- With the pirate threat contained, orders are to refocus on the Republic. Main force is headed to Clabburn Tundra--frozen kill zone, all blizzards and canyons.
18. Option - Make the Empire proud.Player - Go and fight for the Emperor and the Sith. It is your honor.
- Now we raise the stakes and force our enemies to commit their elite. I've thus employed the Bane Brigade, the finest Imperial fighters of the last war.
44. Option - We can't overextend ourselves.Player - Keeping the Republic in a quagmire is one thing; committing our best is another.
- The Republic called them butchers and war criminals, and thought them defeated on Rhen Var. But some things aren't so easily destroyed--bringing us to your part.
55. Option - Where do I fit in?Player - It seems everything is under control. Why are we having this conversation?
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53. Option - Their return would hit hard.Player - If word spreads that the Bane Brigade is on Hoth, Republic morale will plummet.
- I nurtured those men and women, planned every mission... sat beside them when their limbs needed replacement. I wept upon their deaths... but you have done exceptionally.
110. Option - Tell me how the plan goes.Player - Did we succeed? Does the Republic believe the Bane Brigade is alive?
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109. Option - You founded the Bane Brigade?Player - That's how you became advisor to the Minister of War. The brigade's victories were your victories.
- But they'll find only expendable Imperial troops, like those you've met in the field. And as our men die, they will drag the Republic with them into their icy graves.
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119. Player - If sending a few thousand fools to their death brings victory, so be it. +50
- Besides, Hoth was always an unwinnable scenario--the point of engaging the Republic here was to sap their resources.
123. Option - I believe we can win Hoth.Player - You found a way to lure the Republic's heroes to this worthless planet. You can find a way to truly defeat them.
- Regardless, you are needed elsewhere in the galaxy. And know that while it cannot be public, you've earned the right to call yourself part of the Bane Brigade.