Talk:Grand Admiral Zaarin
Cloaking & Hyperdrive[edit]
Quoted: "As Zaarin fled in an experimental corvette (CRV Vorknkx) which had a cloaking device Zaarin had been allowed to steal previously, the hyperspace engine on the ship malfunctioned and exploded (due to sabotage arranged by Thrawn himself), killing all on board."
From my experience playing TIE Fighter, cutscenes had revealed that the cloaking device was actually unstable in hyperspace, and thus could only be used for normal flight. Though it was stolen by Zaarin in the course of the game, Grand Admiral Thrawn cared little about it, since he knew that Zaarin wasn't aware of this problem. He thus knew that by attacking the ISD Gloria, Zaarin would either go down with the ship, or attempt an escape into hyperspace using the cloaked corvette, thereby blowing himself up.
That's my opinion on the story. I've played the game several years ago though, so I decided to put that suggestion on the Talk page and have my version of the story confirmed (or infirmed) by others if possible, rather than arbitrarily edit the article.
--Shurikane 00:24, 12 November 2005
- Yes, AFAIR this is how it was described in the game. I'd say go ahead and change the main article. NLoriel 10:29, 14 November 2005 (UTC)
Background sources?[edit]
Where does much of the background on Zaarin come from? I played through the X-Wing Alliance campaign only once, so I don't remember much there, but I know TIE Fighter referred to Zaarin only as Admiral, not Grand Admiral, and it never gave him a first name. Since TIE Fighter covered the period between Hoth and Endor, any earlier promotion should have been noticed.