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Getting Started

The Main Menu
When you first begin the game, you find yourself at the Main menu. Here you have six different options. Lets take a look at each in turn.
Menu Option Tutorial Single Player Multiplayer Load Game Options Exit Game
GALACTIC COMMAND TRAINING
Description This launches eight training missions that teach you the basics of the game. This leads to another menu where you can select to begin a New Campaign, play a Galactic Conquest mission, or play a Skirmish battle. This allows you to host or join a game over a LAN or the Internet. If you have previously saved a game, select this to rejoin the action where you left off. Here you can edit both audio and video settings, set up network settings for multiplayer games, configure keyboard hot keys, and adjust settings for gameplay. This is the escape pod back to the real world. Use at your own risk.

Types of Games

Star Wars: Empire at War offers several different types of games. This is much more than a standard real-time strategy game. It offers both strategic and tactical levels of play. After you play through the tutorials, which are covered in greater detail later in this chapter, you will have learned enough to play each of the various types of games. Following is more information on them.

The Campaigns

With the Forces of Corruption expansion, you can now choose from three different Campaigns: the Rebel Alliance, the Galactic Empire, or the Consortium. The Campaigns feature a story line as you seek to take control of the galaxy as the Rebels or Imperials, or to take control of the criminal underworld as the Consortium. During each Campaign, you must complete certain objectives. These essentially break down the Campaign into a series of linked missions. You play the Campaigns at the strategic level and then fight ground and space battles at the tactical level when you engage the enemy. The Consortium Campaign, the Imperial Campaign, and the Rebel Campaign sections of this guide contain more information for these Campaigns, including complete walkthroughs.

Galactic Conquest

These missions allow you to play both strategic and tactical battles as you try to take control of all the planetary systems in the mission and/or complete other objectives along the way. The Galactic Conquest missions can be small or quite large depending on the number of planetary systems involved. Check out the Single Missions section for more information on these games.
Which side will you choose to play as the Rebellion, Consortium or the Empire?
For those who want to play only a strategic game without having to personally lead their troops in each tactical ground and space battle, you can have the computer auto resolve each battle (you cannot auto resolve campaign missions). However, for this method, the game just considers the strength of each sides army or fleet to determine the winner. The commanders genius is not factored in.

Skirmish Battles

If you just want to play a land or space tactical battle, without having to worry about the strategic level, then you want a Skirmish battle. Unlike the campaigns and Galactic Conquest games, the Skirmish battles let you build units during the course of the battle. You usually start with only a few units and must create an army or fleet while fending off your enemies attacks and also take the battle to them. The Skirmishes section contains additional information on Skirmish battles as well as details on each of the maps.

Tactical Order Buttons

Order Attack Attack Move Guard Description Attack targeted object with selected units. Selected units move to the targeted location, attacking enemies within range along the route. Click this button, then right-click on a friendly unit to command your troops to follow and protect the target. Guarding units will chase enemies only a short distance before returning to the guarded unit. Selected units move to the targeted location, ignoring all enemies along the route. Selected units move to the targeted point on the map. You can continue clicking the map to create a path for the units to follow until waypoint mode is turned off. Cancels any previous orders and stops your troops where they are. The Troops will still engage enemy units within range after stopping.

Move Set Waypoint Stop

Above the advanced movement order buttons is a button with a clapboard on it, like you would see on a movie set. Click on this button to activate the cinematic camera mode. This zooms in on the action and lets you view the battle up close. You cant give orders in this mode, however. Move the mouse to return to the normal view.
Tutorial 01: Basic Land Combat
The best way to learn the game basics is to play through the provided tutorials. Even if you are a veteran of real-time strategy games, its a good idea to play these quick missions to learn the nuances of this particular game. So go ahead and load up the first tutorial.
The tutorials help you learn how to play the game at the strategic level, plus how to command your units during both land and space battles.
Starting with the Galactic View
The tutorial begins at the strategic level with the screen showing several planetary systems in the area. During campaigns and Galactic Conquest games, this is the view that you always begin with. You are a Rebel commander charged with the defense of the Wookiee homeworldKashyyyk. You do not need to produce any units during this mission. In fact, you dont do anything on the galactic view except watch an Imperial invasion force move from Nal Hutta to Kashyyyk, precipitating a battle on the planets surface.
The Empire is sending an army from Nal Hutta to invade Kashyyyk.
Gaining Groundthe Land Battle

BRI EFING

A platoon of Rebel infantry has been dispatched to locate a lost squad that was last seen performing a routine perimeter sweep. Imperial forces have detected the Rebel presence on Kashyyyk. During the course of this mission, you need to gather your troops and defend the Alliance base. At the beginning of the mission, you command a single squad of Rebel soldiers. The tutorial quickly goes over the minimap and special abilities. Then its time to get started. Select the squad of Rebel soldiers by left-clicking on them. Notice that a click selects all five individual soldiers that make up this squad. Rather than giving orders to a single soldier, you give orders to a squad. Information on the selected squad is displayed on the command bar. Here you can view the status of the unit and even activate special unit abilities.

O B J E CT I V E

1. Find the missing patrol squad.

N OT E

Depending on the type of infantry squad, you may have different numbers of troops in a squad at full strength. However, as they take damage during combat, squads can be whittled down to a single soldier. The location your squad must move to is indicated on the minimap by a green bulls-eye marker. To order your selected squad to move to this point, either right-click on the marker on the minimap, or right-click on the map. The location is to the southeast. To scroll the map, either use the arrow keys or move the cursor to the screens right edge. When you scroll to the objective location, you see blue arrows pointing to the location on the game window. Move your squad to this position.
TA C T I C S F O R C O N Q U E R I N G T H E G A L A X Y
The defender during a ground battle not only has the units already positioned on the planets, but also has garrison units provided by structures. For example, barracks provide additional infantry. When the garrison unit is destroyed, another spawns at the structure. Therefore, its a good idea to build barracks and vehicle factories on those planets bordering the enemy. This only applies to Campaign and Galactic Conquest gamesnot Skirmishes.

Invading a Planet

When landing a force on the surface of a planet to take control of system, you are often at an initial disadvantage. You can only bring down as many units as the reinforcement point allows. Therefore, you must land as many units as possible and then send them to capture other reinforcement points to increase your unit capacity and bring even more units into battle. However, before leaving your landing zone, take control of any nearby build pads and construct turrets to defend this location while you advance on other reinforcement points. As you move out, look Take out power generators before for build pads along your way. You can see the pads even through rushing in to attack an enemy base. the fog of war. However, you cant tell if there is a turret or other structure on them until you come into sight range. Engage turrets with the right type of unit. Use vehicles to take out anti-infantry turrets and infantry for anti-vehicle turrets. Bombing runs (if you have them in orbit) or artillery units (if youve purchased them) work even better. However, dont try to rush past a turret or you will take unnecessary damage. Instead, destroy it and then take control of the build pad and construct your own turret or other structure. You do not have to take control of all reinforcement points. Some may be too difficult or dangerous to get to initially. Therefore, get the easiest ones first and make do with the units you can get. Next, go after the power generator if the enemy has turbolaser towers or a shield generator. Locate this with fast units that can quickly move about the battlefield. Then either call in a bombing run or bring forward some units to attack the power generator. This makes the attack on the enemy base much easier. As you advance, take time to build turrets on build pads.

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CONSORTIUM UNITS

Urai Fenn
Tyber Zanns second in command, Urai Fenn is a wise and ancient warrior who prefers the art of hand-to-hand combat.
Unit Type: Ground Hero Special: Sonic Stunner (Land), Cloak (Land), Purchase Black Market Technology (Galactic) Good Against: Infantry, Light Vehicles Vulnerable To: Artillery, Tanks
Urai Fenn is a powerful hero. With his two massive blades, he can slash through infantry like he is cutting grass. In addition, his blades go right through shields and cause physical damage to vehicles without having to drain their shields first. Like Tyber Zann, Fenn can cloak to move about the battlefield undetected. His sonic stunner ability stuns all nearby infantry for a short time, preventing them from firing during the effect. If that were not enough to make Fenn a great hero, he also slowly regenerates health on his own.
Devious, cunning, and dangerous, Silri is a dark Forcewielding Nightsister.
Unit Type: Ground Hero Special: Drain Life (Land), Summon Rancor (Land), Purchase Black Market Technology (Galactic) Good Against: Infantry Vulnerable To: Artillery, Tanks
Silri is armed with a lightwhip and is very good at taking on enemy infantry. If she needs some help, she can summon a rancor for additional destruction. If Silris health starts decreasing, she can use her drain life ability to steal health from nearby enemy infantry unitsincreasing her health while that of her enemies decreases.

Corellian Corvette

The Corellian corvette is a multipurpose ship produced by the Corellian Engineering Corporation for a wide variety of tasks, including passenger transport, cargo shipment, and military service. However, because the ships are fast, well-armed, and durable, the Rebel Alliance has a strong affinity for the vessels. The starships are commonly used as blockade runners because they can easily circumvent most obstacles. The Corellian corvette is armed with laser cannons and over-sized drive engines for a ship of its scale. The engines can supply a large burst of power, boosting the ships speed for a time and allowing the vessel to avoid a blockade or quickly enter a fight.

Primary Manufacturer: Corellian Engineering Corporation Unit Type: Corvette Special: Boost Engine Power Good Against: TIE Fighters, TIE Bombers, Pirate Fighters Vulnerable To: Acclamator Cruisers, Victory-Class Star Destroyers, Imperial Star Destroyers
The Corellian corvette is a fighter and bomber killer. It is essentially eight laser cannons attached to a large engine. When fighting against an enemy fleet, keep your corvettes close to your capital ships or space station to deal with enemy fighters and bombers, or use them to pursue and destroy fighters. Corvettes are also useful for taking out orbital defenses and making hit-and-run attacks. Move in and fire, then when your shields are nearly depleted, boost engine power and get away to let your shields recharge so you can repeat the tactic again. Corvettes work best in groups of four or five where their combined firepower can quickly destroy a single target before it can cause much damage in return.

Aeten II

Located in the Outer Rim and plagued by volcanic activity, Aeten II is known for its deposits of rare stygium crystals, which are used in the construction of cloaking devices. Because stygium crystals are extremely valuable, a number of unscrupulous prospectors descended upon Aeten II, where they competed for the rare crystals with deadly abandon. As a result, Aeten II became one of the most dangerous planets in the Outer Rim territories. By the rise of the Empire, Aeten IIs cache of crystals had been all but depleted, making the manufacture of new stygium-based cloaking devices a near impossibility. Prospectors looking to retool old mining facilities here have since found other valuable resources to mine.
Climate: Volcanic Terrain: Lava rivers, volcanoes Average Weather: Hot, ash fall Diameter: 4,900 km Sentient Species: Human Population: 18,490 Wildlife: None System/Star: Aeten Tactical Information: Additional income is provided by mining facilities located throughout the planet.
T H E C O N S O R T I U M C A M PA I G N
Intimidate Governor Koong Eeth

O B J E CT I V E S

1. Urai Fenn must survive. 2. Find Governor Koong Eeth.

Governor

For this mission, you do not have much of a force. In addition to Urai Fenn, you have three mercenary assault squads and a couple defilers. This does not allow you to fight through to your target in Stun the infantry guarding the the northeast. Therefore, you have to use stealth. Send a mercenary governor, then go after your target. squad east from your starting position in the west to locate the enemies. Then move Urai forward and activate his cloaking ability so he can move right past the enemy. It starts to wear off as you get to the eastern part of the map. There are lots of infantry between Urai and the governor, so use his sonic stunner to disable them temporarilythen attack the governor. Once you defeat him, the mission ends and Saleucamis corruption is completed.

GALACTIC CONQUEST

Gateways

Conditions

Planets Tech Level Initial Credits 8,000
Gateways is another mission where you must completely wipe out the other two factions to win. Defense is a bit easer in the beginning because each faction has only two or three planets that border the other two. However, these gateway planets also allow your enemies to build up their defenses on the frontier.

Rebel Tips

Bespin, Bothawui, and Tatooine are your border planets. By expanding to Byss, Kuat, and Honoghr, you can expand and still maintain a three-planet border. Just move your defenses up to the front line and expand evenly so as not to stretch your border too thin to defend.

Imperial Tips

Byss and Anaxes are the only two Imperial border planets, giving them an early advantage and allowing them to build up fleets and space stations at those two locations before going on the offensive. The Consortium usually begins corrupting the Empire, so be sure to use the Emperor to remove corruption from your planets.

Consortium Tips

Myrkr, Kuat, and Honoghr are the Consortium border planets. Build up space stations at each as you begin corrupting the enemy controlled planets in the galaxy. Set up black markets as soon as possible so you can purchase new technology to use against your enemies.
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A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away..3 Galactic Command Training...4 Getting Started....4 The Main Menu...4 Types of Games...4 The Campaigns...5 Galactic Conquest...5 Skirmish Battles...5 Multiplayer Games...6 The Game Screen...6 Game Window....6 Data Bar...6 Minimap...7 Command Bar....7 Tutorial 01: Basic Land Combat...8 Starting with the Galactic View...8 Gaining Groundthe Land Battle..9 Tutorial 02: Basic Galactic Controls..13 Tutorial 03: Basic Space Combat...17 Empire at WarSpace Battle..18 Tutorial 04: Advanced Galactic..20 Tutorial 05: Advanced Land Combat..24 Imperial PolicyTactical Land Battle..24 Tutorials 06 and 07...28 Tutorial 08: Crime Lord Unleashed...28 Defeat Mandalores Supreme Strategist..29 Back to the Galactic Map...30 Felucia....30 May the Force Be with You!...32 Tactics for Conquering the Galaxy...33 Corruption...33 Means of Corruption...34 Means of Corruption by Planet...35 Tactical Missions (Raids)...37 Ground Combat...37 Reinforcement Points...37 Terrain....38 Good Ground...39 Ground Units....39 Heroes...39 Infantry....40 Vehicles...41 Artillery...41 Invading a Planet...43 Defending a Planet..44 Space Battles...45 Asteroids and Nebulae...45 Space Stations...45 Space Units...46 Fighters...46 Bombers...47 Corvettes...47 Missile Cruisers...47 Imperial Capital Ships...48 Rebel Capital Ships...48

CONTENTS

Satellite Defenses...49 Planetary Weapons..49 Consortium Units....50 Rebel Units...67 Imperial Units...101 Common & Non-Aligned Units...141 Systems of the Galaxy...157 The Consortium Campaign...212 Escape from the Spice Mines...212 Corrupting Planets...215 Defilers Second Mission..217 Piracy on Mandalore...218 Remnants of the Death Star...220 Black Market Establishment...225 Tybers Recon...226 Corruption on Saleucami...226 Sabotage on Saleucami...228 Communications Breakdown...228 Visions of the Past....231 Clearing the Way...234 A Dark Alley....235 Cloud City Conflict...240 Baiting the Hook...243 Following the Artifact...245 The Emperors New Weapon...250 The Rebellion Campaign...255 Shipyard Diversion....255 Interpreting the Network...258 Theft of the X-wing...261 Kessel Rescue...265 Stealing from the Rich...268 Imperial Liberation...269 Highest Bidder...273 Rescue the Millennium Falcon..277 Needle in a Haystack....279 Borrowed Time...282 Handle with Care!....284 The Defense of Mon Calamari...288 The Final Battle....291 The Empire Campaign...293 An Organized Resistance...293 Crush, Kill, Destroy...297 Rooting Out the Pirates...300 The Pirate Menace...300 Subjugating Geonosis....303 Attack on Mon Calamari...308 Trouble on Kashyyyk...311 A New Weapon of War...313 The Rebel Fortress....316 The Traitorous Moff...320 An Engagement with the Emperor..321 Capturing a Princess...324 The Destruction of Alderaan...326 End of the Rebellion...328 Galactic Conquest...329 Skirmish and Multiplayer...351
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