REGIONALS Round 2: Screed Interdictor & Rogues vs Rieekan MSU

In Round 2 of the Orlando Regionals I was paired against Travis, who was running a Rieekan 7 activation MSU. He had Admonition, a generic MC30, 3 Hammerheads, a TRC90, and a Slicer flotilla. I had the bid and picked first. I selected his Salvage Run, which I figured would give him a guaranteed 80 points, but would also let me use my Grav Shift for maximum effect. It had the added benefit of bunching his ships up close together, which let my squadrons hit one after the other without the troublesome necessity of moving. Here is the setup:

In round one, Travis managed to not run over a single asteroid (minus Jaina’s Light) and to position to pick up three of the tokens. My squadrons were ready and waiting to give his Hammerheads a warm reception. Here is the close of round 1:

In round two, I moved Demo up to hit the generic MC30. He moved his TRC90 into a long range double-arc of the Interdictor, which managed to burn through its shields with Heavy Ions before Morna finished it off in the squadron phase. Here is the close of round two:

In round three, Demo activated first with a squadron command (thanks to a Comms noise crit). The squadron command let me put some damage on the closest Hammerhead. I was then able to kill both the MC30 on the right and the Hammerhead on the left. Travis chose to zombie the MC30. My Interdictor was then able to soften both remaining Hammerheads, which allowed my squadrons to finish them both off, leaving just Admonition to face off against my Interdictor. Here is the close of round 3:

In round four, I put some damage on Admonition and began to strip tokens. I prepared Demo for a killing blow should it be necessary. Here is the close of round 4:

In the fifth round, I was able to finish off Admonition quite handily without any losses on my side (minus the 80 points of tokens). It still resulted in a 10-1 to me. This was another good game. Travis was a thoughtful opponent, but his list was not well suited to combat my own. Had he a bit of a bid, the result may have been different, but the Scramblers are very tough on MC30 lists and he lacked the tools to deal with my Rogue-heavy approach.