EPISODE TWO part2 - GAUNTLET OF DEBRIS

Hi Everyone. Well that's round two over and this time lady luck was a little more on my side. Due to an odd number of players i only got to play two games this time around but they pretty fun games. Here's a reminder of what i was flying this week.

GAME ONE.
In the first game i came up against an imperial Decimator
harboring not only Darth Vader but the

Emperor himself. Sadly that lumbering behemoth wasn't alone. An escort of elite TIE fighters swarmed around its flanks. Scourge, Backstabber and Wampa all had my fleet in there sights. The game started off strong with my fleet aggressively swooping in to fire on the Decimator. with my headhunters stripping shields off rapidly the TIE's took aim to protect there masters. After an initial volley the Decimator was on the run and my headhunters gave chase. Our shots where lined up but one TIE pilot strayed too close to the swarm. It proved a little too tempting and Zaaap.

There goes a TIE. The Decimator continued to flee while pelting Torkils Hwk with laser fire but it was backstabbers flanking assault that took Torkils life. My Headhunters were going down and fast. Only three headhunters left and all i had killed was one TIE fighter. The Decimator had two hull left all i have
to do is get one good shot. But it seems the Black Sun soldiers are no match for the Imperial elites as both of my remaining headhunters died before they could catch up with the Decimator. A victory to the Imperials.






GAME TWO.
In the second game it seems the Emperor was a little begrudged about us trying to destroy his Decimator. Krassis Trelix had been hired to hunt down the Black Hwk squadron. And one of the academy finest, Whisper flew along side him in a dreaded TIE Phantom. Both forces started aggressively with the Black Hwk's getting ready to joust with the Firespray.

 With an Unexpected boost of speed my fleet advanced towards Trelix forcing him right into the swarms midst. Whisper approached along side the swarm but fearing the Feedback arrays she was forced to barrel roll out of range one and out of ark.Torkil did his Trick distracting the firespray pilot as my headhunters fired away. I rolled 12 attack dice with focus but only managed to push thru 2 measly damage onto Trelix. Luckily his return fire wasn't much better. Meanwhile Torkil took the opportunity to fire his Ion Cannon Turret at the uncloaked Phantom. Whisper was hit and began to drift. My Headhunters looking into the cockpit of Trellix' firespray saw him release his bomb payload and made a hard turn to avoid it. Overhead screamed Trelix dooing a K-turn to repeat his assault on Torkil. But the trap was set. After last turns pitiful display things had to change. BZaaap. Five Feeback Arrays causing five instant damage on Trellix, And we couldn't even see him burn. One turn later my ships drift forwards towards an oncoming debris cloud but our pray was right where we wanted. Once again Torkil distracts the firespray and ZZap a few more Feedback arrays and Krassis Trelix is no more. But now he have a new issue, my entire fleet staring down a debris cloud. Luckily

Whisper was still recovering from drifting so far away from the action. My Headhunters delve into the Debris cloud trying desperately to turn around before Whisper could bring her guns to bare. I can imagine trying to navigate a Debris field while hoping a phantom doesn't appear and destroy your ship is stressful but things got a little ridiculous. Eventually most of my headhunters turned around and once again torkil managed to Ion Whisper leaving her as a sitting duck. A few lucky shots from a pair of headhunters later and BOOM no more Phantom. A Victory for the Black Hwk's.

THE REVIEW
So this week i had an interesting loss and a Decisive victory. I like this list a lot and it was nice to fly something so different. I think the list is solid but doubt it would be winning a tournament anytime soon. The Headhunters have a great dial and i found this the easiest swarm to control that iv ever flown. Its surprising how Torkil's ability combined with the feedback arrays can be so dangerous to anyone who enters into range one. I also had a few practice games with this list where i managed to have torkil Ion and stress Poe Dameron's X-wing right into the side of my swarm before Zapping him to bits. I don't think there's anything i would really change about the list. Torkil does his job well and the ion was surprisingly useful. The only upgrade that didn't see much use was the Tactician on the Hwk. As an alternative you could take greedo making that one damage the ion cannon does be a critical hit. tho that does make the Hwk more fragile. Alternatively Dengar could be a great alternative making that Ion Cannon Turret more reliable when the new wave comes out. As with any swarm i think the strength of this list will be determined by how well you can fly it. I think i will try this list some more in the future and hopefully become a better pilot myself.

Two weeks in and im hoping for a few more solid victories next time. Im going to be flying a list im much more Comfortable with The Wolf and the Hound. As always my Commisions page is linked in the side bar. If your interested in having any ships painted feel free to send me a message. Thanks for reading and until next time.

Goodbye and Fly Casual