Deathrain’s UK Tour: April

Couldn’t do it. Nope. April was meant to be down time while I experiment with different factions. The System Open was supposed to be Deathrain’s final hurrah before being mounted to the ceiling. After the System Open it was apparent to me that there was definitely room for improvement. Late Friday night the decision is made to fling myself over to Reading, home to Eclectic Games. An unpronounceable place hidden away within the local market.

This time will be a little different. I want to try ships I never fly to see if they have any potential as a good wingman. I’m gonna need a feather duster for this one.

Deathrain w/unguided rockets, lightweight frame, bomblet generator, trajectory simulator. 34pts.

Starkiller Base Pilot w/kylo ren’s shuttle, collision detector. 32pts.

QuickDraw w/spec ops training, fire control system, lightweight frame, adaptability, primed thrusters. 34pts.

The Upsilon Shuttle is being taken out for its first test drive. It’s been kept as cheap as possible (just added the title for funsies) and 5 rounds of swiss should be enough to find out what this ship can offer. QuickDraw will be rounding out the list because doesn’t she f***ing always.

Round 1 vs. Asajj/Ketsu

Every single round I forgot which way the mobile firing arcs were pointed, how many glitterstims were left, even which ship was which. Then QuickDraw ate them. Round win 100–66.

Round 2 vs. Ryad/3xrocket bombers

The Upsilon got the block on Ryad for 3 rounds while Deffers splashed the bomber squad and QuickDraw picked them off. Round win 100–32.

Round 3 vs. Rey/Lowhhrick

Upsilon putting the stress on Rey this close to the board edge hindered her movement. The game ended with Deathrain and Lowhhrick playing ring around the asteroids for 30 minutes. Round win 100–66.

There’s a bomb in there somewhere

Round 4 vs. Miranda/Lowhhrick/Ezra

Deathrain loves rebel formations. Tighter than a walnut’s corset. The Upsilon doing his bit with handing out free actions and taking up too much room for enemy ships to move. Round win 100–34.

Round 5 vs. Miranda/Lowhhrick/Fenn

Normally the Sheathipede burns on the first engagement. This time round I barely scratched the paint. It was a bit of back and forth jostling for position for ultimately it was experience with the list that was gonna win this one. Round loss 30–32.

This guy knows how to style

4th place out of a 30 player event. I was not expecting that but I’ll take it. Big shout out to the staff at Eclectic Games for keeping store open for that 5th round. The only downer on the day was that I didn’t get to play Phil who showed up. I wanted to see that Firespray soar!

So what does the Upsilon offer? High health, 4 dice attack, control element, bumper car. Oh and it basically gives Deathrain a 7 forward trajectory simulator. Lmao.

See you next time! :D