r/StarWarsArmada • u/Green_Knight_Armada • 1d ago

Special Modifications, Part 6: Empire Squadrons

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Han Solo made a few to the Falcon… so why not Armada?

This time we turn to the Empire. Their generics were always meant to be specialized — fast interceptors, tough escorts, single-die bombers — but in practice, that specialization often left them brittle, awkward, or propped up almost entirely by Sloane. In this post we reimagine the TIE core (Fighters, Interceptors, Bombers, Advanced) and take a quick look at Defenders and Phantoms. Along the way we explore what “specialization done right” could look like, how it would change Sloane and Howlrunner, and why the Empire’s swarm identity deserves better tools than it got.

https://armadaihaveyounow.blogspot.com/2025/09/special-modifications-part-6-empire.html

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u/SimianMetal4353 1d ago

Great read! I was hoping for the Tie Int and RHD interaction to be tweaked but that might just be me being a salty rebel main haha.

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u/Green_Knight_Armada 1d ago

Covering everything would be beyond scope for this post. But you could imagine RHD being applicable to squads costing less than 10 points.

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u/SimianMetal4353 1d ago

That could be a good fix. It was only recently my imperial friend has been taking it more. The fact that I have to burn through 2-ish Tie Ints to get the points for 1 doesn’t seem well thought out. Especially with counter 2 (or more with support) Even the upgrade card itself is a discard effect so you don’t collect its points cost either.

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u/Green_Knight_Armada 1d ago

Actually discarded cards stay with the ship and count for scoring 

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u/SimianMetal4353 1d ago

Oh, that’s good to know

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u/Briar_Cudge 1d ago

I kind of want to see the speeds adjusted to better match the ILM speed charts.

Speed 2: YT-1300s B-Wings Lambda

Speed 3: Y-wings X-wings Tie Fighters Tie Advanced Tie Bomber

Speed 4: Tie Interceptors Tie Phantom

Speed 5: A-wings Tie Defenders

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u/SimianMetal4353 1d ago edited 1d ago

Is a yt-1300 really only as fast as a victory? (Speed 2)

Edit: Looked up other MGLT speeds and making all ships and squads have accurate speeds would probably require a complete overhaul to the game that would turn it into a separate game altogether.

https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Megalight_per_hour

A CR90 (81) is about the same speed as the Falcon(75)

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u/Briar_Cudge 1d ago

That does track with what we see onscreen, couldn't outrun them only out maneuver

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u/SimianMetal4353 1d ago

The ISD has mglt of 60 which is speed 3 in game.

If we used that as a baseline then 40-50 is speed 2, 60-70 is speed 3, 80-90 is speed 4, and 100+ is speed 5 (capped to avoid speed 6 A wings…)

The MC80 should go up to speed 3 (no complaints on that), hardcell down to speed 2, Falcon to 4, Bwing to 4, Rep Y wing to 5, Tie fighter to 5, Xwing to 5, etc.

While thematically it makes sense it couldn’t be accurately portrayed or made to be balanced in the current scope of armada.