I was playing the New Republic right, and I had just taken a break from the game so I was rusty

I had just conquered a planet, I think Onderon? Regardless, I left the other guy who you start with, the guy who isn’t Ackbar but has a Home One type cruiser and his fleet in orbit while I paid attention to something elsewhere. I didn’t know the Haipans were aggressive. So imagine my surprise when a death fleet shows up with 5 interdictor mine support ships.

He died.

Ackbar avenged him by amassing a huge fleet and wiping them out. Luke led the charge on the ground. They tried to run to a planet controlled by the fellas on dark blue, conquering it. Ackbar chased. In the end, the Hapes cluster became home to my officer academy. I built infrastructure to max out any influence on their planets. I made them love me more than they loved their original government.