Oh, my Rebel Droid team went 2-0 against your friends squad on the trainstation map, and went 1-0 against a Gen Grievous Crab Droid army.

Smiley,

I completely agree, I try to play Vong as much as I can, it usually gives people fits but its so hard to take a meta game from anyone with them. I keep a lot of Rebels to play against the other power squads in the area, and to help my friends play test.

Have you looked at the Jawa Scavenger with a Czerka Scientist. The Cunning is a counter to the slow activations. Twin attack from the Czerka lets the little guys pump out 50 (probably only hit on one attack) or a 100 damage (with really lucky rolls) against unactivated droids and Accurate lets you pick the target. You only need one hit (roll 17 against one in cover with GG's CE) to take out an unactivated Lancer - be sure to yell "Utinni!" when you do. lol Sure they are fragile, but use up two or three against his big gun droids and remove the threat of strafe before he gets across the board. Czerka + 3 Jawa Scavengers is 52 points, so you have room for whatever kind of squad you like to add them to. Throw in a TBSV to give them Mobile if you are worried about their fragile state. A couple of cheap fodder pieces to absorb his attacks as already noted and you can keep the rest of your squad safe. Reinforcements from Lobot work very well for this tactic since they don't score your opponent any points. The Whipid Tracker is also nice in this type of squad to benefit from the slow activations and the Czerka with a slightly higher attack rating.

These guys don't stand up to anything else, but might encourage your friend to stop bringing so many droids.

Just wondering.... how many points were you guys playing?

Sincerely,
Jester007

This might not be the best squad to take on the droids, but i think it would do really well.

I would spend the first few rounds building up force points on vader and palpy while getting my Kel dors and Geno into position. then i thrawn swap the geno with vader and hit with either a sith grip or LS throw 5 (depending on weather he is grouped close or not) with LS throw 5 i have the potential of doing 60 damage to each enemy i hit with a +19 att. Then next round i take first turn and swap vader out again. Rinse and repeat.

--Vader Hits Hard--
50 Darth Vader, Unleashed
33 Emperor Palpatine on Throne
32 Thrawn (Mitth'raw'nuruodo)
21 GenoHaradan Assassin
15 Lobot, Computer Liaison Officer
26 Kel Dor Bounty Hunter x2
11 Admiral Ozzel
8 Mas Amedda
3 Ugnaught Demolitionist

Preferred Reserves:
(Admiral Ozzel) 9 Reborn
(Admiral Ozzel) 10 Imperial Dignitary x2
(Lobot, CLO) 24 Rodian Black Sun Vigo
(Lobot, CLO) 6 Ugnaught Demolitionist x2

(199pts. 10 activations)