Wait, Sadow leading an all out charge would be OOC for him? The same Naga Sadow who committed most of his forces to an assault with no backup plan, giving an untested acolyte control of his fleet in an assault that failed miserably? This is only out of character for Sadow because the campaign was apparently succesful.
Lord Angral does not appear to be the Sith Emperor, just a prominent Sith during the time of the Great Galactic War (as they are calling it). Same with Lord Baras; they are just emissaries of the Dark Lord of this time period.
I'm hoping it isn't Sadow; he would have already been killed by Nadd, I believe. Perhaps Ludo Kressh? Or is he dead?
^Going by Wookieepedia his name is Angral and his page the sith emperor's page are not one in the same...
I think you're right, my mistake. Well, they kinda look alike.
Wait, Sadow leading an all out charge would be OOC for him? The same Naga Sadow who committed most of his forces to an assault with no backup plan, giving an untested acolyte control of his fleet in an assault that failed miserably? This is only out of character for Sadow because the campaign was apparently succesful.
Sadow specialized in Massassi henchmen, dark side created superbeasts, and technology which could aid him in mass illusions, or making stars go nova. When he attacked the Republic originally, he never lead the charge, working as the hand behind the scenes while his cannonfodder did all the work.
So yeah, Sadow marching into Republic territory and mowing down people would be out of character.
However, I mistook Angral for the Emperor because I misread the comic the other night. I also doubt one of the ancient Sith would use a lightsaber, since they preferred their own swords.
Need I remind you he was already "Blown up" before that... and look at how that turned out. I personnaly hope it's Kressh as he was a cool character.
Kressh's decoy was blown up initially, but he really is dead as of the end of GAofS.
Originally posted by Janus Marius
[B]I think you're right, my mistake. Well, they kinda look alike.Sadow specialized in Massassi henchmen, dark side created superbeasts, and technology which could aid him in mass illusions, or making stars go nova. When he attacked the Republic originally, he never lead the charge, working as the hand behind the scenes while his cannonfodder did all the work.
So yeah, Sadow marching into Republic territory and mowing down people would be out of character.
Bioware hasn't really shown much respect for established canon IMO, so I wouldn't be surprised if Sadow or Kressh were the emperor.
For instance, this Sith Empire is supposed to be a continuation of the ancient Sith Empire, in which eldritch Sith sorcery and alchemy were common, and they had esoteric and strange technology. This Sith Empire seems identical to Revan's in everything but name.
No, Sadow's entire plan apparently depended on the Republic having no fleet or navy to blow his undefended ship out of the sky.
Which shouldn't matter about that, because his ship wasn't able to be found until Gav betrayed him. Sadow was hiding behind some random red star:
So obviously he had nothing to fear if they couldn't find him. Gav's betrayal turned the tide against him, breaking his concentration and revealing his fleet to Teta and the Republic.
Sadow specialized in those as far as his private dealings in the empire went-and most of the Sith lords seemed to specialize in those things, Sadow was unique in his alchemical experiments, but his military strategy was 'create illusions' and then throw every troop he brought with him at three worlds with little to no strategy.
Sadow is recognizably talented with a lot of different alchemy and technology which isn't present in the battle of Coruscant depicted in the webcomics, which is entirely my point. As Barringer wisely points out, this Sith Empire is if anything more like Revan's than the ancient Sith. You mock Sadow's efforts, but his illusions and Massassi warriors nearly conquered both planets:
Which brings us to the third point - Gav. Gav was innocent, trusting, potentially powerful, and reliable. None of the things the other Sith Lords were to Sadow or each other. While trusting in Gav was his downfall, it seemed from his perspective the only logical thing to do according to his battle plan. Gav was competent up until things became personal, and then he switched sides. But had that not occurred, he could have overseen the entire victory, rationalized it as necessary and not some greedy venture for himself (Like another Sith Lord would) and he'd still recognize Sadow as being his superior.
In Sadow's position, I might have trusted Gav too. What you're doing is committing the Historian's Fallacy though.
'Marching in?' How is that any different than what he did last time? IE: Sending in waves of armies to get the job done? The only thing different is this Emperor seems to be an actually intelligent strategist and Sadow was someone who made Daala look halfway competent.
Reading comprehension is your friend. I clearly meant if Sadow was personally leading the raid. I thought the Sith Emperor was Lord Angral, which is he apparently not.