So I played a match against a fairly regular opponent at the FLGS today. I was running Captain J and Colonel J and a couple Scimitars each with an Assault Missile. The shuttle was (just for kicks) set up with the target lock super combo of Fire Control system, St-321 Title, and Weapons Engineer. The Colonel or Captain (whichever one is in the bomber) had a seismic charge also.
His list was admittedly (by him) weak, being made up of super-focused Kyle, (Recon, Crow title, and Blaster Turret) plus Dutch (Ion cannon and a droid) and Horton (with both regular AND advanced Proton torps, and Blaster Turret).
He was using his action swapping to good effect, getting off both the regular and advanced proton torp for major damage. Nevertheless, since he did not outright kill any bombers in the first round, I was able to strike back with one of my Assault missiles. Unfortunately, despite being lined up to fire the other one, I was hit with the "Discard a secondary weapon" crit by the proton torp before I could get my turn to fire.
Later I was able to drop my seismic charge for another damage on Kyle and Dutch, not even caring that it damaged my shuttle too.
I was on the ropes for a bit, with two bombers at 1 hull each, and a shuttle at nearly full life, against two of his ships. But, I was successful in getting him to chase my last bomber while I SLOWLY turned the shuttle around for about 3 rounds. I think he made a big error in maneuvering so that my shuttle was able to take out the last Y-wing, leaving Kyle to make a desperate attempt at escape which flew him off the board.
This was my first game to play with the shuttle or the bombers, though I have played 3 games against them. It was a lot of fun, not just due to the win, but I thought that since this may be both the first and the last time I win with the Shuttle, I should commemorate it with a Battle Report.