So, looking like there will be an event 4 Mar at Titan Games
in Champaign… It is a modified “Hanger
Bay” event where you make 2 lists, choose one for Round 1, then you MUST choose
the second one for Round 2. Round 3 is
back to you get to choose which one to fly…
Oh, and NO duplication between the lists at all… Looking over what I might face, the only list
I am REALLY overly concerned about the “Raptor Attack” (named by the Mynocks in
their Podcast) which is the Ghost and Fenn Rau in his shuttle. At this point, I have no really good answer
for it. I have a few lists that would do
well enough against it, but they’ll pretty much just die to ANY other “meta”
list. Plus side, locally there the meta
is just weird and I MIGHT be OK… So,
looking at flying:
DashPoe1 (100)
Dash Rendar — YT-2400
|
36
|
Push the Limit
|
3
|
Heavy Laser Cannon
|
7
|
Kanan Jarrus
|
3
|
Engine Upgrade
|
4
|
Outrider
|
5
|
Ship
Total: 58
|
|
|
Poe Dameron — T-70 X-Wing
|
31
|
Lone Wolf
|
2
|
R2-D2
|
4
|
Advanced Optics
|
2
|
Autothrusters
|
2
|
Black One
|
1
|
Ship
Total: 42
|
|
|
List 2 might be:
Wookies
everywhere 3 (100)
Lowhhrick — Auzituck Gunship
|
28
|
Expertise
|
4
|
Tactician
|
2
|
Rey
|
2
|
Ship
Total: 36
|
|
|
Wookiee Liberator — Auzituck
Gunship
|
26
|
Expertise
|
4
|
Tactician
|
2
|
Courier Droid
|
0
|
Ship
Total: 32
|
|
|
Wookiee Liberator — Auzituck
Gunship
|
26
|
Expertise
|
4
|
Tactician
|
2
|
Courier Droid
|
0
|
Ship
Total: 32
|
|
|
Or perhaps:
Unsaved Squadron (100)
Nu Squadron Pilot — Alpha-class
Star Wing
|
18
|
Harpoon Missiles
|
4
|
Long-Range Scanners
|
0
|
Os-1 Arsenal Loadout
|
2
|
Ship
Total: 24
|
|
|
"Countdown" — TIE
Striker
|
20
|
Lightweight Frame
|
2
|
Adaptive Ailerons
|
0
|
Ship
Total: 22
|
|
|
"Omega Leader" — TIE/fo
Fighter
|
21
|
A Score to Settle
|
0
|
Ship
Total: 21
|
|
|
"Quickdraw" — TIE/sf
Fighter
|
29
|
Adaptability
|
0
|
Fire-Control System
|
2
|
Lightweight Frame
|
2
|
Special Ops Training
|
0
|
Ship
Total: 33
|
Or even:
Unsaved
Squadron (97)
Fenn Rau — Protectorate
Starfighter
|
28
|
Push the Limit
|
3
|
Autothrusters
|
2
|
Concord Dawn Protector
|
1
|
Ship
Total: 34
|
|
|
Thweek — StarViper
|
28
|
Advanced Sensors
|
3
|
Autothrusters
|
2
|
StarViper Mk. II
|
-3
|
Virago
|
1
|
Ship
Total: 31
|
|
|
Guri — StarViper
|
30
|
Push the Limit
|
3
|
Autothrusters
|
2
|
StarViper Mk. II
|
-3
|
Ship
Total: 32
|
|
|
The Dash/Poe is different than the “standard” one because I
am using EU and PTL on Dash… The YT-2400
was my first X-Wing ship (that my wife got me J),
so I really like it a lot… With Barrel
Roll, Boost and the ability to simply ignore the terrain my mobility is simply
unmatched. I can REALLY get to almost
anywhere on the field. HLC for the heavy
punch, and Kanan to allow me to clear a Stress on a White maneuver. Which gets me every maneuver except the 4
K-Turn. Since I care not at all about
terrain, should never NEED the K-turn, but it is there I guess… This is probably my answer to the Raptor
Attack… Dash goes out and erases Fenn
Rau, does as much Damage as he can to the Ghost before he gets shot out of the
sky… Then without the ability to Boost
at PS 11, Poe should be able to get in there and with Lone Wolf/Focus
Conversion actually get a fair bit of Damage through to either kill the Ghost
or at least get it to half to pull the score over to my side… Against almost everything else? Well, I have two pretty good ships and so a
chance… This is the one “Anti Raptor”
list that I feel at least has a chance against the rest of the field.
The Wookies are a refinement to my previous one… Stress and passive Focus Modification… Lowrick should be able to build up a few
Focus to make him a bit harder to kill.
The Couriers are to allow me to place my low PS Ships at PS 8… Should make for at least an interesting game. Do NOT bunch the lads up, roll in and sweep
past…
The 4 Ship Imperial list is interesting to me… Nothing REALLY OP there. Just 4 pretty interesting Ships. Should be fun to fly…
The S&V Starvipers are interesting to me… For whatever reason I cannot find my 3rd
Starviper ship. Have the rest of the
pack, so I KNOW I have it around somewhere, else I’d be flying 3 of the darn
things… Fun ships, but they ARE
exhausting to fly. SO many different choices
and they are just so slippery. Ace flying
at another level altogether. Fun, but in
an event that might have 5+ games? Not
so sure I would fly them… Or at least
not so well…
Weather is clearing a bit, hoping it stays like this. Really wanting to get the Goldwing back on
the road to be sure that the Sea Foam is actually working and clearing up the Carburetors
for me… REALLY not looking forward to
the potential “tear them apart and rebuild them” project if it is more than
them just having sat for a long time and getting gunked up. But that bike rides SO much nicer than the
old Silverwing. The Silverwing was
excellent for getting me back on a bike, but I had forgotten how nice the Heavy
Cruisers are to actually ride. With the
Goldwing I can actually take longer trips comfortably. The Magna got me to Michigan, but it was fast… Not comfortable. I had to stop every hour or so to stretch out
and walk around a bit. Might have to
with the Goldwing, but it has the nice highway pegs and the seat is adjustable
for a rider my height. And with the 6
gallon tank, I anticipate not needing to stop nearly so often. The Magna had a 3.5 gallon tank IIRC, and it
burned through fuel… Ironically at 5000
RPM on the highway it was actually quite efficient, getting closer to the 50
MPG the Silverwing got at 3000 RPM… I am
unsure what the final efficiency will be for the Goldwing, but I expect it will
be in the 40-50 MPG range. Honda makes
excellent bikes as evidenced by the fact that my “new” bike is a mid-80’s bike
and it is running pretty well.
Job wise? Holding
pattern… Applied for what I felt would
be an excellent place for me… Applied
there before but did not have my transcript at the time. JUST got my MS conferred, but no transcript
in time, so did not get an interview last time.
No guarantee I would have gotten past the interview stage, I was not
really all that confident or frankly that good at the whole “interview process”
at that time. I think this time around I
am in a MUCH better place having actually worked on it and knowing a LOT more
about how to do the whole interview thing…
Pro tip, do NOT just answer the questions quickly and factually. I did that the last time I interviewed on
Campus… Right answers, but I failed on
the “tell a story” part where I can demonstrate why my experience prepared me
for this job and why I might be the best candidate. Unfortunately, a few months in and nothing… Plus side, no “thanks for playing” letter,
but no interview either. Will see,
remaining hopeful as like I said, I think I really would be a good fit for that
job.
