Although the following strategies focus when playing
with the Empire, but many of them can be applied to the Rebels
as well. At the start of the game, send the Emperor on recruitment
missions on Coruscant until all characters are found. This will
allow you to find quality personnel without losing the bonus for
having the emperor on Coruscant. Send all personnel with high
Diplomacy skills on diplomacy missions to planets with Construction
Yards or Ship Yards in place. It is also a good idea to find planets
that have Shield Generators already in place, along with numerous
resource producing units on them. This will increase the maintenance
points available to you while increasing your chances of holding
on to these systems without establishing Garrisons on them. This
is a huge advantage early in the game, and will serve you well
as you begin to build larger ships and military garrisons that
have larger maintenance requirements. Another very important objective
early in the game is to send personnel capable of research to
systems with the respective type of facility. Researching ship
development is the most important, followed by facilities design,
then troop training. Make sure to protect these systems with Garrisons,
Fleets or Shield Generators as the enemy will probably try to
abduct the personnel conducting research. Make sure to place personnel
that can assume command as Admirals and Commanders in your fleets.
A high leadership rating is very important in determining who
you select as your Commanders. As soon as the Emperor recruits
someone, determine how they can best be used and take the appropriate
actions immediately. It is a good idea to keep at least twelve
Troops on Coruscant, as well as Fighter Squadrons. Also load up
on Shield Generators and Batteries. Try building a troop training
facility on Coruscant and just keep building Troops there. Also,
build ten Imperial Probe Droids very early in the game and send
them out at the same time to a explore every system in a particular
sector. This will expedite your search for Outer Rim systems that
can be used as military staging areas or resource gathering. You
might get lucky and find the Rebel base as well, but do not count
on it being there for long. For facility construction, select
a system that has a Construction Yard already in place and continue
to build more on that planet. Scrap resources on that planet when
available space on it reaches zero. Make sure to check the Galaxy
Overview to see how many Mines and Refineries are present. There
should be a 1:1 ratio of Mines to Refineries to optimize production.
Place Shield Generators and Batteries to defend your Construction
Yards. Upgrade to Advance Construction Yards as soon as research
is complete.
Strategy: by Stefan Utne