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Originally Posted by MartianMage
Then why is it that Saazbaum's faction is not the majority and had to do their scheme in secret? If you're saying that the orbital knights have no loyalty and respect to the royals then you'd think Saazbaum's faction would be the majority especially when they have Lemrina but the fact is they had to resort to their schemes instead of just rebelling openly. It sure doesn't match what you're trying to prove.
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Not that big a secret, considering the number of people clamoring for Asseylum's death at the end of S1.
And think about it: Knights may not be all that attached to the person of Asseylum, but they don't particularly have reasons to submit to Saazbaum, either. So Saazbaum, when openly rebelling, would have to deal with:
- loyalist Orbital Knights like Crutheo
- loyalist Knights from the motherland
- Orbital Knights pretending to join him but waiting for a chance to betray him and better their position (after all, if they're the kind to betray Vers Royals, why not betray him?)
- possibly the same from Mars.
And the problem is, it's not always possible to tell who's what.
What, then, is the rational course of action? Postpone open rebellion as much as he can while building up his power around a nucleus of Knights and common retainers in it for the long haul. Make it so he can face open opposition head on, and backstabbers don't have any interest in betraying him.