“And as my first act this new authority, I will create a Grand Army of the Republic! To counter the increasing threats of the Separatist.” – Chancellor Palpatine.

Ah, the moment I became Grand Admiral… Anyway, as usual this battle between Trent and I will be interesting. This deck I have prepared for this battle involves diplomats with clone officers in character led by Orn Free Taa and Padme H, and having only clone or republic units in ground and space.

It is my hope that I will finally be able to play Orn Free Taa in this game as I’ve never had the opportunity to use him before. My plan is to have either Orn and Clone Officers or Padme and Ani H in character with Jar Jar C or Finis as build draw. In ground I’ll go for mainly clones with MAC for ion cannon. In space I want RATs and RASs with either Delta Sixes or V-Wings for escorts. I will mainly try to stall or disrupt with battle cards to draw the game out to give a chance.

I hope this will work out for the Republics – and my – gain. And as a future Mon Calamari admiral will say – “May the Force be with us!”

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Trent’s Commentary

I’m really looking forward to this battle with Shaun. I am so pumped about the soon coming release of CW:RAW that we decided to do a battle report of Separatists against the Republic. Shaun will be playing the ever fledging Republic while I will play the Dark side and attempt to use the Separatists machinations to my advantage and resist the Grand Army of the Republic!

I’ve gone with what I think is a pretty basic deck. I have Po Nudo and San Hill in the Character arena as my utility units to help the rest of the Separatist forces and I have surrounded them by an army of the best droids. I have also thrown Durge in there as he was an important part of the Battle of Muunilinst, which is what inspired me to build this particular deck. For the space arena I hope to be able to use my Droid Missiles alongside Homing Missiles Salvo to ‘clear the skies’, and I have included Commerce Guild Droid 81-X to provide some ground support. Patrol Mode Vulture Droid will be a stable unit in my Ground arena offensive with the fast Crab and Separatist Spider Droids in support.

I don’t really have that much synergy in this deck as I feel that is really what the Separatists lacked in their war against the Grand Army of the Republic. So you’ll be seeing the droids and their leaders hitting it out and hopefully the sheer power of the Separatist forces I have gathered will come through and achieve victory over Republic.

Setup

Dark Side Draw

Light Side Draw

Separatist Headquarters, Droid Security Escort, Commerce Guild Droid 81-X, Sacrifice the Expendable, Patrol Mode Vulture Droid, Sacrifice the Expendable, Separatist Headquarters

Mulligan: Separatist Headquarters and 2x Sacrifice the Expendable

Draw: Homing Missile Salvo and 2x Crab Droid

Republic Assault Transport, Padme Amidala (H), Padme Amidala (H), Delta Squad (A), Clone Platoon, Republic Assault Ship, Clone Blaster

Dark Side (30 Build)

Light Side (30 Build)

Deploy Patrol Mode Vulture Droid (23B left)

Draw: Droid Missiles

Deploy Republic Assault Transport (21B left)

Draw: Anakin Skywalker (H)

Deploy Droid Missiles (20B left)

Draw: Po Nudo (A)

Deploy Clone Platoon (17B left)

Draw: Rapid Recovery

Deploy Po Nudo (A) (15B left)

Draw: Infantry Battle Droid, B1 Series

Deploy Padme Amidala (H) (12B left)

Draw: Republic Assault Transport

Deploy Commerce Guild Droid 81-X (12B left)

Draw: Homing Missile Salvo

Deploy Infantry Battle Droid, B1 Series (10B left)

Draw: Commerce Guild Droid 81-X

Deploy: Republic Assault Transport (3B left)

Draw: Discuss it in Committee

Deploy Droid Security Escort (4B left)

Draw: Commerce Guild Droid 81-X

Deploy Commerce Guild Droid 81-X (1B left)

Draw: San Hill (A)

Put 3 Build counters on Delta Squad (A) and place face down in the Build Zone. (0B left)

Draw: Jar Jar Binks (C)

Put 1 Build counter on San Hill (B) and place face down in the Build Zone. (0B left)

Draw: Durge (A)

Shaun’s Commentary

Damn, no Orn… Oh well, at least I’ve 2 Rats in space to assist with deploying ground units which I think I’ll need. Those 2 Droid missiles and 81Xs are a threat to my Rats, so I’ll deploy my RAS to divert attention… I’ll task all of my ground units to take out those pesky 81Xs. Padme H is alone in character – I have Rapid Recovery but It’ll only serve to keep her alive as the DSE with its 40 speed and Stun 3 would diminish her next attack – it seems I’ll have to use DIIC to stall character… though I’ll keep San Hill alive as he benefits my build gain.

Well I have half my plan in motion, it’s up to fate to provide me with other half…

Trent’s Commentary

I’m pretty worried how this game will go. Even after my mulligan I still only had Ground unit cards in my starting hand. I needed to draw Space if I am going to have the best chance of winning this game. I think the way things have panned out I still might be able to ‘emerge victorious’ but I am worried by both of Shaun’s Republic Assault Transports and his inclusion of Padme. We agreed that they were going to be Republic only and Separatist only decks but I have the sneaky suspicion Shaun has gone with Diplomats in character, which my deck will not be able to stand against.

Space Battle
DS -4F à Homing Missile Salvo on Republic Assault Ship à 643211 à 2 Hits à2 Damage.
DS Discard Droid Missiles (1) à 3 Damage on Republic Assault Ship.
DS Discard Droid Missiles (2) à 3 Damage on Republic Assault Ship à Discard Republic Assault Ship.

Ground Battle
Delta Squad (A) à Commerce Guild Droid 81-X (1) à 64411 à 3 Hits + Critical Hit 1 à 4 Damage à Discard Commerce Guild Droid 81-X (1).
Commerce Guild Droid 81-X (2) à Republic Assault Transport (1) à 21 à 0 Hits à 0 Damage.
Clone Platoon à Commerce Guild Droid 81-X (2) à 6421 à 2 Hits à 2 Damage.
Patrol Mode Vulture Droid à Delta Squad (A) à 66433211 à 5 Hits à 5 Damage à Discard Delta Squad (A).

Character Battle
Padme Amidala (H) à Droid Security Escort à 6443 à 3 Hits à 3 Damage.

Space Arena: Light Side
Ground Arena: Contested
Character Arena: Contested

No! Trent took out my RAS before it could bombard – well it did divert his attention from my Rats and I now have space supremacy – and he used all his force so Padme can attack without fear of retaliation! Though it was difficult to choose whether to use DIIC on space or ground this turn or not…

My Platoon survived the ground battle! I’ll gain an extra build point this turn! I’ll use both Rats to ‘revive’ Delta, and deploy Jar Jar and tap both him and Padme to gain more resources as I intend to use DIIC this turn.

Well I think turn one was a little disappointing. I was hoping my Homing Missile Salve would roll 4 hits so I could discard the Republic Assault Ship with only one of my Droid Missiles with the other one putting 3 damage counters on one of the Republic Assault Transports. I really have no problems with him using his RAT’s to deploy into Ground as they will focus some of his resources away from the Character arena. I will continue to lay siege via all means necessary against the Space arena and I am hoping to draw some space cards soon!

Turn Two
Roll for Build = 3

Ground Battle
Crab Droid à Delta Squad (A) à 6531 à 2 Hits + Critical Hit 1 à 3 Damage.
Delta Squad (A) à Commerce Guild Droid 81-X (2) à 54221 à 2 Hits à 2 Damage à Discard Commerce Guild Droid 81-X (2).
Commerce Guild Droid 81-X (3) à Delta Squad (A) à 42 à 1 Hit à1 damage à Discard Delta Squad (A).
Clone Platoon à Commerce Guild Droid 81-X (3) à 4321 à 1 Hit à 1 Damage.
Patrol Mode Vulture Droid à Clone Platoon à 65554221 à 5 Hits à 5 Damage à Discard Clone Platoon.

Character Battle
LS -4F à Discuss it in Committee on Character arena.
DS -4F à Homing Missile Salvo on Republic Assault Transport (1) à 666542 à 5 Hits à 5 Damage.

It seems Trent has given up space – I’ll use that to my advantage! Though he surprised me with his second HMS – I did not see that coming and that has left my space ready for a counterattack, though I’m hoping that’s not the case… Sadly I lost ground but I did take out his 2^nd 81X, but the annoying 3^rd one will cause me grief in the next few turns if I don’t silence it soon – I plan to stall in ground and focus my attention on character and getting Ani out to “wipe out… the other Separatist leaders.”

I was going to have a go in Character this turn but Shaun played DIIC so he forced my hand and I played another Homing Missiles Salvo in an attempt to once again ‘clear the skies’ and provide a safe deployment zone for my Space units (the ones I’m still waiting to draw!). Now that I control the Ground arena I fear Shaun will lose interest in contesting it and will move his attention to Character. And because of Shaun’s battle trickery with DIIC I might of just lost my best chance to get rid of his diplomat synergy with Padme. Must fight on!

Turn Three
Roll for Build = 4

Ground Battle
Commerce Guild Droid 81-X (3) à Republic Assault Transport (1) à 66 à 2 Hits + Critical Hit 2 à 4 Damage à Discard Republic Assault Transport (1).

Character Battle
Anakin Skywalker (H) à Droid Security Escort (1) à LS -1F à +2 power à DS -1F à Intercept with Droid Security Escort (2) à 6554322 à 4 Hits à 4 Damage.
Droid Security Escort (1) à Anakin Skywalker (H) à 55431 à 4 Hits à LS -2F à Evade 2 à 2 Damage.
Droid Security Escort (2) à Anakin Skywalker (H) à 55211

Setup

Turn Two Roll for Build = 3

Turn Three Roll for Build = 4

Turn Two
Roll for Build = 3

Turn Three
Roll for Build = 4