The ' Cover the Evacuation ' scenario looks fun, but I'm not sure about using simple cardboard tokens for the escape shuttles. It'd be nice to swap them out for actual ships. Problem is, the Corellian Star Shuttle on the pilot card is meant to be bigger than the Gozanti, so it's not going to work as a small-base like the cardboard token if you want to keep it even vaguely in scale.

It wouldn't be too difficult to scratch-build at full-scale, I don't think, but it would have to be a Huge Ship or, at the very least, a large base. Which has effects for movement and how easy it is to hit.

So what do we think the best strategy is for replacing cardboard tokens with actual miniature shuttles? Ignore scale? Bung a few extra hull and shields on a large- or huge ship? Forget the CSS and go for small-based shuttles? The U-55 loadlifter from the Last Jedi looks like a good candidate for the hero factions (and is meant to be old, so could work for multiple eras) but looks harder to make than the CSS. Getting 3 3D-printed wouldn't be cheap. For the Separatists, the Sheathipede ought to be OK. TIE Shuttles for the Empire and FO?

There a variety of CSS shuttles on shapeway and etsy. The cheapest solution I found and bought is hollow on the underside which greatly helps reducing the price (also details are not that necessary for objectives).

I used a medium base for it which matches the length of the cardbord token and therefore keeps the same movement distance if you want to play the escort mission from the 1.0 base game.

The scale can be handwaived with it being a much smaller variant of the CSS (as it is only stated to being a shuttle and not that specific huge type).

I'm Separatist. I do not have your organic troubles. Muahahaha.

Still thinking about this, now I have the Epic Battles set in hand. So many of the scenarios use shuttles of some kind and it seems really illusion-breaking to just use generic tokens. Ideally need small-based ships that can work as shuttles and cargo ships, preferably multi-faction. I did try making Loadlifters, but those are really hard, it turns out. Too many compound curves. I'm sure I must be overlooking an easier solution.

I'm thinking of scaling down some Troop Transports to be sized for small bases. Same for the containers.