Another "what to do with those extra points" question, this time with MC30 and CR90s

[Iskander4000 142]

Currently playing around with a MSU list featuring MC30s and CR 90s. 

 

MC30c Frigate: MC30c Scout Frigate (69 + 18)
+ Ordnance Experts (4)
+ XI7 Turbolasers (6)
+ Foresight (8)

MC30c Frigate: MC30c Torpedo Frigate (63 + 9)
+ Ordnance Experts (4)
+ Assault Proton Torpedoes (5)

CR90 Corvette: CR90 Corvette A (44 + 39)
+ Mon Mothma (30)
+ Turbolaser Reroute Circuits (7)
+ Jaina's Light (2)

CR90 Corvette: CR90 Corvette B (39 + 5)
+ SW-7 Ion Batteries (5)

 

?????? (51)
 

A-wing Squadron x2 (22)

YT-2400 x2 (32)

The squadrons are subject to change (I wrote another post today about that).

 

Those 51 mystery points would put me at 391 (395 if I add Lando to my flagship), giving me a great bid for going first. The problem is, I don't know what to put there. I've narrowed it down to three options:

 

Neb Support. Pros: Shmitty said it best--see here (http://concentratefire.blogspot.com/2015/10/the-importance-of-the.html?m=0).Cons: Limited flexibility, and those ever-so-vulnerable side arcs.

CR90A with TRC. Pros: Fast, flexible, goes well with Mon Mothma. Cons: Fragile; may require some fancy formation flying to have 5 ships close together

Han Solo (add a HWK and X-wing which equals 51 points, all flown separately from the other squads). Pros: Han's ability; enemy ships are likely to ignore him; with a little luck, I can toss up to 4 dice at a ship; if enemy squads do try to tie him down, I can send my other squads toward their ships. Cons: losing an activation; won't mean squat if my ships get destroyed but he survives

 

Leaning towards CR90A but wondering what you all think.

[Drasnighta 26,573]

If you're going to be all-in with 5 ships, be all in with 5 ships...

Drop the A-Wings and use those points to Toss in another MC30cTorpedo, equipped as the other one is...

 

 

is it the best choice?  Probably not..  But it'd be **** annoying for your opponent...  having that many activations and that many ships that actually hurt so they have to triage their forces...

[Lyraeus 4,759]

Add in Admonition. If you have a Torpedo Frigate you will want to ignore a dice even if it costs you a token.

[Iskander4000 142]

Problem with Admonition is the cost. It's definitely a great title, especially if I can put Willy Blistex on the ship too, but I don't know if it's worth giving up another ship for.

[Lyraeus 4,759]

You can find the points.

[Caldias 2,202]

I second Admonition.  If you can squeeze in Lando, too, do it.  A lot of people are all in on Foresight, but if a ship has XI7s, Admonition actually has more damage mitigation with spend/discard shenanigans.  I like to run both titles, personally, really makes the ship survive better.  A lot of my games I find that Admonition tends to last longer than Foresight, due to accuracies locking down evades/redirects.

[Iskander4000 142]

Hmmm, I could do that. Maybe shave some points from squads to compensate.

[Iskander4000 142]

OK, here is my new, revamped MSU list. Limited squads but with no large ships I'm not too worried about it. Han is included because he's awesome and I think he fits in here. Critiques welcome.

MSU 2 (395/400)

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MC30c Frigate: MC30c Scout Frigate (69 + 22)

+ Lando Calrissian (4)

+ Ordnance Experts (4)

+ XI7 Turbolasers (6)

+ Foresight (8)

MC30c Frigate: MC30c Torpedo Frigate (63 + 17)

+ Walex Blissex (5)

+ Ordnance Experts (4)

+ Admonition (8)

CR90 Corvette: CR90 Corvette A (44 + 39)

+ Mon Mothma (30)

+ Turbolaser Reroute Circuits (7)

+ Jaina's Light (2)

CR90 Corvette: CR90 Corvette B (39 + 5)

+ SW-7 Ion Batteries (5)

CR90 Corvette: CR90 Corvette B (39 + 5)

+ SW-7 Ion Batteries (5)

Squadrons: A-wing Squadron (11)

Squadrons: YT-2400 (16)

Squadrons: Han Solo (26)

Edited February 1, 2016 by Iskander4000

[Caldias 2,202]

Looks good!  I run a very similar list, only with less points in squadrons and swap the CR90Bs for\ CR90As with TRCs.  His hard and defensively strong.  I see this list also being very nasty, especially with the Han Solo shenanigans and autodamage from the Bs.  Very nice.