I absolutely love this game, but I think that it needs some new factions for variety in the longer term and I thought of CorSec. This musing does not go into named pilots yet and for now I am ruling out unique pilots, ships, droids etc but it does cover my idea for ships.

CorSec were a "police force" but with a definite military slant.

So Ships in a CorSec faction might be.

X-Wing

used as is with the standard 2 and 4 skill base pilots. Used a lot by CorSec, fits the background as is.

Tie Interceptor

Used as is with the basic 1 and 3 skill base pilots. The "pursuit" arm of Corsec.

Lambda Shuttle

Used as is with basic Omicron pilot. Prison Transport or CorSec personnel transport.

B-Wing (ruled out as it was specifically designed for the Alliance by Admiral Ackbar)

Used as is with basic 2 and 4 skill level pilots. Heavy armed "gunship" for smuggler suppression.

Firespray

Used as is with basic Bounty Hunter. Find and extract ship for high profile targets. Also doubles as a gunboat in serious actions.

None of these ships provide a game balance problem if flown together so should make for a "fair" fight against the other two factions.

Next up, some thinking on pilots.

Thoughts?

I definately see the x wing, lambda and tie interceptor being in corsec. Not sure about the b-wing, since it was designed by admiral ackbar for the alliance.

z-95's haven't been released yet, I could see corsec using them as well. No gun boats have been released yet either, though I'm sure there will be a few released down the road that would also fit.

If anything else you and your gaming group could come up with some house rules for more factions.

I'd rather see more realistic ships for CorSec than plugging hole with existing ships.

I think a pirate faction would be much more realistic with current models (Y-wing, YT-1300, HWK, firespary and the rumored Z95)

Good call on the B-Wing, we'll rule that one out then :-)

I like Bulwark's suggestion for Pirates. The two could be pitted against each other in the Outer Rim :-)

Hmmm, interesting house game idea.

Y-Wings makes sense because Ions Could be used to disable fleeing ships, or that role could go to the Firepray which would likely not be allowed the HLC.

The Interceptor troubles me as it is an elite Imperial ship. I think X-Wings would be their fastest ship, pursuing with S-Foils closed for speed.

How about the A-Wing over the Interceptor?

That seems a bit more CorSec?

I would be surprised if CorSec got any of the "new" ships. Even X-wing is a stretch for me. I have a hard time rationalizing sending front-line ships to police, even one as militarized as CorSec. Doubly so during a war.

They flew Lambda's, X-Wings and FireSprays. The rest would be for a bit of variety.

since they "worked" with the empire it would be more likely to see them flying with imperial stuff versus the latest rebellion ships. Like the b wing, the a wing was designed by the rebellion so I doubt you'd see one with corsec.

There is also the issue of timing. The A-Wing and B-Wing came later. In which timeframe is this Corsec squadron operating?

The same timeframe as the overall game.