Armada/Tactics/Confederacy of Independent Systems
So far we don't actually know enough about the Confederacy to say very much about what they're like in Armada. Their fighters are (predictably) low cost with the swarm ability, but we only really got one real combat ship so far and it's optimized for long range harassment. Until the next wave hits we won't really know what direction the faction is going in.
Small Ships
| Class | Variant | Fore | Sides | Aft | AA | Hull | Defenses | C/S/E |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hardcell | Transport | ❸ ⬤⬤⬤ | ❶ ⬤ | ❷ | ⬤ | 5 | Brace, Evade, Redirect | 1/2/3 |
| Hardcell | Battle Refit | ❸ ⬤⬤⬤ | ❶ ⬤ | ❷ | ⬤⬤ | 5 | Brace, Evade, Redirect | 1/2/3 |
Hardcell Class
"What is my purpose?"
"You pass butter."
"Oh my god."
- – Rick & Morty
More like hard-sell. At a moment's glance the Hardcell looks like a cheaper, crummier Nebulon-B, with fewer dice and the the maneuvering chart of the Gozanti. But this is somewhat unfair; it's not a front line warship and it will never hit the table as one. What it is, is the only ship in Armada with a three shield arc and a fleet support card. It's a backfield support ship with no pretensions of being anything else.
- Transport: The basic model with two officers, fleet support, and support team. Virtually no armament upgrades or retrofits to speak of, but it's the toughest fleet support ship in the game.
- Battle Refit: Trades the transport's comedy blue dice for reds. It gets both offensive and defensive retrofits as well as turbolasers, giving it a slight edge over the Nebulon-B (forgetting that people only fly the Neb because Yavaris lets Luke or Wedge shoot twice).
- Titles
- Beast of Burden: Meet Bob the space-cleric. Bob can spend defense tokens to ready the defense tokens of others.
- Foreman's Labor: When you take damage in an arc that still has shield remaining, you can exhaust to reduce the total damage by 1. Basically plugs the Hardcell's biggest vulnerability of being hit in the side by a squadron.
Medium Ships
| Class | Variant | Fore | Sides | Aft | AA | Hull | Defenses | C/S/E |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Munificent | Comms Frigate | ❹ ⬤⬤⬤⬤ | ❸ ⬤⬤⬤ | ❷ ⬤⬤ | ⬤ | 6 | Brace, Redirect, Salvo | 2/3/4 |
| Munificent | Star Frigate | ❹ ⬤⬤⬤⬤ | ❸ ⬤⬤⬤ | ❷ ⬤⬤ | ⬤⬤ | 6 | Brace, Redirect, Salvo | 2/2/4 |
Munificent Class
The Munificent is an odd take on the rebel assault frigate. Both variants have the same reds and shields in all arcs as the rebel ship but with the blues all forward, red AA, and with ion cannon and turbolaser upgrades. However, its maneuvering chart only goes up to 2. It seems to be built around a specific gimmick, pairing heavy ion emplacements with quad battery turrets to burn through shields quickly.
- Comms Frigate: The cheaper of the two versions with squadron 3 and offensive retrofit.
- Star Frigate: For three points more you give up a squadron to get a black AA, and trade the offensive retrofit for a defensive one.
- Titles
- Sa Nalaor: When defending at speed 2 or higher it can spend any defense token to get an evade effect.
- Tide of Progress XII: Can exhaust its card to discard an incoming damage card with the ship trait before it resolves.
Squadrons
| Type | Ace | Speed | Hull | AA | AS | Defense | Keywords |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Belbullab-22 | 4 | 5 | ⬤⬤⬤⬤ | ⬤ | Relay 1, Screen | ||
| General Grievous | 4 | 5 | ⬤⬤⬤⬤ | ⬤ | Brace x2 | Relay 2, Screen | |
| Droid Tri-Fighter | 5 | 3 | ⬤⬤⬤ | ⬤ | AI:Anti-Squadron 1, Counter 2, Swarm | ||
| DIS-T81 | 5 | 3 | ⬤⬤⬤ | ⬤ | Brace, Scatter | AI:Anti-Squadron 1, Counter 2, Snipe 3, Swarm | |
| Phlac-Arphocc Prototypes | 5 | 3 | ⬤⬤⬤ | ⬤ | Brace, Scatter | AI:Anti-Squadron 1, Counter 2, Swarm | |
| Hyena-class Bomber | 4 | 4 | ⬤⬤ | ⬤ | AI:Battery 1, Bomber, Heavy | ||
| Baktoid Prototypes | 4 | 4 | ⬤⬤ | ⬤ | Brace, Scatter | AI:Battery 1, Bomber, Heavy | |
| DBS-404 | 4 | 4 | ⬤⬤ | ⬤ | Brace, Scatter | AI:Battery 1, Bomber, Heavy | |
| Vulture-class Fighter | 4 | 3 | ⬤⬤ | ⬤ | AI:Anti-Squadron 1, Swarm | ||
| DFS-311 | 4 | 3 | ⬤⬤ | ⬤ | Brace, Scatter | AI:Anti-Squadron 1, Intel, Swarm | |
| Haor Chall Prototypes | 4 | 3 | ⬤⬤ | ⬤ | Brace, Scatter | AI:Anti-Squadron 1, Swarm |