• Howlrunner + Determination
• Carnor Jax
• Mauler Mithel
• Winged Gundark
• Fel's Wrath

Wooooo, we love Range 1!

Could be interesting, but would take some flying to get the best out of it. Very curious as to how effective Jax is gonna prove as his ability is one of those thats hard to judge until you play it IMHO.

Along the same lines I was thinking about these 9999 squads.

• Vader
• Soontir Fel
• Turr Phennir + VI
• Mauler Mither + VI

Or

• Soontir Fel + PTL
• Turr Phennir + VI + SD
• Mauler Mither + VI
• Howlrunner + VI + SD

Again, I think they would be hard squads to win with, and would need to be flown well around the asteroids. Although it would be a shame to run Fel without PTL I kind of prefer the first list. Howlrunners re-roles are good, but I dont see this a a tightly flown squadron, more 4 free lancers using their Barrel Rolls / Boosts and premier firing spot to get the edge on the rebel scum. When imperial aces you could go:

• Soontir Fel + PTL
• Turr Phennir + VI
• Mauler Mither + VI
• Tetran Cowall + VI

Fun, burstable.

From the topic, I was thinking:

4x Scimitar Squardron + Proton Bomb

Backstabber

They will target Backstabber, so have him fly the enemy craft into your nuke area, then blast them. Good luck getting all your craft free.

I think the problem with any of the super PS lists is that you're paying a lot for moving last and shooting first on every ship. I know it's not perfect but Vs PS 4 lists you're "overpaying" 4pts per ship (that's adding in backstabber) as all your ships would shoot first anyway. In reality you're only giving up ~3pts to get there (that's PTL for one of your now empty EPTs). It's vs. even lower PS squads that you are REALLY overpaying and I think those are still going to be the majority since swarm is still a big deal. Great lists, require a lot of player skill to get better than 80% wins out of and any improvement in win percentage past that is likely match up or dice improvements.

Of your 3 secondary lists the only one I would probably try to fly is the 3rd and I'd drop VI on the 3 ships for PTL/Stealth on one of the other interceptors.

I agree that Jax could be a meta changer. Or he'll just be the new "die first" in target priority. In your original list I would put something else besides Fel's Wrath in there and I much prefer NB to Winged G.