Awakening of the Rebellion - We Stay and Fight The Imperial Fleet (Ep 63)

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[@panzerschreck6725]

I have a Feeling that shack wants to Finish this quick before the next Update

[@sgtsmith501]

Hope we see the battle of Endor at least. Would require Shack grit his teeth and do the Zhar mission though

[@Sp4rt4nSl4ya]

​@@sgtsmith501I've never done that one so I still don't get why he's so reluctant

[@Conzilla-oq8sl]

@@Sp4rt4nSl4ya it just sucks to do and is really jank, takes like an hour or 2 of attempts on average even if ur good at it

[@TheBeardedItalian99]

​@@Sp4rt4nSl4yathat and I believe you need one of the heros to go invade because it's a scripted mission

[@RevanX77]

EAW was just patched today by Petroglyph and the 64-bit update broke all the old saves, so if Shack hasn't already finished the campaign then he won't be able to.

[@alexi4829]

those blockade runners taking out an ISD had some 'death by 1,000 cuts' energy

[@sadlerbw9]

"This is for the Tantive IV!!!"

[@RoyalFusilier]

Reminiscent of the original Empire at War, with CR90s running rampant at Kuat, and then disabling the Star Destroyer Tyranny before running off laughing.

[@charlesvillalobos1057]

I can imagine the captain of the bulwark being heavily outnumbered and says "then it is even fight" like in halo

[@Isometrix116]

Or the real life version: “They’re in front of us, behind us, and we are flanked on both sides by an enemy that outnumbers us 29:1. They can’t get away from us now!”

[@theelectricgamer9889]

The Bulwark is the Mandator that MC-80 home one type has not been named yet.

[@charlesvillalobos1057]

No I think it was the Phoenix

[@theelectricgamer9889]

@@charlesvillalobos1057 the Phoenix is with the Liberation.

[@halo3marine631]

I know for a fact if Shack had the ability to capture enemy ships, he would go for Venators without hesitation

[@MajorHickE]

I would too tbh

[@josephehlers2007]

Too bad in thrawn’s revenge, which has capture ships, to my knowledge, doesn’t have venetors, otherwise I think our buddy shack would be playing it more 😂

[@halo3marine631]

@@josephehlers2007 I would be stealing ISD II's alot XD

[@natesiress1057]

@@josephehlers2007 Thrawn's has Venators; Pentastar Alignment has them, though I don't know how many Eras in they can still build them. Definitely 1 and 2, probably 3, but it's been a bit since I played a Pentastar GC. Personally, I like them as support ships to an SSD, much lower pop cap than an ISD with just as good a fighter complement to help screen the flagship.

[@ussrice334]

That giving homeworld flashback

[@ChristopherMocko]

The near 0 sight range of the T3-B (Tracked Heavy Tank) has been a consistent bug throughout the campaign as far as I've seen. The tooltip says 500 FOW reveal, but someone somewhere must have fat fingered a number in a file and its never been fixed. That massive fleet may have come from Bilbringi. If so, its probably open for an attack. Might be a good target for a spy to check out.

[@gonkdroid4603]

I feel like saving Coruscant for last would be a good thematic choice, making the Empire’s last stand take place over its capitol and seat of power

[@starwolf99]

I think we've just seen his Battle of Midway. This was one of the best ship battles in this campaign.

[@pawsqa6076]

That was a beautiful space battle. You played that really well, and it was awesome to watch the independence soak up fire while the fighters cleaned up

[@ZephyrTM101]

While any capital ship loss hurts, that trade was absolutely amazing, damn good work!

[@austinperry1671]

If shack does a black sun play though, we need backstory for his captain. I’ve seen capt Shanty in comments on previous vids.

[@josephehlers2007]

I’m liking it. Shack, Shed, and Shanty, has a nice ring to it, the three brothers who all have different views, one of goodness, one of maybe-evil-maybe-decent fellow, and one who is just screw it, let’s have fun.

[@austinperry1671]

@@josephehlers2007 shanty, lost in a crowded spot on Nar Shaddaa. Picked up as A slave to a weequay that broke free and joined up on a Corsair

[@Butterfingers49]

I'd like to see him continue the droid storyline for the cis play through and go droid revolution tech

[@jacobrooms]

the new major hyperlanes in the next update look really cool

[@bradleywoods1999]

How's it different?

[@jacobrooms]

From what I could gather from the trailer it seems to let you travel from one end of the galaxy to the other, or just large distances depending on the length of it.

[@bradleywoods1999]

@@jacobrooms where's this trailer at?

[@AwesomeJedi182]

​@@jacobroomsit also probably speeds up the travel speed

[@jacobrooms]

yeah it does :)

[@openfly4u]

Shack, once the new update drops, would you consider doing a Black Sun play-through? Since they`re making a new Black Sun quest line? Theres a huge amount of units with pros and cons. Also Slave armies! Imagine sending gungans supported by ewoks and Penguins to attack Hoth ahead of endless waves of B1`s and B2`s. Wonderful.

[@SamuelJamesNary]

Rebel Diaries 63 - Sometimes having intelligence works out well and sometimes it doesn't and sometimes it can just be bizarre. That will leave many things being forced to leave things with other questions. The biggest, and suppose "best" news has come out if the north as the Empire seems to put a lot of importance on Ithor, particularly after taking the bloody defeats on Carida, and I would suppose that Imperial intelligence suspected that our forces were too strong in the core to assault there. And in space, they may well have been right, but even there... the Empire would have needed to be careful with how they launched the attack, and it would confirm what General Kota suspects. That Shed is involved in the main strategic planning for the Empire. They brought their main force over Ithor, and the small force we had would, on paper, be well out numbered. The Independence class Mon Calamari cruiser there, even with a Dauntless for backup wasn't going to stand up in straight fight given the number of Star Destroyers the Empire had, along with their carrier escorts. And had they kept the battle in a straight fight in the open... but they didn't do that. Reports indicate that the garrison commander chose to fight a retreating action that saw the fleet pull toward a set of asteroids and in prepared retreat positions... until the Empire charged into those asteroids. The result saw heavy losses on both sides, but the Empire also took the worst in this fight and what survivors report, the Imperial ships suffered heavy damages to their ships going through the asteroids, and in turn left our ships free to add to their troubles and gave the fighters we had the opportunity to take advantage of the Empire's mistakes. Only a few fighters and blockade runners survived... but the Empire lost nearly everything they had. It will make attacking Bilbringi difficult in future... but the victory and sacrifices at Ithor has saved our positions at Carida and at Chandrila. It also allowed my forces in the Core to turn a raid on Aargau into a full-on landing on the core world, which seemed to have a mixed Imperial and Black Sun garrison on the world. That wasn't in the intelligence reports, and I can't say why at the moment, but it did work out well. We managed to rather easily secure the world and we do have the option of calling in Kota and Skywalker to look to Coruscant if an opportunity presents itself, particularly if things in the south remain difficult. From the reports, while Thyferra did fall, the orbit of Atzerri was difficult to take. The Southern Fleet is strong... though, from what came out of that fight at Atzerri, we may have to siege that world and that also leaves the rest of the southern flank, particularly in space open. - Captain June Eclipse.

[@theelectricgamer9889]

This is Captain (NAME REDACTED) of Warspite (Grand Old lady) Venator class First off after retreating from Carida it feels good to hit the empire where it hurts. The newly liberated Core world Aargua is now where Warspite is orbiting. The battle there relied heavily on star fighters launched mostly by quasars as Warspite’s main job was escorting the quasars. The Mandator (Bulwark) meanwhile was responsible for clearing the side which was where the planned invasion would take place. With the loss of Aargua ,which was a major supplier of many of the raw materials needed to make ISDs, the Empire’s ISD production will certainly be slowed down. In other news the large ISD fleet code named death fleet has been destroyed over Ithor. At that time Ithor was being used as a major star fighter raiding hub and it looks like their recent raid may have forced death fleet to attack Ithor. What’s more the MC-80 home one type the Lonely Heir under the command of Captain Veronica was also in orbit during the attack. According the footage and news I’ve received it looks like we won albeit at great cost. The fighter core took heavy losses along with the fleet but the most painful moment was when the Lonely Heir was destroyed after holding the ISDs of for what must have felt like an eternity. Fortunately it looks like in its final moments the majority of the crew where able to escape however as of now I can nether conform nor deny if Captain Veronica survived or not. Heh sounds like I have to go now as the party is starting. The funny thing about this party is that the gunnery crew of turret 5 nailed a bunch of Trandoshion snipers and the celebration for the accomplishment was going to happen but then we found out it’s also one of the gunnery teams’ birthday and well you get the idea Anyway This is Captain (NAME REDACTED) of Warspite (Grand Old lady) Venator class out.

[@CorrinValla]

During the battle of Aargua the crew defiantly said Belli dura despicio

[@heartoffire9995]

Week 366: This is admiral Lanark aboard the MC-80 "Vengeance", the loss of our sister ship the Phoenix is regrettable to hear, but the sacrifice and the sheer numbers they took down with them... its unheard of in this war. They fought so many times outnumbered but pushed on and wiped the galaxy of the largest fleet we have seen. I just hope now rebellion command gets us off of sitting here doing nothing. This is Admiral Lanark, signing off.

[@SolitarySpade_Davon]

The Phoenix is assigned to the northern fleet, i believe. The Vengeance too. I forgot the name for the independence we lost though.

[@heartoffire9995]

@@SolitarySpade_Davon Vengeance i believe is at Ord Montel

[@Zaeikil]

@@heartoffire9995 if memory serves me right the one at Ord Mantell, with The Liberation and Rogue Squadron, is The Pheonix

[@SolitarySpade_Davon]

@@Zaeikil Shack combined the two fleets for the bilbringi raid

[@Zaeikil]

@@SolitarySpade_Davon huh, I swore we only had two Independence class MC-80s after the destruction of Home One. Maybe I’m forgetting one?

[@Sapherzz]

29:18 " Stop blowing holes in my Nebulon-B , you jerks!" - I feel like that's the feeling of very Neb-B captain 😅

[@brickstocker4007]

2 minutes in, and Captain Shack talking more episodes for a new season in a few weeks time 🎉🎉🎉🎉

[@SolitarySpade_Davon]

Admiral's Log Admiral Davon Cress, CO of MC-80 "Independence" Class "Phoenix" Alliance Northern Fleet Remember what I said about Carida being this front's Thyferra? Well, it definitely still is, but you might as well add Ithor to that list. The Vengeance, the sister ship of the Phoenix and Perseverance, had been holding that planet for a few weeks now. Initially holding Ord Mantell, the ship was swapped out with the Vengeance after the first Battle of Ithor. The Vengeance was, (and I quote), "The most advanced of the 'Independence Trio' constructed". Built as the response to the loss of Home One, much of her interior design was radically different than her sister ships, being far more combat-oriented instead of having... this much storage space onboard the Phoenix. This radically different design supposedly featured better shield maintenance, a few more turbolaser turrets, and a whole bunch of structural bracing. Her CO, Admiral Theila Rhyll, knew the orbital geography of the planet like the back of her hand. It was this that allowed her to stay spaceworthy during her final minutes. The Second Battle of Ithor, was one of the costliest fleet battles of the war thus far, rivalling the two engagements over Muunilist and Dathomir in terms of the sheer amount of credits lost in such a short amount of time. The 27th Imperial Taskforce, designated under the rather ominous codename "Revenant Fleet". The same fleet that hit Carida just a few weeks prior. Five ISDs, Seven Victory IIs, plus whatever reinforcements the Empire had on hand. After the loss of all those escort ships following the Cerulean Incident, the 27th took the chance to hit the vulnerable fleet without their reinforcements. The Revenant Fleet was something High Command clearly wanted to be erased from the face of the galaxy. Being that the mere presence of the fleet was threatening assets such as Taris, which would potentially lead to the Imperials taking the fight to Mandalore and the surrounding areas. Ithor was the only thing standing between the empire and the soft underbelly of the northeastern front. Admiral Rhyll was familiar with the orbital geography, especially after using it to her advantage during the First Battle of Ithor. This time around, when the Empire knocked on their front door, she locked the back door. She was going to stand her ground. Employing a similar strategy to the first time, Rhyll took her ships behind the asteroid fields in orbit around the planet in hopes of getting the Imperial fleet to take the narrow passageway, or taking the long way around. Either way, this would force their fleet to trickle in. The Empire took the long way, going around the asteroid field to meet the Rebel fleet in combat. Rhyll was hoping for the former, forcing one her Dauntlesses to take the long way around. Regardless, all the Empire could do was trickle in. The 117th Interceptor Wing, alongside an ad-hoc wing of fighters we've been assembling in orbit, would provide screening and CAS for our fleet. Rebel escort ships would close the gap between the Imperial escorts, which was far from the main battle. Scale meant nothing, as the battle can only be matched by certain battles of the clone wars. The Dauntless was slightly delayed by it's detour, but once it came into range, it destroyed everything it had it's broadsides on. Three ISDs, all destroyed with the turbolasers on the Dauntless. Perfectly maneuvered right into the center of the two ISDs' deadzones too, so engine damage, reactor damage, damage to the command deck... not good to hear if you're an Imperial captain. But for every ISD destroyed, another one followed out of hyperspace. It turned into a siege. Both sides called in as many reinforcements as they could. Ultimately draining the resources of both fleets. The ISD that hyperspaced in right next to the Dauntless finished her off. The resulting reactor explosion would however send the bow of the Dauntless careening into the ISD's hull, causing a great deal of damage. Unfortunately for us, without that Dauntless, that left the Vengeance as the main target for the Imperial fleet. As an ISD managed to get behind the Vengeance, it knocked out it's main engines. In audio transmissions logged by the ground forces, this was when Rhyll knew she and the Perseverance wasn't making it out of this fight. Surrounded, the Perseverance fired her last salvos. Rhyll gave the order for the crew to abandon ship minutes later. Rebel reinforcements was spent, with the forces left in orbit only being what was left of the 117th, the ad-hoc fighter wing, and the Corvette escort fleet. The Revenant Fleet too was on their last legs, leaving only a few victory IIs and the last ISD which was heavily damaged by escort ships that got behind it's stern. Rhyll and a portion of the engineering crew stayed onboard. Coordinating what was left of the rebel forces via the commlink she still had, despite it's unreliability as the Vengeance began plummeting to the surface of Ithor. Without the Cerulean Aces, the starfighters began taking casualties too. Still, our remaining forces managed to overwhelm the final ISD, and another victory II. Survivors in the remaining imperial escorts chose to scuttle their ships and take their shuttles to hyperspace. Both sides lost most of their fleet, with the Empire losing... all of their ships, actually. By the time the last Lambda took to hyperspace, it was but one quasar and four corvettes remaining, alongside what was left of that massive fighter wing we had. The 117th was completely lost. Guess Conrad's the last surviving member of the 117th wing then. Damn. Admiral Theila Rhyll was KIA when the Vengeance detonated kilometers above Ithor. She was posthumously awarded for her actions in combat. Rogue, Saber, and the Atramanta Warhost are over at the Liberation as I record this log. Supposedly, Saul's gone missing. I've not conducted an operation with him in the longest time, but he is a valuable asset to High Command, apparently. I heard he shot Witton's lover by accident too. Thank the force she's still alive. I... won't be able to join them though. I've got ends to meet over here at Ord Mantell. Particularly, getting a better ship to replace the Razgriz. The Gozanti's starting to be a little... old. Granted, she's one of the most advanced ships in the Alliance thus far, but she's a Gozanti. We're gonna need an upgrade. I heard they're auctioning off a captured Imperial Raider Corvette. Its sleek, it could fit inside of the Phoenix, and most importantly, its Corellian. What can I say? If it comes from my home planet, I'm buying it. Besides, Corellian engineering is always modular. Prices were supposedly through the roof for this thing... and I've got deep enough pockets. I've got the highest bid, leagues away from the other buyers. We're sadly going to strip apart the Razgriz to give this new ship, the "Strider", the upgrades I had on the old Gozanti. Hell, I'll give it protons too if need be. I've learned a thing or two from doing missions onboard the Razgriz. I'll miss this ship, served me well since Altaan. So for now, Admiral Cress, out.

[@SolitarySpade_Davon]

11:06pm, on a school night nonetheless. Ah well, I've got popcorn anyway.

[@theshadowdoctor5500]

hello from the other side of the world, hope school goes well for you mate

[@Frizzleman]

Damn it’s 10 in the morning for me lol that’s pretty cool

[@Revkor]

anotehr good line by the robot. "A toaster is just a death ray with a smaller power supply."

[@Zaeikil]

Commanders Log: Commander Rylan “Saber 1” Brask. Alliance Fighter Squadron Lead [X-Wing Squadron: Callsign - Saber] Reports are still coming in but it seems that if they’re to be believed, we destroyed the Empire's largest fleet in the region that we know of. Over Ithor, the fleet led by the MC80 “Vengeance” was annihilated, guess the man was tired of retreating. In turn, his forces decimated the Imps main fleet. Those brave rebels fought to the end and may have just won us this war. We’ve also secured the planets of Thyferra and Aaragu, leaving the suns without another stronghold. The taking of Aaragu by Captain Eclipse’ fleet was meant to pull that massive Imperial fleet away from the front to a more “important” target. They didn’t take the bait, obviously, as they went for Ithor instead. On the Ord Mantell front, we’ve been conducting raids almost every other day hitting supply lines and other targets to weaken the defenses over Bilbringi. Luckily, they’ve been going much better than our first raid in the Ison Corridor. Our mission was to intercept a freighter convoy, destroy the escorts, hijack the cargo ships, and get out. All with the help of The Liberation directly backing us up. The job went as planned, up until one of the transports called for help and an Imperial response fleet showed up, backed by an old enemy that I thought I’d downed years ago on Vas. Guess he’s still kicking and almost returned the favor. He would have if it hadn’t been for Saber 9, Kino Hadrasi, redirecting his attention long enough for me to get out of G-LOC. Of course Commander Saul Nartha was chosen to lead his men on the hijacking. He was looking incredibly tired beforehand so I guess it’s no surprise that he wasn’t performing at 100%. Apparently he shot Wittons lover, Kylah Karielle, In the heart assuming her to be an enemy. By all rights, she should’ve died. Yet she still lives thanks to a blood transfusion from a Rogue Squadron pilot, Shira Brie. Whatever was in Captain Brie’s blood managed to heal Kylah and bring her back from the brink. Speaking of Saul, the crazy bastards gone missing. Sarthen, one of Saul's Senior Captains, says he was taken by the traitor warhost they were fighting. I suppose that means we’ll have to take him back, I know he’d do the same for me. I’ve already got Kayla looking into it, hopefully she or any of the other Alliance Intelligence agents can find something, anything. Commander Brask, Out. [END OF LOG]

[@swagger24321]

Honestly go heavy ships rebuild that fleet you lost but that fleet sacrifice definitely needs to be honored in the next episode

[@Cody_L._Brock]

Rebel Alliance High Command: Target and Strategy Recommendations Report entitled to: Shack, Captain. SN: 06112010 Black Sun over Atzerri- Something some commanders generally try to do with big fleets that one can’t out muscle or that don’t give them the opportunity to hit some of their units away from the main formation is to get them to chase them in their territory and take the orbit of one their planets. This has the advantage of A. They have no space station. B. You can build ground assets (such as Ion Cannons) to assist in space. C. Your main fleets can usually cut off the ground that’s coming your way assist. And the best part is that for me anyway, whenever the enemy goes to attack a planet of mine, they almost always split their numbers doing so. So that could be the key. Empire- Definitely focus on taking *Ghorman* which has been cut off. While it may not appear advantageous logistics wise, even the AI is limited by a population cap. Taking their unimportant planets ensure they can’t build anymore doom fleets or endless waves of infantry, same with Jedha I believe I see in the map. *Zhar* (planet near Naboo) is also important as you can build Tibanna gas refineries there. That’s more coffers for you to keep your infrastructure going. And the same reason as pop cap too. General list of planet to take- Ghorman, Ring of Kafrene, Zhar (ESPECIALLY THIS ONE) Report Author: Lieutenant Skywalker, Jinn. Addendum: Unrelated to Commander Luke Skywalker.

[@ChrisVillagomez]

0:16 Well it's nice to hear that the Empire is getting tactical ideas from the Russian Federation

[@user-zb5sq5do2k]

Lieutenant Conrad Vinson's Log: Week 366 In orbit above Ithor Sorry I haven't made a log in a while, commander. Recently, my life has been rather... chaotic, to say the least. I can't even call this "Cerulean Aces Log" anymore. My whole fleet is gone, and I've been reassigned to another unit. I wouldn't be alive myself if it weren't for Rogue Squadron, led by Commander Witton Bogre and Admiral Cress. I owe them all my life. Anyway, I was assigned to the Ithor Fleet at the worst possible time. The Empire's fear breakout fleet struck us next. Seven Star Destroyers accompanied by over a dozen smaller escort ships hit us hard. My some miracle, we managed to wipe out their entire fleet, but at the cost of our own. We lost a Dauntless-Class, along with the Bulwark, one of the Alliance's two MC80as. At the end of the battle, the only surviving forces were a few corvettes and a handful of fighter squadrons. We had to make emergency landings and surface airfields because all of our space stations and carriers were destroyed. It was a rude awakening back into the Alliance, but an exciting one at the least. I don’t feel like writing too much in this log. The fight drained me and I may still be recovering from the loss of my unit. Regardless, everything should be okay by next week. I’m already in somewhat better spirits. The Alliance has even given me a new ship to replace my A-Wing: a T-65b X-Wing. Best the Alliance can offer. I don’t have much else to say in this log, so I think I’ll just end it here.

[@Zaeikil]

[I hate to be the correcting type but “The Bulwark” is the Mandator SSD. Not sure which Independence was lost, I think it was the Vengence but I know it wasn’t the Pheonix as that ship is assigned to the Northern fleet with The Lib. I know what Shack said but if it’s not a named ship or The Liberation he has a hard time keeping track of which ship is named what.]

[@user-zb5sq5do2k]

[I know the Mandator was the Bulwark, but since Shack referred to the MC80 as the Bulwark I just assumed he had another ship in his fleet with that same name, as it’s not terribly uncommon for multiple ships to use the same name. I appreciate the help, though.]

[@gideonmiles7161]

Aww man that ithor fight. From the get go. It just felt like such an awesome sacrifice play. A fleet badly outnumbered, but holding the line knowing they could do some damage. And winning, a total "Shipmaster they outnumber us 3 to 1!... then its an even fight." Moment and it got soo hectic. Just awesome. So many heros who gave it all. Knowing that defeating this imperial fleet inflicting the maximum amount of damage to this fleet here and now at any coast would make victory possible in the war, that dozens of invasions could happen if this fleet was battered enough. and there were so many audio line memes. Like "Bwing how are you still alive!!! Bwings: *a very resigned bwing pilot* "Bwings here commander". And the Mc60, Shack: "Oh MC60 you're in trouble". MC60 : *stoically* "Affirmative."

[@Sp4rt4nSl4ya]

I really love the rebel apc in this, getting smoke cover and having it heal your troops is so good, I might play rebels for the first time with the new update just to use that thing

[@admiral_pisces7935]

Captain’s Log #63. Greetings Commander it seems the Grand Imperial Fleet has formed I suggest we don't fight that fleet unless given a good opportunity. We may have to go on the back foot while we finish off the Black Sun. We can't underestimate them, commander. I suggest we build more Dauntless class ships along with Liberty class and Dreadnought class assault ships in order to tank the incoming damage and press back against them. I must now go inform Mon Mothma and the rest of high command. Admiral Pisces out.

[@maryjames8433]

Speaking of Republic at War, I think that was the first video I ever watched on your channel. I was young at the time and thought this was a game that existed as opposed to a mod. That eventually led to Empire at War and my love of RTS games.

[@SuperJamesus]

Iv been loving this series shack.. so happy your dropping them so quickly too. ❤

[@MajorHickE]

If you're trying to do fighter raids/flanking maneuvers, I suggest sending a large, carrier heavy fleet and parking it on the map (quasars with MonCals to tank any response). You can send the bulk of your fighters around the edge of the map while the fleet provides a presence that the AI won't ignore, especially with an MC80 or two to focus on. I've been able to use this tactic to take out tech structures and dockyards, but it does mean leaving your fleet without fighter support; the moment the AI starts losing stations to units the capitals can't target, they're going to throw everything at your main fleet. It's a risky tactic, but it can work especially if you have enough screeners/flak/PD to buy time for your own fighter wings to rejoin the fleet.

[@cocaineshane5718]

I'd like to see more specific ground and orbital buildings for each faction. Like the CoreSec yards that spawn Corellian ships. Even ground structures that are buildable and spawn planetary specific units. Suggestions for faction specific structures: Kuat Drive Yards Mon Cala Shipyards Siener Fleet Systems (Corulag) Incom (Fresia) Rothana Heavy Engineering. It would make those planets more strategic to hold and harder to attack and randomized defense fleets increase playability

[@jonharper4478]

The losses you sustained at Ithor. I would totally make that trade to smash such a fleet.

[@MACaroniUSA]

You should finally go for Corellia and get some of their cool ships going.

[@erikkluczkowski6973]

I love shacks instant "Oh No." when he heard the toaster's speeche

[@starwolf99]

I think the next course of action would be to fully take advantage of the shipyards at Kuat. You have this valuable resource so close to the Core Worlds. Also, you have enough ships in the "North" to take out that lone Star Destroyer blocking Carida.

[@jakewilson5418]

That was epic! Amazing episode. Really looking forward to the new update, and you finishing this series.

[@FCCrewgar]

Ya I was just thinking seeing that fleet in the last episode, that just fighting it out and trying to trade up was the way, then this one drops and you do just that! Great job! :) Now just to do the same to that Black Sun fleet! ;)

[@austinreitan1179]

The battle of taffy Station 3 was a hard fought battle that cost the empire a fleet of star destroyers

[@guardian2066]

@TheXPGamers Shack, Petroglyph is updating Empire at War to 64bit from 32bit. According to Petroglyph, current campaigns will not be playable after the 64 bit update. If a campaign is not completed before the 64 bit update, you will be forced to start over. To continue your current campaign, you can revert to 32 bit version by going to Properties -> Betas -> selecting '32-bit_version'.

[@realforest2001]

I don't know if you noticed at the time, but the Imperial fleet you wanted to move away from Leia left about 20s before you launched the fleet to Aargau.

[@traceedwards8946]

You should get spies to Coruscant and Corellia. Because capturing those two planets gets you the New Republic. Also I would love to see you do The Battle of Endor. For fleet building I would get as many mining facilities as possible to increase your income. Also I would get a Dauntless and Quasars so you can have a fighter advantage. Finally do missions and rescue any heroes that need rescuing, they can be a big help.

[@billygrantham5380]

Rogue Squadron Journal Week 366 - Ord Mantell Cmdr. Witton Bogre - Rogue 2 "Rebel Resolve" It seems that the war for the Mid-Rim has finally tipped in our favor. In an effort to break the stalemate at Caridia, Captain Eclipse took her fleet from Kuat to Aargua and captured the planet, one jump away from Coruscant to draw the imperial fleet away. However the imps didn't fall for the ploy and instead hit us at Ithor, a major clash then ensued that saw the imperial fleet decimated. The Alliance commander, tired of running, decided to stand his ground. The imperials, confident in their overwhelming forces, obviously thought little of the rebel fleet as the two sides engaged. It proved to be their undoing as the rebel commander systematically separated the enemy fleet and one by one turned Star Destroyerd into scrap. Unfortunately the imperials, despite this, fought on and still managed to destroy the sector fleet's flagship and escorts, but the damage was done. The imperial fleet was decimated and unable to recover. The survivors scuttling the last remaining Victorys and jumping out. Here we've been conducting raids against Bilbringi, trying to cut off the supply lines to the shipyards. Our first target was the Ison Corridor where a large convoy was passing through. The raid itself was anything but simple however. Flying in with the Liberation we found the convoy guarded by Atramanta troops loyal to the Empire. They put up a stiff defense and while we did wipe out the convoy and steal the cargo ships, one had taken several hits to it's engine and needed repairs. Kylah was sent over to fix it, however during the battle for control of the ship inside, Kylah was shot accidentally by Saul. He hadn't been right with himself lately and in the chaos of the fight lost himself to the battle. This was only made worse when he hit Kylah. Choosing to throw himself against his enemies he was captured during their retreat. Kylah was rushed to the Liberation, on the brink of death but thanks to the the genetically altered blood of my fellow Rogue Shira Brie, Kylah's body was able to heal itself. I can't thank her enough. If I lost Kylah, I don't know what I'd do. She's all I got left in this galaxy. Losing her would be unbearable. I lost one love once, I can't go through that pain again. A pain I fear Tanya, Saul's wife is feeling all to well right now. We have to find and get Saul back. If for not for Tanya, then so I can punch that crazy son of a Hutt for nearly taking Kylah away.

[@sonofjack6286]

(As the Rogues and Sabers gather in the Liberation's command deck, Sarrick and the Third's officers stand gathered together, the Nineteenth's officers under Halep and Asura sit between the squadrons. Scattered amongst the group are the twenty-four other Raxus Men that remain from the start of the war, all of them captains.) Sarrick: Pilots and ground pounders, meet Abraxa Luba. (As Sarrick presses a button on the holo-projector, an image of a woman appears. Said woman has long pale blonde hair and icy blue eyes. Aside from her looks, she has a fur lined coat over a skintight bodyglove.) Sarrick: Don't let the good looks and atrocious fashion sense fool you. She's a cold, venom brinking slattern who would gladly throw anyone here to a rancor to advance her career. Talion: And we Raxus Men have a far better name for her. Raxus Men: Roofie Bitch. (Most of the Raxus Men proceed to mumble oscenities underntheir breath. Talion and the Galtez twins both spit on the deck.) Saurthen: Now, I know this would be personal for Saul, but it's necessary. How much has he talked about his time on Raxus before joining up with you guys on the Liberation? [For the record, Saul likely hasn't said much about Raxus other than being there for about a year.]

[@billygrantham5380]

@@sonofjack6286 (Witton sits back in his seat.) Witton: "He hasn't said much of anything about it. Just that it wasn't a good time." Janson: "Wasn't.. wasn't she that girl that Saul was with first or something like that?"

[@Zaeikil]

@@billygrantham5380 (Rylan Shrugs.) Rylan: "I've never heard anything from him about his time on Raxus. Granted, I never asked, he never told."

[@sonofjack6286]

@Zaeikil (At Janson's question, all of the Raxus Men look at him with wide-eyed glares, especially the twins.) Sarrick: No, no, that was Aliba, who was a twilek. Abraxa here would've been his second, though not by his own volition. Talion: Context, Saul and I were at a bar on his birthday, which he shares with the Empire. I go off to take a piss, and I come back to see Luba has come in and is chatting with Saul, being all flirty as they're drinking, having moved to another part of the bar with a few cups of beer. Saul was plastered by the time she paid the tab for the three of us, after just four cups. The first time I brought him out, he'd downed that much and wasn't even half as drunk. She says she can bring him back to the barracks. I connected the dots and got Saul before she brought him out of the bar, grabbing a glass Saul had drank for good measure. Luba stars getting annoyed when I insist that I take him back, so I just yank Saul from her and walk him back to the barracks for our great company. Vassar gets a droid to check the glass. Found out she'd spiked Saul's glasses with tranquilizers. Vassar and I told him after his hangover was gone, and he'd wanted to kill Luba then and there. We talked him down, and Vassar put in a demand with Eureon that we get a transfer to Rhen Var. Saurthen: Word got out about Luba and her deeds after she'd gotten away with it with some local blueblood. She never got court martialed, just transferred from the Ninth to the newly raised Thirty-First, the same day the former got orders to head for more northerly battlefields, and the latter was marked for garrison duty once Vassar got us moved to the Southern Fleet. (As the others process the new information, Shin speaks up.) Shin: Reports from home say the Thirty-First never returned their hails after the Eleventh Fleet attacked. What we managed to pry from the lips of the traitors were captured at the Corridor is that Luba seems to have gotten in bed with the Empire. Apparently she chafed under the Alliance and not getting what she thought as posts worthy of her station, like the Hutt and Corporate Campaigns, where Saul was winning accolades and taking worlds. Halep: The news of Saul's star rising hurt her pride, enough she started to emulate him. Apparently, those commanders among the warhosts that respect Saul began to call her "Lady Saul." Talion: Heh, fitting. [Luba is basically a female Saul without the mild psychopathy and wanting to paint a good image of her troops, so she's a level of crazy a few levels below him. Meanwhile, she's twice as prideful. Basically, take Saul's personality and have him possess Talia al'Ghul from DC. That's a good enough analogy of her.]

[@billygrantham5380]

​@@sonofjack6286(Wedge crosses his arms.) Wedge: Sounds like a real charming character." Witton: "Another Saul? One is bad enough." (Janson has a confused look.) Janson: "Okay, someone explain to me how, short, top knotted, brightly colored shirt guy gets so many women?" Hobbie: "Crazy" women Wes. There's a difference." Janson: "Aren't they all though?" (The comment drawing pointed looks from the assembled women in the room.) Dar: "Smooth, buddy." (Plourr crack's her knuckles.) Plourr: "Sounds like the perfect target to take out. If there's anything I despise more than Imps, it's traitors that join them! When do we kick down her door? I need my drinking partner back!" (Hobbie looks over to Janson.) Hobbie: "See? Crazy."

[@LoliFoxQueen]

the Bulwark is the SSD Shack, the MC80 you lost was most likely the Phoenix.

[@bananajoe5703]

it feels nice to find you again and start watching you religiously like i did a couple years ago haha. i remember your 8 1/2 hr vid of the finish of one of your playthroughs as the empire and i remember it too me like 3 days to finish it. thanks for all the great vids and time!

[@freelancer835]

Still love the fact the crushers use the old world blues toaster dialogue from new Vegas…

[@daveb6722]

Lol, went from "Ime hiding behind this rock" to "Thou Shalt Not Pass"

[@cropathfinder]

the gauntlet at Ithor is an appropriate name for this battle

[@kylehiltz9962]

Have been watching your content for years. Your video's are so entertaining. I feel like I do these campaigns with you. Can't wait to finish this mission with you Cpt

[@TheCaptainBasil]

Build a whole new fleet. Independence at Mon Cala, dauntless at Sulust Van, Freedom at Kuat. Then start cranking out star fighters at the Corsec worlds and Hoth. Finally, deal with Fondor so you can get another Capital Ship Yard.

[@irmaosmatos4026]

Amazing episode, the invasion of the core shall be glorious

[@Plywerd6]

Congrats on the victory! The Imperial in me wishes that the AI were a bit brighter, though.

[@Tirak117]

Take Coruscant and Corellia and declare the Republic, it'll give you access to Republic Star Destroyers to help you knock out the big Imperial fleets.

[@JohnNukem]

“All that training…and I’m just gonna delete the grid square” brother I laughed so hard😂😂😂

[@Adventureawaits64]

Don’t forget that the ion cannons also destroy enemy fleets one ship at a time that blockades that planet that has one. Also I ❤ zelda

[@jaywerner8415]

The "Doom fleet" as your calling it, consists of: 2 Victory 2s, 1 Victory 1, 4 Advanced ISD2s, 1 standard ISD 2, 1 Tector class ISD, 1 Standard ISD 1, 1 Advanced ISD1, 3 Strike Crusiers, 1 Standard Ton Folk (Tie Fighters and Bombers), 1 advanced Fighter Ton Folk (Tie Advanced and Tie Interceptors) and 2 Advanced Bomber Ton Folks (Tie Punishers, and Heavy Fighters) Honestly, the biggest pain is probably the ISD 2s and Carriers. ISD2s have RAPID FIRING LONG RANGE Duel Turbo Lasers, its kinda NUTZ. Your gonna want H wings to knock out all those Turbo Laser batteries. Flak Boats and GUNSHIPS to combat the FIGHTER SWARM! X wings are good since they are muti purpose fighters. A wings are always good since they can't be hit by Missiles. Edit: oh you killed them. NICE JOB. A Pyritic victory, but a Victory none the less.

[@alex.zeze16]

the Indipendence went down like phoenix home, fighting, giving hope to the galaxy and spitting the empire

[@harrisondansie9542]

You have good momentum in your favor with taking out that fleet at Ithor and seizing Aargau. Freeing up Carida for positioning and maybe moving a task force into the back planets of the Core near Jakku and Jedha would probably make the Imperial AI lock up for a bit.

[@MultiLoska]

The new version looks outstanding! I watched the trailer the ground stuff and pathing looks great and all the extra planets wow lol.

[@harozuken]

Honestly I love the idea of taking decomissioned z-95 starfighters and repurposing them for ground support.

[@quox3987]

With how effective artillery has proven you’d think there’s be a building version for planet defense. While I could see the Rebels only having their mobile version because of their tactics I still feel like the Empire could and would use static ones.

[@goldenguardian8753]

A new episode already? Nice!

[@nyxorelius]

If you want you could have the final episode of this version of the Mod being the Battle of Coruscant; win or lose it will be a epic battle.

[@nickwyckoff85]

You should take the time to consolidate your space forces into 3 fleets. A southern fleet to deal with the black sun, the core fleet to protect the east and hit the empire, and a northern fleet to secure Carida, Corulag, and to take Bilbringi to take away the imperial capital ship production. That’s what I usually do

[@aceclub3555]

Oh I hope that Shack didn't loose his Saves from the 64 bit conversion patch.

[@tkc1129]

Shack, Ion Cannons on the U-Wing are for DISABLING mechanical units. This causes a disastrous stun effect on them. Some things like Shiled Generators do take a lot of damage from this, presumably because they have too much power this is overloading and causing damage. But just because the ion cannons don't normally do damage does not mean that it's a had choice; U-Wings are a GREAT choice against droids and vehicles.

[@gallitheenbyfox]

i wonder if shack ever feels remorse killing the few venators remaining in the galaxy.

[@statusquo3559]

It would be dope to see you re-build the fleet and take down the Hapes

[@RAHULPATEL-mz2dk]

think about doing an infantry spec ops raid on Atzerri considering that space stations are too strong while the ground garrison is weak enough that a raid should take over the planet without a costly space battle to take out the black sun there

[@SputNStuff]

the crusher droids sound super terrifying

[@jeremye4009]

Game update landed from Petroglyph!!! My saves are dead but what the hell. I can't believe they made a patch so many years after.

[@Vonadu]

Spies. We need orbital spies. After that antything galatic south of Aagura should be considered forfeit. Look at hyperspace chokepoints and build your bulwark planets.

[@Sigma0283]

Considering how costly the space battle of Ithor was, you may want to take a break from combat to rebuild that battered fleet.

[@skipper2285]

A diversionary "Hey, come catch me, sucker!" tac force in that first battle might have distracted the enemy heavies and allowed the rocket jockeys to eat that shipyard. With what has to be the bulk of the Imperial navy destroyed, it might be time (again) to close the curtains on the Black Sun front.

[@garikglenn8272]

Those tracked tanks for some reason have really really bad sensor range. And I would suggest going after bilbringi and corellia get rid of that capitol ship production.

[@jacovo974]

Shack, if it gets too close to december, I'd suggest "finishing" the campaign by taking Coruscant

[@ThieflyChap]

Soon, the planet Ithor will be wearing a pretty little ring made of the finest Imperial debris.

[@Freesorin837]

Compared to the Morningstar fighter, the Black Sun wish they had ground support Z-95s

[@starwolf99]

A group of blockade runners taking out a wounded Star Destroyer is the epitome of the rebellion.

[@lyinarbaeldeth2456]

Shack finally stood and fought! 🥳

[@TjtheSquishyLegomanic]

All Battles: 05:55 Thyferra Ground Invasion 20:05 Aargau Space Raid/Invasion 34:56 Atzerri Space Invasion 38:26 Acclamator Gets Deleted 40:40 Carida Space Confusion 42:24 Ithor Space Defense 1:04:20 Aargau Ground Invasion

[@Pryomaniac65]

Galactic contention 31:37

[@diamondq7s124]

Need to count all the fleets the empire has and attack the small ones and build more fighters and bigger ships. Well the building is happening you can attack the small fleets until all ships are ready and push to the building docks the empire has.

[@blackburn1489]

New update broke the saves. RIP Shack's campaign

[@weeatsushi9130]

I think it would be a good idea to strick bilbringi now since their fleet is destroyed also stricking courolag and borleia would be a good idea while they are rebulinding their fleets.

[@isaacdestura7495]

1:13:05 If you wanted to win as fast as possible, I think the play probably is head straight in for Coruscant and take the orbit. Gather as much ground forces as you can, maybe let the jedi join for the lore. While that’s happening, you’d want to target as many enemy naval production and assets as possible, to reduce the enemy capacity to fight and come back. Bilbringi, Atzerri (fleet), Byss and Fondor.

[@calebowen6080]

I think if you're going to prioritize the space defense over Ithor, you should sell the turbo lasers and install a ion cannon. It would be nice to have if the imps sent an ssd at you.

[@Ser_Swenfeld]

The heavy tanks have basically no sight, they need spotters

[@Vonadu]

Rebel flag ships holding out for escape pods into Ithor, local star systems fighter groups flying in, unloading all ordinance, flying to the surface reloading, the Empire dealing with shielded fighters as numerous as ties, and civilian volunteers over Ithor saving everyone they can.

[@r0bvert935]

It hurts me immensely seeing Shack call the medium tank that is fantastic at taking out enemy structures and vehicles, that I’ve been wishing he’d use all series long being referred to as a light tank for anti infantry

[@tjlnn22]

Shack the tanks not having any FOW reveal is normal. While their description says they do its actually wrong. Rebel heavy tanks have no FOW reveal but your other armour does

[@evictionbeats]

14:26 made me laugh so hard

[@danpalage577]

Go for fondor and the the planets around it. Take all the empire southern weak planets. Then push through wipe out the black sun and push into the core from the south. Jedha too

[@foxyfoxy5140]

The imperial fleet you destroid at ithor was the bilbringi fleet that is good tharget.

[@jaywerner8415]

No Shack, the "Crushers" are Heavy Armor, DROIDS. Want to know how to SHUT DOWN Droid units? Ion Damage. Your APCs and the U wing have ion cannons, and the Ton Tons have ion grenades (right?). Other then that pump as many rockets into them as possible.

[@theenigmaencoder92]

i think you should move the jedi off Ilum use use them for the final push into the core.

[@HeadCannonPrime]

I'm totally doing a Black Sun run when the mod update drops.

[@weeklygameing2064]

Honestly was kinda hoping he would build some mandolrian fang fighters

[@Nigerian_chemist52]

I had 3 campaigns AOTR, FOTR, and thrawns revenge. I had one planet to beat on FOTR and about half way done with AOTR they all deleted last night for some reason, never been more mad in my life.

[@zacharyschweibinz1285]

Petroglyph updated the game from 32-bit to 64. Corey Loses explains how to get those back.

[@steffanyschwartz7801]

Honestly losing one of the weaker fleets for taking out the largest Imperial one, great win. Now it’s just taking out the Black Sun for good and strangling the empire down