The Rebels - Guide

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Contents 1 Overview 2 Strengths 2.1 Natives 2.2 Bases 2.3 Contraband 3 Weaknesses 3.1 Gravitonic Minefields 4 Starships 4.1 Command Code R## 4.2 Starting Ships 4.3 Falcon Class 5 Strategies 6 Enemies 7 See also

[edit] Overview

• The Rebels are a strong early game power.
• The Rebels are normally not a late game power.

[edit] Strengths

• Fast pods (50ly)
• Long range fighters - all three types (400ly)

[edit] Natives

• Fast collection of natives using Native Dust Off devices.
• Rebels can see any planet that has more than 100,000 natives (of a type) on it within 300ly of a rebel base.
• Rebels make natives happy and natives on nearby non-rebel bases unhappy within 200ly of a rebel base (they want to join the rebels).

[edit] Bases

• Rebel bases on ice planets (climate under 30) are very hard to see.
• Rebel bases on rain forest planets (climate 60 to 70) are very hard to see.

[edit] Contraband

• Fast collection of contraband because of high racial PSI value.
• Generation of free contraband from Smugglers Cantinas.

[edit] Weaknesses

[edit] Gravitonic Minefields

• Rebel scanners have a lower chance to find Gravitonic Minefields.
• Rebels have only Laser Minefields - no Gravitonic or Barbitic Minefields

[edit] Starships

The Rebels (similar to the Evil Empire) are typical hyperjump race:

• All Rebel ships except the Rebel Space Platform can hyperjump.
• Except the Falcon Class all rebel ships have really slow warp speeds. That makes them very vulnerable to Boarding & ambush by warp races.
• The Rebel ships are all rather expensive, they have no ship to use in swarms (The Bullrout Class Scout may be the nearest thing to a swarmer).

[edit] Command Code R##

• By using a command code of the form "R##", any rebel owned ship of rebel design (Host 212e) can pretend to belong to another race (## = 01-30).
• The ship will appear to be of that race for every other race except the race itself.
• The ship is immune to damage from hitting all minefields (Host 212a) of the race it is pretending to be (a hyperjump will still be stopped by gravitonic or nova-barbitic mines).

[edit] Starting Ships

• With the default starting ships and fighters, the Rebels can take out many races really early in the game (before turn 10).

[edit] Falcon Class

The Falcon Class is a fast Hyperjumper. That means it jumps before normal movement (phase 0) and has normal warp movement after the jump. If you are facing a race that can only lay Barbitic Minefields, you can use their command code, jump in and fly away quite safely. Just take care that you don't end your turn in a minefield.

[edit] Strategies

[edit] Enemies

• The Crystal Assembly - The Rebels will have a hard time to get through all those mines.
• The Cyborg Collective - The Borg are your worst nightmare, their Annihilation Class Battleships have Gravity Well Generators and can lay Gravitonic Minefields combined with a Boarding Laser. They will stop your HYP fleet and may board even your Rush Class Carriers with their cubes.
• Any races with Gravitonic Minefields and/or Gravity Well Generator

[edit] See also

• Stuff concerning the Rebels
• [1] Official Race Guide
• [2] Guide by Kevin Jennings revised August 2006