Nice little TIE killer, the lasers are so close together that it is easy to hit the main body of TIE’s.

Problems: I had to use the A-wing cockpit, it is crashed so use HUD or exterior view.

Slower but better shielded than the T-Wing, can disable ships.

Problems: I had to use the Y-Wing Cockpit, it became crashed after i added the Warhead launcher, but i always play with the HUD anyway so i chose to keep the Launcher. Oh, when the text say Lasers you fire ION’s & vise versa. (ION’s are Blue, Lasers are Red)

An improved version of the Lambda T-4a, better speed and maneuverability. Uses the Assault gunboat cockpit, and it is NOT crashed! Both Rebel and Imperial forces use them as sentry ships. Its a luxury ship so the engine noise is padded out;-)

I just added this ship as a flyable. First time I tried this ship it only fired a couple of shots then ran out of ammo, so I forgot about it until I finished all the missions, just as a joke I gave it rebel lasers and suddenly it worked perfectly! I haven't tested the effect this have on the difficulty of the missions but I guess it will make it easier to win due to the shuttles heavy torpedo capacity, on the other hand you sometime have just one, so be careful.

The aft turret on a player controlled ship rotates, but it does not seem to fire, but your wingmens turrets works fine. So if a fighter attacks you from behind and you can't get away then jump to another ship and let the AI defend the shuttles ass.

Faster, more agile and better shielded version of the T/A, it has no missile capacity as it’s launchers have been replaced by extra laser energy conductors. It’s new turbo lasers can take energy form both conductors without overheating, giving it twice the fire rate of a standard T/A. This TIE is believed to be a derivative from the LEAR’s involvement in the TIE Defender project.

Fortunately for the Rebels it’s only used and produced by the LEAR, and this far they have only done prototypes and modifications so their straight production capacity is believed to be minimal. Known among the Rebels as the ‘TIE Dogfighter’. This rather deadly TIE is only introduced in this mission collection but it will be used extensively in my next XvT project.

There are two ways to take advantage of this fighters additional laser conductors, one is to empty one storage then switch to the other, thereby having double the fighting time before you have to slow down to restore the laser energy. The other, and much better, is to set both lasers to ‘Linked’ and switch between them by tapping ‘W’ while firing, thereby doubling the  fighters fire rate. (It replaces the TIE Defender so you still have the standard T/A.)

Rumors about an entire range of Devastator ships, from large capital ships to small unmanned TIE fighters, being built at a place called Byss is believed to be highly exaggerated.

slow and boring but nice amount of Heavy rockets, be careful so you don’t crash with the other transports as you fly in close formation. This isn’t the transporter it looks like, i copied the standard Transporter OPT file (3D data model) to a unused ship.

(The following crafts can be found in ‘Rebel Revenge Strike On Motti Base’ )

I added this for the fun of it, for a awesome view press exterior view (‘/’ or ‘-’) and free rotate (‘*’) and wiggle that joystick like a mad man!

Strange little bugs: It uses a REBEL! cockpit?!? If you hit the ‘M’ key (that’s the map) you might lose all your shields!

New super version of the Rebel mainstay fighter, made as a response to the TIE Devastator, this prototype is a testbed for a secret Rebel figther project known as the 'E-Wing'.

Replaces the unused Scout craft, not supposed to exist yet but i added it to the ‘Rebel Revenge strike...’ mission so you could test fly it against the Tie Devastators.

Cockpit have more big bugs than Starship Troopers, even the HUD have some minor ones.

This E-Wing opt was made by: Lt Hag.

New non flyable ships

- Modified Corellian corvete: Rather ugly ship so dont expect it to show up in many missions, taken from the same file as the B-Wing.

- Modified Nebulon Frigate: Cool ship, i would have used it more if i had got hold of it earlier, taken form the same file as the B-Wing.

If you have BoP or the BoP opt files then you can add them to this upgrade as i have increast the speed and manuverabilety on all capital ships, even those i dont have myself.

The file also had the Super Star Destroyer opt, but it was totaly invisible, clocked :-), so you could only see it in the targeting monitor. If you simply added a SSD to a mission it would automaticaly be changed into a ISD :-(, the same way as the TIE NEW always ends up as TIE Advanced.

The Story

Thrawns message to Imperial Ruling Circle

ASF Tarkin: Technical info

Thrawns Order to ASF Tarkin

BACK

Message from: Grand Admiral Thrawn

Message to: Imperial Ruling Circle

The Rebels have proclaimed a new Republic, but so what? The Rebels haven’t the Might of the Imperial fleet nor do they have the Will of the Emperor. Everybody is free to follow their own agenda, there are scores to be settled, debts to be paid, chaos will spread across the galaxy.

The enormous military might of the Emperor shatters before our eyes, some traitors join the Rebellion, some declare independence for their home worlds, while other simply slip away into deep space.

But many stays loyal to the Emperor’s Ruling Circle, we have full control over most key systems and a loyal following of forces at least on pair with anything the Rebels can muster against us.

We have a duty to our citizens to keep our home worlds safe from the chaos that threatens us all, we must re-establish the Imperial order before we are doomed to live through another ‘Republic’ with its civil unrest, local wars and crime syndicates.

The Empire must be secured, if we act now we can take full control of close to a quarter of the galaxy, but to do so we have to temporarily give up the Imperial Capitol Coruscant.

Most of Coruscants citizens are from rebel friendly worlds and all rebel fleets in the galaxy are pushing towards it at full speed. If we stay to defend the planet we might win, but we will no longer have enough forces to defend our home worlds from the many hostile and aggressive forces building up around us.

I am aware that giving up Corcuscant will seem like the fall of the Empire, and that it will make more systems and sectors join the Rebellion. Most of these systems are weak and only joins the rebels to get their part of the spoils, they will under no circumstance send more than symbolic support if the new Republic decides to  challenge our forces, and when we finally re-conquers Coruscant and the galaxy they will surrender at the first sight of a Star Destroyer.

We should therefor let the Rebels take this Old Republic relic and instead secure our sector of the Galaxy. Coruscant is the last remaining ‘common’ goal the rebels have, as soon as it is captured and the senate reinstated they will restart their old quarrels and without the Jedi or the Emperor to keep them in their place their fleets will soon return home to ‘protect’ their home worlds from their current ‘friends’.

We must stand united and declare independence and our right to live under our own form of government in accord to the first amendment in the old Republic Constitution, thereby giving the impression that we accept the new Republic.

We will claim a border and stick to it, no ‘official’ forces must cross into Rebel space.

We will challenge and destroy any and all enemy forces entering our space. This must be done with absolute power and at any cost to show how costly any Rebel raid or campaign into our sector will be.

After an attack upon us we must release any and all prisoners taken as a sign of good will and to stop the Rebels from launching joint rescue missions that might escalate into full campaigns against our territory.

We must appear peaceful and friendly as long as we are left alone, while we silently stockpile weapons.

We will establish deliberately unfair trading relations with rivaling systems to create jealousy among the Rebels.

We will establish and support opposition forces beyond our borders to create problems and unrest among the Rebels.

We will let the Rebels fight in-between themselves without taking sides. When the Rebels have exhausted their forces and loyalty we will attack them with a small ‘independent’ strike force to test their strength, I will personally do this, I must therefore be reported ‘Missing’ so that I can attack freely without provoking a joint rebel attack on the Imperial sector.

If the Rebels are weak I might be able to take them myself, or at least diminish their forces enough to allow an attack by our official forces without endangering our own home worlds security.

But before we can establish an Imperial controlled sector we must secure several important but rebellious systems in our border zone. I have already sent strike forces to several of the systems in question and they should all come under our control within one month.

In one weeks time we should cease all opposition against the rebel push towards Coruscant and withdraw our forces towards the borders of my suggested Imperial sector, this should give our forces enough time to establish themselves in the systems we are interested in taking and clear them for most Rebel forces before we strike.

As soon as the Rebels have defeated Coruscant’s local Imperial forces and taken the planet we should send our declaration of independence and start cease fire negotiations, we should keep the negotiations going until we have secured the systems we are interested in.

I have deliberately included several systems at the border of our sector that are emotionally important to some of the most powerful Rebel fractions. These are bargaining chips to be used in the negotiations to give the Rebels some negotiation victories while keeping their eyes away from the really important planets.

Stay loyal to the Emperor’s Ruling Circle and soon we can re-establish law and order across the galaxy.

Grand Admiral Thrawn

MESSAGE ENDS......

BACK

One of the systems Thrawn want is the Yoti, this is the home world of the great admiral Motti, constructor of the first Death Star. The Yoti have large resources and are good soldiers. There is also a great number of important Imperial Bases in their area, among them the Motti base which holds a secret Escort Shuttle factory that supports several Imperial Strike Forces, among them the Advanced Strike Force Tarkin.

ASF Tarkin technical data:

Main ships: - ISD GM Tarkin, heavily modified ISD

- Super SD scanner 3X standard range
- Wide specter cloacker. Can hide an entire fleet
- Robot Factory. TIE’s and Shuttle’s are stored in
   half fabricated form, gives 4 times fighter capacity
- Improved storage & recycle facilities
- Heavy automation, to give room for its special
  modifications the crew is down to 15 000 and only
  250 soldiers (Special units only)

- T/A: Tyrant
- T/I: Terminator
- T/B: Thunder
- E/S: ASF Tarkin

- VSD Vandal, Modified VSD

- ISD scanner
- Clocker. Can only cloack the ship itself
- All fighter repair and supply facilities removed
  depends on ISD GM Tarkin for repairs & supplies
  2X fighter capacity.
- Heavily upgraded & automated, only 1500 crew
   no soldiers (taken from ISD GM Tarkin when needed)

- T/F: Venom
- T/I: Vigilant
- T/B: Violator
- E/S: ASF Tarkin

- VSD Saxon, Modified VSD, same specs as VSD Vandal

- T/A: Shocker
- T/I: Slayer
- T/B: Shredder
- E/S: ASF Tarkin

ASF Tarkin is specially trained for hit and fade tactics using the Delta Class JV-7 Escort Shuttle (E/S) Militarized version of the Lambda-class Shuttle built under subcontract to Sienar, modified at Motti for greater torpedo capacity, stealthynes and TIE towing capability.

The ISD Tarkin is used as a undetectable mobile scanner base, when a target is detected one or both VSD’es bring the Escort shuttles into striking distance. The shuttles will if necessary tow its own TIE escort into the battlezone, upon exiting hyperspace the TIE’s are slingshot past the shuttles to knock a hole in the hostile fighter screen allowing the shuttles to unchallenged get within torpedo range of their targets. If necessary the TIE’s are left behind to cover the shuttles escape, or to draw away the defense while other shuttle wings attack from another angel.

The Stardestroyers only enters the battlezone if their firepower is needed or to clean up the area and pick up stranded TIE’s.

The near suicidal TIE tactic will be less necessary as soon as the ASF gets a proper supply of T/A fighters.

ASF modifications and battle tactics developed by Monks of the LEAR.

BACK

Message from: Grand Admiral Thrawn

Message to: Advanced Strike Force Tarkin

ORDERS : Support of Imperial loyal Forces in the Yoti system.
                  Protect Imperial Base Motti.

                  If - NECESSARY - destroy VSD Yoti Marauder.

TARGETS : - ANY- ships, bases or people opposing the Empires control of Yoti.

CONDUCT: Free hands, use any means necessary.

TIMESCALE: Yoti System must be in Imperial friendly hands in one months time.

Immediately set course for the Yoti system, you can not expect any assistance from other Imperial forces than those present in the system so capture any ships needed.

The Rebel friendly Yoti leaders are currently in control of the system, but the Empire still have large support among both people and leaders on Yoti Prime. We have many spies and supporters among the Yoti military so information on Rebel and hostile Yoti movements should be relatively easy to acquire.

The Yoti are ‘Hero worshipers’ and I believe it is the Rebel victory at Endor that have turned them to the Rebel side, you should therefore make as ‘Heroic’ and ‘Dramatic’ strikes as possible to turn them back to our side. The Yoti art and old religion shows great respect for their enemies and no feeling of loss for their own fallen warriors, so you don’t have to hold back when attacking Yoti targets, they also idolizes ‘Suicidal assassins’ so acts of terror is advisable if it sets the attacker in grave danger.

Known mobile hostile forces:

- Rebel CAL: Sleeping Dog
- Rebel FRG: Rebel Star
- Rebel FRG: Spac Monac
- Rebel STR: Corsair
- Rebel ESC: Pengo
- Yoti VSD: Yoti Marauder (The Rebel suporting Yoti leaders have put their men in charge of this Imperial gift)
- Yoti FRG: Yoti Hickoc
- Yoti STR: Yoti Nonac

 Several unidentifide hostile capital ships have been spoted in and around the system.

BACK

Imperials captures Muurian Transports 00

The Imperial commanders can not tollerate the use of an Imperial gift, theYoti Marauder, against their own forces and send the full might of ASF Tarkin against the Yoti Rebel ship.

ASF Tarkins victories have come at a price, and they have to resuply their Escort Shuttle wings, as a distraction the VSD Saxon take the Muurian transports on a raid into Yoti territory.

First target is a Supply depot, the platform itself is of no interest but VSD Saxon will attack it to draw defence away from the containers.

Finding ASF Tarkin in space is close to impossible, so the Rebels want to take out their supply points. First on the list is the hidden Escort Shuttle Factory, a rebel spy have revealed the flight rout of an earlier factory Commander . The FRG Rebel Star will try to capture the Commander.

>>The Rebels meet more resistance than expected, the TIE Interceptors Escorting the Shuttle seemed to be equipped with shields, but the Commander was captured and brought into safety.

After some convincing Wokie ‘arguments’ the Imperial Commander reveals that the factory is hidden in the large Motti Imperial base. Destroying the base won’t be easy, if the Rebel attack is detected it could face a torpedo barrage from several dozen Escort Shuttles. To avoid detection one of Motti’s sentinel scanners must be ‘replaced’.

An A-Wing patrol from ESC Pengo Stumbles upon an Imperial freighter refuelling one of ASF Tarkins Muurian Wings.

The unexpected A-Wing attack makes the Saxon commander suspicious, he brake of his raid to search Deep space in the area of the attack.

The rebels have detected the Shuttle Factory hidden in the Imperial Base Motti, and have committed a major strike force to destroy it.

Unaware of the rebel presence the ISD G.M. Tarkin And VSD Vandal are approaching the base for Escort Shuttle Reinforcement.

>> The rebels managed to destroy two of the factories, but only CAL Obi One Kenobi, FRG Rebel star and a handful of fighters are known to have survived the attack. The Millennium Falcon was seen hypering out seriously damaged so there is hope it survived. The Obi Wan is beyond repair and must be abandoned, The Rebel Star is flyable but it is far from battle ready.

The CAL Obi Wan Kenobi and FRG Rebel Star have managed to reach a Rebel fortification in deep space, The few surviving A-wings from the Pengo have joined them. The Obi One is beyond repair and it’s crew is being evacuated to the Rebel Star.

In mid evacuation the Imperial force attack.

>> The Imperials chose to tow the Obi Wan back to Motti instead of destroying it, all that material could come in handy when repairing the base.

Totally unexpected the wreck of the Obi One Kenobi shows up at a large Yoti outpost known as the Triple K, Rebel fighters are launched to find out what’s going on. As the Rebels close in a TIE Advanced wing is launched from the Obi One, even worse, the Obi One holds a direct collision course with two of the Yoti Platforms.

>>Han Solo and The Millennium Falcon reaches the 7th Rebel Fleet, commanded by Lando Carlissian, after hearing about the Rebel defeat at Motti and the current situation on Yoti prime the Rebels decides to immediately reingage the Imperial forces. Lando’s ISD Liberator and five Frigates loads up all the torpedo carrying fighters they can carry and set course for Motti.

The Rebel ISD Liberator leads a strike force against the remains of the Imperial Base Motti. to destroy the base and ASF Tarkin currently being repaired there.