RODIA, Mid Rim. 30 January 2009 Earth Standard Calendar. The usual Thursday evening battle for galactic dominance resumed after a one-week adjournment called by Major Ursa. The battle was joined with typical frivolity and ferociousness... and with some really bad dice rolls: Rebels roll a 2; Hutts roll three 1s.
With the Death Star on Hoth, the Rebels quickly abandonned the Ison Corridor and concentrated on the Core Worlds. The Hutts captured the Wild Space early on and held it for much of the game. Meanwhile, the Empire gradually fortified the Mid Rim, built up their star fleet, and edged the force meter ever more to the dark side. On the third turn, the Death Star destroyed a sizeable garrison on Kurt as well as the planet itself.
By the fourth round, the preponderance of dark force was netting the Empire four faction cards each turn. The Emperor appeared late in the game and was hidden on Rodia. The Rebels gambled and went instead after the Starbase at Bakura only to be twice thwarted by stalwart defenders.
The battles raged on until exhaustion set in on round 8 when the thinly spread Rebels and the dispirited Hutts capitulated. Although an Imperial victory, it was a shallow one lacking in the total subjugation of the Rebel forces.
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