The first thing that stands out is that these come 2 ships to a stand. That actually makes a ton of sense to me. Individually, they would be weak and therefore cheap. In order to prevent people from simply spamming them for activations, the 2 to a base allows them to be a more appropriate cost. I would be surprised if they cost much less than CR-90b.
What will they do? Maybe they will come with new objectives. That would be fun. Otherwise, they could provide cheap squadron commands like they do in X-Wing. I am sure we will see a preview article soon.
Who has a guess on what these might do in the game?
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And now we have the real preview article.
https://www.fantasyflightgames.com/en/news/2016/3/16/bigger-battles-better-tactics/
The fleet support sounds interesting and the flotilla rule is a great way to keep a ramming swarm from being a problem. They are still ships though and will work with Admiral abilities.
A handful of these in your backfield would be very handy for activation advantage. If they can take boosted Comms even better. I confess though, after the ISD a few little ships feel... A tad underwhelming.
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