It's very interesting that I barely see such a list post in List Fortress - or I've done a wrong way for searching.

Anyway, that's not the point and just let me share my Galactic Rebulic squad list.

Obi-Wan Kenobi (48)
Calibrated Laser Targeting (4)
Ship total: 52 Half Points: 26 Threshold: 2

Plo Koon (44)
Calibrated Laser Targeting (4)
Ship total: 48 Half Points: 24 Threshold: 2

Ahsoka Tano (44)
Calibrated Laser Targeting (2)
Ship total: 46 Half Points: 23 Threshold: 2

Anakin Skywalker (N-1 Starfighter) (41)
Passive Sensors (3)
Plasma Torpedoes (9)
Ship total: 53 Half Points: 27 Threshold: 3

Total: 199

This is the squad I recommanded for any Republic newish players.

The basic strategy is 2 rottes outflanking.

Ahsoka flies with Ani in the middle (start position: Ahsoka should be about 1.5 small base backwards).

Obi-Wan flies with Plo-Koon at the corner.

Just out of curiosity, why would you recommend NI Ani to a new player over Ric or a few torrents at that price range? I feel like the torrents would better help new players understand the art of blocking.

6 hours ago, kempokid said:

Just out of curiosity, why would you recommend NI Ani to a new player over Ric or a few torrents at that price range? I feel like the torrents would better help new players understand the art of blocking.

Torrents aren't in hs and force points are good

5 minutes ago, Nyxen said:

Torrents aren't in hs and force points are good

Yeah, Torrents aren't in Hyperspace is one of the points why they are not in the squad.

6 hours ago, kempokid said:

Just out of curiosity, why would you recommend NI Ani to a new player over Ric or a few torrents at that price range? I feel like the torrents would better help new players understand the art of blocking.

And besides, let me just say that it is easier for a player to fly a squad in which each ships are designed with the same or at least, a similar main strategy.

I don't want to push this point because each player may have their own way to play and to enjoy, but I'd like to explain a little here to make it clear why I build this combination.

First of all, I use D7CLT as the main part of the squad.

As I understood, D7CLT is a ship performs better in close-ranged dogfighting, but lacks firepower outside the bullseye arc and in the long shots.

The weakness should be covered, better with a ship also performs well in close-ranged dogfighting - and that's Ani.

N-1 may equip torpedoes, offering amazing firepower against targets in range 2-3. However, most of them are not good with a 1-maneuver-turn-round - they only have speed 3 Talon-turn - and that does need space. 2 reds and 2 greens with a torpedo upgrade - N-1 is more likely a ship that is suitable to play hit and away. Besides, new players are always easy to falling a trap of the Full-Throttle - they will execute as many speed 3-5 maneuvers as they can, becoming easier for veteran players to guess.

Ani is the exception. His pilot ability allows him to barrel-roll without performing an action rightly before he reveals the dial, and with the help of Ahosoka, he may even barrel-roll to left or right with a distance of speed 3 (two speed 1 plus a small base). That makes him possible to perform incredibly well in a close-ranged dogfighting, locking down a target at its 3 or 9.

There is also another reason I think Ani is better than Ric for a new player.

That is, Ric's pilot ability and ship ability look so cool, making a new player could not stop to execute speed 3-5 maneuvers, trying to triger the abilities all the time - and find it is useless because the opponent may do the same and make Ric a 2 reds and 2 greens ship as usual, while Ric's maneuver also becomes easy to guess. And if Ric speeds down to speed 2 or 1, his pilot ability will be even harder to triger, and how could he perform better than Ani while Ani may move before executing the maneuver?

This is why I recommended Ani.