Small Ships with Critical Black Dice v2
This is version 2 of my attempt to fly a squadron of all small ships. The first go was not successful. My opponent brought a 5-activation Madine fleet and he smashed me. So I've cut to the near essentials with a six activation fleet and a the Ciena-Valen squadron combo. Where I've splurged and changed approach is to outfit all four "back dice" ships with ACM. I previously had gladiators with APT and Raiders with ACM. I could probably go 4xAPT (borrowing a pair from my opponent), and if I could
I've settled as the fleet below (unchanged from previous). I anticipate my opponent to bid 388 Points. Adding a Skilled First Officer, I'm guessing, threatens losing me the bid. Adding RBD -- a good idea -- also threatens losing the bid. (The risk is my opponent anticipates me bringing another 395+ pt fleet and so risks adding more points himself, and I'm flying at a more punishing deficit than needed. But that's the meta-game, right?)
I could remove Demolisher and replace the APT with the