Exploring another archetype: Boba and Friends. Vast majority of the stuff online I've found is OBE (overcome by events) because the last points change made them all over cost. With what's left, and staying within Hyperspace restrictions, I've been trying to come up with something fun that's not just "add Maul and fuggedaboudit." Here's a (very) rough first draft:

Z-95-AF4 Headhunter - •Bossk - 32
•Bossk - Fearsome Hunter (29)
Intimidation (3)

Fang Fighter - •Fenn Rau - 71
•Fenn Rau - Skull Leader (68)
Intimidation (3)

Firespray -class Patrol Craft - •Boba Fett - 97
•Boba Fett - Notorious Bounty Hunter (86)
Intimidation (3)
Perceptive Copilot (8)

Total: 200/200

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With Fenn the points added up really, really fast, and I wanted at least three ships. I have a couple of Headhunters coming and they seem to make good filler. Then, pondering what it could do that's useful, I thought of blocking, and then (given all of this list likes close range) thought it might be annoying good fun to make all of them effective blockers if the opportunity presented itself. And a theme was born.

Thoughts?

Variation on the same theme, downgrading Fenn to get enough points to field two Fangs as wingmen instead of having a Headhunter.

Fang Fighter - Skull Squadron Pilot - 50
Skull Squadron Pilot - (47)
Intimidation (3)

Fang Fighter - Skull Squadron Pilot - 50
Skull Squadron Pilot - (47)
Intimidation (3)

Firespray -class Patrol Craft - •Boba Fett - 97
•Boba Fett - Notorious Bounty Hunter (86)
Intimidation (3)
Perceptive Copilot (8)

Total: 197/200

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I think I might like the first version better despite the Fang's superiority to the Headhunter. Bossk and Fenn have some decent abilities.

Intimidation is a specialist Talent, ships using it need to be dedicated blockers. Fearless is a much better option in this list as you are at a higher Initiative. High initiative ships do not want to be blocked, a Fang without mods is a dead Fang, they are incredible ships but ooh so fragile.

On 8/29/2020 at 8:40 PM, Archangelspiv said:

Intimidation is a specialist Talent, ships using it need to be dedicated blockers. Fearless is a much better option in this list as you are at a higher Initiative. High initiative ships do not want to be blocked, a Fang without mods is a dead Fang, they are incredible ships but ooh so fragile.

Thanks for the insight!

My vision for the theme was anyone in the list has potential to be an "intimidating" blocker so they could all react ad hoc to emerging block opportunities and the other two could capilalize. That's probably spending too many points on a one trick pony, though. Fangs with Fearless plus their built-in face-off ability do seem to go well together, no?

23 minutes ago, Spinland said:

Thanks for the insight!

My vision for the theme was anyone in the list has potential to be an "intimidating" blocker so they could all react ad hoc to emerging block opportunities and the other two could capilalize. That's probably spending too many points on a one trick pony, though. Fangs with Fearless plus their built-in face-off ability do seem to go well together, no?

I was going to say look at Zealous Recruits... but they don’t have a Talent slot.
Fearless was made for Fangs, you get an auto evade and one auto hit in the right circumstances. They are a great ship, but an anecdote from me is, I have had Fenn die to 2 Torrents in one turn,