Imperial Veterans announced.

[Mr Mystery]

[url=https://www.fantasyflightgames.com/en/news/2015/12/14/rule-the-skies/]And here it is.[/url]

Reprints of the Defender, and the Bomber.

Some very, very saucy upgrades as well. Very saucy.

[0rph3u5]

Gamma Squadron Veterans are the TIE Bomber pilots I've been waiting for, normal Bombers just didn't measure up with their expensive munitions ... they won't be be cheap, easy to use or swarmable still but the EPT slot will do something for the reliablity (too bad I already painted two bombers with the white Stripes)

I actually thought, the Defender had his little place with the Arrival of Mk. II Ion Engine-Upgrade (getting rid of the stress without suffering too much of an imposition was real gift) - but who am I to complain that my favorite craft will get better...

And massed Tractor Beams are going to be fun...

[Mr Mystery]

I'm intrigued to see which ships they do for the Rebel and Scum equivalent, when their turn comes around.

[CoffeeGrunt]

I thought this was a thread on some bad-*ss Guard veterans, then I saw the forum section it was in. :P

I hope they space plane very good.

[Mr Mystery]

Defender is a favourite of mine anyway, so should be acecakes.

And it's at least one more named female pilot.

Anyways. When you're counted as a Guard Veteran after your first five minutes on your first battlefield, it's not saying very much

[CoffeeGrunt]

I'm intrigued to see which ships they do for the Rebel and Scum.

Is there a difference between those two? #Empire4Dayz

[Mr Mystery]

Rebels don't do Drugs. Just the Scum.

[Mikhail233]

Only thing I wish is that the Tie/D title included cannons up to 4 points for some Mangler Cannon shenanigans
But this is a must buy, I've been trying for ages to make the Tie Defender work in my lists but it always just under-performs
It doesn't help that a delta squadron pilot costs the same as Vader with Tie/X1 and ATC

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Also is that Maarek Steele in a tie defender I see?

[ChahDresh]

Can't wait for the Imperial Veterans. I really like the TIE Defender, and I kept wanting to be the guy who could make 'em work. Well, I wasn't.

But I have an insane plan for when this is released! First, there's the "Glaive Squadron Pilot"-- at PS6, we can expect it to have an EPT. Now let's add the TIE-D title, so a cannon shot then a primary. Two attacks, and we want to modify both of them... that means either Marksmanship or Predator, and since we're mid-PS and so we'll need a focus for defense, let's go Predator. Glaive, Ion, title, and Predator is 40 points (estimated).

Now, two of them brings us to 80, so that's 20 points to spend on a support ship. We've got some ion, so let's try and pull off some ion + stress shenanigans! Scimitar Squadron pilot, with the TIE Shuttle title, Mara Jade, and an Intel Agent-- bingo! 20 points on the nose, adding stress without depending upon staying in arc, and putting a blocker in the mix.

What do you think?

[Mikhail233]

Can't wait for the Imperial Veterans. I really like the TIE Defender, and I kept wanting to be the guy who could make 'em work. Well, I wasn't.

But I have an insane plan for when this is released! First, there's the "Glaive Squadron Pilot"-- at PS6, we can expect it to have an EPT. Now let's add the TIE-D title, so a cannon shot then a primary. Two attacks, and we want to modify both of them... that means either Marksmanship or Predator, and since we're mid-PS and so we'll need a focus for defense, let's go Predator. Glaive, Ion, title, and Predator is 40 points (estimated).

Now, two of them brings us to 80, so that's 20 points to spend on a support ship. We've got some ion, so let's try and pull off some ion + stress shenanigans! Scimitar Squadron pilot, with the TIE Shuttle title, Mara Jade, and an Intel Agent-- bingo! 20 points on the nose, adding stress without depending upon staying in arc, and putting a blocker in the mix.

What do you think?

Pretty good, only issues I can see is it can get arc dodged by high PS pilots and that the Tie Defenders will be very predictable if they get stressed but that's always been a issue with them
Only thing I would change is drop the intelligence agent to throw the twin ion engine mark 2 on both defenders, don't know how many points that leaves me with