Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-27029853-20170703223814/@comment-27029853-20170828200212

Played another Vassal match today with Backfire Messery.

My opponent played two Karthakk Pirates with Twin Laser Turret; one had Greedo and the other had Cad Bane and Bomblet Generator. To round out the list he took Fenn Rau with Push The Limit, Autothrusters, and Concord Dawn Protector.

I forgot to take screenshots though.

I placed my forces on the bottom right of my side whereas he took the center of the right for his forces.

I took the outside the rocks path and he went in a straight line through the asteroids. Fenn did a damage to Deathfire, but forced Deathfire to spend his focus token. My squad then laid into the Greedo Pirate, Ionizing it and bringing it down to one shield. The Pirates TLT then reduced Deathfire to one hull, with Greedo giving Deathfire a Thrust Control Fire, stressing him.

My plan for the next round had been to three bank and then Cluster the Ioned Pirate, but because of the stress I thought a 2 bank would still work. Unfortunately it didn't and only got one cluster on the Pirate, and Vessery and Backdraft had to barrel roll out of the way. Fenn did bump the Ioned Karthakk Pirate though, preventing a focus token. Fenn then blew Deathfire out of the sky at range 1. Backdraft then attacked Fenn to get a TL despite missing. Vessery then Ion Cannoned Fenn Rau and managed to slip a hit through thanks to Crackshot, which would force Fenn Rau into the Clusters. The TLTs plinked off one of Vessery's shields

The Bomblet Karthakk then dropped a Bomblet, although Vessery still chose to koigran into it to keep the pressure on Fenn, and Backdraft managed to thread the needle to get range 1 on both pirates, one in each arc and out of the arcs. Fenn took a damage from the Cluster and then tried to barrel roll away from taking the next, knowing he'd take the Bomblet and hoping he could get Backdraft in arc. The Bomblet killed him though while only dealing one damage to Vessery. Backdraft then took his double shot, dealing two damage to the Bomblet Karthakk and killing the Greedo Karthakk.

My opponent conceded here.

I'm sorta happy with how the list is taking down aces albeit a little worried about Deathfire melting there.