Hello and welcome back to Friday Night X-Wing! Today we will be announcing Wave 2 of our Ground Assault expansion! Life has been pretty busy since the release of Ground Assault, and I have not managed to work on the Resistance and First Order wave but they will be released alongside the Clone Wars expansion.

With the release of the new Clone Wars wave for X-Wing, we decided that it was the perfect time to announce Wave 2 of Ground Assault expansion. This is an announcement article, so there will be no card spoilers until our preview article that will be coming in the next few months!

“Those walkers are designed for terrain, not space!“

For the Grand Army of the Republic, we will be releasing expansions for the AT-TE, LAAT/c, and AT-XT.

The AT-TE was the main walker for the Clone Army. It was a medium sized vehicle, sporting six laser cannons and one large mass driver cannon on top. It participated in many battles, from Geonosis all the way until the end of the Clone Wars where it was being phased out by the newly emerging AT-AT. Long after they were phased out, the Rebel Alliance had managed to grab a hold of these and other Clone Wars relics in order to combat the Empire.

This vehicle will be available to both the Republic and the Rebel Alliance.

Slightly larger than the standard LAAT/i, this gunship used to ferry in the AT-TE onto various battlefields across the galaxy, although it was later outfitted to carry various other vehicles. Sporting only 2 light laser cannons, it was not very well armed but it was able to take a beating, which would be ideal when having to transport these large walkers deep into enemy territory.

This vehicle will be available to the Republic.

A precursor to the iconic Imperial AT-ST, the AT-XT was a fairly special Walker. Sporting regenerating plasma shields, twin laser cannons and 2 long-range proton mortar launchers, these small walkers were a force to be reckoned with! After they were phased out for the cheaper and technologically inferior AT-ST, these walkers found themselves in the hands of the Rebel Alliance.

This vehicle will be available to both the Republic and Rebel Alliance.

“Army or not, you must realize you are doomed”

For the CIS, we will be releasing expansions for the OG-9 Homing Spider Droid, Octuptarra Magna Tri-Droid, and the AAT.

Designed to take on both ground and airborne targets, the dreaded OG-9 Homing Spider Droid was a marvel of the Baktoid Armor Workshop. Although it was small in size, it can cut down an entire platoon of Clones with its homing laser and anti-personnel cannons. To disable vehicles, it would use a retractable Ion cannon.

This vehicle will be available to the CIS.

This colossal war-machine was the nightmare of every Clone Veteran. These behemoths would crush and destroy everything in their path! Armed with 3 rotating blaster cannons and heavy ordnance launchers, these droids were able to take on anything the Republic would throw at it.

This vehicle will be available the CIS.

Making its first appearance in the Phantom Menace, the AAT was the backbone of the CIS and Trade Federation army. A heavily armored, repulsor tank, the AAT used 4 laser cannons, a projectile launcher, and a large heavy laser cannon. They served as general escorts for the MTTs and Super Tanks. The AAT saw many battles throughout the Clone Wars and most were destroyed, however there are rumors circulating that a Wookie Slave has been using one in Jabba’s Vehicle Demolition contests.

This vehicle will be available to the CIS and Scum and Villainy.

“… the nesting place of the all-powerful Sarlacc”

The Scum faction will be receiving their first ground vehicles too! Originally I meant to release this in Wave 1 but I wasn’t all that satisfied with it and decided to restart from scratch.

For Scum and Villainy, we will be releasing an expansion for the Khetanna.

First appearing in Return of the Jedi. The Khetanna was the personal Sail Barge of the infamous gangster known as Jabba the Hutt. Armed with a single large laser cannon and multiple gun emplacements, the Khetanna served as both Jabba’s luxurious cruise ship as well as a personal tank!

“I want every gun we have to fire on that man!”

For the First Order, we will be releasing the AT-AT/fo, AT-ST/fo, and the AT-M6.

The AT-AT/fo was a newly updated version of the AT-AT used by the Empire. It wasn’t as heavily armed at its predecessor but it was still a force to be dealt with. It often acted as an escort for the colossal AT-M6.

ThIS vehicle will be available to the First Order.

Like the AT-AT/fo, the newest AT-ST from Kuat-Entralla Drive Yards was a superior improvement to the Imperial Classic. It was a lot more heavily armed and reinforced with additional hull. Although it may look like a chicken walker, it certainly doesn’t bite like one and no one wants to be at the end of the barrels of this AT-ST!

This vehicle will be available to the First Order

Armed with a large, MegaCalibur 6 Cannon, the dreaded AT-M6 stood over nearly 40 feet tall! It was armed with various anti-vehicle and anti-ship cannons and its front legs contained serrated edges to cut any tow cables that were meant to trip it. These gorilla walkers are relentless as their hull is heavily reinforced, making them nearly unstoppable (unless you can manage to land a well placed shot with your Proton Torpedoes!).

This vehicle will be available to the First Order.

“I don’t like these rust-buckets, and I don’t like our odds.”

Originally used by the Rebel Alliance to explore Crait, the Ski Speeder is a low altitude air speeder that used a stabilizing strut to maintain its balance on the ground. They were originally manufactured to be racers but they proved to be quite popular among planetary explorers. The Resistance would later use those very same speeders to fend off the First Order while they attempted to escape.

This vehicle will be available to the Resistance and the Rebel Alliance.

“Are we blind! Deploy the garrison!”

The AT-ACT was a much larger variant of the AT-AT, however it was lightly armored and armed as its main role was to be a cargo transport. It was used to transport materials throughout various shipyards and it was seen on Scarif in the film Rogue One. Although it may not be as combat efficient as its cousin, the AT-ACT can still take a punch and give one right back!

This vehicle will be available for the Empire.

“I used to bullseye womp rats in my T-16 back home”

Although the Rebel Alliance will be able to have access to the AT-TE, AT-XT, and Ski Speeder, they will have access to their own new vehicle in this new expansion. It is the T-16 Skyhopper.

The T-16 Skyhoppers were airspeeders manufactured by Incom Corporation. Similar in maneuverability and handling as an X-Wing, the T-16 was every pilot’s first air vehicle before joining the academy! The T-16 was highly customize-able where its large laser cannon can be configured for various functions. Luke Skywalker and Biggs Darklighter owned these airspeeders back when they used to live on Tatooine.

This vehicle will be available to the Rebel Alliance.

I hope you are all excited for Wave 2 of X-Wing: Ground Assault! I will be hard at work on these expansions, and I will see you all next time for the Preview Article!