YT-3900 - Three Resistance Falcons

By theBitterFig, in X-Wing Squad Lists

So this is a thing now. Not Hyperspace, but it's Extended legal.

Resistance Sympathizer at 60 points, times 3, is 180. 20 points to spare. What's the play?

  • 3x Engine Upgrade won't fit. Run two Engine, and the title on the 3rd one?
  • 3x Shield Upgrade + 3x Contraband Cybernetics might work. That gets the actions you need while stressed once, plus ups the total health of the list.
    • Alternately, 3x Hull, 3x Contraband, + Chewbacca crew would be better, to be sure. But it irks my desire for symmetry.
  • Is it worth taking named pilots?
    • You could get all of Rey, Han, and Chewie, but only 2 points for upgrades.
      • Rey, Han, Generic leaves 5 points for Chewie crew. That could go on a generic, or maybe on Han.
    • You could do Rey + 2 Generic with 10 total points of upgrades.
      • Finn fits in nicely at 10, and that Rey can hit like a truck.
      • Chewie crew? Spread the semi-force around?
      • Just three Hull Upgrades?

2 of them with TacScrams and 1 with 3PO, TacOff, and Contraband!!

The support one hides behind the other 2, passing out actions and still getting a calc!

Rey is too good with her pilot ability and force to not take her. Han and Chewie as pilots are kinda meh, so might as well leave the other two as generics. Chewie as crew though with all those hull points on the table... quite alright. Here's my take:

Rey's Pancakes

(70) Rey [Scavenged YT-1300]
(5) Chewbacca
(2) Contraband Cybernetics
(3) Hull Upgrade
Points: 80

(60) Resistance Sympathizer [Scavenged YT-1300]
Points: 60

(60) Resistance Sympathizer [Scavenged YT-1300]
Points: 60

Total points: 200

My thoughts go toward buying as much of a good Rey build as possible. But that’s mostly because the Rey-Falcon has been a fixture in my lists. I struggle to think how three Scavenged YTs could burn down the house one way or the other, whereas a fully-fledged Rey is capable of starting some fires all on her own.

Instead, maybe borrow some pieces of Chonky Rey and bolt them onto a nasty 270 degrees of Han?

Han Solo (65)
Mag-Pulse Warheads (6)
Korr Sella (6)
Rey’s Millennium Falcon (2)

Resistance Sympathizer (60)

Resistance Sympathizer (60)
Total: 199

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The idea, of course, is that Han wants to lock someone early and Mag-Pulse them a couple times to help soften them up for his friendos. But even if they “arc dodge” his missiles, he can use primary side arcs to keep up the pressure. And Korr & the title help with slipperiness and time on target.

...Like, maybe though. I come back to my feeling that three Scavenged YTs doesn’t seem super powerful. At least not two-plus generics. Just running the named guys naked would at least get you a nice initiative bump across the board.

A few new options open up with the buffs to gunners on Large-base ships.

  • 3 Symps with Engine Upgrade (for all the boosting)
  • 3 Symps with Veteran Turret Gunner. Not necessarily amazing, but it'd be interesting.
  • 3 Symps with Agile Gunner and 2-point upgrades. This might actually kinda work. Having access to bonus rotates could go a long way towards making sure you're not missing shots, and would allow a lot more flexibility with how you fly. Contraband Cybernetics (more action efficiency!) or Deadman's Switch (as likely to blow yourself up) or maybe even Tactical Jammer (these big boys do block pretty well) might make sense.
    • I think I might load that into FlyCasual sometime... Agile Gunner seems like the kind of thing that needs to be evaluated somewhat on-table, to get a sense for how the geometry works.