Yea. I mean, Thrawn's a genius and all, and may have some land combat knowledge, but it's not his area.
Lesse, on Palpatine's side, the land generals would be Vader, Sedriss QL, and the leaders of the Lost Tribe.
On Krayt's side, Nihl and Stryfe are the primary land generals, especially Nihl who was a Nagai warlord before he was a Sith, and Krayt was a Jedi General back in the Clone Wars.
Originally posted by Angelalex242
Does Sidious's backup Battle Meditation guy do him any good?Supposedly, some other guy is doing the BM for him at Endor. Or at least supporting him.
That helps. Should prevent some breaking and running in bad spots and such. BM can only help so much, but it's a plus.
He's a Grand Admiral btw, so not focused on ground warfare from a command standpoint, but if he meditates while Vader and Sedriss command that should be good enough.
Originally posted by Angelalex242
Heh. I almost wonder if Palpatine would be better off sending his metric crapton of Stormtroopers in against the One Sith. They may not be force sensitive, but there sure are a lot of them, and they're actually trained to work together as military units. Might actually get through more enemies then random nightsisters or lost tribe.
I do wonder how the two conventional armies of each side would do... though once you're throwing in stormies, you're getting further from force users ^^ And force users have traditionally done a very good job at decapitation attacks and such to mess up larger forces of non-sensitives.
Keep in mind, the Battle Meditation dropped at the same time their Emperor and thing they were protecting died, which was not long after their flagship died, the Executor being where many of the Empire's top officers were.
At the start of the battle there were four Grand Admirals (the ones actually running the battle, from the Death Star), plus Vader and the Emperor, plus the Executor's officers. All gone. And their land standing orders were 'prevent the rebels from escaping,' so plan-wise that's no help.
Furthermore, with the Emperor gone, several lesser admirals present started thinking of their own political futures and preserving their forces rather than winning the fight, and the chain of command there was muddled enough for them to get away with pulling back on their own initiative.
So yea, they lost battle meditation, but if they still had clear leadership that worked that would've been a temporary disruption. It only became a route when admirals and captains began leaving out of self-interest.