Galactic Information Display

The Galactic Information Display (GID) is the map of the galaxy that fills the main screen of the Command Center in Star Wars: Rebellion. It is the primary source of information about the galaxy.

Stars and colors

Each system appears as a star, and the galaxy is divided into sectors of ten systems each. The star's color shows who controls the system: red for the Alliance, green for the Empire, blue for neutral, and gray for unexplored. The manual explains that a gray star means the player has no information, so the system might be neutral, empty of population, or already settled by the enemy. A system can support one side while being controlled by the other, for example a large green star showing an Empire-controlled system that supports the Alliance.

The star's size shows how much of the chosen item is present on that system. In the construction-yard display, for instance, the smallest star means no construction yards and larger stars mean more of them. A legend, opened by double-clicking its icon, explains the sizes.

Choosing a display

Clicking the Galactic Information Display control opens a menu of displays, with a checkmark on the current one. The default display is Popular support. The manual lists these groups:

• Loyalty: popular support, and the locations of systems in uprising.
• Fleets: idle fleets and fleets en route. Star size reflects the number of fleets at, or heading for, a system.
• Personnel: idle personnel (not in a command post or on a mission) and active personnel (on a mission or in command).
• Resources: energy availability, raw material availability (remaining mine sites), mines and refineries.
• Manufacturing: shipyards, training facilities and construction yards, each with an idle-only variant.
• Defense: planetary batteries, planetary shield generators, fighter squadrons, troops and Death Star shields.

For the Alliance, the Death Star shield display is only as accurate as the last information received; a shield not discovered by informants or espionage does not appear.

Sector windows

Clicking a sector opens a Sector window, which shows each system in that sector color-coded by controlling side, with an overview of its resources and popular support and icons that open further windows. The manual states that at the start of a game this window is reliable only for the resources, popular support and production facilities of core systems; defenses, troops, personnel and ships are likely inaccurate or incomplete. Control and popular support in core systems stay current. A player may have only two Sector windows open at once, and they cannot be moved or minimized. The Sector window also shows available raw materials, mines and energy spaces.

Display off

The Display Off option removes the legend display of individual systems and shows a mass of galactic matter instead. Choosing any other display turns it back on.