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KRF9...@UConnVM.UConn.Edu writes:

>In article <44ksii$b...@cmcl2.NYU.EDU>
>jwl...@is.nyu.edu (John W. Leo) writes:
> 
>>How is it that Hobbes became a traitor.  Is it because he was such a good
>>spy that he chose the right opportunity to strike?  Hence his protection
>>of you in WC2?
>>
> 
>You never really find out.
>There is a scene in WC3 in which Hobbes tells Blair "I do not
>think anyone will ever really understand why I did what I did."
>During the scene, he seems to be talking about his defection to
>the Confederation, but later I had to wonder...
>My personal suspicion is that in the beginning he *did* genuinely
>defect for his own personal belief that the Kilrathis' war on
>humanity was wrong. The scene which I described above came shortly
>after the confirmation of the plan to destroy the Kilrathi homeworld
>via the T-Bomb, and the other traitorous activities were all connected
>to the Behemoth. I think that he started to have second thoughts when
>Confed started seriously exploring the idea of destroying the Kilrathi
>homeworld.
>Just my $.02...

If you read the hint book, it has a picture of a scene not in WC3
(although I heard it was in the 3DO version).  You're supposed to find
a note in Hobbes's locker to you (Blair) saying that he isn't the
Hobbes you'd known--he was brainwashed and genuinely believed he
wanted to defect, and wasn't acting through your friendship.  When all
the crew's on the bridge, listening to Thrakhath's tirade, and
Thrakkie refers to Blair as "The Heart of the Tiger," that triggered
the mental block in Hobbes's brain, and he remembered who he really
was.

I don't understand why they left this out of the PC version--it seems
pretty critical to me.

--Matt