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Reference Book: Star Wars Saga Edition Clone Wars Campaign Guide

See also: Mass Combat, Orbital Turbolaser

Combatants in a ground battle can be devastated by Capital Ships in orbit above the planet. As a Standard Action, the Commander of a Capital Ship can order a single Weapon System to aim at single square on a Mass Combat battlefield.

The square is considered to be at Long Range for the Capital Ship, and the ship must make an attack roll against a Reflex Defense of 10 to hit the target square. If successful, all Units in that square take normal damage for that Weapon System, or half damage on a miss. That ship cannot make any other attacks until the beginning of the Commander's next turn.

Orbital Bombardment should be used by the Gamemaster only as a means of making a Mass Combat encounter more dangerous. A single shot from a Capital Ship weapon is usually more than enough to destroy a Unit, so Orbital Bombardment should not be used lightly.

Orbital Bombardment should occur only if the needs of the adventure require it rather than as a means for resolving combat.

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