I’d tried Romodi in a couple of games recently and was unable to get an obstructed shot, so was rather underwhelmed with him.

So, I built this MSU list to try to get their own obstructions, rather than relying on asteroids etc.

Arquitens Command Cruiser

General Romodi

Captain Needa

Auxilliary Shield Team

ECM

TRC

Hand of Justice

Arquitens CC

Intel Officer

Aux Shield Team

ECM

LTT

GSD1

Capt Brunson

Ord Experts

Aux Shields Team

Ex Racks

GSD1

Iden Versio

Ord Experts

Aux Shield Team

Ex racks

GSD1

Lira Wessex

Ord Experts

Aux Shield Team

Ex Racks

Objectives:

Assault: Opening Salvo

Defence: Planetary Ion Cannon

Navigation: Minefields

Total 396

Deployment is the three GSDs facing one of the short table edges (ie flying parallel to the long table edge) but deployed as far forward as possible. The two kittens are deployed closer to the board edge, with their shots being obstructed by the GSDs.

This deployment also means that to get to the kittens, my oppo has to get past the GSDs first.

I played this recently, against a rebel MSU controlled by my son (20), who I feel is a good player. His list was 2 x MC30, 3xTRC-90, 2xGozanti. I was second player, he chose my Opening Salvo.

While I got lucky with a couple of dice rolls (3 natural hit/crits and no misses on 6 black dice, and 3 natural double hits on 3 red dice), I got 10-1 win.

I did get a few obstructed shots, so happier with Romodi now.

Would like to know what you think of the list, and what changes you would make.

Thanks.

I don't think Romodi will benefit the GSDs that often and you have three of them so it's really just the 2 Arquitens that may get extra red dice. As you say that won't happen every shot.

I would go for Demolisher + 4 long range small ships such as Arquitens or D-CAP Raider-IIs. MSU should keep the ships cheap so trim a few upgrades. Aux shield teams are ok but will you have the time to plot repairs early when usually people bank a nav token? Dropping an AST saves you 3 points but also can switch to the cheaper Arquitens Light Cruiser saving even more. ECM is expensive and not really effective on Arquitens as they have duplicate redirects and Needa gives duplicate evades too. RBDs are better - try not redirecting on occasion to allow hull damage to get through so you can discard it early, you still have fresh redirects and adjacent shields to use if you get extra incoming damage before the turn break.

Something like... 400/400

Arquitens CL: Romodi , Needa, TRC, RBDs 88
Arquitens CL: TRC, RBDs SFO, 67
Arquitens CL: TRC, RBDs SFO, 67
Raider-II: HIE, D-Caps, Vet Gunners, Titus, 67
GSD-I: Demolisher, ACM, OE, Brunson, Aux Shield Team 85
Gozanti, Comms Net, Vader 26

Drop an RBD and switch TRC to DTT on one or both vanilla Arquitens if you want a bid. If you do this consider upgrading the flotilla to the red dice version who can get a decent 3 red with an obscured ConFire shot. SFOs are good on Arquitens who can alternate between CF and Nav commands for example using the SFO to switch easily (once). SFOs can also be choked by officer Vader to get you a reroll. Both Titus & Needa have already done their game effects before turn one begins so they can be choked for free, you can even discard Brunson if Demolisher really needs another reroll to get the ACM crit.

Edited October 7, 2020 by Mad Cat