Was a very interesting run. I tried to abuse the fact that while dialogue still plays the background game runs without any risk of attacks, so I have good buffers to build up forces while they talk. Sadly after Kessel I kept running into issues with the empire AI striking and attacking areas I knew I'd need later to intercept the fleet to Mon Calamari.

I also think my defending Alderaan after I'd captured it was pointless, and I lost a solid 5-10 minutes there. I'm still not sure if it's a requirement.