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So the Skirmish side is slowly heating up. Recently, the guys from Team Covenant held their finals for March. The final mission was Data Heist on the Kuat Space Station map. But just see for yourself:

Dennis Harlien v.s. Ian Schaffer

If you haven’t got the time to watch the game, here is a short recap. The army list for the players was

Dennis Harlien:

• Darth Vader (18)
• Royal Guard (8)
• Royal Guard (8)
• Imperial Officer (2)
• Imperial Officer (2)
• Imperial Officer (2)

Ian Schaffer:

• Royal Guard (8)
• Royal Guard (8)
• Stormtroopers (6)
• Elite Probe Droid (5)
• Elite Probe Droid (5)
• Imperial Officer (2)
• Imperial Officer (2)
• Imperial Officer (2)
• Imperial Officer (2)

From the get go, you see that Ian has a massive activation advantage. Also he chose the red spawn zone. The mission askes the players to battle for control over a Data Core. If a player controls it at the end of a round, he is getting 10 VPs. However, it’s sealed off with 2 doors that can only be opened at the start of the round by a player if the player controls one of the 2 terminals on the map. So it’s another mission where splitting your forces correct is the key.

Dennis had a hard time with that since his original plan was to control one terminal at the start of round 2 and then storm Vader into the Data Core. For this, he needed Vader to stay around the door, which meant he didn’t do anything during the first round. Since Dennis failed to control a terminal, he basically wasted a full round with Vader right from the get go. Also he lost 2 Royal Guards from one deployment card in Round 2, which reduced activations further. He had some lucky rolls later one once he actually threw Vader into the fight, but it was too late. Ian managed to camp the Data Core with the Stormtroopers and one Imperial Officer for 2 rounds and also defeated all 4 Royal Guards and 2 Imperial Officers of Dennis, pushing him to 30 VPs during the 4th round with control over the Data Core and winning him the game.

Congratulations to Ian! Eventhough it looked quite one sided, it was still fun to watch.