Traveller Friday II – The truth behind the Career of Bounty Hunting in Traveller and Charted Space? Alternative Bounty Hunter career?

The Sardaukar did alright against the Atreides, didn't they? Or did the Harkonnens carry them ;) That was the price for the Harkonnens to get Arrakis back, they had to let the Sardaukar look good.
I always did ok against the Sardaukar as the Atreides (Dune II).
 
I am aware that the Sardaukar are effective soldiers. But so are the Imperial Stormtroopers. However, the books and movies pretty much always tell you that instead of show you that. Yes, the Sardaukar disguised as Harkonnens actually won a fight. It's been a long time since I read the book, but I seem to recall that this was more "tell, don't show". Like we heard about it from a survivor?

Just one of my pet peeve tropes. Telling us how badass some group is just to Worf Effect them.
 
It's been a while.

Baron Harkonnen was loaned the disguised Sardaukar troops, because he didn't have the necessary number, himself, to wipe out the Atreides, and the Emperor didn't want any evidence of his involvement.

Whether they mortgaged their future to pay the Guild (and supposedly arms merchants) for transport and logistics to accomplish this, I don't recall this from the book.
 
Strangely the new movies had the chemical explosives bombing attack against Sietch Tabr instead of the Atreides in the first movie, which was the whole point of bringing the shield down.

I'm sure there were sound, cinematic reasons for this.

I'm not sure why, but I feel a little disappointed with the second part.
 
I know what you mean. i watched rebel moon and a band of plucky rebels plus a bunch of villagers with one day's training crushed a company of veteran professional soldiers with armored vehicle support.

it makes a mockery of the stakes and so drains the events of any dramatic tension.
 
I'm not quite sure how to describe Rebel Moon.

I guess I should watch the second part, there.

I wonder if it's The Fifth Element, without the humour?
 
Fifth element made much more sense. Rebel moon was space fantasy in which everything was subordinate to the visuals and action. As a result the visuals and action were meaningless. The motherworld fueled their gigantic naked-woman-shaped ftl drives by having guys shoveling dead people into open furnaces, for petes sake. it was silly, and it only worked if i accepted it as only art, like a dali painting or something.
 
It's a mélange of tropes, delivered bland, not spicy.

I think the first impression one would have is that of a rip off/sequel of Gladiator, assuming Maximus had managed to survive and escape.

Then, yesterday, I thought about it, and came up up with Fifth Element.
 
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