Dev Diary #23: The Battle For Ylesia
A brand new Galactic Conquest, coming in v1.34! Unlike any other in Empire At War history!
“You are to go to Ylesia and take command of our loyal allies there. The Ylesian Republic is the true successor to the beaten Coruscant regime, and you will serve us well.”
- Supreme Commander Shimrra Jamaane.
28 ABY: THE BATTLE OF YLESIA
Coruscant has fallen, and the New Republic has been splintered into isolated fortress worlds and hold-outs. Cal Omas has been elected as Chief-of-State following the heroic death of Borsk Fey’lya, but a rival claimant, Senator Pwoe, has declared the election illegitimate and begun to negotiate a peace treaty with the Yuuzhan Vong.
Meanwhile, the Yuuzhan Vong invaders have established a puppet regime on the world of Ylesia, and dragooned the Corellian Thrackan Sal-Solo to be its leader. The Ylesian Republic is gathering its forces, and its Peace Brigade operatives, to establish itself as an indispensable fixture of a galaxy ruled by the Vong.
Keen to show the authority of his office as he builds a new galactic government, Chief-of-State Cal Omas has declared that the Ylesian regime must be defeated, setting up a decisive battle between the two rival successor states to the New Republic.
Gameplay will feature the new, Ylesian Republic playable bonus faction in a unique scenario for the Vong War, pitching the remnant of the New Republic based on Mon Calamari and a few isolated fortress worlds against the collaborators who have set themselves up as a successor to the government destroyed with the fall of Coruscant.
There will be new heroes for both sides, including General Tigran Jamiro for the New Republic, commanding an Immobiliser-418A combat interdictor, and the return of fan favourites like Colonel Jaina Solo in command of Twin Suns Squadron.
The New Republic will have an uphill struggle to reconquer Ylesian-held territory.