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How To Use Kylo’s Upsilon Shuttle: X-Wing TACTICS

By Barclay Montgomery | February 23rd, 2017 | Categories: Star Wars Tactics, X-Wing 2.0

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The Upsilon Shuttle is rightly feared by all who oppose the First Order. Check out this crazy Kylo Ren build that will have everyone fleeing in terror! 

This beast of a ship is designed for the singular purpose of singling out an enemy and taking it down with extreme prejudice. And with Kylo Ren’s pilot ability, whichever ship decides to attack him will pay the consequence. “I’ll Show You the Dark Side” assigns a Pilot critical damage to whichever ship receive the condition card, and that can be enough to cripple it.

Kylo Ren’s Shuttle title card adds a control element by adding stress to an unstressed ship within range 1-2 at the end of the combat phase. The enemy ships’ owner can pass that stress token off to another friendly ship, but either way someone will be felling the stress when Kylo is in town!

Add 2 of the most notorious Imperial crew member to this ship to add some more muscle. Agent Kallus is known for picking a target and seeing to it personally that the ship goes down.

The Dark Lord of the Sith is all about power, and he will Force crush any ship in his way. Taking 2 damage to give out a critical damage maay seem like much, but add some defensive upgrades and it won;t be so bad. 

Reinforced Deflectors help whenever you take a big hit from enemy fire. Gaining a shield just for taking 3 damage is not a bad trade off in the grand scheme of the First Order!

The Swarm Leader elite upgrade will add even more firepower to this already impressive offensive ship. If you add a few generic TIE Fighters, this ability will go off without a hitch. As long as Kylo’s Shuttle and 2 other friendlies all have the same ship in your sights, you can trade evade tokens for extra attack dice! What power! 

To help your wingmates get that precious Coordinate action, use your Pattern Analyzer when negotiating tight turns. Always get that action that you need, whne you need it. 

Finally, the cherry on top, Weapons Guidance make sure that all those dice hit their target. If you roll a blank and all your other dice look savvy, just spend a focus to make a blank turn into a hit!

That’s it for the most offensive and devastating Kylo Ren build out there! Will you use this ship to crush the Rebel Resistance?

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About the Author: Barclay Montgomery

I'm a weird guy wargamer and hobby enthusiast. I'm like the Thing, I can take many forms. I could be a bounty hunter looking for Rebel prey, a commander of an Imperial fleet, or the Hive Mind of the Great Devourer of Worlds.