Board Thread:Series Discussion/@comment-71.200.48.223-20150223062605/@comment-68.224.91.76-20150714210445

Slaine is the furthest thing from an idiot in my eyes. When he first learned that the Princess was alive, he killed Trillram. Although it was out of an emotional outburst, it was a smart thing to do. Why? Because Trillram, at the time, was the only other person on the martian side to know that Asseylum was alive. The less people who know that she's alive, the less people will be actively gunning for her. He couldn't trust any of the Orbital Knights, because he didn't who was truly loyal, and who was part of the assassination plot. So Slaine went to the one person that cares about the Princess one hundred percent: her grandfather, and he did all of this on his own. Without any support. That takes guts, and I admire him all the more for it. When that failed, he tried finding the princess on his own, hijacking a sky carrier. He was shot down by Inaho because of a combination of his own distrust of the U.E and being unable to prove he was an ally of the princess. Like others have said before me, Sauzbaam may be trying to kill the princess, but he was also one of the few martians to treat Slaine with respect. Of course he would save Sauzbaam over Inaho, it's natural. Another point is, the princess was nowhere in sight during Saazbaum and Inaho's battle, so Slaine probably thought he could get to the Princess before Sauzbaam had a chance to kill her. Unfortunately, that didn't work out so well, and Slaine was presented with an option: Kill Sauzbaam and let the princess die, or coerce Sauzbaam into helping the Princess survive. He couldn't turn to the U.E, he was piloting a Versian Kataphract. Slaine did what he had to do in order to earn Sauzbaam's trust and the use of his resources and influence. I'm certain Slaine despises himself more than anything, but he had to do what must be done. What other choice was there? IMO, Slaine is a very human character, both with qualities that one can admire and shortcomings that make him more real.