VASSAL Tournament Round 2: CommanderDave vs Thrindal

Round two of the Vassal Tournament pitted my Screed list against another Thrawn list. This one was very different from the previous Thrawn matchup. My opponent, Thrindal, had a BT Avenger type ISD with Rapid Launch Bays. In the bays, he had Rhymer, a pair of Firesprays, and a Jumpmaster. In support, he had two Arquittens and a BCC Gozanti. He had bid and chose my Fighter Ambush. I was able to Grav Shift a debris field right where I wanted it and stick my whole rogue ball on top of it. Here is the setup:

In the first turn, I did some work on the ISD, stripping shields and getting one damage through. Here is the close of round 1:

In the second turn, Thrindal used his RLBs to tie up my squadrons for the turn. My Interdictor, sensing the approach of the ISD, turned tail and ran. Here is the close of round 2:

In the third turn, I finished off the right most Arquittens with Demo, slowed the Interdictor to stay out of the front arc of the ISD, and freed up my squadron ball, allowing both Firesprays to hit the ISD. Here is the close of round 3:

The fourth turn was the culmination of the game. My Gozanti activated Morna and Jendon to soften the ISD up further. Demo hit the ISD in the side. The ISD hit back, almost killing Demo. My Interdictor stripped the Arquittens’ shields and finished the opposing flagship. In the squadron phase, my Firesprays and Bossk were able to finish off the Arquittens, completing the tabling. Here is the board state at the close:

Going into this game, I had a strong fear of his flagship. I knew that it could potentially erase both of my combat ships in a single round so I tried to keep them far apart and played very conservatively with the Interdictor. All of my objectives were bad for him, but I thought that Most Wanted would have been the least of the evils. When he picked my Fighter Ambush, I was quite hopeful of a positive result. It ended up being a very strong victory for me, but could very well have gone the other way had I engaged on his terms instead of playing conservatively with the Dictor.