Adventure
Strike Force: Shantipole
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"Strike Force: Shantipole" is a Star Wars Legends adventure book for use with Star Wars: The Roleplaying Game. The adventure scenario tasks Rebel Alliance heroes with rescuing Commander Ackbar in the Roche asteroid field and keeping his secret project from falling into the hands of the Galactic Empire.
The Strike Force: Shantipole set includes a full-color interior map of the Research Station Shantipole and a Star Warriors combat scenario. Strike Force: Shantipole was written by Ken Rolston and Steve Gilbert, and published by West End Games in 1988. It was later republished in Classic Adventures: Volume Five in 1998.
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Facts
- Title
- "Strike Force: Shantipole"
- Author
- Ken Rolston
- Steve Gilbert
- Doug Kaufman (Star Warriors Scenario)
- Illustrator
- Lucasfilm (Interior Art)
- Stephen Crane (Art Direction)
- Rosaria J. Baldari (Graphics and map art)
- Anne Fink (Graphics)
- Susan Kramer (Graphics)
- Carl Skutsch (Typesetting)
- Editor
- Bill Slavicsek
- Publisher
- West End Games
- Game
- Star Wars: The Roleplaying Game
- Published in
- Classic Adventures: Volume Five
- Reprinted in
- Classic Adventures: Volume Five
- Released
- June 1988
- Pages
- 32
- Campaign
- Star Wars: The Roleplaying Game
Who turns up here
Characters: 9
- Gial Ackbar
- Salin Glek (first appearance)
- Jurfel (first appearance)
- Mon Mothma
- Bane Nothos (first appearance)
- Netrem Pollard (first appearance)
- Suskafoo (first appearance)
- Wilhuff Tarkin (mentioned only)
- Ackbar family
Planets: 3
- Dac (mentioned only)
- Roche asteroid field (first appearance)
- Yavin 4
Places: 6
- Command Base (first appearance)
- Research Station Shantipole (first appearance)
- Corridor G147 (first appearance)
- Korpil (first mentioned)
- Slayn (first mentioned)
- Agrifactory
Galaxy: 4
- Outer Rim Territories
- Pothor system (first mentioned)
- Roche system (first appearance)
- The galaxy
Starships: 18
- Alliance Fleet
- Verpine fleet (first appearance)
- Death Star
- DS-1 Orbital Battle Station (mentioned only)
- A/SF-01 B-wing starfighter
- B-wing/E starfighter
- T-65 X-wing starfighter
- TIE/ln space superiority starfighter
- TIE/IN interceptor
- TIE/rc starfighter
- EF76 Nebulon-B escort frigate
- YL-2200 light freighter
- Out Runner (first appearance)
- YT-1300 light freighter
- Wander-class jump freighter
- Alabak's Gold (mentioned only)
- Lambda-class T-4a shuttle
- Sentinel-class landing craft
Vehicles: 1
- Asteroid hopper (first appearance)
Organizations: 9
Events: 4
- Battle of Yavin (mentioned only)
- Blockade of the Roche system (first appearance)
- Battle of Roche (first appearance)
- Liberation of Gial Ackbar (mentioned only)
Technology: 36
- R2-series astromech droid (mentioned only)
- Stormtrooper armor
- Atmosphere generator
- Bacta tank
- Blaster cannon
- Blaster pistol
- Heavy blaster pistol
- DL-44 heavy blaster pistol
- Power 5 heavy blaster pistol
- Blaster rifle
- E-11 blaster rifle (pictured only)
- Repeating blaster
- E-Web heavy repeating blaster
- Computer
- Computer tape
- Deflector shield generator
- Detonite
- Hyperdrive
- Environment suit
- Timer fuse
- Gyro-servo
- Base-homing device
- Pressure lock
- Medpac
- Missile
- Concussion missile
- Repulsor beam generator
- Repulsor beam projector
- Power cell
- Proton torpedo launcher
- Full-spectrum transceiver
- Signal receiver
- Torpedo
- Clothing
- Magnetic boot
- Galactic Credit Standard
Lore: 13
- Magenge (first appearance)
- Agent
- Supreme Commander
- Grand Moff (mentioned only)
- District Commander
- Speaker (first appearance)
- Tactician
- Bacta
- Boron
- Galactic Basic Standard
- Huttese
- Quarrenese
- Stone
Everything else: 135
- Alien
- Amphibian
- Fungus
- Insectoid
- Squid (mentioned only)
- Probe droid
- Floating cities of Calamari (mentioned only)
- Aide
- Shantipole Project
- Commanding officer
- Detail
- Engineer
- Fleet
- Gunner
- Officer
- Admiral
- Commander
- Lieutenant
- Merchant (mentioned only)
- Pilot
- Pirate (mentioned only)
- Spy
- Squad
- Squadron
- Starshipwright
- Technician
- Soldier
- Starfighter
- Starship
- Capital ship
- Frigate
- Star Destroyer
- Freighter
- Light freighter
- Lifeboat
- Shuttle
- Assault shuttle
- Transport
- Airlock
- Armor
- Helmet
- Artificial gravity generator
- Blast door
- Blaster
- Autoblaster
- Comm unit
- Comlink
- Datapad
- Deflector shield
- Docking tube
- Engine
- Sublight engine
- Food dispenser
- Glowrod
- Grenade
- Heads-up display
- Holochess
- Holoprojector
- Holo-tank
- Hologram disc
- Homing beacon
- Hull
- Ion cannon
- Laser cannon
- Life support
- Lock
- Magnetic field
- Magnetic seal
- Memory bank
- Repulsor beam
- Repulsorfield shell
- Repulsorlift
- Power converter
- Power generator
- Boron power generator (first mentioned)
- Self-destruct mechanism
- Sensor
- Motion sensor
- Solar collector
- Timer
- Proton torpedo
- Tractor beam
- Turbolaser
- Turbolift
- Viewport
- Antenna
- Argon
- Asteroid
- Asteroid field
- Asteroid storm
- Atmosphere
- Bantha fodder
- Blockade
- Bridge
- Goggles
- Jumpsuit
- Defstat
- Detention area
- Durasteel
- The Force
- Foodstuff
- Galaxy
- Gravity
- Gravity well
- Hangar
- Hive mind
- Hyperspace
- Meter
- Kilometer
- Language
- Lifeboat bay
- Lightspeed
- Medical center
- Meteorite
- Moon
- Permacite
- Piercing
- Planetoid
- Plastic
- Sector
- Sentience
- Slavery
- Standard day
- Standard hour
- Standard minute
- Standard month
- Standard second
- Standard year
- Star
- Subspace
- Tattoo
- Telepathy
- Titanium
- Transparisteel
- Water (mentioned only)
Not in the archive: 2
- Fuse
- Sensor-reflective material
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