First, the base stats for this ship are very nice overall, and include 2 attack dice (same as a regular TIE Fighter), 2 defense dice (one less than a regular TIE fighter), 6 hull (twice the number of a regular TIE Fighter), and 0 shields (same as a regular TIE Fighter). All TIE Bombers also have the focus, target-lock, and barrel role actions (making this the first Imperial ship without the evade action, but the extra hull probably make up for this). They can also be upgraded in several ways with a variety of previous and new modifications.
Second, you get 4 new pilots (including 2 unique pilots with some very nice special abilities). Pilots include:
(1) Scimitar Squadron Pilot, a level 2 non-unique pilot that cost 16 points (I can imagine using up to five of this pilot with some of the bombs and torpedoes that come with this or other ships - see below).
(2) Gamma Squadron Pilot, a level 4 non-unique pilot that costs 18 points.
(3) Captain Jonus, a level 6 unique pilot that costs 22 points, who has a very handy offensive/support special ability that reads, "When another friendly ship at Range 1 attacks with a secondary weapon, it may reroll up to 2 attack dice."
(4) Major Rhymer, a level 7 unique pilot that costs 26 points, whose very nice offensive special ability reads, "When attacking with a secondary weapon, you may increase or decrease the weapon range by 1 to a limit of Range 1-3." (Which pretty much means you can almost always attack with your secondary weapon regardless of its base range restrictions.)
Third, it also includes five new upgrade cards (at least a couple of which is exclusive to this expansion set at the time it was released): (1) Assault Missiles -- a 5 point upgrade that came in at least previous ship; (2) Advanced Proton Torpedoes -- an amazing 6 point upgrade that gives you 5 attack dice and allows you to change up to 3 of your blank results to focus results (also comes with the B-Wing); (3) Seismic Charge -- a nice 2 point bomb upgrade that also came with the Firespray-31; (4) Proton Bombs -- an awesome 5 point bomb upgrade exclusive to this ship that can be dropped when you reveal your maneuver dial and deals one FACE UP (i.e., critical hit to hull avoiding shields) to each ship at range one at the start off the activation phase (this will likely also see some good use on by the Firespray-31), and (5) Adeline Rush -- a 1 point and one time use elite pilot upgrade that allows you to still take an action after executing a red maneuver.
As with all expansions, this one includes all tokens, dials, etc. that you need to use this ship in a game (though a copy of the base set is still needed to play).
Given all the nice new things it adds to the Imperial side (especially the ability to carry some inexpensive and/or very powerful bombs), I think it is definitely a worthwhile addition to the game. As noted above, I liked it so much that I bought 5 of them so I could run a full squad of TIE Bombers with some nice upgrades. Definitely take a look around online as you can often find these for less than $10 each with free shipping if you buy enough.
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