History VideoGame / ThrawnsRevenge

** The planet Wayland can produce infantry for 1 credit apiece; some players just throw mass produced clone infantry at planet and autoresolve until they get it.

Thrawn’s Revenge is a game mod for the Creator/LucasArts & Petroglyph PC [[RealTimeStrategy Real-Time Strategy Game]] [[EmpireAtWar Star Wars: Empire At War]].

* AndNowForSomeoneCompletelyDifferent: Certain units and heroes, especially the latter, come and go as the eras advance. This is especially true for the Imperial Remnant, since in the multi-era campaigns they get a new leader when the previous one is killed.

* NintendoHard: Several of the gameplay changes have made the game more difficult. Your shipyards are now virtually defenseless on their own and require dedicated protection. In space, warheads no longer bypass shields. Infantry units are more fragile than ever. Minor Heroes are gone. Major Heroes die permanently. And the term “Raid Fleet” now refers to unaffiliated enemy fleets randomly ambushing you in the middle of a space battle.
** The New Republic has it especially hard eras 1 and 3.
*** In era 1 there are no less than five enemy Super Star Destroyers to destroy (Lusankya, Iron Fist, Reaper, Vengeance, and a generic Praetor Battlecruiser), not counting any additional Executors or Praetors built by the Imperial Remnant or Pentastar Alignment. Meanwhile the New Republic arsenal doesn't have a single super-capital of its own to work with and in fact all of its capitals are relatively underpowered. The Pentastar Alignment is especially bad as its favorite strategy is to throw Reaper, Vengeance, and a Praetor at you all at once, though the Imperial Remnant can and will send pairs of Executors after you too.
*** Era 3 does see the New Republic acquire the Lusankya... just in time for it to face the Eclipse, which has a superlaser that can one-shot the Lusankya on top of all of the normal firepower and durability you have come to expect from SSDs. The Eclipse is also equipped with gravity well generators, meaning you can't even retreat from it. As if one ship that could one-shot anything you throw at it wasn't bad enough, the Imperial Remnant of this era can also build up to three Sovereign-class Dreadnoughts, each of which is also equipped with an insta-kill superlaser. Aside from the Lusankya, the only real upgrade the New Republic acquires by this point is the MC 90 Star Cruiser, which to be fair is a significant improvement in their capital ship line, though still outgunned by the Empire.

The mod takes place during the Classic Era of the former Star Wars Expanded Universe (the one that was canon before Disney took over the galaxy) and spans from two years after the Battle of Endor in 6 ABY to the signing of the Pellaeon-Gavrisom treaty and the (former) true end of the Galactic Civil War in 19 ABY. These thirteen years are divided into five eras based on the leaders of the Imperial Remnant and their campaigns against the New Republic.

The mod covers the period of time known as the Franchise/StarWarsExpandedUniverse Classic Era, and spans from 6 ABY - two years after the Battle of Endor - to the signing of the Pellaeon-Gavrisom treaty - the true end of the Galactic Civil War - in 19 ABY. These thirteen years are divided into five eras, each corresponding to a different leader of the Imperial Remnant and his or her major campaign against the New Republic. As the eras progress heroes will come and go and new starship designs become available as older models are phased out.

The mod adds so much new content, gameplay changes, and graphical updates that it could almost be its own distinct game. The mod adds a large number of new units, heroes, and planets and a number of new Galactic Conquest campaigns to use them in. The vast selection of starships has also been balanced and scaled more closely to their canonical sizes, armaments, and abilities.

* GameplayAndStorySegregation: As mentioned above in DefeatMeansPlayable you destroy the Lusankya only for it to come back in a later era. The Chimaera is handled the same way in that its destruction marks the end of era 2 but it appears again in era 5. Though to be fair, although the ships return, their old commanders do not. The opposite happens with Admiral Ackbar; if Home One is destroyed it is gone for good, but Ackbar himself survives and can return in a later era in command of the Galactic Voyager.

* GameplayAndStorySegregation: As mentioned above in DefeatMeansPlayable you destroy the Lusankya only for it to come back in a later era. The Chimaera is handled the same way in that its destruction marks the end of era 2 but it appears again in era 5. Though to be fair, although the ships return, their old commanders do not.
** In canon, neither ship was destroyed during the time period of Thrawn's Revenge. [[spoiler: But both Director Isard and Grand Admiral Thrawn did die aboard the Lusankya and Chimaera, respectively.]]

* GameplayAndStorySegregation: As mentioned above in DefeatMeansPlayable you destroy the Lusankya only for it to come back in a later era. The Chimaera is handled the same way in that you destroy it to advance to era 3 only for it to show up again in era 5. Though to be fair, although the ships return, their old commanders do not.
** In canon, neither ship was destroyed during the time period of Thrawn's Revenge. [[spoiler: (But both Director Isard and Grand Admiral Thrawn did die aboard the Lusankya and Chimaera, respectively.)]]

** [[XWingSeries Director Ysanne Isard]] (Era 1, 6-7 ABY)
** [[TheThrawnTrilogy Grand Admiral Thrawn]] (Era 2, 9 ABY)
** [[DarkEmpire Reborn Emperor Palpatine]] (Era 3, 10-11 ABY)
** [[JediAcademyTrilogy Admiral Natasi Daala]] (Era 4, 12 ABY)
** [[HandOfThrawn Grand Admiral Gilad Pellaeon]] (Era 5, 17-19 ABY).

*** In era 1 there are no less than FIVE enemy Super Star Destroyers to destroy (Lusankya, Iron Fist, Reaper, Vengeance, and a generic Praetor Battlecruiser), not counting any additional Executors or Praetors built by the Imperial Remnant or Pentastar Alignment. Meanwhile the New Republic arsenal doesn't have a single super-capital of its own to work with and in fact all of its capitals are relatively underpowered. The Pentastar Alignment is especially bad as its favorite strategy is to throw Reaper, Vengeance, AND a Praetor at you all at once, though the Imperial Remnant can and will send pairs of Executors after you too.
*** Era 3 does see the New Republic acquire the Lusankya... just in time for it to face the Eclipse, which has a superlaser that can ONE-SHOT the Lusankya on top of all of the normal firepower and durability you have come to expect from SSDs. The Eclipse is also equipped with gravity well generators, meaning you can't even retreat from it. As if one ship that could one-shot anything you throw at it wasn't bad enough, the Imperial Remnant of this era can also build up to three Sovereign-class Dreadnoughts, each of which is also equipped with an insta-kill superlaser. Aside from the Lusankya, the only real upgrade the New Republic acquires by this point is the MC 90 Star Cruiser, which to be fair is a significant improvement in their capital ship line, though still outgunned by the Empire.

** Toss up between [[HandOfThrawn Grand Admiral Gilad Pellaeon]] for the Imperial Remnant and the Thrawn clone for the Empire of the Hand (Era 5, 17-19 ABY).

* WaveMotionGun: The Superlasers of the Eclipse-class Dreadnought (which is now a true ship, compared to its incomplete version in Forces of Corruption) and the Sovereign-class Dreadnoughts. They can instantly destroy any sufficiently large ship, but unlike the Death Stars they cannot destroy whole planets. Speaking of the Death Stars, they are not available in Thrawn's Revenge.

** Director Ysanne Isard (Era 1, 6-7 ABY)
** Grand Admiral Thrawn (Era 2, 9 ABY)
** Reborn Emperor Palpatine (Era 3, 10-11 ABY)
** Admiral Natasi Daala (Era 4, 12 ABY)
** Grand Admiral Gilad Pellaeon (Era 5, 17-19 ABY)
** Of course, if you are playing as the Imperial Remnant, they become your [[BigGood Big Goods]].

Please only list tropes that apply or as they apply specifically to the mod and not to the vanilla game here.

Please only list tropes that apply only to the mod and not to the vanilla game here.

** Reborn Emperor Palpaine (Era 3, 10-11 ABY)

* VestigalEmpire: The aptly-named Imperial Remnant is what remains of the proper Galactic Empire following the Battle of Endor.

** During the Reunification campaign as the Imperial Remnant, conquering Odik II will cause Admiral Natasi Daala to exchange her old Gorgon, and Imperial-class Star Destroyer, for the Knight Hammer, an Executor-class Star Dreadnought.

* TechTree: Subverted. The vanilla game’s system of getting better units by advancing your tech level is gone. Unit and hero availability is now based on the current era, which is advanced by killing the current leader of the Imperial Remnant and applies universally to all factions. Every era offers each faction a complete spread of soldiers, vehicles, and ship classes with which to fight their enemies. Some units and heroes will in fact be lost between certain eras, though they are generally replaced by more modern designs appropriate to the new era, such as the MC80 Liberty-type Star Cruiser being phased out and replaced by the more modern and powerful MC90 Star Cruiser in era 3.

* NintendoHard: Several of the gameplay changes have made the game more difficult. Your shipyards are now virtually defenseless on their own and require dedicated protection. In space, warheads no longer bypass shields. Infantry units are more fragile than ever. Generic officer units are gone; only certain hero units can give combat bonuses. Speaking of Heroes, they now die permanently. And the term “Raid Fleet” now refers to unaffiliated enemy fleets randomly ambushing you in the middle of a space battle.

Thrawn’s Revenge is a game mod for the Creator/LucasArts & Petroglyph PC Real-Time Strategy Game Star Wars: VideoGame/EmpireAtWar.

The mod covers the period of time known as the Franchise/StarWarsExpandedUniverse Classic Era, which spans from just after the Battle of Endor in 4 ABY to the signing of the Pellaeon-Gavrisom treaty – the true end of the Galactic Civil War – in 19 ABY. These fifteen years are divided into five eras, each corresponding to a different leader of the Imperial Remnant and his or her major campaign against the New Republic. As the timeline is linked to the leaders of the Imperial Remnant, the death of one Imperial leader sparks the advancement to the next era and the inauguration of a new Imperial leader.

The mod adds so much new content, gameplay changes, and graphical updates that it could almost be its own distinct game. The most drastic of the changes is the removal of the old Tech Level system; the availability of units and heroes is now based on the current era, with certain units only available in earlier eras before they are phased out in favor of more modern, advanced, or readily available designs that become available in the later eras. The mod also adds a dizzying number of new units, heroes, and planets and a number of new Galactic Conquest campaigns to use them in. The vast selection of starships has also been balanced and scaled more closely to their canonical sizes, armaments, and abilities.