It’s such wonderful thing to not get blocked.... lol.

Depending how you feel about Phantoms.... you still have a fair few play points for talents etc. I like the pilots to have the same int too, makes piloting choices a lot easier.

New Squadron

(42) Fifth Brother [TIE Advanced v1]
(5) Homing Missiles
(2) Passive Sensors
Points: 49

(82) Colonel Vessery [TIE/D Defender]
(2) Fire-Control System
(1) Marksmanship
Points: 85

(51) "Echo" [TIE/ph Phantom]
(2) Passive Sensors
(2) Crack Shot
Points: 55

Total points: 189

I have thought about putting a HLC on Vess for long range big base/Swarm sniping. Haven’t tried it out yet though.

With Echo, I would go with this:

Colonel Vessery (82)
Juke (7)

Ship total: 89 Half Points: 45 Threshold: 4

Fifth Brother (42)
Passive Sensors (2)
Homing Missiles (5)

Ship total: 49 Half Points: 25 Threshold: 2

"Echo" (51)
Juke (7)
Passive Sensors (2)

Ship total: 60 Half Points: 30 Threshold: 3


Total: 198

View in Yet Another Squad Builder 2.0: https://raithos.github.io/?f=Galactic Empire&d=v8ZsZ200Z194X123WWWY394XW240W100Y200X123W240WW&sn=Unsaved Squadron&obs=

Juke is a tough call for int 4's. Against swarms it's great, vs Aces it can be a points sink, it is really dependant on meta in the area. For talents, I try not to go too deep on points, more of a - if it works cool, if it doesn't well it's only 2 points.

Juke is expensive yes but against Aces, no matter the ship your opponent focus, the others will have either forces for 5B or juke. So they all threaten and it's hard to pick the right focus : Echo will dodge easly, Vessery has a lot of PV and 5B is cheap.

Without juke, I would be less scarred to play against. But yes, it's 7 points...