X-Wing prep for Store Champs...

So, Titan in Springfield has announced their X-Wing Store Championship on the 23^rd of February and I have bought my ticket…  Just need to get in some actual games with the lists I am looking at flying in the Hyperspace format.  So looking at either:

Boba Fenn Laetin 1 (199)

Boba Fett — Firespray-class Patrol Craft	85
Maul	12
Slave I	1
Ship Total: 98
Half Points: 49 Threshold: 5
Fenn Rau — Fang Fighter	68
Ship Total: 68
Half Points: 34 Threshold: 2
Laetin A’shera — M3-A Interceptor	30
Autoblasters	3
Ship Total: 33
Half Points: 17 Threshold: 2

Or:

Boba Emon HS 2 (200)

Boba Fett — Firespray-class Patrol Craft	85
Fearless	3
Maul	12
Ion Bombs	6
Contraband Cybernetics	2
Slave I	1
Ship Total: 109
Half Points: 55 Threshold: 5
Emon Azzameen — Firespray-class Patrol Craft	71
Informant	5
Proton Bombs	5
Rigged Cargo Chute	4
Andrasta	3
Seismic Charges	3
Ship Total: 91
Half Points: 46 Threshold: 5

The first is “Ace-ish” with Fenn and Boba being as close as I can come to actual Aces and Laetin being just an annoyingly difficult to pin down ship…  That COULD throw out a 4 Dice Attack that can have un-blockable Crits if I get the Uber-shot off and am not in their Forward Arc.  So, an “ignore at your own peril” option that I really like.  And of course the M3’s being one of those “Almost There” ships that just skirted the edge of usefulness for a long time.  Basically a TIE Fighter with a Shield, so there WILL be times it just blanks out and dies.  Or it might just never die due to the extremes of variance…

The second is the latest variant of the Dual Firespray list…  Boba lost a few things in the jump to Hyperspace and while Krassis is actually cheaper…  Emon gives me Bombs that I can chuck out with 1’s or 3’s and the Reload action to make them a “forever” option…  Well, “forever, or until I die” J…  Informant is one I have not used, PROBABLY not useful, but it is a weird option that might just be the thing to use when the long knives come out and we get up close and personal. 

Boba is solid in either option and I suspect strongly he will be the cornerstone to any successful S&V list.  From a Star Wars lore geek perspective I like both lists as I am using exclusively Mandalorian designs.  “Neat” but certainly not something to build a successful list on I suspect. 

I’ll have to check to see how many of the Mandalorian helmet tokens I have as I could use them for Shields on my first list at least.  Little things to keep myself amused while I play…  No real illusions of doing hugely well as Springfield has a fair number of really good players who can make the trip over to…  I’d like to say I am one of them, but honestly, big fish in a small pond would be a better way to describe it for me.  I am good, but nowhere near the skill level that I have seen with a number of the other players out here.  But getting to play is going to be nice J

Legion is moving along…  Picked up the basic troop expansions for the Republic and Rebellion so I have a few more options for my lads…  Need to get some clarification on a few rules and adjust my builds I suspect.  Having better AT options for the lads is huge with that being the bane of my Clones at least…  Ironically, my T-47 Speeder for the Rebels is a good AT option and playing the BARC Speeder has given me the experience I suspect to use it correctly…  Locally at least.  Looking at the LVO results it was VERY much looking like a solved Meta, at least pre- the newest releases.  Lots of the same things in the top cut and NO Republic/CIS up there at all.  With the release of the other Infantry options and actual Tanks for both should open things up quite a bit.  Or at least that is my hope…  I suspect I’ll get stomped if I take my Republic force to a real event, but at least I suspect I’ll do well enough that they know there was a fight…  Looking very much forward to more options.  Will see I suppose.