Galaxy Guide 3: The Empire Strikes Back

Galaxy Guide 3: The Empire Strikes Back is a supplement to Star Wars: The Roleplaying Game written by Michael Stern, published by West End Games in 1989.

The guide features character profiles with game stats for main and some secondary characters from the film Star Wars: Episode V The Empire Strikes Back. This book created, for the first time, Expanded Universe backgrounds for many characters appearing in the film.

A revised and expanded Second Edition was released in 1996.

From the publisher

Here it is! A definitive collection of backgrounds, statistics, and information on the heroes and villains of the second Star Wars movie, The Empire Strikes Back. This comprehensive guide details the aliens, Imperials and Rebels that figured in those crucial weeks centered around the assault in the ice planet Hoth.

Explore the middle saga in the greatest space fantasy film of all time with this guide to the Star Wars galaxy! The Empire Strikes Back includes character histories and never-revealed-before information that makes this volume a must for movie fans and players of the Star Wars roleplaying game.

Contents

Introduction

• The Odyssey Continues
  • Prologue: First Words
  • An Icy Beginning
  • Voren Na'al

Hoth Profiles

• From the Notes of Voren Na'al, Assistant Historian to the Alliance
• Imperial Probe Droid
• The Probing Eye of the Empire
• General Carlist Rieekan
• Major Bren Derlin
• Too-Onebee
• The Horror By Night
• Wampa Ice Creature
• The Assault on Hoth
• Echo Base Troops
  • Corporal Kelsome (Stats only)
• Snowspeeder Pilots
  • Tenk Lenso (Stats only)
• Cold Assault Stormtroopers
• AT-AT Pilots
  • Lieutenant Nyrox (Stats only)
• Running the Gauntlet
• General Veers
• Zev Senesca
• Wes Janson
• Derek "Hobbie" Klivian
• Mutiny on the Rand Ecliptic
• Dak Ralter

Imperial Fleet Profiles

• Admiral Piett
• Admiral Ozzel
• Captain Needa
• Darth Vader
• Star Destroyer Officers
  • Lieutenant Venka (Stats only)

The Bounty Hunters

• Dengar
• IG-88B
• Bossk
• Zuckuss
• 4-LOM
• Boba Fett
• Slave I

The Swamp Planet Dagobah

• Yoda
• A Droid's Eye View

Bespin Profiles

• Lando Calrissian
• Meeting The Dark Lord
• Lobot
• Bespin Guards
  • Jerrol Blendin (Stats only)
• Ugnaughts
  • Ugloste (Stats only)
• Citizens of Cloud City
  • Danta Belissa (Stats only)
• Little Girl Lost (1st edition only)

The Heroes of Yavin

• Princess Leia Organa
• Han Solo
• Luke Skywalker
• R2-D2 and C-3PO
• Chewbacca

Appearances

By type

Characters	Creatures	Droid models	Events	Locations
Organizations and titles	Sentient species	Vehicles and vessels	Weapons and technology	Miscellanea

Characters

Wedge Antilles Danta Belissa (First mentioned) Bervin (First appearance) Jerrol Blendin (First identified as "Jerrol Blendin") Bossk Lando Calrissian Chewbacca Beryl Chiffonage Breg (First mentioned) Cuvir (First mentioned) Biggs Darklighter Dengar Bren Derlin Jan Dodonna Boba Fett Ecclessis Figg (As "Figg") Ledick Firest (As "Firest") Bent Gavler (First appearance) Handy (First appearance) Heliesk (First appearance) Arhul Hextrophon Irrv (Indirect mention only) Jabba Desilijic Tiure (As "Jabba") Allania Jakien(First appearance) Allania Jakien's father (First mentioned) Allania Jakien's mother (First mentioned) Wes Janson (Also as "Derit Janson") Maren Kelsome (As "Kelsome") (First mentioned) Obi-Wan Kenobi Derek Klivian (Also as "Derek "Hobbie" Klivian")

Tenk Lenso (First identified as "Tenk Lenso") Lindy (First appearance) Lobot Crix Madine Voren Na'al Lorth Needa (As "Needa") Nyrox (First mentioned) Bail Prestor Organa (As "Bail Organa") Leia Organa Kendal Ozzel (As "Ozzel") Palpatine (As "the Emperor") Firmus Piett (As "Piett") Jek Tono Porkins (As "Jek Porkins") Dak Ralter Carlist Rieekan Zev Senesca Ellisa Shallence (First mentioned) Vytor Shrike Luke Skywalker Han Solo Adar Tallon Darth Vader Tay Vanis (As "Tiree") Maximilian Veers Ugloste (First mentioned) Venka Lira Wessex Yoda Zuckuss

Creatures

Exogorth (As "space slug") Jemian Lizard Nerf Skifflin (As "Skliffin") Tauntaun Wampa

Droid models

Assassin droid (As "Assassin Droid") IG-series (As "IG line") IG-72 IG-88B (As "IG-88") Astromech droid (As "Astromech Droid") R2-D2 Interrogation droid (As "Interrogator Droid" and "Imperial Interrogator Droid") Medical droid (As "Medical Droid") 2-1B Probe droid (As "Probe Droid") Viper probe droid (As "Arakyd Viper") Protocol droid (As "Protocol Droid") 4-LOM C-3PO

Events

Clone Wars Galactic Civil War Battle of Hoth Battle of Kashyyyk (19 BBY) (Indirect mention only) Battle of Nentan Battle of Yavin Destruction of Alderaan Duel on Cloud City Subjugation of Firro

Locations

Alderaan system Alderaan Delaya Anoat system Gentes Bespin Cloud City Cloud City dining room (As "Grand Dining Room") Holiday Towers Port Town Royal Casino Bestine system Juggerhead (As "Imperial Navy Yard") Kestic Station Core Worlds (As "Galactic Core") Corellian system Agrilat Crystal swamp Culroon III Dagobah Droxine Firro Gandolo IV Halowan Trans-system data storage library Hoth system Hoth Echo Base Echo Station 3-7 (As "Station 3-7") North Ridge Zone Twelve (As "Zone 12") Hoth asteroid field (Indirect mention only) Kalist VI Kalist Base (As "labor colony") Kashyyyk Mandalore system Nentan Nentan checkpoint base Nentan wastes Ord Mantell Outer Rim Territories Sullust system Tatooine Beggar's Canyon Tandell system Wor Tandell Imperial Governor's mansion Tierfon Rebel Outpost (As "Tierfon Fighter Base" and "Tierfon Base") Yavin 4 Great Temple (Yavin 4)

Organizations and titles

Admiral Alliance to Restore the Republic Alliance High Command Rogue Squadron (As "Rogue Group") Arakyd Industries (As "Arakyd") Assassin Assistant Historian Baron Administrator (As "Baron-Administrator") Bespin Wing Guard Big-game hunter (As "big game hunter") Bounty hunter Captain Chief Aide Colonel Colonist Commander Dark Lord Engineer Executive Secretary Ferini team Findsman First Mate/First Officer/Ship's Exec/Executive Officer Fisherman Free-trader Galactic Empire Imperial Academy Imperial Army Thundering Herd (Also as "Thundering Herd AT-AT walker squadron") Imperial High Command (Also as "Military Command") Imperial Navy Death Squadron (As "Lord Vader's fleet") Imperial officer (As "Star Destroyer officer") New Order Snowtrooper (Also as "Cold Assault Stormtrooper" and "Imperial Cold Assault Stormtrooper") Blizzard Force Stormtrooper Galactic News Service Galactic Republic (As "Old Republic") Grand Army of the Republic (As "Army of the Republic") Officer Candidate School Galalloy Industries Gambler General Governor Gunner High Colonel Historian Holowan Laboratories (As "Holowan laboratories") House of Organa (As "Royal house of Organa") Information broker Jedi Jedi Knight Jedi Master Kuat Systems Engineering Lieutenant Lord Major Master Historian Mercenary Merchant Mining Guild (As "Imperial Mining Guild") Navigator Ozzel family Pilot Pirate Princess Scientist Smuggler Soldier Swoop gang Swooper (As "swoop jockey") Technician Thief True Gunner Vehicle Command Crewer (As "AT-AT Walker Pilot," "Walker pilot," and "AT-AT Combat Coordinator")

Sentient species

Gand Human Alderaanian Corellian Hutt Trandoshan Ugnaught Wookiee

Vehicles and vessels

Airspeeder T-16 skyhopper (As "T-16") T-47 airspeeder (As "snowspeeder") Cloud car Death Star DS-1 Orbital Battle Station Speeder bike (As "repulsorlift bike") Starfighter BTL Y-wing starfighter TIE/LN starfighter X-wing starfighter Starship Firespray-31-class patrol and attack craft (As "Firespray-class" and "Firespray-31") Slave I Freighter Millennium Falcon Frigate Rand Ecliptic Hospital ship (As "Medical frigate") Passenger liner Kuari Princess Prison barge Star Destroyer Merciless Imperial-class Star Destroyer Avenger Super-class Star Destroyer Executor Transport Walker All Terrain Armored Transport (As "All-Terrain Armored Transport")

Weapons and technology

Arc welder Armor Battle armor Artillery Audio sensor (As "auditory receiver") Bacta tank Blaster Blaster cannon Blaster pistol Heavy blaster pistol Blaster rifle Hold-out blaster Carbon-freezing Circular saw Code cylinder (As "rank cylinder") Comm unit (As "com unit") Comlink Computer Analytical computer Medical diagnostic computer Microcomputer Targeting computer Concussion grenade launcher Concussion missile launcher (As "Concussion Missile Tube Launcher") Credit changer Datafile (As "data file") Datapad Deflector shield Electromagnetic field receptor (As "electromagnetic-field sensor") Electrorangefinder (As "electro-rangefinder") Electroshock probe (As "electroshock prod") Flamethrower Flexisteel binding wire Flexisteel lanyard Flight suit Force pick Grappling hook Grasper arm (As "grasping claw" and "power grappler") Grenade Concussion grenade Stun grenade Grenade launcher Power harpoon High-frequency transmitter High-tension wire Holoprojector (As "holographic projector") Holorecorder Homing beacon Hyperdrive I/O jack (As "information storage/retrieval jack") Infrared receptor Infrared scope Ion cannon Ion flare Jetpack (As "jet pack") Land mine Laser drill Laser spade Laser welder Lightsaber Macrobinocular viewplate Macrobinoculars Mandalorian armor Multi-purpose micro-surgical appendage Navigation computer (As "astrogation computer") Omnisignal unicode Power fence Power generator Proton torpedo Ration pack (As "food pack") Ray shield Repulsor fin Restraining bolt Rocket dart Self-destruct mechanism (As "self destruct programming" and "self-destruct") Sensor globe Shield door Snowtrooper armor Sonic stunner Stabilizer Stealth sensor scrambler Stun cuffs (As "binders") Stun gas blower Survival kit Terrain-grip boots Tractor beam Tractor beam projector (As "Tractor Beam Projector") Turbo-projected grappling hook Universal transceiver Utility belt Vibroblade Water pack Wrist laser Wrist rocket launcher (As "rocket dart launcher")

Miscellanea

Asteroid Attack Pattern Delta (As "Attack pattern "Delta"") Bacta Dormoshock Flagship Flexisteel Greehu wheel Hesken Fever Homeworld Hyperspace Imperial standard meter (As "meter") Kilometer Metric ton Standard month Planet Rogue Three Rubindum Sabacc Safe world (As "safeworld") Standard year Star Star system Steel Tallon split The Force Dark side of the Force (As "Dark Side of the Force") The galaxy Tibanna (As "Tibanna gas") Transparisteel

External links

• Mutiny on the Rand Ecliptic on Hyperspace (content removed from StarWars.com; backup link)

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