OK, how will spying work, if it works at all? I've heard, among other things, that the Rebellion always knows where the Empire's forces are and that the Empire can find the rebels via probots. However, this gives me the impression that everyone always knows where everyone else is, so that luring your enemy into a trap would be impossible unless your enemy also happens to be 2 years old. Can someone clarify this for me, or is that about all that anyone else knows, too?

 

Also, does the enemy's game snap to the combat map the second I send a unit into his territory, or only when I attack? For example, could I take a lone... I dunno, the Millenium Falcon, and scout out the Tatoo system without my enemy noticing, or will the slightest thing like that make his screen snap to the combat level? If a single unit engages the combat map, I could theoretically harass an enemy by sending puny, cheap units everywhere constantly until he gets angry, so I hope that isn't the case.

I've heard, among other things, that the Rebellion always knows where the Empire's forces are

 

You've heard wrong. The Rebels will need to be just as sneaky if not more than the Empire. Good thing they have a few heroes for the task.

The Empire has Probe Droids and TIE Scouts.

 

What espionage means do the Rebels have, then?

 

What other devices for espionage are there?

Han Solo, Smugglers many other characters? Y-wing Recons, Espionage 3P0 droids

Like Delphi said, heroes...

 

I figure a fair few of the rebels heroes might posess some skills that would allow them to scout early game...

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Like Delphi said, heroes...

 

I figure a fair few of the rebels heroes might posess some skills that would allow them to scout early game...

 

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Well I expect that Han/Chewie and Kyle at least will be good at scouting.

If you read the Blog for Kyle and Han/Chewie you see that they both have Galactic Stealth but for some reason only Kyle can detect new heroes. Maybe that is something to change during this polishing phase.

If you read the Blog for Kyle and Han/Chewie you see that they both have Galactic Stealth but for some reason only Kyle can detect new heroes. Maybe that is something to change during this polishing phase.

Yeah. I mean Han found Kyp Durron, albeit in EU. If Kyle can detect new heroes then Han/Chewie should also. Maybe they are using them more as smugglers and unofficial Alliance people since the tech. only goes up to Yavin, and they did not officially join until after Yavin?

Nice to hear the Rebels don't have free reign over intelligence. Anyway, I would initially assume their main spying methods would be Bothans, plus Recon; however, I believe that the Bothans entered the Alliance with Fey'lya only, correct? And that was, IIRC, a little bit after the Battle of Yavin. so probably no bothans. Maybe certain planets will give spy bonuses?

the rebels should be very good at espionage as they have the BOthan Spynet work and are very talented at that sort of thing then they also have the Katurn Commandos and Page's COmmandos which were very successful at sneaking around and if katurn is in the game why not units set up by him?