BadSamaritan

If I still had it, sure. I lost ot a while ago when i started my process of random moving every few months.

Nope. I had it beat on all difficulties within a day.

In my mind, the most dissapointing star wars game i ever played was Dark Forces. I beat within hours of openeing the package, and within a day had the game beat on the hardest level.

OOC - Ah, ok. Carry on.

OOC - Hold on, this is supposed to be Pre-ANH, what are A-wings doing here?

that takes to much of the strategy away from the game. Best bet to start with is to tweak the ships, so all of them or worht building throughout the game.

OOC - Preferably not, but I am going to jump in and help with the defence of sluis van. If I die, I die. If i live, I live. Dying whilst in combat, tis better than dieing on my knees, or on the run. IC - Dally looked out of his viewports, and stared at the massive expanses o the shipyards. It astounded him that the rebels had the resources to hold a shipyard this vast. it astounded him even more that the empire ad allowed it to last this long. He could only imagine the firepower that these shipyards were capable of creating in a matter of months. But by the looks of it, they werent creating much of anything. By the looks of it, they were amassing a fleet here. Something big was going down, and soon. Suddenyl, the comm system in his ship crackled, and a harsh female voice came over it. "Unidentified freightor, this is Sluis Van control. You will hold your position, and await an escort. If you choose not to comply, you will be destroyed." the voice said. Dally cocked an eyebrow at this, he had never received those kind of orders here before. Something big must be happening then. he sighed, and leaned back in his chair, and soon saw his escort. A pair of X-wings flew up beside him, and he followed them towards on of the massive docking facilites. At least he had finally made it to a rebel base. Albight not a secret one, but a rebel base nonetheless. After his ship docked, he opened the gangplank out of the ship, and stepped out to the muzzles of a set of blaster rifles, held by two very serious looking gaurds. He slowly raised his hands, and saw what appeared to be a officer walking up behind them. He opened his mouth to speak, but the officer, wavced him off quickly, and clasped his hands behind his back, and tha gaurds lowered their weapons. "Whatever it is you are trying to sell, i dont want to hear it captain. I dont have the time. What i do want to know, is if this ship is armed, and if you are willing to pilot it in an upcoming engagement for us?" the officer asked. Dally looked at him, puzzled for a moment, and then shook his head. This is not what he had expected. But at the same time, it may be his ticket out of here. "Yah, she is armed, but not very well. And she isnt in the greatest of shape. She would need a lot of work to get her back into fighting condition. As for me trying to sell you something, I have something to give you. I have a load of astromechs Im sure you could use. But if you want me to pilto anything, it wont be this ship" he said, lowering his arms. This was turning out to be a very odd conversation, and it wasnt going anywhere near the way he thought it would. The officer nodded, and looked behind Dally at his ship. It indeed was in pitiful shape, and was in much need of repairs. The officer sighed, nowing that the odds of getting the ship in fighting condition in time were slim to none. He thought for a moment, and then pulled out a datapad. he tapped a few buttons on it, and nodded slowly. "Well captain, I will make a deal with you. You give us the astromechs, and let us take your ship into our hands. We will repair as much of it as possible before hand, and get you into battle with it. Afterwards, we will pay you for the astromechs, finish repairing your ship, and then send you on your way. Do we have a deal?" the officer asked, and Dally thought about it for a moment. it was a good deal, but maybe he could get a bit more out of them. "Ill want some weapons upgrades on my ship before hand, a pair of torp launchers preferably. And better shields. You do that, and you have youself a deal." he said. he crossed his arms, and stared hashly at the officer. With those upgrades, he would easily be able to help in any fight the rebels wanted him in, and then be able to make a run for the corperate sector. The officer stared back at him, and then sighed. he tapped a few buttons on his datapad, and then motioned to a mechanic. The mechanic came over, and saluted briskly. "Dockmaster, this man needs new shields, and a pair of torpedo launchers installed on his ship immediatly. This gets your top priority, do you understand?" the officer said, and the mechanic looked over the the vessel, and almost looked like he was going to be sick to his stomach. The mechanic nodded, and the officer turned, and walked away. the mechanic sighed, and looked over to Dally. "Well, its obvious we have some work ahead of us. Lets go see what we have to work with first." he said, and he began to walk back towards Dalls' ship, silently curing to himself. Dall smiled, and followed him, knowing the mechaiic had no clue what he wqas getting himself into. * * * After a few days, much to the astonishment of the mechanic and his crew, the repairs and modifications were almost done. Like most smuggler vessles, this one had been torn apart and rebuilt to make fixing anything on the run simple. And Dally had managed to organize a small group of smugglers who, like him, had agreed to help, and they were workign on other small freightors, preparing them for the fight. All the vessles looked almost like they were ready to fall apart, but all of them were ready for combat. The smugglers had even named thier little group 'Junk Squadron', due to the fact that all the vessels looked like junk. Oddly, the name stuck, and all the mechanics also referred to it as that. After a long day of hard work, Dally sat in his cockpit, staring at the simple message on his screen. He hadnt sent it yet, he wanted to make sure it was perfect. He nodded, and chuckled to himself softly. The admiral would not be happy with him, he knew this for sure. But he wasnt afriad of him anymore. The mechaincs had found a pair of devices that turned out to be bombs of older imperial make. They had removed them and discarded them carefully. Dally nodded again, and sent the message. it was simple, to the point, and was sure to get that admirals blood boiling. 'Im at Sluis Van. Come and get me.' was all the message said, and thats all it needed to say. The admiral would know he was here, and the admiral would know that he had escaped him already. Dally leaned back in his seat, and smiled. This was going to fun, more fun than he had had in a long time. OOC - Sorry for the long post. But I couldnt seem to get it into anything smaller. But anyways, the challenge has been issued. Come and get me!

The biggest problem i am coming across is what ships to use, what chars to insert, and so forth. Also, i cant really use shipyards that much, since pirates capture most vessels they use. If only this game had a surrender option.....

OOC - I can take control of the starfighter squadrons at sluis van. Ill leave the big ships to the big boys. And hopefully we can drag this battle out for more than two or three posts. If thats alright with you guys, that is.

I live in the heart of the heartland, USA, in a small two bedroom apartment with three other people, a dog, a cat, and whatever happens to live in the sink.

Im pretty sure he didnt go rogue until after coruscant fell. I belive that was what was stated in the x-wing series. But i may be wrong.

Actually, Zsinj didnt go rogue until after Iceheart lost Coruscant.

Link?

30 years..... that would put it after the vong invasion. Granted, Anakin is still alive, but still........ MANDALORIANS!!!!

Dally drummed his fingers on the console of his ship. He had lost his patience for all of this the moment he arrived in system, and found the rebel base gone. Since then, he had sat here, in space, wondering what he should do. He had a load of astromech that he could do nothing with, and admiral breathing down his neck, and no way to get out of any of it. He sighed, and looked to his nav comp. He began to look through all the nearbye systems, trying to find one where he could dump off his cargo for enough creds to get out of imperial territory. The only system that was close enough was sluis van. He sighed,. and looked to his astromech. "Whaddya say? Head to the shipyards? We can dump the cargo, get this ship armed and ready, then leave imp territory. Sound like a plan?" he asked his droid, he in responce rocked back and forth on its feet, whistling loudly. "Yah, bad idea. But its our only chance. We can get the guns i want on the ship installed there, along with the torp launchers I want. With these droids, and the creds ive saved up, it should be enough." he said, and he turned back to his console. His droid sreamed loudly at him as he set course for sluis Van, and then launched his vessel into hyperspace. In the back of his mind, Dally knew that his droid was right. Going there was a bad idea. But he didnt have a choice. He needed to get his ship fixed, armed, and ready for action out in the corperate sector. He knew he could make it as a smuggler out there. But first, he had to get out from under the heal of that admiral.

OOC - Oh, come on now, you didnt even leave me a chance to bring in my special forces? And just for future reference, Im using the same fleet i used to attack the rebel headquarters with. IC - Admiral Krevin chuckled to himself as he watched the rebel forces laung fighters to defend themselves. He had never guessed that his first target would prove fruitfull and give him a chance to redeem himself. But his happiness at this fact quickly faded as he saw the rebel vessels manuvering for a exit vector. He sighed, and looked to his tactical diplay. he wouldnt be able to manuver fast enough to prevent them from escaping, and his other task force wouldnt be able to arrive in time to help either. "Order all vessels to move forward at flank speed, and target any ships that come into range. Order the TIE bombers to hit that ISD, send the 31st fighter group to accompany them. Launch the experimentals, and tell them to target the enemy starfighters." Krevin ordered, and he leaned back in his command chair. He watched as the battle unfolded, and the rebels retreated. he kept his eye on the experimentals, to see how they preformed. By the looks of it, they preformed admirably. They dealt with the rebel x-wings and y-wings with ease, as well as the imperial starfighters. Krevin nodded slowly. Those fighters were worth the price he had paid for them. He continued to watch teh battle unfold until all the rebel vessels had made the jump into hyperspace. "Call in all starfighters, and move us into orbit. Begin a bombardment of the rebel base, and dont stp until it is a complete waste. I dont want them to be able to use it again." he ordered, and then he picked up a small datapad. On it was a list of other known rebel bases, and a few possible ones. He had to decide soon as to which target was next on his list. he brought up a small screen on his command chair, and referenced which rebel bases were in teh direction the rebel fleet ran to. There were no known bases, but one possible one. Krevin decided it was worth a look, at the very least. "As soon as the bombardment is finished, set course for Adokila. If there is a base there, i want it found, and dealt with." he ordered, and his commander nodded briskly. Krevin then stood, and began to walk to his quarters. This was going to be a very long campign, especially if the rebels just retreated everytime he arrived. He would have to do something about that, and very soon.

That trailor went a wee bit to fast, if you ask me. Slow it down a bit.

Exactly. Thrawn would have been forced to take them from him. Including the much vaunted Iron Fist. That, and once Zsinj was dealt with, think of all the resources thrawn would have had.

Which is a travesty. I think they should have kept Zsinj alive until at least thrawn came back. Think of the battle that could have been.

Ive had my copy for about 4 years now. I actually picked it up at a garage sale for a buck.

Hmmmmm...... create two seperate pirate groups? that could be fun.

Well, considering he ended up controlling almost a fifth of the galaxy at one point, he had the right to have an ego.

what side should i get rid of, and what cards should i put in? Im tired of the imp vs. rebel thing, so i want to try something different.

I here the life of a fighter pilot calling me..... Either that, or a smuggler.

I dont think Znijs was insane, i think he had quit a hold on reality. Moreso than most people. He just had an ego. And a nice long string of bad luck.