The HWK-290 gets an obligatory free title (which can stack with Moldy Crow) that grants it ATT2, and also gives it an extra hull and shield. Since they will now have a 2/2/5/2 statline, you cannot equip Pulsed Ray Shield and this new title. This was intentional to mitigate unnecessary regeneration.
I intentionally did not change the dial at all, since the ship fills a unique design space that I wanted to retain.
Kyle Katarn can now give himself a focus token, but gets a significant cost increase, and ability range reduction to range 1-2.
Palob can steal reinforce tokens. The same underlying rule change as with the B-wings and G1-A applies: he has no fore/aft arcs so he can always use the token on defense regardless of attack angle.
Dace Bonearm doesn't get a stress when he uses his ability, and it gives out an additional ion token, but he can still only use it once per round. He can now double-ion large base ships by himself if his ion cannon turret lands a hit on it.
I think what you did here is a solid start. The Hawk's dial, while "distinct", really is its biggest weakness. In my experience crew like Nien Numb and Hera often get slotted in just to compensate for the dial. I also think Scum Hawks tend to be more slightly more viable partly because of the added utility the Illicit slot can give it. I chewed on what you did for a while and came up with the following additions below.
For the Retrofit, I added the reduction in mod cost so things like Engine Upgrade and Vectored Thrusters could get added on more cheaply to compensate for its mobility issues.
The new Rebel ELINT title I created gives the Rebel Hawks a bit more oomph. I replaced the stock Target Lock with Coordinate, to provide more utility as a support ship and because I've never seen TL used by anyone flying a HWK (maybe some other folks have, who knows?). I also have it adding a systems slot to give it more options (and partially for thematic reasons).
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Posted · Edited by cahlash
I think what you did here is a solid start. The Hawk's dial, while "distinct", really is its biggest weakness. In my experience crew like Nien Numb and Hera often get slotted in just to compensate for the dial. I also think Scum Hawks tend to be more slightly more viable partly because of the added utility the Illicit slot can give it. I chewed on what you did for a while and came up with the following additions below.
For the Retrofit, I added the reduction in mod cost so things like Engine Upgrade and Vectored Thrusters could get added on more cheaply to compensate for its mobility issues.
The new Rebel ELINT title I created gives the Rebel Hawks a bit more oomph. I replaced the stock Target Lock with Coordinate, to provide more utility as a support ship and because I've never seen TL used by anyone flying a HWK (maybe some other folks have, who knows?). I also have it adding a systems slot to give it more options (and partially for thematic reasons).
That's what I've got.