Imperial Fury
However, in moving to achieve their objectives, the Imperials encounter a number of complications which threaten to compromise their mission!
Objective I: Bug Squash
A prefabricated Imperial garrison situated in the icy wastes of the northwestern continental mass risks being overrun by an infestation of Krykna. These arachnid creatures, which on average reach the size of small escape pods, are considered to be native to the planet. However, in fighting off the infestation, the Imperials quickly realize that the particular subspecies of Krykna they have encountered on the northwestern continent are evolved, if not even deliberately weaponized. Their hides now have a thick carapace which magnifies their already-robust blaster resistance, giving protection against slugthrowers and kinetic weaponry. Sensor radiation, which was once thought to repel the beasts, now launches them into an uncontrolled rage, making the swarm dangerous and unpredictable.
In order to purge the infestation, the Imperials employ a number of methods both conventional and unconventional. Disruptors and heavy weapons have been issued force-wide to better combat the arachnids. In addition, a bioweapon capable of killing the Krykna en masse is in development.
Sub-objectives include the defense of the garrison until more heavy weapons and vehicles can arrive, the extraction of a team of Imperial scouts and officers who are trapped within one of the hives, and the collection of samples for the bioweapon.
Objective II: The Break
Even with Imperial victories at Garn, Maldra IV, Lothal, and Mon Cala, rebel-aligned forces continue to plague the Lothal sector, preventing the security situation from stabilizing as patrols continue to find themselves beset by hit-and-hype raids. However, a breakthrough in intelligence by the Quasesitorum has pinpointed the nexus of their support—a fleet replenishment station situated within interstellar space, just outside the icy oort cloud surrounding the Atollon system. An Imperial naval task force has been deployed, with the objective of either taking the station or destroying it. In turn, rebel-aligned remnants have mustered their fleet to protect it, which includes various small craft models, escort corvettes, utility corvettes, frigates, and cruisers. However, the anchor of their fleet is a formidable Blizzard-class heavy starcarrier.
Imperials, destroy the rebel-aligned fleet to eliminate the one of the last obstructions between security and chaos. For the Empire and the Empress!
Objective III: Imperial Charity
With the sudden departure of the Balthazar Long-term Interstellar Settlement Station prior to the Imperial advance, Atollon itself has been left cut off and isolated from galactic trade networks, plunging the few extant communities on the world into poverty. The largest of these communities—Phoenix Colony, located on top of a large mesa on the southern continent—has been left destitute, with its stores emptied of provisions and clinics deprived of vital medical supplies.
Until the arrival of the Empire.
Faceless clone and stormtroopers armed with various implements of construction march into the colony in lockstep formation, bringing with them cargo speeders and ships loaded down with supplies and provisions. Tasked with rebuilding, restoring, and restocking the run-down colony, the Imperials bring with them a veritable army of medics, builders, and relief personnel, with the aim of engaging the task in efficient military fashion. All the while, corporations and independent organizations have been permitted to join the effort, to build the colony up as a self-sustaining settlement.
