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Recently I got my first loss and it was...ohhhh boy it was 'I got my lunch money taken' bad loss. Also first time going against a serious competitor. (Everything so far has been semi-casual or HoTAC)
I had N'Dru, B. Pirate, Gand Findsman, and Kavil. And he ate them alive with Ryad (could not keep her in a firing arc for nothing), Tie Special Forces (had an upgrade or ability one that gave him a free crit to start), and an Inquisitor's Tie (not sure if it was the inquisitor, but everything counted as range 1 for his shooting.)

Anyways I got a reinforcement yesterday in the form of a Protectorate and I have a rebel z-95, the Slave One, a Y-wing and a khiraxz ordered.

So with what I got I was thinking doing this:

Fenn Rau: 38
PTL
A. P. Torps
C. D. Protector

Syndicate Thug: 28
Bomb Loadout: Cluster Mines
Ion Cannon Turret
Unhinged Astromech

2x B. Sun Soldiers: 17
Cluster Missiles

This looks like it could be fun, I like the Protectorate's style of going right into someone head to head. And the advanced proton torps at range 1 looks like a brutal combo. I don't have auto thrusters otherwise I think I'd use it too and drop more stuff. But it's what I got on hand. Thug is there to just lay the mines down and hopefully Ionize someone, normally I use Kavil but points became a premium.
To round things out I figured to cluster missile packing Z-95s would help hit those agile headaches.

I also have a Hwk-290 if anyone has advice on how to make it work, I must not using it right cause it ALWAYS blows up when I use it, except for one game.

First things first: if you're using ordinance, make sure you fit in Guidance Chips and Extra Munitions. Don't worry about whether you have access to the cards for now, just proxy them. They are a "patch" for ordnance, which is otherwise very underpowered.

Fenn Rau (28)
Push the Limit (3)
Advanced Proton Torpedoes (6)
Guidance Chips (0)
Concord Dawn Protector (1)

Syndicate Thug (18)
Ion Cannon Turret (5)
Bomb Loadout (0)
Extra Munitions (2)
Unhinged Astromech (1)
Cluster Mines (4)

Binayre Pirate (12)
Cluster Missiles (4)
Guidance Chips (0)

Binayre Pirate (12)
Cluster Missiles (4)
Guidance Chips (0)

Total: 100

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My approach to your basic list composition would be to streamline Fenn Rau a bit (adding Autothrusters for survivability), drop bombs completely on the Y-Wing in favor of a TLT and an Agromech, and then upgrading your Z-95's into little missileboats (or else just dropping all upgrades so that you can fit a 3rd Z-95). In particular, the TLT is a much more powerful weapon than the ion cannon, and it's consistent damage output will easily outpace the potential control than an ion cannon could provide.

Fenn Rau (28)
Push the Limit (3)
Autothrusters (2)
Concord Dawn Protector (1)

Syndicate Thug (18)
Twin Laser Turret (6)
R4 Agromech (2)

Black Sun Soldier (13)
Homing Missiles (5)
Glitterstim (2)
Guidance Chips (0)

Black Sun Soldier (13)
Assault Missiles (5)
Glitterstim (2)
Guidance Chips (0)

Total: 100

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If you want to make your HWK work, it's as easy as running Mux or Palob with a TLT. Palob in particular has a very strong AOE token stealing ability. He fits right into a lot of lists.

Palob Godalhi (20)
Twin Laser Turret (6)
Zuckuss (1)

Total: 27


Your Firespray is also a strong ship with lots of viable builds. Here are a couple of ideas:

Boba Fett (Scum) (39)
Fearlessness (1)
Gunner (5)
Inertial Dampeners (1)
Engine Upgrade (4)

Total: 50

Kath Scarlet (Scum) (38)
Predator (3)
Tail Gunner (2)
Glitterstim (2)
Engine Upgrade (4)

Total: 49

Mandalorian Mercenary (35)
Crack Shot (1)
4-LOM (1)
Homing Missiles (5)
Black Market Slicer Tools (1)
Extra Munitions (2)
Long-Range Scanners (0)
Slave I (0)

Total: 45

Oooh, me, me, teacher, me!

Building on those ideas, if you want a really droll list, try this on for size.

Fenn Rau (28)
Push the Limit (3)
Autothrusters (2)
Concord Dawn Protector (1)

Palob Godalhi (20)
Predator (3)
Twin Laser Turret (6)
Zuckuss (1)
Black Market Slicer Tools (1)
Vectored Thrusters (2)

Talonbane Cobra (28)
Fearlessness (1)
Dead Man's Switch (2)
Vectored Thrusters (2)

Total: 100

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Are you going to end up at range 1 on your target with Palob? Shucks, I guess you'd better barrel roll, then!

Talonbane Cobra really, really wants to be at range 1. Like, 'splosion of love for realz.

Fenn Rau does his thing. 'nuf said.

Ohhh neat, now just to get the cards I need, I asked the guy that runs the games at the FLGS and proxy is okay for HotAC but he prefers we have physical copies for the 100 point games.

Might have to just pick up an ARC-170, K-wing and Starviper for the cards alone.

StarViper is also known as the Autothrusters Expansion Pack. It comes with a free StarViper, too.

Your FLGS owner wants physical cards at all times? Ouch. I know sales drive his business, but there is such a thing as trying before buying.

What's HotAC? Hall of the Allied Carnivals? Heat of the Atacama Calderra? Hopping on the Alternate Carriage?

 Mathieu Raymond wrote:
What's HotAC? Hall of the Allied Carnivals? Heat of the Atacama Calderra? Hopping on the Alternate Carriage?

Heroes of the Aturi Cluster, a fan-made cooperative campaign. It's pretty fun, you should take a look at it.

Yeah it's wonderful, all the imperial ships use an interesting system for maneuvering and attacking. And the missions become pretty intense.