"Don't care points Value" HUGE Empire Builds

["Don't care points Value" HUGE Empire Builds]

During my time serving with any number of higher ranking, but ultimately spoiled command officers, I've learned that many overstate their own importance, and have a desire to command far more resources than they ultimately need, or, rather, can competently utilize. I've found that the key to successful command is to wield a smaller, more efficient fleet, with only a few front-line war vessels bolstered by smaller, more specialized support craft.

 

In planning my own inevitable command, I've operated under the theory I would act as the hammer for a system moff, enforcing the defense of key planets dedicated to the production of war materiel and personnel in a single, populous star system.

 

I believe that a proper defensive network would be based around a single large-scale warship, both as a hammer, and also a flagship. To that end, when I achieve my own command, I plan on requisitioning the following vessels:

 

1x Imperial-class Star Destroyer (flagship, ISD Phaedra's Fury)

3x Victory-class Star Destroyers (VSD Reclusiarch, VSD Abgrogate, VSD Nexio)

2x Gladiator-class Star Destroyer (GSD McKagen, GSD Brownstone)

 

16x TIE squadrons:

8x TIE/ln

4x TIE Bomber

2x TIE Interceptor

2x TIE Advanced

[Is the Alliance truly 'good guys'?]

Hello, as a staunch Imperialist, I must object to this slander of the Emperor. The rumours of the Emperor's fraud are just those, rumours. Few outside of the highest levels of rulership, such as the Galactic Senators, would have any inkling of such fraud, and if they did, why aren't they coming forward with evidence of such crimes? Where, during the thunderous applause mentioned previously, were the Senators 'in the know' about this alleged treachery?

If the Jedi were so innocent, why did the survivors flee? If they had evidence of the Empire's betrayal, surely there were those who might listen, amongst the teeming billions of sentients in the galaxy that still worshipped them as the heroes they might well have been once, before their subterfuge and double-crossing?

This is what is so sickening about the Rebellion. They are so quick to point to conspiracies and fraud as evidence of malfeasance, but when the citizens of the galaxy stand up and say "prove it," they point to shadowed rumours and might-haves as evidence. And for every imagined slight against the citizens of this Empire by the legitimate government, the Empire can surely point to the wanton destruction of Imperial property and the deaths of countless officials, military targets, and, indeed, civilians, as evidence of the so-called Rebellion's own malfeasance.

This war is heinous, yes, but to callously sling barbs and arrows at the legitimate head of government while also dragging the countless innocents into harm's way is surely just as heinous. Or have we forgotten the poor Massassi, whose planet was co-opted to be a military target by the Rebel Alliance, who took over their once proud temples and girded them with plasteel and weapons emplacements. Records show they lived for many thousands of years free of the affairs of galactic politics until those miserable scum pitched camp in their jungles!

[Start of an Imperial Campaign]

Greetings, loyal citizens of the Empire.

As a chief recruiter for the Imperial Armed Forces, it falls on my shoulders to increase the ranks of the Emperor's fighting men and women in these troubled, turbulent times. Recently, I've found it quite difficult. The prevalence of pro-Rebel propaganda by many of this sectors publishers is astounding. Rest assured, COMPNOR agents will soon be visiting the planet of Roseville and... re-educating... the media outlets there. However, for the purposes of this discussion, and to show you the heroics of the brave men and women wearing the Imperial uniform, allow me to instead regale you with this series of insights into the exploits of one such group.

Adventure I

I met this group of heroes shortly after the end of the Clone Wars and the institution of the New Order. Three years, to be exact. You may remember those heady days. The galaxy was actually a relatively peaceful place. Oh sure, the remainders of some of the Separatist armies still thrashed about in their death throes, causing minor destruction and sowing chaos in isolated sectors. And, of course, the mewling of certain Senators in the Galactic Senate caused no end of irritation. But their ineffectual braying gained scant footholds in the wider populace. We finally had peace. True, lasting, peace. As the increased aging effects of the clones fighting in the armies of the Empire began to effect the fighting capacity of our armed forces, the Emperor recognized the need to increase the recruiting of civilians into the ranks of our armed forces. This was a genius masterstroke by the Emperor; it increased the public's involvement in the protection and maintenance of the Empire, while at the same time providing massive employment for troubled sectors and making the military more human. It limited the desire of radicals to strike at targets that had families. Any act of terrorism against military targets would now create outcries. At least... we thought so.

On the planet of Dejero, one small military academy had opened its doors to the first volunteers seeking entrance into the ranks of the Imperial Armed Forces. These recruits had just passed muster, and were preparing to depart from Dejero Academy and transfer to the larger Imperial Academies. On the day of their departure, with thousands of parents and siblings watching in admiration, the first brave sons and daughters to make the final parade march to the shuttles began. And the first seeds of what we would later come to learn of as full-scale Rebellion struck a perfidious blow to the Empire.

A small group of dissidents infiltrated the open-air ceremony, and at a pre-determined time, triggered remote thermal detonators both on the parade grounds, and, horrifyingly, in the stands. The dissidents, later confessed to wanting to kill high ranking Dejero government officials, but even now, Imperial Intelligence is having trouble tallying the civilian casualties. Many of the recruits were killed outright, and many others were cut down by blaster fire from the stands. A small pocket of survivors rallied, showing all the quick-thinking initiative of seasoned veterans. While some brave souls dove unthinkingly into the path of blasters in an effort to dig surviving spectators from under debris, or carrying women and children to safety, others scrambled over rubble to ****** at whatever weapons they could find to return fire. After a short engagement, the cowardly terrorists retreated into the wilderness through makeshift tunnels, leaving the arena a smouldering ruin.

With the peace-loving Dejero governor under-manned, and the local Imperial presence partially crippled by the attack, the squad of recruits suddenly found itself on the front lines of tracking down the terrorists. With many of their friends and family killed in the explosion, they turned their eyes to the rolling foothills of the Dejero Badlands, with vengeance in their hearts, and the chance to prove their mettle in battle for the Empire!

Sorry for the poor grammar and narration in advance. I'm typing this on my lunch break and I'm five minutes over-due. Off the cuff writing is the worst writing!

[Is the Alliance truly 'good guys'?]

As a staunch Imperialist, allow me to field this question, out of character.

Yes, the Rebel Alliance is unequivocally "good." Even in the first movie, the clear oppression of the galaxy is evident. We have line soldiers storming a Consular ship and killing the crew, the wholesale slaughter of natives and farmers, torture, the dissolution of an entire galactic democratic government (no matter how ineffective), and the destruction of a pacifist planet. And that's just the first movie!

However. That's not to say that players that want to play the other side of the fence can't do so, nor should the morality of the Rebel Alliance be clear cut as good and proper. In a war situation, sometimes hard decisions have to be made, and sometimes the motives of those people involved in overthrowing a government should also be in question. Personally I think FFG has done a good job in their pre-packaged adventures in allowing the characters to be as good or evil as they want to be, especially as they relate to, for example, how they interact with the Onderon natives in that series of adventures.

I have a group of players that are interested in playing through an Imperial campaign. Exploring the morality of both the Rebellion and the Empire is challenging. How could a character reasonably justify the "evils" of the Empire? The destruction of a planet is no mean feat to blow off.

It makes for an interesting narrative campaign. Which is what's so awesome about this system!

Stay tuned.