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At any rate, I think it's cool beans - and not just because y'all were gracious enough to link to muh site. I was wondering where the extra traffic was coming from

It's because all the Republic and Sith soldiers don't want the penalty to their blaster to-hit rolls when people are in melee range. LIKE DUH anyway, about the swords-versus-melee shields thing; if all the melee shields are mandalorian designs, then it seems that unless you happen to run across a Main Character (identified by their halos and auras of power), chances are your opponent doesn't have the credits for a melee shield. Because, you know, if the mandalorians are defeated and scattered, it stands to reason their production facilities have been shut down and merchants are just selling off existing stock. As for professional armies, it's basically the same idea. Sith power shields, I assume, are all your average grunt is going to get. Republic soldiers will just get plain-jane energy shields as standard issue, right? So if 95% of your enemies are going to have non-melee shields, then it makes sense to get close and hack at them with a sharp object of some kind like, i dunno, a SWORD. And if you're gonna use a sword, then vibroblades have to be at least 2.4 times as good (scientifically measured, that).

There's also the line at the Trayus Core where the exile says "I didn't know [Atris] had any feelings for me", and Kreia replies something like "Ah, yes, it's what is left unsaid upon which tragedies are built" (or something similarly pedantic ). She could be hinting at never being able to tell Handmaiden the truth (assuming she's in your party). With the council dead, no one would be able to tell Handmaiden about her heritage, such as it is. That is, if Kreia is her mom. [edit] unless someone mentioned this already. i dunno.

Remember when you go into the Sith tomb on Korriban (the one in the shyrack cave), you find that dead Jedi who went insane and killed the other Jedi investigating the tomb? Dustil was probably the original character for that dude.

Yeah, I know how fusion works. I just didn't remember seeing any transport ships at the end of KOTOR1 and figured the Star Forge must've been set up to be autonomous, which would imply that it could only work from what materials it could leech from the sun. again, I'm aware of that. My point of confusion was that they kept calling it a Sith ship, and since it looked so much like the Leviathan (and the Star Forge ships by association), I thought maybe they were implying that the Ravager was also a Star Forge ship.

To expand on it a little bit: Onderon and the Republic have been at odds for a while, so if I understand it right, the Republic sent a peacekeeping fleet to Onderon to make sure they stay in line. That doesn't sit well with the Onderonians, who keep their own fleet close to the Republic's to show them they aren't going to take their guff. Certain factions within the Onderon government have powerful allies that want you captured (I don't know how far you are so I don't want to spoil it), so as soon as the Ebon Hawk jumps into the system they detect it. They move to try and capture you, but since the Ebon Hawk's registered freighter the Republic fleet must've taken it as some sign of aggression and started firing blindly. The space battle that erupts would probably be the result of fog of war and no one knowing what's going on.

The starwars databank says he lost his lower jaw in a lightsaber fight. Could've been one of the Jedi he and Revan were trying to corrupt/kill during the start of the Jedi Civil war. JINX

The star forge drew its raw material from the Rakatan sun, if I remember the end of the game correctly (I'm not even going to try and figure out the alchemy involved ). Judging from the dialogue throughout the game, it had an effectively endless supply of resources so long as it was active and drawing material from the sun. Could be that most of its production was geared towards making Sith starfighters, in which case your point still holds - they wouldn't have enough capital ships being produced and would need to bolster their fleet with Republic warships. Anyway, since I read through the game's official site again (thanks Drakron), I don't know what to make of the whole Ravager/Leviathan similarity. If the Leviathan was a unique/new Republic interdictor design... I dunno, maybe the Ravager was a precursor (and that's why it doesn't look so streamlined).

Outside of Onderon, it's nearly impossible to raise Mandalore's influence, even if you're darkside. Interestingly enough, if you use the KOTOR savegame editor (KSE) and fix his influence at 100%, he says "Since you helped me gather the clans together, I feel obligated to tell you of the mission Revan gave me" (assuming you set Revan as Lightside). he tells you all about him 'n Revan, and how he found Mandalore's lost armor. Seems to me that most of his influence should be tied to the Mandalorian leadership quest (where you help Mandalore recruit the Mandalorians on Dantooine and Nar Shaddaa), and since that quest seems truncated (or outright broken), there's no way to raise his influence. I assume the way it was supposed to happen is that you raise his influence with your actions on Onderon just enough that he asks you to help gather the Clans. Once you've gathered them under his banner, then you get his backstory. spoiler ahead (Mandalore's true name and my guess as to whether he could be Mira's father):

All I want to know is why the Ravager is constantly referred to as a Sith ship. Weren't the only ships at the battle of Malachor V of Republic and Mandalorian design? Assuming they're only calling the Ravager a sith warship because it's Nihilous's new ship, I think it's safe to assume that the Ravager was part of the Republic battlefleet under command of the Exile. Seems reasonable to me that Revan could've taken the basic Ravager design, enhanced it with Star Forge technology, and that's how the Leviathan was born. I don't ever remember Carth saying he served on the Leviathan; only that he recognized it as Saul Karath's ship. Could be that since Saul razed Telos, Carth recognizes the Sith warship that destroyed his homeworld, not that it was Saul's ship while he was still a Republic officer.

As a dark-side male, you never get the Telos academy codes. Handmaiden does use them later in the game, though.

I went ahead and added this content to http://tubertarian.com/kotor2missingcontent.php , if that's cool with you, stop_him.

Didn't HK say something about someone sending him against mandalore in KOTOR1? I remember you could tease him about biting off more than he could chew.

I think the most sound argument for having Revan be a Consular would be the fact that she (in my case) was always scheming and planning six steps ahead (re: trapping the mandalorians at malachor V, re: sending troops to die as a diversion on Dxun, re: having assassins kill the allies of the Jedi instead of directly attacking them, etc). As far as I understand it, that's the hallmark of the Jedi Consular (kreia, in particular); unlike Kavar, who is described as a tactical genius, Revan was a manipulator and strategic genius. It'd be rather like comparing a skilled platoon sergeant (the Guardian) to a general-turned-politician (consular). The sergeant has full control of the tactical situation, and can feint and parry to achieve his objective, but the politician is the one who put him there in the first place. And besides, it's not like you can't have a consular that's incredible at swordplay. In KOTOR1 I had a scout/consular that had master flurry and dual-wield; in real-world terms that'd probably be indicative of the fact that Revan constantly trained with her saber, in lieu of pursuing other training (feats like Gear Head or Armor Proficiency).

oh, hah! i just figured they were born blind or something.