Actually, none of them passed the sniff test.
Strephon: AWOL, something a leader can never do and by the time he popped up, he had lost his people.
Margaret: Scheming and dirty. The Hillary Clinton of space.
Norris: "We'll just be over here while you guys figure out who I should report to...." "Bad kitties!"
As an aside, he should have been the one candidate for Emperor that Margaret, Strephon, the Vilani, Craig, and Brzk could agree on (the "hero of the Fifth Frontier War"), and that was perhaps a possible Rebellion wrap up opportunity lost. With that much backing, Norris could have rallied a massive fleet at Vland and then unseated Lucan.
Vland: A combination of Old South Confederates (meaning the ruling elites, not the guys running around in the orange Dodge) and "mother Russia"... "the Core shall rise again..."
Antares: "Imma going to take my bone and go home..." Bad dog....errr Vargr. So much for the loyal canine stereotype.
Lucan: Simply put, a murderer in the eyes of his people. Hard to be loyal to someone who would kill his own brother, whether he actually did or not.
Dulinor: When you plot to murder the emperor, be prepared to stick around and do more than have a photo-op on the throne.
Daibei: "Hey guys, we're getting kinda invaded over here, so with all due respect, screw you."
The Solomani: Everyone hates space Nazis, though the parallels between Solsec and the NSA are positively eerie.
The Aslan: Minor players in the whole tableau.
The K'kree: I can't even stand PETA, let alone... Seriously, I found the K'kree so unlikeable I didn't even buy the original alien sourcebook for them. I'm not alone.
Strephon: AWOL, something a leader can never do and by the time he popped up, he had lost his people.
Margaret: Scheming and dirty. The Hillary Clinton of space.
Norris: "We'll just be over here while you guys figure out who I should report to...." "Bad kitties!"
As an aside, he should have been the one candidate for Emperor that Margaret, Strephon, the Vilani, Craig, and Brzk could agree on (the "hero of the Fifth Frontier War"), and that was perhaps a possible Rebellion wrap up opportunity lost. With that much backing, Norris could have rallied a massive fleet at Vland and then unseated Lucan.
Vland: A combination of Old South Confederates (meaning the ruling elites, not the guys running around in the orange Dodge) and "mother Russia"... "the Core shall rise again..."
Antares: "Imma going to take my bone and go home..." Bad dog....errr Vargr. So much for the loyal canine stereotype.
Lucan: Simply put, a murderer in the eyes of his people. Hard to be loyal to someone who would kill his own brother, whether he actually did or not.
Dulinor: When you plot to murder the emperor, be prepared to stick around and do more than have a photo-op on the throne.
Daibei: "Hey guys, we're getting kinda invaded over here, so with all due respect, screw you."
The Solomani: Everyone hates space Nazis, though the parallels between Solsec and the NSA are positively eerie.
The Aslan: Minor players in the whole tableau.
The K'kree: I can't even stand PETA, let alone... Seriously, I found the K'kree so unlikeable I didn't even buy the original alien sourcebook for them. I'm not alone.