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Mission Five: Imperial Liberation

Objectives

• Send a ground assault force to Kashyyyk and assist the crusader in freeing as many Wookiees as possible.
• Ground Battle: Destroy five Imperial prisons.
• Han Solo must survive.

It'll take a while after C-3PO steals his technology before you'll be able to take on another real mission; there's a lot of talking involved. Anyway, the galaxy will open up a bit, revealing more systems to be taken, including Mon Calamari and Bothawui and more systems to the south. Be sure that Mon Calamari is under your control, as well as Kuat. Before you attack Kashyyyk, these two systems are going to be your primary points of contact with the Empire, but if you defend them well, you should be able to hold them to the south and take advantage of this time to steal more technology and build up your fleets a bit.

A nice little raid group can take Kashyyyk, if necessary.

After you take over Mon Calamari, quickly plop down at least one artillery unit there and build a shield generator to protect your troops. It's very difficult for the Empire to win ground battles here if you have a shield generator, since there's only one entrance to your base to defend which is surrounded by buildpads. You'll also have a huge number of sacrificial Mon Calamari to use to defend the area. So if you can build a shield generator and fill the planet with troops, you should be able to win any ground battles here with ease. Don't bother making a space station here yet; just let them attack you if they wish. Kuat is where your fleet should be stationed; if it's large enough, the Empire won't bother to attack.

During these maneuvers, keep stealing with C-3PO until you can't steal anything else. You'll get up to an Assault Frigate, at least, which will help you take down the Victory-class Star Destroyers that will be popping up in the Imperial fleets from time to time. When you're ready to attack Kashyyyk, scout it out with C-3PO, send in a fleet to attack it, then bring down some ground troops to meet up with Han.

Now, if you wait too long before moving on Kashyyyk, the Empire will take control of it and likely outfit it with a large space station and fleet. If this occurs, you'll have to attempt a raid. You can indeed win this battle with a small group of soldiers; we attempted it with a set of Plex Soldiers, a MPTL-2A, and a T4-B Tank. It's difficult to do with a small group like this, but not impossible.

Ground Battle

Each prison you destroys nets you more slaves - er, more Wookiee helpers.

All right, your goal here is to destroy five of the Imperial prisons on the planet. They're hardened structures, but not unkillable. In addition to whatever units you brought along, you should also have a small squadron of infantry. Deploy your artillery as soon as you begin the match, though, and use their spotter units to kill off the nearby Stormtroopers. With that done, you can move your T-4B's up and around the corner to destroy the anti-infantry turret, and then bring all of your troops around to start smashing one of the prisons. Your vehicles are important to keep alive, so build a repair station near the prison and use it to heal up your T-4B's, which should be close to the river so that they take the fire of any units that approach your position. (Note that Han can also destroy prisons with bombs, if you move him into the archway with the floating arrow above them.)

When you've killed both of the prisons, you'll have gained a few Wookiees for your army. If they're unarmed, move them towards the nearby Wookiee structure to get them some bowcasters, and group them up with your infantry. At the very least, they'll make for good cannon fodder.

Move across the river, using the artillery to destroy the infantry there, then destroy the prison there, and build a bacta tank nearby to heal any of your infantry units that might need it. Continue this process of scouting the area around the prisons for turrets with your sensor pings, then moving up your infantry and other units as appropriate to destroy the structure itself. The Empire doesn't have an infinite number of vehicles to work with here, so you should be able to wear them down over time if you heal your units back up when they get damaged and proceed cautiously.

When you destroy all five Imperial Prisons, you'll win the battle and take control of Kashyyyk. If you managed to capture it during a raid, you'll also have the bonus of destroying whatever space station the Imperials had constructed