Editing X-Wing/Tactics/Empire (section)

==VT-49 Decimator==
[[File:Decimator 1.jpg|200px|thumb|right]]
Created as a mid-sized Imperial ship for the Star Wars Galaxies (the first Star Wars MMO) expansion that added ships to the game. It was designed as an "evil Millennium Falcon" and borrowed aesthetics from TIE Fighters and a Star Destroyer (many have noted it closely resembles a TX-130T Hovertank, the primary Republic and Empire ground vehicle from Star Wars Battlefront 2). Essentially a heavy recon vessel, a picket ship (a ship that sits at the edges of large fleets to detect traps and inbound hostiles before they reach more expensive craft), and if needed [[METAL BOXES|a heavily armored troop transport functioning like a space AT-AT. ]] To be assigned to one is a good sign since its a step below capital ships, and who doesn't dream if being captain of a Star Destroyer? [[Blam|Besides those who are prone to mistakes anyway]].

The Decimator is a very popular ship in Imperial meta for a number of reasons. While the Shuttle is like a TIE Fighter in that it gets the job done cheap with its ample upgrade slots for combo synergy, the Decimator does it while packing a punch at almost double the price. Despite being a lot smaller than the CR90 it has a much stronger Hull of 12 (strongest in the game at the moment), but one less Shield. That lack of Shields (because those eat Crits) along with not having ass-saving choices like Chewbacca as a pilot or C-3PO as Crew make it much squishier than the YT-1300, but still more durable than anything else. While it has a defense of 0, it thankfully has a lot more turning moves than the Rebel Large ships in keeping with the Imperial theme. But while it's strong, it's still not armed well enough to enough to get into any head to head gun fights with other Large ships at only 3 Attack Dice on a bow-tie turret (the first the Empire got) and being limited to a single Bomb and/or Torpedo for secondary weapons.  
*Two Crew and a Gunner, just like the YT-1300.
**<s>Ysanne Isard</s> '''Minister Tua''' is a good pick for any VT-49 pilot, as she can help compensate for the utter lack of evasion.
*''Dauntless'' title lets you perform a white action as red after bumping another ship.

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Image:Decimator Mini.jpg
Image:Decimator Interior.jpg|A fan mock-up of what the Decimator interior might look like.
Image:Captain Kagi.jpg|Note that the actor originally to play Captain Kagi instead played Oicunn, meaning Kagi may have been a secret clone of Oicunn. Or fans have taken behind the scenes trivia for canon. Either way, this is Captain Oicunn. 
Image:Commander Kenkirk.png|Kenkirk.
Image:Chiraneu.png|Chiraneau.
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=====Pilots=====
*'''Patrol Leader''': Run of the mill pilot.
*'''Captain Oicunn''': Named Barrow Oicunn, he was in the army on his home planet of Humbarine during the Clone Wars when Grievous devastated the undefended planet, saw the Empire as being able to prevent the same thing from happening to somebody else. Like Batman. At some point he had an interesting adventure relating to the Kessel Run which has never been elaborated on, but is what gives him his unique ability in the game (so it's not hard to figure out what happened). He was promoted to Admiral eventually, and a small group of elite clone Stormtroopers use his DNA as a template. He can attack at Range 0.
**Combine with the Intimidation talent to drop their defense.
**''Dauntless'' title is a must to compensate for all the ramming you're doing.
**0-0-0 and BT-1 have a nice  chain synergy with Oicunn's ability as long as Vader is in your squad. If you don't have Vader, bring Death Troopers instead.
*'''Morna Kee:''' An imperial officer who attended a Mofference in the shitty ''Aftermath'' novel. Init 4 with 3 non-recurring charges. If she has a Reinforce token, she can spend a charge during End Phase to flip its direction instead of removing it. If you really wanted to, you could have the fore and aft simultaneously reinforced.
*'''Rear Admiral Chiraneau''': A TIE ace who had specialized in deep space comm. Promoted by the newly "[[PROMOTIONS|promoted]]" Admiral Piett to Rear Admiral and was his adviser on the Super Star Destroyer "Executor". At some point after that he commanded a Decimator. When Palpatine arrived at the second Death Star he was among the Stormtroopers and officers standing at attention, then for the battle was on the bridge of the Executor. Killed when A-Wing pilot Arvel Crynyd suicide-bombed the bridge of the ship, resulting in the destruction of the Executor when it... crashed straight into the Death Star. Maybe putting the only controls of the ship in the exposed bridge was a bad idea. When shooting at somebody that your reinforce token is facing, you can change an eye to a crit. Anything that grants rerolls is your friend here.
**Minister Tua ensures a constant supply of Reinforce tokens to keep his ability going. Hope you like the blue maneuvers.