XWA-TC 23: The Unknown Regions - Thrawn's Fist
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Battle Reviews
3
CPT Anthony Starr
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2025-02-28
Played on easy with cheats. It was fine, straightforward goals. As stated before the last mission you can just walk away for 7 minutes and complete the mission since nothing happens on easy difficulty apparently.
4
LCM GamerRat
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2024-12-10
It's a pretty solid battle with lots of fun missions; you get to fly a YT-2000. However, there is also some bad stuff. One mission is a ridiculous one with a massive wait time. You need to have an ESC capture a CRL, but it takes so long for it to clear the 13 km gap. I beat the mission, went to eat dinner, came back and finally it was complete. Also the mission where you destroy the entire base is not good either. The plotline talks about using the fleet to wipe out the base, but in reality you need to fly 10x back and forth to get enough rockets to blast the platforms into oblivion. It's pretty lazy bc if the fleet actually tried, the mission would take 1/2 the time to complete.
Could be better, but overall good one.
3
CPT Vanguard88
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2024-06-23
Many bizzare bugs in this set of missions, but there was a lot of effort put into the plot and missions themselves.
5
MAJ Jagged Fell III
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2023-09-24
I had lots of fun on this mission set and enjoyed the story. You get to fly a T/A, T/D, and YT-2000 during the campaign.
4
COL TheBlackxRanger
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2021-11-26
pretty decent battle, the end was a giant firefight in the space where you fight both frigates and starships. pretty fun set a missions, played with cheats on for added fun
3
LC Solohan50
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2021-11-22
I played on Easy and partially with cheats. The second to last mission definitely shows a lot of promise if played legitimately, but this battle gets points deducted on Easy difficulty as two missions require absolutely nothing from you. The final mission literally just has you stand around for 7 minutes without a single enemy ever appearing.
4
MAJ KEBLAOMEGA
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2021-11-21
You can tell a lot of work went into this one. There is a good plot that is well explained to you in the briefings/debriefings, good mission type and craft variety, and not many bugs. Would have given it a 5 except for the one mission where you sit there watching a shuttle fly 12 km, dock, then fly back while nothing else is going on.
4
LC andr3
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2021-11-12
These are interesting and divers mission and they even accommodate a decent story line. Only the Star Destroyers in mission 5 are a bit lazy. They just sit there ans watch while you go back and forth 10x to pump at least 80 rockets in these stations.
3
COL Phalk Sturm
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2020-10-28
This battle has an excellent plotline and briefings which show very hard work in the narrative and the story development. I actually enjoyed more the post-mission aftermaths than perhaps the flying itself. Some missions were a bit useless, like the final one, with tons of different and cool capital ships present, but not an enemy in sight, and nothing to do. However it was fun to fly, if the same amount of work of the texts and the fiction writing was put to the mission technical development, a masterpiece would have emerged. Sadly, a wasted opportunity.
4
AD Hav Antiel
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2020-09-29
Aside from some long waits and some slightly-too-large waves of craft to destroy, this was a fun battle to blast through for FCHG points. I agree with Stryker that canon/legends characters detract from the story. Also, this battle had a little bit of that 'Didn't I just blow that up in the last mission?' problem.
3
GN Stryker
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2020-09-25
Story wise this wasn't a bad mission, though I dislike the inclusion of canon or Legends characters as it can go against how a player sees them. That said, there were some flaws in this mission: I took a shower waiting for a ship to be boarded in one mission and in the final mission literally nothing happens, which is why this gets a three rather than anything higher...
4
LCM Lo Mar
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2020-09-18
I really enjoyed the setup for this battle. The briefings were well written and generally well written. The story was pretty good overall, and the missions tracked to the story very well. Mission design wasn't the best, some weird objectives and super tedious waiting, but the story more than made up for it.
1
HA Anahorn Dempsey
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2008-07-06
I have two beefs with this otherwise perfectly enjoyable battle. In mission 3, I had to sit and wait for 10 minutes for some E/S to travel 17 clicks to a CRS to capture it and then get back. Why get back? And the last mission. Well, I made breakfast while I sat doing nothing.
4
COL Dirty Vader
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2005-08-08
Great Battle. I don't know what people here are complaining about. Mission 6 is good because it shows that not all patrols have to have enemy craft that show up. In fact, realisticaly most of the time nothing shows up. For this reason I liked that mission. The others were top notch. Only problem was having a Chiss SSD, but Master obviously wanted to show how powerful the Chiss were and it is the only ship big enough in XWA to make that apparent.
4
LCM Danel
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2005-06-04
Good battle,mission 5th is incredible longer,more of the 55 min and this M/FRG is a terrible enemy,near of indestructible type.For the details, well, the Imperial fleet ships are in hollydays,crews watch the battle but not move a finger to help the FGs. In the first mission a Carrack cruiser or a Dreadnaught launch and launch a lot of fighters;that is complet irreal;a Carrack maximum can carrier 3 Fighters and a Dreadnaught(Modified) 2 squadrons.Mission 2:style one versus all the world;Mission 4:this Corvette is really a very good craft; not problem to fight all type of crafts with.In some missions,specially the convoy mission, the utilisation of MAG torpedos is fundamental.Well done battle.
4
CPT Dujhod
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2004-10-28
An enjoyable battle. Well thought out mission design and a coherent plot. Good use of difficulty settings. There were a few points where we were just sitting around and waiting (all of mission 6, for example).
3
LT Kaek
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2003-06-28
I would've liked it a bit more if my own capital ships did a bit more than sit there and look pretty
4
LC Janich
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2002-12-21
Bah, you're all too picky. I liked the last mission. After flying several 30+ minute missions, you do a quick sweep in mission 6 and are delighted to find that, yes- you have just finished another EH battle. Well done. The YT rocks and is a blast to fly.
4
LC Choosh
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2002-12-13
Excellent battle, good plot, missions are entertaining, and not too hard, a good break from flying missions with millions of fighters vs. a little T/A. I loved it
3
FA Pickled Yoda
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2002-09-01
Ok battle, not too hard. Some nice plots and ideas. Wingmen would be nice for some of the missions. The last mission is good in the sense that it was what a 'real' mission might be like - but it has no place in a battle someone has to play!
5
CPT Daar Skeloria
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2002-08-24
The best battle I've ever played!!! First two missions aren't too exciting, but the 3rd(Attack on a convoy) and the two last are great!
4
LCM Fung
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2002-08-09
This was a cool battle. A little disappointed with the last mission, but better than nothing. Not too much protecting which I like.
3
CPT Serge Broskopf
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2002-07-25
Well, it was good. Not excellent, as I must agree with most of the other reviews. The last missions could have been deleted altogether as it has no purpose flying it. The mission before that bothered me a bit as well, as I can't imagine 2 ISDs and 4 VSD assaulting an almost harmless base, only launching 4 T/As and 12 T/Ds and then just sit there and watch. Taking down all cap ships and the base has the player flying back to the ISD getting reloads all over again. It tended to get boring. After finally taking down the base, you think it's all over, only to see there's one more mission, which you can complete by launching and just sitting there. The battle was well constructed, no bugs or construction errors, good story, but it is a shame the waiting and repetitive flying during the last missions made it go downhill. Therefore, I give it a 3.
5
LT Edward De'Galeon
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2002-07-24
This is a great battle if you have some time and are pretty good at XWA. Even someone who is lacking in XWA skills, such as me, will have a good time with this. It’s got a great plot, some fun missions, and isn’t too frustrating. I really wish they’d avoid making me kill capital ships in a T/A in XWA though, as it gets too hard. Also, I don’t like inspection type recon missions. They all feel the same and I hate them all, just leave them out thank you. Other than that, I really recommend this battle. Go fly it if you have XWA. I give it a 4.60 (rounded up to a 5 for purposes of the EH review scale.)
5
SL Slade Mathers
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2002-07-03
This is the best battle I've ever played!!! The only problem I found was the last mission. It didn't tie in with the rest of the battle and it was boring. Regardless of that I give it a 5. Great Job Master!!!
4
COL Klick Sabre
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2002-05-25
Good battle overall, last mission didnt really tie in with the rest, but overall lots of dog fighting fun.
5
MAJ Erryc Lasitter
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2002-05-14
Great missions, EXCELLENT briefs/debriefs, and very consistent! Keep up the good work!
4
FA Tomaas Montte
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2002-04-15
Great Battle the missions were excellently strung together and the story was good as well. The last mission wasa bit slow but the rest makes up for it.
4
CPT Alexi Stukov
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2002-03-23
Good battle. Not to boring or stupid, or hard. The plot was good (anything with Thrawn is). Although the long wait for the CRS to be captured was annoying. I'm very disturbed that Black Sun could get their hands on a Star Destroyer, and, when did the Chiss ever have an SSD?
4
COL Arso Slyth
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2002-01-26
Very good battle, I like battles that make me fly the mission real fast to continue reading the plot-line. This battle did that very effectively.
4
GN Triji Boliv
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2002-01-11
Good battle. Other than having to sit and wait forever when capturing the CRL, and the slow last mission, great battle, bug free, and pretty fun. Good Job, Master!
5
GN Master
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2001-12-29
Well its my battle and my first battle so i get to give it a 5 :) The whole point of the last mission was a reference to The Hand Of Thrawn books by Zahn, for those who have read it Thrawn had a base on that planet run by the Chiss, anyway, who's going to stand a chance against the fleet they had :P Its in my list, dont worry it will happen :)
4
CPT Damon Kast
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2001-12-25
Very good battle ! One of the Best TC-XWA ones out there. The last mission kinda slows things down , but I am still looking foward to the sequel (ahem , nudge nudge MR. Creator )
4
AD Locke Setzer
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2001-11-24
Excellent battle and plotline, truely a definite fly for XWA fans out there. Why the 4? The last mission should had been the first mission of the sequal...
4
HA Striker
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2001-11-14
Good battle with good debriefings. Too bad the last mission ruins the pace of the battle.
Battle Bug Reports
2024-12-10
In the mission where you destroy the entire Black Sun base, the mission randomly failed. No ships lost, nothing left the area for multiple minutes. For no reason, the longest mission in the battle randomly failed.
2024-06-23
Mission 1: Assault Gunboat Gamma 4 crashes into the ISD Knight and causes it to be destroyed due to the scraping bug. T/I Avenger, ISDII Escapade, ISD Knight, VSD huntress, Wasp, Blade & Scythe are on Rebel Radio Instead of Imperial. All of the aforementioned capital ships can be issued orders.
Mission 2: All capital ships can be issued orders.
Mission 3: All capital ships can be issued orders.
Mission 4: ISD's can be issued orders. Enemy flight groups X-Wing Red & T/A Gold are on Imperial Radio, meaning they can also be issued orders. Corellian Transport Nemesis text in region 2 should be yellow instead of Red.
Mission 5: ISD's, T/D, Corellian transport & ATR can all be issued orders. Stormtrooper transport Xi collided with an unknown object and was destroyed multiple times when playing this mission.
Mission 6: T/A Avenger is on Rebel Radio.
2023-09-24
As stated by GN Dunta Polo below missions 3-6 are missing their commander's briefing, however the animated briefing still works and the content of the commander's briefing is contained at the end of the previous mission's win briefing.
2019-09-29
m2 ... X-W will hyper out if you activate the decoy beam because they have no targets and fail a goal.
2009-11-22
Mission 2: Bad texture blending in background image of region 1. Mission 3: Commander briefing has an error that prevents it appearing in-game. The E/S has to fly around 30km to satisfy a mission goal, causing a long wait time after the action is over. Mission 4: Commander briefing has an error that prevents it appearing in-game. Mission 5: Commander briefing has an error that prevents it appearing in-game. CRL Storm has no orders. Mission 6: Commander briefing has an error that prevents it appearing in-game.
High Scores
| Battle Total: | 88,556 | CPT Vanguard88 | 2024-06-23 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mission 1: | 8,996 | CPT Vanguard88 | 2024-06-23 |
| Mission 2: | 6,225 | CPT Vanguard88 | 2024-06-23 |
| Mission 3: | 13,110 | CPT Vanguard88 | 2024-06-23 |
| Mission 4: | 32,995 | COL Deimos | |
| Mission 5: | 25,045 | COL Dirty Vader | |
| Mission 6: | 2,750 | CPT Maw'la |
Top Ten
(of available records)
| 1 | 88,556 | CPT Vanguard88 | 2024-06-23 |
| 2 | 86,746 | LC Rando | 2019-09-28 |
| 3 | 80,626 | FA Von Reinthaler | 2003-01-28 |
| 4 | 77,824 | HA Daniel Bonini | 2009-05-18 |
| 5 | 77,658 | MAJ Hunter | 2003-01-25 |
| 6 | 66,135 | LCM Zhil | 2019-09-29 |
| 7 | 66,135 | FA Pickled Yoda | 2019-09-29 |
| 8 | 61,281 | MAJ Neko Nuwen | 2003-03-20 |
| 9 | 53,160 | AD TK-2107 | 2002-12-09 |
| 10 | 50,676 | COL Drak | 2002-12-30 |
Battle Completion Statistics
This battle has been flown by 372 pilots a total of 387 times.
CPT Alexander Anderson - 2004-09-27
CPT Alexander Shrike - 2003-12-06
CPT Alsdyr - 2002-08-07
HA Anahorn Dempsey - 7 times, last on 2015-11-23
LC andr3 - 2021-11-11
CM Andrelious J. Inahj - 2004-08-11
COL Angel - 2003-03-03
CPT Anthony Starr - 2025-02-28
CM Aragorn - 2003-01-31
COL Archangel - 2003-06-25
CM Aresis Lothorekith - 2003-05-11
LT Arsot Bondabra - 2003-05-21
LCM Artur Knight - 2002-08-22
MAJ Artyis - 2002-11-17
LCM Beignet - 2003-11-30
LCM Big Daddy - 2002-12-18
MAJ Brat Stone - 2002-09-07
CPT Braxus - 2004-06-27
CM Cabbel - 2002-08-26
LC Choosh - 2002-12-15
LC Chris Cox - 2003-11-23
LT Chris Pape - 2009-10-22
CPT Con Selar - 2002-12-14
SL Condar Freed - 2004-07-17
COL CrimsonFury - 2003-08-18
LCM CyberShadow - 2002-08-17
LT D Jervis - 2002-12-20
CPT Daar Skeloria - 2002-08-24
CM Dakar Romson - 2003-01-25
CPT Dan Jenkins - 2002-11-17
LCM Danel - 2005-06-07
HA Daniel Bonini - 2009-05-18
LCM Dargor - 2004-07-21
COL Dark Angel - 2004-09-13
LT Dark Iceman - 2002-10-21
CM DarkSith_99 - 2018-10-30
LCM Daryus - 2003-04-12
CM Dathka Graush - 2022-10-02
COL Davi Anthol - 2003-01-01
MAJ Delak Krennel - 2014-11-30
LC Dolsar Saris - 2002-12-06
VA Dolza - 2003-01-08
CPT Draiff Stryker - 2003-04-25
COL Drak - 2002-12-30
CPT Dujhod - 2004-10-31
GN Dunta Polo - 2009-11-22
LT Eifel - 2004-11-15
CM El Guapo - 2004-09-26
GN Elwood the Brave - 5 times, last on 2019-09-26
CM Epicedion - 2020-09-23
CM Eric - 2002-09-02
MAJ Eugene - 2003-04-12
MAJ Evo Sarnok - 2003-12-17
GN Exar Kit - 2002-11-21
CM Fahrer - 2004-12-01
MAJ Frankie - 2005-01-24
CPT Frenchie6 - 2020-09-16
CM Frenzy Lekvoda - 2003-08-10
LCM Fung - 2002-08-09
COL Gallows - 2004-06-03
LCM GamerRat - 2024-12-11
FA Giovanni Palermo - 2004-06-02
LC Girth Snail - 2003-01-08
MAJ Granite - 2003-06-23
LCM Gregor MacDonald - 2003-10-24
CPT Grimlock - 2003-01-29
LCM Guardian Angel - 2002-12-03
COL Gyssler - 2002-11-20
COL Gytheran - 2025-03-26
MAJ Habu - 2024-08-13
AD Hav Antiel - 2020-09-29
MAJ Hermann - 2 times, last on 2020-09-14
FA Howlader - 2009-10-24
MAJ Hunter - 2003-01-25
COL Ixion Deathbringer - 2004-08-07
MAJ Jagged Fell III - 2023-09-24
LT James Greer - 2003-06-16
CM Jan Schneider - 2003-03-15
LC Janich - 2002-12-29
CPT Jaster Sadista - 2003-08-16
LCM Jer - 2003-09-07
COL Jer Stryker - 2003-01-11
ACO JetMech - 2021-08-30
LCM Josef Hassan - 2004-12-10
COL Josh Popelka - 2002-11-20
LT Kaek - 2003-06-27
LCM Kael Dalor - 2003-05-06
LCM Kat Lyons - 2002-12-30
MAJ Kazraran - 2023-02-25
MAJ KEBLAOMEGA - 2021-11-21
MAJ Keiran Laserlight - 2003-07-04
SL Ketan-Shej - 2003-03-19
LT Korbane Ashoka - 2002-09-06
LCM KramCola - 2003-10-06
CPT Kyral Retsam - 2002-11-17
LT Lance Menu - 2003-04-10
LCM Lazyleesblood - 2003-06-27
COL Lenvik - 2003-07-20
LCM Lo Mar - 2020-09-18
CPT LQC-75-3 - 2021-11-04
CPT Maiko Spince - 2003-04-12
CM Matthew Weeks - 2013-09-15
CPT Maw'la - 2002-11-17
Mayk Wolverine - 2002-08-22
COL Mini Minkus - 2003-03-02
LCM Naar Treib - 2003-04-15
MAJ Neko Nuwen - 2003-03-20
LCM Nylan - 2014-06-29
Per-Aa Damar N`Eshathi - 2002-12-10
HA Pete Mitchell - 2002-11-28
LT Petko Kostov Kostov - 2003-02-18
COL Phalk Sturm - 2020-10-28
COL Phantom - 2003-02-09
LCM Pi Stryker - 2003-06-11
MAJ Picard - 2003-02-15
FA Pickled Yoda - 2 times, last on 2019-09-29
MAJ Praetorian - 2003-02-17
CM Predator - 2003-12-17
CPT Psyko Prefect - 2003-10-01
LT Rabbit - 2004-09-23
GN Rancorous - 2 times, last on 2009-05-16
LC Rando - 2 times, last on 2020-09-06
COL Rau Aznable - 2002-08-09
VA Rejili Holthaus - 2004-09-19
MAJ RichyV - 2009-10-13
CM Sabbath - 2003-10-30
LCM Sam Booker - 2003-02-12
LC Savageaz - 2004-06-05
COL Shae Kitane - 2003-01-27
GN Silwar Naiilo - 2020-09-23
CM Sirik Xirok - 2002-11-19
CPT SL8c8 - 2019-10-06
LC Solohan50 - 2021-11-22
VA Starrett - 2002-09-17
CM Steve Sunrider - 2002-08-05
GN Stryker - 2020-09-25
MAJ Tek Selkirk - 2003-07-24
COL TheBlackxRanger - 2 times, last on 2023-09-10
LT Thomas Kenobi - 2003-01-15
LCM Thomas O'deevs - 2004-07-10
LC Thorn - 2002-11-16
AD TK-2107 - 2002-12-09
CM TK-9780 - 2002-08-31
COL Todbringer - 2003-05-21
LC Tolbr - 2003-09-09
MAJ Tuba - 2010-09-09
LC Turr Phennir - 2002-08-25
MAJ Tycho Atreides - 2002-08-06
LC Tygra Shadowclaw - 2003-08-31
CPT Ulath - 2003-03-22
CPT Vanguard88 - 2024-06-23
LCM Vissan - 2003-04-30
COL Vladet Xavier - 2003-02-08
FA Von Reinthaler - 2003-01-28
CPT Voort SaBinring - 2004-07-11
MAJ Wolve Excelsior Berkana - 2022-10-18
CM Xanatos Screed - 2003-02-01
CPT Xander Drax - 2002-09-04
CM Xeraan Rhazzazor - 2002-12-24
MAJ Xye - 2021-12-15
LCM Yilana - 2002-12-30
LT Zacarias - 2003-05-01
SL Zekk Terrik - 2020-01-06
CM Zekk Thyne - 2002-09-02
LCM Zhil - 2019-09-29
COL Zorn Starn - 2003-10-05
HA Zsinj - 2009-09-23
The Unknown Regions - Thrawn's Fist. Title: The Unknown Regions - Thrawn's Fist. Missions: Six Medal: The Fist of Thrawn Game Platform: XWA Authors: FL-TCS/LCM Master/Tempest 3-1/Wing X/ISD Challenge (capt_master@hotmail.com) (PIN: 6252) - Created the Battle. FL/LCM Chris McCollum/Tempest 2-1/Wing X/ISD Challenge (ministryisadeity@aol.com) (PIN: 6690) - Designed the Plotline. Installation Instructions: 1] Double click the .EHM file, the EH Battle Launcher will install the battle. 2] Check the Misc folder in your XWA for additional material like patches, emails or sounds. 3] In EHBL, create a new "EH Pilot" in the Game Menu (Check "Prepare for EH Battle"). 4] Press the X-Wing Alliance button to start XWA and fly the battle. Crest Installation I have used The Imperial Crest in this battle it is no essential, however it is recommended. copy squad5.cbm into your XWA/FRONTRES/TOUR directory then go to the Front.TXT (or Front.txt.txt) in your XWA directory. Go down until you find: !STR_CRUISER_DEFIANCE!Cruiser Defiance !STR_CRUISER_LIBERTY!Cruiser Liberty !STR_CRUISER_INDEPENDANCE!Cruiser Independence Use the Find, its easier. Then change the following lines to this: !STR_FAMILY_BASE!New Republic !STR_SQUAD1!Thrawn's Armada !STR_SQUAD2!CSA !STR_SQUAD3!Rogue Squadron !STR_SQUAD4!Family Transport Then save the file and it will all be set. Brief Plotline: (For a more indepth Plotline, read Thrawns Fist.doc) Thrawn's comming back to destroy the pittiful New Republic and the EH must stand ready to help, in a private communication with GA Thrawn, Tempest Squadron's LCM Master has gotten permission from the greatest of the Grand Admirals to share the story of what first happend when Thrawn entered the Unknown Regions. Master himself served with Thrawn at the time so he was the best person to tell the story. You will fly as Major Devora the Wing Commander of Thrawn's flagship and Squadron Commander of the elite Avenger Squadron. Do not let the Grand Admiral Down. THIS LEVEL IS NOT MADE, DISTRIBUTED, OR SUPPORTED BY LUCASARTS ENTERTAINMENT COMPANY. ELEMENTS TM & © LUCASARTS ENTERTAINMENT COMPANY. © Copyright Mark Howman 2001.