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The New Empire story arc, called Ilum Under Siege on the Republic side and An Empire Betrayed on the Imperial side, is the final mission in the Ilum planetary storyline and the final story arc in the vanilla game. It focuses on Darth Malgus, who is dissatisfied with the Empire's narrow-minded policies and the infighting within the Dark Council, attempting to establish an empire of his own and includes the Battle of Ilum and The False Emperor flashpoints.

Description[]

Darth Malgus has declared a new Empire, one free from narrow-minded policies, an infighting Dark Council and an apathetic Emperor. He has seized the Emperor's throne and rallied supporters from the far corners of the galaxy. Now, Malgus's army has launched an assault on Ilum to seize the planet's Adegan crystals that he needs to power his stealth armada. For the safety of the galaxy, Darth Malgus must be stopped.

Storyline contacts[]

The storyline contacts can be found in the respective Base Camp on Ilum.

  • Galactic Republic Supreme Commander Rans
  • Sith Empire Grand Moff Regus

Storyline completion reward[]

MK-2 Weapon

Mission chain[]

  1. Galactic Republic [50] Crystal Ball
  2. Galactic Republic [50] A Gentleman's Agreement
  3. Galactic Republic [50] Armada
  4. Galactic Republic [50] The Jedi Temple
  5. Galactic Republic [50] Ilum Under Siege
  1. Sith Empire [50] First Strike
  2. Sith Empire [50] The Challenge of War
  3. Sith Empire [50] Shoring Up Defenses
  4. Sith Empire [50] A New Order
  5. Sith Empire [50] An Empire Betrayed