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It seems that huge galaxy, empire, medium difficulty seems reliably to get similar, weird games, and a new jedi at the start.

Typical. How will I tell if it is on a planet though? Doesn't it ato tell me things like that on core systems?

You have to protect coruscant though And what about vader?

This isn't even on hard..........I did a hard game and got 2 ISDs around coruscant. I need to recruit to get dips though. I can always sacrafice them if they turn traitor. I'm debating whether to have vader go and do diplomacy in the Sluis sector, or train Ozzel. (He got jedid right at the game start)

Probes, it was the only sector that foiled the mission I think they must have moved it between when I found it and when I got there. Does the AI move it to the core?

Agreed on Darth, he's probably in Corellian.

Ok. It was mrisst, not Xyquine, that was loyal. Sesswena Sector: Close examination revealed Svvivren loyal, so i sent it into uprising, which quickly turned it neutral. I have piett working on that. Jejerrod is on Yaga Minor, so this should hopefully have a knock-on effect that I can rapidly exploit. The masses of ships sent to Corsin arrived scattered, so my ISD and Carrack quickly elimated them with no casualties. Unfortunately my only shipyard is on Firro, so I'm trying to find a planet with some here. Intelligence has told me they have over 15 corvettes, unknown on other ship types. Yaga Minor has a shipyard.... Corellian Sector: I plan on fortifying Commenor, and using it as base to irrate the rebels here. Dips can probably get a few planets if I'm quick. Fleet here is a Carrack, so I'll try and reinforce that quickly. I'll work on intelligence quickly, so I can disrupt them. Fakir Sector: A IU missiion is onreute to Mrisst with Zuggs, hopefully can act as a solid base to launch attacks from. No info on rebels here, unfortunately. Some commandos are also off to blow up a GenCore on Raltiir, though I don't remember sending those.....Some neutrals are almost mine, so I may be able to get those. Sluis Sector: Most of the planets here are garrisoned, so I'll probably set Vader on those instead of training Ozzel. I have an ok fleet here, and good personnel, so I expec I can drive the rebels out quickly. Other Sectors: I'll probably try to up loyalty of my planets, and fortfy them before doing anything else.

Thanks, I think. Do you mean like hwo I start on easy and work up, or what?

They have over 15 corvettes, and loads of other stuff, which most of us being send to corsin.

Oh, and all sluis sector planets bar denab are garrisoned.......I'm doomed....

Oops, it was mrisst that was nearly loyal. Oh, and ozzel turned out right away to be a jedi

Just began a new game, and this is what I see. I have coruscant and one other world in Sesswena. Almost everything else is rebel. Exact: I Have: Sesswena: Coruscant. Bortras, Corellian: Commenor, Sluis: Kothlis, Umgul, Sluis Van, Denab, Fakir: None, Farfin: Wistril (Garrisoned), Firro, Bilbringi, Charmath (Garrisoned), Dolomar: Phorliss (Garrisoned). Seems good, elspecially in sluis. Then look at the rebels. Rebels: Sesswena: All except Yaga Minor, Corellian: Talus, Selonia, Xyquine (almost loyal to me), Corellia, Fakir: Mrisst, Palanhi, Halowan, Raltiir, Delaya, Sluis: Sullust, Farfin: Phraetiss, Tanab. Dolomar: Kamparas, Ketaris. Oh dear......I'm doomed......ideas?

You used a death star? And what about finding palpy/darth?

How....odd. It isn't at danttoine, and it isn't at yavin. Can it be in a core system?

How so? Um, updates: Sesswena Sector: Every planet is mine! I am now upping the loyalty of them. Coruscant's fleet is one ISD, though I have built another ISD, the Avenger. That has been sent off to the rebel base. Coruscant is quite well defended, with 3 GenCores, and a bunch of troops and stuff. (On one game it has 4 gencor5es and an LNR 2.) Corellian Sector: Eeep. Fully rebel. A few of the planets still have IMP loyalty though, so 'll send someone off to those. I expect this is where Luke is hiding. M.M. Is prbably at the headquarters. Sluis Sector: Everywhere mine bar sullust and praeistlyn, which are fully rebel. Solo is imprisoned by vader on Kothlis. (Good old bounty hunters ) The fleet therer is larger now. The Dreadnought Might, the Carrack Trident, the Victory Class Star Destroyer Black Claw, and the Lancer Frigate Hoplite. Churba Sector: I have colonised Allyuen which is going to be one of my shipard planets. (11 shipyards). I'll probably also build one elsewhere, if I can find a 14-15 spot planet. Sumitra Sector: I'll probably check Yavin now to see if they have recolinsed it. Mayagil Sector: Intelligence has told be the HQ is here, on Dantooine, ironically . It is the only outer rim rebel planet, sans Yavin, and it is obviously not on that. I have sent the ISD Avenger, stocked with Bombers and Interceptors, to destroy it. It should be enough. [/i]

Um, I already have it. And the emperor. I sabotaged the ISD and then there were only a few TIE squadrons. I'm so bad, I find it hard on easy......

Aha. Well, I'm on whatever it starts as.

I tend to do it earlier.

The Empire has plenty of good diplomats. I agree with the probe droid thing. Build 10, send them every system in a sector. Repeat.

Starting Forces: Empire: Planets: Sesswana Sector: Coruscant. Corellian Sector: None Sluis Sector: Bothawui. Kothlis. Umgul. Garrison Requirements: Coruscant: None. Bothawui: None. Kothlis: 2 Umgul: None Fleets: Coruscant: Imperial Star Destroyer Palpatine’s Favoured. (6 TIE Fighter squadrons, 3 Storm Trooper Regiments, Ozzel) Galleon Searcher. (2 Fleet Regiments) Imperial Dreadnought Armoured Fist (1 TIE Fighter Squadron, 1 Fleet Regiment) Bothawui: Imperial Dreadnought Might (1 TIE Fighter Squadron, 1 Fleet Regiment) Kothlis: None Umgul: None Defences: Coruscant: 6 Storm Trooper Regiments, 10 TIE Fighter squadrons. Bothawui: 1 TIE Fighter Squadron, 1 GenCore Level 1, 1 KDY-150, 1 LNR series 1. Kothlis: 3 Imperial Army Regiments. Umgul: 1 Storm Trooper Regiment, 1 Imperial Army Regiment. Characters: Coruscant: Emperor Palpatine, Bevel Lemelisk, Piett, Ozzel. (Onboard Palpatine’s Favoured.) Bothawui: Jejerrod, Veers. Kothlis: Darth Vader. Umgul: Needa Facilities: Coruscant: 1 Construcion Yard, 1 Training Facility, 3 Refineries, 2 Mines. Bothawui: 1 Training Facility, 1 Orbital Shipyard, 4 Refineries, 2 Mines. Kothlis: 3 Refineries, 5 Mines. Umgul: 1 Training Facility, 1 Orbital Shipyard, 7 Refineries, 3 Mines. Known Rebel Forces: Planets: Sesswana Sector: None. Corellian Sector: Corfai. Sluis Sector: Sullust, Praeistlyn. Sumitra Sector: Yavin. Fleets: Corfai: None. Sullust: None Praeistlyn: None Yavin: Correllian Corvette 1 Medium Transport 1 (2 Alliance Army Regiments) Bulk Cruiser 1 Medium Transport 2 (2 Fleet Regiments) Defences: Corfai: 1 KDY-150 Sullust: 1 GenCore Level 1 Praeistlyn: 1 GenCore Level 1 Yavin: 3 Alliance Army Regiments, 1 Fleet Regiment, 1 X-Wing Squadron, 1 Y-Wing Squadron. Characters: Yavin: Wedge, Leia, Han, Chewbacca, Dodonna, Luke. Praeistlyn: None Sullust: None Corfai: None.

GarmNo idea how to set difficulty. New update: Day 400 Sesswana Sector: I now have control of Coruscant, Balmorra, Uvena, Svivren, Bortras, Yaga Minor, and Ghorman. The other 3 systems are imperial. Everything is at full loyalty to me, and palpatine is captured. Luke is now a Jedi Master, slight progress has been made shipwise (now am up to the A-Wing) I'm about to begin construction of my first Mon Cal, the Garm Bel Iblis Called so because of the fact that Iblis got killed As well as madine. Luke has discovered 2 new Jedi. Corellian Sector: Fully Imperial now. Isn't going to be easy to take this place. I think Darth Vader is probably here, unless the Empire has some outer rim planets. Iblis got killed, but the Katana and the Dagger are still irrating the Imperials. I plan to launch an assault on one of the worlds in a bit. (Around day 600ish, probably a Mon Cal and a few Nebulon Bs, and some gunships.) Sluis Sector: No-one has done anything here yet, so I'll probably move in some diplomats. Sumitra Sector: Things are going well. Not a big fleet, but the Empire hasn't popped up here yet.

The odd thing is, I'm on day 200 currently and it hasn't ben attacked yet. Oh, and I'm about to take coruscant

Ok, started a game is the Rebels. Small Galaxy, Easy, Normal Game. Day 100: Sesswana Sector: I control Bortras, Balmorra and Svivren. Balmorra is may main base there. Early, I grouped everything together (3 Corvettes, a Med. Transport and an Escort Carrier with 1 X-Wing and 1 Y-Wing squadrom, and began constructing a dreadnought. I launched the attack on Coruscant before waiting for the dread. I thought there was just a ISDS, nothing else. They actually had 16 TIEs as well. 1 Corvette was destroyed. everything else crippled. 7 Bothans were went to spy on the planet-they all died. Luke, Han, Chewie and Crix did a bunch of missions, eventually destroying the ISD and freeing Drayson. Sumitra Sector: My base is here, on Tierfon. I send everything to Yavin, to hold against imperial strikes. (A Med. Transport, a few corvettes and a pack of X-/Y- Wings. Mon Mothma recruits a bunch of personell, including Garm Bel Iblis, so I give him command of two corvettes, the Katana and the Dagger, and send him away to pester Imp forces. All chars and spec forces are sent to balmorra from Yavin. Wedge researches there, but no progress. Not the best of starts.

Just keep searching. I've started a few games, and keeping a log of 2 of them (one rebel, one mip)

Ok, I started as empire, large galaxy. No idea what difficulty. I'll probably post a report on the forums.