reason for Plo Koon? his ability needs him to have greens or is it to pull stress from one of the Torrents? how are they becoming stressed?

6 hours ago, Talonbane Cobra said:

Am I missing something here? What is the reason for Plo Koon? his ability needs him to have greens or is it to pull stress from one of the Torrents? how are they becoming stressed?

He can’t pull stress. Only give green tokens or take orange tokens.

I’m assuming the point of Plo is to have an i5 coordinate to the torrents. It’s not bad. But I find Ashoka to be a bit more efficient and gives a few extra points to mess with.

Oh, so yeah he doesn't seem optimal? I didn't consider the I5 element of the action selection. But still his ability seems completely wasted.

I am still rusty with 2.0 but Ahsoka can give her extra action to herself can't she? So she'll have a focus and be able to dish them out?

6 hours ago, Talonbane Cobra said:

Oh, so yeah he doesn't seem optimal? I didn't consider the I5 element of the action selection. But still his ability seems completely wasted.

I am  still  rusty with 2.0 but Ahsoka can give her extra action to herself can't she? So she'll have a focus and be able to dish them out? 

Yeah, she can spend one Force charge after her movement to perform an action and then during her standard action she can spend another force to double-coordinate. I wouldn’t use her ability on herself just for a focus, most likely. I’d lean toward keeping a force charge over a focus. But it could help her reposition to line up a shot or to keep at R 1-2 to be able to perform the coordinate. She could also essentially coordinate actions to all three ships depending on range by using her ability on one ship and battle meditation on the others. She’s pretty dynamic.

7 hours ago, kempokid said:

.I’d lean toward keeping a force charge over a focus.

Why is this? Isn't focus just a more effective force charge? Once you've passed up opportunities to spend them they are just mini focus tokes?

17 hours ago, Talonbane Cobra said:

Why is this? Isn't focus just a more effective force charge? Once you've passed up opportunities to spend them they are just mini focus tokes?

I suppose it's situational but typically you're not going to roll more than one focus per roll. There's also some token-stripping effects out there that don't affect force tokens. Again situational but something to consider. But when it comes to Ashoka's ability or FTC in the first place, you have to think it through a bit if it's worth using if you're also using battle meditation that round, given that you can only regain one force charge per round.

@Nohwear

A guy from my local FLGS ran this at a Hyperspace Trial in Orlando the other day and placed top 8 with it:

Anakin Skywalker (60)
R4-P17 (5)
Delta-7B (18)
Stealth Device (8)

Ship total: 91 Half Points: 46 Threshold: 3

"Wolffe" (51)
Hull Upgrade (3)

Ship total: 54 Half Points: 27 Threshold: 5

Gold Squadron Trooper (25)
Ship total: 25 Half Points: 13 Threshold: 3

Gold Squadron Trooper (25)
Ship total: 25 Half Points: 13 Threshold: 3


Total: 195

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He would deploy the golds on one side, Wolffe on the other, and send Anakin up a flank to get around behind his opponent and start hammering away.

An important thing to keep in mind is that R4-P17 gives Anakin two actions if you can trigger Anakin's pilot ability (you would get one action from the astromech's ability, then pop Anakin's pilot ability to clear stress and take your regular action during the perform action step; it's super nutty).

I think stealth device on Anakin is a little silly, but you can't argue with results. Alternatives to it include Spare Parts Canister (which combos well with the astromech if you don't need the extra debris cloud) which would give you points to add Clone Commander Cody and a shield upgrade to Wolffe.