DS2Ops Returns - Tatooine
Title: DS2Ops Returns - Tatooine
Author: Patrick "Fiftytwo" Mathieson
Date: May 13, 2001
Rating: 4.5
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Cards:
‘DS2Ops
Starting (8)
Endor Operations/Imperial Outpost
Endor
Endor Bunker
Endor Landing Platform
Operational As Planned
Death Star II
Moff Jerjerrod
Imperial Arrest Order
Locations (11)
Tatooine x2
Death Star II DB
Tatooine DB
Spaceport DB
DS2 Capacitors
DS2 Coolant Shaft
DS2 Reactor Core
Tatooine Cantina
Tatooine Tusken Canyon
Tatooine Jundland Wastes
Starships (7)
Bossk in Bus
Boba Fett in Slave 1
Zuckuss in Mist Hunter
Dengar in Punishing 1
IG-88 in IG-2000
The Emperors Shield
The Emperors Sword
Characters (16)
Lord Vader x2
Darth Maul x2
Mara Jade x2
Aurra Sing
Emperor Palpatine x2
Grand Moff Tarkin
4-LOM with Concussion Rifle
Prince Xizor
Guri
Sebulba
Commander Merrejk x2
Vehicles (2)
Tempest 1
Blizzard 2
Weapons (3)
Vaders Lightsaber
Mara Jades Lightsaber
Maul’s Lightsaber
Effects (6)
We Shall Double Our Efforts
Overseeing It Personally
Presence of the Force x2
Secret Plans
His Name Is Anakin
Interrupts (6)
Twilek Advisor x4
Imperial Barrier x2
Epic Events (1)
That Things Operational ‘
Strategy: ‘
Still confused? That’s all right. I’ll show you how powerful this deck can be.
1st Turn Activate your whopping 5 force, toss down IAO and the DS2. Grab the DS2 DB, throw down Jerjerrod there, deploy the Capacitors.
2nd Turn Activate your 9. Deploy the Tatooine DB and the Coolant Shaft. Put somebody at the docking bay.
3rd Turn Activate 11. Deploy the Reactor Core and the Spaceport DB on Tatooine. Toss That Thing’s Operational on the core. Put somebody at the Spaceport DB. Move the DS2 to Tatooine. Transit Jerjerrod to one of the DBs.
While this is happening, you should be doing a couple things.
1) First, you should be looking for either Tatooine or Merrejk. They are EXTREMELY IMPORTANT.
2) Second, look around for some Twi’leks to get We Shall Double Our Efforts. This is less important, but it still helps. Also, try to get His Name Is Anakin out.
3) You should put some guys at the DS2 system to protect it from early LS attack.
After that, you’ll want to spread out on Tatooine (but not so much that you are weak at one site) and drain. The DS2 will be above Tatooine and direct damaging for ATLEAST 4 a turn, 5 if We Shall Double Our Efforts is out, up to 8 if the other 3 sites are out. Get Palpatine with Overseeing it Personally on him to Tatooine. Drain on the ground for tons (8 without any modifiers and all sites out, 11 with sabers, 13 with sabers and Presences, 18 with sabers, Presences, and Overseeing it Personally). Drain a little in space. You’ll eventually completely destroy them (on average, you’re hurting them for 15 force a turn) and not only win, but win by a huge differencial.
EXTREMELY IMPORTANT NOTE I realize that it is possible for the light side to blow up the Death Star II. But it really doesn’t matter. At the very least, you’re direct damaging with it for 4 a turn. It takes them 4 turns to get to the core. If they blow it up, I lose 12 force or something. So I’ll have lost 12 force, they’ll have lost 16. So they can’t possibly make me lose more force than I make them lose. Either way, I’ll still be draining on the ground for massive amounts after that.
Some explanations of the cards…
Darth Maul + Lightsaber Power 7, deploys for 6 on Tatooine, and can drain unhindered by little scrubs in his way.
The Emperor’s Sword & Shield Deploy for 3 to the DS2, and are power 6 if you keep the Emperor on the DS2.
Aurra Sing Power 4, ability 4, and can steal sabers.
Sebulba Power 4, ability 2, but lowers the opponent’s power by 3, effectively making him power 7.
We Shall Double Our Efforts Adds 1 to X on That Thing’s Operational, and makes it much harder for them to blow up the DS2.
His Name Is Anakin Limits their force generation with Staging Areas, and makes their aliens deploy for a lot more on Tatooine.
Please review constructively.
Patrick ‘