Delance
Victory, you say?
Did anyone ever consider the possibility that what truly happened is that Thrakkath somehow offered Hobbes a pardon for his “crimes” in exchange for his return? Confed was losing the war, and Hobbes was no fool. In the game, if Hobbes survives Blair, he is not punished by his previous crimes against the Kilrathi.
Perhaps, if the cats were losing the war, overlay or not Hobbes would not go for Thrakkath. The true Hobbes might be different but he’s not an idiot. That whole “Kilrathi not betray” thing is hot air, unless Thrakkath did this experiment with the entire population of Ghora Khar and gave up his stealth fighters willingly just to keep Blair out of the picture. Not to mention the fact that most of Thrakkath’s relatives tried to kill him.
After all… This whole identity overlay sounds much better than “Oh, my friend, we being defeated and I don’t want to lose. Besides, everyone here treats me like I’m a traitor anyway. Next time I see ya, I’m going to put an energy bolt on your head. But since I can’t fly stupid cat ships, I’ll still be flying on the very thunderbolt I used to escape, for old times sake. Sure, it would be inviting friendly fire using a confed ship right in the middle of the Kilrathi fleet, but I’m just an eccentric old english speaking cat.”
Last thought. Hobbes says he never truly met the true Ralgha until Thrakkath said the trigger. Now, wait a minute. If he is speaking as the true Ralgha, he was himself before the experiment; if he never met the true Ralgha, he should be talking as the old Hobbes.
Perhaps, if the cats were losing the war, overlay or not Hobbes would not go for Thrakkath. The true Hobbes might be different but he’s not an idiot. That whole “Kilrathi not betray” thing is hot air, unless Thrakkath did this experiment with the entire population of Ghora Khar and gave up his stealth fighters willingly just to keep Blair out of the picture. Not to mention the fact that most of Thrakkath’s relatives tried to kill him.
After all… This whole identity overlay sounds much better than “Oh, my friend, we being defeated and I don’t want to lose. Besides, everyone here treats me like I’m a traitor anyway. Next time I see ya, I’m going to put an energy bolt on your head. But since I can’t fly stupid cat ships, I’ll still be flying on the very thunderbolt I used to escape, for old times sake. Sure, it would be inviting friendly fire using a confed ship right in the middle of the Kilrathi fleet, but I’m just an eccentric old english speaking cat.”
Last thought. Hobbes says he never truly met the true Ralgha until Thrakkath said the trigger. Now, wait a minute. If he is speaking as the true Ralgha, he was himself before the experiment; if he never met the true Ralgha, he should be talking as the old Hobbes.