Even For the Imperials...This was pretty Low...

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Whilst the VT-49 Decimator was still in the Sector, members of Vulture Squadron went on a joint mission with it and several other visiting TIE Interceptors lead by Commander Tiller.
News reached us of Rebel sympathetic smuggler activity. The patrol went out and encountered two smuggler vessels (a YT-1300 and YT-2400) along with several other rebel Star fighters.
The ships were challenged and engaged. All Rebel ships were destroyed with no casualties to Vulture Squadron.

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This was a full house gaming night with Myself, Adam, Mike and Ben. and as well as a couple of quick missions from the core rules, we had a big 4 player, two on each side game. As a social thing this is what I like best about the game. Although it is only "two-sided" (i.e. Rebels vs. Imperials - although Scum & Villainy to come soon!), I like having a 4 player, two on each side game.

We play this as each player having there own "Squadron", but checking and conversing for tactics etc. for the same end goal. Often even those squadrons will be set up to compliment each other.

For instance, the two rebels may have 100 points each, one with a couple of slower attack ships (Y-wings or B-wings, maybe even a Falcon thrown in there) and the other a "Fighter" escort (X or A -wings). In this way each player will be set up slightly differently and will play in a different manner - whilst checking tactics with each other to achieve the same end goal.

In the mission above it was myself and Adam as the Imperials, and Mike and Ben as the Rebel (Scum).

The joy of the social side of gaming, is that this being Mike's first game in a while, he went out especially and bought himself the falcon that afternoon. In knowing he had done this, the agreed tactic of myself and Adam was...Destroy the Falcon.

Now, tactically this would probably be the thing to do, as the YT-1300 is a beast of a ship... but it was nothing to do with that, it was just, I guess the imperial coming out in us. Sorry Mike.

Once the Falcon was gone, Dash Rendars YT-2400 soon followed and the imperials easily mopped up the rest. Adam's Interceptors took a lot of damaged, but the Decimator came through pretty much unscathed along with the rest of Vulture Squadron.

So another 10 points for Vulture Squadron...

My squadron stayed the same as previous, but now using 123 of 135 available points. The reason I'm not rushing to "Spend" my extra points, is to add a bigger ship when I can "afford" it points wise...