Leia Swarm vs Tarkin Cymoon & Demo

After spending the last several games preparing for primes, Andy and I decided to bring out some commanders that rarely see the light of day for this fun game. I decided on Leia and Andy picked Tarkin. I brought an Assault Frigate with LTT and ECM, 4 Scout type Hammerheads with Slaved Turrets, 4 Y-Wings, and 4 A-Wings. Andy brought a Cymoon heavily kitted out, Demolisher with Iden Verso, Arquittens with ETs and QBTs, a Gozanti, and a small squadron component consisting of Valen and Jonus. I had bid, took first, and picked his Most Wanted. In retrospect, I should have taken second player. Here is the opening of round 1:

In the first round, we lined up our approaches. Things did not look good for me, but I was hoping that my A-Wings and Y-Wings would contribute meaningfully. Here is the opening of round 2:

In the second round, I got a shot off with my lead Hammerhead on the right, but Demo and the Cymoon teamed up to kill it. My Frigate sent the A-Wings over to hit Demo as the Cymoon was just out of range. Here is the opening of round 3:

In the third round, I lost two more Hammerheads, only one of which was able to activate and shoot. The remaining Hammerhead sent some Y-Wings to help against Demo. The Frigate jumped over Demo. Here is the opening of round 4:

In the fourth round, the Assault Frigate scored a single damage on Demo from the LTT-enhanced double-arc. That was highly disappointing. The Arquittens was able to dispatch my only remaining Hammerhead. I was unable to get out of the front arc of the Cymoon and ended up giving Andy a double arc shot at medium range. Even with ECMs, the Frigate popped in very anti-climactic manner, giving Andy a crushing victory.

I failed big time to concentrate fire with my assets. Andy was able to effectively focus fire with the Cymoon and Demo to knock out my Hammerheads quite handily. In the third round, he very successfully forked my last Hammerhead and Assault Frigate. The dice certainly failed me with that activation, but even with Demo destroyed it would have been a 10-1 victory for Andy just the same. Well flown by him. I can’t even blame my loss on Leia. I suspect I need a lot more practice with Hammerheads to unlock their potential.