The Dice Are Trying to Kill Me

Special guest Sith tonight was Peter, standing in for David by playing both white and grey imperial forces.  Kent and Ric took up the mantle of the Rebel cause while Karl commanded the Hutts.

Let's face it, 5-person SWR is a different animal -- 62 legions of storm troopers, 56 rebel units, and 25 Hutts.  All that makes for a very crowded starting position.  The Hutts left a few sacrificial single units out as bait, to draw opposing forces away from the three heavily fortified resource planets.

Kent immediately went after them and came up against his match at Alderaan.  Before the Battle for Alderaan was over several assaults later, something like 9 legions of rebels and storm troopers were taken out, all for a single Hutt. 

The White Empire began its assaults with attacks in the Mid Rim.  Hutt counter-attacks could not hold their lightly garrisoned positions.  With a couple command swaps, the White forces managed to capture the entire sector.

Meanwhile, the Death Star was hard at work -- destroying Hoth.  Along with the planet's destruction, 10 Yellow Rebel legions and their entire fleet were lost. 

It was downhill from there.  Even a faction card straight worth seven Hutt legions wasn't enough to stop the onslaught.  The Rebels capitulated and without their harrassment of the storm troopers, the Hutts had no chance.

Game Empire.