It's time for my 2 cents again on this one...
In the 5th Frontier War, The High Council of the Zhodani Consulate was
trying to give the Imperium a bloody nose to get the message, "Don't
Mess With Us!" across. Their mission is to prevent the Imperium from
attacking the Consulate. You don't do that by whipping your opponant
into a war fever where the only way he will be safe is if he exterminates
you.
On the other hand, the Zhodani Troops are in the field to liberate the
people of the Imperium from their oppressive government. The people
are not allowed to use a science that would keep them safe and happy,
anyone who does use this science or even if they just have a talent for
it gets lobotomized by the evil Imperial government. Now you don't
liberate a group of people by exterminating them, do you?
This is why the Zhodani never used projectiles at one tenth the speed
of light (remember at that speed 1kg projectile =100ktons TNT) to
destroy Efate, Jewell, Regina, Rhylanor, Glisten, etc, etc. Their
commerce raiders could have done it easily. but they did not.
Scott S Kellogg
PS Just who is this Steve Kellog???? I'd like to meet him...
Come on you guys! You see my name on your breakfast table every morning
and you can't spell it?!?!?!?