Talk:Manaroo/@comment-125.239.152.76-20170131100143/@comment-454133-20170131171808

Before I comment on effectiveness, I'd like to make sure I know what I'm looking at. These uncommon abbreviations really make it hard to help; please just type them out, and/or ideally link them to save us time.

SD = Stealth Device?

HU = Hull Upgrade?

Oc R4 = Overclocked R4?

CD = Collision Detector not Cloaking Device? (I had to build the ship in a squad builder to figure that one out)

I have seen BMST before (Black Market Slicer Tools).

On to the analysis and advice:

Definitely too many random upgrades. I'd recommend you ditch the hull upgrades, as they're usually not worth the points unless they synergize with a specific ability, like Countdown. Better to leave that upgrade slot empty and spend the points elsewhere.

4-LOM + Mindlink + Zuckuss is a reasonable idea. I'd say that has good synergy, though some table time will tell whether it's enough. The slicer tools are also quite good at exploiting 4-LOM's strategy. The scyk's flechette cannon may help apply more stress, but you have to hit with it; that said, a missing Serrissu isn't entirely a waste thanks to the defense aura. Your allies will face Zuckuss stress with you to a degree, so make sure you use it well. Latts Razzi is another crew option to consider for the G-1A, though Zuckuss works well.

That collision detector isn't necessarily bad, but with more points, you may get more use out of FCS. Depends on how you want to fly Zuckuss. He's going to hover at around a third of your points, so make sure he can pull that much weight in a fight.

I should point out that when Manaroo assigns her focus token to an ally, she will get a free focus from the mind link (because she will have no focus tokens when the tokens are assigned to her mindlinked pal). So Recon Specialist may not be well spent; instead K4 Security Droid might help her support better?

Overall it feels like a defensible fleet with a bit of neat synergy, but it still lacks teeth. Most of the threat is loaded on 4-LOM, with Manny and Serrissu playing support. Serrissu either needs a better weapon, or should be traded for something scarier. Maybe give Plasma Torpedoes + Extra Munitions to manny to help her contribute to enemy deaths more directly?

I hope that helps.