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Actually Mandalore sides with Vaklu since they respect him from the war and at the time don't know about the Sith in the background. _But_ siding with Vaklu against the Queen, they also side against the Sith. Vaklu wants to do away with his Sith masters that he fears would take the control that he him self want for him self. If in doubt about that, just remember the side quest where the Mandalorians help you and your group to attack the Sith at the tomb. Tobin clearly states that you have to do both at the same time, otherwise there is a big risk that the Sith will know that they have been tricked.

Actually, Canderous flat out tells the Exile they don't want the Sith to win, that the Sith don't share power. The enemy of my enemy is my friend. Mandalore doesn't support Vaklu because the Sith support him - it's not even known at that point that the Sith do support Vaklu. He supports Vaklu because he believes Vaklu to be a stronger and more war-like leader, and he respects that. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> And to fill out the above a little bit, when the Exile and Onderon help Vaklu it is also to help Vaklu against the Sith. This since Vaklu and Tobin also are afraid of the Sith and they think that they would get a better chance with the Exile than the Sith.

My view of this is that they _don't_ want to become a part of the republic unless they are the ones who calls the shots via an invasion. They are very proud to be Mandalorians and their aim is to take back what they lost in the war against Revan. But, as HK 47 says if you get him on your side, their cause is already lost since too much was lost to Revan... Still, being Mandalorians, or at least an ambitious Mandalorian, the goal is none the less to make the Mandalorians a force in the universe again (no pun intended) ;-).

Above comments do certainly hold truth's but I didn't feel it was too damaging. The game has great play value and I was really hooked just a few minutes into the game. But as mentioned, the questions that was behind my curiousity was never completely answered. Another thing that I found a bit disappointing was that it was too easy. I played a consular and later a jedi master with astonishing wisdom and I just blasted my way through every enemy that came near. Using the stun series and the wave series on top of the defenseive measuers and the likes of speed and enlightment made my character to powerful. Next one I hope will be tougher!