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====Raider Corvette====
FFG's own original contribution to Star Wars canon, the Raider can be built as either a close range brawler, with Ordnance Experts and External Racks; or as an anti-squadron escort, with Ruthless Strategists, Flechette Torpedoes, and Agent Kallus. Similarly priced to the CR90, and sharing its max speed and double evades; but where the CR90 is a long range skirmisher with good maneuverability at high speeds, the Raider has ''amazing'' turning at low speeds, but is mediocre when flying fast. With a Brace instead of the CR90's Redirect, the Raider can take a surprising amount of pain, but can't afford to get attacked repeatedly in the same arc.  A difficult but rewarding ship when flown well; but it demands subtlety in a faction that treats subtlety as a character flaw.
*'''Raider I-Class Corvette''' - This variant is a bit like a cheaper Gladiator, slightly more fragile and a similar front arc, with weaker sides in exchange for an Offensive Retrofit and better flak. 
*'''Raider II-Class Corvette''' - Changing one black from the front and AA for blue, and swapping with an ion cannon upgrade slot. In practice, black dice is what the Raider does best, and this has less of them. If you're going to bring it, have a plan to leverage its Ion slots, and consider using the Offensive Retrofit for Disposable Capacitors. 
*'''Titles:'''
**'''''Impetuous''''' - A free shot at a single squadron in range after you do your normal shots. If you're taking the full Kallus/Ruthless/Flechettes/Ordnance loadout, this doubles your ability to nuke an enemy ace.
**'''''Instigator''''' - Enemy squadrons at distance are engaged as if there were two squadrons nearby. Keeps enemies from leaving - as it bypasses Intel or Grit - but doesn't prevent bombers from hitting you unless you have squadrons engaged with them as well.
**'''''Corvus''''' - From EA's Battlefront 2 and packaged with Rebellion in the Rim comes an interesting upgrade to the Raider. For 2 points, you can call a mulligan at the end of fleet deployment (before squadron deployment) and redeploy ''Corvus'' within your deployment zone. While you can take it at face value and use it as a reaction to your opponent's fleet deployment; with some lateral thinking, this can be deceptively powerful. First, this overrides the deployment rules for the Fleet Ambush and Surprise Attack objectives. If you wanted to keep a commander like Motti or Screed out of harm's way while your brawlers start in the action, this is the way to do it. Second, because this counts as deploying ''Corvus'' again, upgrade cards that deal with "on deployment" effects trigger ''TWICE''. Gunnery Chief Varnillian can have TWO red dice to swap in and out. You can have a Raider with TWO Salvo tokens with Local Fire Control. A little bit of creative thinking can go a long way in bending the rules to ''Corvus's'' favor.