I have been thinking of using Thrawn as a commander in a thematic fleet and was wondering what the load out would be of an accurate Chimaera. Basically upgrades and fighter types (officers too). Maybe someone more familiar with Star Wars Rebels or the current literature could throw out some ideas for the real Chimaera.

3 minutes ago, axe238 said:

I have been thinking of using Thrawn as a commander in a thematic fleet and was wondering what the load out would be of an accurate Chimaera. Basically upgrades and fighter types. Maybe someone more familiar with Star Wars Rebels or the current literature could throw out some ideas for the real Chimaera.

I think the standard EU ISD fighter complement was 4 TIE/F squadrons, 1 TIE/B squadron, and 1 TIE/I squadron. I don't know exactly what the new canon one is, but IRC the Chimaera had 3 Squadrons of TIE Defenders and 2 of Standard TIE/Fs.

In terms of upgrades, it was an ISD-I.

Commander Vanto would be the recommended officer upgrade, I guess.

Name: Thrawn Theme
Faction: Imperial
Commander: Grand Admiral Thrawn

Assault: Surprise Attack
Defense: Hyperspace Assault
Navigation: Superior Positions

Imperial I (110)
• Grand Admiral Thrawn (32)
• Commander Vanto (7)
• Weapons Battery Techs (5)
• Reserve Hangar Deck (3)
• Leading Shots (4)
• Linked Turbolaser Towers (7)
• Chimaera (4)
• Entrapment Formation! (5)
= 177 Points

Quasar Fire I (54)
• Flight Controllers (6)
• Reserve Hangar Deck (3)
• Boosted Comms (4)
• Squall (3)
= 70 Points

Gozanti Cruisers (23)
• Comms Net (2)
• Reserve Hangar Deck (3)
= 28 Points

Squadrons:
• Maarek Stele (21)
• Colonel Jendon (20)
• 3 x TIE Interceptor Squadron (33)
• Lambda Shuttle (15)
• 2 x TIE Defender Squadron (32)
= 121 Points

Total Points: 396

This is about a thematic as I could get it.

Chimera would have been an ISD-I based on the timeframe. Vanto as the officer because of course he is, and he synergizes with Thrawn's multiple dials well. Reserve Hanger Decks because Thrawn is all about having forces in reserve. Of course he'd have defenders as well, and he'd be crazy not to have some sort of Strategic.

Although to get the full Thrawn experience, the list MUST always select Purrgil objectives when offered them.

XX-9 Turbolasers, NK-7 Ion Cannons and Phylon Q7 Tractor Beams are the standard armament for ISD-1s, though I think you could make a thematic case for Bigg's LTTs (which are certainly better in-game) or HTTs.

There are a lot of options for the weapons team slot; the Chimaera was sure to have Flight Controllers, Boarding Troopers, and a Gunnery Team, and transported Darth Vader at one point. It probably had Weapons Battery Techs, and Veteran Gunners or Local Fire Control wouldn't be unreasonable. The strategists weren't ruthless, though. 😉

Probably Vanto for the officer, maybe Veteran Captain for Karyn Faro.

Obvious title is obvious.

In the old thrawn trilogy, The admiral was famous for his use of interdictor and fighters, so i would definitly include one in the this fleet.