Agate SH2 & TRCx2

 

I hope you've had a nice X-mas eve. I certainly have. Here in Norway it's actually the 24th that the real X-mas. Christmas day isn't a thing at all. Weird, huh?

I was going to share another retro Ackbar list, but it was just too boring, so I started looking at some older stuff (well, not that old, but w8) that I tried prior to 1.5 and found this Agate Starhawk list that I've actually played - more than once. I dropped using SAdv since I knew it was going out with the trash.

The idea here is that Agate is generally awesome, the SH is pretty nice WIT Agate, and it's all about the SH1, so let's try the SH2. Rather than go 100% points fortress/max squads, I tried to leverage some TRC90s (this is pre-evade 1.5).

The original had Leading Shots, but I got little mileage out of them so switched to Ion Batteries to stay under 400...

The combination of the SH2 red flak, the title, and Toryn, makes flak awesome. The 2 A-wings delay stuff above and beyond their points. EST +  Walex + LFC + Agata means 2xBrace, 2xRedir, 2xSalvo, with redundancy and damage reduction. So. Fucking. Awesome. It's got all my fav Rebel officers. Even has room for Ezra (Ezra + Abandoned Mining is cool).

AG actually works on this, forcing everyone to take the yellow (or Infested if they haven't yet experienced the power of slugs + moving rocks). Asteroids is kind of the default yellow now, but I'd recommend AMF. The purrgil, given that 2nd player moves first + the dust fields makes for a very interesting board state. Ezra is a big boon here. But ok, Asteroids isn't a bad choice.

The main problem with this list is the TRC90s. To be useful, they have to join the fight. If they pop, that's a lot of points you have to win back. So going max squads IS, objectively better, but this is still good. Also, nuEvade will help.

Name: Agate SH2 & TRCx2
Faction: Rebel
Commander: Kyrsta Agate

Assault: Advanced Gunnery (or Most Wanted)
Defense: Abandoned Mining Facility (or Asteroid Tactics)
Navigation: Infested Fields

Starhawk Battleship Mark II (150)
• Kyrsta Agate (20)
• Expert Shield Tech (5)
• Walex Blissex (5)
• Local Fire Control (4)
• Ion Cannon Batteries (5)
• Linked Turbolaser Towers (7)
• Unity (10)
= 206 Points

CR90 Corvette A (44)
• Ezra Bridger (3)
• Turbolaser Reroute Circuits (7) (or DTT)
• Jaina's Light (2)
= 56 Points

CR90 Corvette A (44)
• Ahsoka Tano (2)
• Turbolaser Reroute Circuits (7) (or DTT)
= 53 Points

GR-75 Medium Transports (18)
• Toryn Farr (7)
• Comms Net (2)
• Bright Hope (2)
= 29 Points

GR-75 Medium Transports (18)
• Leia Organa (3)
• Comms Net (2)
= 23 Points

Squadrons:
• Shara Bey (17)
• Tycho Celchu (16)
= 33 Points

Total Points: 400