Post by Darth Xaos on Apr 23, 2015 1:02:18 GMT
This speech was delivered by Master Daxar Cadav, of the Reformed Order of Silver Jedi, to a group of Jedi Knights being sent out to fight on the frontlines of the Union Conflict.
“I’m here talking you today because you’ve all been chosen for assignment in the far Mid-Rim areas of the Slice. Despite what you may think; your experiences here in the Core have done very little to prepare you for what it’s actually like out there. You may think facing down gangs in Coruscant’s lower levels or some other harrowing experiences have prepared you for what it’s actually like on the frontlines of the war…it hasn’t. Let me repeat that for emphasis: it hasn’t. I can already sense skepticism among you about that remark. I know more than a few of you fought against the Vong and I also know that some of you faced the Second Imperium movement. You probably think that if you can take on extra-galactic monsters or Dark Jedi of the Shadow Academy then the Sith should be no problem. That belief will get you killed.”
“Let me tell you a few things. Only the Emperor’s closest lackeys had anything like the power you’ll find in even a mid-ranking Brotherhood Sith. The Shadow Academy is a punch line to Brotherhood jokes and, as for the Vong, they just brutally slaughter everyone you love; the Sith will turn everyone you love against you given half a chance. So I want you to listen closely when I tell you that there’s nothing you’ve ever been up against before that can properly prepare you to face down a Sith. But, if you pay attention here and now, the information I’m going to give you may mean the difference between survival and death.”
“If you’ll turn to the screen over here, you’ll see the statistics on all the recorded instances of combat between the Jedi Order and the Sith Brotherhood. No, you’re not reading it wrong; the blue bar is bigger than the red bar because more Brotherhood Sith have killed Jedi than vice versa. Ah, now I feel that skepticism ebbing, that’s good, at least one of you is going to live now because this chart got through that skull of yours. But I have identified what I believe to be the primary driving force behind this chart’s data: underestimation. In fact, it’s usually culturally-based underestimation.”
“Let’s do a little demonstration. Raise your hand if you think a ‘Sith Apprentice’ would be roughly equivalent in ability to a Padawan. Okay, everyone who raised their hand (and that looks like most of you) just got their Padawan killed. The average Sith Apprentice is far more dangerous than some of our best Padawans. This is what I mean by cultural misinformation. Jedi tend to assume the Sith are set up more or less the same way we are and get killed because of it. Now, before you go thinking the Sith are more dangerous just because they’re Sith, let me explain why the average Apprentice is a lethal challenge for a Padawan to face.”
“Most of you came to the Jedi Order as young children or were born into it. Some very few of you first manifested Force ability in your early adolescence. But, as far as we know, the Sith Brotherhood has never accepted anyone younger than mid-to-late adolescence and even that is rare. This means that the average Sith Apprentice is a full-grown adult, with all the physical and experiential advantages that entails. Also, the majority of Sith are either ex-Jedi or illegitimately received Jedi training prior to joining the Brotherhood. They know what your Padawan knows and then some. Your Padawn should be under either your or another qualified Jedi’s attention at all times. Sith trophy cases are lined with the lightsabers of Padawans who slipped out of their Master’s sight.”
“The gap in ability tends to even out when comparing Jedi and Sith Knights; though that doesn’t mean there aren’t profound differences. It may seem incredibly obvious to say that Sith and Jedi are different from each other but not many seem to get just *how* different. Let’s go back to what I was saying before about the age difference of recruits. Because you all joined the Jedi in your youth or were born into the Order, you came to accept the Jedi way slowly and naturally. You absorbed and digested it over years and decades, which gave you a full and balanced worldview. The Sith don’t have that kind of time or pliability with their recruits and they aren’t interested in a balanced worldview. They’re out to make fanatics, pure and simple. Sith Apprenticeships are absurdly short by our standards but, by the time they’re a Knight, there’s almost no chance of getting a Sith to see the error of their ways. Despite how they like to talk up their training techniques as ancient and mystical; from what we’ve gathered there’s actually not much difference between Sith indoctrination and the indoctrination patterns used by most extremist groups. They make their Apprentices kill for the Sith cause, early and often, to minimize the chance of them defecting. Ideological instruction usually involves copious use of physical punishment accompanied by dogmatizing. A Sith stops even considering the idea that the Brotherhood might be wrong well before they’re ever Knighted.”
“By now you’re probably getting a pretty clear picture of what I’ve been talking about: a ruthless killer fueled by the Dark Side who’s been trained with only one end in mind, namely killing Jedi and anyone else the Sith want dead. Well, I have bad news for you, that’s just one of a myriad of flavors the Sith come in. And, honestly, it’s the kind of Sith I find the least frightening. If you’re properly prepared for combat then it’s nowhere near as dangerous as facing the Sith in other, less overt arenas. The Sith have divisions of service just like we do with Guardians, Sentinels and Consulars. They refer to their divisions as ‘Dark Paths’. As far as we know, there are six of these ‘Paths’. What I’ve described thus far covers two of these: the Marauders and the Assassins. You can probably guess pretty easily what each of these two Paths specializes in so I won’t belabor this by explaining that. What I will do is give you a brief overview of the combat styles favored by the Sith.”
“The spread of lightsaber forms among the Sith seems very idiosyncratic. Unlike in the Jedi Order where we have lots of individuals who specialize in each form; the Sith tend to favor some forms over others. You might be surprised to discover that Shii-Cho seems to be the most popular. While we usually don’t advance much in form one after learning a second; the Sith seem to hold the form in pretty high regard. This makes sense when you look into it; most Sith will be on the battlefield far more often that their Jedi counterparts and Shii-Cho is very well adapted to the average ground battle’s conditions. Makashi and Juyo seem to share the spot of second most prevalent form. I’m sure there’s no need for me to explain the popularity of form two, but a lot of Jedi are confused as to why form seven would be just as prevalent among the Sith. Here in the Jedi Order, form seven is kind of regarded as a wonky oddity; only really of interest to Masters with a depth of obscure lightsaber knowledge. But among the Sith, form seven enjoys an almost mythic status. Strangely enough, this is apparently because of a Clone Wars-era Jedi Master.”
“I’m sure you’ve all heard of Mace Windu; he is one of the more famous Old Republic Jedi. What’s not as well known is that he supposedly completed the incomplete form seven. According to the stories his ‘Vaapad’ style skirted so close to the Dark Side that only Masters could be trusted with it. Well, all the Sith had to hear was ‘Dark Side’ for their ears to perk up and they’ve been trying to replicate this ever since. They even claim to have documents showing that Vaapad predates Master Windu and was originally invented by the Sith. Of course, any serious historian would laugh hysterically at that but you’ll find that rarely stops the Sith from believing something. More than a few of them already claim to have achieved Vaapad. That, of course, is utter poodoo. What they don’t seem to get is that Mace Windu’s style skirted the Dark Side but never actually took that final step over the line. Once someone *has* crossed the threshold to the Dark Side then Vaapad is forever beyond their reach.”
“But, I digress, let’s get back to the forms in general. Niman and Soresu are similarly tied for third place in the Sith popularity contest. They tend to be favorites of Sith focused on fields other than combat. Though, even among that crowd, they’re rarely the Sith’s most favored form. Ataru and Djem-so have never been recorded as being used by the Brotherhood. It seems odd since these forms would appear to be useful in expressing the senseless violence of the Dark Side but I guess all that effort gets put into Juyo instead. Many, even most, Sith you’ll encounter will fight with two lightsabers; this is what tradionalist ‘saber masters call ‘Jar’kai’. Occasionally this is done with a saberstaff but modern Sith seem to prefer two separate single-bladed lightsabers of normal length.”
“I mentioned earlier how it’s the Marauders and Assassins I’m least worried about. That’s because the greatest weapon the Sith have isn’t armies headed by Sith warriors; it’s propaganda. You’ve probably heard the phrase ‘Sith Lord’ before. Despite what you may think, this isn’t simply the equivalent rank to Jedi Master; it’s a Dark Path all its own. I want you to think about the last time you sensed resentment, or had it expressed right to your face, because you are a Jedi. Chances are that, if you follow the origins of that resentment, they’ll lead you back to something a Sith Lord cooked up. And what they do to large groups they can just as easily do to individuals. When what a Sith Lord is saying starts making sense then it’s time to shut him up by any means necessary. The Dark Side is far more insidious than just mindless destruction, its true power lies in taking someone and corrupting them utterly; it is this aspect that the Lords represent. Aside from twisting thoughts, Sith Lords tend to specialize in one of three areas: building up webs of influence, commanding armies and creating cults. Sith Cults play a role in the Brotherhood’s system that most don’t realize is just as vital as military might and political power. These cults are the propaganda idea writ large. In addition to creating the fanatical loyalty only zealotry can provide, the cults are used to denigrate the Jedi. The idea being that we withhold knowledge of our religion from the Galaxy while the Sith share it. But if these cultists actually think that their Sith rulers consider them equals then I’ve got a forest to sell them on Coruscant.”
“The last of the four Paths that we have hard information on is that of the Dark Side Witch. These Witches aren’t Sith in the strictest sense of the word. Instead they seem to be drawn from assorted Dark Side groups around the Galaxy; most of which originate on primitive worlds. Some of you have probably heard of the Nightsisters on Dathomir, they are the best known example. Though we’re not sure how strong a connection the Sith actually have with the Nightsisters specifically. The trouble with facing Witches is that they’re unpredictable. The other Paths are all engineered to serve a specific function but, because the Dark Side Witches have such a broad base, now two are truly alike. One might be a seductive manipulator on the lines of a Lord, while another could be a coldly efficient killer and yet another is an animalistic berserker. The variations are seemingly endless. There is one thing that unifies them as a Path though, namely the ability to control naturally occurring elements. Now, that’s a pretty broad definition itself but, after seeing this sort of thing in action several times, I honestly can’t come up with a better description. The manifestations of this power range from making a squad spontaneously combust to generating catastrophic weather patters to driving local animals into a mindless frenzy. Fortunately, there is a weakness I’ve noticed that most Witches share: sub-par lightsaber skills. Your best bet when fighting a Witch is to get in close and use your ‘saber. They won’t risk their biggest impact spells with you five feet in front of them.”
“Like I said earlier, two of the Paths haven’t been seen very often. These are the Acolytes and the Inquisitors. For those of you I can tell are wondering: yes, these are the same Inquistors who served the Emperor. They even still call themselves ‘Imperial Inquisitors’, the ‘tradition’ is more or less an unbroken chain. And they still do exactly what they used to: kill or convert Jedi. Any sane individual, stuck with that choice, would of course choose the first option. But the Dark Side can feed on fear; especially fear of death. If you have your back against the wall when facing an Inquisitor pick the blaze of glory; the other way is a fate worse than death. The Sith Acolytes are the ones we know the least about. They are apparently very rare. Like the Witches they practice esoteric Dark Side abilities but, from what I understand, the Acolytes’ powers are completely different from Witches’. We have no information on what these powers might actually be but, if we look at what the Emperor’s cronies did back in the day, then we can get a good picture. And that picture includes such horrors as genetic manipulation, ripping the hearts out of stars and bringing corpses back to life to serve as soldiers.”
“That covers the majority of what we know about the New Sith Brotherhood’s organizational and tactical philosophy. There are a few final thoughts I want to leave you with. First, forget everything you think you know about how the Sith treat each other. There’s a reason they call themselves a brotherhood. Sith may lie most of the time but, as far as I can tell, they’re sincere about leaving the backstabbing of the Emperor’s time in the past. You Sentinels out there, keep this in mind when questioning a Sith prisoner. The Prisoner’s Dilemma doesn’t work; both Sith know the other would never betray the Brotherhood. Good Cop/Bad Cop doesn’t work either; to the Sith all Jedi are the ‘bad cop’. If you want to crack a Sith prisoner then you have to get really creative. And if you do succeed in getting any valid intelligence then feel free to congratulate yourself; I can count the number of times I’ve seen a Sith give anything useful up in questioning on one hand. Their Masters tortured them and screwed with their heads pitilessly during their training, very little that we can do could possibly match that. Your only real hope is tricking them into revealing information. This, of course, doesn’t work on Lords. If you know the Sith you have captive is a Lord then kill him. Forget what the Jedi Code says about killing prisoners; it wasn’t written with people who are more dangerous outside of combat in mind. All you’d be doing by sparing a Lord’s life is putting your fellow Jedi at risk of being turned to the Dark Side. Assassins and Inquisitors are also usually a dry hole when it comes to interrogation; but they aren’t the same kind of risk that a Lord is. If you’re going to have pangs of conscience about killing a Sith prisoner, save them for anybody except a Lord.”
“Speaking of teachings you need to forget to survive in this war, there’s a big one that we all know by heart: Darth Vader’s redemption. Get this through your heads, because I’ve seen good Jedi die because they didn’t: these Sith are not the same as anything the New Jedi Order has ever faced. They are not a tragic man forced into evil; they have willingly chosen an evil path. They don’t hate their Masters and they have a demented level of loyalty towards each other. Not one of them will ever turn from their errors. They’re totally dependent on the Brotherhood on all levels. So, in a way, I was wrong when I said the understreets of Coruscant couldn’t prepare you for this. The Sith Brotherhood is a lot like a gang of addicts; inseparably bound together by desperation and dysfunction. Only their drug of choice is the Dark Side. It has all the moral corruption of a physical narcotic but ultimately makes its user physically stronger, mentally deadly and socially influential. The Dark Side offers everything…except the ability to be a complete, healthy person. Let me end by saying that I can only hope that you will all remember what I’ve said today. It can save your life or more importantly, someone else’s life. May the Force be with you all…you’ll need it to be."
“I’m here talking you today because you’ve all been chosen for assignment in the far Mid-Rim areas of the Slice. Despite what you may think; your experiences here in the Core have done very little to prepare you for what it’s actually like out there. You may think facing down gangs in Coruscant’s lower levels or some other harrowing experiences have prepared you for what it’s actually like on the frontlines of the war…it hasn’t. Let me repeat that for emphasis: it hasn’t. I can already sense skepticism among you about that remark. I know more than a few of you fought against the Vong and I also know that some of you faced the Second Imperium movement. You probably think that if you can take on extra-galactic monsters or Dark Jedi of the Shadow Academy then the Sith should be no problem. That belief will get you killed.”
“Let me tell you a few things. Only the Emperor’s closest lackeys had anything like the power you’ll find in even a mid-ranking Brotherhood Sith. The Shadow Academy is a punch line to Brotherhood jokes and, as for the Vong, they just brutally slaughter everyone you love; the Sith will turn everyone you love against you given half a chance. So I want you to listen closely when I tell you that there’s nothing you’ve ever been up against before that can properly prepare you to face down a Sith. But, if you pay attention here and now, the information I’m going to give you may mean the difference between survival and death.”
“If you’ll turn to the screen over here, you’ll see the statistics on all the recorded instances of combat between the Jedi Order and the Sith Brotherhood. No, you’re not reading it wrong; the blue bar is bigger than the red bar because more Brotherhood Sith have killed Jedi than vice versa. Ah, now I feel that skepticism ebbing, that’s good, at least one of you is going to live now because this chart got through that skull of yours. But I have identified what I believe to be the primary driving force behind this chart’s data: underestimation. In fact, it’s usually culturally-based underestimation.”
“Let’s do a little demonstration. Raise your hand if you think a ‘Sith Apprentice’ would be roughly equivalent in ability to a Padawan. Okay, everyone who raised their hand (and that looks like most of you) just got their Padawan killed. The average Sith Apprentice is far more dangerous than some of our best Padawans. This is what I mean by cultural misinformation. Jedi tend to assume the Sith are set up more or less the same way we are and get killed because of it. Now, before you go thinking the Sith are more dangerous just because they’re Sith, let me explain why the average Apprentice is a lethal challenge for a Padawan to face.”
“Most of you came to the Jedi Order as young children or were born into it. Some very few of you first manifested Force ability in your early adolescence. But, as far as we know, the Sith Brotherhood has never accepted anyone younger than mid-to-late adolescence and even that is rare. This means that the average Sith Apprentice is a full-grown adult, with all the physical and experiential advantages that entails. Also, the majority of Sith are either ex-Jedi or illegitimately received Jedi training prior to joining the Brotherhood. They know what your Padawan knows and then some. Your Padawn should be under either your or another qualified Jedi’s attention at all times. Sith trophy cases are lined with the lightsabers of Padawans who slipped out of their Master’s sight.”
“The gap in ability tends to even out when comparing Jedi and Sith Knights; though that doesn’t mean there aren’t profound differences. It may seem incredibly obvious to say that Sith and Jedi are different from each other but not many seem to get just *how* different. Let’s go back to what I was saying before about the age difference of recruits. Because you all joined the Jedi in your youth or were born into the Order, you came to accept the Jedi way slowly and naturally. You absorbed and digested it over years and decades, which gave you a full and balanced worldview. The Sith don’t have that kind of time or pliability with their recruits and they aren’t interested in a balanced worldview. They’re out to make fanatics, pure and simple. Sith Apprenticeships are absurdly short by our standards but, by the time they’re a Knight, there’s almost no chance of getting a Sith to see the error of their ways. Despite how they like to talk up their training techniques as ancient and mystical; from what we’ve gathered there’s actually not much difference between Sith indoctrination and the indoctrination patterns used by most extremist groups. They make their Apprentices kill for the Sith cause, early and often, to minimize the chance of them defecting. Ideological instruction usually involves copious use of physical punishment accompanied by dogmatizing. A Sith stops even considering the idea that the Brotherhood might be wrong well before they’re ever Knighted.”
“By now you’re probably getting a pretty clear picture of what I’ve been talking about: a ruthless killer fueled by the Dark Side who’s been trained with only one end in mind, namely killing Jedi and anyone else the Sith want dead. Well, I have bad news for you, that’s just one of a myriad of flavors the Sith come in. And, honestly, it’s the kind of Sith I find the least frightening. If you’re properly prepared for combat then it’s nowhere near as dangerous as facing the Sith in other, less overt arenas. The Sith have divisions of service just like we do with Guardians, Sentinels and Consulars. They refer to their divisions as ‘Dark Paths’. As far as we know, there are six of these ‘Paths’. What I’ve described thus far covers two of these: the Marauders and the Assassins. You can probably guess pretty easily what each of these two Paths specializes in so I won’t belabor this by explaining that. What I will do is give you a brief overview of the combat styles favored by the Sith.”
“The spread of lightsaber forms among the Sith seems very idiosyncratic. Unlike in the Jedi Order where we have lots of individuals who specialize in each form; the Sith tend to favor some forms over others. You might be surprised to discover that Shii-Cho seems to be the most popular. While we usually don’t advance much in form one after learning a second; the Sith seem to hold the form in pretty high regard. This makes sense when you look into it; most Sith will be on the battlefield far more often that their Jedi counterparts and Shii-Cho is very well adapted to the average ground battle’s conditions. Makashi and Juyo seem to share the spot of second most prevalent form. I’m sure there’s no need for me to explain the popularity of form two, but a lot of Jedi are confused as to why form seven would be just as prevalent among the Sith. Here in the Jedi Order, form seven is kind of regarded as a wonky oddity; only really of interest to Masters with a depth of obscure lightsaber knowledge. But among the Sith, form seven enjoys an almost mythic status. Strangely enough, this is apparently because of a Clone Wars-era Jedi Master.”
“I’m sure you’ve all heard of Mace Windu; he is one of the more famous Old Republic Jedi. What’s not as well known is that he supposedly completed the incomplete form seven. According to the stories his ‘Vaapad’ style skirted so close to the Dark Side that only Masters could be trusted with it. Well, all the Sith had to hear was ‘Dark Side’ for their ears to perk up and they’ve been trying to replicate this ever since. They even claim to have documents showing that Vaapad predates Master Windu and was originally invented by the Sith. Of course, any serious historian would laugh hysterically at that but you’ll find that rarely stops the Sith from believing something. More than a few of them already claim to have achieved Vaapad. That, of course, is utter poodoo. What they don’t seem to get is that Mace Windu’s style skirted the Dark Side but never actually took that final step over the line. Once someone *has* crossed the threshold to the Dark Side then Vaapad is forever beyond their reach.”
“But, I digress, let’s get back to the forms in general. Niman and Soresu are similarly tied for third place in the Sith popularity contest. They tend to be favorites of Sith focused on fields other than combat. Though, even among that crowd, they’re rarely the Sith’s most favored form. Ataru and Djem-so have never been recorded as being used by the Brotherhood. It seems odd since these forms would appear to be useful in expressing the senseless violence of the Dark Side but I guess all that effort gets put into Juyo instead. Many, even most, Sith you’ll encounter will fight with two lightsabers; this is what tradionalist ‘saber masters call ‘Jar’kai’. Occasionally this is done with a saberstaff but modern Sith seem to prefer two separate single-bladed lightsabers of normal length.”
“I mentioned earlier how it’s the Marauders and Assassins I’m least worried about. That’s because the greatest weapon the Sith have isn’t armies headed by Sith warriors; it’s propaganda. You’ve probably heard the phrase ‘Sith Lord’ before. Despite what you may think, this isn’t simply the equivalent rank to Jedi Master; it’s a Dark Path all its own. I want you to think about the last time you sensed resentment, or had it expressed right to your face, because you are a Jedi. Chances are that, if you follow the origins of that resentment, they’ll lead you back to something a Sith Lord cooked up. And what they do to large groups they can just as easily do to individuals. When what a Sith Lord is saying starts making sense then it’s time to shut him up by any means necessary. The Dark Side is far more insidious than just mindless destruction, its true power lies in taking someone and corrupting them utterly; it is this aspect that the Lords represent. Aside from twisting thoughts, Sith Lords tend to specialize in one of three areas: building up webs of influence, commanding armies and creating cults. Sith Cults play a role in the Brotherhood’s system that most don’t realize is just as vital as military might and political power. These cults are the propaganda idea writ large. In addition to creating the fanatical loyalty only zealotry can provide, the cults are used to denigrate the Jedi. The idea being that we withhold knowledge of our religion from the Galaxy while the Sith share it. But if these cultists actually think that their Sith rulers consider them equals then I’ve got a forest to sell them on Coruscant.”
“The last of the four Paths that we have hard information on is that of the Dark Side Witch. These Witches aren’t Sith in the strictest sense of the word. Instead they seem to be drawn from assorted Dark Side groups around the Galaxy; most of which originate on primitive worlds. Some of you have probably heard of the Nightsisters on Dathomir, they are the best known example. Though we’re not sure how strong a connection the Sith actually have with the Nightsisters specifically. The trouble with facing Witches is that they’re unpredictable. The other Paths are all engineered to serve a specific function but, because the Dark Side Witches have such a broad base, now two are truly alike. One might be a seductive manipulator on the lines of a Lord, while another could be a coldly efficient killer and yet another is an animalistic berserker. The variations are seemingly endless. There is one thing that unifies them as a Path though, namely the ability to control naturally occurring elements. Now, that’s a pretty broad definition itself but, after seeing this sort of thing in action several times, I honestly can’t come up with a better description. The manifestations of this power range from making a squad spontaneously combust to generating catastrophic weather patters to driving local animals into a mindless frenzy. Fortunately, there is a weakness I’ve noticed that most Witches share: sub-par lightsaber skills. Your best bet when fighting a Witch is to get in close and use your ‘saber. They won’t risk their biggest impact spells with you five feet in front of them.”
“Like I said earlier, two of the Paths haven’t been seen very often. These are the Acolytes and the Inquisitors. For those of you I can tell are wondering: yes, these are the same Inquistors who served the Emperor. They even still call themselves ‘Imperial Inquisitors’, the ‘tradition’ is more or less an unbroken chain. And they still do exactly what they used to: kill or convert Jedi. Any sane individual, stuck with that choice, would of course choose the first option. But the Dark Side can feed on fear; especially fear of death. If you have your back against the wall when facing an Inquisitor pick the blaze of glory; the other way is a fate worse than death. The Sith Acolytes are the ones we know the least about. They are apparently very rare. Like the Witches they practice esoteric Dark Side abilities but, from what I understand, the Acolytes’ powers are completely different from Witches’. We have no information on what these powers might actually be but, if we look at what the Emperor’s cronies did back in the day, then we can get a good picture. And that picture includes such horrors as genetic manipulation, ripping the hearts out of stars and bringing corpses back to life to serve as soldiers.”
“That covers the majority of what we know about the New Sith Brotherhood’s organizational and tactical philosophy. There are a few final thoughts I want to leave you with. First, forget everything you think you know about how the Sith treat each other. There’s a reason they call themselves a brotherhood. Sith may lie most of the time but, as far as I can tell, they’re sincere about leaving the backstabbing of the Emperor’s time in the past. You Sentinels out there, keep this in mind when questioning a Sith prisoner. The Prisoner’s Dilemma doesn’t work; both Sith know the other would never betray the Brotherhood. Good Cop/Bad Cop doesn’t work either; to the Sith all Jedi are the ‘bad cop’. If you want to crack a Sith prisoner then you have to get really creative. And if you do succeed in getting any valid intelligence then feel free to congratulate yourself; I can count the number of times I’ve seen a Sith give anything useful up in questioning on one hand. Their Masters tortured them and screwed with their heads pitilessly during their training, very little that we can do could possibly match that. Your only real hope is tricking them into revealing information. This, of course, doesn’t work on Lords. If you know the Sith you have captive is a Lord then kill him. Forget what the Jedi Code says about killing prisoners; it wasn’t written with people who are more dangerous outside of combat in mind. All you’d be doing by sparing a Lord’s life is putting your fellow Jedi at risk of being turned to the Dark Side. Assassins and Inquisitors are also usually a dry hole when it comes to interrogation; but they aren’t the same kind of risk that a Lord is. If you’re going to have pangs of conscience about killing a Sith prisoner, save them for anybody except a Lord.”
“Speaking of teachings you need to forget to survive in this war, there’s a big one that we all know by heart: Darth Vader’s redemption. Get this through your heads, because I’ve seen good Jedi die because they didn’t: these Sith are not the same as anything the New Jedi Order has ever faced. They are not a tragic man forced into evil; they have willingly chosen an evil path. They don’t hate their Masters and they have a demented level of loyalty towards each other. Not one of them will ever turn from their errors. They’re totally dependent on the Brotherhood on all levels. So, in a way, I was wrong when I said the understreets of Coruscant couldn’t prepare you for this. The Sith Brotherhood is a lot like a gang of addicts; inseparably bound together by desperation and dysfunction. Only their drug of choice is the Dark Side. It has all the moral corruption of a physical narcotic but ultimately makes its user physically stronger, mentally deadly and socially influential. The Dark Side offers everything…except the ability to be a complete, healthy person. Let me end by saying that I can only hope that you will all remember what I’ve said today. It can save your life or more importantly, someone else’s life. May the Force be with you all…you’ll need it to be."