Jaessa is perfect as she was, able to sense anyone’s motives and ready to kill at a moment’s notice, she’d make a great Wrath for the Emperor of the Alliance.

Worst comes to it, you still get him from beating Solo + with someone else.

I haven't any of the Jedi stories, so I cannot speak for them, but, in what world is Ashara not her own character ? She has her own set of principles that she will stick to no matter what, and will never budge from her position as a light sider, even when she renounces the Jedi. Now, we can talk about the inconsistent writing in Ashara's story, when it comes to her relationship with the Jedi, but, bad writing seems to plauge that whole class, so it's a conversation for another time. It's also, to the best of my knowledge, the LS Jaesa is not romancable at all, and Kira is, likewise, pretty set in her beliefs in the Jedi way, but, this is all second hand knowledge to me. However, at any rate, yeah, you could make the argument that there is an uneven power balance between a master, and apprentice, but, then again, there is an uneven power balance between all the companions, and player characters. Like I said, I haven't played the Jedi Classes yet, so I have no comment on them, but, as far as the Sith go, they honestly couldn't have a balanced relationship, one was a Dark Councilor, and the other was the Emperor's Wrath, they can kill on a whim without fear of consequence, and are unbeholden to anyone in the Galaxy.

That would be an interesting thought if characters like, say, Quinn, weren't lower on the Imperial pecking order then Sith like, say, Jaessa.

I consider it to have transcended mere gameplay mechanics when Katarn directly references it in character.

Isn't just TOR where this happens. Both Kyle Katarn. and Jaden Korr could freely use darkside abilities without embracing the dark side. Katarn would go so far as to say that techniques are not inherently dark or light, and all that mattered was how they were used.

I don't think it was represents the entirety of Zakuuls economy, otherwise, they'd have collapsed in this chapter, but, rather, just a absurd amount of precious metals in one place.

I can't say I can imagine DS Jaessa and Ashara getting along, seeing as DS Jaessa hunted down LS Sith for a living. Now Jaessa, and Scourge on the other hand...

Over 97 percent of the Empire's human population has Sith Blood flowing through them, you're just looking at this from the wrong perspective. To the Emperials, Sith Purebloods aren't aliens, those who physically shows traits of the old Sith race are considered to be even more pure then those who look like humans.

I believe the Sith version is "May the Force serve you well.".

I would be inclined to believe this as well. Many people think that Valkarion is a rouge servant of the Vitiate. I, however, believe the opposite is true. I haven't played this game in about a year and a half, so my memory may be rusty, but I seem to recall the Emperor spreading his consciousness between several entities (Voices, Children, Valk). After the events of all the class stories, and SoR, the Emperor is revived with all of these entities nullified, saved one. I think Valk all the parts of the Sith Emperor constructed into the whole, rather then just another fragment.

There probably weren't nearly as many Jedi on that planet as you think. According to Zez-Kai, after the Jedi Civil War, there were barely 100 jedi left.

I would make the argument that Vaylin is different from DS Sith, at least, the smart ones anyways. While a Sith will kill readily, it is typically for a purpose, to advance on self or the Empire, to discourage failure or cowardice, it's used as a means to an end. Vaylin kills for the sake of killing, see "I hate odd numbers."

It seemed to me that she didn't actually care all that much about the lose of Knights, in fact, she once killed several just because she dislikes odd numbers. I think it's more that she was mocking Arcann, in fact, her dismissal of his ponderings on Thexan seem to similarly be a jab at him. Perhaps I'm imagining things, but it seems to me in every conversation Arcann has with Vaylin, he's on edge, like he's afraid of her, or of what she could become, and she seems to act on this for her own amusement, most notably, when she snatched his lightsaber from his hand. Her codex entry refers to her as ambitious, and likens her behavior to a predator studying it's prey, and I think that's what's happening here. If she does eventually kill Arcann, it will be not for love of Zakuul, but, simply because she could.

Apparently it was stated in some live stream. You can also go in the game right now, and click Play Chapter, and the preview picture shows Vette.