Originally posted by Raptor
...the last third of the series was pretty much a non-stop series of defeats for Thrawn... it's not like Thrawn was cut down in his moment of triumph.
Sorry for going back to Thrawn (I wouldn't compare him to Tolwyn in the first place) - that's an interesting perspective on the last novel, but at the very least, Thrawn realised that the New Republic fleets would be at Bilbringi. Had he won there, that
would have been a triumphant moment. I still find it a bit unrealistic that he simply knew the Republic would be at Bilbringi, but then so is discerning behaviour from a culture's artwork.
You'll also admit that at the very least, he realised that something was different about the Noghri.
Originally posted by Raptor
If it's cowardly to use cloaked fighters to destroy a planet killer deployed by people you're at war with and protected by an entire carrier battlegroup, then how much more cowardly is it to use cloaking fighters to destroy refugee transposrts and drop bio-weapons on civilians?
Or to use cloaked fighters to infiltrate and destroy an entire homeworld.
Originally posted by Bandit LOAF
This anti-Tolwyn stuff sort of bugs me, though...
When I had only played WC2, I
really didn't like Tolwyn, though I suppose that was deliberate. After playing the Special Ops, he seemed much friendlier. But I noticed he went back to his anti-Blair sentiment in WC3, and after his actions in WC4, I really didn't like him at all. But now, after hearing about his reasons and actions as detailed in the novels, I understand him a bit better, and accept his fate as one of those tragic things which you wish never happened, but is a whole lot more meaningful because it did.
Originally posted by LeHah
It wasn't like Tolwyn got up in the morning and said "I'm an evil, evil man. What evil things can I do?"
Although that is an amusing way to think about him.
Originally posted by Shane
The first one is that Hobbes was never intended to go to Confed. Instead he was designed to seek out, join and then "betray" the rebellion emerging on Ghoarh Khar.
Please make sure you realise that there are three Hs in Thrakhath, Shane.
Isn't it accepted that Thrakhath implemented the personality overlay before the Ghorah Khar rebellion? This 'speculation' doesn't contradict official lines does it?
Originally posted by Shane
The [second?] one, which part of me likes, because I really did like the Hobbes character, that the "true" story is that the disaffected Hobbes we meet in Freedom flight and the games is the true personality.
I like this story too, but this one does contradict official lines, and so I must accept that this explanation is not possible. Yet another tragic story in WC.
Originally posted by Mekt-Hakkikt
Of course, everyone is easy to kill if you de-cloak behind him and then launch a full salvo of missiles at him. According to the manuals and novels he is a very good pilot.
Why de-cloak? That sounds very wrong. Uncloak is more correct, IMHO. And yes, I know you didn't come up with that Mekt.
Cloak or no cloak (remember WC2?), Thrakhath is easy to kill. And of course Thrakhath has to be a very good pilot. But it seems he rarely flies later in his career, so he's obviously lost practice! I doubt someone of his stature would deign to use a mere simulator to keep his skills up.