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Topic: Why aren't battle thralls fighting the Kohr-Ah? (Read 45218 times)
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Cyamarin
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As far as I can tell here, the definition of "flawed" is "any ship that has some sort of weakness". By that definition, I challenge you to find a ship that ISN'T flawed. Sure, the Ur-Quan Dreadnought is a massively powerful battle platform, but within SC2 and Arilou can dispatch it easily. The Chmmr is very strong as well, but a Druuge or an Utwig--both listed as "flawed" above--will pound one into space dust. Even the Orz ship, which is famous for being at least a fair combatant against any other ship in space, will get nailed by an Androsynth Guardian every time.
They all have weaknesses. Some of them are clearly weaker than other ships. They make up for this by lowering the RU cost to build them. It's SUPPOSED to work that way.
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Cyamarin
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Of course they tried to overthrow the Ur-Quan after you directed them to. The Thraddash were so violent that they overthrew themSELVES every few hundred years--so it's not hard to imagine they'd do it to the Ur-Quan, even if they loved being battle thralls.
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Dave Morse
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I think you can convince the Traddash to go attack the Korh-Ah. At one point I suggested they do this to impress their Kzer-za bosses. They trucked over and did it, but later expressed frustration that both sides fired on them on sight.
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Death 999
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Which I found odd, since they ARE Kzer-Za battle thralls. You'd expect the Kzer-Za to just order them to go back. Maybe the Thraddash are leaving that part out...
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Death 999
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Well, there's no need to tell the Kzer-Za that...
Anyway, I just thought of something - The Kzer-Za ability to gather battle thralls is a strength that they should bring to the battlefield of the doctrinal war. If their ideology gives them the power to use other species' ships, then that aspect of the ideology should be weighed into account (to the extent that the question should be settled by hurling fiery plasma death at each other, which IMO is not really a very great extent).
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I know that was their INTENT... but if their doctrine grants them this power, is it not proper in the contest of arms that this strength be applied?
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