If I remember correctly after the destruccion of alderaan some parts of the place were converted into a memorial for the deceased and now in comes Shed zero fucks given and says: Lets build a mining space station here. Damn that is cold even for sith standards. Who knows maybe the emperor would pick him up for some of the more morally dubious jobs.
Hey FCKU357, do you think this new Commander is bucking for Lord Vaders job?? Zip it ICDBL91, you don't want the Officers to hear you, other wise you might BE working on that highly sought after mining station.... lol
While I agree with the sentiment, logically, it's not like Alderaan is going to be negatively affected by the mining, it's an asteroid field now after all
In theory the Death Star was built as a "mining laser" I'm sure there are some rare earth metals that are far easier to get to compared to mining an intact planet.
In Legends canon (which is the ONLY canon worth a darn) the Noghri find out the Empire is betraying them and Rukh kills Thrawn in such a way that even Thrawn admires the artistry and precision of the knife through his back.
Was watching shack look for Honoghr, saw it was like yup knew he wouldn't see that. One of the reason i watch him. Plus I love Dark Side Shack. Remember the Empire did nothing wrong, and when he started the asteroid mining at Alderaan I lost it :D
dark side shack is fun. though i thought he would have known Honoghr. not sure if it appears earlier, but my first experience with it was the heir to the empire (OG thrawn) trilogy
Also Tagge Battlecruisers are very good as center flagships for a fleet. You should build them once you take Tepasi. They require a large shipyard to build and can only be built on that world
Death squadron log: Chandrila and Champala. This are the names of the planet's whose orbits we filled we the burning remains of those stupid enough to stand in our way. I did not have to wait long after our last masacre as we were quickly send to our next assignment. I remember when I was a teenager scraping to survive in the dark streets of Corusant's under belly. One my few happy moments was when I would sneak off to surface and spend hours gazing at the Venators overhead. It was this sight that inspired me to get away from my family and life down there and try to become something more, it was this sight that inspired me to become a tie fighter pilot, it was this sight that gave me the strength to join the service of my lord and it was this sight that I saw in Champala. It reminded of the child that I once was, it was tender moment, I should have cried but instead I laughed, I laughed because much like the family of that child I left under Corusant, it burned.
Lt. Ridge, 2nd AT-DP Artillery Sqdrn, Scout Group 3: Personal Log: Chandrila finally has our flag flying proudly in it's streets those rebels put up quite the annoying resistance, but nothing our artillery couldn't handle. That'll show them that the Imperial army eyes are more than capable to pick out key target and delete them from afar than they give us credit for. As for the casualties involved command states there were none possibly cause they need some propaganda to spread to the the public, needs must I suppose, though if all of our remaining battles are like this one, I'd say we're in very capable hands under Lord Vader. For the Empire! For true Peace and Security! And here's to a promotion hopefully in the near future. Lt. Ridge, log end.
Field Agent Log: Capt. [ERROR: Unauthorized Clearance] Imperial Intelligence Agent “Harbinger” Chandrila is now under the flag of the Empire. The first of many worlds crying out for rebellion that we will crush. Its fate was shown across the galaxy, a warning and a message, to all who would dare, what the price of rebellion is. We received some reinforcements during our stay on Brentaal IV. Very strange people, Tanarithians they call themselves. I saw them fight on Chandrila, how they cut into the rebel lines with reckless abandon and no hesitation. Clearly the rebels weren’t expecting tactics of that caliber, or brutality. I look forward to seeing what they can do, if they are this willing to serve and fight for the Empire. Thanks to Private Kale of the 501st, I was able to identify the two fighters who strafed us during our holding action at Medical Center Bright Light. Two Z-95 with what seems to be after market modifications and weapons. And the insignia, a howling wolf and a three headed demon dog. The first one belongs to a mercenary group. The Wolff Mercenary Corps, otherwise known as “The Wolfpack”. Reports say they get results, hence why they cost as much as they do. As for the second emblem, I couldn’t find much other than it belongs to a squadron that flies for The Wolfpack. Weird thing is, they don’t even call themselves a squadron. Sources say they’re called “Cerberus Team”, that would explain the three headed dog. Other than that, the information has gone dry. I’d say we should attempt to hunt the mercs down but they don’t have a proper home base, not on any world we know of at least. I know they’re expensive but I’m not sure they could afford to live off of a ship. Even if they did, we would probably know about it Agent Harbinger, signing off. [END OF LOG]
Cpt. Karstov, Storm Commando, Tsar Squad: Mission report: For a pacifistic people, when we landed on Chandrilla the TIEs sent out came under fire almost immediately and the rebels deployed their armor and infantry to counter our advance. AT-DP’s lead the fight with excellent artillery coverage of the Regulars. I’m glad Lord Vader has taken the fight here more seriously than with the Pirates. Response to inquiry: Admiral Shed, the effective counter to the CR90 are in fact the Gozanti class freighter. The Gozanti is armed with cannons all over the frame and currently using new laser cannons targeting software created by the Balmorrans, making them highly effective anti fighter and anti corvette ships. Special note: A massive thanks is given to Agent Harbinger. Due to his letter of recommendation, I was promoted to captain. Lord Vader has expressed interest in establishing a Storm Commando academy in the Hongor system, with captains including myself occasionally teaching a class. I look forward to it.
Shack you have a chance of Getting Venators as a reward if you if you attack the black sun ship Traders and ship refitters if you get the Hunt shipyards mission, you also have a chance to Get AT-TE’s as a reward for completing certain missions, same with The Tagge, you also get those for completing certain missions, and I love those damn things, also I suggest you find a planet that can make a level 3 Barracks so you can get Storm commandos, death troopers, and shock troopers, and tech wise I recommend trying to get to strike Cruisers and Vindicators cause strike cruisers have ion cannons and turbolasers and Vindicator heavy cruisers have a lot of turbolasers
No it has 4 Turbo Ion cannons, 2 Stun Ion Cannons and 6 Medium TurboLasers, the one I think your thinking of might be the Gorath class strike cruiser that came after Palpatine and Vader died
10:25 That was me!! I even double checked the last video and saw Shack had liked my comment! I've never once had a UA-camr react to a comment I've made and one of my favorites actually saw it, liked it, and even mentioned it in a video! That has genuinely made my entire night!
Operations report 4: Captain Turner, Imperial Venator “Enterprise” Well, after everything, I can say that I’m surprised by this position, from one clone wars ship to another, one by far being an upgrade. With the vessel now under the command of Commander Shed, myself and the remaining crew of the Ironsides have been assigned to the defense fleet over Byss, with command over the defense forces to ‘ensure imperial interests’. It may not be the old girl, and many of my crew are now gone, I’ll do my duty to keep those under my command alive, I only wish now we won’t be thrown into the fire for nothing more then some higher ups power play.
34:53 You can complete 2 missions in one go if you attack Ord Mantell, Abregado Rae (1:01:22) i think it starts witha ship trader and bakura too. Besides I would recommend you to dedicate a couple of weeks directly to the economy, you have planets that are underdeveloped cash cows. For Example Ralltiir (50:44) I would recommend you to build as many mines as possible and upgrade the governor's palace without building the outpost, just leave a couple of squads of stormtroopers and you will be fine from the raids and it will be more profitable and finally build the economic space stations. Regarding technology, I would recommend frigates and cruisers I. ISD's are sufficient for the beginning of the game.
The Noghri and their fanatic devotion to Vader (And his blood line) are explained in Timothy Zahn's Thrawn Trilogy. Definitely worth the read if you haven't already And yes, Tyber Zahn is a nod to Timothy Zahn
501st Journal Week 30 - Chandrila TK-2401 Pvt. Kale - Triton Squad "The Cost of Rebellion" Our grip on the Core tightens. Using information gathered on Skako Minor and Brentaal IV, we learned that all of these worlds controled by local forces haven't just been stiffing the Empire, but have all been secretly preparing for Rebellion. Forost was the last piece of information we needed. Thanks to Imperial Intelligence it was determined that Chandrila was the main source of rebellion in the Deep Core. The leaders were trying to organize all the supposedly neutral worlds in the Core into joining the Rebellion to launch a devastating strike against all the imperial controled Core worlds. Although it wasn't hard to ultimately guess they were the culprits, the planet being home to the chief traitor of them all, former senator Mon Mothma. That's why Lord Vader was so adamant that we move quickly and why so many regs were brought in to support the 501st. Once we learnd the true scope of Chandrila's rebellion, the fleet viciously attacked the planet. There we found the rebels dug in deep and well prepared for an invasion. An example needed to be made. A new group of Imperial regs were brought in specifically for this battle, Tanarithians they're called. A brutal and bloodthirsty lot that that stormed over the rebels like a rising tide cutting, sometimes literally, into the rebel lines with abandon. Normally regs aren't like that, certainly not the one's we've been fighting with lately. They were competent and well organized. Lord Vader was suitably impressed with their performance. The pathetic rebels were swept away and now lay as a clear example to all who'd dare defy the will of the Emperor. The people of Chandrila will now come to understand the cost of rebellion against the Empire. Their cities will burn and the people will serve us well. If not, they need only look at the corpses that litter the area around the destroyed rebel base to see what will become of them. Such is the fate of traitors.
(Inside of the local FOB, Parrel, Reagel, Kears, and a few other officers can be seen discussing something over a holodesk. The door to the room is open. The windows outside show a bright orange sunset.) Reagel: You're saying there's a chance the two are alive? Parrel: And maybe a few other potential POWs as well. We didn't see any bodies in the two TIEs when we searched them, at least, according to the reports. Though... they might be captured given the... uh, proximity to rebel lines. I've not gotten permission to send out search parties though. Kears: Aren't the rebels in full retreat everywhere? We've not seen any sort of combat since the battle a few days ago. Reagel: Could be them resorting to asymetric warfare or such. You know, like mercs? Might as well assume every civilian is a rebel from here on out. Imperial Officer 1: Explains all this criminal activity then. Imperial Officer 2: And violent protests against our garrison. Imperial Officer 3: ...And the violent protests against our garrison. Yeah. Parrel: Now, there's a chance that they've still got a base of sorts. Chandrila is a major rebel planet correct? They've been ordering and controlling units. They ought to get information from somewhere. Besides, the dates on all these attacks seem to be coordinated. I suggest we inspect one of the towns suspected for hiding crim- Imperial Officer 1: Now listen here. You are a mere navy Captain, Parrel. On the ground, we outrank you. We do the decisions around here, not you or your navy flyboys. I'm not letting a simple freighter captain take control of a ground operation of which, mind you, is under my jurisdiction. Besides, what's a Gozanti captain know about land-based warfare? Parrel: Talkin' an awful lot for a reg officer. (Reagel physically breaks the two's confrontation.) Reagel: Hey, you two. Same side. Be sensible for once. Damn. (Meanwhile, inside a large underground complex (of which seems to be quite old by the looks of things), Vicke, Foulke, and a few other POWs silently discuss something over a cafeteria table as the other prisoners seem to continue eating their meals.) Foulke: Alright... so here's the thing. We're not getting to the armory. I scouted the layout of this place. Vicke: Foulke, the whole plan relies on- Foulke: Running into four guards and getting us killed? Vicke: ...On second thought... (The group whisper among themselves, many seem to be disappointed by the plan going to waste.) POW 1: Now what? POW 2: The whole plan relies on getting to the armory. We could still do it if we- POW 3: To hell with that. I'd like to get out of this in one piece. Vicke: ...There's a transmission terminal right next to the shower rooms. It's much less guarded at these sorts of hours being so far away from the barracks. POW 1: We could make a play for it. There's 5 of us... Vicke: No, that'll be too much. Guards will be alerted with all of us. Besides, my lockpick is only two-use. Foulke: I'll go. Near the shower rooms, correct? Once every other guard is asleep, I'll just ask if I could head over to the bathrooms. I knock out the escorting guard, hurry to the terminal, and transmit a message to an Imperial frequency. POW 1: So how the hell are you getting back here then? Foulke: I don't. I'll be taking the blaster from the knocked out guard and hold out from there. It'll be your chance to get out through the vents as I'll be distracting the guards. Vicke: Foulke, you do realize this is a suicide mission, right? (Foulke turns to one of the POWs.) Foulke: You, weren't you wearing a fighter patch when you got in here? POW 1 (Rienn): Yes, Sarcal Rienn, Imperial TIE Bomber pilot, 444th Squadron lead, all shot down over Brentaal IV. Why do you ask? Foulke: Well Rienn, if I don't make it out of this and you do, I'd like you to talk to someone named Captain Yaeda Parrel. Vicke: Foulke, you can't be serious! Look, it's everyone or no one. We need to- Foulke: Stand down, Vicke. That's an order. Sorry buddy, I'll outrank you even on the ground. Vicke: Foulke... fine. But you better make it out of this. Foulke: I'll try, buddy. [Alright, we're doing a prison break, imperial style. Foulke's gonna transmit coordinates to the base before he gets cut off. The door is open, so the 501st might pass by and get involved, or one of their officers is already present at the meeting.]
@@SolitarySpade_Davon (Some time later after command intercepted the transmission, the 1st company of the 501st is readied for combat. ITTs and AT-STs are assembled for a quick overwhelming attack on a secret rebel compound.) Caster: "Okay troopers listen up! We've finally located the last of the resistance on this miserable rebellious world. We're on our way to crush their last hope of any kind of victory. It's also apparently a large prison as well holding many imperial prisoners and supporters. Our mission is destroy their encampment and release the prisoners." Ace: "And these people still claim they're peaceful pacifists? Hah, they deserve everything that's happening to them!" Misty: "And so much more!" Caster: "That's the plan troopers. We're also to capture the leaders alive at all costs and as many rebels as possible. Lord Vader has instructed us that they are to serve as a clear example to all of Chandrila the price of rebellion. Especially after the raid by Rogue Squadron on the Tanarithians and our base a few days ago. That means your blasters must be set to stun for the duration of this operation. Understood?" All troopers: "Sir, yes sir!" Caster: "Good. Load up and let's teach these rebels a lesson they'll never forget!" (The squads all load up into their transports and gunships and head out for the base.)
@@billygrantham5380 (The two TIEs fly ahead of the formation to scout out the landing zone. They fly high above, using binoculars to scout the complex. The compound appears to be an old underground repurposed supply depot. The main entrance is to the side of a hill, with only rudimentary and basic fences surrounding it.) Kears: We're coming up on the coordinates. Looks like they don't have much. Reagel: "Looks". I spot a garage. Looks like they've got speeders. Can't see much in the dead of night though. (Reagel eyes the open road in front of the facility. He opens his comms to the formation behind them.) Reagel: 457th to 501st, We've got an LZ. Transmitting coordinates now. Kears: We should be able to provide air cover, right? Reagel: Only on the outside. (Meanwhile, Foulke waits by the terminal's door, blaster in hand. He's hidden the unconscious guard in a shower locker.) Foulke: Aye... they should be here any minute now. (At that moment, one of the guards watching the prisoners decides to radio in on the guard watching Foulke. After no response, he heads there himself. Foulke hears the footsteps as he approaches, and prepares to take him down silently.) (As the guard walks past the door, Foulke attacks him, hands restraining and choking the guard, preventing him from screaming. The guard, however, reaches to his holster, and fires a shot at the floor, alerting the other guards from the noise. Foulke quickly knocks him out and takes his blaster.) Foulke: So much for a quiet run eh? Now I've got two. (The last two guards leave their post to see what caused the blaster fire. As they leave, Vicke lockpicks his door open behind them. He unlocks Rienn's lock too.) Rienn: Alright, you heard... Foulke? Was it? We're getting out of here. Vicke: No man can solo an entire facility. I'm coming back for him. Rienn: Come on, he's given us the chance! The man- (As she says that, Vicke sneaks up from behind and grabs the holster of one of the guards. He fires a shot at the leading guard, and then knocking the other out with his left elbow. Foulke pops his head out to view what just happened.) Foulke: Vicke? For kriff's- Vicke: Everyone or no one, squadron motto. Rienn: Hey, hand me a blaster. We're freeing the other prisoners. Foulke: Grab the other guard's blaster. I'll get the tables and barricade the hallway. Reinforcements are coming. (While Rienn frees the other prisoners, Vicke and Foulke begin setting up a makeshift barricade with whatever they could find.) Vicke: Who'd you call? Foulke: Squadron frequency and the 501st. Vicke: The 501st? You mean- Foulke: We're gonna see quite a firefight. [I'll let you do the landing and opening engagement.]
@@SolitarySpade_Davon Caster: "Copy that. Pilot begin landing sequence." Pilot: "Yes sir. Landing now." (The gunships land and the troopers disembark without issue. Securing a perimeter by the time the rebels even attempt to offer resistance. The mostly inexperienced rebels fall quickly to the more accurate fire of the 501st.) Caster: "Triton Squad, clear that garage!" Blue Star: "Yes sir! Triton, assault formation! Advance!" (Triton squad breaks from cover and moves quickly to the vehicle garage. Stunning three rebels as the convoy of ITTs break through the fencing and begin releasing more troops. Meanwhile overhead two Gozantis drop two squads of AT-STs at the landing zone. The walkers providing covering fire and allowing the 501st to move to the underground entrance. Reaching the garage, Triton squad stacks up.) Blue Star: "Ready flashbangs! On a count of three. One, two, three!" (Triton tosses them in and breaches the garage. Finding several rebels inside, a couple half dressed, disoriented and stumbling. Trying to get into their speeders. The troopers open fire and stun them all in a matter of seconds. Two fall off a speeder and hit the ground hard, another is sent tumbling back into a tool cabinet. A hydrospanner falling on his head and knocking him out cold. One scared rebel hiding behind a pillar to avoid the flash fumbles with his blaster but eventually gets the safety off, only to reveal himself for Kale's white armored elbow to meet his face and knock him down. A stun blast is shot at him for good measure. In all, eight rebels are captured.) Kale: "Clear?" Misty: "Yeah, clear." Blue Star: "Good work squad. Triton to 7575. Garage clear and secured. Eight rebels in custody. Orders?" Caster: "Excellent sargent. We're just mopping up out here. Others will take care of those rebels, form back up and prepare to storm into the base." Blue Star: "Roger. We're on our way, Triton out." Ace: "If the rest of these guys are anything like this we should have this whole thing wrapped up in an hour." Oz: "Here's hoping." (Triton exits the garage to find several rebels being loaded onto transports and another squad heading into the garage.) Caster: "Ready Triton?" Blue Star: "Yes sir." Caster: "Good. Blow it trooper." (The door to the underground base is blasted open and the 501st storm inside.) [I see the rebels on Chandrila as nothing much more than militia at this point. Having lost the majority of the better fighters in the main battle.]
@@billygrantham5380 (As the group hear blaster fire outside, Foulke turns to Vicke.) Foulke: That must be them. Most of the rebels should be headed outside to meet them in combat. Vicke: You think they'll be moving in this direction? Foulke: Maybe. Maybe not... (He looks back at the terminal room's door.) Foulke: ...No. No, they'll be moving in to protect the comms terminal. There's valuable information about rebel activity in there, and they're going to try and purge it when thinga go awry. Rienn: So we've got company then? (Foulke and Vicke take cover, blasters pointed at the hallway's entrance. They maintain this position while talking.) Foulke: By the looks of things, any second now. We don't have anything that can copy the data, don't we? Vicke: You think the guards would let even a toothpick through? Foulke: Then we're gonna defend the terminal until reinforcements arrive through that hallway. Give the other prisoners melee weapons, whatever you can find. Rienn: Hang on, I thought we were getting out of here- Vicke: We are. Just, trust him on this one.
There is a sub mod for AOTR that is pretty much what you describe in this episode. You build a reclamation factory and can spend money to rebuild and upgrade old clone wars ships and vehicles. It's called AoTR Unofficial Submod - Reinforcements. I've tried it out and it works with the current version.
[ Personal Log ] [ Subject: Galm Foulke, 457th Imperial TIE Squadron, No. 2 ] [ Serving onboard Gozanti "Seveneer" ] "Behind Bars" I didn't expect Chandrila to be such a... well, I guess my situation describes everything. I was assigned to scout out for the 501st during the landing. Vicke came along too given his inactive role last time. Let's say he was a little jealous of missing out on letting our TIEs take out a few stray insurgents. Yeah, we did our job. Relaying coordinates for our artillery pieces... and then getting shot down and crashing into a lake. Well, guess who got captured by rebels? If you're wondering, I'm alive, so is Vicke. We're being held in... well, somewhere, just no idea where exactly. The sounds outside make it seem like either a town or military base. There's a bunch of POWs here, mostly captured regulars from the battle. Speaking of, the tour of our little "prison" gave me a glimpse of the medical areas. Quite a lot of fellows in hospital beds over there. Apparently, the rebels lost the battle and have resorted to guerilla warfare. At least there's some good news there. I'm trying to figure out a way to escape this hellhole, but security's a little tight given the situation. I'm... not sure the squadron knows we're alive. Hell, I'm not sure the empire knows we're alive. Vicke's counting on rescue, and here I am counting on a shot at their armory. No chance I'll do it anytime soon though. We'll be counting on a miracle to get us out, but we will. One way or another.
When I invaded Feroest, all their forces hid from me in that corner, too. And as I've been saying, Tepasi with a level 3 station is a cool thing to have. And Aeten with any space station.
Imp Rep 5 - The arrival of artillery units has been a big boost to the men of the Imperial units, and this has proven to be a major part of the success in the ground battles on Foerost and at Chandrila. These worlds were surprisingly well entrenched on the ground and possessed enough that the Imperial regulars would not have performed well on their own. There continue to be a great deal of grumbling from them and little sign of improvement in their accuracy on the battlefield. There continue to be reports of them wanting to go back to Armco, and I would be of the opinion that if they prefer working in Armco making the blaster bolts for the Empire, then they can return to the slave camps that Armco runs and leave the actual fighting to the stormtroopers. As it would appear that training and the Emperor's political books are not working. But the artillery has worked out quite well in launching major ranged attacks against old CIS tanks and against Rebel infantry. Lord Vader even decorated the artillery gunners with the Order of Heroism medal for destroying civilian dwellings on both Foerost and Chandrila and showing how Imperial might actually works. These victories will spread fear and show the galaxy that despite what the Rebels may claim after the victory over Yavin, they are not capable of winning. In fact, the toughest fight they put up against the Empire was in space over Chandrila and even that wasn't as big as would be expected. Lord Vader's ISD Devastator took a lot of fire, but largely endured and destroyed at least two Dreadnaught Cruisers in return while the rest of the fleet mopped up the rest. There was some hope that we would capture Mon Mothma, as Chandrila is her homeworld, but the traitorous witch wasn't there... and we could only content ourselves with capturing her daughter and shooting her father. He squealed about loyalty when the regulars shot him for target practice... but he should have controlled his wife if he was loyal. This has left the Empire with a growing strength in the Core and will hopefully set things back on pace to build up strength for what will be needed to take on the Black Sun around Ord Mantell and secure Yaga Minor's safety. Though, it's also raised some ideas on Lord Vader wanting to head east toward Honoghr. He tells me it was a battle site in the Clone Wars and that something in the Dark Side tells him that he could secure for the Empire some skilled assassins there that would rival the skills of the Inquisitors from non-Force Sensitives. Though, I'd note that this would require an extensive campaign to the East. It may open up the avenue to get Bevel Lemelisk to the Maw, as Honoghr isn't too far away from that world... but it would still be a major campaign. - Ensign Iam Minion.
Corporal Pharo from the 501st. This is my 5th cycle in the 501st, i recently got scouted. For a while now, i havent done much but be there to look intimidating near lord vader, i heard that the army troopers are pulling insane stunts, i yearn for the battlefield, but for now lord vader deemed us more suitable as honor guard for him and the captain of the ship. I did get to see the fall of chandrila from the bridge of the ISD.Seeing those droid works destroyed brought back memories of seeing the clones fighting. Sadly the droids got to my home before they did... We are being called to the bridge, end of personal log. Hail the emperor
Journal of Gunnery Captain Tobias, entry 5 The only thing of real note that happened on Chandrila is that I finally got to fight the rebel alliance proper and honestly, I'm not impressed. I seriously thought they would put up more of a fight to defend their leader's homeworld but I thought wrong and now we control the orbit of Chandrila. It does not take very long to see young, almost happy army troopers broken by combat nowadays, I can see it in their eyes that they were broken, lost some friend or some arm and now they are remembering why they didn't want to get drafted, I never see the look in the eyes of stormtroopers, probably because I barely see them their face under their helmet but regardless. It's mildly sad to see but there is nothing I can do about it short of getting a promotion to grand admiral. Venators in command of pirates or local sector security forces does not even mildly phase me, the droid ship was surprising but venators? No, so many were built and either abandoned or given away after the end of the clone wars. Destroying it also does nothing to break The Pattern that eventually grips every single gunner of this ISD.
Anaxes Training Center (in the field) 46th training battalion: Opfour units Probe Droid X7-344411 recording. (Several stormtroopers trudge through the underbrush. Blaster fire echoes in the distance) KT-534: "hold" (The squad halts. Probe droid pulls back to avoid interfering in the exercise) KT-766: "hope we are giving them a show." KT-804: "maybe they'll get my good side." KT-534: "cut the chatter." KT- 959: "why? We're Opfour. We are supposed to lose." KT-804: "no sense of sportsmanship? Not going to impress any commanders with that attitude." KT-959: "this whole thing is a joke. Doesn't matter what we do. We're going to end up on a backwater post either way. Why should we embarrass ourselves trying to win?" KT- 534: "I said can it" (The lead trooper lifts of his knee) "I'm not seeing any contacts. They must have bypassed our strong points." KT:766 "Once again, 3rd company ruins it for the rest of us. Couldn't even hold the perimeter. We're out of position, Darro. We should regroup with our company and fall back." KT-804: "we did pass that choke point an hour back. Nice kill box and any enemies have to pass through that gully. I doubt BlueFour has made it to the inner line yet." KT: 534 "you want to bunker down and try and hold them?" KT: 804 "it's your call. We either hunker down and hold out there or we return to the command bunker and lose with the rest of the company." KT: 959 "my vote is return to the company. No heroics, that's what we were told. We shouldn't make this worse than it already is." KT-766: "says you. I think we should at least try. I mean, what can four Stormtroopers reasonably do against a full company. Maybe if we hold out for at least a while it'll be favorable to us." KT-959: "you don't get it, do you? The lottery already decided. We're Opfour. We're tainted. Their's no moving up from here." KT: 534: "maybe some commander out their is hoping someone will beat the odds. Fall out. Lets hold that choke point." KT- 804: "whatever you say, boss." KT-766: "I'm right behind you, Darro." KT-959: "you can serve your delusions of grandeur if you want, I'm heading back to the company." KT- 534 (cock's his E-11) "get back in line, trooper." KT-959: "you don't have the guts to shoot me, Darro." KT-534: "the empire frowns upon desertion. Now get back in line." KT- 959: "but you aren't the empire. You know what? I don't even care anymore. Pull the trigger so I can sit out the rest of is exercise. You'd be doing me a favor." (The stormtrooper moves to walk away. The lead stormtrooper fires his E-11 on stun. The deserting trooper falls to the underbrush). KT-804: "that's cold, boss." KT-534: "let's go, we're wasting time." (The three stormtroopers trek off into the woods. Recording backed up and sent to command. Note added to KT-534's file)
Pretty good. I'd recommend instead of using the numbers as the name, reverse it. Have the character names first and then use the numbers in the actual dialogue in place of names. That's the way I do it. Helps keep track of the characters and their personalities. In lore KT-959 would probably either be expelled or killed for disobeying orders on a big training world like that. Caridia definitely would of weeded him out by the time of graduation. Writing stormtroopers in a lore friendly way is difficult given the lore around the training. It is to me at least.
@@billygrantham5380 my cousin IRL finished boot camp in November. The US army does this thing called the Forge that's basically a 3 day exercise in the field. I based this part of the story off that. Not because something exactly like this happened, but my cousin did see some crazy things cadets do.
Units I recommend making use of: The AT-MT (it kills infantry good), AT-ST is a solid all-rounder and the Occupier tanks are mobile build pads that can build missile jammers, repair facilities, etc.. Those can really boost your mechanized armies.
"Oh [gosh thexpgamers], you're blind as a bat." - TheXPGamers. 9:33 Horizontal: Right, 2nd planet from the edge along the horizontal line. Vertical: Just below (by centimetres) middle of the screen.
Lore dump about Honoghr from the original Thrawn series by Zahn. During the Clone Wars, 2 ships engaged in a battle above the planet, and one was carrying hazardous material which was accidentally, or intentionally, released onto the world. It was either some kind of virus, a deadly chemical (think Agent Orange from the Vietnam War) or nuclear waste, but whatever it was began to slowly destroy all plant life on the planet. At the fall of the Republic, Vader went to this world and pledged assistance to the Noghri, the native tribal species which were skilled assassins, excellent in stealth operations and very loyal to their families/clans. The Noghri in turn pledged allegiance to Vader. The Empire send thousands of droids to Honoghr to 'purify the soil' and the Noghri would send their sons away to serve Vader's plans, and very few would ever return. At the death of Vader, Thrawn would step in and recruit them to his bidding and maintain the deception. Thrawn then ordered an assassin team to attack Princess Leia on Kashyyk, but the Noghri recognised that she was the daughter of Vader by her scent and did not kill her. They brought Lady Vader back to Honoghr as well as Chewbacca and C-3PO. Leia worked out that the droids were not purifying the soil, but contaminating it further. She promised to rectify this in exchange for the Noghri taking no further part in the Civil War, the Noghri agreed. Word was spread about the Empire's deception and Thrawn's continuation of it. During the final climactic battle of the series, Captain Pelleaon was reporting about an attack on Wayland which included the natives, a force of Rebels and a team of Noghri, and had his throat cut immediately. Rukh, Thrawn's bodyguard, sought vengeance "for the betrayal of the Noghri by the Empire." Pelleaon hit the emergency button and with severe effort he turned to Thrawn, who was smiling despite the knife in his chest. His last words were, "But... It was so artistically done." Pelleaon then ordered the retreat and most likely died.
I do love that AT-DP. Thats a very classic star wars "WW2 but in space" sort of design, where they took the top off an old tank (or walker in this case) and just strapped a big gun to it
Shack, Corelia and Coruscant are connected via hyperlane, you have more access south than you realize. You can realistically cut the map in two if you want, from north to south, east is easier and you can mop it up to focus on the real fight west.
It was your Gazontis killing those corvettes. I was playing myself the other day and they were just eating them. I was quite surprised on just how effective they were. On another note, what I'd like to see for the Imperial regulars, is the ability to lay down those defensive positions like some of the rebel troops can. Weak on the offence but tough to crack when on the defence.
Shack sends probe droid to iridonia and then immediately forgets he sends it even after mentioning it again at the end of the episode. Such a shack move.
I remember when I did my last Imperial play through, I had a ground army of 20 Imperial Army units and a Venator for support that I would use when I didn't want to micro manage a battle and would rather auto resolve. That was the most Imperial thing I have done.
For Brentaal i’d make an imperial palace and trade stations since it’s at a crossroads of hyperways, it will make good money. Then specialize the rest of it for vehicle production.
captains log captain Arya Vanto of the ISD Fury we drop out of hyperspace over Chandrila within brawling range of the small rebel defense fleet which consists of multiple Clone Wars era dreadnoughts under lord Vader's command we proceed to engage the rebel forces with the full power of our forward guns during the battle LordVader'ss flagship comes under coordinated fire and under my own initiative the fury moves to cover his ship. after the battle the damage report comes in we are battle-ready and will be shipping out orders are to come within the weeks. glory to the empire.
"So... We just finished a skirmish over Chandrila, some sorry souls have allied themselves with that Mon Mothma woman, the disgraced senator who was causing disruption in the senate. We were able to break through with no casualties on our side whatsoever. "Currently the standard operating procedure of the fleet seems to be a pair of Gozantis acting as pathfinders, and then ramming ISDs and Victorys down the throats of any hostile forces we find. The tactic seems to work for these unorganised, small fleets of rebels, pirates, and the like, but I wonder how it will fare against a real foe? Agh, who am I to judge? "Anyway, the relief teams just returned from the surface of Chandrila, they experienced virtually no resistance from what I understand and were welcomed with open arms by the locals. Clearly Mon Mothma's little rebellion is nothing more than fragile wishes. "I hope to see you soon, we seem to be drifting further and further away from home and I'm starting to miss the sight of the Bilbringi shipyards of all things! Right as I'm recording this we're on rout to Champala, which would feel like a step towards home but I suspect we'll be heading elsewhere soon enough." As the recorder's display went dark, Beady thought about mentioning that officer from the other week, or the fact he very nearly died in the battle over Chandrila, but ultimately decided to end it there for today.
Brentaal IV seems like a good spot to build your economy. It's fairly secure considering it's location. Only needing a garrison against possible raids.
*continuing to RP as the starting ground officer.. as long as I live. Over heard at the shaved wookie, a bar at the brand new space port of Forost: The gravely voice of an old veteran: So he says over the comm, you wait there in case you do anything stupid, and all I could think of was 2 planetary invasions ago him saying "now you wait there and think about what I did". Ours is not to reason why young man.. A younger voice: Ours is but to do or die. Was that before or after we were ordered to charge the turbo laser towers with bayonets sir? The older voice: Before... naturally. Younger: Man I love the army, Cheers for the drinks sir, we needed em after that one!
Hey shack i recommend hitting vulpter, as its a mining world, you get salvage from battles because of the junkyards on the planet. In my game ive got it making like 1600 to 1800 a week with those economy stations. Good investment in my opinion. Also the tage battle cruiser is a really good line anchor, like the dauntless. Less firepower, but better fighter screening and the fighters it carries are pretty good. Its a good ship for the point, and using to tank shots and fighters/bombers. It is slower though lol. Its a bit slower than an isd, about 3/4 the speed id say
So I’ve been playing on the new map as the empire, and man does having to core feel so nice. Skako Minor is a great credit generator, definitely invest if you haven’t already. Glad to see how we are both fairing against the rebels and criminals of the empire!
Not sure if this was said already, but there is a submod for the rebels to get Venators . They are expensive but is done on purpose because the rebels are either scavenging and/or buying them off the black market. I currently have a Venator and a Quasar moving with my ground army...I have the entire South under my control but forgot about Mon Cala so much that I got pushed back to it. Loving the series and looking forward to the stream, though will probably wait until post stream to watch it, sorry.
For that hunt shipyard mission, try raiding Ord Mantell. Don't bother taking the orbit, just kill a ship trader and leave. Those Tagge ships are dreadnaughts so they're basically the foundation of a fleet. Try to isolate them and wreck their combat capabilities with bombers before engaging with ISDs.
Stopped at 13:30. Shack, please get more support regulars. It would be so hilarious and so on point for the empire that they have entire armies of 'troopers' with the only point being to repair the imperial armour. Imagine assaulting a turbolaser-defended planet with just armour and glorified engineers. Glorious.
The Noghri are one of Vaders long term plans, he irradiated their planet then came to the 'rescue' and they can function as elite commandos or assassins (in the Books at least).
Shack Brentaal needs a governors palace which you can upgrade to a Moff's palace then an imperial palace. Make sure to check the descriptions of every planet you take because it will tell you what level of palace you can build and every upragde gives you much more money. Also you need to remeber to build governor's palaces at as many planets as you can as they give you much of the base income for that planet and without it you just hemorage money
Hey, qick tip for you: If you rush a couple of ground tech buildings you can build the tie striker ground aircraft which are incredibly op. With 2 or 3 units you can easily win every ground invasion Also if you build a imperial advanced fighter dockyard you can upgrade your old venators and acclamators to have tie fighters instead of v-wings, which makes them considerably stronger in the early game 😉
The only thing I am missing on this play through is the drinking game I made for every time Shack would say I need to bring Sullustan's in my armored units. I went through so much drink in the Rebel play through.
Definitely get that frigate & cruiser tech out since some of those ships can be really complement an isd with ion weapons or additional heavy turbos at a low cost.
victory class star destroyers were thrawns favorite ship as he liked poping them out of hyper space alongside enemy ships and just unloading the whole missile bay on them 1 victory on each side with a isd in the front
This is a message for the captain. There is a sub mod called reinforcements which allows all sides to build a reclamation plant to build old Cornwall vehicles on specific worlds, including the editor and the ATTE
Shack, you bring shame to Star Wars fans. The Noghri are Imperial death commandos used most prominently by Grand Admiral Thrawn, including his bodyguard and later killer, Ruhk. They were a major plotline in the original Thrawn trilogy.
Got intel from our sources in the ISB: Correlia may be surrounded by enemies but does have the hyperspace route to Coruscant. Rebel envoys are also taking money from Coruscant. Honoghr is to the east by The Maw That's all we have for now. Long live the Emperor and glory to the Empire.
Honoghr was a planet damaged during a huge battle in the Clone Wars. The Empire stumbled on it later and encountered the Noghri who proved to be very capable assassins and commandos. So Vader promised to "help" them become self sustaining in return for their people to work for him as assassins.
Sergeant's Log Chandrila Week 30 Well, I've recovered since the action on Brentaal IV, and am back in action. And apparently, things are changing fast. Foefost was taken with little casualties. News of that was an honest surprise after what happened on Brentaal IV. Apparently, most of their armored forces grouped up in an ally trying to ambush a force of Army troopers and armor. Most of them were wiped out by a bombing run and an orbital strike, with the troops cleaning up the rest. I was able to join the fight at Chandrila and did a bit of work. The so-called "capital of the Rebellion" is now an imperial world, and local supporters of the Alliance are being rounded up. Eiolig has been rather zealous in this effort across the sector. He's sent his regiment to every world, no matter the strategic value, and has been ensuring that Rebel supporters are cleaned up. The Tanarithians are very thorough, bringing weapons, prisoners, and worlds to the Empire. He's been wanting to do an exercise with my team and Triton Squad. I hope it's nothing too dangerous.
(After doing a sweep for hidden rebel weapons caches, Triton makes their way to the Tanarithians's landed acclimator. Just outside of the area the main battle was fought.) Ace: "For a bunch of supposed pacifists they sure had a lot of blasters hidden around." Kale: "They aren't much good if you don't know how to use them. One poor rebel didn't even know his safety was still on." Oz: "I still have to laugh at the one that hit hit his own foot. Until today I always thought that was just a saying." Misty: "I guess all the smart ones were out here..." (Misty gestures to the field of corpses.) "If you can call a rebel smart that is." Oz: "How much further?" Blue Star: "Just over this hill. Looks like the army troopers are already there." Kale: "I wonder what this exercise is about?" [If this isn't too big like last time, I have an idea I'd like to add at the end of this exercise.]
@billygrantham5380 (As Triton Squad reaches the crest of the hill, Chas and his team turn to look at them.) Chas: Hey Triton. Apparently, Eiolig wants to see how we can do in a tustle. (As the stormtroopers ponder what Chas means, they see what he's talking about. Most of the soldiers of the regiment are outside of the acclimator, fighting in at least fifty rings spray painted on the ground.) Acre: Well, we might as well find the major. Kerrin: It shouldn't be hard. Look for a tall guy with an eyepatch. (With that, the two teams descend the hill to the regiment. A few of the soldiers gathered around the rings look over at them, but most of them barely pass the newcomers a glance. As they pass a ring being used by the Sucubi homever, Kerrin and Morris both have their eyes fixed on the ladies, who are dressed ekther dressed in PT gear like a number of the other troopers, or in somewhat revealing outfits, a couple even wave as they pass.) Twi'lek: Heya boys. Kerrin: Hello. Chas: Jace, I can hear the arousal in your voice, pretty sure half of those ladies could too. Kerrin: Can you blame me? Chas: Kinda. (As the group reaches the center of the field, they find Eiolig, who is wearing the pants of PT gear, and Liara, who is wearing Huttball shorts and a tube top. Both of them move quickly for fighters of their size, Liara throwing punches and kicks and Eiolig blocking or dodging them. After a minute of them being watched by the newcomers, Liara leaps at Lucius, who grabs her mid-jump at the waist, holding her close in his arms.) Eiolig: We calling this match over? Liara: I think so. Question, is this supposed to be a lock or an embrace? Eiolig: Either one works with me. Liara: I'd say so too, if there wasn't a crowd around us. Eiolig: Ah who cares. They all know if they make any jokes about this, I will snap them like twigs. (As Eiolig looks at the people around the ring, about everyone averts their gaze, Triton Squad and Chas's team among them, mostly due to the view they have of Liara being from behind her.) Eiolig: Hey Chas, Triton Squad. You all up for sparring, or are you going to try and steal more looks at my girl's arse? I know you did. Liara: Come on, Lucius, you know they don't mean anything by it, right boys, and girl? [I was thinking Eiolig would want to see how good Kale and Chas's teams are in CQC. It's not something crazy, or dull. And if Misty is the bombshell of the 501st, Liara would be about as good looking. As for how she'd look in terms of general body shape, I'm picturing something slightly more muscular than Cammy in SF6, but as a redhead with a bobcut. Basically, she's muscular, and the Imperials can see it. As for Lucius, tall, well built, looks bit Chris Hemsworth in terms of shape.]
@@billygrantham5380 [Also, with the rings, I don't mean it's mosh pits, more like 1 vs 1 fights or small teams, most of the people around the rings waiting for a turn.]
@@sonofjack6286 Ace: "We were wearing helmets. He can't prove anything." Kale: "Only imperial intelligence can access our helmet cams, and then they're always hidden away on a ship somewhere across the system." Oz: "So good luck finding them. Not even your eye candy girls could get those eggheads talking." Misty: "It's not even that good..." Blue Star: "Sparring? That's what we called out for? I was expecting something more."
@billygrantham5380 Eiolig: Come on. I want to see how good you guys are, if that training on Caridia was worth it. And besides, most of the Rebel groups worth the effort died during the initial invasion, and those left are so weak that they are barely even a hassle for the Army. And with Vader having taken the orbit of Champala, we could very well be shipping out tomorrow. And besides, we might make you guys even better in hand-to-hand, make fighting rebels and pirates an absolute breeze. Liara: If you're up for it, (She points at Misty), I call dibs against her. Eiolig: Easy, my dear. (He steps closer to the Imperials, circling them) And another point, sergeant, Tanarithians are not like your average Imperials, we put in more than the proper amount of effort to be weapons of war, ones that have served Coruscant faithfully for millenia, from our founders in the wake of the Mandalorian Crusades, to our fathers and uncles during the Clone Wars. (He stops in front of Blue Star) My generation venerate you clones for your sacrifice, your loss, some even trained us back home, they all said the same thing, "Regular we may be, the soldiers of the Corp fight with near the same strength as the clones." I want to ensure that these Imperials here can do the same. When the Alliance and our other enemies are defeated, we will still have wars to fight. Foes from beyond Civilized Space encroach upon us, and I mean to ensure that everyone I meet is able to fight as hard as they can when that war comes. [Lucius and the Thrawnites likely don't know about the Vong yet, and likely won't until late in the campaign. All they know about is the Grysks and the fact they've been meddling in galactic affairs.]
They're pretty tough too. I was hunting the CSAs tagge last night and it managed to hold off a tector and ISD1 while the rest of our fleets slammed into each other.
[INTEL] The solution to corvettes this early in the game with no tech upgrades are gozanti's and bombers. While not exactly glamorous, a few groups of those freighters can do decent damage to the blockade runners and hammerheads. It is also advisable to field occupier tanks on the ground to better support our armor with their field repair facilities as its far more efficient than our support teams.
I started an Imperial campaign and tried to take Foerost early on. I remember that my version actually had a proper base protected by that Shield Generator, but they did still get stuck in that nook next to the Power Generator. If the AotR team happens to see this, know that's not just a Shack problem.
Honoghr is next to Kessel and the Maw for Vader's mission, it didn't have the mission icon above it. Didn't seem to have a time limit though, so no reason to dedicate resources to it immediately.
The Liberations fleet has been a terror in the outer rim regions for my campaign. My response was to shoot the Liberation with my hypervelocity gun. Still took two shots. Along with most of the defense fleet firing at it. I find the Gozantis to be amazing corvet hunters in large packs, covering their fighters.
Vader: "I'm here to help...Indoctrinate them into our cause." If I recall from being hit by their weapons in Jedi academy, they're effective assassins. Probably a cut above of Imperial troopers. Since it took the Heir of Vader to convince them to switch. They're probably more loyal as well.
(Tactical Advice) From High Colonel Frost. The people of Vardos are eager to join so recruiting cost from there should be 10% cheaper there in the core north of Anaxes
Two At-Ats supported by higher tier infantry and a assortment of Medium/Light walkers. You can interchange the walker complement with different vehicles/units and artillery based on your task at hand.
The Nograri are from legends a species which were saved by Vader and then used by Thrown as bodyguards/ assassins also one of their kind was in rebels. If I where you I'd get them because who knows their might be a time when you need to assassinate someone.
I know this is an older video and you may have already found out Shack, but on the patch you were playing on in this vid, Gozantis were accidentally dealing double damage, actually anything with duel laser cannons on the empire were. Not sure how they managed that to happen but the imp hardpoint for duel lasers were doing double damage, so thats why those cr90s, and pretty much everything was getting melted by them on that patch
I found the tagge battlecruiser is an excellent defensive ship for important worlds on the front it’s long range guns let it sit behind A golan and still fight while it has a large fighter contingent to ward off fighters one of the largest of any capital ship it is also good for sieges as a center piece but is easily overwhelmed by multiple heavy ships due to less powerful if longer ranged guns
Tie brutes from gladiators or gozantis are actually pretty decent at wacking corvettes and frigates with the heavier lasers they have and they have a ton more health over regular tie, found them especially handy when fighting blacksun smaller ship spam and they melt through them also i think the gozantis probably killed the blockade runners as they are actually decently armed for weapons
The new map is cool but I have to say I'd grown quite fond of the old map. If you could, throwing a hint at the Dev's that an old map submod with the new hyperlane system would be appreciated. Enjoying the series so far!
Against CR-90’s and other small corvettes, I believe the most effective tool at the moment would be either Acclamator missile tube spam, TIE bomber-gozanti spam or VicStar artillery rocket spam (if they can target corvettes, that is.)
FOR THE RECORD Commander: Imperial Regulars don't have "suppression teams", Their ranks consist of Regular Squads (mostly Riflemen, 1 MG Gunner and 1 Grenadiers), Weapon Team Squads (which is mostly Grenade Launchers, not to be confused with Grenadiers. i think their is 1 MG gunner with them) and Support Squads (pure Riflemen with 2 medics and 2 Engineers accompanying them). Which reminds me, you may wish to invest in our Infantry Research, we do need to develope SUPPORT EQUIPMENT for the Support battalions. I would recommend requisitioning and deploying a few AT PT companies alongside the Army Troopers, they are the closest we have to a Suppression squad at the moment. As to the Question of dealing with Enemy Armored Targets: In addition to Orbital Support, i recall the AT DT can act as a Anti Tank Gun (its Shells do HIT pretty hard). Besides the AT DPs are your best unit at the moment. Our Current Imperial Factories are having Trouble fitting Rocket Batteries to our AT STs, they Require Upgrades with more ADVANCED equipment.
Those Arty walkers look like some Guard unit thought it'd be a brilliant idea to staple a Basilisk's cannon to a set of Sentinel legs. Hell, depending on the scale that might be kitbashable with the minis.
Shack, get rid of all the defenses in the core. If they hit Corucant you have already lost. And thats a ton of money to let you tech up on Skako minor, which has either a discount or speed boost to tech. Also specialize ship yards. One plant two of the same yard is twice as fast. Kuat should have two big yards and one fighter yard so you can build advanced versions of your big ships.
You can build Tibana Gas at Skako Minor.
If I remember correctly after the destruccion of alderaan some parts of the place were converted into a memorial for the deceased and now in comes Shed zero fucks given and says: Lets build a mining space station here.
Damn that is cold even for sith standards. Who knows maybe the emperor would pick him up for some of the more morally dubious jobs.
Hey FCKU357, do you think this new Commander is bucking for Lord Vaders job?? Zip it ICDBL91, you don't want the Officers to hear you, other wise you might BE working on that highly sought after mining station.... lol
While I agree with the sentiment, logically, it's not like Alderaan is going to be negatively affected by the mining, it's an asteroid field now after all
In theory the Death Star was built as a "mining laser" I'm sure there are some rare earth metals that are far easier to get to compared to mining an intact planet.
@@ChrisVillagomezIt’s the equivalent of bulldozing over a graveyard.
The Noghri storyline is from Tim Zahn's Heir to the Empire. Grand Admiral Thrawn's bodyguard was of that species.
The Nohgri are also one of the enemies you face in the Jedi Knight series with Kyle Katarn
In Legends canon (which is the ONLY canon worth a darn) the Noghri find out the Empire is betraying them and Rukh kills Thrawn in such a way that even Thrawn admires the artistry and precision of the knife through his back.
@@michaelray3865 Just call it old canon or Lucas canon legends is such an insulting name
crazy good author
Was watching shack look for Honoghr, saw it was like yup knew he wouldn't see that. One of the reason i watch him. Plus I love Dark Side Shack. Remember the Empire did nothing wrong, and when he started the asteroid mining at Alderaan I lost it :D
This shack is significantly more evil than the last empire campaign
dark side shack is fun.
though i thought he would have known Honoghr.
not sure if it appears earlier, but my first experience with it was the heir to the empire (OG thrawn) trilogy
Guess I should say shed but meh
Just wait till he get interdiction tech . That's where the fun begins..
The Empire was evil, but evil can be fun sometimes.
Also Tagge Battlecruisers are very good as center flagships for a fleet. You should build them once you take Tepasi. They require a large shipyard to build and can only be built on that world
Hopefully Shack sees this
Death squadron log:
Chandrila and Champala. This are the names of the planet's whose orbits we filled we the burning remains of those stupid enough to stand in our way. I did not have to wait long after our last masacre as we were quickly send to our next assignment. I remember when I was a teenager scraping to survive in the dark streets of Corusant's under belly. One my few happy moments was when I would sneak off to surface and spend hours gazing at the Venators overhead. It was this sight that inspired me to get away from my family and life down there and try to become something more, it was this sight that inspired me to become a tie fighter pilot, it was this sight that gave me the strength to join the service of my lord and it was this sight that I saw in Champala. It reminded of the child that I once was, it was tender moment, I should have cried but instead I laughed, I laughed because much like the family of that child I left under Corusant, it burned.
Lt. Ridge, 2nd AT-DP Artillery Sqdrn, Scout Group 3:
Personal Log:
Chandrila finally has our flag flying proudly in it's streets those rebels put up quite the annoying resistance, but nothing our artillery couldn't handle. That'll show them that the Imperial army eyes are more than capable to pick out key target and delete them from afar than they give us credit for. As for the casualties involved command states there were none possibly cause they need some propaganda to spread to the the public, needs must I suppose, though if all of our remaining battles are like this one, I'd say we're in very capable hands under Lord Vader. For the Empire! For true Peace and Security!
And here's to a promotion hopefully in the near future.
Lt. Ridge, log end.
Field Agent Log:
Capt. [ERROR: Unauthorized Clearance]
Imperial Intelligence Agent “Harbinger”
Chandrila is now under the flag of the Empire. The first of many worlds crying out for rebellion that we will crush. Its fate was shown across the galaxy, a warning and a message, to all who would dare, what the price of rebellion is.
We received some reinforcements during our stay on Brentaal IV. Very strange people, Tanarithians they call themselves. I saw them fight on Chandrila, how they cut into the rebel lines with reckless abandon and no hesitation. Clearly the rebels weren’t expecting tactics of that caliber, or brutality. I look forward to seeing what they can do, if they are this willing to serve and fight for the Empire.
Thanks to Private Kale of the 501st, I was able to identify the two fighters who strafed us during our holding action at Medical Center Bright Light. Two Z-95 with what seems to be after market modifications and weapons. And the insignia, a howling wolf and a three headed demon dog. The first one belongs to a mercenary group. The Wolff Mercenary Corps, otherwise known as “The Wolfpack”. Reports say they get results, hence why they cost as much as they do. As for the second emblem, I couldn’t find much other than it belongs to a squadron that flies for The Wolfpack. Weird thing is, they don’t even call themselves a squadron. Sources say they’re called “Cerberus Team”, that would explain the three headed dog. Other than that, the information has gone dry.
I’d say we should attempt to hunt the mercs down but they don’t have a proper home base, not on any world we know of at least. I know they’re expensive but I’m not sure they could afford to live off of a ship. Even if they did, we would probably know about it
Agent Harbinger, signing off.
[END OF LOG]
Cpt. Karstov, Storm Commando, Tsar Squad:
Mission report:
For a pacifistic people, when we landed on Chandrilla the TIEs sent out came under fire almost immediately and the rebels deployed their armor and infantry to counter our advance. AT-DP’s lead the fight with excellent artillery coverage of the Regulars. I’m glad Lord Vader has taken the fight here more seriously than with the Pirates.
Response to inquiry:
Admiral Shed, the effective counter to the CR90 are in fact the Gozanti class freighter. The Gozanti is armed with cannons all over the frame and currently using new laser cannons targeting software created by the Balmorrans, making them highly effective anti fighter and anti corvette ships.
Special note:
A massive thanks is given to Agent Harbinger. Due to his letter of recommendation, I was promoted to captain. Lord Vader has expressed interest in establishing a Storm Commando academy in the Hongor system, with captains including myself occasionally teaching a class. I look forward to it.
Shack you have a chance of Getting Venators as a reward if you if you attack the black sun ship Traders and ship refitters if you get the Hunt shipyards mission, you also have a chance to Get AT-TE’s as a reward for completing certain missions, same with The Tagge, you also get those for completing certain missions, and I love those damn things, also I suggest you find a planet that can make a level 3 Barracks so you can get Storm commandos, death troopers, and shock troopers, and tech wise I recommend trying to get to strike Cruisers and Vindicators cause strike cruisers have ion cannons and turbolasers and Vindicator heavy cruisers have a lot of turbolasers
Actually the Strike Cruiser has nothing BUT Ion cannons, and Stun Ion cannons. The Vindicator has all the Turbo Lasers.
True but in the mod it has a Mix of Turbolasers and Ion Cannons to make it versatile, unless the Modders changed it
@@sovereign7499 Does it? I swear the last time i hovered over one it said Ion Cannons and Turbo Ion cannons and that was it.
No it has 4 Turbo Ion cannons, 2 Stun Ion Cannons and 6 Medium TurboLasers, the one I think your thinking of might be the Gorath class strike cruiser that came after Palpatine and Vader died
10:25 That was me!! I even double checked the last video and saw Shack had liked my comment! I've never once had a UA-camr react to a comment I've made and one of my favorites actually saw it, liked it, and even mentioned it in a video! That has genuinely made my entire night!
Operations report 4:
Captain Turner, Imperial Venator “Enterprise”
Well, after everything, I can say that I’m surprised by this position, from one clone wars ship to another, one by far being an upgrade.
With the vessel now under the command of Commander Shed, myself and the remaining crew of the Ironsides have been assigned to the defense fleet over Byss, with command over the defense forces to ‘ensure imperial interests’.
It may not be the old girl, and many of my crew are now gone, I’ll do my duty to keep those under my command alive, I only wish now we won’t be thrown into the fire for nothing more then some higher ups power play.
Hi Shack, I really enjoy being a part of armco. Thank you for continuously making good videos and content, and I will see you in foxhole 😃
34:53 You can complete 2 missions in one go if you attack Ord Mantell, Abregado Rae (1:01:22) i think it starts witha ship trader and bakura too.
Besides I would recommend you to dedicate a couple of weeks directly to the economy, you have planets that are underdeveloped cash cows. For Example Ralltiir (50:44) I would recommend you to build as many mines as possible and upgrade the governor's palace without building the outpost, just leave a couple of squads of stormtroopers and you will be fine from the raids and it will be more profitable and finally build the economic space stations.
Regarding technology, I would recommend frigates and cruisers I. ISD's are sufficient for the beginning of the game.
"Profit margins will be large!" as yet another planet's finances get siphoned off into the void
The Noghri and their fanatic devotion to Vader (And his blood line) are explained in Timothy Zahn's Thrawn Trilogy. Definitely worth the read if you haven't already
And yes, Tyber Zahn is a nod to Timothy Zahn
501st Journal
Week 30 - Chandrila
TK-2401 Pvt. Kale - Triton Squad
"The Cost of Rebellion"
Our grip on the Core tightens. Using information gathered on Skako Minor and Brentaal IV, we learned that all of these worlds controled by local forces haven't just been stiffing the Empire, but have all been secretly preparing for Rebellion. Forost was the last piece of information we needed. Thanks to Imperial Intelligence it was determined that Chandrila was the main source of rebellion in the Deep Core. The leaders were trying to organize all the supposedly neutral worlds in the Core into joining the Rebellion to launch a devastating strike against all the imperial controled Core worlds. Although it wasn't hard to ultimately guess they were the culprits, the planet being home to the chief traitor of them all, former senator Mon Mothma. That's why Lord Vader was so adamant that we move quickly and why so many regs were brought in to support the 501st.
Once we learnd the true scope of Chandrila's rebellion, the fleet viciously attacked the planet. There we found the rebels dug in deep and well prepared for an invasion. An example needed to be made. A new group of Imperial regs were brought in specifically for this battle, Tanarithians they're called. A brutal and bloodthirsty lot that that stormed over the rebels like a rising tide cutting, sometimes literally, into the rebel lines with abandon. Normally regs aren't like that, certainly not the one's we've been fighting with lately. They were competent and well organized. Lord Vader was suitably impressed with their performance. The pathetic rebels were swept away and now lay as a clear example to all who'd dare defy the will of the Emperor.
The people of Chandrila will now come to understand the cost of rebellion against the Empire. Their cities will burn and the people will serve us well. If not, they need only look at the corpses that litter the area around the destroyed rebel base to see what will become of them. Such is the fate of traitors.
(Inside of the local FOB, Parrel, Reagel, Kears, and a few other officers can be seen discussing something over a holodesk. The door to the room is open. The windows outside show a bright orange sunset.)
Reagel: You're saying there's a chance the two are alive?
Parrel: And maybe a few other potential POWs as well. We didn't see any bodies in the two TIEs when we searched them, at least, according to the reports. Though... they might be captured given the... uh, proximity to rebel lines. I've not gotten permission to send out search parties though.
Kears: Aren't the rebels in full retreat everywhere? We've not seen any sort of combat since the battle a few days ago.
Reagel: Could be them resorting to asymetric warfare or such. You know, like mercs? Might as well assume every civilian is a rebel from here on out.
Imperial Officer 1: Explains all this criminal activity then.
Imperial Officer 2: And violent protests against our garrison.
Imperial Officer 3: ...And the violent protests against our garrison. Yeah.
Parrel: Now, there's a chance that they've still got a base of sorts. Chandrila is a major rebel planet correct? They've been ordering and controlling units. They ought to get information from somewhere. Besides, the dates on all these attacks seem to be coordinated. I suggest we inspect one of the towns suspected for hiding crim-
Imperial Officer 1: Now listen here. You are a mere navy Captain, Parrel. On the ground, we outrank you. We do the decisions around here, not you or your navy flyboys. I'm not letting a simple freighter captain take control of a ground operation of which, mind you, is under my jurisdiction. Besides, what's a Gozanti captain know about land-based warfare?
Parrel: Talkin' an awful lot for a reg officer.
(Reagel physically breaks the two's confrontation.)
Reagel: Hey, you two. Same side. Be sensible for once. Damn.
(Meanwhile, inside a large underground complex (of which seems to be quite old by the looks of things), Vicke, Foulke, and a few other POWs silently discuss something over a cafeteria table as the other prisoners seem to continue eating their meals.)
Foulke: Alright... so here's the thing. We're not getting to the armory. I scouted the layout of this place.
Vicke: Foulke, the whole plan relies on-
Foulke: Running into four guards and getting us killed?
Vicke: ...On second thought...
(The group whisper among themselves, many seem to be disappointed by the plan going to waste.)
POW 1: Now what?
POW 2: The whole plan relies on getting to the armory. We could still do it if we-
POW 3: To hell with that. I'd like to get out of this in one piece.
Vicke: ...There's a transmission terminal right next to the shower rooms. It's much less guarded at these sorts of hours being so far away from the barracks.
POW 1: We could make a play for it. There's 5 of us...
Vicke: No, that'll be too much. Guards will be alerted with all of us. Besides, my lockpick is only two-use.
Foulke: I'll go. Near the shower rooms, correct? Once every other guard is asleep, I'll just ask if I could head over to the bathrooms. I knock out the escorting guard, hurry to the terminal, and transmit a message to an Imperial frequency.
POW 1: So how the hell are you getting back here then?
Foulke: I don't. I'll be taking the blaster from the knocked out guard and hold out from there. It'll be your chance to get out through the vents as I'll be distracting the guards.
Vicke: Foulke, you do realize this is a suicide mission, right?
(Foulke turns to one of the POWs.)
Foulke: You, weren't you wearing a fighter patch when you got in here?
POW 1 (Rienn): Yes, Sarcal Rienn, Imperial TIE Bomber pilot, 444th Squadron lead, all shot down over Brentaal IV. Why do you ask?
Foulke: Well Rienn, if I don't make it out of this and you do, I'd like you to talk to someone named Captain Yaeda Parrel.
Vicke: Foulke, you can't be serious! Look, it's everyone or no one. We need to-
Foulke: Stand down, Vicke. That's an order. Sorry buddy, I'll outrank you even on the ground.
Vicke: Foulke... fine. But you better make it out of this.
Foulke: I'll try, buddy.
[Alright, we're doing a prison break, imperial style. Foulke's gonna transmit coordinates to the base before he gets cut off. The door is open, so the 501st might pass by and get involved, or one of their officers is already present at the meeting.]
@@SolitarySpade_Davon (Some time later after command intercepted the transmission, the 1st company of the 501st is readied for combat. ITTs and AT-STs are assembled for a quick overwhelming attack on a secret rebel compound.)
Caster: "Okay troopers listen up! We've finally located the last of the resistance on this miserable rebellious world. We're on our way to crush their last hope of any kind of victory. It's also apparently a large prison as well holding many imperial prisoners and supporters. Our mission is destroy their encampment and release the prisoners."
Ace: "And these people still claim they're peaceful pacifists? Hah, they deserve everything that's happening to them!"
Misty: "And so much more!"
Caster: "That's the plan troopers. We're also to capture the leaders alive at all costs and as many rebels as possible. Lord Vader has instructed us that they are to serve as a clear example to all of Chandrila the price of rebellion. Especially after the raid by Rogue Squadron on the Tanarithians and our base a few days ago. That means your blasters must be set to stun for the duration of this operation. Understood?"
All troopers: "Sir, yes sir!"
Caster: "Good. Load up and let's teach these rebels a lesson they'll never forget!"
(The squads all load up into their transports and gunships and head out for the base.)
@@billygrantham5380 (The two TIEs fly ahead of the formation to scout out the landing zone. They fly high above, using binoculars to scout the complex. The compound appears to be an old underground repurposed supply depot. The main entrance is to the side of a hill, with only rudimentary and basic fences surrounding it.)
Kears: We're coming up on the coordinates. Looks like they don't have much.
Reagel: "Looks". I spot a garage. Looks like they've got speeders. Can't see much in the dead of night though.
(Reagel eyes the open road in front of the facility. He opens his comms to the formation behind them.)
Reagel: 457th to 501st, We've got an LZ. Transmitting coordinates now.
Kears: We should be able to provide air cover, right?
Reagel: Only on the outside.
(Meanwhile, Foulke waits by the terminal's door, blaster in hand. He's hidden the unconscious guard in a shower locker.)
Foulke: Aye... they should be here any minute now.
(At that moment, one of the guards watching the prisoners decides to radio in on the guard watching Foulke. After no response, he heads there himself. Foulke hears the footsteps as he approaches, and prepares to take him down silently.)
(As the guard walks past the door, Foulke attacks him, hands restraining and choking the guard, preventing him from screaming. The guard, however, reaches to his holster, and fires a shot at the floor, alerting the other guards from the noise. Foulke quickly knocks him out and takes his blaster.)
Foulke: So much for a quiet run eh? Now I've got two.
(The last two guards leave their post to see what caused the blaster fire. As they leave, Vicke lockpicks his door open behind them. He unlocks Rienn's lock too.)
Rienn: Alright, you heard... Foulke? Was it? We're getting out of here.
Vicke: No man can solo an entire facility. I'm coming back for him.
Rienn: Come on, he's given us the chance! The man-
(As she says that, Vicke sneaks up from behind and grabs the holster of one of the guards. He fires a shot at the leading guard, and then knocking the other out with his left elbow. Foulke pops his head out to view what just happened.)
Foulke: Vicke? For kriff's-
Vicke: Everyone or no one, squadron motto.
Rienn: Hey, hand me a blaster. We're freeing the other prisoners.
Foulke: Grab the other guard's blaster. I'll get the tables and barricade the hallway. Reinforcements are coming.
(While Rienn frees the other prisoners, Vicke and Foulke begin setting up a makeshift barricade with whatever they could find.)
Vicke: Who'd you call?
Foulke: Squadron frequency and the 501st.
Vicke: The 501st? You mean-
Foulke: We're gonna see quite a firefight.
[I'll let you do the landing and opening engagement.]
@@SolitarySpade_Davon Caster: "Copy that. Pilot begin landing sequence."
Pilot: "Yes sir. Landing now."
(The gunships land and the troopers disembark without issue. Securing a perimeter by the time the rebels even attempt to offer resistance. The mostly inexperienced rebels fall quickly to the more accurate fire of the 501st.)
Caster: "Triton Squad, clear that garage!"
Blue Star: "Yes sir! Triton, assault formation! Advance!"
(Triton squad breaks from cover and moves quickly to the vehicle garage. Stunning three rebels as the convoy of ITTs break through the fencing and begin releasing more troops. Meanwhile overhead two Gozantis drop two squads of AT-STs at the landing zone. The walkers providing covering fire and allowing the 501st to move to the underground entrance. Reaching the garage, Triton squad stacks up.)
Blue Star: "Ready flashbangs! On a count of three. One, two, three!"
(Triton tosses them in and breaches the garage. Finding several rebels inside, a couple half dressed, disoriented and stumbling. Trying to get into their speeders. The troopers open fire and stun them all in a matter of seconds. Two fall off a speeder and hit the ground hard, another is sent tumbling back into a tool cabinet. A hydrospanner falling on his head and knocking him out cold.
One scared rebel hiding behind a pillar to avoid the flash fumbles with his blaster but eventually gets the safety off, only to reveal himself for Kale's white armored elbow to meet his face and knock him down. A stun blast is shot at him for good measure. In all, eight rebels are captured.)
Kale: "Clear?"
Misty: "Yeah, clear."
Blue Star: "Good work squad. Triton to 7575. Garage clear and secured. Eight rebels in custody. Orders?"
Caster: "Excellent sargent. We're just mopping up out here. Others will take care of those rebels, form back up and prepare to storm into the base."
Blue Star: "Roger. We're on our way, Triton out."
Ace: "If the rest of these guys are anything like this we should have this whole thing wrapped up in an hour."
Oz: "Here's hoping."
(Triton exits the garage to find several rebels being loaded onto transports and another squad heading into the garage.)
Caster: "Ready Triton?"
Blue Star: "Yes sir."
Caster: "Good. Blow it trooper."
(The door to the underground base is blasted open and the 501st storm inside.)
[I see the rebels on Chandrila as nothing much more than militia at this point. Having lost the majority of the better fighters in the main battle.]
@@billygrantham5380
(As the group hear blaster fire outside, Foulke turns to Vicke.)
Foulke: That must be them. Most of the rebels should be headed outside to meet them in combat.
Vicke: You think they'll be moving in this direction?
Foulke: Maybe. Maybe not...
(He looks back at the terminal room's door.)
Foulke: ...No. No, they'll be moving in to protect the comms terminal. There's valuable information about rebel activity in there, and they're going to try and purge it when thinga go awry.
Rienn: So we've got company then?
(Foulke and Vicke take cover, blasters pointed at the hallway's entrance. They maintain this position while talking.)
Foulke: By the looks of things, any second now. We don't have anything that can copy the data, don't we?
Vicke: You think the guards would let even a toothpick through?
Foulke: Then we're gonna defend the terminal until reinforcements arrive through that hallway. Give the other prisoners melee weapons, whatever you can find.
Rienn: Hang on, I thought we were getting out of here-
Vicke: We are. Just, trust him on this one.
There is a sub mod for AOTR that is pretty much what you describe in this episode. You build a reclamation factory and can spend money to rebuild and upgrade old clone wars ships and vehicles. It's called AoTR Unofficial Submod - Reinforcements. I've tried it out and it works with the current version.
[ Personal Log ]
[ Subject: Galm Foulke, 457th Imperial TIE Squadron, No. 2 ]
[ Serving onboard Gozanti "Seveneer" ]
"Behind Bars"
I didn't expect Chandrila to be such a... well, I guess my situation describes everything. I was assigned to scout out for the 501st during the landing. Vicke came along too given his inactive role last time. Let's say he was a little jealous of missing out on letting our TIEs take out a few stray insurgents. Yeah, we did our job. Relaying coordinates for our artillery pieces... and then getting shot down and crashing into a lake.
Well, guess who got captured by rebels? If you're wondering, I'm alive, so is Vicke. We're being held in... well, somewhere, just no idea where exactly. The sounds outside make it seem like either a town or military base. There's a bunch of POWs here, mostly captured regulars from the battle. Speaking of, the tour of our little "prison" gave me a glimpse of the medical areas. Quite a lot of fellows in hospital beds over there. Apparently, the rebels lost the battle and have resorted to guerilla warfare. At least there's some good news there.
I'm trying to figure out a way to escape this hellhole, but security's a little tight given the situation. I'm... not sure the squadron knows we're alive. Hell, I'm not sure the empire knows we're alive. Vicke's counting on rescue, and here I am counting on a shot at their armory. No chance I'll do it anytime soon though. We'll be counting on a miracle to get us out, but we will. One way or another.
"Galm Foulke?" You really are an Ace Combat fan.
Definitely get Tepasi's tagges as a defensive backline unit, their weapons are actually very good to help screen against rebel bombers and corvettes
When I invaded Feroest, all their forces hid from me in that corner, too. And as I've been saying, Tepasi with a level 3 station is a cool thing to have. And Aeten with any space station.
Imp Rep 5 - The arrival of artillery units has been a big boost to the men of the Imperial units, and this has proven to be a major part of the success in the ground battles on Foerost and at Chandrila. These worlds were surprisingly well entrenched on the ground and possessed enough that the Imperial regulars would not have performed well on their own. There continue to be a great deal of grumbling from them and little sign of improvement in their accuracy on the battlefield. There continue to be reports of them wanting to go back to Armco, and I would be of the opinion that if they prefer working in Armco making the blaster bolts for the Empire, then they can return to the slave camps that Armco runs and leave the actual fighting to the stormtroopers. As it would appear that training and the Emperor's political books are not working.
But the artillery has worked out quite well in launching major ranged attacks against old CIS tanks and against Rebel infantry. Lord Vader even decorated the artillery gunners with the Order of Heroism medal for destroying civilian dwellings on both Foerost and Chandrila and showing how Imperial might actually works. These victories will spread fear and show the galaxy that despite what the Rebels may claim after the victory over Yavin, they are not capable of winning. In fact, the toughest fight they put up against the Empire was in space over Chandrila and even that wasn't as big as would be expected. Lord Vader's ISD Devastator took a lot of fire, but largely endured and destroyed at least two Dreadnaught Cruisers in return while the rest of the fleet mopped up the rest. There was some hope that we would capture Mon Mothma, as Chandrila is her homeworld, but the traitorous witch wasn't there... and we could only content ourselves with capturing her daughter and shooting her father. He squealed about loyalty when the regulars shot him for target practice... but he should have controlled his wife if he was loyal.
This has left the Empire with a growing strength in the Core and will hopefully set things back on pace to build up strength for what will be needed to take on the Black Sun around Ord Mantell and secure Yaga Minor's safety. Though, it's also raised some ideas on Lord Vader wanting to head east toward Honoghr. He tells me it was a battle site in the Clone Wars and that something in the Dark Side tells him that he could secure for the Empire some skilled assassins there that would rival the skills of the Inquisitors from non-Force Sensitives. Though, I'd note that this would require an extensive campaign to the East. It may open up the avenue to get Bevel Lemelisk to the Maw, as Honoghr isn't too far away from that world... but it would still be a major campaign. - Ensign Iam Minion.
Corporal Pharo from the 501st.
This is my 5th cycle in the 501st, i recently got scouted. For a while now, i havent done much but be there to look intimidating near lord vader, i heard that the army troopers are pulling insane stunts, i yearn for the battlefield, but for now lord vader deemed us more suitable as honor guard for him and the captain of the ship. I did get to see the fall of chandrila from the bridge of the ISD.Seeing those droid works destroyed brought back memories of seeing the clones fighting. Sadly the droids got to my home before they did... We are being called to the bridge, end of personal log. Hail the emperor
Journal of Gunnery Captain Tobias, entry 5
The only thing of real note that happened on Chandrila is that I finally got to fight the rebel alliance proper and honestly, I'm not impressed. I seriously thought they would put up more of a fight to defend their leader's homeworld but I thought wrong and now we control the orbit of Chandrila.
It does not take very long to see young, almost happy army troopers broken by combat nowadays, I can see it in their eyes that they were broken, lost some friend or some arm and now they are remembering why they didn't want to get drafted, I never see the look in the eyes of stormtroopers, probably because I barely see them their face under their helmet but regardless. It's mildly sad to see but there is nothing I can do about it short of getting a promotion to grand admiral.
Venators in command of pirates or local sector security forces does not even mildly phase me, the droid ship was surprising but venators? No, so many were built and either abandoned or given away after the end of the clone wars. Destroying it also does nothing to break The Pattern that eventually grips every single gunner of this ISD.
A hour of AOTR empire campaign is always nice to see especially watching it at Max quality 60f it's beautiful
Anaxes Training Center (in the field)
46th training battalion: Opfour units
Probe Droid X7-344411 recording.
(Several stormtroopers trudge through the underbrush. Blaster fire echoes in the distance)
KT-534: "hold"
(The squad halts. Probe droid pulls back to avoid interfering in the exercise)
KT-766: "hope we are giving them a show."
KT-804: "maybe they'll get my good side."
KT-534: "cut the chatter."
KT- 959: "why? We're Opfour. We are supposed to lose."
KT-804: "no sense of sportsmanship? Not going to impress any commanders with that attitude."
KT-959: "this whole thing is a joke. Doesn't matter what we do. We're going to end up on a backwater post either way. Why should we embarrass ourselves trying to win?"
KT- 534: "I said can it" (The lead trooper lifts of his knee) "I'm not seeing any contacts. They must have bypassed our strong points."
KT:766 "Once again, 3rd company ruins it for the rest of us. Couldn't even hold the perimeter. We're out of position, Darro. We should regroup with our company and fall back."
KT-804: "we did pass that choke point an hour back. Nice kill box and any enemies have to pass through that gully. I doubt BlueFour has made it to the inner line yet."
KT: 534 "you want to bunker down and try and hold them?"
KT: 804 "it's your call. We either hunker down and hold out there or we return to the command bunker and lose with the rest of the company."
KT: 959 "my vote is return to the company. No heroics, that's what we were told. We shouldn't make this worse than it already is."
KT-766: "says you. I think we should at least try. I mean, what can four Stormtroopers reasonably do against a full company. Maybe if we hold out for at least a while it'll be favorable to us."
KT-959: "you don't get it, do you? The lottery already decided. We're Opfour. We're tainted. Their's no moving up from here."
KT: 534: "maybe some commander out their is hoping someone will beat the odds. Fall out. Lets hold that choke point."
KT- 804: "whatever you say, boss."
KT-766: "I'm right behind you, Darro."
KT-959: "you can serve your delusions of grandeur if you want, I'm heading back to the company."
KT- 534 (cock's his E-11) "get back in line, trooper."
KT-959: "you don't have the guts to shoot me, Darro."
KT-534: "the empire frowns upon desertion. Now get back in line."
KT- 959: "but you aren't the empire. You know what? I don't even care anymore. Pull the trigger so I can sit out the rest of is exercise. You'd be doing me a favor."
(The stormtrooper moves to walk away. The lead stormtrooper fires his E-11 on stun. The deserting trooper falls to the underbrush).
KT-804: "that's cold, boss."
KT-534: "let's go, we're wasting time."
(The three stormtroopers trek off into the woods. Recording backed up and sent to command. Note added to KT-534's file)
Pretty good. I'd recommend instead of using the numbers as the name, reverse it. Have the character names first and then use the numbers in the actual dialogue in place of names. That's the way I do it. Helps keep track of the characters and their personalities.
In lore KT-959 would probably either be expelled or killed for disobeying orders on a big training world like that. Caridia definitely would of weeded him out by the time of graduation. Writing stormtroopers in a lore friendly way is difficult given the lore around the training. It is to me at least.
@@billygrantham5380 my cousin IRL finished boot camp in November. The US army does this thing called the Forge that's basically a 3 day exercise in the field. I based this part of the story off that. Not because something exactly like this happened, but my cousin did see some crazy things cadets do.
Units I recommend making use of: The AT-MT (it kills infantry good), AT-ST is a solid all-rounder and the Occupier tanks are mobile build pads that can build missile jammers, repair facilities, etc.. Those can really boost your mechanized armies.
ATMT won't be available until after endor
@@arielwilson9293 well not exactly, you can get it once you've done all the research
@@theshadowdoctor5500yes, but that's a bug. It's for random campaigns where there's no endor to lock stuff behind.
"Oh [gosh thexpgamers], you're blind as a bat." - TheXPGamers.
9:33
Horizontal: Right, 2nd planet from the edge along the horizontal line.
Vertical: Just below (by centimetres) middle of the screen.
Lore dump about Honoghr from the original Thrawn series by Zahn. During the Clone Wars, 2 ships engaged in a battle above the planet, and one was carrying hazardous material which was accidentally, or intentionally, released onto the world. It was either some kind of virus, a deadly chemical (think Agent Orange from the Vietnam War) or nuclear waste, but whatever it was began to slowly destroy all plant life on the planet. At the fall of the Republic, Vader went to this world and pledged assistance to the Noghri, the native tribal species which were skilled assassins, excellent in stealth operations and very loyal to their families/clans. The Noghri in turn pledged allegiance to Vader. The Empire send thousands of droids to Honoghr to 'purify the soil' and the Noghri would send their sons away to serve Vader's plans, and very few would ever return. At the death of Vader, Thrawn would step in and recruit them to his bidding and maintain the deception. Thrawn then ordered an assassin team to attack Princess Leia on Kashyyk, but the Noghri recognised that she was the daughter of Vader by her scent and did not kill her. They brought Lady Vader back to Honoghr as well as Chewbacca and C-3PO. Leia worked out that the droids were not purifying the soil, but contaminating it further. She promised to rectify this in exchange for the Noghri taking no further part in the Civil War, the Noghri agreed. Word was spread about the Empire's deception and Thrawn's continuation of it. During the final climactic battle of the series, Captain Pelleaon was reporting about an attack on Wayland which included the natives, a force of Rebels and a team of Noghri, and had his throat cut immediately. Rukh, Thrawn's bodyguard, sought vengeance "for the betrayal of the Noghri by the Empire." Pelleaon hit the emergency button and with severe effort he turned to Thrawn, who was smiling despite the knife in his chest. His last words were, "But... It was so artistically done." Pelleaon then ordered the retreat and most likely died.
I do love that AT-DP. Thats a very classic star wars "WW2 but in space" sort of design, where they took the top off an old tank (or walker in this case) and just strapped a big gun to it
Check Skako Minor for more tibana gas, also ord Ibana and malastare in the Eriadu sector having tibana gas and mining respectively
Shack, Corelia and Coruscant are connected via hyperlane, you have more access south than you realize. You can realistically cut the map in two if you want, from north to south, east is easier and you can mop it up to focus on the real fight west.
It was your Gazontis killing those corvettes. I was playing myself the other day and they were just eating them.
I was quite surprised on just how effective they were.
On another note, what I'd like to see for the Imperial regulars, is the ability to lay down those defensive positions like some of the rebel troops can. Weak on the offence but tough to crack when on the defence.
Shack sends probe droid to iridonia and then immediately forgets he sends it even after mentioning it again at the end of the episode. Such a shack move.
I remember when I did my last Imperial play through, I had a ground army of 20 Imperial Army units and a Venator for support that I would use when I didn't want to micro manage a battle and would rather auto resolve. That was the most Imperial thing I have done.
For Brentaal i’d make an imperial palace and trade stations since it’s at a crossroads of hyperways, it will make good money.
Then specialize the rest of it for vehicle production.
captains log
captain Arya Vanto of the ISD Fury
we drop out of hyperspace over Chandrila within brawling range of the small rebel defense fleet which consists of multiple Clone Wars era dreadnoughts under lord Vader's command we proceed to engage the rebel forces with the full power of our forward guns during the battle LordVader'ss flagship comes under coordinated fire and under my own initiative the fury moves to cover his ship. after the battle the damage report comes in we are battle-ready and will be shipping out orders are to come within the weeks. glory to the empire.
Shack, Imperial command requests you take a deeper look at the abilities of the AT-DT ,they think that its capabilities will impress
"So... We just finished a skirmish over Chandrila, some sorry souls have allied themselves with that Mon Mothma woman, the disgraced senator who was causing disruption in the senate. We were able to break through with no casualties on our side whatsoever.
"Currently the standard operating procedure of the fleet seems to be a pair of Gozantis acting as pathfinders, and then ramming ISDs and Victorys down the throats of any hostile forces we find. The tactic seems to work for these unorganised, small fleets of rebels, pirates, and the like, but I wonder how it will fare against a real foe? Agh, who am I to judge?
"Anyway, the relief teams just returned from the surface of Chandrila, they experienced virtually no resistance from what I understand and were welcomed with open arms by the locals. Clearly Mon Mothma's little rebellion is nothing more than fragile wishes.
"I hope to see you soon, we seem to be drifting further and further away from home and I'm starting to miss the sight of the Bilbringi shipyards of all things! Right as I'm recording this we're on rout to Champala, which would feel like a step towards home but I suspect we'll be heading elsewhere soon enough."
As the recorder's display went dark, Beady thought about mentioning that officer from the other week, or the fact he very nearly died in the battle over Chandrila, but ultimately decided to end it there for today.
Brentaal IV seems like a good spot to build your economy. It's fairly secure considering it's location. Only needing a garrison against possible raids.
Mines, trade stations, trade ship. Profit.
*continuing to RP as the starting ground officer.. as long as I live.
Over heard at the shaved wookie, a bar at the brand new space port of Forost:
The gravely voice of an old veteran: So he says over the comm, you wait there in case you do anything stupid, and all I could think of was 2 planetary invasions ago him saying "now you wait there and think about what I did". Ours is not to reason why young man..
A younger voice: Ours is but to do or die. Was that before or after we were ordered to charge the turbo laser towers with bayonets sir?
The older voice: Before... naturally.
Younger: Man I love the army, Cheers for the drinks sir, we needed em after that one!
Hey shack i recommend hitting vulpter, as its a mining world, you get salvage from battles because of the junkyards on the planet. In my game ive got it making like 1600 to 1800 a week with those economy stations. Good investment in my opinion. Also the tage battle cruiser is a really good line anchor, like the dauntless. Less firepower, but better fighter screening and the fighters it carries are pretty good. Its a good ship for the point, and using to tank shots and fighters/bombers. It is slower though lol. Its a bit slower than an isd, about 3/4 the speed id say
So I’ve been playing on the new map as the empire, and man does having to core feel so nice. Skako Minor is a great credit generator, definitely invest if you haven’t already. Glad to see how we are both fairing against the rebels and criminals of the empire!
Not sure if this was said already, but there is a submod for the rebels to get Venators . They are expensive but is done on purpose because the rebels are either scavenging and/or buying them off the black market. I currently have a Venator and a Quasar moving with my ground army...I have the entire South under my control but forgot about Mon Cala so much that I got pushed back to it. Loving the series and looking forward to the stream, though will probably wait until post stream to watch it, sorry.
For that hunt shipyard mission, try raiding Ord Mantell. Don't bother taking the orbit, just kill a ship trader and leave. Those Tagge ships are dreadnaughts so they're basically the foundation of a fleet. Try to isolate them and wreck their combat capabilities with bombers before engaging with ISDs.
Stopped at 13:30. Shack, please get more support regulars. It would be so hilarious and so on point for the empire that they have entire armies of 'troopers' with the only point being to repair the imperial armour. Imagine assaulting a turbolaser-defended planet with just armour and glorified engineers. Glorious.
The Noghri are one of Vaders long term plans, he irradiated their planet then came to the 'rescue' and they can function as elite commandos or assassins (in the Books at least).
Isn’t one of the reasons they turn on thrawn because they find out that leia is vaders heir and they swore a bloodoath to vaders family
@@wargey3431 Its been a while since I read the Heir to the Empire books but I think that's what happened.
Incvisitors actually pretty good space units too. They are single starfighter, but really good one. I believe they also have bait ability
Shack Brentaal needs a governors palace which you can upgrade to a Moff's palace then an imperial palace. Make sure to check the descriptions of every planet you take because it will tell you what level of palace you can build and every upragde gives you much more money. Also you need to remeber to build governor's palaces at as many planets as you can as they give you much of the base income for that planet and without it you just hemorage money
The regs are army Stormtroopers are marines, and navy is navy
At 56:01 you can see the victory wings open up. I didn’t think they were animated
Hey, qick tip for you:
If you rush a couple of ground tech buildings you can build the tie striker ground aircraft which are incredibly op. With 2 or 3 units you can easily win every ground invasion
Also if you build a imperial advanced fighter dockyard you can upgrade your old venators and acclamators to have tie fighters instead of v-wings, which makes them considerably stronger in the early game 😉
The only thing I am missing on this play through is the drinking game I made for every time Shack would say I need to bring Sullustan's in my armored units. I went through so much drink in the Rebel play through.
Definitely get that frigate & cruiser tech out since some of those ships can be really complement an isd with ion weapons or additional heavy turbos at a low cost.
"When you bring a hammer, everything looks like a nail -- and they're about to get nailed!"
-- Commander Shed on Chandrila
victory class star destroyers were thrawns favorite ship as he liked poping them out of hyper space alongside enemy ships and just unloading the whole missile bay on them 1 victory on each side with a isd in the front
To be fair, it's quite effective in this game, too
I swear at 11:50 I heard the regs say "Can't believe I left ARMCO for this"
Love your work!! have been watching for a couple of years now and every video puts a smile on my face! Love this campaign!! FOR THE EMPIRE!!!!!!
This is a message for the captain. There is a sub mod called reinforcements which allows all sides to build a reclamation plant to build old Cornwall vehicles on specific worlds, including the editor and the ATTE
Shack, you bring shame to Star Wars fans. The Noghri are Imperial death commandos used most prominently by Grand Admiral Thrawn, including his bodyguard and later killer, Ruhk. They were a major plotline in the original Thrawn trilogy.
Got intel from our sources in the ISB:
Correlia may be surrounded by enemies but does have the hyperspace route to Coruscant.
Rebel envoys are also taking money from Coruscant.
Honoghr is to the east by The Maw
That's all we have for now. Long live the Emperor and glory to the Empire.
I love seeing the Imperial Army in action, my favorite part of Andor was seeing the Imperial Army up close again
Honoghr was a planet damaged during a huge battle in the Clone Wars. The Empire stumbled on it later and encountered the Noghri who proved to be very capable assassins and commandos. So Vader promised to "help" them become self sustaining in return for their people to work for him as assassins.
Sergeant's Log
Chandrila
Week 30
Well, I've recovered since the action on Brentaal IV, and am back in action. And apparently, things are changing fast.
Foefost was taken with little casualties. News of that was an honest surprise after what happened on Brentaal IV. Apparently, most of their armored forces grouped up in an ally trying to ambush a force of Army troopers and armor. Most of them were wiped out by a bombing run and an orbital strike, with the troops cleaning up the rest.
I was able to join the fight at Chandrila and did a bit of work. The so-called "capital of the Rebellion" is now an imperial world, and local supporters of the Alliance are being rounded up. Eiolig has been rather zealous in this effort across the sector. He's sent his regiment to every world, no matter the strategic value, and has been ensuring that Rebel supporters are cleaned up. The Tanarithians are very thorough, bringing weapons, prisoners, and worlds to the Empire. He's been wanting to do an exercise with my team and Triton Squad. I hope it's nothing too dangerous.
(After doing a sweep for hidden rebel weapons caches, Triton makes their way to the Tanarithians's landed acclimator. Just outside of the area the main battle was fought.)
Ace: "For a bunch of supposed pacifists they sure had a lot of blasters hidden around."
Kale: "They aren't much good if you don't know how to use them. One poor rebel didn't even know his safety was still on."
Oz: "I still have to laugh at the one that hit hit his own foot. Until today I always thought that was just a saying."
Misty: "I guess all the smart ones were out here..."
(Misty gestures to the field of corpses.)
"If you can call a rebel smart that is."
Oz: "How much further?"
Blue Star: "Just over this hill. Looks like the army troopers are already there."
Kale: "I wonder what this exercise is about?"
[If this isn't too big like last time, I have an idea I'd like to add at the end of this exercise.]
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(As Triton Squad reaches the crest of the hill, Chas and his team turn to look at them.)
Chas: Hey Triton. Apparently, Eiolig wants to see how we can do in a tustle.
(As the stormtroopers ponder what Chas means, they see what he's talking about. Most of the soldiers of the regiment are outside of the acclimator, fighting in at least fifty rings spray painted on the ground.)
Acre: Well, we might as well find the major.
Kerrin: It shouldn't be hard. Look for a tall guy with an eyepatch.
(With that, the two teams descend the hill to the regiment. A few of the soldiers gathered around the rings look over at them, but most of them barely pass the newcomers a glance. As they pass a ring being used by the Sucubi homever, Kerrin and Morris both have their eyes fixed on the ladies, who are dressed ekther dressed in PT gear like a number of the other troopers, or in somewhat revealing outfits, a couple even wave as they pass.)
Twi'lek: Heya boys.
Kerrin: Hello.
Chas: Jace, I can hear the arousal in your voice, pretty sure half of those ladies could too.
Kerrin: Can you blame me?
Chas: Kinda.
(As the group reaches the center of the field, they find Eiolig, who is wearing the pants of PT gear, and Liara, who is wearing Huttball shorts and a tube top. Both of them move quickly for fighters of their size, Liara throwing punches and kicks and Eiolig blocking or dodging them. After a minute of them being watched by the newcomers, Liara leaps at Lucius, who grabs her mid-jump at the waist, holding her close in his arms.)
Eiolig: We calling this match over?
Liara: I think so. Question, is this supposed to be a lock or an embrace?
Eiolig: Either one works with me.
Liara: I'd say so too, if there wasn't a crowd around us.
Eiolig: Ah who cares. They all know if they make any jokes about this, I will snap them like twigs.
(As Eiolig looks at the people around the ring, about everyone averts their gaze, Triton Squad and Chas's team among them, mostly due to the view they have of Liara being from behind her.)
Eiolig: Hey Chas, Triton Squad. You all up for sparring, or are you going to try and steal more looks at my girl's arse? I know you did.
Liara: Come on, Lucius, you know they don't mean anything by it, right boys, and girl?
[I was thinking Eiolig would want to see how good Kale and Chas's teams are in CQC. It's not something crazy, or dull. And if Misty is the bombshell of the 501st, Liara would be about as good looking. As for how she'd look in terms of general body shape, I'm picturing something slightly more muscular than Cammy in SF6, but as a redhead with a bobcut. Basically, she's muscular, and the Imperials can see it. As for Lucius, tall, well built, looks bit Chris Hemsworth in terms of shape.]
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[Also, with the rings, I don't mean it's mosh pits, more like 1 vs 1 fights or small teams, most of the people around the rings waiting for a turn.]
@@sonofjack6286 Ace: "We were wearing helmets. He can't prove anything."
Kale: "Only imperial intelligence can access our helmet cams, and then they're always hidden away on a ship somewhere across the system."
Oz: "So good luck finding them. Not even your eye candy girls could get those eggheads talking."
Misty: "It's not even that good..."
Blue Star: "Sparring? That's what we called out for? I was expecting something more."
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Eiolig: Come on. I want to see how good you guys are, if that training on Caridia was worth it. And besides, most of the Rebel groups worth the effort died during the initial invasion, and those left are so weak that they are barely even a hassle for the Army. And with Vader having taken the orbit of Champala, we could very well be shipping out tomorrow. And besides, we might make you guys even better in hand-to-hand, make fighting rebels and pirates an absolute breeze.
Liara: If you're up for it, (She points at Misty), I call dibs against her.
Eiolig: Easy, my dear. (He steps closer to the Imperials, circling them) And another point, sergeant, Tanarithians are not like your average Imperials, we put in more than the proper amount of effort to be weapons of war, ones that have served Coruscant faithfully for millenia, from our founders in the wake of the Mandalorian Crusades, to our fathers and uncles during the Clone Wars. (He stops in front of Blue Star) My generation venerate you clones for your sacrifice, your loss, some even trained us back home, they all said the same thing, "Regular we may be, the soldiers of the Corp fight with near the same strength as the clones." I want to ensure that these Imperials here can do the same. When the Alliance and our other enemies are defeated, we will still have wars to fight. Foes from beyond Civilized Space encroach upon us, and I mean to ensure that everyone I meet is able to fight as hard as they can when that war comes.
[Lucius and the Thrawnites likely don't know about the Vong yet, and likely won't until late in the campaign. All they know about is the Grysks and the fact they've been meddling in galactic affairs.]
Shack, i think the Tagge would be a fun commandship for Shed. Its different enough for your "character" to stand out.
They're pretty tough too. I was hunting the CSAs tagge last night and it managed to hold off a tector and ISD1 while the rest of our fleets slammed into each other.
That heavy correlian gunship is, I think, a nod to a "blink and you miss it" shot of this ship at the end of Empire Strikes Back!
Shack you need to build some isb agents in order to grt rid of teh rebels stealing your credits on coruscant and aaragu
“A war of attrition is a war without strategy.”
The title of this video made that quote come to mind.
Shack treating the army troopers like the Mobile Infantry
50:30 I think you answered your question, we don't have enough credits. Income generation sounds good to me.
[INTEL] The solution to corvettes this early in the game with no tech upgrades are gozanti's and bombers. While not exactly glamorous, a few groups of those freighters can do decent damage to the blockade runners and hammerheads.
It is also advisable to field occupier tanks on the ground to better support our armor with their field repair facilities as its far more efficient than our support teams.
Vader, standing in a devastated bridge :
"- If this continues, fire is going to replace sand as my n°1 ennemy."
I started an Imperial campaign and tried to take Foerost early on. I remember that my version actually had a proper base protected by that Shield Generator, but they did still get stuck in that nook next to the Power Generator. If the AotR team happens to see this, know that's not just a Shack problem.
Honoghr is next to Kessel and the Maw for Vader's mission, it didn't have the mission icon above it. Didn't seem to have a time limit though, so no reason to dedicate resources to it immediately.
The Liberations fleet has been a terror in the outer rim regions for my campaign. My response was to shoot the Liberation with my hypervelocity gun. Still took two shots. Along with most of the defense fleet firing at it.
I find the Gozantis to be amazing corvet hunters in large packs, covering their fighters.
Vader: "I'm here to help...Indoctrinate them into our cause."
If I recall from being hit by their weapons in Jedi academy, they're effective assassins. Probably a cut above of Imperial troopers.
Since it took the Heir of Vader to convince them to switch. They're probably more loyal as well.
17:30 Looks like the Imperial version of the WW II Germans building the Tiger around the Flak 88
(Tactical Advice) From High Colonel Frost. The people of Vardos are eager to join so recruiting cost from there should be 10% cheaper there in the core north of Anaxes
Two At-Ats supported by higher tier infantry and a assortment of Medium/Light walkers. You can interchange the walker complement with different vehicles/units and artillery based on your task at hand.
The Nograri are from legends a species which were saved by Vader and then used by Thrown as bodyguards/ assassins also one of their kind was in rebels. If I where you I'd get them because who knows their might be a time when you need to assassinate someone.
If the Rebels had attacked out from Chandrila, it would lowkey undermine Mon Mothma's peaceful ideals so I'm almost glad they didn't
Sandbags replaced the bunkers in the original EAW, that’s why they are in Aotr
Shack: finds turrets by enemy infantry spawner.
Shack: builds ONLY anti-vehicle turrets
I know this is an older video and you may have already found out Shack, but on the patch you were playing on in this vid, Gozantis were accidentally dealing double damage, actually anything with duel laser cannons on the empire were. Not sure how they managed that to happen but the imp hardpoint for duel lasers were doing double damage, so thats why those cr90s, and pretty much everything was getting melted by them on that patch
32:19 Look up the Caestus Assault Ram from Warhammer 40k
I found the tagge battlecruiser is an excellent defensive ship for important worlds on the front it’s long range guns let it sit behind A golan and still fight while it has a large fighter contingent to ward off fighters one of the largest of any capital ship it is also good for sieges as a center piece but is easily overwhelmed by multiple heavy ships due to less powerful if longer ranged guns
The Nogri Thing was originally The thrawn Trilogy I think.
Tie brutes from gladiators or gozantis are actually pretty decent at wacking corvettes and frigates with the heavier lasers they have and they have a ton more health over regular tie, found them especially handy when fighting blacksun smaller ship spam and they melt through them also i think the gozantis probably killed the blockade runners as they are actually decently armed for weapons
Gotta love it when I make the probe droid sound at the same time as Shack.
The new map is cool but I have to say I'd grown quite fond of the old map.
If you could, throwing a hint at the Dev's that an old map submod with the new hyperlane system would be appreciated.
Enjoying the series so far!
Old maps are still available to play
@@ICOMr.President oh with the new hyperlanes? haven't had time to check the new version
They massively updated the Artillery, in my current Rebel playthrough they are THE most DEADLY unit I've dealt with in ground fights so far.
Against CR-90’s and other small corvettes, I believe the most effective tool at the moment would be either Acclamator missile tube spam, TIE bomber-gozanti spam or VicStar artillery rocket spam (if they can target corvettes, that is.)
You need to embrace the imperial guard method of either smashing the enemy with super-heavy armor, drowning them in bodies, or both.
as someone who went for ord mantell and the munnilist sector early in the campaign i would like to say it was a success
FOR THE RECORD Commander: Imperial Regulars don't have "suppression teams", Their ranks consist of Regular Squads (mostly Riflemen, 1 MG Gunner and 1 Grenadiers), Weapon Team Squads (which is mostly Grenade Launchers, not to be confused with Grenadiers. i think their is 1 MG gunner with them) and Support Squads (pure Riflemen with 2 medics and 2 Engineers accompanying them). Which reminds me, you may wish to invest in our Infantry Research, we do need to develope SUPPORT EQUIPMENT for the Support battalions.
I would recommend requisitioning and deploying a few AT PT companies alongside the Army Troopers, they are the closest we have to a Suppression squad at the moment. As to the Question of dealing with Enemy Armored Targets: In addition to Orbital Support, i recall the AT DT can act as a Anti Tank Gun (its Shells do HIT pretty hard). Besides the AT DPs are your best unit at the moment.
Our Current Imperial Factories are having Trouble fitting Rocket Batteries to our AT STs, they Require Upgrades with more ADVANCED equipment.
The pacifist world of chandrilla sure had alot of guns
Those Arty walkers look like some Guard unit thought it'd be a brilliant idea to staple a Basilisk's cannon to a set of Sentinel legs. Hell, depending on the scale that might be kitbashable with the minis.
Shack, get rid of all the defenses in the core. If they hit Corucant you have already lost. And thats a ton of money to let you tech up on Skako minor, which has either a discount or speed boost to tech. Also specialize ship yards. One plant two of the same yard is twice as fast. Kuat should have two big yards and one fighter yard so you can build advanced versions of your big ships.
The Tagge is very powerful, a ton of longrage guns + great point defense + quite a large compliment of fighters.