Star Wars Battlefront: Renegade Squadron

Star Wars Battlefront: Renegade Squadron is a video game that is a spin-off of the Star Wars: Battlefront series of shooters which is available exclusively on the PSP. Developed by Rebellion Developments and published by LucasArts, it was released in October of 2007. It is the third installment of the highly successful Star Wars: Battlefront series.

The game follows Renegade Squadron, a unit of the Alliance to Restore the Republic organized and led by Han Solo. The game's story mode has 11 missions. The game supports online play for up to 16 players. Renegade Squadron includes several new features, including support for 16 player infrastructure online play, and customizable players. It should also be noted that when you have the option to spawn as a hero, you are no longer forced to respawn at a command post, but automatically become the hero wherever you currently are. Space heroes, as well as hero Capture the Flag, ability to enter Capital Ships (previously unavailable on the PSP), an all new Campaign, a brand-new Galactic Conquest, and online leaderboards are new features as well.

Plot
Renegade Squadron focuses on a group of Rebel operatives, organized by Millennium Falcon pilot Han Solo. These operatives were used to accomplish covert missions for the Alliance during the Galactic Civil War. This story appears to be in direct contrast with that of Battlefront II, which revolved around the Imperial 501st Legion. There are eleven battles for this story mode.

Story Missions
Battlefront: Renegade Squadron follows Battlefront II by having a Campaign Mode with Mission Objectives, such as retrieving artifacts, destroying certain objects, or defeating certain enemies. While Battlefront II followed the Republic and the Rise of the Empire, Renegade Squadron follows Han Solo's Renegade Squadron, led by Commander Col Serra. Jedi Master Tionne Solusar speaks with Serra about his escapades in the Renegade Squadron against the Empire.


 * Mission 1: Yavin 4

Han Solo created Renegade Squadron and convinced Col Serra lead it. Their first mission was to reinforce Yavin 4. The Squadron helped evacuate the planet after the destruction of the Death Star.


 * Mission 2: Space Alderaan

Before the destruction of Alderaan, Senator Bail Organa possessed an artifact with data on a holocron that was needed to locate a new base. The holocron was encased in phrik, a material so powerful that it survived the destruction of the planet. Renegade Squadron recovered it and defeated Boba Fett in his Slave I.


 * Mission 3: Ord Mantell

Renegade Squadron landed on Ord Mantell to sustain repairs after the battle and to relax with Han Solo and Chewbacca. They had to escape and defeat IG-88 who attacked them in a cantina.


 * Mission 4: Space Kessel

When the Squadron escaped Ord Mantell, they discovered that Admiral Ackbar was captured by the Empire and was about to be sent to a imperial prison colony on Kessel to mine spice. The Squadron was sent to rescue him from a Star Destroyer.


 * Mission 5: Tatooine

Ackbar told Col Serra that he had been scoping Boz Pity for a new base when they headed for Saleucami, but Boba Fett intercepted and captured them. He sold the crew as slaves to the Hutts on Tatooine and the Squadron was sent to rescue them.


 * Mission 6: Boz Pity

After the successful mission on Tatooine, the Squadron discovered that Boba Fett had placed a tracker on their R2 Unit and tracked them to their new base on Boz Pity, where the Empire attacked them.


 * Mission 7: Echo Base

With the Empire discovering their new base on Hoth, the Renegade Squadron was forced to defend it, and was responsible for the ability of the Rebel troops to evacuate safely. The Squadron was even forced to stall Darth Vader himself.


 * Mission 8: Space Hoth

After escaping Hoth, the Rebels were ambushed by an Imperial Fleet. They had to continue to help the rest of the Rebels escape, and had fight Darth Vader in his TIE Advanced.


 * Mission 9: Korriban

After Han Solo was unfrozen from carbonite, the Renegade Squadron was put back in business. During the planning stages for the Battle of Endor, the Renegade Squadron was assigned to attack Emperor Palpatine himself. They assaulted Palpatine on Korriban in the Valley of the Dark Lords in an attempt to steal vital information.


 * Mission 10: Sullust

With the Battle of Endor underway, the Renegade Squadron was sent to Sullust for a decoy mission to divert some Imperial Troops but the Emperor sensed their ploy and sends IG-88, now invincible with a shield generator, to trap the Squadron on Sullust and they found themselves trying to escape.


 * Mission 11: Endor

With Han Solo trapped and unable to enter the shield generator base, the Squadron was sent to help him.

Galactic Conquest
Galactic Conquest is only available to the Rebellion and Empire factions. Galactic Conquest unlike Battlefront II doesn't follow a single ship, units are dispatched from planets under your control. Unlike Battlefront II, at the start, there are an equal amount of planets divided between the factions and a majority of neutral planets to be conquered. The base planets can have up to 150 soldiers, and when attacked, the aggressor must take out the enemy on both space and land battles. Once the primary planet has been taken the game is over, no matter how many other planets are in the enemy or neutral control. The map is divided into four sectors and quadrants with commanders for each. There are four phases to conquest,

Treasury A summary of your finances and your total of planets under occupation. Things available for purchase:

Purchase Allows you to buy comtech or leaders.

Logisitics tech

Level one - Starting planetary troop cap of 50. (starting amount)

Level two - Brings troop cap to eighty. Costs 250

Level Three - Brings troop cap to 100. Costs 500

Infantry Tech

Level one - Starting infantry tech level.

Level two - Damage reduced by 20%. Costs 500

Level Three - Unlocks Heroes for ground and space battles

Space Tech

Level one - Basic ships available for combat

Level Two - A-wings and Tie Interceptors available

Level three - B-wings and Tie Defenders available.

Leaders

Darth Vader/ Han Solo - Troops slowly regenerate health during battles, heroes available more frequently.

The Emperor/Mon Mothma - Planetary income increased by 30 credits for every planet in this commander's sector.

Leia Organa/Moff Tarkin - Halves the cost of tech upgrades and leaders.

Admiral Ackbar/Admiral Thrawn - Allows two moves per turn, but must be launched from the commander's sector.

Movement

A time when the player or AI can make a move to take or invade a planet.

Reinforce

A time when players are allowed to move troops from one of their own planets to another planet under their control. Say for example the player were to take a planet. They would require a considerable force from an already controlled planet to defend the newly taken planet. Another planet would then be able to send troops over to reinforce the planet that the invasion party came from.

Sectors and Quadrants

Southern Quadrant - Naboo, Tatooine and Geonosis

Western Quadrant - Hoth (Space and land when base planet), Endor, Sullust and Mustufar

Eastern Quadrant - Alderaan(space), Kashyyyk(space and land when base planet), Boz Pity, Sleucami, Kessel(space)

Northern Quadrant - Ord Mantel, Mygeeto, Yavin (space and land when base planet) and Korriban

Customization
There is no class system. Instead, players are able to customize their soldier to fit the battle's needs.

The player has 100 credits to spend on gear. Each item in a section has a certain value. The player can choose to equip whatever they want, providing they have enough credits. Depending on the battle or the situation, the player can unequip certain items to regain credits and then equip a different item.

Weapon 1
Purchase a primary weapon. Used by pressing the Primary Attack button
 * None. 0 Pts.
 * Blaster Rifle. 25 Pts. The staple infantry weapon throughout the galaxy.
 * Arc Caster. 30 Pts. Fires an arc of electricity that hits not only the target but other nearby enemies. Has no effect on vehicles.
 * Carbonite Freeze Gun. 15 Pts. Freezes targets in place for a short time. the longer the shot is charged for, the longer the victim will be immobilized. Is non-lethal and has no effect on Tanks and other craft
 * Incinerator. 20 Pts. Emits an intense wave of fire that causes lots of damage to close range targets. Has no effect on vehicles.
 * Shotgun. 30 Pts. Fires a spread of bolts making it extremely deadly at close range.
 * Sniper Rifle. 25 Pts. A blaster rifle modified with added sights and accuracy for long-ranged efficiency. Has extended zoom.
 * Chaingun. 40 Pts. Deadly but requires a short time to charge up and will overheat after excessive use.
 * Bowcaster. 30 Pts. Fires a Spread of bolts. Hold and then release button to launch a charged blast.
 * Rocket Launcher. 25 Pts. A firing rocket which explodes on impact.

Weapon 2
Purchase a second weapon. Switch to this weapon using Next Primary Weapon Button


 * Blaster Pistol. 0 Pts. This sidearm is commonly used as a backup weapon. Overheats after excessive use.
 * Fusion Cutter. 0 Pts. Repairs vehicles, turrets and supply droids. It can also slice into enemy vehicles.
 * Tri Shot. 15 Pts. A close range shotgun type weapon firing three bolts.
 * EMP Launcher. 25 Pts. Fires an electromagnetic pulse towards targets.
 * Explosive Blaster Pistol. 20 Pts. A blaster pistol firing bolts which explode upon impact, with a small amount of splash damage.
 * Grenade Launcher. 20 Pts. Lobs grenades towards the target.
 * Guided Rocket. 25 Pts. This rocket can be remotely controlled to hit enemies at long range.
 * Orbital Strike. 20 Pts. Fires a beacon which after a brief delay triggers an ion cannon beam to fire down from the sky at the beacon.

Explosive
Purchase explosives. Used by pressing Secondary Attack button.


 * None. 0 Pts.
 * Thermal Detonator. 10 Pts. Standard issue explosives. Once thrown they explode after a short delay.
 * Detpacks. 10 Pts. Once dropped they are remotely detonated by pressing Secondary Attack button again.
 * Proximity Mines. 10 Pts. An excellent weapon against those who don't watch their step.
 * Cluster Grenade. 15 Pts. A powerful grenade that explode in mid-air, separating into smaller charges that scatter and explode on contact.
 * Wrist Rocket. 20 Pts. Fired from the wrist, the rockets are fired at targets.

Special Item
Purchase a special piece of equipment.


 * None. 0 Pts.
 * Health and Ammo. 10 Pts. Drops supplies onto the battlefront. Includes various medicines, emergency care tools and ammo.
 * Auto-Turret. 5 Pts. Useful for giving additional firepower and protection. Effective when placed to defend a command post.
 * Recon Droid. 10 Pts. Deploy and remotely control to gather intelligence. It carries its own blaster pistol and has the ability to self-destruct.
 * Stealth Suit. 20 Pts. Technology to make yourself invisible. Drains your stamina while active.
 * Jet Pack. 30 Pts. Tap Jump while in already in air to activate. Includes the ability to change altitude.
 * Jump Pack. 20 pts. To activate the jump pack, tap Jump an then tap Jump again while still in the air.
 * Personal Shield. 25 Pts. While Activated damage is deflected, however character movement is also restricted.

Power Up
Purchase a power-up


 * None. 0 Pts.
 * Rally. 10 Pts. When activated, it reduces the damage taken by the player and all nearby allies for a short time.
 * Rage. 15 Pts. When activated, it increases the damage of the player and all nearby allies for a short time.
 * Stamina. 5 Pts. When activated, it increases the stamina reserve of the player and all nearby allies for a short time.
 * Regenerate. 15 pts. When activated, gives the player and all nearby allies the ability to recover health for a short time.
 * Vehicle Auto Repair. 10 Pts. A passive power-up which slowly repairs vehicles and spacecraft while you are inside them.

Health
Purchase these upgrades to increase the health of your character.


 * None. 0 Pts. 33% less Health.
 * Health Level 1. 10 Pts. Standard character Health.
 * Health Level 2. 20 Pts. 33% more Health.
 * Health Level 3. 30 Pts. 66% more Health

Speed
Purchase these upgrades to increase the movement speed of your character.


 * None. 0 Pts. 20% less Speed.
 * Speed Level 1. 10 Pts. Standard movement Speed.
 * Speed Level 2. 20 Pts. 40% more Speed.
 * Speed Level 3. 30 Pts. 60% more Speed.

Capture Rate
Purchase these upgrades to increase the speed with which you capture command posts. Also increases the stamina bar of your character.


 * None. 0 Pts. Standard Capture Speed and Stamina
 * Capture Speed Level 1. 15 Pts. 2 times Standard Capture Speed, 33% more stamina.
 * Capture Speed Level 2. 25 Pts. 3 times Standard Capure Speed, 66% more stamina.
 * Capture Speed Level 3. 35 Pts. 4 times Standard Capture Speed, twice the standard stamina.

Personalization
Aids on the change of your squadron's appearance. There are five options, these being: Body, Head, Color 1, Color 2 and Insignia. Each type of body has their own Head options, while the colors stay the same. Each side has its own Personalization menu with different options. Personalization has no cost.

Color 1 List
Choose a Primary color for your team.

Color 2 List
Choose a second color for your team.

Insignia
Choose a Symbol that will be visible in your map for you and your opponents in multiplayer modes.

Conquest
Conquest mode is the same as it is in Battlefront II. The player must capture the enemy's command posts or kill all of the enemies while defending their own command posts.

Hero Capture the Flag
A new mode specifically for Battlefront: Renegade Squadron is Hero Capture the Flag, a modified version of 2 Flag CTF. Each side has one flag that they must defend while they must go to the other side and retrieve the enemy flag. The object is to run to the enemy's base, or kill the person holding their flag, and bring it to your flag's respawn point. When the flag is dropped there is a thirty second time limit before it respawns. You are also able to pick up your own flag if it is dropped and defend it. If you are carrying your flag and are killed, the enemy can take it. The catch to this is if you take your flag to it's respawn point, or take it from its respawn point when it spawns, you become the hero for that map. A hero always has their own flag and cannot pick up the enemy flag, but they can use all their powers. For instance, a regular infantry unit cannot use a jetpack with a flag but Boba/Jango Fett can.

Awards
Battlefront: Renegade Squadron contains unique awards available to the player for various accomplishments. Most awards have bronze, silver, and gold variants. In order to win a silver, you must must first have earned a bronze, and in order to win a gold, you must first have earned a bronze and a silver.

Tank Buster Appears as An AAT


 * Bronze: Destroy 10 vehicles
 * Silver: Destroy 25 vehicles
 * Gold: Destroy 50 vehicles

Rogue Leader Appears as an X-Wing


 * Bronze: Destroy 10 starfighters
 * Silver: Destroy 25 starfighters
 * Gold: Destroy 100 starfighters

Jedi Master Appears as a lightsaber hilt


 * Bronze: Get 25 kills as a hero
 * Silver: Get 75 kills as a hero
 * Gold: Get 150 kills as a hero

Conqueror Appears as a fist


 * Bronze: Win 5 battles
 * Silver: Win 15 battles
 * Gold: Win 30 battles

Flag Carrier Appears as a flag
 * Bronze: Capture 5 flags
 * Silver: Capture 15 flags
 * Gold: Capture 30 flags

Capture Master Appears as a command post symbol


 * Bronze: Capture 10 command posts
 * Silver: Capture 25 command posts
 * Gold: Capture 50 command posts

Conqueror Supreme Appears as a fist against a globe
 * Win a battle on every map

Hero Vanquisher Appears as Darth Vader's helmet


 * Kill 10 heroes

Super Slicer Appears as a Fusion Cutter


 * Slice into 15 vehicles

Renegade Leader Appears as Col Serra's face on a gold medal
 * Complete Campaign Mode

Galactic Overlord Appears as a star


 * Win at Galactic Conquest mode

Multiplayer Maverick Appears as a blaster


 * Bronze: Reach 50 kills online
 * Silver: Reach 150 kills online
 * Gold: Reach 300 kills online

Wookiee Life Day Hero Appears as a Wookiee's face


 * Top the score table on an online game on December 25th

Endor Day Hero


 * Top the scoretable on an online game on July 4

Hero Locations and Powers
The Heroes have a wide variety of powers. Jedi generally have lightsaber as primary weapon and saber throw or force push, with a few exceptions like Yoda. Sith primarily use lightsabers, with force lightning and force choke as interchangeable secondaries. The exceptions to this ruling is Darth Maul and Darth Vader who actively use saber throw. Asajj Ventress and General Grevious use lightsabers, but have Power ups, in unlimited quantities, but do take time to charge. Other characters such as the Fetts and Chewbacca have multiple primaries and multiple secondaries, all in unlimited quantities. Some such as Chewbacca also have high power secondaries like remote rockets with virtually instant reloads.

Boz Pity: Admiral Ackbar, Boba Fett

Endor: Han Solo, Darth Vader

Geonosis: Mace Windu, Count Dooku, Ben Kenobi, The Emperor

Hoth: Luke Skywalker, Darth Vader

Echo Base: Luke Skywalker, Darth Vader

Kashyyyk: Yoda, Jango Fett, Chewbacca, Boba Fett

Korriban: Yoda, Count Dooku, Luke Skywalker, The Emperor

Mustafar: Obi-Wan Kenobi, Darth Maul, Ben Kenobi, Darth Vader

Mygeeto: Ki-Adi-Mundi, General Grievous, Luke Skywalker, Boba Fett

Naboo: Obi-Wan Kenobi, Darth Maul, Ben Kenobi, IG-88

Yavin IV: Mace Windu, Count Dooku, Luke Skywalker, Darth Vader

Tatooine: Obi-Wan Kenobi, General Grievous, Han Solo, Boba Fett

Ord Mantell: Kit Fisto, Jango Fett, Han Solo, IG-88

Saleucami: Ki-Adi-Mundi, Asajj Ventress, Admiral Ackbar, Boba Fett

Sullust: Kit Fisto, Asajj Ventress, Chewbacca, IG-88

Space Alderaan: Han Solo, Boba Fett

Space Kessel: Han Solo, Boba Fett

Space Coruscant: Obi-Wan Kenobi, Jango Fett

Space Mygeeto: Obi-Wan Kenobi, Jango Fett

Space Kashyyyk: Obi-Wan Kenobi, Jango Fett, Han Solo, Darth Vader

Space Hoth: Han Solo, Darth Vader

Space Yavin: Han Solo, Darth Vader

Characters and Heroes

 * Ki-Adi-Mundi
 * The Emperor
 * Han Solo
 * Col Serra
 * Tionne Solusar
 * Mon Mothma
 * Grand Moff Tarkin
 * Jango Fett
 * Darth Vader
 * Obi-Wan Kenobi
 * Luke Skywalker
 * Darth Maul
 * Yoda
 * Count Dooku
 * Chewbacca
 * Mace Windu
 * General Grievous
 * Admiral Ackbar
 * Asajj Ventress
 * Kit Fisto
 * IG-88
 * Boba Fett
 * Admiral Thrawn
 * Leia Organa
 * Bail Organa

Creatures

 * Carrion spat
 * Tauntaun
 * Bantha

Droid models
The ideas above "may be in the game", however, the only way to actually play as a droid is to create one, there are NO classes. This does not include vehicles.
 * Ammo droid
 * FX-7
 * IG-88
 * R5 Series
 * R2 Series
 * R-1 recon droid
 * Homing Spider Droid
 * Battle droid
 * Super Battle Droid
 * Tank Droid
 * Dark Troopers
 * Droid tri-fighter
 * Vulture Droid
 * Magna Guard

Events

 * Battles of Yavin IV
 * First Battle of The Graveyard
 * Skirmish on Ord Mantell
 * Skirmish over Saleucami
 * Second Battle of Kessel
 * Skirmish on Tatooine
 * Battle of Boz Pity (Galactic Civil War)
 * Battle of Hoth
 * Battle of Korriban (Galactic Civil War)
 * Second Battle of Sullust
 * Battle of Endor

Locations

 * Boz Pity:Valley
 * Endor:Forest
 * Geonosis:Dust Plains
 * Hoth:Snow Plains
 * Echo Base
 * Kashyyyk:Beachhead [[Image:Korriban.jpg|thumb|Screenshot of Korriban.]]
 * Korriban:Valley of the Sith Lords
 * Mustafar:Refinary
 * Mygeeto:War-torn city
 * Naboo:Theed
 * Ord Mantell:Junkyard
 * Saleucami:City
 * Space Alderaan
 * Space Kessel
 * Space Hoth
 * Space Yavin
 * Space Kashyyyk [[Image:Renegade Squadron Sullust.jpg|thumb|Screenshot of the caves in Sullust.]]
 * Space Coruscant
 * Space Mygeeto
 * Sullust:Imperial Base
 * Tatooine:Mos Eisley
 * Yavin 4:Temple

Boz Pity, Hoth, Echo Base, Endor, Space Alderaan, Space Hoth, Space Yavin and Space Kessel are only playable in the Galactic Civil War era. Space Mygeeto and Space Coruscant can only be played in the Clone Wars era. Space Kashyyyk can be played in both eras.

Organizations

 * Alliance to Restore the Republic
 * Renegade Squadron
 * Cosmic Balance
 * Galactic Empire
 * 501st Legion
 * Cygnus Spaceworks
 * Jabba Desilijic Tiure's Criminal Empire
 * Desilijic
 * Kuat Systems Engineering
 * Old Republic
 * Cygnus Spaceworks
 * Jedi Order
 * Old Sith Empire
 * Sabrin Ring
 * Underworld
 * Black Sun
 * Confederacy of Independent Systems

Sentient species

 * Sullustans
 * Humans
 * Mon Calamari
 * Cerean
 * Wookiees
 * Rodians
 * Kaleesh
 * Nautolan
 * Bothan
 * Rattataki
 * Zabrak
 * Unknown tridactyl species
 * Sith
 * Chiss
 * Rindaoan
 * Ewok
 * Twi'lek

Vehicles and vessels

 * A-Wing
 * B-Wing
 * Millennium Falcon
 * Slave I
 * TIE Advanced
 * Jedi Starfighter
 * TIE Defenders
 * T4-B heavy tanks
 * Landspeeder
 * X-wing
 * BTL Y-wing starfighter
 * CR90 corvette
 * Imperial Star Destroyer
 * LAAT
 * AT-TE
 * AT-ST
 * TIE/ln starfighter
 * TIE/In interceptor
 * Speeder Bike
 * AT-AT
 * Interdictor Star Destroyer
 * Mon Calamari Star Cruiser
 * V-Wing
 * AAT
 * AT-RT
 * TX-130S
 * TX-130T
 * STAP
 * A5-RX battle tank
 * ARC-170
 * Trade Federation Cruiser
 * Republic Attack Cruiser
 * BARC speeder
 * T-47 airspeeder
 * Nebulon-B escort frigate
 * Victory II-class frigate
 * AAC-1 hovertank
 * GR-75 medium transport
 * Banking Clan frigate
 * Republic assault ship

Pistols

 * Blaster Pistol
 * DL-44 Heavy Blaster Pistol
 * Explosive Blaster Pistol
 * TriShot
 * WESTAR-34 blaster pistol

Rifles

 * ARC caster
 * Carbonite Freeze Gun
 * E-11 Blaster Rifle
 * E-5s sniper rifle
 * Bowcaster
 * Orbital strike sniper rifle
 * A295 blaster rifle
 * EE-3 carbine rifle

Other

 * MiniMag PTL missile launcher
 * HH-15 projectile launcher
 * E-60R missile launcher
 * Shotgun
 * Chaingun
 * Flamethrower
 * Incinerator gun
 * EMP Launcher
 * Grenade Launcher
 * Lightsaber
 * Double-bladed lightsaber
 * Autoturret

Explosives

 * Proximity mine
 * Cluster grenade
 * Detpack
 * Wrist rocket
 * Thermal Detonator

Miscellanea

 * Fusion Cutter
 * Jetpack
 * Jumpack
 * Personal energy shield
 * Supply Pack
 * Stealth Suit

Differences between Renegade Squadron and previous Battlefront games

 * The are quite a few, simply because Renegade Squadron is exclusive to the PSP. The gameplay techniques are different, as the PSP has one analog stick, and fewer buttons than the console controllers. The gameplay, however, is mostly similar. One of the main changes was that there was no definite soldier classes. During the battle, you could customize your player, which was useful in many cases, eg. If a AT-RT is coming, at a command post you can customize your character to equip a rocket launcher, making it easier to defeat the AT-RT, and change back to your regular weapon after.

Other links

 * Star Wars opens new Battlefront on PSP
 * New Star Wars Battlefront is Exclusive to the PSP
 * Interview with Assistant Producer K.C. Coleman

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