Taking Coruscant (TC Protectorate The Empire strikes back)

[ScrubytheKid]

Ok I'm at a loss here.

I captured Vader early on .. along with several of his Imperial Comrades. They are savely tuck away.

And now I'm besieging Coruscant with a fleet of 10 MonCals, 15 Nebulon Bs, Several Corvetts & Escort Carriers, 2 CC-7700 Frigates, ~50 A-Wings, ~30 X-Wings, ~40 Y-Wings

Coruscant is fortified with 3 Shield Gens (1x Type I, 2x Type II), 1x Golan, 2x LNR Complex, I don't know how many troops because every mission I start gets foiled (doesnt matter how many decoys I use) and Darth Rekan is the General and ofc the Emperor sits on his Throne.

 

I cant sabotage anything .. it will be foiled, I cant abduct someone it will be foiled, I sent luke down there to Capture the Emperor.. he refused to do so 30 times and the 31st time that idiot got himself captured.

Ah yes.. and for the missions I don't use Jedis because the Emperor and Rekan would smell them.

 

Is there any reasonable way to deal with that situation?

[DarthTex]

I see two possible solutions (of course there can be more ...)

 

1) Blockade several/couple dozen/all of the Empire's systems and use the decline in Maintenance Points to start the scrapping of Imperial units/facilities. Maybe you'll get lucky and some of the Coruscant defense sites will go down. This could take awhile as "scrapping" doesn't happen instantaneously; more like molasses flowing in the Arctic

 

2) Get yourself an UBER fleet; I'm talking Bulwarks, and lots of them loaded to bear with Y & B-wings. With enough bombardment value you can blow through the shielding (hopefully you have enough to take out the LNR's before they get you though)

 

Good Luck!

[ScrubytheKid]

I continued playing because i got bored in my lecture.

I went for what you described in number 2 but surprsingly Vader came to my aid

Vader broke free went straight to Coruscant .. the Final Battle Occured where Luke freed himself and took both Vader & the Emperor Prisoner.. lol

 

edit:

but: I hate these stalemates and I cant be always that lucky.. I kinda figured that it would either come down to brute force or the tedious search for every imperial planet thing.

 

edit2:

In RebEd the Shield Strength of the GenCore to is given with 120 (Still TC Protectorate The Empire strikes back)

the bombardment value of a T-B is 3 the one of a SD-Victory II is 5..

so i would need 40 T-Bs or 24 SD Victory IIs to overcome _one_ GenCore lvl 2.. and if yes.. do i always overcome it then?.. and what happens then.. surplus bombardment damages the ground facilities?

[vegenigma]

Can't you do a planetary assault?

[MrPhildevil]

Nope, too much shields (as long as there's two, it is not possible.

[DarthTex]

edit2:

In RebEd the Shield Strength of the GenCore to is given with 120 (Still TC Protectorate The Empire strikes back)

the bombardment value of a T-B is 3 the one of a SD-Victory II is 5..

so i would need 40 T-Bs or 24 SD Victory IIs to overcome _one_ GenCore lvl 2.. and if yes.. do i always overcome it then?.. and what happens then.. surplus bombardment damages the ground facilities?

It depends if you have an Admiral in charge or not, and then what the Admiral's Combat ratings are (the higher, the better); and a little bit of luck. With a good Admiral, only the necessary amount of firepower is used to achieve the objective (being the efficient officer). Having no admiral, or bad a Admiral (or bad luck) will get you collateral damage, and negative PR.