SPOILERS!!!!
jolan@home.com
Tue, 19 Oct 1999 23:26:31 -0400
Michael Mikulis wrote:
> Westerland:
> Allowing Westerland to be nuked, saved lives since less people died in the
> war. However, I would have stopped the attacking fleet and reported that
> Braunschweig tried to nuke his own planet. It would have had less effect
> than allowing it to happen, but if anyone ever found out that Reinhard had
> allowed the Westerland massacre . . .
>
> Reinhard replied that the rumors were true because Reinhard fealt
> responsibile for it. You have to give him credit for that. Most people in
> Reinhard's would have said it's all Oberstein's fault and completely forgot
> that he hadn't decided yet. They also would think they would have chosen to
> intercept and tried to have it both ways.
>
> The real reason the massacre was allowed to happen is that Oberstein wanted
> it to happen. Oberstein stated his goal quite succintly in episode 8, he
> hated the nobles. Allowing the nobles to destroy Westerland did more than
> merely defeat the nobles, it completely ruined them.
>
Totally agreed. One should also note that Reinhard's decision of not to
intervene the Westerland Massacre is an indirect cause of Kircheis' death, which
almost destroy Reinhard mentally. Since then, he changed a lot in nature. My
opinion is that he felt guilty about his ignorance and spite. In order to
compensate, he 'tried' so hard to be a desirable Emperor.
