How do I attack a "recruiting planet"?

[asdfff]

It's basically the planet Vader was recruiting on. 15 characters, 1 general appointed, 1 planetary shield, 1 planetary battery.

 

I've tried sabotage and abduction, but both keep getting fOiled despite assigning a dozen decoys. Next I'm going to try orbital bombing with 2 carriers of 6 Y-wings each...but I'm pretty sure I'll still fail.

 

So far all I can do is blockade the planet. Any hints for me?

[DarthTex]

What is your ultimate objective? Take over the planet, abduct Vader, just foil his mission? The planet is like any other, the only thing special about it is Vader is there, AND he's on a mission. So, ...

 

1) Send infiltrators to abduct Vader. He is a Dark Lord of the Sith, so don't expect this to be a walk in the park (plus you mentioned there's a "General" defending the planet; double negative bonus for you. Are there really 15 characters sitting there, or is that how many have been recruited so far?). I don't think a dozen decoys is really going to help; use them as part of the main force. This will probably require multiple tries (get some "characters" to help; but be advised they might get captured too). You might need to abduct the "General" first

 

2) Orbital bombardment will only destroy troops and facilities (hopefully only military ones, unless you don't care about planet loyalty). You could bring lots of troops and go for the planetary assault (this will save the facilities for you to use), but you have a "General" defending the planet, so bring lots of extra troops (unless you abduct him first).

 

3) Blockading the planet is the same as foiling a mission. If you don't want Vader recruiting, just sit there (be aware Imperial forces will try to break your blockade). He will either sit there until you leave, re-start his mission if Imperial relief forces drive you away, or just leave for somewhere else.

 

Good Luck!

[Markus_Ramikin]

Bring some more Y-wings, assign a fleet Admiral, and just bombard it. One shield is nothing.

 

Or make a ton of infiltrators to use as decoys for your missions if there are troops. You could fairly easily sabotage these troops, make sure there are only 1-2 characters on the actual mission and many decoys. After that, if there are no troops and no fighters, you can send a big mission, no decoys, just as much Combat skill as you can muster, and abduct Vader.

 

Make sure there are no Force users in the missions, or it'll get foiled because Vader will sense them.