So, most of the quests on Taris dealt with attempting to resettle the planet, but with the rakghouls, nexu, and other mutated wildlife, it just seems a nut...pointless. Should the Republic just consider Taris a lost cause and use the money for, say, the war against the Empire?

 

I think they should. I mean, it's been 300 years and progress has been minimal.

Edited February 17, 2012 by viewtifuldee

No. Especially not after the Empire breaks the Republic's back on the planet, razes Olaris, and forces the settlers to flee.

No. Especially not after the Empire breaks the Republic's back on the planet, razes Olaris, and forces the settlers to flee.

 

Wow. I really was hoping to avoid any major spoilers. I'm gonna go bash that from my memory now.

I've only played Empire-side Taris so far, but I was generally under the impression that the whole point of the Republic trying to resettle the planet was based around the fact that it hadn't been done, and that it "couldn't" be done. It's a political move, designed around the idea that anything can be done by people willing to work hard enough for it without losing hope.

It was not an economic move. rebuilding taris was an attempt to boost republic moral.

It was not an economic move. rebuilding taris was an attempt to boost republic moral.

 

They could have just focused on Telos. One of the scavenging missions mentions that Telos IV's restoration project is still underway. Lol.

I think they should. I mean, it's been 300 years and progress has been minimal.

 

Republic side, one of the title cards or quest texts said they'd only been there for 10 years. So basically, this is a post-war effort.

 

I was surprised they let it rot for that long.

The entire Taris thing is beyond ridiculous.

 

I'm trying very hard to just ignore it, because it makes little to no sense.

The Rakghoul issue alone makes Taris impossible to recolonize. The moment they realized the planet was populated with billions of feral monsters who only needed to scratch you to turn you into one, they should have pulled back into orbit and glassed the planet.

 

Why the planet isn't quarantined, with a fleet stationed to destroy any ship trying to leave, is beyond my comprehension.

Eventually Taris is rebuilt and settled.

Ultimately the decision to take on that kind operation isn't really due to the obvious benefits of doing so. Because with Taris I don't know that there are any. Its ultimately really about the intangible and secondary benefits that emerge. For example, cleaning up Taris may yield new medial technology resulting from dealing with the Rakghouls, environmental or construction technology stemming from the clean up and rebuilding. There are also potential political benefits, etc. Also the rebuilding is ultimately a gamble because it may turn out to be a huge waste of capital and resources. In my mind it would be a pretty bold move to make the attempt and ultimately worth the effort regardless of the outcome.

The Rakghoul issue alone makes Taris impossible to recolonize. The moment they realized the planet was populated with billions of feral monsters who only needed to scratch you to turn you into one, they should have pulled back into orbit and glassed the planet.

 

Why the planet isn't quarantined, with a fleet stationed to destroy any ship trying to leave, is beyond my comprehension.

 

What gets me is why didn't the just orbital strike the crap at of Taris and kill all the Rakghouls?

What gets me is why didn't the just orbital strike the crap at of Taris and kill all the Rakghouls?

 

I said this.

 

Guv'nor Suresh: I need you to kill lots of Rak-ghouls!!!

 

Jedi Me: Why? Have you seen those things? If I get Bitten you have force using Rak-ghoul and i am pretty ******.

 

Guv'nor: Do you use logic at me!!!

 

Jedi Me: Seriously why not orbitally bombard them back to the stone age? Like they should have done in that crappy film Avatar. Seriously we have the tech to fly millions of miles to get to that planet and we can't nuke em? - Anyhoo... Tell you what i got this new space ship and i have seriously decked it out I ciould hop in there and strafe the area for you. No charge cos i am a Jedi.

 

Guv'nor Suresh: ...

 

Jedi Me: Yeah thats what i thought...

What gets me is why didn't the just orbital strike the crap at of Taris and kill all the Rakghouls?

 

Orbital strikes are probably not the ideal choice for the elimination of a viral infection.

Also, most of the rakghouls lived underground, if memory serves, so an orbital bombardment of the planet's surface would do exactly what it did to the rakghouls when Malak attacked it. In other words, not a damned thing.

With current projections (and enough resources) taris would be settled eventually. But given the fact that both governments are dealing with border skirmishes (heading onto allout war) no, it's not the thing on the forfront of people's minds.

Orbital strikes are probably not the ideal choice for the elimination of a viral infection.

 

Napalm.

I kinda scratched my head too when I was questing there Empire-side. When Thana told me there was a civilian vessel trying to leave the port we were about to blow up I kinda had to stop for a moment, like "Uh, what exactly does the Republic think it's doing trying to put civilians down in this hell-hole?" I can understand wanting to reclaim it, but setting up a colony in the midst of infestation? Okay...

They do eventually clean it up and get some settlers there, at least that what it says in Empire at War. It wasn't completely cleaned up but they made it somewhat habitable.

There was already an orbital bombardment of Taris, and it didn't do much to destroy the rakghoul presence the first time. I also imagine that destroying a potentially habitable world is a big no no for the Republic. I can see the Empire doing it if there wasn't a Republic presence and they weren't trying to deny them a political victory.

Screw the Orbital Bombardment. The Republic has developed multiple weapons that have the capability to destroy a planet.

 

Use one of those babies and BAM! Rakghoul problem solved.

Morale aside, I'm pretty sure its the only planet in the Seat of the Empire sector we Pubs get.

 

Its an ideal staging ground, which is awesome enough. You'd need non-coms to get things aside soldiering done, like food, water and power.

 

Also? Rakghouls cant infect force sensitive people, last I checked. Throw Jedi at the problem.

Also? Rakghouls cant infect force sensitive people, last I checked. Throw Jedi at the problem.

 

Spend some time on the Empire side.

They do eventually clean it up and get some settlers there, at least that what it says in Empire at War. It wasn't completely cleaned up but they made it somewhat habitable.

 

In the Legacy of the Force -novel series, that character killing waste of trees, Taris is back to it's pre-bombardment situation in 40 ABY. An ecumenopolis with a deeply stratified society, with those who have the most having the sunlight and those who lack money lack also sunlight.

According to the Trooper story line, Rakghouls are a Sith created virus.

 

They can't bomb the planet because it would make recovery that much harder and in some instances, release chemical's stored in bunkers that would render whole areas uninhabitable at all. not to mention that the rakghouls are slowly becoming a sentient force sensetive species in the bowels of Taris.

 

The settlements on Taris are relief workers, researchers, mercenaries who protect them, they are investigating the geographic possiblility of recover, the science behind the rakghoul plaque, they aren't just landing back on the planet and living in bombed out houses like nothing happened.