Training New Recruits, Empire Maintains Supremacy Over Rebellion

Heavy Battle Line of star destroyers prior to destroying the Rebel forces

PREFSBELT IV - The Imperial Navy rejoices with the graduation of a new host of Naval Academy cadets just as news arrives of a large Rebel fleet being crushed in the Kaelta system.

The citizens of the Galactic Empire had two reasons for rejoicing yesterday. The Naval Academy at Prefsbelt IV graduated another host of cadets after they proved themselves in a mock battle against experienced naval crewers. After the final-exam exercises had completed news arrived of a crushing victory over a large rebel fleet in the Kaelta system.

According to preliminary reports, the victory in the Kaelta system consisted of the destruction of an infamous assault frigate under the command of the ill-famed warlord Lyraeus.

The warlord Lyraeus, whose species has not yet been identified, is suspected of being the same as the dread pirate Lyraeus. The Dread Pirate Lyraeus, suspected of being some form of Outer Rim alien, has terrorized law-abiding human citizens of the Outer Rim with piracy and marauding. In this later incarnation, he seeks to cut out a swathe of territory over which to rule as a merciless despot, much like other leaders of the so-called Rebel Alliance.

Thankfully, the warlord Lyraeus' latest attempt at separatist depredation has been thwarted and the Empire is not strengthened with new recruits eager to deny him any foothold (or clawhold, as the case may be) in the Outer Rim or elsewhere in the galaxy.

GAME: Armada
LOCATION: Red Castle Games (Casual pick-up games)
DATE: 2015-8-20
(So, why is it the case that I tend to lose against people just starting to play the game, but I can perform more strongly against more seasoned players?)

Battle 1
SYSTEM: Prefsbelt System
POINTS: 300
WINNER: Naval Academy Cadets

NAVAL ACADEMY CADETS: David
Victory I-class Star Destroyer + Admiral Screed + Expanded Hangar Bay
Gladiator I-class Star Destroyer + Assault Concussion Missiles + Demolisher
Gladiator I-class Star Destroyer + Engine Techs + Assault Concussion Missiles
Major Rhymer TIE Bomber Squadron
2x TIE Interceptor Squadron
TIE Fighter Squadron

VETERAN EMPIRE: Mikael
Victory II-class Star Destroyer + Admiral Motti + Expanded Hangar Bay + Flight Controller
Gladiator II-class Star Destroyer + Assault Concussion Missiles + Demolisher
Darth Vader TIE Advanced Squadron
Soontir Fel TIE Interceptor Squadron
Major Rhymer TIE Bomber Squadron
5x TIE Bomber Squadron

Battle 2
SYSTEM: Prefsbelt System
POINTS: 400 (2v2)
WINNER: Empire

REBELS: Lyraeus & David
Assault Frigate Mark IIA + Mon Mothma + Advanced Projectors + Gunnery Team + Enhanced Armament
Assault Frigate Mark IIA + Raymus Antilles + Advanced Projectors + Gunnery Team + Enhanced Armament
CR-90 Corvette A + Leia Organa
CR-90 Corvette A + Jaina's Light
4x X-wing Squadron
2x A-wing Squadron

EMPIRE: Will & Mikael
Victory II-class Star Destroyer + Grand Moff Tarkin + Intel Officer + Gunnery Team + Enhanced Armament + Dominator
Gladiator II-class Star Destroyer + Engine Techs + Assault Concussion Missiles + Demolisher
Gladiator II-class Star Destroyer + Engine Techs + Assault Concussion Missiles
Gladiator II-class Star Destroyer + Engine Techs + Assault Concussion Missiles