So, to be brief, i was thinking about what list may be the hardest to chew through, and I figured I'd give it a go. Not to mention, since play is only online, i'm not limited to the 3 bombers I own.
The bomber is dirt cheap at 27 points, 6 hull behind 2 green dice. 42 health for 7 of them. I did a little mental testing, as well as flying against it in fly casual sim, where I flew Vennie with vtg and c3p0, tallie, greer and the new I5 Awing Pilot, whose name escapes me atm. I fought valiantly, tried to arc dodge and minimize incoming shots, but they wore me down in defeat, which was exactly what I was hoping to see. I mentally went through some possible matchups, and I was pretty sure I had a fighting chance to do OK. the build I settled on is this
7x scimitar squadron bombers
1 with proton bombs,
2 with seismic charges.
Set up with a lane on one side with a width of 2.5-3 between board edge and rock. front row has 4 bombers with a template width between. back row has 3 set in the gaps, bomber with protons on the outside, seismics on the inside. The bombs are not really the point of the list, but I felt that it was a better way to spend the points than upgrading one of the ships to a named pilot, or adding more hull.
Come wednesday night, it's maiden voyage, during a casual online game, the folly and bane of the bomber swarm appeared.
Kallus in the ghost, Jan ors trailing behind, and Braylen Stramm. At least 2 bombers were one-shot. Bombers, one-shot. I struggled to roll paint. In the first engagement, I had all guns on stramm, who only suffered 5 damage. over the course of the game, I did get Kallus down to 4 hull, and Jan was too well protected to get too much off. I eventually conceded when I was down to 2 bombers, as I no longer had the firepower to finish off his ships.
It was a fun and hilariously ill-fated first outing of the bombers.