Board Thread:Homebrew/@comment-30996754-20170323042105/@comment-454133-20170323050512

It looks like "status" a new upgrade slot that can be filled. That's hard to balance... but thus far these aren't upgrades that quite compete with existing slots. Mostly. I'm still very wary.

Looks like Shields Down doesn't prevent the ship from having a shield value still, meaning it could regain its shields during play, e.g. R2-D2. It's also worth noting that for many large ships, you're handing half-points to the opponent right from the start, which may be a dead letter for many players. :)  Finally, consider the humble B-Wing, which could be fielded as a 3-hull, 3-attack, 1 agility ship for as little as 12 points.  Add Accuracy Corrector for another 2 points and I wonder if that really pressures the role of the Z-95 and A-Wing.  Or give it Extra Munitions and Plasma Torpedoes and you have a 17 point doomsday swarm ship (compare to 16 point Z-95s with Cluster/Concussion missiles, who sport lower base attack).

Reserve Force is interesting... wording could be tightened up but I like the idea. I think that's mainly the role that docked ships are meant to play, but this feels more like reserves from Warhammer 40k (from what little experience I have playing that). Interesting thought. I'm naturally concerned though, and trying to think of ways it could be abused... perhaps by running down the clock in a timed game with a fast shield recharger, then pulling in your more fragile reserves after drawing the target in to just devastate their team. Not sure if that's good or bad for play.

Taking Point can be assigned to any ship? Kinda reduces the worth and uniqueness of Lieutenant Dormitz. And it's more powerful than he is, since your fleet doesn't have to cluster around a shuttle.

Hmmm... not sure how I feel on Caught Napping. Some ships won't care while others would never touch it... I'd have to consider some edge cases to think about possible abuse, but my brain is tiring... Think in terms of Keyan Farlander or Tycho Celchu as a very basic start. Someone else can probably better estimate whether this is balanced.