Also Shack you NEED desperately to reinforce the maw, and I mean reinforce it HARDCORE, with a full fleet and maxed Golan platforms. The rebels or Black sun will attack you there in several weeks and they will bring a massive fleet around 2-3 fleetcap in size. It is scripted so they will hit the maw whether you defend it or not and they ignore hyperlanes. If you lose that mission you're in big trouble for the rest of the series so I highly recommend reinforcing it
Yeah, I was listening to him in the background, and the second I heard him send them to the Maw I laughed out loud. Probably that whole sector will be lost when he loses it. Edit: The only way he wins would be by rushing Vader's fleet straight there, beating every orbital battle in the way and not stopping to capture any planets. Otherwise, I don't think he has any time left to even build a Golan 3.
@@starwolf99 typically? He refrains from pausing in almost all battles. I've seen him pause more on the galaxy map than in battles where I pause about equally in both. The main kicker is his love for the cinematic camera that gets him distracted in tough fights like those.
Shack if you want other capital ships like the tector you need to build the advanced capital shipyard over Kuat. Building two of them also gives a big boost to production speed on the planet they're on
Also I don't know if you noticed this or not but Corellia is directly linked to Coruscant through that red hyperlane so your access to the south is much better than you think.
@@Compyniro Because he did nothing to stop it even though he had property there. If he was a true loyal supporter of the Empire, he would have been there and stopped it - while complying with the ISB's demands to be elsewhere in a different system across the Empire. Clearly Shed's loyalty is lacking. Let us not forget the suspected commander of the so-called 'Liberation'.
Best build up the space defenses of The Maw. Even on recruit difficulty setting, the scripted battle that takes place there is pretty hard. Don’t sell your units once you’ve come under attack (when the battle/autoresolve selection comes up). It makes the AI think that you autoresolve all defensive battles and automatically selects that every time you come under attack
I'd like to suggest you secure Denon. The system sits in an intersection between trade routes and would allow the quick movement of resources between our holdings in the galactic south and the core, and stands in the way of known hubs of recividist activity. Right now Denon is controlled by a sovereign corporate authority that has pledged loyalty to the Empire, however, so aditional political measures are perhaps required. As for your other query, major planets with the moniker "four" are exceedingly common since the third and fourth planets on most systems are the most likely to fall within the so-called "goldilocks zone" of habitability, resulting in rich, fertile worlds that can be settled by most humanoid species without dedicated infrastructure. For the Empire. Jag Vanos - Imperial Galactographic Service.
21:55 Damn, the Wheel has a strong defense fleet. I do remember that in the EU they were neutral but the Empire eventually takes control because the administrator (who was a former Senator) helped Princess Leia. So in this playthrough, it appears that the administrator (probably a different one) was an agent of Black Sun, and once their corruption was found out, they summoned a fleet of Black Sun warships to defend their holdings
Thank you SkyForge for all the sweet, sweet camera shots. I'm starting to think that Admiral Shed wants this campaign to be a challenge. By never building up his economy...
You should go back to his previous (rebel) campaign and see how many planets got an outpost and a power generator and nothing else. I was having a fit. This is a marginal improvement tbh.
Imp Rep 8 - Despite the capture of the Wheel, not much as gone well of late, and nearly all of that has been away from Lord Vader's forces... though it would appear that not even that has spared Lord Vader from the Emperor's rage. The start of this came with the fall of Naboo. Reports indicate that the Rebels arrived with a fairly substantial fleet supported by various starfighter squadrons. And while Moff Panaka had promised massive increases in defense spending to fortify the Emperor's homeworld, little appears to have actually been done. There was only a small garrison, which to their credit did take out a few squadrons of Rebel fighters. Personally, I would hold that as a testament to the abilities of our pilots, as intelligence from the Battle of Yavin would indicate that the main Rebel X-Wing, despite its insane cost compared to a TIE, is qualitatively better in a one-to-one comparison. The fact that the Naboo garrison managed to destroy at least one squadron of these fighters, in addition to some other Rebel squadrons is impressive. Though, it would likely be the ground fight that followed. The Rebels landed with a decent sized force, and this included the treacherous Leia Organa. Somehow, she appears to have won the support of some local people and the surviving Gungans and then called in another Imperial Army traitor. Our forces had decent air cover, but the TIE pilots couldn't even defeat their air speeders and then the holo waves were then flooded with the former Alderaanian Senator's voice saying that the people of Naboo would now know freedom. The Princess certainly has some attitude on her, and I have records that my predecessor kept that attested to this... though it would seem that he was also smuggling these reports to her and that explains how she escaped on the Death Star... and why my predecessor fell out of an airlock. The loss of Naboo has naturally enraged the Emperor who spent the past hour berating Lord Vader for his failures, and I believe I heard the mention of someone named "Padme" at least once. The shocking thing was that Lord Vader seemed to take this berating with some measure of calm and he did not mention it as the fleet then moved from the Wheel back to the Core... likely as part of orders from the Emperor to liberate his homeworld from Rebel tyranny... It's something that I've never seen Lord Vader look so... passive on...But he said nothing to me, and we soon engaged another splinter faction in the core, where we wait to take the ground there. The next report of bad news came at Aridus, where we had held successfully, had put out several defense turrets and had a Juggernaut on standby. We were in position to hold again, or at least bloody the Rebels for their boldness. However, the garrison fleet retreated at the sight of an old Republic Venator and the ground garrison surrendered without a fight. This came more to anger Lord Vader, and he has offered a request that the ISB look into the activities of one Admiral Shed, under suspicion of passing information on to his brother, who supposedly commands that Republic Venator... How well this may go, I'm not sure, as the Emperor may still be more enraged at the loss of his homeworld than the loss of Aridus. - Ensign Iam Minion.
If this will help Shack out for future engagements for playing the empire, Rebel Bulk Cruisers (all types) are fighter screener class ships. The fight on Naboo went south so quickly because he parked all his starfighters right over that Bulk Cruiser 😆Also Gonzanti Ships are really good at fighter screening, especially against unshielded starfighters.
you should secure the galactic north, if you secure it you will be able to put your defences on a few worlds while getting around 16k income due to the 4 or so income worlds in the north
I'm well beyond 25k and I've not even gotten the Muunilinst sector locked down yet because I've been investing in all the mining worlds I have and getting imperial palaces anywhere I can. Prioritizing income early on rather than a big hairbrained expansion to the wheel pays off massively for the rest of the game. Of course that would be optimizing, and I don't think any of us come here expecting optimization from Shack
Shack, send anything and everything you can to the Maw. They AI sends a large fleet directly to the system without warning and the ones your given aren't even close to enough. It's such an annoying mission that's worse than the one to steal the Lambda shuttle.
Its really not that bad with a little investing and prep done. A full sized standard shipyard, one tier 3 golan, the ships already in the nearby systems, and a few extra victorys/dreads/carracks that you can build in system to pad it out and its pretty manageable on hard as long as you target prioritize correctly and don't get distracted counting tie fighters or something silly.
My head cannon for the Vulpter battle was that the Empire demanded that Vulpter be controlled by an Imperial Governor. They accepted, but when the fleet arrived, they were fired upon. The Imperial Governor, who was onboard the ISD, panicked and ordered a retreat, greatly overstating the force he was up against as well as how much he attempted to fight. Maybe he even said he took losses. He requested assistence, Vader was the only fleet available. So, Vader has to travel halfway across the galaxy to help, he finds a pitiful defense fleet, crushes it, and then force chokes the governor for lying,
I may be mistaken, but last I remember selling off all your stuff and auto resolving tends to bug out the next battle afterwards, there that battle is auto resolved regardless of what you choose. The trick as far as I know is that you can still sell off all your stuff, but choose start rather than auto resolve. That way it still skips the battle, since you have no defenses, and you don't get the bug on the next one.
"I saw... What I saw was terrifying! Dozens, maybe even hundreds of cobbled together fighter squadrons systematically obliterating the Naboo defence fleet! By the time the news had reached us the ground invasion had already begun, dozens of security personnel mercilessly slaughtered..." Beady shuddered, the reports of the aftermath still plagued his mind. "The sooner these rebellions and crime lords are dealt with the sooner we can get back to protecting the citizens of these worlds without constantly putting our lives on the line. It's beginning to take it's toll on the other pilots. "We're still safe at least, for now. We've just finished a raid on an illegal smuggling operation based in the vicinity of the Wheel, and we're just beginning to prep for a jump towards Vulpter, I think the plan is to break through the various blockades and dissident factions to link up with the surviving forces from Naboo and liberate the planet. I just hope we make it there before the situation gets any worse..."
Hey Shack, I haven't had the chance to play on the update yet, but I believe Corellia is already connected to your territory. There is a thick red hyperspace line connecting it directly to Coruscant. You can already build and deploy capital ships from there. Rendili is only a secondary connection to it. Hope this helps and keep up the amazing videos.
Now the ISB can say that they saved you by postponing your retirement, that they had intel of Leia hunting the war criminal that "Desecrates war graves"(mining Alderaan)
Shack Tepasi is an easy planet to take with your normal battle group tagg battlecruisers sound scary but when overwhelmed with 3 ISDs they go down pretty quick especially when you focus fire, and they don’t have a space station and when you have them in the fleet they can tank while your ISDs anialate everything
Hey shack! I would recommend reinforcing the maw. Maybe a Golan II or 2, along with grouping all nearby forces into the maw. BS or Rebs will strike soon ignoring hyper lanes due to it being a scripted event. If you win you get daala, so another free ISD
Hell yeah another vid good idea of digging in on the enclave planets, holding out until reinvorcements arrive from the core. Also, definately link up the core with Fondor and Eriadu, seems logical for me to connect those important worlds especially as it should not take to much effort.
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Death squadron log: This disappointment that filled me when I saw my prey running was something I thought I would never recover from, the force prove foolish once again. The Wheel, that's a name I'm going to cherish for years, such a gigantic and imposing figure, and it's numerous turrets, oh those turrets, put together with the those poor souls that attempted to stand in our way, it made for such a magnificent battle, a conflict I would never forget. Vulpter was unfortunately not as great. The defences were miniscule, our forces were overwhelming, it was a one sided slaughter. Not this doesn't have it's merits. Seeing those helpless ships being destroyed by three whole Star destroyers had a strange, calming yet enthusiastic beauty. As much as I hate to admit, another highly of recent days was the Stations and Rancors game I had with the others. The feeling of joy I felt, it made me feel so disgusted with my self. Forgive my lord, for having failed you so much.
@TheXPGamers at 49:45 you talk about how overwhelming 3 ISDs are vs an XQ3 station, but bear in mind this isnt the Empress variant but a much weaker version. For some reason the devs have removed the XQ3 empress stations for rebels, the strongest station they get is now the XQ2 Queen.
Shack, you need to start putting Outpost + Governor's Palace on every non-mining world you have. Get that economy going. On mining world do pure mines + outpost, or mines + governor's palace + outpost. And trading station in orbit of every high-value world. Also, start building freighters. Imperial war machine is expensive and without a good economy you'll get overwhelmed quickly by Rebel capital ship doomstacks.
Definitely invest several weeks income in income generating buildings. Stack with trade stations and build freighters. Should help you steamroll a little better!
501st Journal Week 48 - Orbit of Vulpter TK-2401 - Pvt. Kale - Triton Squad "Growing Rebellion" Over the last two months we've become aware of growing rebellions in the Outer-Rim regions. Aridus has fallen, the cowardly local commander betraying the Empire by essentially handing over our holdings for an influx of credits from the rebellion. Now his troops will most likely rot away on a prison station instead of fighting this infectious rebellion. Unfortunately Aridus wasn't the only world to fall to the cursed rebels. The Emperor's own home world of Naboo has also risen up against him. Again. The local Naboo and native Gungans joining with the rebellious Princess Leia. Thankfully the Imperial commander didn't shame the Emperor more by just handing over his men and materials. Instead choosing to stand his ground, sadly it wasn't enough. He was overwhelmed and the imperial base was destroyed. The rebels ransacking the planet for good measure as a another sting to the Emperor. Good loyal imperial citizen were dragged into the streets to be left at the mercy of vile, merciless rebels. Even the Emperor himself is not immune to the horrific effects of this war. Just like the rest of us. When the Empire returns, when hopefully the 501st returns, we'll ensure every loss is repaid ten times over for this betrayal. For now our anger must be directed towards the growing rebellion on Vulpter. One of the worlds that was preparing to aid in Chandrila's Core rebellion. Word is the rebels forces massing against us is substantial. This! This is how our tolerance and mercy is always rewarded! With rebellion! We will not permit any of these traitors to see the next sunrise on this world. Having served alongside the Imperial aligned Tanarithians and witnessed their brutal suppression of their own home world's rebellion, we will bring that same fire to Vulpter, and every other rebellious world. Until this rebellion is crushed and we can finally have peace and order once more. For the Emperor. For the Empire. For the Galaxy.
hey shack, suggestion for you, if you take tepasi next to alderaan in the core, you can build tagge battlecruisers there. theyre like the ISD's tankier bigger brother and have the brace for impact ability that dreadnoughts have a4nd a better fighter complement than ISD's. they make good centerpieces for you fleets to just soak up fire while your other ISD's lay down the firepower! they only cost 500 credits more than an ISD1, you would just have to build up the shipyards there first, and more shipyards are never a bad thing :)
The lore reason for why “Ground Ties” are a distinct unit could come down to training. Maybe you need a distinct set of skills to shift out “ground clutter” on sensors and hit those small targets, without hitting friendlies.
Have being playing in the bigger map for some time and it looks like, over all, the rebels have an easier time unlike the empire compared to the old map. Mon Cala mission is easier to do as the Maw is always a pain to secure. For the empire now to do the Death Star mission you need to hit Hut territory, which will aggro them. Also I feel your frustration about Ion cannons, in my rebel campain the empire just put a lot of planetary turbolasers everywhere in the core, I literaly have to send Kyle Katarn with other units to raid every planet they could and send stealth units behind to destroy those things before my fleet arrives.
ECONOMY: Your economy is far behind where it should be. Vulpter is a good start and there are two mining worlds lightly defended to the west. A level 2 Outpost is the only thing needed to defend high-value worlds against raids, no troops "need" to be stationed on back line worlds. Most safe worlds can also get 2 customs buildings which also give bonuses to freighters, which you should have a handful of by now. Governor buildings on non-mining worlds will also give freighter bonuses. THE MAW: A large, scripted fleet will attack the Maw and you will only get 1 ISD and 1 Victory to help you. Losing this mission will screw your campaign, so unfortunately you will have to DUMP credits there. CORELLIAN SHIPS: I believe you need to tech 4 (post death star tech?) to get Corellian ships, might be wrong on this one. INFANTRY: any infantry dedicated building worlds should get the small arms warehouse, though I guess you don't really have the money to keep the queue stacked yet. GROUND AIR: The AI goes ham with AA turrets, they're difficult to use effectively with early tech. ISOLATED WORLDS: The AI will hit with stacks of capital ships, almost no planet cut off from your fleets can be held in space. Holding hyper lane planets can be done on the ground, and the AI will sometimes leave entire fleets there while they build up armies, making it a worthwhile use of credits. MID GAME: Corellia is connected to Coruscant and Kuat is your main capital hip production. Both will eventually be attacked. If you want to defend them, you will need the HPV cannon, large defense fleet, and a couple Golans, and also cash for upgrades and turrets. NEUTRAL PLANETS: Neutral planets rarely, if ever, attack. White planets almost never GET attacked. Denon made it almost 300 weeks before I took it. Vulpter should be safe for quite a while. STEALTH SHIPS: Aeten 2 lets you build 5 TIE Phantoms, which are very fast stealth ships that turn any "go to X planet" into quick, free money. DESTROYING BUILDINGS: go for it. No one would be surprised by the Empire destroying infrastructure on a planet they are going to lose. Even if you build HPV cannons on isolated worlds, you can destroy them once they overwhelm your space defenses. MILAGRO: super defensible, friendly civilians, merc building, large turrets by road. Get a shield first, then upgrade outpost, then turbos. Fully upgraded, you can pin them at the corner of the road between 2 turbos, a bunker turret, and tons of free militia. I've destroyed 50+ infantry plus armor and air on that planet. FIGHTING STYLE: LOL, I won't tell you how to fight, everyone has their own style. I just have bad luck with Lancers. They're like the hamsters of space ships to me. Every time I turn around, I lose one. Rebels slip dp-20s past my lines, pirates hit me from behind, space whales kamikaze, random built laser in the corner I didn't notice.
[ Personal Log ] [ Subject: Haley Kears, 457th Imperial Tie Squadron, No. 3 ] [ Assigned to Gozanti-Class "Seveneer" ] "Back to Business" I s'pose the Rebels got a bit hotheaded with the recent battle of Chandrila. Word is Naboo, the emperor's homeworld mind you, has gone dark following a sudden rebel attack. There aren't any real specifics about the battle. Some say we lost too many ships to count, others say it was a pyhrric victory for the rebels... frankly, this whole "rumor" and "word of mouth" schtick gets confusing sometimes. Hell, even Foulke, the guy who seemingly knows at least one guy in every planet didn't even know Naboo was attacked until I told him. We took the wheel a few days after. The whole squadron bagged a few more kills after last time. The new girl, Rienn? Yeah, she got some action. Vicke drew the short straw and stayed behind. He's still pissed about it, missed out on at least 4 kills per squadron member. The stations moved in only a few hours after the battle, after all, command wanted an offensive into the galactic east, as how Parrel told us. Rather unfortunately, we didn't get time to enjoy the accommodations around the casino before we'd be sent back to the Core. Vulpter... I hear rebel forces that were s'posed to head on over to Chandrila were just piling up out there. Waiting for us in orbit was what looked like an old CIS ship given it's look. Death squadron made short work of it though. The 457th and other TIEs just had to mop up what's left. We're waiting for reinforcements to come as I speak. Apparently, the rebels actually have a pretty large army waiting for us down there. We've flown a number of stealth scouting missions onto the surface and let me tell you, it's gonna be one hell of a fight.
17:35 Shack you can easily send forces down to assist against that rebel fleet in the south. You have unused ships over Foerost and Byss that could group up and blitz through Abredgado-Rae's space and link up with Fondor, Ghorman, and Thyferra's scattered ships to take Yag'dhul and link up with Ozzel. Not only would it be easier than you think, it would be the fastest method of reinforcing that region compared to literally any other option available. This is the exact method I employed to link up the core to mid rim, and mid rim to the outer rim and it was super easy. For the next few episodes you really ought to focus on your economy as you'll start falling behind soon if you don't. I don't get why you've spent all this time using Vader to push on the wheel when there's better targets for your long term campaign like Vulpter and Ord Mantel.
@@Octo_pi_ as of the current version Jerjerrod has a +5% bonus to all ships and is in a Lambda shuttle in space combat regardless of Ozzel's presence as they are seperate characters. Ozzel also has a -10% malus to all ships so unless it only takes the highest into account Jerjerrod doesn't entirely negate his terrible leadership.
Shack! Whatever you do not enter a huge battle selling everything then clicking auto resolve will make your next battle auto resolve please do a small battle on some random planet before attacking another huge planet
Shack I have made a discovery during my Empire playthrough, you can Make the Tagge Battlecruisers At Tepasi, do what you will with this information, here’s a hint for its location, it’s next to Carida and The Remains of Alderaan, also you need to go to Zhar to get Captain Brandei
Drukenwell is also a good defensive map. Denon has a global unit discount, wish I'd taken it earlier in my campaign. Holding The Southern fleets bases near where MoffJerjerod is also really important as there are some new, bad for the empire, scripted events down there.... won't say any more until you stumble into them :) I found I was really on the defensive until I was able to get up to around 30,000 a week income. Building Customs stations everywhere in my backline really helped early on. And Kuat probably can't take advantage of the tech upgrade as I don't think you have an Advanced Warship dock there. (Building 2 for faster production, and an advanced fighter yard is also GREAT! ) :)
You get captain Brandei at zahr, and admiral Daala at maw...if you win fight at maw) I usually build up a few extra victory class with escorts there...but I played on normal. The maw fight mat be more challenging. Love the stories at the beginning of each. Also I think it would be interesting if Shed becomes aware of shack and the independence...and officially declares him a nemesis....and a problem the empire should snuff out....anyway great videos!!
56:06 between the sheer number of armor and some infantry support and the fact that map is seemingly just a one way path you should be able to hold it wit some more infantry. Shield Generator with a bit of infantry (preferably the free units as a delaying force should make this even 10x better
If you have time for Milagro, it may be worth also getting a vehicle factory for the ground. That or maybe a hypervelocity cannon if possible, just to make taking the world in a space battle hurt. All of that depends on when they attack and where they attack.
Log #7: Anaxes Training Center. 46th Training Battalion (graduation) TK-534 (pvt. Darro Keppen) Begin recording. "...The Empire is a fortress, it is a citadel! And a citadel is only as strong as the men that guard it. You are the fearless soldiers that give the empire it's strength! Anaxes is proud to have turned you into the fearless warriors of the imperial navy. Long Live the Emperor! Long live the Empire and long live the Stormtrooper Corp!" .... "So when do we ship out, Darro?" "A lambda will arrive next rotation. We will deploy to the Devastator and then receive our placement in the company. From there," "We get in the war." "We get into the war." ... "Special Agent Lattice to Nova Garron. Investigation of rebel infiltration of the Stormtrooper Corp has hit a snag. The untimely arrival of The 501st has sent the rebel agent or agents responsible for (redacted) underground, and may have embedded in the graduating class. Multiple Stormtrooper legions may be compromised. Worst of all, potential candadates for the project: (Redacted) were snatched up by commander Kimmund. Anaxes is a dead end now. Requesting permission to embed on the Devastator to continue observation of candidates. We cannot afford further setbacks to project: (redacted), not now. Agent Lattice, out."
I think your fleet and army in the Core can break through to the south so the south needs to hold out until Vader get there. Invest into your defense in those small pockets of imperial space starting with the maw.
It's fun watching shack play empire early game and how different his strategy is. My strategy was to cut through the north and encircling entire enemy sectors like a net. Consolidating the north and pushing west. I left Eradu and its fellow systems on their own. Also Shack. Fear the rebel assault dreadnoughts. They like to build packs of them.
There is a direct path to Corellia from Coruscant, look at the red hyperlane. Also as the Empire you don't usually get any special unit types from planets but it's all in the description you just got to read them
Hay great video but I was wondering, what star wars table top system do you use? I've been thinking of trying to run a game of it (it also be great to know what era it's in because I would like it to kinda start at the end of the clone wars as a possibility)
build at least 1 advanced fighter dockyard on one planet in the core. It will allow you to upgrade your ISDs and Victories to the "advanced loadout" variant. Its also required to build some of the more advanced fighters, corvettes, and other small ships. I may be wrong in this version, but it may also be required alongside the advanced cruiser dockyard for the Ton Falk, but I could be wrong. Either way, its a relatively cheap structure and will let you dump a little bit of money every week towards shiny advanced strike craft.
The Mobile shipyard is pretty good Shack, like it has a HUGE, I mean HUGE Repair Radius, can spawn Flak Satalites and has a some anti fighter weapons i think. Its VERY NICE to have if you have a Fleet Stationed for Defense.
This mod of 190 planets has added 1000s of hours of game play to this game. You could play a campaign for months now and not finish. The mod creators are masters of gameplay and the AAA title programmers could learn a thing or 2 from these guys.
"They got 1 tank" The mc75 is the OPPOSITE of tanky. 1 tie avenger squadron, if only you had more. Should be able to BUILD them if they showing up in Garrisons, they are a God send to the Imperial Navy. Plus Admiral Thrawn would approve this action. Wait... Naboo, OH NO YOUR SUMMER HOUSE!
Personal Log 5 Hangar Operations Lieutenant Kallo Jente Temporary Post: Victory Star Destroyer ‘Tribune’ - 7th Task Force “Well, things in the galaxy are changing as a whole. Rapidly, close to home and far from it. Peering out of the hangar bay I thought at the time that today’s entry would be about The Wheel, that hub of gambling and commerce, or the antiquated Sabaoth Destroyer over Vulpter. A nice ship, but outgunned and outclassed by what we sent to deal with it. No, instead there are other matters. There is a theory in the mess hall that we may be seeing a change in the command staff of this Task Force. Frankly, if I spoke to myself a few weeks ago, I’d be surprised it’s still a cohesive force, and not disbanded by now. But no, it looks like it could be going on further down the road. A rendezvous with an ISD in the service of the Imperial Security Bureau seems to have potentially confirmed this theory. In more troubling news, news sources across the mid rim are buzzing with the appearance of a Rebel fleet appearing over Naboo. And not just freighters with bolted on turbo lasers. So long as this news isn’t fake, a recording shows several cruiser sized vessels of seemingly Mon Calamari origin with the guns and star fighters to back this invasion over. If the Rebels dare to do this, how far will their foolishness carry them? Again, I thank that I haven’t been posted to the ‘Devastator’. Naboo is the Emperor’s home world, and Darth Vader is sure to hear of this. While he isn’t in the habit of choking out officers, he has been known to make strong threats against those who are incompetent. End Log”
Captain sir may I suggest a new weapon that could be used and implemented for control against these Rebel insurgent the arc hammer is an experimental construction facility and when it comes a new type of combat Droid that could be used for combat against ground troops the Dark Trooper program is a purely military operation with no meddling of the Imperial Navy or Imperial Security Bureau many general Rom mohc has Limited Imperial support for such a project someone in the Imperial Navy such as yourself might take an interest in such a project not to mention you're much more open-minded than the power hungry Imperial officers of the modern-day this message will shortly be redacted from the record for as much as the Imperial military wishes for Naval Aid they also want total control over the project continue to serve the Empire With Honor this is Colonel Ivan Zoul signing off and long live the empire Continue the wonderful work and have a wonderful day 👍😄
Intelligence Report: Operative Klink Location: Corulag Apologies for the delay in this latest report, Commander Shed's inquiry took longer than expected and had much more security than I originally anticipated. The end result was what I expected though; both sides played their parts and Shed got his wish and the ISS got a power trip where they think they coerce a competent commander back into the front lines - galaxy knows they need competence now more than ever. I could only observe from another room, but what I saw made me want to attach myself to this man's operation. I have put in a transfer request to that effect. I intend to become his eyes and ears for information. Hail Heimat!
the nabo battle.. yee.. its why more or lees when i tryeed empire last time ,and love the new enlarged galaxy map , i just spent all the initial cash to plonk down outposts on all planets with a decent chance to at least bleed rebels or sun attacking them , and then leet that 'cook' while i gathered up the forces in areas that could connect into the lovely early play mish mash fleet groups and planet combat forces
hmm , also.. take a venator.. slip a couple of long range guns in its center core instead of hangar... replace the turboish guns with some good lazors and FLAK , it realy suit its profile ,then agen i'd also say chop of the iconic bridge towers and add that as rear extention to partly cover the flt engines as i crave hints of 'realism' in space ships supposed to fight
Shack if you wish to build the biggest and scariest of Imperial weapons you need to invest in the advance Frigate, fighter, and Capital Shipyards in order to start pumping out tectors, tomfolk carriers, and ISD refits with Tie Avengers and Tie Hunters
Also Drunkenwell in legends was an Imperial Fortress world for a reason. Try to hold it as well as it can build capital ships. I would suggest putting a shipyard there and then reinforce the sector with some troops. Additionally Coruscant and Corellia have a lane connecting them
Lieutenant's Log Orbit of Vulpter Week 48 My life seems to have changed for the better. Lucius Eiolig, now a colonel, asked Colonel Miles and Lieutenant Caster to bring forces so that we could destroy a rebellion on his homeworld of Tanarith with him. The rebellion was soundly wiped out, and we celebrated at his family's estate. A number of guests there congratulated me for blowing up the dam at the battle north of Torrent's Keep. The estimates were that I killed six hundred and forty-six Roilden troops. Even I can feel proud of that. I took my leave a couple of hours before the party was properly over. Turns out, I now have a girlfriend, Valencia, Lucius's youngest sister. It was her idea. I admit, I had zero experience, and still have next to zero. Triton Squad left two days after the party, with a few souvenirs. Miles had me and my team stay with the Tanarithians when the regiment left a week later. Apparently, he and Eiolig made a deal. As a lieutenant, I would now be in charge of Lucius's marksmen, and my team will stay with me. I feel like they were spoiling us a bit, though his mom and grandma wouldn't take no for an answer when it came to their, admittedly amazing, cooking, calling us skin and bones. We finally got to return to the wider war after four weeks. It took Lucius a while to haggle and deal to get his new battalion built up. We have a Providence carrying over thirty thousand infantry, three acclimators carrying the armor, and four Arquitens as escorts. As far as wider news in the galaxy goes, the Wheel was taken by Vader's fleet, breaking out an encircled Imperial battlegroup. Vulpter was taken by Vader's fleet a short while afterward. The troops under Veers have recently been brought in all the way from Lantilles. We also received news about Naboo and Aridus. Lucius seems to be more worried about what the Imperial reprisal will be. Aridus, he was sympathetic about. The governor selling off the mines and factory to save his own ass. Now, we just have to wait until Vader and Veers give the word, and then Vulpter will be conquered.
Captain Lato's log The rebels have made their presence known. It is not a handful of ships as we were told they have hundreds and multiple capital ships. The Outer Rim may soon be lost we must consolidate our scattered fleets into chook points or at least in highly defense areas until our main fleets can arrive. I realize my opinion will be an unpopular one but it is one the upper brass must be aware of. Please review the following: 1. Send the fleet in Honoghr to hold Kessel or perhaps both fleets to the Maw to defend the new project the empire has started there. 2. Send the Ghorman fleet to Thyferra or both onto Fondor as it is heavily defended. 3. Rothana is a dead end system with a venator on guard please send them to Scarif and they can hold both worlds. I realize what this may do to my career and possibly my life but the Empire must not fall to these rebel scum.
Hey Shack, please take Tepasi. You will really like Tagge Battlecruisers. But if you get it super-late, you won't care. Also, XQ stations are different. XQ1s are good at anti-fighter, XQ3s are good at anti-capital, and XQ2s are fair at both. Also, you have corruption on Alderaan. And you better get started on the level 3 station at The Maw. IMO You should buld your medium shipyard at Rendili. Corellia gives you no discounts as the Empire.
Idk how Shack's ties are so useless against everything. Maybe on the hardest difficulty they're only good against weak mobs of infantry and nothing else. I've been able to pick speeders off in just 2 strafing runs
Shack, you can totally just go through Abregado Rae and reinforce with the ships at thyferra and then break through the orbit of Yag'dhul and reinforce the fleet down there with vader and company
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Also Shack you NEED desperately to reinforce the maw, and I mean reinforce it HARDCORE, with a full fleet and maxed Golan platforms. The rebels or Black sun will attack you there in several weeks and they will bring a massive fleet around 2-3 fleetcap in size. It is scripted so they will hit the maw whether you defend it or not and they ignore hyperlanes. If you lose that mission you're in big trouble for the rest of the series so I highly recommend reinforcing it
I honestly hope he doesn’t and loses it. I want to see how much he struggles against an overwhelming foe
You also get an new hero if you win
I didn't know that the attack fleet got that big.
a defense station + a full sized fleet is more than enough for shed to handle this, hes very capable or so i hear.
Yeah, I was listening to him in the background, and the second I heard him send them to the Maw I laughed out loud. Probably that whole sector will be lost when he loses it.
Edit: The only way he wins would be by rushing Vader's fleet straight there, beating every orbital battle in the way and not stopping to capture any planets. Otherwise, I don't think he has any time left to even build a Golan 3.
Shack at Naboo defending: We gotta move quick
Also Shack: Let's spend 15 critical seconds counting TIE fighters
Shack is a squirrel personified.
@@Sp4rt4nSl4ya does he usually refrain from pausing the ground battles?
@@starwolf99 typically? He refrains from pausing in almost all battles. I've seen him pause more on the galaxy map than in battles where I pause about equally in both. The main kicker is his love for the cinematic camera that gets him distracted in tough fights like those.
Shack if you want other capital ships like the tector you need to build the advanced capital shipyard over Kuat. Building two of them also gives a big boost to production speed on the planet they're on
Also I don't know if you noticed this or not but Corellia is directly linked to Coruscant through that red hyperlane so your access to the south is much better than you think.
Came here to say this very thing...
Shed: My home on Naboo is in Imperial Custody for the duration of my tour.
**Rebels Immediately Invade.
Nothing Sus at all
Taking the Emperor's homeworld is a pretty impressive way for the Rebels to launch their first big offensive of the war!
Further, they took Shed's "retirement" home.
@@skoshman1 oh wow, the ISB actually have reason to think he's a traitor now!
@@Compyniro Because he did nothing to stop it even though he had property there. If he was a true loyal supporter of the Empire, he would have been there and stopped it - while complying with the ISB's demands to be elsewhere in a different system across the Empire. Clearly Shed's loyalty is lacking. Let us not forget the suspected commander of the so-called 'Liberation'.
@@skoshman1 maybe buying a property on Naboo was cover for scouting the planetary defences and giving the information to the rebels!
Best build up the space defenses of The Maw. Even on recruit difficulty setting, the scripted battle that takes place there is pretty hard.
Don’t sell your units once you’ve come under attack (when the battle/autoresolve selection comes up). It makes the AI think that you autoresolve all defensive battles and automatically selects that every time you come under attack
I'd like to suggest you secure Denon. The system sits in an intersection between trade routes and would allow the quick movement of resources between our holdings in the galactic south and the core, and stands in the way of known hubs of recividist activity. Right now Denon is controlled by a sovereign corporate authority that has pledged loyalty to the Empire, however, so aditional political measures are perhaps required.
As for your other query, major planets with the moniker "four" are exceedingly common since the third and fourth planets on most systems are the most likely to fall within the so-called "goldilocks zone" of habitability, resulting in rich, fertile worlds that can be settled by most humanoid species without dedicated infrastructure.
For the Empire.
Jag Vanos - Imperial Galactographic Service.
21:55 Damn, the Wheel has a strong defense fleet. I do remember that in the EU they were neutral but the Empire eventually takes control because the administrator (who was a former Senator) helped Princess Leia. So in this playthrough, it appears that the administrator (probably a different one) was an agent of Black Sun, and once their corruption was found out, they summoned a fleet of Black Sun warships to defend their holdings
I love the idea that the ISB leaked Naboo's insecurity, to the Rebellion to "Coerce" Shed into service
*SPACE BATTLE ON ARIDUS*
Shack: Oh no, what is this invasion?
Liberation Shack: *singing* It's me, Hi, I'm the problem, it's me!
Thank you SkyForge for all the sweet, sweet camera shots.
I'm starting to think that Admiral Shed wants this campaign to be a challenge. By never building up his economy...
You should go back to his previous (rebel) campaign and see how many planets got an outpost and a power generator and nothing else. I was having a fit. This is a marginal improvement tbh.
Shack is entertaining, but no one ever said he was actually good at Empire at War.
Intercepted radio transmission from an imperial officer.
"WHERE IN THE NAME OF THE EMPEROR DID THEY COME FROM?!?!
Hey Shack! Just in case, the script for the Maw mission didn’t fail, it just is on a timer, so beware of that!
Imp Rep 8 - Despite the capture of the Wheel, not much as gone well of late, and nearly all of that has been away from Lord Vader's forces... though it would appear that not even that has spared Lord Vader from the Emperor's rage.
The start of this came with the fall of Naboo. Reports indicate that the Rebels arrived with a fairly substantial fleet supported by various starfighter squadrons. And while Moff Panaka had promised massive increases in defense spending to fortify the Emperor's homeworld, little appears to have actually been done. There was only a small garrison, which to their credit did take out a few squadrons of Rebel fighters. Personally, I would hold that as a testament to the abilities of our pilots, as intelligence from the Battle of Yavin would indicate that the main Rebel X-Wing, despite its insane cost compared to a TIE, is qualitatively better in a one-to-one comparison. The fact that the Naboo garrison managed to destroy at least one squadron of these fighters, in addition to some other Rebel squadrons is impressive.
Though, it would likely be the ground fight that followed. The Rebels landed with a decent sized force, and this included the treacherous Leia Organa. Somehow, she appears to have won the support of some local people and the surviving Gungans and then called in another Imperial Army traitor. Our forces had decent air cover, but the TIE pilots couldn't even defeat their air speeders and then the holo waves were then flooded with the former Alderaanian Senator's voice saying that the people of Naboo would now know freedom. The Princess certainly has some attitude on her, and I have records that my predecessor kept that attested to this... though it would seem that he was also smuggling these reports to her and that explains how she escaped on the Death Star... and why my predecessor fell out of an airlock.
The loss of Naboo has naturally enraged the Emperor who spent the past hour berating Lord Vader for his failures, and I believe I heard the mention of someone named "Padme" at least once. The shocking thing was that Lord Vader seemed to take this berating with some measure of calm and he did not mention it as the fleet then moved from the Wheel back to the Core... likely as part of orders from the Emperor to liberate his homeworld from Rebel tyranny... It's something that I've never seen Lord Vader look so... passive on...But he said nothing to me, and we soon engaged another splinter faction in the core, where we wait to take the ground there.
The next report of bad news came at Aridus, where we had held successfully, had put out several defense turrets and had a Juggernaut on standby. We were in position to hold again, or at least bloody the Rebels for their boldness. However, the garrison fleet retreated at the sight of an old Republic Venator and the ground garrison surrendered without a fight. This came more to anger Lord Vader, and he has offered a request that the ISB look into the activities of one Admiral Shed, under suspicion of passing information on to his brother, who supposedly commands that Republic Venator... How well this may go, I'm not sure, as the Emperor may still be more enraged at the loss of his homeworld than the loss of Aridus. - Ensign Iam Minion.
If this will help Shack out for future engagements for playing the empire, Rebel Bulk Cruisers (all types) are fighter screener class ships. The fight on Naboo went south so quickly because he parked all his starfighters right over that Bulk Cruiser 😆Also Gonzanti Ships are really good at fighter screening, especially against unshielded starfighters.
At this rate, only the core will remain of the empire!
you should secure the galactic north, if you secure it you will be able to put your defences on a few worlds while getting around 16k income due to the 4 or so income worlds in the north
I'm well beyond 25k and I've not even gotten the Muunilinst sector locked down yet because I've been investing in all the mining worlds I have and getting imperial palaces anywhere I can. Prioritizing income early on rather than a big hairbrained expansion to the wheel pays off massively for the rest of the game. Of course that would be optimizing, and I don't think any of us come here expecting optimization from Shack
Shack, send anything and everything you can to the Maw. They AI sends a large fleet directly to the system without warning and the ones your given aren't even close to enough. It's such an annoying mission that's worse than the one to steal the Lambda shuttle.
Its really not that bad with a little investing and prep done. A full sized standard shipyard, one tier 3 golan, the ships already in the nearby systems, and a few extra victorys/dreads/carracks that you can build in system to pad it out and its pretty manageable on hard as long as you target prioritize correctly and don't get distracted counting tie fighters or something silly.
Nothing is worse than the Zhar mission, nothing.
My head cannon for the Vulpter battle was that the Empire demanded that Vulpter be controlled by an Imperial Governor. They accepted, but when the fleet arrived, they were fired upon. The Imperial Governor, who was onboard the ISD, panicked and ordered a retreat, greatly overstating the force he was up against as well as how much he attempted to fight. Maybe he even said he took losses. He requested assistence, Vader was the only fleet available. So, Vader has to travel halfway across the galaxy to help, he finds a pitiful defense fleet, crushes it, and then force chokes the governor for lying,
I may be mistaken, but last I remember selling off all your stuff and auto resolving tends to bug out the next battle afterwards, there that battle is auto resolved regardless of what you choose.
The trick as far as I know is that you can still sell off all your stuff, but choose start rather than auto resolve. That way it still skips the battle, since you have no defenses, and you don't get the bug on the next one.
Lets go, For the Empire
"I saw... What I saw was terrifying! Dozens, maybe even hundreds of cobbled together fighter squadrons systematically obliterating the Naboo defence fleet! By the time the news had reached us the ground invasion had already begun, dozens of security personnel mercilessly slaughtered..." Beady shuddered, the reports of the aftermath still plagued his mind.
"The sooner these rebellions and crime lords are dealt with the sooner we can get back to protecting the citizens of these worlds without constantly putting our lives on the line. It's beginning to take it's toll on the other pilots.
"We're still safe at least, for now. We've just finished a raid on an illegal smuggling operation based in the vicinity of the Wheel, and we're just beginning to prep for a jump towards Vulpter, I think the plan is to break through the various blockades and dissident factions to link up with the surviving forces from Naboo and liberate the planet. I just hope we make it there before the situation gets any worse..."
Hey Shack,
I haven't had the chance to play on the update yet, but I believe Corellia is already connected to your territory. There is a thick red hyperspace line connecting it directly to Coruscant. You can already build and deploy capital ships from there. Rendili is only a secondary connection to it. Hope this helps and keep up the amazing videos.
Now the ISB can say that they saved you by postponing your retirement, that they had intel of Leia hunting the war criminal that "Desecrates war graves"(mining Alderaan)
Shack Tepasi is an easy planet to take with your normal battle group tagg battlecruisers sound scary but when overwhelmed with 3 ISDs they go down pretty quick especially when you focus fire, and they don’t have a space station and when you have them in the fleet they can tank while your ISDs anialate everything
Shack, remember that Corelia is connected via hyperlane directly to coruscant! So you can get ships out of there fairly easily
Hey shack! I would recommend reinforcing the maw. Maybe a Golan II or 2, along with grouping all nearby forces into the maw. BS or Rebs will strike soon ignoring hyper lanes due to it being a scripted event. If you win you get daala, so another free ISD
Never underestimate the investment in anti-air
Hell yeah another vid
good idea of digging in on the enclave planets, holding out until reinvorcements arrive from the core.
Also, definately link up the core with Fondor and Eriadu, seems logical for me to connect those important worlds especially as it should not take to much effort.
The Telstar was a video game console made in 1976 by Coleco,I played my first game on it called Pong,it is also the name of a satellite launch in space in 1962,the devs who named That Arquitens are nostalgic gamers or it was random. Great series,keep it up o7
Death squadron log:
This disappointment that filled me when I saw my prey running was something I thought I would never recover from, the force prove foolish once again. The Wheel, that's a name I'm going to cherish for years, such a gigantic and imposing figure, and it's numerous turrets, oh those turrets, put together with the those poor souls that attempted to stand in our way, it made for such a magnificent battle, a conflict I would never forget. Vulpter was unfortunately not as great. The defences were miniscule, our forces were overwhelming, it was a one sided slaughter. Not this doesn't have it's merits. Seeing those helpless ships being destroyed by three whole Star destroyers had a strange, calming yet enthusiastic beauty. As much as I hate to admit, another highly of recent days was the Stations and Rancors game I had with the others. The feeling of joy I felt, it made me feel so disgusted with my self. Forgive my lord, for having failed you so much.
You should take rhen var it’s an intell planet you can see all the fleets in the Mon cal sector
It’s pirates anyway I think easy
@TheXPGamers at 49:45 you talk about how overwhelming 3 ISDs are vs an XQ3 station, but bear in mind this isnt the Empress variant but a much weaker version. For some reason the devs have removed the XQ3 empress stations for rebels, the strongest station they get is now the XQ2 Queen.
Shack, you need to start putting Outpost + Governor's Palace on every non-mining world you have. Get that economy going. On mining world do pure mines + outpost, or mines + governor's palace + outpost. And trading station in orbit of every high-value world. Also, start building freighters. Imperial war machine is expensive and without a good economy you'll get overwhelmed quickly by Rebel capital ship doomstacks.
The Rebel ground attack on Naboo was an impressive display of combined arms
FYI Corellia is actually connected to Coruscant via the red hyperlanes.
you need to send a squadron of isds to capture Lothal and hold it
Lothal isn't in this is it? I've not looked too deep into the top and bottom right quadrants of the map yet
@@Sp4rt4nSl4ya it's top right,next to mon cala
@@AdmiralDevil that explains why I haven't seen it yet
@@Sp4rt4nSl4ya it's in the video
@@AdmiralDevil was watching while skimming the comment section
Definitely invest several weeks income in income generating buildings. Stack with trade stations and build freighters. Should help you steamroll a little better!
Nani? Shed invest in the economy? That's not his style. XD
501st Journal
Week 48 - Orbit of Vulpter
TK-2401 - Pvt. Kale - Triton Squad
"Growing Rebellion"
Over the last two months we've become aware of growing rebellions in the Outer-Rim regions. Aridus has fallen, the cowardly local commander betraying the Empire by essentially handing over our holdings for an influx of credits from the rebellion. Now his troops will most likely rot away on a prison station instead of fighting this infectious rebellion. Unfortunately Aridus wasn't the only world to fall to the cursed rebels. The Emperor's own home world of Naboo has also risen up against him. Again.
The local Naboo and native Gungans joining with the rebellious Princess Leia. Thankfully the Imperial commander didn't shame the Emperor more by just handing over his men and materials. Instead choosing to stand his ground, sadly it wasn't enough. He was overwhelmed and the imperial base was destroyed. The rebels ransacking the planet for good measure as a another sting to the Emperor. Good loyal imperial citizen were dragged into the streets to be left at the mercy of vile, merciless rebels. Even the Emperor himself is not immune to the horrific effects of this war. Just like the rest of us. When the Empire returns, when hopefully the 501st returns, we'll ensure every loss is repaid ten times over for this betrayal.
For now our anger must be directed towards the growing rebellion on Vulpter. One of the worlds that was preparing to aid in Chandrila's Core rebellion. Word is the rebels forces massing against us is substantial. This! This is how our tolerance and mercy is always rewarded! With rebellion! We will not permit any of these traitors to see the next sunrise on this world. Having served alongside the Imperial aligned Tanarithians and witnessed their brutal suppression of their own home world's rebellion, we will bring that same fire to Vulpter, and every other rebellious world.
Until this rebellion is crushed and we can finally have peace and order once more. For the Emperor. For the Empire. For the Galaxy.
hey shack, suggestion for you, if you take tepasi next to alderaan in the core, you can build tagge battlecruisers there. theyre like the ISD's tankier bigger brother and have the brace for impact ability that dreadnoughts have a4nd a better fighter complement than ISD's. they make good centerpieces for you fleets to just soak up fire while your other ISD's lay down the firepower! they only cost 500 credits more than an ISD1, you would just have to build up the shipyards there first, and more shipyards are never a bad thing :)
The lore reason for why “Ground Ties” are a distinct unit could come down to training. Maybe you need a distinct set of skills to shift out “ground clutter” on sensors and hit those small targets, without hitting friendlies.
Have being playing in the bigger map for some time and it looks like, over all, the rebels have an easier time unlike the empire compared to the old map. Mon Cala mission is easier to do as the Maw is always a pain to secure. For the empire now to do the Death Star mission you need to hit Hut territory, which will aggro them.
Also I feel your frustration about Ion cannons, in my rebel campain the empire just put a lot of planetary turbolasers everywhere in the core, I literaly have to send Kyle Katarn with other units to raid every planet they could and send stealth units behind to destroy those things before my fleet arrives.
ECONOMY: Your economy is far behind where it should be. Vulpter is a good start and there are two mining worlds lightly defended to the west. A level 2 Outpost is the only thing needed to defend high-value worlds against raids, no troops "need" to be stationed on back line worlds. Most safe worlds can also get 2 customs buildings which also give bonuses to freighters, which you should have a handful of by now. Governor buildings on non-mining worlds will also give freighter bonuses.
THE MAW: A large, scripted fleet will attack the Maw and you will only get 1 ISD and 1 Victory to help you. Losing this mission will screw your campaign, so unfortunately you will have to DUMP credits there.
CORELLIAN SHIPS: I believe you need to tech 4 (post death star tech?) to get Corellian ships, might be wrong on this one.
INFANTRY: any infantry dedicated building worlds should get the small arms warehouse, though I guess you don't really have the money to keep the queue stacked yet.
GROUND AIR: The AI goes ham with AA turrets, they're difficult to use effectively with early tech.
ISOLATED WORLDS: The AI will hit with stacks of capital ships, almost no planet cut off from your fleets can be held in space. Holding hyper lane planets can be done on the ground, and the AI will sometimes leave entire fleets there while they build up armies, making it a worthwhile use of credits.
MID GAME: Corellia is connected to Coruscant and Kuat is your main capital hip production. Both will eventually be attacked. If you want to defend them, you will need the HPV cannon, large defense fleet, and a couple Golans, and also cash for upgrades and turrets.
NEUTRAL PLANETS: Neutral planets rarely, if ever, attack. White planets almost never GET attacked. Denon made it almost 300 weeks before I took it. Vulpter should be safe for quite a while.
STEALTH SHIPS: Aeten 2 lets you build 5 TIE Phantoms, which are very fast stealth ships that turn any "go to X planet" into quick, free money.
DESTROYING BUILDINGS: go for it. No one would be surprised by the Empire destroying infrastructure on a planet they are going to lose. Even if you build HPV cannons on isolated worlds, you can destroy them once they overwhelm your space defenses.
MILAGRO: super defensible, friendly civilians, merc building, large turrets by road. Get a shield first, then upgrade outpost, then turbos. Fully upgraded, you can pin them at the corner of the road between 2 turbos, a bunker turret, and tons of free militia. I've destroyed 50+ infantry plus armor and air on that planet.
FIGHTING STYLE: LOL, I won't tell you how to fight, everyone has their own style. I just have bad luck with Lancers. They're like the hamsters of space ships to me. Every time I turn around, I lose one. Rebels slip dp-20s past my lines, pirates hit me from behind, space whales kamikaze, random built laser in the corner I didn't notice.
PS: don't forget to build the battleships at Tepasi!
[ Personal Log ]
[ Subject: Haley Kears, 457th Imperial Tie Squadron, No. 3 ]
[ Assigned to Gozanti-Class "Seveneer" ]
"Back to Business"
I s'pose the Rebels got a bit hotheaded with the recent battle of Chandrila. Word is Naboo, the emperor's homeworld mind you, has gone dark following a sudden rebel attack. There aren't any real specifics about the battle. Some say we lost too many ships to count, others say it was a pyhrric victory for the rebels... frankly, this whole "rumor" and "word of mouth" schtick gets confusing sometimes. Hell, even Foulke, the guy who seemingly knows at least one guy in every planet didn't even know Naboo was attacked until I told him.
We took the wheel a few days after. The whole squadron bagged a few more kills after last time. The new girl, Rienn? Yeah, she got some action. Vicke drew the short straw and stayed behind. He's still pissed about it, missed out on at least 4 kills per squadron member. The stations moved in only a few hours after the battle, after all, command wanted an offensive into the galactic east, as how Parrel told us.
Rather unfortunately, we didn't get time to enjoy the accommodations around the casino before we'd be sent back to the Core. Vulpter... I hear rebel forces that were s'posed to head on over to Chandrila were just piling up out there. Waiting for us in orbit was what looked like an old CIS ship given it's look. Death squadron made short work of it though. The 457th and other TIEs just had to mop up what's left.
We're waiting for reinforcements to come as I speak. Apparently, the rebels actually have a pretty large army waiting for us down there. We've flown a number of stealth scouting missions onto the surface and let me tell you, it's gonna be one hell of a fight.
55:00 Shack that does bug it, the next fight regardless of its ground or space will automatically be an auto resolve now.
17:35 Shack you can easily send forces down to assist against that rebel fleet in the south. You have unused ships over Foerost and Byss that could group up and blitz through Abredgado-Rae's space and link up with Fondor, Ghorman, and Thyferra's scattered ships to take Yag'dhul and link up with Ozzel. Not only would it be easier than you think, it would be the fastest method of reinforcing that region compared to literally any other option available. This is the exact method I employed to link up the core to mid rim, and mid rim to the outer rim and it was super easy.
For the next few episodes you really ought to focus on your economy as you'll start falling behind soon if you don't. I don't get why you've spent all this time using Vader to push on the wheel when there's better targets for your long term campaign like Vulpter and Ord Mantel.
just fyi the guy on the ground on eriadu is an admiral, he offsets the debuff from ozzel
But he's in a Lamda shuttle, so he'd have to be held out of the fight entirely or risk losing him
@@Sp4rt4nSl4ya no he gets assigned to the inside of ozzels ISD
At least thats how i saw it last time i played
@@Octo_pi_ as of the current version Jerjerrod has a +5% bonus to all ships and is in a Lambda shuttle in space combat regardless of Ozzel's presence as they are seperate characters. Ozzel also has a -10% malus to all ships so unless it only takes the highest into account Jerjerrod doesn't entirely negate his terrible leadership.
Hey shack! Nice episode, for the empire!
Glory to the empire
For the Empire
Shack! Whatever you do not enter a huge battle selling everything then clicking auto resolve will make your next battle auto resolve please do a small battle on some random planet before attacking another huge planet
Shack please build an outpost or something at Balmorra. It has no infantry at all. It is your main heavy vic production pls protec.
Shack I have made a discovery during my Empire playthrough, you can Make the Tagge Battlecruisers At Tepasi, do what you will with this information, here’s a hint for its location, it’s next to Carida and The Remains of Alderaan, also you need to go to Zhar to get Captain Brandei
Shack needs Gladiator class ships, they have bombers and brutes
Shack please, the red hyperlane means you only have to break through one planet to get Vader down to milagro, it runs through coruscant and corellia
I like how you said they weren't taking you seriously with those forces, and then they smash you with the few OP rebel units they bring.
Make sure you get that level 3 spaceport at the maw, and move some reinforcements in from kessel. You’re going to need the help
"You just got yourself some credits"
What new ships can we talk about! You don't even have shipyards on Kuat! There's only a base station there.
Drukenwell is also a good defensive map.
Denon has a global unit discount, wish I'd taken it earlier in my campaign.
Holding The Southern fleets bases near where MoffJerjerod is also really important as there are some new, bad for the empire, scripted events down there.... won't say any more until you stumble into them :)
I found I was really on the defensive until I was able to get up to around 30,000 a week income. Building Customs stations everywhere in my backline really helped early on.
And Kuat probably can't take advantage of the tech upgrade as I don't think you have an Advanced Warship dock there. (Building 2 for faster production, and an advanced fighter yard is also GREAT! ) :)
You get captain Brandei at zahr, and admiral Daala at maw...if you win fight at maw) I usually build up a few extra victory class with escorts there...but I played on normal. The maw fight mat be more challenging. Love the stories at the beginning of each. Also I think it would be interesting if Shed becomes aware of shack and the independence...and officially declares him a nemesis....and a problem the empire should snuff out....anyway great videos!!
That intro was Shack basically playing 3D Chess while those Imperials were playing Checkers.
56:06 between the sheer number of armor and some infantry support and the fact that map is seemingly just a one way path you should be able to hold it wit some more infantry. Shield Generator with a bit of infantry (preferably the free units as a delaying force should make this even 10x better
Btw, Sy Myrth ground is a memory hog and tends to crash my 32gbRAM system unless I close every other program running in the background
If you have time for Milagro, it may be worth also getting a vehicle factory for the ground. That or maybe a hypervelocity cannon if possible, just to make taking the world in a space battle hurt. All of that depends on when they attack and where they attack.
also Captain Shack, now that they control Aridus, they can connect to their fleet at Kashyyk and thatll cause so much trouble for you.
Log #7: Anaxes Training Center.
46th Training Battalion (graduation)
TK-534 (pvt. Darro Keppen)
Begin recording.
"...The Empire is a fortress, it is a citadel! And a citadel is only as strong as the men that guard it. You are the fearless soldiers that give the empire it's strength! Anaxes is proud to have turned you into the fearless warriors of the imperial navy. Long Live the Emperor! Long live the Empire and long live the Stormtrooper Corp!"
....
"So when do we ship out, Darro?"
"A lambda will arrive next rotation. We will deploy to the Devastator and then receive our placement in the company. From there,"
"We get in the war."
"We get into the war."
...
"Special Agent Lattice to Nova Garron. Investigation of rebel infiltration of the Stormtrooper Corp has hit a snag. The untimely arrival of The 501st has sent the rebel agent or agents responsible for (redacted) underground, and may have embedded in the graduating class. Multiple Stormtrooper legions may be compromised. Worst of all, potential candadates for the project: (Redacted) were snatched up by commander Kimmund. Anaxes is a dead end now. Requesting permission to embed on the Devastator to continue observation of candidates. We cannot afford further setbacks to project: (redacted), not now. Agent Lattice, out."
Weren’t you gonna make a lot of tie brute Gozanti fighter loadout’s so you could deal with corvette’s
I think your fleet and army in the Core can break through to the south so the south needs to hold out until Vader get there. Invest into your defense in those small pockets of imperial space starting with the maw.
It's fun watching shack play empire early game and how different his strategy is. My strategy was to cut through the north and encircling entire enemy sectors like a net. Consolidating the north and pushing west. I left Eradu and its fellow systems on their own.
Also Shack. Fear the rebel assault dreadnoughts. They like to build packs of them.
There is a direct path to Corellia from Coruscant, look at the red hyperlane. Also as the Empire you don't usually get any special unit types from planets but it's all in the description you just got to read them
Hay great video but I was wondering, what star wars table top system do you use? I've been thinking of trying to run a game of it (it also be great to know what era it's in because I would like it to kinda start at the end of the clone wars as a possibility)
build at least 1 advanced fighter dockyard on one planet in the core. It will allow you to upgrade your ISDs and Victories to the "advanced loadout" variant. Its also required to build some of the more advanced fighters, corvettes, and other small ships. I may be wrong in this version, but it may also be required alongside the advanced cruiser dockyard for the Ton Falk, but I could be wrong. Either way, its a relatively cheap structure and will let you dump a little bit of money every week towards shiny advanced strike craft.
Gods above and below i love the introes
Aridus is one of the most defensible planets on the ground. Loads of turret points and a capturable turbolaser.
The Mobile shipyard is pretty good Shack, like it has a HUGE, I mean HUGE Repair Radius, can spawn Flak Satalites and has a some anti fighter weapons i think. Its VERY NICE to have if you have a Fleet Stationed for Defense.
I can’t wait to see what the next intro is like now that the rebels have come out in force
This mod of 190 planets has added 1000s of hours of game play to this game. You could play a campaign for months now and not finish. The mod creators are masters of gameplay and the AAA title programmers could learn a thing or 2 from these guys.
Hmm. I'm sure the ISB would find it very interesting shed was trying to retire to naboo right before a massive rebel fleet shows up
"They got 1 tank" The mc75 is the OPPOSITE of tanky. 1 tie avenger squadron, if only you had more. Should be able to BUILD them if they showing up in Garrisons, they are a God send to the Imperial Navy. Plus Admiral Thrawn would approve this action.
Wait... Naboo, OH NO YOUR SUMMER HOUSE!
Personal Log 5
Hangar Operations Lieutenant Kallo Jente
Temporary Post: Victory Star Destroyer ‘Tribune’ - 7th Task Force
“Well, things in the galaxy are changing as a whole. Rapidly, close to home and far from it. Peering out of the hangar bay I thought at the time that today’s entry would be about The Wheel, that hub of gambling and commerce, or the antiquated Sabaoth Destroyer over Vulpter. A nice ship, but outgunned and outclassed by what we sent to deal with it.
No, instead there are other matters. There is a theory in the mess hall that we may be seeing a change in the command staff of this Task Force. Frankly, if I spoke to myself a few weeks ago, I’d be surprised it’s still a cohesive force, and not disbanded by now. But no, it looks like it could be going on further down the road. A rendezvous with an ISD in the service of the Imperial Security Bureau seems to have potentially confirmed this theory.
In more troubling news, news sources across the mid rim are buzzing with the appearance of a Rebel fleet appearing over Naboo. And not just freighters with bolted on turbo lasers. So long as this news isn’t fake, a recording shows several cruiser sized vessels of seemingly Mon Calamari origin with the guns and star fighters to back this invasion over. If the Rebels dare to do this, how far will their foolishness carry them?
Again, I thank that I haven’t been posted to the ‘Devastator’. Naboo is the Emperor’s home world, and Darth Vader is sure to hear of this. While he isn’t in the habit of choking out officers, he has been known to make strong threats against those who are incompetent.
End Log”
Idea - Every time you do the Camera focuses on "......" planet, focus on moving towards that one in the episode? ;)
shack you do know that Corellia is connected to Coruscant their is a big red hyperlane connecting them :)
Captain sir may I suggest a new weapon that could be used and implemented for control against these Rebel insurgent the arc hammer is an experimental construction facility and when it comes a new type of combat Droid that could be used for combat against ground troops the Dark Trooper program is a purely military operation with no meddling of the Imperial Navy or Imperial Security Bureau many general Rom mohc has Limited Imperial support for such a project someone in the Imperial Navy such as yourself might take an interest in such a project not to mention you're much more open-minded than the power hungry Imperial officers of the modern-day this message will shortly be redacted from the record for as much as the Imperial military wishes for Naval Aid they also want total control over the project continue to serve the Empire With Honor this is Colonel Ivan Zoul signing off and long live the empire
Continue the wonderful work and have a wonderful day 👍😄
Get a shield then act like bait until Vader springs the trap on the rebels crushing that rebel push.😂
Dang, Shack lost his vacation world. Shack really needs to build up his defenses with how rampant the Rebels are getting with their attacks.
Intelligence Report: Operative Klink
Location: Corulag
Apologies for the delay in this latest report, Commander Shed's inquiry took longer than expected and had much more security than I originally anticipated. The end result was what I expected though; both sides played their parts and Shed got his wish and the ISS got a power trip where they think they coerce a competent commander back into the front lines - galaxy knows they need competence now more than ever. I could only observe from another room, but what I saw made me want to attach myself to this man's operation. I have put in a transfer request to that effect. I intend to become his eyes and ears for information.
Hail Heimat!
the nabo battle..
yee.. its why more or lees when i tryeed empire last time ,and love the new enlarged galaxy map , i just spent all the initial cash to plonk down outposts on all planets with a decent chance to at least bleed rebels or sun attacking them , and then leet that 'cook' while i gathered up the forces in areas that could connect into the lovely early play mish mash fleet groups and planet combat forces
hmm , also..
take a venator.. slip a couple of long range guns in its center core instead of hangar... replace the turboish guns with some good lazors and FLAK , it realy suit its profile ,then agen i'd also say chop of the iconic bridge towers and add that as rear extention to partly cover the flt engines as i crave hints of 'realism' in space ships supposed to fight
Shack if you wish to build the biggest and scariest of Imperial weapons you need to invest in the advance Frigate, fighter, and Capital Shipyards in order to start pumping out tectors, tomfolk carriers, and ISD refits with Tie Avengers and Tie Hunters
also there are two smugglers on Coruscant and Aargau with Alderaan being corrupted
Also Drunkenwell in legends was an Imperial Fortress world for a reason. Try to hold it as well as it can build capital ships. I would suggest putting a shipyard there and then reinforce the sector with some troops. Additionally Coruscant and Corellia have a lane connecting them
Lieutenant's Log
Orbit of Vulpter
Week 48
My life seems to have changed for the better.
Lucius Eiolig, now a colonel, asked Colonel Miles and Lieutenant Caster to bring forces so that we could destroy a rebellion on his homeworld of Tanarith with him. The rebellion was soundly wiped out, and we celebrated at his family's estate. A number of guests there congratulated me for blowing up the dam at the battle north of Torrent's Keep. The estimates were that I killed six hundred and forty-six Roilden troops. Even I can feel proud of that.
I took my leave a couple of hours before the party was properly over. Turns out, I now have a girlfriend, Valencia, Lucius's youngest sister. It was her idea. I admit, I had zero experience, and still have next to zero.
Triton Squad left two days after the party, with a few souvenirs. Miles had me and my team stay with the Tanarithians when the regiment left a week later. Apparently, he and Eiolig made a deal. As a lieutenant, I would now be in charge of Lucius's marksmen, and my team will stay with me. I feel like they were spoiling us a bit, though his mom and grandma wouldn't take no for an answer when it came to their, admittedly amazing, cooking, calling us skin and bones.
We finally got to return to the wider war after four weeks. It took Lucius a while to haggle and deal to get his new battalion built up. We have a Providence carrying over thirty thousand infantry, three acclimators carrying the armor, and four Arquitens as escorts.
As far as wider news in the galaxy goes, the Wheel was taken by Vader's fleet, breaking out an encircled Imperial battlegroup. Vulpter was taken by Vader's fleet a short while afterward. The troops under Veers have recently been brought in all the way from Lantilles. We also received news about Naboo and Aridus. Lucius seems to be more worried about what the Imperial reprisal will be. Aridus, he was sympathetic about. The governor selling off the mines and factory to save his own ass. Now, we just have to wait until Vader and Veers give the word, and then Vulpter will be conquered.
Shack you should really build all the possible mines refiners and stations to be able to get as many credits as possible.
Captain Lato's log
The rebels have made their presence known. It is not a handful of ships as we were told they have hundreds and multiple capital ships. The Outer Rim may soon be lost we must consolidate our scattered fleets into chook points or at least in highly defense areas until our main fleets can arrive. I realize my opinion will be an unpopular one but it is one the upper brass must be aware of.
Please review the following:
1. Send the fleet in Honoghr to hold Kessel or perhaps both fleets to the Maw to defend the new project the empire has started there.
2. Send the Ghorman fleet to Thyferra or both onto Fondor as it is heavily defended.
3. Rothana is a dead end system with a venator on guard please send them to Scarif and they can hold both worlds.
I realize what this may do to my career and possibly my life but the Empire must not fall to these rebel scum.
isn't honoghr right next to the maw where Vader needs to go
Hey Shack, please take Tepasi. You will really like Tagge Battlecruisers. But if you get it super-late, you won't care. Also, XQ stations are different. XQ1s are good at anti-fighter, XQ3s are good at anti-capital, and XQ2s are fair at both.
Also, you have corruption on Alderaan.
And you better get started on the level 3 station at The Maw.
IMO You should buld your medium shipyard at Rendili. Corellia gives you no discounts as the Empire.
The TIEs need a accuracy buff. They seem to miss 95% of their shots:(
Idk how Shack's ties are so useless against everything. Maybe on the hardest difficulty they're only good against weak mobs of infantry and nothing else. I've been able to pick speeders off in just 2 strafing runs
They are meant for targeting small vehicles, not infantry
Are those solar panels on the sides of the Tie fighters? Or are they radiators?
You make this game look so easy
Lancers require cruiser tech 3.
You can still build frigates and cruisers drukenfell to reinforce that fleet.
Shack, you can totally just go through Abregado Rae and reinforce with the ships at thyferra and then break through the orbit of Yag'dhul and reinforce the fleet down there with vader and company
Not going to lie, half expected our narrator to get his retirement lol
Hey shack one way to counter the bubble shields on the MCs us broadside cruisers with their mag pulse missiles.