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'''Gameplay tips on opening moves and research trees''' summarizes two sections of the official "Rebellion - Gameplay Tips" web page for ''[[Star Wars: Rebellion]]'': a list of suggested first actions for each side, and lists of what each side starts with and what it can research. See [[LucasArts Rebellion website (2004 archive)]] for the site.<ref name="tips-main" />

== Suggested opening actions ==
The page offers a list of suggestions for the start of a game.<ref name="tips-open" />

'''Both sides:''' use the GID to see which facilities exist and where, locate all characters, and protect the headquarters.

'''Alliance:''' the page names recruiting, diplomacy and ship research as the keys to success. Its suggestions:
* have Mon Mothma start recruiting characters;
* move characters off Yavin and send most of them on Diplomacy missions;
* have Wedge, and any other capable character, research Ship Design;
* build defenses (starfighters and army regiments);
* find a suitable planet for the main manufacturing centers (shipyards and training facilities);
* explore unknown planets as possible sites for Super Shipyards.

'''Empire:''' the suggestions are:
* use diplomacy on the Empire's own planets;
* recruit with the Emperor, and have Darth recruit or do diplomacy;
* find characters and assign them commands or diplomatic missions;
* send extra characters on sabotage missions against the Alliance's manufacturing facilities;
* give priority to training facilities, construction yards, shipyards and refineries, and build several construction yards;
* send fleets to Rebel planets to look for Alliance ships;
* find a suitable planet for the main manufacturing centers;
* begin taking over Sesswenna sector;
* build regiments for garrisons, build a fleet, and recruit.

== Research trees ==
The page states that plain type marks items a side starts with, while bold marks items obtained by research, listed in the order they become available.<ref name="tips-research" /> The printed lists are reproduced below. Both sides begin with eight ship types, and the Alliance column on the page includes the Dauntless Cruiser and Bulwark Battlecruiser among its research items.

=== Ships ===
{| class="wikitable"
! Side !! Starting ships !! Researched ships, in order
|-
| Alliance || Alliance Dreadnaught, Escort Carrier, [[Bulk Cruiser]], [[Bulk Transport]], [[Corellian Corvette]], [[Medium Transport]], [[X-wing]], [[Y-wing]] || [[Nebulon-B Frigate]], [[Mon Calamari Cruiser]], [[A-wing]], Corellian Gunboat, [[B-wing]], [[CC-7700 Frigate]], [[Assault Frigate]], [[Liberator Cruiser]], [[CC-9600 Frigate]], [[Dauntless Cruiser]], [[Bulwark Battlecruiser]]
|-
| Empire || [[Carrack Light Cruiser]], [[Death Star]], [[Galleon]], Imperial Dreadnaught, Escort Carrier, [[Imperial Star Destroyer]], [[TIE Fighter]], [[Victory Destroyer]] || [[TIE Bomber]], [[Lancer Frigate]], [[TIE Interceptor]], [[Star Galleon]], [[Assault Transport]], [[Interdictor Cruiser]], [[Victory II Star Destroyer]], [[TIE Defender]], [[Strike Cruiser]], Imperial Star Destroyer II, [[Super Star Destroyer]]
|}

=== Troops ===
Both sides start with Army and Fleet regiments. The Alliance researches [[Sullustan Regiment|Sullustan]], [[Mon Calamari Regiment|Mon Calamari]] and [[Wookiee Regiment|Wookiee]] troops, in that order; the Empire researches [[Stormtrooper Regiment|Stormtroopers]], [[War Droid Regiment|War Droids]] and [[Dark Trooper Regiment|Dark Troopers]].<ref name="tips-research" />

=== Facilities ===
Both sides start with a [[Construction Yard]], [[GenCore Level I|GenCore I]], [[Mine]], [[LNR Series I|LNR I]], [[KDY-150|KDY v-150]], [[Refinery]], Shipyard and [[Training Facility|Training Center]]. Both research [[Advanced Training Facility|Advanced Training]], [[Advanced Construction Yard|Advanced Construction]], [[LNR Series II|LNR II]], [[Advanced Shipyard]] and [[GenCore Level II|GenCore II]]. The Empire list also has the [[Death Star Shield]], placed between Advanced Construction and LNR II.<ref name="tips-research" />

== References ==
<references>
<ref name="tips-main">"Rebellion - Gameplay Tips", LucasArts official ''Rebellion'' site (www.lucasarts.com/products/rebellion/), Wayback Machine capture of 8 December 2004; archive file Wayback Machine/Rebellion Gameplay Tips_files/intro.html (frame shell: Wayback Machine/Rebellion Gameplay Tips.html).</ref>
<ref name="tips-open">Same page, section "Where do I start?".</ref>
<ref name="tips-research">Same page, section "Research Trees" (tables Ships, Troops, Facilities; bold type in the HTML marks researched items).</ref>
</references>

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