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just to expand this a bit on why it was not the shields that made the Freemen great.. The freemen became the most skilled fighter only after Paul trained then
by tmottabr 3y ago
just to expand this a bit on why it was not the shields that made the Freemen great..
The freemen became the most skilled fighter only after Paul trained then in the "modern" ways of fighting.. He even taught stuff he learned from his mother that only the bene gesserit knew at the time, so things that were not even available to the Sardukars.
Remember, the freemen before Paul were not able to drive the Harkoneen away from Arrakis, let alone beat the Sardukars.. Only after Paul taught then those techniques that they became the best fighters in the universe.
So what made Freemen the best was the harsh environment, growing up fighting for extremely limited resources that made so only the best of the best survived and then all the training that Paul gave then..
- vitiral 3y agoNo, the Fremen were killing Sardukars before Paul, getting good ratios to boot. Paul made them better though, no doubt about that.
- tmottabr 3y agoyeah some freemen could kill some Sardukars.. Some Atreides could too, Duncan and Gurney for example are know to be capable of doing it.. But neither the fremen nor the Atreides alone could win an all out war against the imperial forces.. It took the freemen that already were great warriors plus Paul training and special techniques to make then into the fighting force that allowed Paul take over the imperium.. I would say the Freemen pre-paul were in average almost at Sardukar level with some surpassing then, but the Sardukar had more resources available that gave then the edge over the Freemen. But Paul teaching then took then to the next level and closed the gap and then unifying the Freemen turned then into an superior army compared to the Sardukars.
- vitiral 3y agoI'd say this sounds about right