Welcome to Rogue Squadron, pilot! In this series we will be looking at different squadrons you can fly in Fantasy Flight Games X-Wing miniatures game. We give you the squad, what expansion pack all of the upgrades come from and then give you the low down on how best to fly it. Strap in and get ready to fly…
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TIE Advanced “Juno Eclipse” (Imperial Raider Expansion) (32 pts)
When you reveal your maneuver, you may increase or decrease its speed by 1 (to a minimum of 1).
- Elite Pilot Talent- Push the Limits (A-Wing/Imperial Aces Expansions): Once per round, after you perform an action, you may perform 1 free action shown in your action bar. Then receive 1 stress token.
- Title- TIE X1 (Imperial Raider Expansions)- Your upgrade bar gains the System upgrade icon. If you equip a upgrade, its squad point cost is reduced by 4 (to a minimum of 0).
- System- Advanced Sensors (Lambda Shuttle/E-Wing Expansions)- Immediately before you reveal your maneuver, you may perform 1 free action. If you use this ability, you must skip your “Perform Action” step during this round.
- Modification- Twin Ion Engine Mk II (TIE Punisher Expansion)- You may treat all bank maneuvers as green maneuvers.
TIE Advanced “Lieutenant Colzet” (Imperial Raider Expansion) (23 pts)
At the start of the End phase, you may spend a target lock you have on an enemy ship to flip 1 random facedown Damage card assigned to it faceup.
- Title- TIE X1 (Imperial Raider Expansions)- Your upgrade bar gains the System upgrade icon. If you equip a upgrade, its squad point cost is reduced by 4 (to a minimum of 0).
- System- Fire Control System (B-Wing/TIE Phantom Expansions)- After you perform an attack, you may acquire a target lock on the defender.
- Modification- Twin Ion Engine Mk II (TIE Punisher Expansion)- You may treat all bank maneuvers as green maneuvers.
2x TIE Advanced “Tempest Squadron” (TIE Advanced Expansion) (21 pts)
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- Title- TIE X1 (Imperial Raider Expansions)- Your upgrade bar gains the System upgrade icon. If you equip an upgrade, its squad point cost is reduced by 4 (to a minimum of 0).
- System- Accuracy Corrector (IG-2000/StarViper Expansion)- When attacking, during the “Modify Attack Dice” step, you may cancel all of your dice results. Then, you may add 2 Hit results to your roll. Your dice cannot be modified again during this attack.
- Modification- Twin Ion Engine Mk II (TIE Punisher Expansion)- You may treat all bank maneuvers as green maneuvers.
Lock S-Foils in Attack Position
Last week we got the Imperial Raider and this week we’re getting Wave VII (and next week we might get some ships from Episode VII) so to say this an exciting time for X-wing would be an understatement. However, since I haven’t actually got my Wave VII ships yet I don’t really want to speculate on ships I haven’t played with yet. So instead I’m just toying with a relatively straight forward upgrade and combining it with the TIE Advanced upgrades from the Raider.
Juno Eclipse is an absolute beast to pin down. The ability to change her speed to maneuvers that aren’t even on her dial gives her unprecedented options. The only maneuvers she can’t do are S-loops and speed 1-2 K-turns. Combining this with Push, Advanced Sensors and the Mk II TIE engine upgrade really lets her shine. She can take two actions before she moves and then has 10 potential directions to go that are green to clear that stress away.
So on one side you have Juno being slippery and on the other you have a force of three Advanceds, two with Accuracy Correctors so they are going to be doing consistent damage. Combined with their three agility and five hitpoints they will not be something you can ignore. Lieutenant Colzet adds some more threat to the trio with his ability to flip a damage card over every round thanks to FCS.
Just joust with the low three and force your opponent to leave Juno behind them. She’ll make them regret it.
Variations
The best variation here would be to switch Colzet’s Fire Control System for either an Accuracy Corrector or an Advanced Targeting Computer, while dropping someone’s TIE Mk II. Then he can add a crit to all his attacks and also flip a card face up. I didn’t go that route as I felt the consistency of FCS was preferable given his lowly PS3 status. You generally treat him the same as the Tempest Squads, just taking a TL when appropriate for some bonus.
You could also trade up Juno’s Advanced Senors for Advanced Targeting Computer. With PTL she’ll be able to make good use of it. Trading all of the TIE Mk II’s for an Engine upgrade on her is also an option.
Wayne Basta
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Thanks for posting these Wayne, they’ve been helping me out quiet a bit for squadron ideas. I’m actually fielding the Interceptor Aces squadron you had on here for a tourny Sunday because of the success I’ve had with it. Though I might look into getting Juno in if the dial and action bar can keep up with the interceptors. It’s been awhile since I touched the Advance and I picked up the Raider set Tuesday.