Agate Admonition & Mon Karren vs Dual Onagers

For this game, I brought Agate on board Admonition, Mon Karren, a pair of Comms Net GR75s, and a squadron component consisting of Hera, Lando, 2 X-Wings, and Jan. On the other side, Andy brought the dreaded dual Onagers with a pair of Gozantis, Dengar, Bossk, and two Decimators. He had the bid, took second, and I picked his Rift Ambush. Here is the opening of round 1 before the Ozzel/Cataclysm (on left) move:

In the first round I did what I could to position Mon Karren, but thanks to the Rift Assault move even a speed 1 maneuver would have put me in black dice range of Cataclysm. I settled on a speed 3 move to start my move around the flank. I was already kicking myself for not bringing Engine Techs. When Cataclysm activated, it managed to score three accuracies plus a Comms Noise critical that allowed Andy to change my Nav Command to a squadron command. That was a huge hit. Here is the opening of round 2:

In the second round, Mon Karren scored a decent long-range hit on the Onager and then dodged the Cataclysm ignition arc. If I hadn’t gotten that Comms Noise critical or if I had Hondo to pass an early Nav token, I would have been able to avoid both ignition arcs. Alas, the flagship scored another very strong hit with two accuracies to knock out my braces. By the squadron phase, Mon Karren was down to a single hull point. Dengar was able to free up a Decimator that finished Mon Karren. Here is the opening of round 3:

In the third round, Admonition whiffed badly with its side arc against Cataclysm. I shifted fire to the nearby Gozanti and destroyed it. My squadrons achieved dominance, but Lando was down to a single hull. We calculated that there was little chance of anything else being destroyed except for Andy’s remaining Decimator. This one was a 6-5 win for Imperials. Here is the final board state:

This game really showed the necessity of placing Agate on Mon Karren. Both ignition shots procured multiple accuracies. It simply crumpled under fire of that magnitude. Admonition on the other hand was excessively resilient given its threat (which was paltry). I simply wanted to test out how Agate worked on an MC30. It also demonstrated that Engine Techs are far superior to Nav Teams when facing Onagers. One neat technique that worked well was to intentionally maneuver a GR75 into the ignition arc to prevent the use of the standard front arc shot of an Onager. Here is my complete list:

[ flagship ] MC30c Torpedo Frigate (63 points)

-  Kyrsta Agate (com)  ( 20  points) 
-  Admonition  ( 8  points) 
-  Walex Blissex  ( 5  points) 
-  Ordnance Experts  ( 4  points) 
-  Reinforced Blast Doors  ( 5  points) 
-  H9 Turbolasers  ( 8  points) 
-  Assault Proton Torpedoes  ( 5  points) 
= 118 total ship cost

MC80 Battle Cruiser (103 points)
-  Mon Karren  ( 8  points) 
-  Strategic Adviser  ( 4  points) 
-  Caitken and Shollan  ( 6  points) 
-  Nav Team  ( 4  points) 
-  Linked Turbolaser Towers  ( 7  points) 
-  Spinal Armament  ( 9  points) 
= 141 total ship cost

GR-75 Medium Transports (18 points)
-  Comms Net  ( 2  points) 
= 20 total ship cost

GR-75 Medium Transports (18 points)
-  Comms Net  ( 2  points) 
= 20 total ship cost

1 Lando Calrissian ( 23 points) 
1 Jan Ors ( 19 points) 
2 X-Wing Squadrons ( 26 points) 
1 Hera Syndulla ( 28 points) 
= 96 total squadron cost