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Well, I finally got myself a Lambda Shuttle and will be playing around with it tomorrow. Here is what I am going to be using with it tomorrow.

Darth Vader:
-Twin Ion Engine Mk.II
-TIE/x1
-Juke
-Adv. Targeting Compute

Mauler Mithel:
-Veteran Instincts

Scourge:
-Veteran Instincts

Omnicron Group Pilot:
-Tactical Jammers
-Emperor Palpatine

99 Points

So I tried a four PS9 guys list a few weekends ago and it was fun, I have found some real value in Scourge and Mauler Mithel at that PS level, it has allowed me to be able to play fairly aggressive with them against a single target with Vader for token stripping and capitalizing on the crits he can push through. I felt like the list could lose Turr Phennir and would benefit from what Palpatine can bring to it.

Since everybody but the shuttle with be shooting fairly early in the round, it be nice knowing what tokens have already been spent or not used and where to maximize Palpatine, and allow me to kill a bigger target before it gets to shoot. Plus, both of my TIE Fighters are dirt cheap and can hit pretty dang hard in the right scenario. Keeping them alive longer just gives me more opportunities to send them against weak and easy to hit targets, and be a real nuisance for the opponent. I noticed that they really can't be ignored, the can lay down some decent hate. Please let me know what you guys think.

Hmmmm.

Okay....

Darth Vader - I guess Juke and Advanced Targeting Computer can work. You shouldn't underestimate how much mileage you can get out of an engine upgrade on Vader.

Scourge, Mithel and Vader all being PS 9 is good, and I get that.


Because you generally want to engage at range 1 with TIEs, you probably wont get much use out of tactical jammers. I'd suggest an electronic baffle instead - it goes a long way to making up for the shuttles appaling dial.

The quickest change I'd made would be to drop mauler for wampa and switch to engine upgrade on Vader.

That gets you a few more points to play with and gives scourge a way to always be attacking a ship with a damage card (wampa -> Palp foe a crit -> cancel -> damage ).

With the extra points I'd try anti-pursuit laser when using the shuttle to block or reinforced deflectors (if you don't mind running 100 points ).

With juke Vader, I'd also be tempted to get a sensor jammer on the shuttle but you'd have to drop vi on scourge (adaptability is almost as good, but almost only counts in horseshoes & hand grenades ) so you have a couple of things stripping focus tokens. ..

locarno24 wrote:
Hmmmm.

Okay....

Darth Vader - I guess Juke and Advanced Targeting Computer can work. You shouldn't underestimate how much mileage you can get out of an engine upgrade on Vader.

Scourge, Mithel and Vader all being PS 9 is good, and I get that.


Because you generally want to engage at range 1 with TIEs, you probably wont get much use out of tactical jammers. I'd suggest an electronic baffle instead - it goes a long way to making up for the shuttles appaling dial.

Yeah I normally run EU on Vader, been playing around with other options for him now that we are seeing the Shadow Caster more. Ah, I didn't even think about Electronic Baffle. I will look into that.


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So, the list performed very well today. I must be using Palpatine wrong, because he did good for me, but not 8 points good. I am thinking of when General Hux comes out, swapping out Palpatine and changing the shuttle pilot to Captain Yorr. The Tactical Jammers never got used, and the shuttle died pretty quickly after getting boxed in and having Talonbane Cobra shooting point blank at it.

But, with my opponent focusing on the shuttle, it allowed my other three ships to absolutely tear his ships apart. My only ship lost was the shuttle. I like the shuttle so far, I just need to find how to best fly it, and how to get it to support my ships better.

with my opponent focusing on the shuttle, it allowed my other three ships to absolutely tear his ships apart. My only ship lost was the shuttle. I like the shuttle so far, I just need to find how to best fly it, and how to get it to support my ships better.

To some degree, that's the shuttle's job- distraction while using Palpatine to push through extra damage or keeping the aces alive if it's being ignored (while ideally getting a shot in with the 3 dice gun a few times here & there). You're not doing it wrong