Empire Drills While Rebel Scum Fracture

TIE Phantom pilot - callsign "Echo" - soon to be unleashed in the Keldrath sector

PAKUUNI SYSTEM - The Empire prepares to unleash an irregular form of warfare on the rebels and syndicates operating behind Imperial lines in the Tion Cluster, while different rebel and syndicate factions contest the Clariv system

With Moff Dzon Brennin in charge of the Maldrood oversector - including the sectors spinward of the Calamari sector - the pacification strategy has shifted towards an approach of stealth and concealment. Pursuant to his success in the Arkanis sector, Moff Brennin is bringing 'Special Operations Units' to the systems of the Tion Cluster.

One pilot of the TIE Phantom starfighter was cleared to speak with HNN about the drills and upcoming missions. Operating under the callsign "Echo", this pilot is enthusiastic to assist Moff Brennin in bringing this part of the Outer Rim to heel.

"Echo" served under Moff Brennin during the Arkanis campaign, and was brought to the Pakuuni system as part of 'Special Operations Units', recently declassified as consisting of VT-49 Decimator assault ships and TIE/ph Phantom stealth fighters.

"In the Arkanis sector, our SOUs were devastating against the Rebels and Hutt syndicates," 'Echo' told HNN. "These formations allowed us to destabilize Rebel- and syndicate-held systems, as both platforms of the units were hyperdrive enabled. Integrated with Imperial Intelligence officers both on the VTs and Phantoms, we would receive intelligence information and immediately respond to reports; quickly dealing with criminal and rebel threats."

"The same strategy will be deployed here in the Tion Cluster. The rebels and criminals would be wise to vacate the region before we find them and hunt them down."

Seemingly clueless to their approaching demise, Rebels and criminals engaged in skirmishes in the Clariv system of the Tion Hegemony sector. The Clariv system was left to its own devices in recent operations along the Pakuuni Drift and the Tion Trade Route. But 'Echo' assured HNN that the "scum" of Clariv would soon be facing a determined effort to eradicate them from the Cluster, and that their days are numbered.

Unconfirmed reports suggest that the drills that had the Special Operations Units training in combat missions were visited by none other than Lord Darth Vader, who recently assisted in the retirement of Admiral Ren Darvox.

Game: X-Wing
Date: 2015-11-28
Location: Red Castle Games (Saturday ad hoc play).

Battle 1
System: Pakuuni
WINNER: Empire (Mikael)

EMPIRE: Brian
Rear Admiral Chiraneau + Push the Limit + Ysanne Isard + Engine Upgrade
2x Tempest Squadron Pilot + TIE/x1 + Accuracy Corrector

EMPIRE: Mikael
Rear Admiral Chiraneau + Predator + Ysanne Isard + Gunner + Engine Upgrade
"Echo" + Veteran Instincts + Intelligence Agent + Fire-Control System + Advanced Cloaking Device

Battle 2
System: Clariv:
WINNER: Rebels

SCUM: Eli
Talonbane Cobra + Lightning Reflexes + Glittlerstim Cartel Spacer + "Heavy Scyk" Interceptor + Ion Cannon
2x Syndicate Thug + Autoblaster Turret + Bomb Loadout + Unhinged Astromech + Proximity Mine

REBELS: Justin
Tycho Celchu + Deadeye + Proton Rockets +
Green Squadron Pilot + Push the Limit + Proton Rockets + A-Wing Test Pilot
Green Squadron Pilot + Proton Rockets
Blue Squadron Pilot + B-Wing/E2 + Saboteur + Enhanced Scopes

Battle 3
System: Pakuuni
WINNER: Empire (Brian)

EMPIRE: Brian
Rear Admiral Chiraneau + Push the Limit + Ysanne Isard + Engine Upgrade
2x Tempest Squadron Pilot + TIE/x1 + Accuracy Corrector

EMPIRE: Mikael
Darth Vader + Predator + Engine Upgrade + TIE/x1 + Adv. Targeting Computer
"Echo" + Veteran Instincts + Intelligence Agent + Fire-Control System + Advanced Cloaking Device
2x Academy Pilot

Battle 4
System: Clariv:
WINNER: Scum

SCUM: Eli
Talonbane Cobra + Lightning Reflexes + Glittlerstim Cartel Spacer + "Heavy Scyk" Interceptor + Ion Cannon
2x Syndicate Thug + Autoblaster Turret + Bomb Loadout + Unhinged Astromech + Proximity Mine

REBELS: Justin
Tycho Celchu + Deadeye + Proton Rockets +
Green Squadron Pilot + Push the Limit + Proton Rockets + A-Wing Test Pilot
Green Squadron Pilot + Proton Rockets
Blue Squadron Pilot + B-Wing/E2 + Saboteur + Enhanced Scopes

Battle 5
System: Pakuuni
WINNER: Empire (Darth Vader)

EMPIRE: Brian
"Echo" + Veteran Instincts + Intelligence Agent + Fire-Control System + Advanced Cloaking Device
"Dark Curse" + Engine Upgrade
2x Tempest Squadron Pilot + TIE/x1 + Accuracy Corrector

EMPIRE: Mikael
Darth Vader + Predator + Engine Upgrade + TIE/x1 + Adv. Targeting Computer
"Echo" + Veteran Instincts + Intelligence Agent + Fire-Control System + Advanced Cloaking Device
2x Academy Pilot