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1d4chan>Piroko: /* Fleet Building */

2023-04-30T17:42:51Z

Fleet Building

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	Finally, every fleet has to select one each from three types, of ''objectives'' - Assault, Defense, and Navigation. Every game is played using one of the players' chosen objectives. During setup, the player with the lower points value chooses who goes first, giving incentive to "bidding" by intentionally taking fewer than max points to try and guarantee being first (or second) player. First player always activates first in the ship and squadron phases, granting a significant advantage. To counteract this, ''the first player has to choose one of the second player's three objectives to play that game'', with most objectives granting the second player a large advantage - but moreover, giving second player the ability to bring objectives uniquely suited to his list.		Finally, every fleet has to select one each from three types, of ''objectives'' - Assault, Defense, and Navigation. Every game is played using one of the players' chosen objectives. During setup, the player with the lower points value chooses who goes first, giving incentive to "bidding" by intentionally taking fewer than max points to try and guarantee being first (or second) player. First player always activates first in the ship and squadron phases, [[Go\|granting a significant advantage]]. To counteract this, ''the first player has to choose one of the second player's three objectives to play that game'', with most objectives granting the second player a large advantage - but moreover, giving second player the ability to bring objectives uniquely suited to his list.

	=Campaign Expansions=		=Campaign Expansions=

2.30.150.3: /* Why Play Armada */

2022-12-31T14:53:15Z

Why Play Armada

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	Welcome to the Armada, Commander. The fleet is at your command.		Welcome to the Armada, Commander. The fleet is at your command.

	Armada's ships come pre-painted and pre-assembled (although squadrons come in unpainted colored plastic), saving players less interested in the hobby side the need to model and paint, while still allowing those who want it the option to [https://community.fantasyflightgames.com/forum/501-star-wars-armada-painting-and-modification/ customize] their models. Ships and squadrons come with all rules and tokens needed to use them, aside from the basic game rules available in the Core Set and as free PDFs on FFG's website, so there's no need to buy a giant rulebook or continually re-buy overpriced army books; and ships include dials, tokens, and counters, to make tracking game information such as ship health, speed, activation, upgrades, and the like quick and easy. The game is also well balanced - while some upgrades may be overcosted or have niche applications, and certainly some ships see the table more than others, every ship in Armada is viable and can be made to work with the right list.		Armada's ships come pre-painted and pre-assembled (although squadrons come in unpainted colored plastic), saving players less interested in the hobby side the need to model and paint, while still allowing those who want it the option to [https://community.fantasyflightgames.com/forum/501-star-wars-armada-painting-and-modification/ customize] (outdated link) their models. Ships and squadrons come with all rules and tokens needed to use them, aside from the basic game rules available in the Core Set and as free PDFs on FFG's website, so there's no need to buy a giant rulebook or continually re-buy overpriced army books; and ships include dials, tokens, and counters, to make tracking game information such as ship health, speed, activation, upgrades, and the like quick and easy. The game is also well balanced - while some upgrades may be overcosted or have niche applications, and certainly some ships see the table more than others, every ship in Armada is viable and can be made to work with the right list.

	The rules are straightforward and intuitive, but still allow for a great deal of complexity and depth. Inherited from its forefather X-Wing, Armada's player base brings a "fly casual" attitude to the table, focusing on fun and civility over [[WAAC\|nitpicking and tilting]], even in tournament competitions.		The rules are straightforward and intuitive, but still allow for a great deal of complexity and depth. Inherited from its forefather X-Wing, Armada's player base brings a "fly casual" attitude to the table, focusing on fun and civility over [[WAAC\|nitpicking and tilting]], even in tournament competitions.

1d4chan>Piroko: /* Turbolasers */

2022-02-10T16:40:49Z

Turbolasers

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	**'''XX-9 Turbolasers''' - Flip the first two damage cards instead of one. Combine with Dodonna on the Rebel side for picking out exactly what debuffs you want to slap on the enemy. A good upgrade but only on ships throwing enough damage to make it worth it.		**'''XX-9 Turbolasers''' - Flip the first two damage cards instead of one. Combine with Dodonna on the Rebel side for picking out exactly what debuffs you want to slap on the enemy. A good upgrade but only on ships throwing enough damage to make it worth it.
	* '''Arc Upgrades'''		* '''Arc Upgrades'''
	**'''Enhanced Armament''' - Boost your side arc shots by one red die. Expensive, so put it on something that'll last the battle. Thanks to the rules wording, it won't work on the Executor's auxiliary side arcs.		**'''Enhanced Armament''' - Boost your side arc shots by one red die. Expensive, so put it on something that'll last the battle. Thanks to the rules wording, it won't work on the Executor's auxiliary side arcs. Typically seen on Home One with Ackbar.
	**'''Spinal Armament''' - Increase the front and rear arcs by one red die. The vertical brother to Enhanced Armament for one less point.		**'''Spinal Armament''' - Increase the front and rear arcs by one red die. The vertical brother to Enhanced Armament for one less point.
	**'''Slaved Turrets''' - You get to only shoot once, but you get a red die shooting at ships. This is a crippling limitation for big ships, but it's a cheaper spinal that sometimes is seen on the Nebulon-B, Arquitens, and Hardcell.		**'''Slaved Turrets''' - You get to only shoot once, but you get a red die shooting at ships. This is a crippling limitation for big ships, but it's a cheaper spinal that sometimes is seen on the Nebulon-B, Arquitens, and Hardcell.

1d4chan>Piroko: /* Turbolasers */

2022-01-19T15:49:29Z

Turbolasers

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	* '''Good but Situational'''		* '''Good but Situational'''
	**'''Turbolaser Reroute Circuits''' - Exhaust and spend an evade to change a red die to either double Hit or Crit. Delicious guaranteed damage, if you can spare the token. Rebel fleets have long relied on the "TRCR90" corvette spam, and commander Agate can give her flagship this option. Needa also lets the Empire use this on any Turbolaser capable ship for 1/10th of Agate's price.		**'''Turbolaser Reroute Circuits''' - Exhaust and spend an evade to change a red die to either double Hit or Crit. Delicious guaranteed damage, if you can spare the token. Rebel fleets have long relied on the "TRCR90" corvette spam, and commander Agate can give her flagship this option. Needa also lets the Empire use this on any Turbolaser capable ship for 1/10th of Agate's price.
	**'''Heavy Turbolaser Turrets''' - Target gets to block only one damage with Brace unless it's the only token used. Good for heavy hitters only; if you're not tossing at least 3 damage regularly at the enemy, this upgrade is doing nothing for you. But it stops Brace + Redirect shenanigans for that juicy juicy hull damage. Particularly effective against salvo-boats, since they have to choose between brace or salvo.		**'''Heavy Turbolaser Turrets''' - Target gets to block only one damage with Brace unless it's the only token used. Good for heavy hitters only; if you're not tossing at least 3 damage (not 3 dice, 3 DAMAGE) regularly at the enemy, this upgrade is doing nothing for you. But it stops Brace + Redirect shenanigans for that juicy juicy hull damage. Particularly effective against salvo-boats, since they have to choose between brace or salvo.
	**'''Swivel-Mount Batteries (Clone/Separatist Only)''' - This one is complicated. You can exhaust it to pull a dice from an adjacent arc into a arc of your choosing, although it needs a token to reset itself and until it does it reduces your dice in adjacent arcs. Where it gets interesting is in the wording and sequence. Because of the order of attack steps, it's possible to use Swivel-Mount to pull a black dice, and throw it out to red range, AND use concentrate fire to throw another black. Expect to get some gruff the first time you try using this.		**'''Swivel-Mount Batteries (Clone/Separatist Only)''' - This one is complicated. You can exhaust it to pull a dice from an adjacent arc into a arc of your choosing, although it needs a token to reset itself and until it does it reduces your dice in adjacent arcs. Where it gets interesting is in the wording and sequence. Because of the order of attack steps, it's possible to use Swivel-Mount to pull a black dice, and throw it out to red range, AND use concentrate fire to throw another black. Expect to get some gruff the first time you try using this.
	**'''DBY-827 Heavy Turbolasers''' - When a Salvo attack goes off, you may change the result of one die to a face with a Crit icon (including a black Hit-Crit). Obviously worthless on ships without Salvo, but on ships that can pair it with flak guns and local fire control it's the defining card of the salvo-boat.		**'''DBY-827 Heavy Turbolasers''' - When a Salvo attack goes off, you may change the result of one die to a face with a Crit icon (including a black Hit-Crit). Obviously worthless on ships without Salvo, but on ships that can pair it with flak guns and local fire control it's the defining card of the salvo-boat.

1d4chan>Piroko: /* Ion Cannons */

2021-11-24T16:37:57Z

Ion Cannons

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	**'''Overload Pulse''' - Blue crit effect; exhaust all of the enemy's defense tokens. Turns enemy ships into punching bags for the rest of the round, but crits resolve ''after'' defense tokens are spent, so you need another ship to set up your big (cough Avenger cough) attack.		**'''Overload Pulse''' - Blue crit effect; exhaust all of the enemy's defense tokens. Turns enemy ships into punching bags for the rest of the round, but crits resolve ''after'' defense tokens are spent, so you need another ship to set up your big (cough Avenger cough) attack.
	**'''MS-1 Ion Cannons''' - Blue crit effect; exhaust one enemy upgrade card. Being exhausted doesn't do anything to cards without an exhaust effect, so very meta dependent. It's cheap at 2 points but for the ships you might spam this on you're generally just better off finding three more points to use SW-7's.		**'''MS-1 Ion Cannons''' - Blue crit effect; exhaust one enemy upgrade card. Being exhausted doesn't do anything to cards without an exhaust effect, so very meta dependent. It's cheap at 2 points but for the ships you might spam this on you're generally just better off finding three more points to use SW-7's.
	**'''Point Defense Ion Cannons''' - Non-huge ships can force attackers at close range (or distance 1, for fighter attacks) to reroll a single die of the ~~choosing~~.		**'''Point Defense Ion Cannons''' - Non-huge ships can force attackers at close range (or distance 1, for fighter attacks) to reroll a single die of the defender's choice.

	===Ordnance===		===Ordnance===

1d4chan>Piroko: /* Boarding Teams */

2021-11-24T16:27:59Z

Boarding Teams

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	A specific type of upgrade that uses ''both'' an Offensive Retrofit and a Weapon Team slot, and requires you to discard a Squadron dial/token and the upgrade, while at close range of an enemy ship, to trigger.		A specific type of upgrade that uses ''both'' an Offensive Retrofit and a Weapon Team slot, and requires you to discard a Squadron dial/token and the upgrade, while at close range of an enemy ship, to trigger.

	*'''Boarding Troopers''' - Select a number of defense tokens up to your Squadron value, and exhaust them. Slap on an ISD with ''Avenger'' to one-shot almost any ship in the game.		*'''Boarding Troopers''' - Select a number of defense tokens up to your Squadron value, and exhaust them. Slap on an ISD with ''Avenger'' to one-shot almost any ship in the game.
	*'''Boarding Engineers''' - Select a number of facedown damage cards up to your Engineering value, and flip them face-up (one at a time).		*'''Boarding Engineers''' - Select a number of facedown damage cards up to your Engineering value, and flip them face-up (one at a time). Rarely seen outside of anti-SSD monobuilds.

	===Support Team===		===Support Team===

1d4chan>Piroko: /* Offensive Retrofit */

2021-11-24T16:24:41Z

Offensive Retrofit

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	*'''Proximity Mines''' - Once obstacles are placed, discard this to place the new Proximity Mine tokens onto the play area. You're limited to half of your engineering score rounded down, so you're going to be placing no more than 2 per ship without upgrade shenanigans.		*'''Proximity Mines''' - Once obstacles are placed, discard this to place the new Proximity Mine tokens onto the play area. You're limited to half of your engineering score rounded down, so you're going to be placing no more than 2 per ship without upgrade shenanigans.
	*'''Flag Bridge''' - The first 0 point upgrade in the game. Strap onto your Medium or Large flagship that's missing a Fleet Command slot and isn't already using a Modification like Spinal Armaments to gain a single use Fleet Command option.		*'''Flag Bridge''' - The first 0 point upgrade in the game. Strap onto your Medium or Large flagship that's missing a Fleet Command slot and isn't already using a Modification like Spinal Armaments to gain a single use Fleet Command option.
	*'''Flak Guns''' - Treat your anti-squadron dice as black. When resolving a Salvo attack against a ship, your black dice may be used at Medium range, and your blue dice may be used at Long range. Helps get a little more oomph out of ships fishing for black-blue crit upgrades, but only if they already have Salvo or gain it through Local Fire Control.		*'''Flak Guns''' - Treat your anti-squadron dice as black. When resolving a Salvo attack against a ship, your black dice may be used at Medium range, and your blue dice may be used at Long range. Helps get a little more oomph out of ships fishing for black-blue crit upgrades, but only if they already have Salvo or gain it through Local Fire Control / Reactive Gunnery.

	===Boarding Teams===		===Boarding Teams===

1d4chan>Piroko: /* Ordnance */

2021-11-20T04:36:34Z

Ordnance

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	**'''Rapid Reload''' - An extra black die on either side. External racks killed this, since in practice most ordinance ships have difficulty staying alive long enough to justify an expensive modification.		**'''Rapid Reload''' - An extra black die on either side. External racks killed this, since in practice most ordinance ships have difficulty staying alive long enough to justify an expensive modification.
	*'''Anti Squadron'''		*'''Anti Squadron'''
	**'''Flechette Torpedoes''' - Spend a black critical result while flakking to activate a targeted squadron. ~~Of course~~, this is only ~~useful if your ship uses black flak dice~~.		**'''Flechette Torpedoes''' - Spend a black critical result while flakking to activate the targeted squadron. While inexpensive and potentially devastating to fighter meta, this is only really seen in the wild on Raider-I's.
	**'''Ordnance Pods''' - After your attacks, exhaust this card to make a black die flak attack from one of your hull zones. Exclusive to medium or large ships, so putting it on a Raider or MC30 is impossible. This attack stacks with other flak boosting upgrades like General Draven or Agent Kallus.		**'''Ordnance Pods''' - After your attacks, exhaust this card to make a black die flak attack from one of your hull zones. Exclusive to medium or large ships, so putting it on a Raider or MC30 is impossible. This attack stacks with other flak boosting upgrades like General Draven or Agent Kallus.
	**'''Wide-Area Barrage''' - As a black critical effect against a ship, an enemy ship or squadron at close range of the target takes damage equal to half the number of hits showing on your black dice. Most ships with an Ordnance slot have better cards to put there, and your opponent can just spread out a bit, making it situational. But for 2 points, a last/first Demolisher can rush Gallant Haven, and snipe Jan Ors at the same time.		**'''Wide-Area Barrage''' - As a black critical effect against a ship, an enemy ship or squadron at close range of the target takes damage equal to half the number of hits showing on your black dice. Most ships with an Ordnance slot have better cards to put there, and your opponent can just spread out a bit, making it situational. But for 2 points, a last/first Demolisher can rush Gallant Haven, and snipe Jan Ors at the same time.