Captain Untouchable
May 11th, 2012, 08:50:04 AM
Further to the State of the Galaxy (http://www.sw-fans.net/forum/showthread.php?t=22692) and Alliance Holdings (http://www.sw-fans.net/forum/showthread.php?t=22675) threads, I've been doing some reading up and familiarisation on the territory that the Rebel Alliance / Alliance of Free Planets / New Republic has in the EU.
Since Fondor isn't up for grabs, I thought I'd start compiling a military "to do" list, that we can work our way through as and when we find ourselves needing an idea for fleeting, ground combat, etc.
Please suggest more in this thread: I'll edit them into this post as we hash ideas out. :)
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<s>Liberation of Duros</s>
Thread planning is already underway.
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<s>Liberation of Clak'dor</s>
We seem to already control this planet!
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Mission to Shadda-Bi-Boran
I have no justification for this. The Shadda-Bi-Boran (http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Shadda-Bi-Boran) star went supernova about 45 years ago, and so absolutely nothing is left. I just wanted an excuse to say Shadda-Bi-Boran, because it's a chuffing fantastic name. Shadda-Bi-Boran!
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Resistance on Corellia
As has been discussed all over the place: the liberation of Duro is going to make some major changes to the status quo in the Corellian Sector. Up until the liberation, Duro was part of the Corellian Sector: the same Sector Force was fighting to oust the Empire on both worlds, as well as all the others in the Sector. After the liberation, one of those worlds - and a bunch of space around it - is now under Alliance control. A chunk of the people who were fighting to see Duro liberated are now at a loose end; and the network of resistance cells now has a comfy planet to which they can freely bring in supplies. Instead of smuggling supplies in from the other side of the world, now all we have to do is sneak them over the border from Mexico.
There are a lot of options for ongoing action on Corellia. With access to more resources, the Alliance is likely to step up it's efforts. With a liberated sector just next door, it's going to start looking like maybe siding with the Imperials isn't the only option: and the Alliance needs to push that advantage, and try to make the Imperials - and the government - look as bad as possible. However, the Empire is likely to increase it's efforts to stamp out the Corellian rebels too; and CorSec will no doubt continue with it's efforts to arrest us pesky terrorists.
Missions could involve not just local rebels, but also specialists from elsewhere in the Alliance. Maybe elite SpecForce troops are called in to help with a raid. Perhaps Rogue Squadron or one of our fleeting elements wants to hit targets inside the Corellian Sector - shake up a few Imperial convoys to keep the Empire on the back foot. Maybe some Jedi want to pop by and take advantage of all the media attention Corellia is getting to make a triumphant entry onto the galactic stage.
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Mission to Ord Ibanna
A gas giant, Ord Ibanna (http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Ord_Ibanna) is the location of a Cloud City style Tibanna gas facility. It is mostly abandoned - the empty floating platforms have been used for illegal podracing - but is probably still serviceable. It's also in the Brema Sector, which puts it pretty close to Sullust. With so much industry smashed on Sullust in the wake of Operation: Shadow Strike, it might be interesting to have the Sullustans spread out to the surrounding area looking for new opportunities to gather resources. This probably more of a political mission than a military one, though it might make for an interesting SpecForce or Rogue mission if a team was required to scout out the spooky ghost city, and came upon something troublesome.
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Mission to Bpfassh
Bpfassh (http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Bpfassh) is a world located in the Sluis Sector. It was the site of a Jedi Praxeum, which joined with the Separatists during the Clone Wars... and basically, the students went evil and had a rampage through the Sector until Yoda came along and soundly whooped them. The planet is rich in metals and natural resources, so would be a useful asset - particularly given how close it is to our shipyards.
More important than that is the Praxeum, however. The Alliance has done a lot of helping the Jedi over the last few years, and we're now reaching the point when the Jedi are starting to properly return the favour. Bpfassh presents a new kind of opportunity however: a mission to Bpfassh has potential benefits to both the Jedi and the Alliance. It isn't a trading favours mission: there's mutual gain. Abandoned pseudo-temples are always rife with story opportunities anyway; perhaps something like that set against the backdrop of negotiations between the Alliance and the locals, could lead to an interesting thread.
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Mission to Tolig IV
Tolig IV (http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Tolig IV) is the site of an orbital scrapyard operated by the Imperials, located in he Mayagil Sector (where Clak'dor is). We do a lot of missions that are about liberating people, making heroic rescues, striking blows against the Empire, and occasionally commandeering the odd ship: but a big part of what the Alliance has to do involves rooting through space garbage looking for useful things. Tolig IV is a scrapyard for things as large as space stations, so there's potentially all manner of useful stuff: raw materials that could be used for ship construction and repair at Sluis Van; resources that could be used as part of the rebuilding efforts on Sluis Van; derelict satellites, stations, and starships that could be retrofitted back into usable condition; all sorts. The scrapyard is defended: a battle amongst space debris could make for an interesting change to a conventional battle; it's even different from an asteroid field.
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Liberation of Dressel
The planet Dressel (http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Dressel) has been occupied since 10 BBY (for about 18 years). The Dressellians (http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Dressellian) have been fighting back however, and the Dressellian Resistance is a major ally of the Rebel Alliance since before the Battle of Endor. It's about time we cleared the blasted Imps off their planet!
In the Expanded Universe, Dressel was one of the members of the Alliance of Free Planets, which formed immediately after Endor. Dressel is located in one of the sectors that borders the Bothan Sector, so it is very close to territory that we already have. The Alliance Fleet operating in that area is the Fifth Fleet; a liberation effort could involve fleeting and/or ground combat and/or Rogue Squadron.
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Liberation of Orto
Homeworld of those blue elephant creatures, Orto (http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Orto) is a pretty uninteresting ice world. It is however filled with a population that is currently being oppressed by an Imperial occupation. It's perhaps not as compelling a story as the Liberation of Dressel might be, but it's probably easier. The environmental conditions could lead to some interesting storytelling though: it might be interesting to see how a Battle of Hoth situation would turn out if the attackers and defenders were reversed.
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Resistance on / Liberation of Naboo
This is something that was discussed quite a while ago, but never acted upon. Naboo (http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Naboo) is one of the worlds that became part of the Alliance of Free Planets; but in our timeline it is still under Imperial rule. Liberating Naboo would be a major propaganda event: not only is it a human world (rather than the alien worlds we have liberated thus far), it is also the homeworld of Emperor Palpatine. Defeating the Imperials at Naboo would show that the Alliance means business; it would also show that we're capable of defeating what is likely a quite sizable Imperial force.
Liberating Naboo would put Empress Tarkin in an awkward position. Does she throw more resources at trying to retake a world that is only of moderate strategic importance, or does she let the Alliance keep it in order to distance herself from the Palpatine legacy? A mission this importance would probably be a board-wide event: because of how symbolic it is, it might be a good opportunity to have the Jedi and the Alliance standing side by side, just to really hammer the point home.
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Mission to Druckenwell
In the spirit of making things personal for the Empress: Druckenwell is one of the major systems in the sector where Miranda Tarkin used to be Moff. Druckenwell is an Imperial world, and most definately isn't in need of any sort of liberation... but an attack on the planet would be a slap in the face for the Empress, and if we were to lay seige to it for a protracted period, the Empress has an awkward choice to make: does she launch a counter-attack to save a tactically insignificant planet because "It's personal", or does she rise above in the interests of preserving her image?
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Liberation of Ithor
The Ithorians are one of the many races-in-exile who are part of the Alliance. Before Yavin, the galactic Empire laid seige to Ithor (http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Ithor), who demanded access to their agricultural technology. One of the Ithorians managed to negotiate an Imperial withdrawl, but some time after Yavin the Empire came back again. This time the Alliance assisted, and managed to evacuate a number of Ithorian citizens before the Empire arrived.
It should be noted that Ithor is on the opposite side of the galaxy to our current Alliance territory. If we did liberate the planet, it would need a dedicated fleet to defend it, and would be largely cut off from the rest of us. This mission might be best left until after Onderon and Hapes become our allies, since that will provide territory much closer to Ithor than we currently have (unless we liberate Duros, of course).
Since Fondor isn't up for grabs, I thought I'd start compiling a military "to do" list, that we can work our way through as and when we find ourselves needing an idea for fleeting, ground combat, etc.
Please suggest more in this thread: I'll edit them into this post as we hash ideas out. :)
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<s>Liberation of Duros</s>
Thread planning is already underway.
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<s>Liberation of Clak'dor</s>
We seem to already control this planet!
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Mission to Shadda-Bi-Boran
I have no justification for this. The Shadda-Bi-Boran (http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Shadda-Bi-Boran) star went supernova about 45 years ago, and so absolutely nothing is left. I just wanted an excuse to say Shadda-Bi-Boran, because it's a chuffing fantastic name. Shadda-Bi-Boran!
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Resistance on Corellia
As has been discussed all over the place: the liberation of Duro is going to make some major changes to the status quo in the Corellian Sector. Up until the liberation, Duro was part of the Corellian Sector: the same Sector Force was fighting to oust the Empire on both worlds, as well as all the others in the Sector. After the liberation, one of those worlds - and a bunch of space around it - is now under Alliance control. A chunk of the people who were fighting to see Duro liberated are now at a loose end; and the network of resistance cells now has a comfy planet to which they can freely bring in supplies. Instead of smuggling supplies in from the other side of the world, now all we have to do is sneak them over the border from Mexico.
There are a lot of options for ongoing action on Corellia. With access to more resources, the Alliance is likely to step up it's efforts. With a liberated sector just next door, it's going to start looking like maybe siding with the Imperials isn't the only option: and the Alliance needs to push that advantage, and try to make the Imperials - and the government - look as bad as possible. However, the Empire is likely to increase it's efforts to stamp out the Corellian rebels too; and CorSec will no doubt continue with it's efforts to arrest us pesky terrorists.
Missions could involve not just local rebels, but also specialists from elsewhere in the Alliance. Maybe elite SpecForce troops are called in to help with a raid. Perhaps Rogue Squadron or one of our fleeting elements wants to hit targets inside the Corellian Sector - shake up a few Imperial convoys to keep the Empire on the back foot. Maybe some Jedi want to pop by and take advantage of all the media attention Corellia is getting to make a triumphant entry onto the galactic stage.
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Mission to Ord Ibanna
A gas giant, Ord Ibanna (http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Ord_Ibanna) is the location of a Cloud City style Tibanna gas facility. It is mostly abandoned - the empty floating platforms have been used for illegal podracing - but is probably still serviceable. It's also in the Brema Sector, which puts it pretty close to Sullust. With so much industry smashed on Sullust in the wake of Operation: Shadow Strike, it might be interesting to have the Sullustans spread out to the surrounding area looking for new opportunities to gather resources. This probably more of a political mission than a military one, though it might make for an interesting SpecForce or Rogue mission if a team was required to scout out the spooky ghost city, and came upon something troublesome.
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Mission to Bpfassh
Bpfassh (http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Bpfassh) is a world located in the Sluis Sector. It was the site of a Jedi Praxeum, which joined with the Separatists during the Clone Wars... and basically, the students went evil and had a rampage through the Sector until Yoda came along and soundly whooped them. The planet is rich in metals and natural resources, so would be a useful asset - particularly given how close it is to our shipyards.
More important than that is the Praxeum, however. The Alliance has done a lot of helping the Jedi over the last few years, and we're now reaching the point when the Jedi are starting to properly return the favour. Bpfassh presents a new kind of opportunity however: a mission to Bpfassh has potential benefits to both the Jedi and the Alliance. It isn't a trading favours mission: there's mutual gain. Abandoned pseudo-temples are always rife with story opportunities anyway; perhaps something like that set against the backdrop of negotiations between the Alliance and the locals, could lead to an interesting thread.
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Mission to Tolig IV
Tolig IV (http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Tolig IV) is the site of an orbital scrapyard operated by the Imperials, located in he Mayagil Sector (where Clak'dor is). We do a lot of missions that are about liberating people, making heroic rescues, striking blows against the Empire, and occasionally commandeering the odd ship: but a big part of what the Alliance has to do involves rooting through space garbage looking for useful things. Tolig IV is a scrapyard for things as large as space stations, so there's potentially all manner of useful stuff: raw materials that could be used for ship construction and repair at Sluis Van; resources that could be used as part of the rebuilding efforts on Sluis Van; derelict satellites, stations, and starships that could be retrofitted back into usable condition; all sorts. The scrapyard is defended: a battle amongst space debris could make for an interesting change to a conventional battle; it's even different from an asteroid field.
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Liberation of Dressel
The planet Dressel (http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Dressel) has been occupied since 10 BBY (for about 18 years). The Dressellians (http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Dressellian) have been fighting back however, and the Dressellian Resistance is a major ally of the Rebel Alliance since before the Battle of Endor. It's about time we cleared the blasted Imps off their planet!
In the Expanded Universe, Dressel was one of the members of the Alliance of Free Planets, which formed immediately after Endor. Dressel is located in one of the sectors that borders the Bothan Sector, so it is very close to territory that we already have. The Alliance Fleet operating in that area is the Fifth Fleet; a liberation effort could involve fleeting and/or ground combat and/or Rogue Squadron.
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Liberation of Orto
Homeworld of those blue elephant creatures, Orto (http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Orto) is a pretty uninteresting ice world. It is however filled with a population that is currently being oppressed by an Imperial occupation. It's perhaps not as compelling a story as the Liberation of Dressel might be, but it's probably easier. The environmental conditions could lead to some interesting storytelling though: it might be interesting to see how a Battle of Hoth situation would turn out if the attackers and defenders were reversed.
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Resistance on / Liberation of Naboo
This is something that was discussed quite a while ago, but never acted upon. Naboo (http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Naboo) is one of the worlds that became part of the Alliance of Free Planets; but in our timeline it is still under Imperial rule. Liberating Naboo would be a major propaganda event: not only is it a human world (rather than the alien worlds we have liberated thus far), it is also the homeworld of Emperor Palpatine. Defeating the Imperials at Naboo would show that the Alliance means business; it would also show that we're capable of defeating what is likely a quite sizable Imperial force.
Liberating Naboo would put Empress Tarkin in an awkward position. Does she throw more resources at trying to retake a world that is only of moderate strategic importance, or does she let the Alliance keep it in order to distance herself from the Palpatine legacy? A mission this importance would probably be a board-wide event: because of how symbolic it is, it might be a good opportunity to have the Jedi and the Alliance standing side by side, just to really hammer the point home.
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Mission to Druckenwell
In the spirit of making things personal for the Empress: Druckenwell is one of the major systems in the sector where Miranda Tarkin used to be Moff. Druckenwell is an Imperial world, and most definately isn't in need of any sort of liberation... but an attack on the planet would be a slap in the face for the Empress, and if we were to lay seige to it for a protracted period, the Empress has an awkward choice to make: does she launch a counter-attack to save a tactically insignificant planet because "It's personal", or does she rise above in the interests of preserving her image?
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Liberation of Ithor
The Ithorians are one of the many races-in-exile who are part of the Alliance. Before Yavin, the galactic Empire laid seige to Ithor (http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Ithor), who demanded access to their agricultural technology. One of the Ithorians managed to negotiate an Imperial withdrawl, but some time after Yavin the Empire came back again. This time the Alliance assisted, and managed to evacuate a number of Ithorian citizens before the Empire arrived.
It should be noted that Ithor is on the opposite side of the galaxy to our current Alliance territory. If we did liberate the planet, it would need a dedicated fleet to defend it, and would be largely cut off from the rest of us. This mission might be best left until after Onderon and Hapes become our allies, since that will provide territory much closer to Ithor than we currently have (unless we liberate Duros, of course).