This mod's purpose is to give a fun and lore-friendly campaign covering the time period leading up to the Battle of Hoth on through to the end of Return of the Jedi.

The real capstone of course is the Battle of Endor. The epic struggle to destroy the superweapon, eliminate the Emperor, and all that good stuff.

When playing the Rebel version of the campaign, the goal of the campaign is to either kill Palpatine or destroy the Death Star. One set of difficulties I encountered in setting up the mod was that the AI could be a bit funny about production, so I resolved to dealing with this via events. When playing as the Empire, no worries, there are no event handcuffs. So feel free to dominate the galaxy as you like.

The rebels will have the chance to eliminate the Emperor during any point in the campaign until the Empire reaches tech 5 (technically a little bit after reaching level 5). The Emperor starts in his well defended Capital of Coruscant so it would be tough going there. I imagine a really great player could probably storm the Core and try to assasinate him but I suspect the Empire will be keeping folks on their toes. Eventually the AI, if it is feeling ballsy will send the Emperor himself to deal with the rebel scum. This is a great way to win the scenario as the Emperor has now put himself in danger.

All of this changes in tech 5. Once tech 5 is reached a timer starts off. When a time limit is reached the player will be made aware that the Empire is currently constructing the second Death Star. From here, 8 game-days will pass. Use this oportunity to gather the Rebel Fleet, build more units, etc. Once the 8 days are up, the Emperor and Darth Vader will go to Endor. The Palpatine unit itself is actually removed, as from here on out it is assumed he is onboard the Death Star. So if you wanted to end the campaign before the Death Star arrives you have until then to do it. To avoid wacky situations Endor is actually restricted until this point is reached, so no early squatting.

The Imperial fleet and DSII above Endor will stick around for a little bit before the AI will decide to send it around. This is your opportunity to strike since you know where it is. Keep in mind that Rogue Squadron is the only available unit that can destroy the Death Star once its escort fleet is destroyed in tactical combat. I may add the super weapon killer trait to other units to help balance things, we will see. Keep Wedge safe until the critical time arrives. If you don't catch it at Endor you can always track it down elsewhere, but we all love Endor, don't we?

At some point I may try to add some events to insure the Battle of Hoth happens, as right now it is just up to the AI to decide to assault the Rebel Base. It will certainly do so eventually, so it is just a question of how much railroading is really desired.

Hope you all enjoy! As always, let me know about play balance, etc.