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So I've bought a few new ships recently and played a bit more, and the club has got a tournament coming up. I'm a big fan of lots of TIE Interceptors, but I know I'm likely to run into all sorts of things that will ruin their day. To that end I'm planning to mix it up a little and use a couple of other things as well.

Whisper (Phantom)
+Gunner
+FCS
+Veteran Instincts
+Adv.Cloak

Saber Sqn pilot (Interceptor)
+PtL
+Stealth Device

Omicron Grp pilot (Shuttle)
+Vader
+Gunner

I've not used a doom shuttle before, but I see how well it's supposed to work. Opinion is divided on whether you should upgrade one further, but I feel like giving it a go. The Phantom's job is obvious, it's the main threat to bear down on whatever looks nastiest. The Saber pilot's job is to move around flanks, hopefully distracting something hitty and staying at range keeping it away from the fight. If no enemy ships fall for that, it can loop round and attack from unexpected angles.

I'm open to shuffling a few of the upgrades around, if persuaded to.

As much as I like the gunner/FCS upgrade combo on the phantom, I have enjoyed more success with Advanced Sensors and whatever crew you may want, if you even want a crew. After a while other players will find ways to block your flight path and cause problems for the phantom. Nothing like a barrel roll, de cloak, move, fire, cloak in a game.

Looks pretty solid. Another option to consider is swapping Echo for Whisper to get lovely PS9 and defensive focus after hitting then swap the Saber for 2 Obsidians to give you bodies and more shield stripping before Vader goes to work.

Update:

I took a list similar to this, but dropped the Stealth device in order to shave points to win Initiative, I also upped the Saber pilot to a Royal Guard.

I've played twice and won both, in the first game the shuttle got ioned and was unable to bring any guns to bear, so Vader was a bit useless, I also lost the Interceptor after it traded fire with 2 Y wings (destroying one). Fortunately Whisper was on hand to mop up, and once it was down to her and Corran, the game was all but won with Corran simply unable to get a shot (let alone his double) before going down.

Second game was against Imperials with a near-Identical Whisper and a 4 TIE swarm. The two Whispers engaged each other with mine coming out on top due to losing Initiative and decloaking after its counterpart (and managing to get out of their arc each time).

The Interceptor engaged and fought the TIEs to a standstill, helped by one of them flying off the board due to an ill-judged K-turn. Once again the shuttle overshot the action and spent several turns coming back round, fortunately by this time my Whisper was speeding back into the fight and 3 unsupported TIEs were no match for everything I had left.

Three more games to go in the group and it's looking good. My next game is against Rebels, I'm not sure of the exact list but I know it's got a B wing, possibly 2. Then another Rebel list with Luke, Biggs and Wedge, and finally a horrible looking list with an Identical Whisper and a Decimator with Vader. Top two go into the playoffs!