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[@legendairenic6247]

Thrawn can be bought with credits on planets with imperial palaces if not acquired through the mission line. Otherwise, he's a major hero like Vader so he could be obtained via a rescue mission. I'd check first if he can be purchased and if not, reload the save and do the mission

[@shawnateiagd7697]

I would go back in the save thrawn is dead and it was because of a trade ship, but it is arguably really funny.

[@j_fantajay]

Funny thing actually, is that I did this quest early in the campaign, I DID have a fleet strong enough to face even multiple of the story fleets. I was able to conquer both warlord worlds but when the rebels attacked me near the sector they were able to kill thrawn with just two of the fish-shaped dreadnoughts (forgot name), this was the fault of the pathfinding ai. Now even though I did EVERYTHING in the quest except rebuild the tier 3 shipyard and lost thrawn before it could finish, it’s not continuing for some reason. This happened YESTERDAY.

[@j_fantajay]

Idk if I need thrawn to do the story/quest talking (top left text) to continue

[@shawnateiagd7697]

@@j_fantajay you don't need thrawn, I think, but his bonus is really good and is just a great hero to have

[@Steadfast34]

I think it sucks he lost thrawn, but I like thematically and from a game play perspective that there’s a rebellion shack has to deal with in what was his base of power.

[@honorless1719]

I'll allow it, as many of us seem to agree it's ok to take a mulligan on this.

[@theovoldjopus4272]

I love how even mentioning Corey's work triggeres his curse of losing heroes in the dumbest way possible lmao

[@harrisondansie9542]

Shack: "I'll RP as Shed building up his power base in the north so I can carry over into Thrawn's Revenge with that faction." Monkey's paw: *curls*

[@drksideofthewal]

My headcanon is that Thrawn saw what Shed was doing, and singlehandedly orchestrated the fall of all of those planets.

[@alballoshi9634]

You should relode the save so you can win the battle over caline

[@honorless1719]

We will allow it

[@ColonelZoren]

Yeah, that random Gozanti was bs.

[@JimmyBobGandalf]

I also agree - if Admiral Shed is going to lose the northern sector that he worked hard on building up, it should be because of a hard-fought, honest battle, NOT because a random freighter waltzed in and triggered a battle it couldn't win - that's not funny, that's just stupid. Whilst I'm here: Mod authors, I agree that scripted missions are awesome, and love seeing them, but you have got to stop freighters from triggering them by accident. I don't know whether or not this is the first time this has happened (I realise that this may well be the only time it's happened), but please make it the last time it does.

[@SterlingWhitehead]

Redo. You get a mulligan. Please respect our time by not making us watch 2-3 hours of reconquests for a silly transport

[@SolitarySpade_Davon]

I'm sorry, did we just lose thrawn because of a single awfully timed gozanti

[@Thechannelthatexistsforcontent]

HE WHAT?

[@simpleviewer1334]

He should redo this entire section, losing Thrawn to sheer awful luck is genuinely stupid

[@theelectricgamer9889]

Thrawn is a major hero and he can be rescued.

[@peterhong7090]

@@simpleviewer1334 No, thats just how Shack's games go. If you are a 'hero' you don't live long.

[@SolitarySpade_Davon]

@@theelectricgamer9889 that's a relief

[@cadenlarkin165]

The AT-MP was actually from Force unleashed 2 (or it at least showed up there)

[@ludo1890]

It's in star wars commander game right?

[@ryancroy]

​@@ludo1890 Yes. But it was in TFU2 first I think.

[@captainzach6226]

​@@ludo1890 I believe might have been before the game shut down

[@jeremycolon7337]

The loss of Thrawn is truly one of the moments of “uhh wtf” that happens just like when your Jedi/Stealth Hero gets dropped into the middle of the enemy base not near any landing zones and instantly gets them killed. (Looking at you Bakura map for Thrawns Revenge 3.3 😅). I would say to do a “save scum” as that was completely out of your control but at the same time, it makes it feel just a little more “realistic”.

[@shanehudson3995]

Makes me think of my Clone Wars run where Mace Windu, on a sliver of health, ran through 9 units of B1s and one shotted Dooku. Almost snapped my keyboard.

[@jeremycolon7337]

@@shanehudson3995 and then he mystically regains enough hp to live and make it back to the enemy despite every single unit focusing him😂.

[@shanehudson3995]

@@jeremycolon7337 I was very salty.

[@OkenWS]

Definitely save scum. That was hilarious and in my head I could imagine Thrawn standing on his bridge “Sir, hyperspace signature incoming.” “Ah yes, Moff Shed, right on time. Commence the attack!” “It’s a single Gozanti freighter, sir!” (Thrawn’s eyes widen as the warlord fleet closes in on the Chimera. He has been outdone by this upstart Moff. Interesting. He will go far.) But ultimately it’s just derailing a cool script and removing the possibility of using Thrawn in Shed’s story which is a great shame - plus I don’t think we want to watch you retake those worlds again.

[@rmcgowa1987]

Admonitor not Chimera Shack just thinks that because current canon is different originally Thrawn had the Admonitor only later did he get the Chimera and AOTR also follows this.

[@mr.president7190]

Mission triggered by a auto pathing freighter, perfection On the plus side, makes for a better story, someone is challenging sheds power with a sizable force

[@tkc1129]

I just wish Zaarin's forces could attack and expand.

[@mr.president7190]

@@tkc1129hmmmmm, wouldn’t that be cool…

[@Lair_of_Adair]

Is there anyway to get Thrawn now? I've been a bit curious and the comments seem a bit preplexed by the issue.

[@SolitarySpade_Davon]

[ Personal Log ] [ Reagel Felrin, 457th Imperial Tactical Squadron "Dagger", Flight Lead ] "The Northern Schism" Shed's little empire in the north is crumbling. Parrel briefed us earlier regarding this development. One of the Grand Admirals saw the weakness in Shed's control over the Muunilist region. He took that chance. Much of the 501st, Veers, they all left to deal with this newfound threat. Luckily, we weren't assigned. We were needed for the following battle of Roche. Keegan's out of intensive care now. He's got a few prosthetic organs in him now. Otherwise, he's not changed much physically. Mentally, though, he's... a little out of it. During the battle earlier, we did notice he wasn't flying like he did before. He seems to be more careful now, guess he learned his lesson. Right, the Agent has returned back to the fleet too. One of their agents, Tek, went out drinking with Foulke, Vicke, and Moran earlier. I'm here watching over everyone else. That, and repairing my TIE. Other than that, the other squadron members did agree on a sparring match between us and the Baron's squadron. Figured that'd maintain our skills. For now though, Reagel Felrin, out.

[@Awsomonium]

Looking at Interdicter: "We've got the balls for this operation." Love it. Your Empire at War campaigns are definitely my favourite series. They come out around Midnight my time, so it's always a nice surprise the next morning if there's a new one out.

[@demonkingdan2018]

I think having Shed being the de-facto leader of the north for Thrawn’s Revenge would be great. Also I don’t know if anyone else has told you yet, but that area where Bastion and Yaga Minor are is controlled by the Pentastar Alignment during the warlord era which was lead by Grand Moff Ardus Kaine who took over the role of Grand Moff of the Oversector Outer after Tarkin died. After Endor, he took his fleet as well as his SSD “Reaper” to that region of space where he built an Imperial-Capitalist conglomerate with local MegaCorps. Fun fact, he sent forces to Thrawn during the Thrawn Campaign, but didn’t join in. When Palpatine came back, he participated in Dark Empire and died in an attack while he was in his private shuttle due to being betrayed. After his death, the PA continued long after the other warlords were essentially defeated and the territory became the Imperial Remnant’s territory till the Orinda Campaign. (Sorry for the text wall, but I hope you or anyone else reading this found it interesting!)

[@shanehudson3995]

Kaine rocks.

[@Butterfingers49]

Thanks for the lore

[@Josankillas]

Head Cannon: All imperial trading vessels have fake ISS signals that make it look like a large imperial fleet was coming into system. This usually scares off all enemy's who jump out of system and leave the trading vessels alone. Thrawn thought a huge fleet was on his way to help and jumped into system and miscalculated. Thrawn didnt read his email.

[@cloaker_1707]

I think you should go back on that save and redo that mission cause that gozanti was bs.

[@ianthompson654]

You should definitely reload for thrawn. That really messed up how the campaign sorry should've been.

[@generalstarcat9961]

34:55 @TheXPGamers I couldn’t get Thrawn cus Mine glitched since I had left troops on Kalee so I still had control of the surface. I started building a planetary turbo but it hadn’t finished when my fleet had gotten there so I retreated. Which caused me to never get Thrawn

[@ChrisVillagomez]

Eventually, the Emperor is going to force Shed to rescue Vader. You're also missing out on an ISD that could go to the southern fronts to counteract Admiral Ozzel's abysmal leadership. I also agree with other comments, save-scumming to get Thrawn back would be better storywise than him just dying over Yaga Minor to some random Imperial chump

[@naoura4939]

"Hammer of the Empire" moment with the three AT-aT's and infantry support.

[@billygrantham5380]

501st Journal Week 175 - Roche Sgt. Kale - Triton squad "Shed's Crumbling Empire" Shed's incompetent leadership has finally come home to roost. This is what happens when you put your own ambition ahead of the Empire as a whole. There's been a full blown imperial rebellion against Shed in his region. Scores of planets have been lost and confusion is rampant. So naturally who does Shed call on in his hour of need? Admiral Star. After attempting to assassinate him, Shed has come crawling back for help after being personally recommended by Grand Admiral Thrawn. Star was not pleased but after a little bit of negotiating and MANY stipulations from Star on how things would be run now, Star allowed General Veers and a portion of the 501st to be reassigned to crush the imperial rebellion. Many of the commanders now loyal to Star would lay a better groundwork for Shed's reborn empire. Triton squad was not part of that deal as we remain with the Admiral. With Star's people now embedded with Shed and removing his old ineffective commanders, maybe there's a better future for the Empire as a whole with Star and Shed now working together. Time will tell. I just hope Shed has learned his lesson this time.

[@NP3GA]

(Onéka and the rest of the death squadron leadership enter. Onéka looks at Star with a big smirk in his face and begins to clap his hands.) Onéka: My congratulations admiral. This is your doing isn't it? Either way, me and the rest of our little team want to congratulate you on the fact we officially had Shed begging for help. Zagael: And so, we thought it appropriate to have a small celebration. (Multiple members reveal bottles of wine and glasses.)

[@billygrantham5380]

@@NP3GA (Star hides his surprise as he takes one of the bottles offered as a gift and inspects it.) Star: "Corellian brandy. My favorite. Thank you. All of you. I appreciate the gift very much. Although I wish I could say this WAS my doing. I merely did what all good imperials do..." (Star smirks) Star: "...I took advantage of the situation. You'll find that that is often the case with such good fortune. Grand Admiral Thrawn did much the same. Such a public display of humiliation and failure for Shed will be payback enough for almost getting us killed. In the meantime, I suppose I could rest for an hour and share some drinks." (Star pops a bottle and pours out drinks.) "To the Empire and to Death Squadron." [Shack really messed up that entire thing. I'm pretty certain Thrawn is not gonna show up again because he lost the mission, but it works out well enough for our little story I guess.]

[@NP3GA]

@@billygrantham5380 [death squadron fights on, no matter the danger.] (Everyone with one voice.) "FOR THE EMPIRE."

[@sonofjack6286]

​@NP3GA (Eiolig looks over at Onéka, his displeasure at the latter's enthusiasm clear.) Eiolig: You do realize that this still means Shed's entire fiefdom has risen up against him, yes? Not to mention we need to retake that entire region _again?_ So maybe save the wine until after we have all the traitors hung. Well, those who refuse to turn to the winning side. (He looks over at Star.) Eiolig: The king and Crown Prince have asked me to tell you that regiments of the Old Hundred and the First and Second Fleets are ready to deploy and run rampant across the territory of the warlords. I must ask what level of aggression is appropriate. Should they go with "Black Eye." or "Hordes of Hell?" [I think it's safe to say Shed's mismanagement would catapult Lucius out of the doghouse with Star, especially since the in-universe need for manpower has risen a decent bit. His question to Star can be translated as "how much damage do you want the Tanarithians to do?" Either they can do quick, short raids to damage stuff, or destroy anything and everything of strategic value to the warlords, leave no survivors any outpost, base, or depot they find, and stick the heads of the defenders on pikes.]

[@NP3GA]

@@sonofjack6286 (Onéka looks back at Eiolig and sighs.) Onéka: "That guy is the reason I can't go and save my lord, he has been hoarding recourses to build his own mini empire and he's been nothing but a pain in the behind for me and my team since day one, I think we deserve to enjoy his very much deserved predicament. Besides." (Onéka extents his hands out to show the rest.) "We are Death squadron. Ending the lifes of traitors is not our job, it's our life."

[@Autofire-nw5ty]

30:45 I got that reference Indy

[@laoch690]

Am I old now for knowing this?

[@NP3GA]

Death squadron log: Roche, how much I did not miss this place cannot be said. Once again high command wants us to clear up their mess, let us see how long it would take before they loose again. As for the battle itself, it was, to my humble admission, a breath of fresh air. Finally saw those new 'Star Defender' fighters, they certainly, did not disappoint. We unfortunately had to babysit a Hapan ship we brought along, the indignity. At least they did not get in our way. Next stop, the Whill, because there is not enough gambling in this fleet as it is. Log ends. Jeice: ONÉKA. Onéka: (annoyed) yes? Jeice: You've got to see this. Onéka: (Reading the reports of what is going on in the north) I'm starting to love my life.

[@diamondq7s124]

When Thrawn was going to that planet he didn't know there was a big fleet there to keep that place safe. He knows he can't wen the battle but when he was about to retreat, someone was a spy in his Destroyer and destroyed the battleship. But no one knows if he is still alive or got killed in the ship.

[@SamuelJamesNary]

Imp Rep 40 - The good news is that Commodore Shed has not been part of this rogue Imperial faction... the bad news is that he remains the same tactical idiot he was in the Clone Wars. There are countless reports from his brother, Shack, along with various Old Republic officers, both those that joined the Rebellion and remained loyal to the Empire that made the commentary that Shed had a nasty habit of running into far larger Separatist forces than imagined and being forced to either rely on a traitorous Jedi coming to his rescue or the fact that he ended up having support from one of these other officers. And while a lot of the over aggression that Shed had in the Clone Wars is no longer there, his caution has created many additional problems. This has been shown in the loss of Grand Admiral Thrawn. From what the transponder signals and intelligence reports would indicate, the revolt came from some traitorous warlords under the command of Grand Admiral Zaarin, a tactician who had worked with Thrawn on the TIE Defender Project. Isolated from main front line commands, Zaarin felt neglected and decided to seize on the opportunity for his own personal revenge. Thrawn's spy, Rook, had managed to pin Zaarin down to the Kalee system, likely looking over the graveyard of the Kalee warriors from earlier in the campaign. Despite taking the orbit over Yaga Minor and having forces in the area, Shed kept his fleet put and sent out no communications out to trade ships in the region... and a freighter, thinking that Kalee was clear stumbled into the battle. Thrawn did arrive with the Chimera but found himself facing multiple Star Destroyers and some kind of hyper-lane jamming ship, suspected of being an interdictor cruiser. It shows that Zaarin was dedicated to this betrayal, and while Thrawn managed to save the freighter, the last both the freighter and Shed's forces reported, the Chimera was being hurled at near lightspeed into a star. In this, we can assume that Thrawn is dead with the crew of the Chimera and now Shed must retake nearly all the worlds that were there at the start of the campaign. We have also gotten reports that Grand Moff Kane has been killed by Zaarin's forces as well when they took Bastion. General Veers' ground troops were able to retake the surface of Yaga Minor, but the loss of Thrawn and Grand Moff Kane will only mean that Shed's fleet will be faced with a sell stocked warlord with a strong force behind him... In this, it would confirm that Shed is like many of the officers that Lord Vader has executed. Inattentive and ineffective... and repeating many of the same mistakes over and over again. In this, while Vader's fleet resumes its operations and build up as part of the operations around Mandalore... retaking the Roche Asteroid Belt... it would be advisable that once Lord Vader is rescued that he be assigned to massage Shed's throat for his incompetence leading to the deaths of a Grand Moff and a Grand Admiral. - Secretary Boss Mann, ISB.

[@rmcgowa1987]

Correction in your text Thrawn in the EU and also in AOTR has the Admonitor during the Galactic Civil War not the Chimera.

[@SamuelJamesNary]

@@rmcgowa1987 - They give him the Chimera in the game. That's why Boss Mann's record has Thrawn on the Chimera.

[@Marinealver]

Admiral Thrawn knows when he is under INCOMPETENT command. Can we also point out that Shed's best Admiral is none other than Ozzel. Commander Shed still owes Lord Vader a apology.

[@rmcgowa1987]

Narratively Shed would be long dead at this point Vader would have freed himself long ago and chocked Shed to death for ignoring him as well as any others under his command.

[@sky_comet]

if you reload the save to save thrawn (which i would in your position) you could make it a part of the intro that shed had a dream or premenition through the force and so prioritised the mission

[@jarensmiarowski5493]

I guess Thrawn just went back home to the ascendency because he realized that the empire has shed and doesn't need him anymore :'(

[@sonofjack6286]

More like, "Oh balls, there are too many ships here for me to fight. I'm not dying on a suicide mission."

[@ajbagniewski4349]

rip Totalbiscuit him jesse cox were the reason why i started watching KZbin but you are the reason i keep watching ❤

[@MrToastercide]

I think total biscuit recommended sins of a solar empire which is how I found shack

[@jackgibson5390]

You got to reload for thrawn the game just got messed up due to that gazzanti

[@sonofjack6286]

Captain's Log Week 175 Roche Guess the vacation got cut short. The entire northern region of the Empire has risen in revolt. Apparently, some grand admiral, I think his name was Zarrin, he gathered a bunch of the Northern forces and mutinied against Shed. Now, there are dozens of warlords carving up the northern sectors around Muunilist. Much of the 501st and Star's officers have been ordered to the north to aid in retaking what used to be Shed's little kingdom. In the meantime, the 14th has been taken out of timeout. Meanwhile, Tanarith has been calling for war against those warlords. Lucius has gotten calls from officers of the Old Hundred to get Star to okay them going on the offensive. While they clamor, Death Squadron has pushed on to Roche. The reconquest of the Perlemian Run is underway.

[@be-noble3393]

Shack: “It takes control out of the players hand’s” That’s the most realistic thing about them. Thou, losing Thrawn that way was still kinda dumb.

[@l.fil.6185]

I would reload, you lost most of your hard faught planets not to mention thrawn because of a trade ship

[@alexi4829]

"I swear I'm hallucinating, I'm sure I saw a Tie drop out of hyperspace all on its own, no carrier to deploy from or anything! It had 3 sets of wings that looked like inside out Tie interceptor wings, I think it launched missiles? It was just... so bizarre! It has to be an hallucination from the exhaustion from all these practice flights we're doing whilst in the Roche asteroids, maybe when I get a break I'll get a check-up..." Beady didn't have time to say anything else before being summoned for yet more flight practice, he was beginning to think someone higher up the chain of command was just bored and looking for something to do.

[@LarsLoveToMosh]

Would be nice to see you play one of Corey's Mods. I'am myself right now a little bit burned out in terms of Awakening of the Rebellion. I try right now to get a feeling for Corey's mods but after years of Aotr everything is so different. Would be nice to see a let's Play of Thrawn's Revenge

[@rmcgowa1987]

Thrawn's Revenge is definitely better than Fall of the Republic I have to say the New Republic just has better units than the republic. I had basically won as the republic/proto empire and only had a few cis planets left but honestly couldn't be bothered with the silly amount of units on these planets one had multiple HMP gunships the republic does not have great options for dealing with these their AA is okay but not great. Some planets just had stupid amounts of crab droids plus garrisons and any other troops the cis got from captured points I sent waves of clones at this bs and didn't even make a dent. In the end I couldn't be bothered and declared victory and moved on to AOTR.

[@lyinarbaeldeth2456]

Thrawn's intricate and carefully laid plans being ruined by a random unknown factor (freighter captain at the wrong moment) is the most Thrawn way to lose Thrawn.

[@apertureemployee215]

Imagine poor Thrawn showing up to fight Zaarin and finding out his "backup fleet" is a single light freighter "SHEEEEEEEEEEED!!!"

[@roguejoe]

13:41 Hey, its Raph. *** A little TOO Raph. ***

[@nucleargandhi3759]

"Everything here can be be replaced. Well almost everything..." *Glances at the Venator in a sinister manner*

[@nathanskeen5865]

You should def reload the save. I personally would. That loses you a ton of money, time, and troops for something that is for all intents and purposes a glitch

[@benlyon5118]

I've never seen someone so consistent... at screwing up missions

[@Hollex28]

Reload the game man, it's a pretty fun battle that we missed because of a merchant. This battle and the battle of Endor are the best of the mod for me.

[@emperortethysusdacertified8175]

39:15 Those are the two different canon design iterations of the AT-AT, Shack. The "normal" ones are the pre-war era model seen in Rebels and Jedi Fallen Order/Survivor, while Veers' is the galactic civil war era model.

[@trentmadcat2709]

Hiya cap,Thrawn Revenge 0:03 Empire friendly faction on the Northside of the galaxy. Are Pentastar alignment and Zsinj Empire. The PA are fighter friendly Empire, Zsinj got the great ground game .

[@meeshterman]

Hey Shack, just wanted to let you know that Episode 39 is not currently in the playlist for the season. Love the content and thank you for it all!

[@cocaineshane5718]

The Monitor role serves as a long range fire support vessel. So the Imperial cruiser is good for dishing out lots of firepower at range like the Arquitens. It's an up-gunned frigate.

[@Awsomonium]

Yes, the Star Wing's wings do fold up. There are a few images on the ship's wiki page that show that.

[@Pope_Francis_III]

38:03 “These boots were made for stomping your ass, let’s go.”

[@Sapherzz]

Referencing your discussion about Star Trek Armada feature with ships husks from battles - can you imagine if this mod did the same thing per battle? Instead of the ships breaking up and eventually just exploding and disappearing, imagine if the ships either broke apart and floated there as a background graphic for the rest of battle, or looked like they were disabled? That would be really neat (but I suspect a difficult thing to integrate)!

[@nucleargandhi3759]

The F stands for flight, which multiple make up a squadron. A wing is bigger than a squadron as it is made up of multiple squadrons

[@skipper2285]

Shed the Warlord not understanding the basic tenet of warlording: What's mine is mine, what's yours is mine, and if you blink then you get eliminated.

[@WhimsicalPacifist]

Kalee's been taken over by a rebelling Moff! The Empire needs to stomp out this insurgency immediately! Shack spends *8 minutes* in the Galactic map before a random civilian freighter responds to Thrawn's beacon. The insurgency has spread to 6 planets now!

[@bradleywoods1999]

Im a bit sad these episodes are going down in length, for most of this series they've been an hour or more. However the last few have been 40 - 50 min each, sucks cause I love this series.

[@jakubmakalowski6428]

They do seem to be more frequent though.

[@bradleywoods1999]

@@jakubmakalowski6428 they where coming out every 3-4 days then it went to 5-6 then 7-8 and yes now it's gone back to being more frequent doesn't makeup for the fact each episode is shorter.

[@jakubmakalowski6428]

@@bradleywoods1999 I recall they were closer to every other week until crunch time to finish the prior campaign.

[@bradleywoods1999]

@@jakubmakalowski6428 no for this campaign the release schedule was as I said, you can go back and look.

[@Zaeikil]

Field Agent Log: Maj. [ERROR: Unauthorized Clearance] Imperial Intelligence Agent “Harbinger” It appears that Sheds ambitions proved too much as the rumors of a rebellion in his sector have proven to not be unfounded, courtesy of Agents Nomad and Zealot. They also managed to identify the source of the attacks, or rather the leader. The culprit being one former Grand Admiral Zaarin. Of course, Shed comes crawling back to the one competent officer he knows, who just so happens to be one he tried to have killed, Admiral Star. After much negotiation the two reached an agreement with Star sending a portion of his troops led by General Veers, including some of the 501st to quell the rebellion. The Admiral kept my squad, against Sheds wishes. He even attempted to use his political position on Star. The Moff even went so far as to contact me directly. I made it very clear that I only take orders from The Director of the Field Agents and Admiral Star, whom the Director have operational command. I hope the Moff was very displeased when I cut off his transmission. Agent Harbinger, signing off. [END OF LOG]

[@billygrantham5380]

@@Zaeikil (As the fleet rests inside the Roche asteroid belt an urgent message is sent to Harbinger to report to Star's office immediately. As Harbinger enters he's surprised to find Agent Zealot waiting inside with Star. The mood in the room is tense.) Star: "Harbinger, good, you're here. We can bring you up to speed. Agent Zealot arrived less than an hour ago with urgent orders from your director. It appears the rebels we've been going after are getting active once more. They've hit a secret Intelligence base located on a small moon in the Rememberance region. Reports are that Rogue and Saber squadrons have attacked the base and severely damaged it but they were driven off. Casualties are high and they are requesting immediate medical assistance. The director wants you two to secure the base and reestablish defenses. I'm scrambling personnel now. You, Zealot, and Captain Kovol will take the ISD Interrogator and the Pulsar to assist the base. You'll have the 501st First Company and Roland's marksmen at your command. This is top priority from the Director." [This is it. The moment we've been waiting for. Zealot knows only what Star has said. He's in the dark as much as Harr. If this episode had an intro song, it'd be "War of change" by Thousand Foot Krutch.]

[@Zaeikil]

@@billygrantham5380 (As Star describes the situation, Harbinger frowns. His expression quickly changes to one of resolve as Star gives him his orders.) Harbinger: “It will be done. I will ready my men on the double.” (Harbinger salutes as he turns to leave with Zealot following.) Harbinger: “I’m impressed, Zealot. You got in the fleet without me knowing. I’m only slightly concerned I wasn’t warned, or that you didn’t contact me first. That meeting could’ve been underway immediately.” Zealot: “You know as well as I, The Director has his reasons. Not even I know them.” (As the assembled troops are ready, Harbinger stands beside Zealot as the officers of the 501st First Company as well as Roland’s team stand around a large holo table. The doors close as the image of the moon in question is pulled up.) Harbinger: “This is the moon of Argano, located in the Remembrance region. The rebel group we’ve been keeping tabs on have hit an Intelligence base located there, Akroatis Base. Yes, this is the very same rebel group that Saul Nartha and his Atramenta Warhost are a part of, so expect a brutal scene on arrival. Damage is estimated to be severe.” Zealot: “The rebels have already been driven off. We’re going to secure the station and ready it for any potential attacks, as well as provide medical aid.” Harbinger: “If there are no questions, you’re dismissed to prepare.” [Not sure if you had a name for the moon or the base, if you did I can edit this. Also, I don’t know if the briefing would’ve happened on The Pulsar, considering I’m not sure if she can fit all the extra troops not counting the garrison of the ISD Interrogator. Also sorry if I rushed things along at all, I’m about to head to bed and wanted to make sure I got the briefing part in.]

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@@Zaeikil (In the hanger of the Interrogator Valencia and Mari ready three large newly constructed medical shuttles. Meanwhile the first wave of transports are readied. Triton and Roland's team rest on some crates watching Mari and Valencia organize things.) Caster: "Okay platoon, we're going to reinforce an imperial base on a moon in the Rememberance region that was hit by rebels. First Company will be dropping with the medical transports and the Pulsar. The others with the materials will follow once we land. We're to establish a perimeter and make sure the doctors can do their job." Ace: "So it's a relief mission?" Caster: "Affirmative. Orders came from the top. This place is something special and command wants it safe and sound, so the 501st will deliver." Mari: "I've never heard of the Rememberance region before. Was this the region of some war?" Saunders: "No, it was the sight of a deadly outbreak. Some sickness or whatever tore through this region and decimated the population. So much so that the Old Republic quarantined the entire region to keep it from spreading. Anyone left inside was trapped and forgotten. The Republic called the region Rememberance to honor the people they abandoned. As if that somehow made it better or noble. Soon the entire system ended up the same way. Forgotten to history." Cristy: "Not everyone seems to have forgotten it." Saunders: "Yeah, now it's a place that hides secrets. Smugglers, pirates, rebels..." Taz: "Secret Intelligence bases..." Saunders: "They all call it home now." Oz: "Here's hoping we don't end up forgotten here too. Word is it was those Rogues that hit the base." Ace: "Nah, we're too good for that. Well, I am at least." (Ace smirks and gestures to himself.) Kale: "After that stunt you pulled on Tanarith, I wouldn't be so sure. Val might just take the opportunity to make you disappear." (Kale smirks and Ace waves it off.) Ace: "I don't think so. Little cinnamon spice over there may be snappy from time to time but she ain't that cruel. To us at least." (Blackburn looks over the three new shuttles.) Blackburn: "New toys? I don't remember seeing shuttles like this before." (Mari steps up beside Blackburn smiling proudly.) Mari: "Yep! Admiral Star was impressed with my medical shuttle idea after Thrankia so he had orders sent to the shipyards to construct actual fully dedicated med shuttles. These things are practically a flying hospital. They can carry well over a hundred injured at max capacity and are stocked with all the latest medical equipment. Now the troops don't have to go to the hospital, it comes to them. As long as we have these shuttles there's never going to be another medical nightmare like Thrankia was again. Captain Kovol mentioned that the rest of the imperial fleet was interested in manufacturing more so that they could be used throughout the Empire. It may not stop bad leadership but maybe it can save the lives of those affected." Cristy: "Wow, that's actually impressive Mari." Kale: "That's my girl." Painkiller: "Yes, very well done kid. I'm kinda upset that I didn't come up with that one myself." Taz: "Painkiller giving praise? Is the moon we're going to blue?" Ace: "Even if you did, they probably would've rejected it. You don't have a pretty enough face old man." (Ace casts a glance at Blue Star who frowns at him in return. Clearly catching the loophole Ace was using to rib the old Sargent.) Blue Star: "You keep that kind of stuff up and Valencia isn't gonna be the one you're gonna have to watch out for trooper." Ace: "Oh don't be that way Sarge, your face is beautiful!" (Blue Star rests a hand on his blaster.) "Right, shutting up." Blue Star: "Good call." [No, you're good. I didn't have any names anyway and was rushing myself to write it so you could see the first part. I'll put up the general outline next comment.]

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@@billygrantham5380 (Roland smirks from where he sits atop the heap of crates.) Roland: Ah, don't worry Ace. You only have Blue Star to worry about. Valencia: Yeah, after Thrankia, I deserved what you did with the prank. Consider us even. (Valencia looks over at the shuttles as a pair of crewmen drop a crate filled with bacta packs and vials of medicine.) Valencia: Oi, be careful with that. Crewman: Sorry, Doc. (Valencia looks at the others.) Valencia: I still cannot help but grin when they call me "Doc." (Roland smiles and looks to his team, and a couple other teams from the 213th with them. He smirks as he sees Harper's men, and the Haivarrin twins with their team.) Roland: You boys up for this? Harper: Born ready, Captain. Simo: Aye, back to fighting rebels and pirates, and not Hapans. It feels nice, for some reason. [With Saul's men, he is the only one to use a chainsword, the others, when they ever go into melee, use knives or hammers. Safe to say there will not be _too_ much in the way of carnage. Some blood stains, yes, but not much.]

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@@sonofjack6286 (As the order to board the shuttles is given, First platoon and Roland's team boards a sentinel. Mari and Valencia board one of the medical shuttles after sharing kisses with Kale and Roland respectively. The alarm for exiting hyperspace sounds as the ISD Interrogator drops from light speed. The ship slowly moves into the orbit of Argano. Captain Kovol contacts the base.) Kovol: "Attention Akroatis base. This is Captain Kovol of the ISD Interrogator. We're responding to your call for help. Two agents from Intelligence will be landing to oversee your relief as per instructions from the Director." Saphon: "This is Major Saphon. Transmission received. Thank you for responding so quickly. I don't know how those rebels found us but I'm glad you're here." Kovol: "Understood. Troops and medical relief are being dispatched now. Supplies will follow shortly." Saphon: "Copy. Sending landing coordinates." (In the Interrogator's crew pit the comms officer speaks up.) Comms: "Sir, I'm receiving an urgent request for assistance from an imperial convoy! They're under attack by rebel raiders. They confirm... yes. Rogue and Saber squadrons identified sir. They need immediate support at least one infantry transport ship has already been destroyed and another two cargo ships disabled." Kovol: "Damn those Rogues... Major, did you hear that?" Saphon: "Affirmative. Launch your remaining shuttles and then depart Captain. Your Raider Corvette can provide sufficient protection should any rebels return." Kovol: "Very well. Helm, prepare for hyperspace. Captain Anders, guard the shuttles. We will return." (The last of the shuttles exit the ISD and begin heading towards the base. The Interrogator turns and quickly enters hyperspace. As the shuttles enter the atmosphere and proceed towards the base they are met with a distressing sight. The base sets on a raised plateau, surrounded by high walls. Outside on the perimeter the four large shield generators, one on each side of the base, meant to cover the facility are completely destroyed. In the center of the complex is a massive relay dish. All around the complex fires rage and smoke rises. The walls are breached in several points, all but two turbo lasers are destroyed but they're heavily damaged, and many of the surrounding structures are destroyed. Something both Harbinger and Zealot clearly note is the dish itself is undamaged. Everything around it is in ruins but not the main structure. Mari and Valencia look out the cockpit window of their medical shuttle.) Mari: "Whoa... That looks bad. There's gonna be a lot of casualties isn't there?" [Okay, outline... The ISD Interrogator is gone for the battle. Drawn away by Rogue and Saber Squadrons. The shuttles will come under attack by ground troops and First platoon's shuttle with Roland is shot down near the perimeter wall, inside or out it doesn't matter much. Zealot and Harbinger squad are dropped off either the Pulsar is heavily damaged and must remain grounded or is occupied by the two Headhunters. The troopers must defend the facility as the clone mercenary group attacks in force. At some point Zealot and Harbinger squad will be called to deal with Rebel infiltrators inside the command center. The agents rush in to find Kayla, the leaders of the mercenaries, the Jedi, and Nightswan. The two groups fight as Nightswan works on something. At this point Saul and his elite group of Blood Embers join the fray to help buy more time for Kayla and Nightswan. That's it for now. I do have an ending planned this time. If Kayla needs more people to hold off the agents then add whoever you need. Nightswan will need to be protected at all costs.]

[@TheDaltonSmith]

23:11 on the point of your perpetual dislike of the Defender I loved how Squadrons portrayed it to be more a counterpart to the B-wing. The defender makes so much more sense as a torpedo bomber or heavy multirole fighter.

[@donovanfields10]

North of the map for Thrawn's Revenge is the Penta-star allignment I believe. Maybe that would be the reminant of shed's sector of the empire?

[@gideonmiles7161]

head cannon is Shed is secretly happy to have a rouge warlord in his sector to give him greater legitimacy , cause tbh he was looking pretty warlord himself minus the openly rebelling against the empire. but he was already seeking for loyal officers not to the system but to him for when "the time comes" so he has "options"

[@rifewithpotatoes]

Thrawn joins you once all the traitor imperial planets have fallen: until then he's busy 'organizing the regional defenses' or somesuch. So just crush them and it'll be fine.

[@chrisnicol2851]

Shack referencing Indiana Jones temple of doom! Nice!!

[@lordwilfried117]

30:38 that scene used to scare me as a kid

[@mrat0m316]

"KAHLE MA... KAHLE MA!" I love the old Indian Jones films

[@BrendanGilmartin]

if you wanna cheese Zarin get a fleet consisting of 1 half Gamma ATRs and 1 half [tie avenger + raider + gunship + XG1 starwing] Use the latter group to lure the enemy fighters outside the range of the space station. Then move your ATRs around the station [the side that isn't covered by a lancer frigate] and do a bombing run of Zarin's flagship. You can kill his ISD in a single bombing run. The rest of the ships will surrender.

[@Primearch-GG]

Shack, the AT-MP is from the Force Unleashed games.

[@Awsomonium]

To get Thrawn, I believe you need to take back the planets you lost after Kalee, than take Kalee itself and kill Zaarin. Then when you get Thrawn, get Pellaeon and build a fleet around those two. Because they're awesome.

[@PAPPA12B]

Starwings/Assault Gunboats wings do fold up, it shows this in Tie Fighter

[@Freezezonian]

Continuing sheds story in Thrawns revenge would be cool. Also that whole captains with different traits like wanting to rush in, Starsector has that actually.

[@michaeledwards2810]

oh! oh! shack, I got the klima reference!!!... so, you know, I'm cool... and old now.

[@SuperExtremeTNT]

when your home-one class ship in last game got destroyed by auto resolve you just rolled back the save

[@ahappyparadox815]

Shed might have to clean his sector before Thrawn will talk to him after that mistake at Kaylee.

[@lightspeedvictory]

ROFLMAO regarding that freighter “attacking” Kalee. If you have lost Thrawn due to that, I request, that you load a previous save to avoid that cause that was just ridiculous! Time stamp 11:36, Shack sounds so much like Zapp Brannigan from Futurama for some odd reason LOL

[@aalen4663]

I think he need to return to save thrawn if he want to continue his story in thrawn's revenge

[@timdawe7757]

Thrawns revenge galactic north east is Empire of the Hand (mostly in the unkown regions) , but the far north (muunist, yaga minor) is pentastar alignment

[@Kirkmaximus]

The Emperor must be pleased that Shed has eliminated the Hapes. But, I hope Shed doesn't let his hubris get the better of him as he pushes to the east. Or the Emperor may send Dolores from HR to have a talk...

[@brycenicasio1043]

POV: you’re in a trading freighter and you thought the star destroyer is just patrolling.

[@SoulFury11]

I would love to see a Thrawns revenge series after this one wraps up

[@demosxn6722]

Shack I 100% agree, first campaign in the new update I did as empire and the Yagar Minor mission frustrated me to no end. Didn't realize you could lose the entire system through a rogue transport. Good luck rebuilding all of that infrastructure

[@kokishorttail3471]

I would suggest checking out starsector someday if you don’t know it already, it’s an amazing singleplayer space sim indi game. I just thought of it when you were talking about assigning your ships officers to act on their own.

[@pandamoniumasylumn]

this is one of those times that i would be fine if Shack reverted to a prior save and actually send a fleet to Kaleen, the idea that a freighter ship can trigger the event and completely ruin it for you makes no sense.. but up to him, however now knowing this can happen im saving more regularly and tackling any scripted event as priority 1.

[@adamd5849]

If you're going to do another Thrawn's Revenge playthrough, you could make it to where Shed and Shack have one final battle during it

[@Primearch-GG]

Shack, the empire having a traitor in the mod is par for the course since the first half of the vanilla campaign is hunting down a traitor as well.

[@rmcgowa1987]

Shed himself is a traitor to the Empire they just don't know it yet narratively no one could actually hold Vader prisoner for very long he would easily break out and choke the people who didn't even attempt a rescue so Shed would have been long dead by now.

[@Primearch-GG]

@@rmcgowa1987 shed being a traitor was obvious since episode 10, if not earlier, but that is from Captain Shack's narrative pov, not the in-game one.

[@kineuhansen8629]

think you just lost thrawn

[@radical8382]

I'd love to see Shack do a play through of Homeworld: Cataclysm, I mean, "Emergence." Just from his comment that no dev team has matched homeworld 1, I'm curious what he'd think of it.

[@MilesPiersall]

I’m a fan of you not save scumming Shaq but this is kind of a time to go back and reload the save prior to the freighter making it to Kalee.

[@TT-Rex]

Before this video I thought "Shack might've missed out on getting Daala, but at least the warlord mission to get Thrawn and Captain Coran is easier, especially with Shack's strong fleets" Suddenly a rogue Cargo Gozanti bravely challenges the fleet and fails.

[@austinreitan1179]

15:52 I HEARBY DELCARE THIS BATTLE - THE BATTLE OF THE FLYING CIRCUS. DUE TO THE AMMOUNT OF MIXED SHIPS

[@benjji110]

Would be really cool if you build more weird fleets with Hapes and Correlian ships

[@Tobz3000]

I would reload that Shack, the fact that an autopath has cause all of those systems to flip is a joke

[@R3LOADlikesgames]

That freighter just ruined the entire Thrawn mission imo. I would like to see you role back the save to before that happening.

[@isaacdoggart4879]

How do you get the zoom out so far? I looked for a modlist but couldn't find one

[@tkc1129]

Yes, the Xg-1 Alpha-class "Star Wing" Assault Gunboat can fold its wings up to conserve hangar space, just like the T-4a Lambda-class Shuttle. Oh, and I got your Temple of Doom reference. ;-) Wow, that freighter really screwed you over. LOL Even if you reloaded the save, the freighter was probably already on its way there.

[@TokPkjNa]

“Imperial high command communication” With the Traitor taking a majority of the planets in the yaga minor sector I fear it may cause the region to have anti imperial thoughts… we need to send someone to govern these planets after we liberate them… my choice would be the recently promoted Grand Moff Ardus Kaine

[@davesobani9565]

Normally I would not be in favour of savescumming but you deserve a chance to actually do the mission instead of it being messed up like this. Also losing the entire sector is harsh

[@rmcgowa1987]

Yeah he's not going to reset knowing him I hope I am proven wrong though.

[@r28hi72]

Yesss new episode

[@sugarpsycho]

It does kind of make sense that some other Imperial saw what shed was doing and took advantage for his own benefit. Adds more to the story. If you have permanently lost Thrawn though I'd say reload.

[@ColonelZoren]

37:22 - holy cow, THAT can happen? That was the most inconvenient ship of the war. never see that

[@user-po8ri5pq9g]

Maybe Thrawn took an early detour to the unknown regions

[@marcusrenner3514]

Definitely load a save prior to this and get Thrawn! Battles like that are why we watch and getting screwed over by a freighter game mechanic isn’t satisfying in any way

[@bradleywoods1999]

Don't redo the save, keep going. This is really cool, the empire has lost a few worlds to the warlord. Sure it sucks thrawn is dead but this is cool, never seen this before in his campaigns.

[@timdawe7757]

kinda cruel that the ship that is infamous for being crew-heavy is always the one that gets sent in to tank

[@extriemedooo2902]

I feel the scripted event pain, my "Search Hoth and some other planets for rebel base" mission broke because I took the planets around hoth and Hoth too quickly 😢

[@undich7706]

If I am right the AT MP is out of the Mobile Game Star Wars Commander its a funny vehicle never knew it was legends.