Every fighter image represents a full squadron of twelve fighters. A damaged fighter image means that some of the fighters were destroyed; the squadron will be repaired if you let it sit at one of your planets which has a shipyard. Note that the stats in the Encyclopedia are for a single fighter ship.

Is your character injured?

Injured characters cannot perform missions or hold ranks. You have to wait until they heal.

Is you're character captured?

Obviously, you will be unable to utilize a character until they are rescued from captivity.

Are you targeting the right item for that mission?

You should always double-check to make sure the proper item is selected.

Is your character or specforce capable of doing the mission?

Based on a character's attributes, only certain missions will be possible.

The character's attributes for that mission are low (see chart below). This would result in a Failed mission.

If performing the mission on an enemy planet, the other side might have to many defenders for you to succeed. This would result in a Foiled mission

If trying to win over a neutral planet, the other side might be trying to do the same thing.

Mission Attributes

Different character attributes are used for each type of mission that a character can perform. Basically, the higher the value for the specified attribute, the better the person is at doing the mission. Note: a character with a zero value for an attribute can still attempt the mission; he/she will just have a very low chance of succeeding.

Note: This table presumes you are able to attempt a mission without being foiled by detectors (troops, fighters, etc) or Commanding characters at that location.

How do I use Decoys?

Decoys are used to draw attention from the characters performing the real mission. To have someone be a decoy, they must be able to do the real mission on their own and you generally want to use someone who has a good espionage value.

Form a mission team by Control clicking on all the people you want involved in the mission (decoys and real mission members).

Select Mission from the right click menu of any member of the party and click on the appropriate target.

When the Create Mission window comes up, choose the mission you wish to use and then, before clicking on the checkmark, click on the decoy tab at the top of the window.

Move any personnel you wish to use as decoys over to the right column and accept the mission. Keep in mind, you don't want to send too many people on a mission; it's a lot easier to sneak in two or three people into an enemy location then 10 people.

Jedi Training and Force Growth

Force using characters are able to increase their attributes and heal faster than regular characters. When strong enough, they can also detect and foil enemy Force users and can detect traitors among their own personnel. There are five levels of force growth:

Novice (10+)

Trainee (20+)

Jedi student (80+)

Jedi Knight (100+)

Jedi Master (120+)

The numbers are never displayed in the game, but this gives you a general idea of how long it will take to move to the next level. Keep in mind that each time you get a Force growth message, the character receives one point of Force growth and also gains an increase in their leadership, combat, and espionage attributes.

To detect if someone is a Force user, the character must be on the same planet as Luke or Darth. While Darth is able to detect Force users right away, Luke will not be able to detect Force capable characters until he reaches the level of Jedi student, which usually happens when he comes back from Dagobah.

How can I increase my characters Force powers?

Send them on Jedi Training missions with Luke or Darth

Have them successfully complete other missions

How do I train Jedi?

Select both the character and Darth or Luke (depending on which side you are playing) and target a friendly planet.

Luke must be a Jedi Knight before he can train anyone.

Why should I make someone an Officer?

Commanders, Generals and Admirals all enhance their group's abilities.

Admirals – enhance reaction time of fleets in tactical

Generals – enhance strengths of troops for assault or defense and magnify defense facilities

Commanders – enhance effectiveness of fighters in tactical; can also be assigned to fighters on a system

In addition, they help detect and foil missions the enemy may be performing against you. It is not a waste to leave a character on a planet if s/he is in a command position.

How am I capturing Characters when I'm not trying to abduct them?

If the enemy is trying to conduct missions on one of your planets and you have a strong defensive force (troops with a General; fighters with a Commander on the planet, etc), you will often foil the missions and capture the character.

Note: If you wish to move a captured character, you will have to escort him with one of your characters.

Game events

Game events are situations that occur without the player's input, i.e. their occurrences are generated by the game itself and cannot be controlled by the player. For example, when characters are taken to Dagobah or Jabba's Palace, they can not be retrieved until they return on their own.

Galactic Events

Natural Disaster

may occur every 1-400 days

means loss of resources, energy and facilities

Resource events

may occur every 1-500 days

means new resources discovered

Prisoner escape

may occur every 1-30 days

System Events

Uprising Events

when garrison revolts against controller

means loss of facilities, escape of captured characters, capturing of opposing characters and loss of planet if not rectified

Informants

possibly every 30-100 days on a planet with low loyalty for its controller; increases if smuggling or uprising occurs

reveal info about a system to an opponent

Character Events

Injured

chance any time a character must evade capture or encounters another character

needs to be on friendly system to heal

injured characters cannot be assigned to missions nor command any military

if a minor character is injured, there is a 25% chance he is killed

Minor Character Discovers Force Ability

character with hidden Force ability is assigned to a mission with Luke when Luke has a Force value of 80 or more.

character assumes his base Force value

Luke Events

Dagobah

between 100 to 1000 days provided he is not on a mission

increases Force abilities

Encounter with Darth

first encounter -- discovers Darth's his father

if captured and Force is above 60, Vader takes him to the Emperor for the Final Battle

if captured and Force is below 60, he is treated like any other captured character

anytime they meet and Luke is not captured, his Force increase 25%

Final Battle

if Luke's Force is below 100, he is captured and injured

if Luke's Force is above 100, Vader and the Emperor are captured

Encounter with Emperor

If Luke is not captured, his Force value increases 20%

Evasion Bonus

Force increases every time he evades capture

Han Solo Events

Bounty Hunters

every 1 to 100 days, 30% chance of encounter

if successful, taken to Jabba

if they fail, inform Empire of his location

Jabba's Palace

taken there if bounty hunters were successful during the Bounty hunter event

if Han is held, Luke, Leia, and Chewie are compelled to rescue on their own

missions in progress are completed before the rescue attempt is activated

if they fail, they are captured

if all three rescuers are captured, they are taken to the Vader

if rescue is successful, Han is released

other characters attempting to rescue abort mission

Millenium Falcon

if Han is member of a mission or moving group that contains no SpecForces, all characters travel with a +50 hyperdrive modifier

Discovers Heritage

after Luke discovers Vader is his father and Luke is on a mission with Leia, she discovers her heritage and Force ability

her Force is set to 10

Encounter with Empire

when Force capable and encounters either Vader or the Emperor, Force increases by one

Evasion Bonus

when Force capable and evades capture, Force increases by one

Emperor Events

Seat of Power

when at Coruscant, the leadership attribute of all Imperial characters is increased by 50%

Where do I start?

Here is a list of suggestions of things to do at the beginning of the game.

Both sides: Use your GID to see what facilities you have and where. Locate all your characters. Protect your headquarters.

Alliance:

Text in plain type indicates items you start with; those in bold are listed in the order they come up in research.

Simulate v. Tactical

Fighter information

You are unable to click on fighters to determine their status in the tactical battle.

Death Star Tactical Controls

When you, as the Empire, take the Death Star into battle, the Death Star control is added above the tactical control panel. It consists of a Death Star image (to tell you what it's for), a charge indicator (which tracks the charge of the Death Star laser) and a fire button (which allows you to fire the weapon.)

To blow up ships with the Death Star:

first click on the fire button. The cursor will change to a target.

Right click on the ship you wish to destroy. When the game is not paused, the laser will blow up the ship.

In order to fire again, you need to wait until the charge indicator shows that the laser is fully recharged.

If you decide not to use the Death Star after you have pressed the fire button, left click anywhere in the tactical battle display to dismiss the control.

Note: You cannot target fighters or the planet within the tactical portion of the game.