[quote name='Fallen Fool' timestamp='1322549436' post='2855656']
I am not trying to destroy Grub, I am relating events as I saw them. If it looks like Polar did not know what Grub was up to, it's because Polar did not know what Grub was up to. I am fairly certain Grub would agree with that analysis.
As for the coup thing, look further down.
The Emperor is not the alliance, he is the man entrusted by the Body Republic with sovereign power and he can only use that sovereign power effectively as long as he has its confidence. Grub came to believe, rightly I think, that he lost the confidence of the Body Republic after the TOP fiasco and he committed to abdicate once he cleaned up the mess he created.
So, to put it in democratic parlance, he was confirmed as Emperor through mass consent and he resigned once the consent was withdrawn. Given the crisis, however, he stayed on in a caretaker capacity until the crisis was resolved.
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You're not trying to destroy grub, just disassociate his deeds from polar. He's trying to take one for the team and go down in flames as a man with a grudge responsible for BiPolar. Truth, though, is that the whole alliance took part on his nefarious deeds and deserves every bit of blame and flame it gets. Obeying orders is no excuse for any deed ever made, as people always have choices regardless of the negative consequences for taking a certain pathway.