***** The Dark Force *****

"Nearly 50 years ago a fleet of 200 dreadnoughts of the old republic, called The Dark Force, got lost in the universe. Since then many ships have been searching for this fleet.

Now, in the time when the Empire is getting back on its feet under the lead of Grand Admiral Thrawn, it seems that the fleet has been found, anywhere in an unknown sector. Only a few persons know where the Katana-fleet has been for the last 50 years - and the race for the ships has begun!"

"When we arrived, we saw that Thrawn had won the race. Only five dreadnoughts were left, the others had been already on their way to the Empire!" Luke told Ackbar after returning to Coruscant.
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This is the scenery for my first selfmade mission, created by Neal Westfalls XMB (thanks a lot for this fine utility). The storyline is taken by Timothy Zahns novel "Dark Force Rising".
Because the original X-Wing game doesnt serve any kind of old dreadnoughts, I used the Corellian Corvette. Thats not according to the original storyline, but the best and only way to do this job.

Maybe this mission will be too easy for all of the veterans in FSFORUM, but Ive made it this way because I wanted to build a mission that gives you (and me) lots of fun without getting frustrated. You see a lot of ships on both sides, including two Star Destroyers, some corvettes and a frigate. Also you get enough TIEs to shoot.

See two X-Wing-groups swirling around fighting the TIEs - but watch out, dont shoot your wingmates in the heat of the fight.
Sit back and watch a group of corvettes (yes, its General Bel Iblis personally) attack the Star Destroyers.
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Im sorry that the combat briefing doesnt look much professionally, but Ive got some problems in changing the textfiles with my version of XMB. Maybe any of you could create a better briefing and send it to me. If you find anything to do better (doesnt mean the difficulty of the mission), please contact me - Im just a rookie in creating missions.
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!! Before you unzip this mission, make a backup of the target-mission youre going to copy this one to. It could be either a historic mission or a TOD mission.

And now, enjoy this joyride, and may the force be with you!


Lt. Stefan Hillen
CIS 100325.3033



* X-Wing is the property of LucasArts Entertainment and LucasFilm Ltd.
* "Dark Force Rising" is the property of Timothy Zahn, LucasFilm Ltd. and Bantam Spectre
* XMB is the property of Neal Westfall