
Meanwhile, the bombers eventually reach the station and begin bombing it (the more bombers are lost, the longer it takes). The player has to protect the bombers by shooting down the fighters that attempt to approach. The fighters are on medium difficulty, and are capable of shooting down the bombers. The player is ordered by Admiral Valyn to defend the four B-5 Decimus bombers that are en route to the station. As the player begins flying his ISF interceptor towards the planet, several Liberator-class fighters leave station and head to intercept. A Republic communications space station is in orbit around the system's only planet. Mission 2 - Destroy a communications platformĪ cutscene shows the Nemesis and two escorting dreadnoughts, the HCD Retribution and HCD Courageous, entering the Paloma system. After destroying the enemy corvette, the mission is complete and the player returns to the hangar of the Nemesis. The player is then instructed to target the bridge of the Vanguard. The player is told how to switch between different types of weapons the ship offers at that point, and is told to select proton torpedoes. Upon destroying the ten Republic fighters, the player is given orders to destroy the Thranta-class corvette, the TCC Vanguard. The AI are on easy difficulty in order to allow beginners to learn the controls. Flying as Hawk 1, the player is then given an explanation of basic controls and then ordered to engage the enemy fighters.

The player, who is flying an ISF interceptor, is ordered to defend the superstructure of the incomplete space station. But as they begin to do so, a Republic Thranta-class corvette entered the system, deploying ten Liberator-class starfighters. Admiral Valyn gives an order for the fleet to begin constructing a space station in orbit of the planet Dolstan to use as a base of operations in the sector. A cutscene shows the Nemesis, a Harrower-class dreadnought, enter the Dolstan system. The first mission is largely in place as a tutorial for the player.

It is tasked with the subjugation of the Kathol sector and is put under the command of Admiral Garik Valyn.

A task force of ships is put together, known as Task Force Nemesis. The main character is Melak Gargun, an Imperial Navy pilot who is a member of Hawk Squadron. The Sith Empire attempted to invade the Kathol sector in 3,640 BBY to further weaken Republic hold over the Outer Rim and to divert its forces from attacking the Empire. Main article: Subjugation of the Kathol sector
