Just looking for some C&C on this:

Captain Jonus (43)
Elusive (3)
Diamond-Boron Missiles (6)

Gamma Squadron Ace (32)
Marksmanship (1)
Barrage Rockets (8)

Gamma Squadron Ace (32)
Marksmanship (1)
Barrage Rockets (8)

Lieutenant Sai (47)
Fire-Control System (2)
Autoblasters (2)
Minister Tua (7)
Shield Upgrade (4)
ST-321 (4)
Total: 200

View in Yet Another Squad Builder 2.0

I'm thinking this could be a pretty gnarly joust list with plenty of rerolls and I could afford to be a little aggressive with the space cow with it using the title, to get a lock, get a focus and if someone shoots it, get a reinforce. If my opponent goes after Jonus he has an Elusive reroll to hopefully have a focus from Sai, and the lock so the Diamond missiles connect and I can get a follow up tap from the two Gammas.

I really don't think that loading down Sai will help as much as you hope it will. The Autoblasters are super unlikely to ever be better than your primary. I tend to think that in a jousty list like this, the shuttle won't be the first target, so Tua is unlikely to do much for you while it matters. (Not to mention that stressing yourself with a shuttle dial is just masochistic.) I'm also unsure about spending four points (essentially)for Marksmanship is a great idea. Marksmanship is nice when it happens, but it's really hard to bullseye things at the ranges you want to fight. If you're bumping up initiative as a meta play and Marksmanship is just something to do while you're there, sure, but going to the elites to get Marksmanship doesn't seem great to me.

With this kind of loadout, though, I'm unsure where we can shift points to improve the squad. Even if we strip upgrades down to the minimum, we have enough points only for, like, Night Beast, which is hardly inspiring. I don't know, I think building a list around an I4 missile shot for a ship that has to get its own lock is troublesome. I'd recommend swapping to Jendon to simplify that-- which, in turn, means you can reconsider your bomber pilots and loadouts.

Jendon was the original idea when the list looked like this:

Proton Plasma Cow

(46) Colonel Jendon [Lambda-class T-4a Shuttle]
(4) ST-321
(2) Fire-Control System
(2) Autoblasters
Points: 54

(43) Captain Jonus [TIE/sa Bomber]
(1) Marksmanship
(9) Plasma Torpedoes
Points: 53

(32) Gamma Squadron Ace [TIE/sa Bomber]
(1) Marksmanship
(13) Proton Torpedoes
Points: 46

(32) Gamma Squadron Ace [TIE/sa Bomber]
(13) Proton Torpedoes
(1) Marksmanship
Points: 46

Total points: 199

The above list is 2-0 but I'm finding other than helping keep locks, it makes Jonus's ability feel a bit superfluous. And against a trip hyena-vulture swarm it was an uphill fight.

Yes, when I mentioned Jendon as an alternative I pointed out that would allow for changing which pilots you'd take.

Which bomber pilots would you take?

On 7/27/2019 at 11:00 AM, KingmanHighborn said:

Which bomber pilots would you take?

You can do a swarm tactics alpha with tomax, x2 gammas, and jendon. Then all four fire at initiative 5. Maybe fit rhymer in there with adv proton torps

Something like this:

Tomax Bren (36)
Swarm Tactics (4)
Proton Torpedoes (13)

Gamma Squadron Ace (32)
Swarm Tactics (3)
Proton Torpedoes (13)

Major Rhymer (38)
Swarm Tactics (3)
Adv. Proton Torpedoes (6)
Diamond-Boron Missiles (6)

Colonel Jendon (46)
Total: 200