The Nebulon-B frigate was designed for the Imperial Navy by Kuat Drive Yards as a warship that could protect convoys from Rebel starfighters, but it was, ironically, a much more impactful ship within the Rebel fleet. At three-hundred meters long, a single Nebulon-B could boast twelve turbolaser and twelve laser cannons.
The showpiece of the Nebulon-B Expansion Pack for Star Wars: Armada is its detailed and pre-painted Nebulon-B frigate miniature, and the expansion then enhances this ship by supplying all the command dials and tokens you need to fly it, along with ship cards that allow you to build it into your fleet as a fighter escort or as a powerful support ship. Additionally, the expansion’s eight upgrade cards, which include two unique title cards, allow you to further customise your frigate’s role within your fleet.
The Nebulon-B is a ship that is truly designed to play one of two different roles within your fleet, and the Nebulon-B Frigate Expansion Pack further highlights the distinctions between the roles, allowing you to use it as a powerful support ship or as a potent fighter escort. Of course, once you have both the Core Set and the Nebulon-B Frigate Expansion Pack, you can field two Nebulon-B frigates in battle, potentially utilising both the Nebulon-B Escort Frigate and the Nebulon-B Support Refit in the same fleet.
Both these types of Nebulon-B frigate feature the same attack dice, shields, hull, and upgrade slots. There are two key differences that merit the six extra fleet points. First of all, the Nebulon-B Escort Frigate gains an extra blue die to its anti-squadron armament, making it far more effective at eliminating enemy squadrons, either to protect itself or free up your fighters to attack enemy ships. Additionally, it gains an extra squadron value, meaning it can activate an extra squadron whenever it reveals the squadron command. This is particularly meaningful if you equip your Nebulon-B frigate with the expansion’s Yavaris title, which allows your squadrons to attack twice when you activate them with the squadron command, so long as they don’t move. Add Luke Skywalker to the mix, and the differences between the two types of Nebulon-B designs becomes profoundly noticeable. Of course, there’s plenty to say in favour of the Nebulon-B Support Refit. For starters, it comes with all the same attack dice, but at a discount of six fleet points. This is a great option for fleet admirals who plan to use their Nebulon-B frigates to attack directly. For starters, the Salvation title adds extra damage with each result it scores from its front hull zone. Then, the addition of an Intel Officer or XI7 Turbolasers (or both) can minimise your opponent’s ability to defend against your attacks, ensuring that they hit for maximum, targeted impact.
This is not a complete game experience. A copy of the Star Wars: Armada Core Set is required to play.
| Average Rating (2 Reviews): | |
18 January 2021 | Anthony
The model is an old reused with little thought. In the game it has semi decent stats and can be fun to play. Some good upgrade cards and ship titles make it versatile/useful. They don't actually have "the medical frigate" stats as it had reduced armament but an enhanced sensor suit and extra shield generators (at least in the books i grew up with). The Nebulon B that the stats (ship card) refer too is more like the "imperial" Nebulon B. The Rebels captured these (easier to disable with ion cannons) and "heavily" modified them to suit a hit and run style of ship combat. By the time of Empire Strikes back the Rebels have "stripped" most of the weapons off the Nebulons in order to Outfit their new allies the Mon Calamari and their much larger Ships with military grade turbolasers. This was precisely with the intention of having something to go toe to toe with a Star destroyer.
Despite a loose understanding of the ship proper it's a fun product and handy to modify and kitbash. I have added to mine as a retrofitted gunship/assault frigate.
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03 October 2019 | Zac
The Nebulon-B Frigate pack has everything you need to run it in it's two strongest configurations.
The Support Refit version pairs great with the Salvation title to create a long range power house that can punch above it's weight. Use the Intel Officer included to target the enemies brace token and equip the XI7 Turbolasers to give the enemy a hard choice of burning his defence tokens or taking serious damage.
The Escort version with the Yavaris title makes for a fierce fighter carrier. This allows you to attack twice with each squadron you activate; which will let your fighter aces devastate enemy squadrons and ships. Aces like Wedge, Ten-Numb and Luke are this ships best friend.
This ship hits hard from the front but has weak side arc shields. Always face your enemies head on with this frigate!
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