Farbourne
Rear Admiral
Note: If you haven't played WC3 through yet, this thread contains a spoiler, so you may not want to read it.
The recent SO1 replay reminded me of something I've wondered in the past. Apologies if this has been discussed before, but I'm curious on people's take on this.
In SO1, you rescue/capture Thrakhath on the Bonnie Heather. Then you take off leaving Hobbes to take Thrakhath to the brig. Thrakhath takes off in Hobbes' fighter, and informs you over the radio that the Heather suffered a power failure which allowed him to escape, knock Hobbes out from behind, and steal his fighter. He says he didn't kill Hobbes because it would have been dishonorable. At the time I played SO1 for the first time, I found this a bit fishy. Wouldn't Hobbes defection have made him dishonorable and hence not worthy of honorable treatment by Thrakhath?
That is the official story given at the time. But of course we know more from WC3. Hobbes was actually a deep cover agent and actually had an alternate personality, implanted by Thrakhath himself, that was loyal to Kilrah and would come out when triggered by a key phrase. This alone explains why Thrakhath didn't kill him quite nicely--he would be destroying his own deep cover agent cleverly planted almost ten years earlier (although, given Hobbes' pivotal role in the rebellion of Ghorar Khar and how much it interfered with Kilrathi plans, one wonders if Thrakhath may have been regretting his gambit at that point).
However, I've often wondered if there actualy was a power failure, or if parts of Hobbes hidden personality could be accessed at will by Thrakhath, and it that was what allowed him to escape.
To be honest, the whole SO1 incident there had me suspecting Hobbes from the start in WC3.
Do other people have thoughts on this?
The recent SO1 replay reminded me of something I've wondered in the past. Apologies if this has been discussed before, but I'm curious on people's take on this.
In SO1, you rescue/capture Thrakhath on the Bonnie Heather. Then you take off leaving Hobbes to take Thrakhath to the brig. Thrakhath takes off in Hobbes' fighter, and informs you over the radio that the Heather suffered a power failure which allowed him to escape, knock Hobbes out from behind, and steal his fighter. He says he didn't kill Hobbes because it would have been dishonorable. At the time I played SO1 for the first time, I found this a bit fishy. Wouldn't Hobbes defection have made him dishonorable and hence not worthy of honorable treatment by Thrakhath?
That is the official story given at the time. But of course we know more from WC3. Hobbes was actually a deep cover agent and actually had an alternate personality, implanted by Thrakhath himself, that was loyal to Kilrah and would come out when triggered by a key phrase. This alone explains why Thrakhath didn't kill him quite nicely--he would be destroying his own deep cover agent cleverly planted almost ten years earlier (although, given Hobbes' pivotal role in the rebellion of Ghorar Khar and how much it interfered with Kilrathi plans, one wonders if Thrakhath may have been regretting his gambit at that point).
However, I've often wondered if there actualy was a power failure, or if parts of Hobbes hidden personality could be accessed at will by Thrakhath, and it that was what allowed him to escape.
To be honest, the whole SO1 incident there had me suspecting Hobbes from the start in WC3.
Do other people have thoughts on this?