Star Wars: Dark Empire, COMMENCING GROUND ASSAULT! (Empire at War Thrawn's Revenge) EP27

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THE ADVANCE TOWARDS THE NORTH BEGINS GROUND TROOPS PREP FOR DEPLOYMENT!

With The Fall of the old galactic Empire the galaxy was divided… Warlords, Rebels all manner of scum attempted to seize power. We the second galactic Empire are the rightful rulers of the galaxy. Under the command of the reborn EMPEROR the galaxy will pay the price of betrayal!

Mod name is Empire at war Expanded Thrawn’s Revenge v 3.4

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  6. Very nice episode! That defence on Terephon was really by the book, maximum efficiency. Maybe instead of just ATAT keep two or three platoons of infantry to capture the forward turrets like you did. That infiltration battle was very hard too, again a potential fortress world with the placement of the shield generator, but the most important part of that planet is the money it can generate: already good base income and a trading hub with 6 hyper lanes, so much money potential! About the fleet on terephon, they don’t seem to have any interdiction ships so while waiting for reinforcements to arrive you can totally do some hit and runs, plus the road is short so between battles there won’t be even much break time for them

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  7. Is it time once more, my lord? So it would seem.

    Also plugging this comment in a little later because I skipped over it and didn't realise; man I'm really glad I spotted the Mandator last episode (2:56)

    Starting off with another HeroWatch report on two hero deaths, even if they were technically part of the earlier run; both the shell Hutt Reshul and the Economy hero Plakot are down for the count (4:02) thanks to New Republic activity on Nal Hutta, very sad to see them both go. As for the bug, I think that's the first time I've ever seen that happen, but with what else was going on I don't blame you for taking a few days to yourself without uploading a new episode.

    Oh wow, Obsidian Squadron (14:19) has Proton Torpedos? Guess I've got a reason to try out the legitimacy groups a bit more, there's always one or two little additions that I'm not able to remember off the bat due to lack of experience. Also I'm not sure if I've mentioned this before, but some hero squadrons also have a unique infocard for their wingmen that give a short description of the unit; someone like Turr Phennir or Wedge Antilles are good examples if you want to zoom in and read them for yourself.

    Ah, Bilbringi (27:45), another map I don't have much experience on but still want to play. I've always found myself intrigued by these small, semi linear maps that get used here and there, I would probably guess because it leans more towards larger battles than smaller skirmishes, especially with the victory point being somewhere in the middle. Also I just knew you were going to force corrupt the giant AT-DP group at 29:14, I'm really glad it managed to pay off. 20 AT-DPs and 6 AT-PTs is quite a snag, but I will admit seeing them all crumple to the ground as their health slowly whittled away was pretty funny too.

    And speaking of neat things, the Trade port over Borleias (33:18) decided to spawn some ATL Interceptors (based on the Kenner toy of the same name, which inspired the New Republic Defender Interceptor you occasionally see), nice to see both the port and the ships appearing to give a bit of variety.

    I don't think it was me that brought up the custom roster mod (37:36), but I know I've brought up something similar here and there; that Custom GC will have the option to fully customise your build roster in the next update or so (Currently you're only able to enable/disable units your faction normally builds, rather than swapping them out for non-buildable ones). I am very much looking forward to testing it out, but I've got so much in the game I already want to do with so little time to spend doing exactly that.

    Ah, you want to add in the Harrower from TOR? (37:54) From what I understand the Revan's Revenge Team (which is the same team for TR/FoTR) might cover The Old Republic at some point down the line, almost certainly not for the first release, so best keep an eye on that mod as time goes on.

    And back to HeroWatch; we've got some of the financial backers of the Pentastar Alignment spotted over Yaga Minor (38:51), with Ib Dekeet and Wyrn Otro both floating around doing their own thing with the large fleet at their beck and call. Good to know Kaine hasn't lost that many heroes just yet

    Also shout out to @andreacaramaschi9056 for correctly informing me that Kaine was indeed still alive (I'm sorry I wasn't able to reply to your original comment on the last episode, was a bit distracted and never got around to it), also a very rare Admiral Cross showing up too (42:52). Also a slight correction to your comment at 43:32; the gold barrier denotes a faction leader (who often has the Warlord Trait if they're a Imperial warlord faction), the silver barrier denotes a Warlord that isn't a leader, the Star denotes a hero who is in an SSD. Should be noted that Warlords also prevent the faction from being integrated, so a faction that rolls Nigel Nivers can just shove him into a corner and be safe from being gobbled up in normal play.

    And there's the Mandator III showing up again (45:10), how reassuring to know that it isn't too far away and hasn't been destroyed, means there's more glory to be had by blowing it up yourself. Doesn't seem to have a super big escort fleet either, so that's pretty a good reason to go after it.

    And HeroWatch returns to announce the arrival of Admiral Tzenkens (47:00), a Tier 2 Group Hero that flies in a Prateor-II that the Pentastar are surely making the most of in their current situation, especially with the EoTH breathing down their neck. This is soon followed up by the Tier 5 Rahamalai Group on the ground of Ord Mantell (57:48), which is a rather amusing roll all things considered.

    Uh… why is the New Republic sending in Talon Karrade (58:49) to lead the fleet over Terephon? He's an eco hero after all, no use putting him on the frontline despite how funky his (disposable) escorts are. They're not going to win the battle by any means, but it does make him stand out compared to most other heroes.

    And now we get to see another brilliant defence against a large New Republic force be played out on Terephon (1:04:51), which even managed to claim the life of their commanding officer General Kryll.

    As for the post Terephon invasion of Ord Mantell, it's good to see some T2-As (1:17:49) rolling around even if the assault had to be called off because of a panic death, but overall I am glad to see you pull off these stealth raids even with the temporary setback or potential of hero loss. Let us hope the Empire continues to be so lucky on the next episode, especially with how large it has grown and how few factions can now properly challenge its indomitable might.

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  9. OOOOH YEAHHHH!!!!!
    BRILLIANT episode (as always!):D
    Yeah, I completely understand that feeling man…headaches make anything screen related (anything in general) an absolute pain!
    Annnd yeah, the pain of a recording breaking is something of one of the worst feelings ever! (I had my episode break this morning…so yea…that was fun XD)

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