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Hello all,

Messing around with lists a bit this morning and I came across a twist on Fat Dash.

Dash/Outrider/Heavy Laser Cannon/Engine Upgrade/PTL

Airen Cracken/Squad Leader

Bandit Squad x 2

100 pts

You lose Kyle Katarn and his free focus, but gain 2 actions from Cracken. So Dash would be able to boost, barrel roll, target lock, and focus every single turn. Hopefully 3 Zs would be able to provide coverage in the range 1 gap.

Ninja edit

I like the idea, but the best part of your standard Fat Dash is that it's all self contained action-generation, and it's simple.
This is a case of Dash being dependant on another ship, and that ship will have to stay on Dash's ass to make it happen.
There's a lot of move management that'll make it a challenge since Cracken's ability and EPU are dependant on range 1-2, and if Dash is boosting/rolling you might find yourself out.
Additionally, there's no guarantee that Cracken will get to attack in a given turn for the free action.

Just playing devil's advocate here, the idea is solid. I do think it's cool that several actions can happen in different phases, which could definitely throw your opponent off a bit.

Solid criticism, thanks for the feedback. It'll definitely put my piloting ability to the test, no doubt about that. And if Airen can't shoot, then you are right back where you were with Kyle Katarn and you have 3 actions. But it definitely complicates things a bit. The biggest thing I see is that Cracken can go down pretty quickly, Zs aren't the most robust ship. But hopefully that would mean that Dash isn't taking those shots.