Posted by: Lord Xizer
« on: May 12, 2015, 01:02:56 PM »A shame not many more stories were made about them, I would've loved to see what Kaine would do had he been given the time to strengthen up his forces for an assault against the New Republic.
Instead, he joins The Reborn Emperor and is killed off...damn...
Kaine had YEARS to strengthen himself. He truly didn't want to expand the PA. He saw it as the future, a new cradle of civilization. He passed up the opportunities to save Imperial Center from falling, declared he didn't want to be a new Emperor and only grudgingly helped Thrawn. Left to himself he would have happily stayed in those 14 Sectors and ruled them with no thought to the Galaxy at large. He was basically more or less coerced into Shadow Hand, though he proved a great military commander as well as Grand Moff when he beat the NR in 12 battles and drove into the Core against Ackbar and Bel Iblis's forces in the mid and outer rim. Then through Devian planting false intel that Grant was returning to fight for the PA he lured Kaine into a trap set by Alpha Blue of the NR when Devian leaked Kaine's travel destination to them. Kaine went to meet an old friend and the last Grand Admiral in his private shuttle and was met with squadrons of NR E Wings who killed him.
Kaine was a great Ruler in that he made certain his Empire was stable, it's people content and his power solid rather than constantly wage ceaseless war against both the NR and his fellow Warlords. However Kaine was also frustratingly isolationist and deeply feared gambling too much on expansion and losing everything(as Zsinj, Teradoc, Delvardus, Lankin and ShadowSpawn did, each losing their Empires or lives as a result) He felt as long as he remained in the PA he was safe and also absolute ruler of the faction. So he passed on absorbing much of the weaker territories near him, he passed on saving Coruscant 2 years after Endor, he refused to cooperate with any other Warlord aside from very minimal financial or trade, he didn't want to back Thrawn but eventually decided he had too, he finally did stir himself to promising results after Thrawn's death with his campaign with the rest of the Warlords that took back the core and Imp Center...then the Imp mutiny happened, Palps came back and took full control then Devian set him up. If Palps hadn't come back or poisoned the Imps minds to do a battle royale that wrecked them, it's possible Kaine might well have been a key player in the reestablishing of the Empire. He was the highest ranked at that time, and had the most solid territory and economy as well as holding the Reaper and Scourge Squadron intact...who can say.
