Hi there, just want to toss this idea for a squad combo decision up here.

My "dilemma" is the choice between running either Jonus or Jendon in this squad:

The Squad core consists of

2x Gamma Sq. Pilot with Assault Missiles

1x Black Sq. Pilot with Shield Upgrade and Draw Their Fire

And then the choice is between

Jonus w. PTL, Assault Missiles and Shield Upgrade

or

Jendon w. ST-321, FCS, Merc. Co-pilot Weapons Engineer and Saboteur

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With Jonus the squad is 99 points, with Jendon it's at 100 points.

I'm really not looking for initiative since I would like to have the Gammas to be able to gain their TL them self if needed against a PS4 squad

The BSP and shields on both him and Jonus are an "insurance" against devastating Crits

It should be potentially very lethal against swarms if the Assault missiles go through.

Thoughts?

(Edit: It should be Weapons Engineer, not Merc. Co-pilot on Jendon. This meas I have to drop a point somewhere, possibly changing a Gamma to a Scim)

If you go with Jendon you can safely bump the Gammas down to Scimitars, giving you 4 points (2x Seismics, or a Conc./Cluster./Proton Torp)

You can drop the ordinance on Jonus too, change ptl for SL and probably fit in another bomber with something that will benefit from his re rolls.

Gonna be great when all these new cheap missiles/torpedos come out and you can swarm bombers with Jonus properly.

So far not sold on Jendon's ability, yes you can load for the Alpha strike but after that it becomes tricky with its R1 limitations. The Shuttles named pilots all suffer from this compared to the HWKs

I do like Jendon. Slow playing him for 1-2 rounds enables him to pass on TL to ships like the BSP that otherwise don't have that ability. By dropping the Gammas down to Scims I might even consider making the BSP into Squad Leader, ensuring that both Bombers will have TL and Focus in their first (couple of?) strike(s) or an evade.

Sooooo many choices ;-)