Quaritch fans

[Ashen Key]

Originally Posted by neytirifanboy

That is generally my view too. His pre-emptive raid was meant to at least partly prevent an imminent and overwhelming attack.

In saying that, he does have a panache for big explosions and over-reaction.

During the attack on home tree, after launching cannon-ball like gass canisters at the Na'vi, the Na'vi respond with some archery. Despite the fact that the arrows were causing no material damage, Quaritch decides to escalate the action by giving a further warning shot with....er...incendiaries which they fire right into the middle of the na'vi.

what I fing interesting is that they did not even bother using a mircophone asking the na'vi to move or surrender. I am sure he could have played a tape in Na'vi telling them to move. Surely before ordering a full incendiary attackn there were other options:
1) Avatars (i.e Jake and Grace)
2) Microphones warning
3) Warning shots.
4) Gas
5) Limited demonstration of incendiaries away from the Na'vi

But no, Quaritch goes from point 1 to point 4 then directly to point 10. As I say, he loves explosions and is a master of over-reaction.

I think his patience had gotten REALLY used up.

And the surrender was what Jake and Grace were supposed to try and do. That was Jake's job for the past three months, pretty much. And he did use gas - although, yes, he didn't give them that much time to flee first. I basically think Quaritch just reached a snapping point.

Which, I hasten to add, does NOT let him off the hook at all, but it explains his behaviour. It's one of the things I play with when RPing Trudy my game - we (because there is a Quaritch as well, and they are both three years pre-canon) kill people. Kill Marines. Just to tighten the pressure and build up to canon. It's a fun exercise in motivation.