Being a former Senator, I have to assume that she was brought along for her high Persuasion bonus, in the hopes that once the Death Star was destroyed she could ask any surviving Imperials to surrender and/or join the Alliance.

Haha! But actually good point. One thing I think the old EU *and* the new movie got right is that the Empire wouldn't just fold up once the Emperor was dead and gone; there would plenty of Imperial leaders with intact military forces who would now go 'hey, *I* could be Emperor'.

-Will

there would plenty of Imperial leaders with intact military forces who would now go 'hey, *I* could be Emperor'.

Which would actually speed up the collapse of the empire as all those competing factions start fighting among themselves.

For those concerned with the dice. Like War of the Ring, there is a minimum of 5 red and 5 black that can be rolled per attack. So if empire attacks planet with 10 red and 8 black worth of units. They will only roll 5 and 5.

During AngryJoe review on Twitch, he reads this in the book. While he doesn't follow a single rule correctly in the video, he does read that out during the playthrough.

Marshal- you mean a maximum of 5 red dice and a maximum of 5 black dice?

Yes, my bad.

Does the ion cannon reduce the red dice from 5 to 3 then, given that there is a maximum of 5?

If so, this would be a very potent installation.

Probably not. But we will have to see the rules for that one...

there would plenty of Imperial leaders with intact military forces who would now go 'hey, *I* could be Emperor'.

Which would actually speed up the collapse of the empire as all those competing factions start fighting among themselves.

Eventually. But to start with there's a lot of military hardware out there in the hands of ambitious men willing to use it. It would take years and years to mop up every petty tyrant with a Star Destroyer and one planet he's terrorizing.

-Will