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2011-05-19 , 18:34
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Originally Posted by sardaukar View Post
I believe the Sardaukar were instruments of the Emperor - for whatever purpose.

In the games, they sided with the player's enemy and had to go down. But if it was like an attack on the Emperor and you would be playing the Emperor, you sure would like to have them on your side
From what I recall, the Sardaukar were mercenaries who were recruited from the strongest survivors of the prison planet.
It was an interesting utilization of the consequences of Darwin's theory: only the strongest survive.

The reason why the Fremen defeated the Sardaukar was because Arrakis was an even more hostile place than the prison planet and the people who survive there are more ferocious than anything else in the Dune universe.

So: Fremen > Sardaukar

And yeah the Sardaukar were feared... but that wasn't wholly because of what the emperor made them do. They were hardened criminals. That is the scary part imho: Hardened criminals and psycopaths being recruited into the army that is used to quell uprisings.

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