Star Wars Squadrons

In these ships, they can utilise the movement of power between the ship's functions of weaponry, shields and engines to defeat their opponents in combat. Players can check the ship's status, shields and powers by viewing the instruments in the ship's cockpit. Gameplay is class-based, with both the New Republic and the Empire having four starfighter classes that the player can choose from: Fighter , Interceptor , Bomber , and Support . An update added the B-Wing to the bomber class for the New Republic and the TIE Defender for the fighter class of the Galactic Empire. The game features two multiplayer modes, and a single-player mode: The story mode is set after the Battle of Endor and the destruction of the second Death Star. The narrative alternates between two customizable pilots from the New Republic's Vanguard Squadron and the Empire's Titan Squadron, with the former debuting in Alexander Freed's 2019 novel Star Wars: Alphabet Squadron. The game offers two online modes: Dogfight, which is a team deathmatch mode that supports 10 players, and Fleet Battles, in which two teams of up to 5 players compete to destroy each other's Capital Ships. Following the destruction of Alderaan, Darth Vader orders all Imperial forces to hunt down any refugees who escaped the planet's destruction. Captain Lindon Javes of the Imperial Navy is tasked by Commodore Rae Sloane to lead Helix Squadron in finding and eliminating a convoy of refugees at Fostar Haven. The convoy sends a distress signal to the Rebel Alliance, who dispatches Echo Squadron to assist in the convoy’s escape. After the battle, Javes defects to the Alliance, offering his knowledge of Imperial Fleet protocols to earn their trust. Four years later, after the Alliance's victory in the Battle of Endor, the newly promoted Commander Javes assumes command of the New Republic cruiser Temperance and its elite fighter squadron, Vanguard Squadron. It is later revealed that the project is a massive battleship constructed from stolen Star Destroyers and has a powerful tractor beam. Meanwhile, Imperial Captain Terisa Kerrill, Javes' former protégé and wingman from Fostar, is eager to take vengeance on him for his betrayal and is assigned to put an end to Project Starhawk before its completion. Unwilling to let Javes go, Kerrill has her ship resupplied with powerful warheads to damage the Starhawk. An Imperial assault at the Nadiri Dockyards badly damages the Starhawk, although it manages to escape destruction.