Mission 11: Capturing a Princess | Empire campaign Star Wars EAW Guide

Lord Vader is ordered to capture princess Leia Organa. Her ship, Tantive IV, must be caught in tractor beam of your star destroyer. This task is going to be more complicated, than it looked like in original Star Wars movie.

Right after jumping into system, you find out that your Interdictors are under heavy fire. Stop the game and direct them to rest of your fleet, and then begin offensive. Old pirate frigates shouldn't be a match for Imperial destroyers. Pirate base, on the other hand, can be a problem, since it is located in the very midst of an asteroid field. You should use Broadsides and leave your bigger ships near the belt. During a fight, you can begin to hide spare ships and Interdictors in nebulas.

Ships hidden in a nebula are invisible to enemy. They can't use any special abilities though.

As soon as pirates are defeated, you will hear about incoming rebel scouts. You must hide your fleet fast - Interdictors should be placed near the border of your nebula. Now you must wait. Soon some X-wings will drop in, and then Tantive IV itself. Don't get out of nebula before Tantive confirms transmission!

When that happens, move your Interdictors out of nebula and turn on their gravitation fields. You have only few seconds, because Tantive will try to jump out of the system if alerted. If you stop the ship, it will roam the battlefield and some rebel forces will come to destroy your cruisers. Concentrate on the battle, leaving Leia's ship on its own. Defend your interdictors (Mon Calamari cruisers are greatest threat to them).

Once the rebels are defeated, just wait for Tantive IV to fly in the open, and then drag one Imperial destroyer from your reserve, placing it behind Leia's ship. Then you have only to turn on your tractor beam.

Conquest

What conquest? Whole galaxy must be yours by now. If you want to, you can add even more destroyers to your fleet or strengthen garrisons near inactive planets. But that is not very important, since you can fly around in your brand new Death Star! Yes, Death Star is finally at your disposal, and with it - you can destroy rebellion once and for all.