https://www.fantasyflightgames.com/en/news/2019/12/23/joining-the-cause/

Liking everything I’m seeing for the Rebels.

Zizi looks bonkers. Choosing to spend a focus on offense vs saving it on defense is one of the risks inherent in high I aces. Zizi doesn't have to stress that decision.

**** it. And I just committed to Resistance but

Braylen, Ten and AP5 with Leia are 137. Leaves 63 points for Gina and configurations.

Zizi better be expensive to compensate for that crazy ability.

Rebel Leia with a Force score? Mhh...strange.

Gina is lovely

wonder when they will spoil those scum pilots?

Gina's a bit meh, sadly.

Obvious synergy with Braylen on the face of it, which I like as it's nice and themey.

But actually with the new configuration, Braylen has more than enough ways to stress himself and get more action economy at the same time.

Gina is only useful in the specific situation where Braylen wants to focus, doesn't want to barrel roll, can't fail a linked barrel roll and doesn't want to lock for a cannon double tap.

I'm just not sure if that's worth it.

If you want a double tapping B-Wing partner for Braylen who can remove their stress, just take Ten. Not only does he remove stress, he gets action economy out of it as well.

K-2SO crew looks amazing though. I'm assuming he'll be on the pricier end of Rebel crew cards, but he'll find his way into a ton of lists. My first thought is Lando, to really up his action economy. But as it's the target ship getting the stress, it can buff anything with decent blues. Could make concussion missile A-Wings a bit more viable?

Everything here looks pretty strong/well designed. I like it.

Gina as a wing leader will get your Bs moving at init 5 doing red moves all game if needed. Sounds lovely...

6 minutes ago, GuacCousteau said:

Gina's a bit meh, sadly.

Obvious synergy with Braylen on the face of it, which I like as it's nice and themey.

But actually with the new configuration, Braylen has more than enough ways to stress himself and get more action economy at the same time.

Gina can also just be a hitter you have in your squad and you shed your stress to someone who doesn’t mind being stressed or has a better way of clearing stress. Let her do whatever she wants for actions and not care, staying in the knife fight. At I5 she will also have a lot of info on the enemy to enable appropriate pick of actions.

Is Kallus going to do much for the VCX? Is he going to get the chassis enough time on the board to be worth the points?

I like Gina as a knife fighter, as if you play her right she'll never be stressed when you come to do moves. So you can do that sweet 1-talon more often. Give her some wingmates that easily shed stress and she'll be very hard to pin down. Rebels as a faction have a bunch of ways (and times) to remove or ignore stress.

1 minute ago, Frimmel said:

Is Kallus going to do much for the VCX? Is he going to get the chassis enough time on the board to be worth the points?

I dont know but he definitely makes it tougher. Some of it will depend on the oversll point adjustment the chassis. The vcx is that ship that can go from underwhelming to oppressive in a hurry.

5 minutes ago, Frimmel said:

Is Kallus going to do much for the VCX? Is he going to get the chassis enough time on the board to be worth the points?

He turns into the 3rd tankiest ship in the game, only beat by Deci and YV-666 w/reinforce. And the chassis is more maneuverable than either of those.

K-2SO on the U-wing getting a calculate when stopping (and rotating) looks pretty good.

Ronith has really a wall of text on his card, that amount of words is just sick.

7 minutes ago, dsul413 said:

Gina can also just be a hitter you have in your squad and you shed your stress to someone who doesn’t mind being stressed or has a better way of clearing stress. Let her do whatever she wants for actions and not care, staying in the knife fight. At I5 she will also have a lot of info on the enemy to enable appropriate pick of actions.

Like who, though?

Who doesn't mind getting stressed that you'd want alongside Gina?

A-Wings have the dial for it, but they want to link actions enough that they're not going to super reliable for it, because they really don't want to be double stressed.

E-Wings with R4 have the dial for it, and don't often self stress. But they're expensive, and they don't want to move anything like Gina in the B-Wing.

You could hand it off to Lando, I guess. And Lando can hand off a focus to Gina for double mods/open up her lock for the double tap. But it's going to stop Lando boosting, unless he takes Engine Upgrade.

And I'm still not sure if there's real value in the two of them as most of a list vs something like Luke and Ten, both of whom can hit like a truck all by themselves now.

32 minutes ago, GuacCousteau said:

Gina's a bit meh, sadly.

Obvious synergy with Braylen on the face of it, which I like as it's nice and themey.

But actually with the new configuration, Braylen has more than enough ways to stress himself and get more action economy at the same time.

Gina is only useful in the specific situation where Braylen wants to focus, doesn't want to barrel roll, can't fail a linked barrel roll and doesn't want to lock for a cannon double tap.

I'm just not sure if that's worth it.

If you want a double tapping B-Wing partner for Braylen who can remove their stress, just take Ten. Not only does he remove stress, he gets action economy out of it as well.

K-2SO crew looks amazing though. I'm assuming he'll be on the pricier end of Rebel crew cards, but he'll find his way into a ton of lists. My first thought is Lando, to really up his action economy. But as it's the target ship getting the stress, it can buff anything with decent blues. Could make concussion missile A-Wings a bit more viable?

I think she'll synergize better with Ten Numb. Give both the new config and FCS and give Gina a jamming or tractor beam. She rolls into a lock, passes the stress to Ten to get him double stressed so he can spend both tokens.That's a double modded primary or torpedo from Ten followed by a double modded cannon shot on a target that has already been hit and maybe jammed or tractored by Gina. Ten goes from two stress to none. Rinse wash and repeat as opposing ships melt.

Ezra in the Sheathipede. He can coordinate a Target Lock and she can then Focus into a red barrel roll. When she passes the stress that activates his ability

Maybe a B-Wing trio squad, Gina/Braylen/Ten? Depending on points, maybe throw in Jake for flanker or occasional support. Those 3 Bs seem like a punchy jousting core together.

37 minutes ago, Frimmel said:

Is Kallus going to do much for the VCX? Is he going to get the chassis enough time on the board to be worth the points?

Reminds me of the 1.0 Deci Pilot. Forget who..... because.... you know.... it was a horrible ability.

46 minutes ago, GuacCousteau said:

Gina's a bit meh, sadly.

Obvious synergy with Braylen on the face of it, which I like as it's nice and themey.

But actually with the new configuration, Braylen has more than enough ways to stress himself and get more action economy at the same time.

Gina is only useful in the specific situation where Braylen wants to focus, doesn't want to barrel roll, can't fail a linked barrel roll and doesn't want to lock for a cannon double tap.

I'm just not sure if that's worth it.

I’m thinking Gina is going to be the best candidate for reliable HLC shots thanks to her PS5.

45 minutes ago, GuacCousteau said:

Gina's a bit meh, sadly.

She easily synergizes with Ezra and K2SO pilot.

30 minutes ago, Managarmr said:

Ronith has really a wall of text on his card, that amount of words is just sick.

A lot of words to say that this pilot will never be fielded.

Gina is interesting because pairing her with other b wings probably wont work as well but you could use her with k-2so (ship) to good effect.