Talk:Factions/@comment-113.23.174.41-20180830154432/@comment-454133-20180830161049

Occasionally some of my local game stores will allow mixed-faction fleets, sometimes 100 points, other times 125 or 150 points. They might say "50 points per faction", or "you can spend points however you want but you have to have at least 2 factions".

The rule I see every time though is, faction-locked upgrades can only go on their faction's pilots. So Ruthlessness can't go on Luke Skywalker, but Soontir with Ruthlessness could fly alongside Luke with Selflessness.

I like to make silly fleets that focus on a gimmick or two, often involving Jan Ors. For example:

Fenn Rau with Advanced Proton Torpedoes + Fearlessness + Guidance Chips + Concord Dawn Protector

Jan Ors with TLT

"Omega Leader" with VI + Targeting Synchronizer

Fill out the rest of the points on Jan as you like. Maybe switch the Chips for Autothrusters to let Fenn live longer.

The fleet is delicate -- you're counting on Fenn surviving and getting positioned and it almost requires a cooperative or unaware opponent -- but the silly gimmick is worth it. Omega acquires a lock for Fenn to use. Fenn gets into range 1 in the enemy's arc and focuses. He then spends Omega's lock to fire the APT with a bonus die from his pilot ability and Jan. Assuming all this happens correctly (again, it's fidgity), he's rolling 7 dice and adding a hit (so 8 dice on the table), converting up to 3 blanks to focuses, and spending the focus, and converting any remaining blank to a crit (or a hit to a crit if none were blank). Typically you'll have rolled 7 or 8 hits/crits, way stronger than what Nera can pull off (though Nera has a far easier time getting her shot off in the first place, so I for prize tournaments I still prefer my single-faction fleet with her + Jan + either Biggs or Lowhhrick).

If your opponent doesn't pay attention and recognize what's coming, the resulting nuke is glorious! I've one-shot multiple ships with this style of fleet (using Jan to maximize dice is my favorite trick for derpy lists), including Darth Vader. My opponent was shocked that this was possible.

So yes, you absolutely can fly custom 3-faction lists if your friends are up for it. There are going to be combos that are too powerful and you'll have to make the occasional tweak or agree to not field an overly-strong list, but when it's between friends it tends to work fine. Some game stores are even open to running silly tournaments like this: I have played unofficial 3-faction tournaments with prizes (and won sometimes, though definitely lost other times; if your opponent knows Fenn well enough, he knows how to ruin my combo).

Enjoy!