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On Sith and Superweapons Stormtrooper 12/15/18 (Sat) 02:31:18 No.26152

There's been a lot of speculation over why The Emperor had such a penchant for large, expensive projects—the Death Stars, the Galaxy Gun, World Devastators, the Eclipse-class, Vader and the Executor, and so on. Canon suggests Sidious was preparing for the Vong incursion, while a few people have speculated that it's a side effect of drawing on the dark side of the Force. The Emperor had become addicted to drawing on dark energies, so the reasoning goes, and that thirst required him to concentrate destructive power into individual superweapons, so that he might revel in the anguish of billions being slaughtered at once. I'd like to offer another explanation: the nature of the Sith, and Sidious especially, inspires them to create weapons of a like mentality.

The Bane line of Sith, following the Rule of Two, called for the entirety of the Sith to be embodied in two individuals. Constantly increasing their strength by killing off the weak, the dark side power of the Sith becomes more and more concentrated with each generation, until after a thousand years, you're left with Darth Sidious, who was basically a walking Force nexus, one of the most powerful lords to have ever lived. In effect, the Bane line of Sith are superweapons. They are an immense amount of power concentrated into a small number of vessels, and that power was arrived at through a disproportionately high amount of investment. The superweapon mentality is therefore fundamental to the entire Rule of Two philosophy—you can't be a Bane line Sith without implicitly believing in the value of superweapons, it's integral to your psychology. I think it could be argued that this is the reason Sidious insisted on building these very expensive projects, even though they can be destroyed by a much less expensive force, and you could net a greater amount of destructive power by spending those resources on a large number of conventional weapons. I'm sure Mitth'raw'nuruodo would be able to pick this up from examining Sith architecture for a bit.

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Stormtrooper 12/15/18 (Sat) 03:43:25 No.26199

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>>26152

Because superweapons are badass. Also, fear, rage and passion are a sith's greatest weapons. What better way to harness such emotions than a force of wanton destruction? The emotions that can stir within you from destroying a whole world and its people is a twister of feelings, sorrow at the loss, anger at the world or at what you've become, ecstasy and euphoria for the realization of what you're now capable of, and a geyser of passion born from new ambitions that you now know can no longer be stopped by those around you. But also… fear. Fear at the thought that by achieving such a level of power, a greater power may soon challenge you. A fear that you may not be able to survive against those who reach your level. And also the fear of your enemies. It is like nectar.

Fucking hell what's wrong with me

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Stormtrooper 12/15/18 (Sat) 03:48:43 No.26206

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>>26199

So what you're saying is the Sith need more dakka?

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Stormtrooper 12/15/18 (Sat) 03:51:14 No.26208

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>>26206

In short, yes.

>tfw there's never enough dakka

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Stormtrooper 12/15/18 (Sat) 21:53:10 No.26348

>>26206

>Forgotten Weapons

Don't post that cancer again.

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Stormtrooper 12/15/18 (Sat) 22:13:11 No.26355

Hmmm no? It's more about a GALACTIC spanning empire which operates in a really large scale (the idea of DS was a weapon that would subjugate anyone without possibility of defense) plus the whole "Tarkin Doctrine" which uses superweapons as psychological tools. Palpatine doesn't feed on death and misery, he feed on Byss just right without people getting any notice.

Also if anything the banite philosophy is just the opposite of superweapons dick measuring. Stealth, cunning, manipulation, those were the tools of the banite Sith. Superweapons were something from the Old Sith empire, with lords going around in blinged armor, star blowing ships and alchemical monsters.

The thing is that people in charge of EU wanted to create their own DS and leave their mark. Some were silly like the Darksaber or the Suncrusher.

And in-universe there was a lot of people pointing the waste of money in those expensive toys instead of churning SD and tie fighters.

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Stormtrooper 12/15/18 (Sat) 22:32:34 No.26361

>>26348

Something wrong with it, /k/anon?

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Stormtrooper 12/15/18 (Sat) 23:42:45 No.26394

>>26361

He denies anti-white activity in South Africa, and started making some really stupid statements about how only racists would say that.

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Stormtrooper 12/15/18 (Sat) 23:45:11 No.26397

>>26394

Amerimutts were a mistake.

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Stormtrooper 12/15/18 (Sat) 23:56:12 No.26401

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>>26394

>completely ignoring the fucking mess in south africa

>anyone who states the obvious is racist

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Stormtrooper 12/16/18 (Sun) 00:26:29 No.26409

>>26394

Aaaaaaaah. Yeah, that would put a damper on appreciating the guy behind the content. Guess I'll just watch it by hook or invidio, then, since what I've seen of it was kinda cool. Then again, I'm a gun-heathen. Only been to a range once, though that was pretty fun.

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Stormtrooper 12/16/18 (Sun) 01:48:21 No.26424

>>26348

Oh lighten up, if you were a real /k/ommando you'd notice that that image is from a series of edits designed to make fun of cuckrangeTV, not praise it.

>>26361

It's hard to say if it's him or his butt-buddy Karl that's the source of the problem, but yeah, they're guilty of more than their share of lefty retardation. As annoying as the ponytail faggot can be, I'll still watch his videos on Invidious once in a blue moon, because he has access to toys that no one else does.

>Also if anything the banite philosophy is just the opposite of superweapons dick measuring. Stealth, cunning, manipulation, those were the tools of the banite Sith.

I can see where you're coming from, but are Banite Sith not the most stealthy, the most cunning, the most manipulative, etc.? Each one is supposed to be a Sith to surpass Metal Gear, each generation of more powerful than the last. Each Bane Sith is a high-investment, high-potency Force user, the result of investing a lot into a small number of darksiders as opposed to investing a little into a large number of them. That's similar to the superweapon mindset, no?

>The thing is that people in charge of EU wanted to create their own DS and leave their mark

Obviously, but that's the boring answer. Isn't coming up with autistically precise in-universe justifications more fun than just accepting that answer?

>And in-universe there was a lot of people pointing the waste of money in those expensive toys instead of churning SD and tie fighters.

Yeah, that's part of my point. Even though there's clearly visible waste in the superweapon strategy, Bane-line Sith have a psychological hangup that prevents them from seeing these downsides, because, for most of their lives, they've had the Rule of Two hammered into their brains. And the Rule of Two demands that you put all of your eggs into two very powerful baskets. That having two uber-powerful Sith is better than having a thousand semi-powerful ones. It's only natural that they'd apply that philosophy to other parts of their life, as well.

>>26409

Only way to fix that is to keep going to the range, anon.

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