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Combat Evaluation: Emperor Ganar Yulaz

Broker Report 197-N-TA-BP-1087D

Broker,

The following is all of the data we have on the founder of the Blood Pack mercenary organization, and now apparently the second Krogan Empire. As you have other agents who specialize in political and industrial analyzation, I will focus on his combat abilities and his general military skills.

Agent Sun's Shadow

Leadership Style and Broad Tactics

Ganar is what Krogan call a 'true' warlord, in the sense that he is both a natural born biotic and a clan leader. Originally raised by the clan's loremaster, he was deeply indoctrinated in the myths of Krogan superiority and their right to rule those weaker than themselves. While he was not old enough to fight in the rebellions, the severe losses brought on by the war and the genophage combined to enable him to size control of the Ganar clan.

This history has heavily affected his preferred methods of violent conflict. He disdains any tactic or method of operation that does not strike him as 'properly Krogan' in origin. However, while modern thinkers may think this means he is unsubtle and fond of pointless mass-assault tactics would do well to remember that the Krogan Empire wasn't without it's great strategists.

They adapted their own tactics and battle plans to maximize their advantages over first the Asari and Salarians, and then the Turians, as the war dragged on. This was much to the Salarian's frustration in particular, as any clever stratagem almost never worked twice. If they, and he, have a weakness it is in improperly evaluating things such as logistical problems and how to properly exploit resources and local assets after achieving victory.

One must also note the difference between Ganar and those Krogan who follow him. While many attempt to replicate his tactics, they often do little more than copy his general actions without understanding the thoughts behind them.

Unit Tactics

Most of Ganar's large unit tactics rely on the simple assumption that his forces are going to outnumber his enemies, and consist of a mixture of Vorcha fodder and Krogan elites. While in most situations the broad attacks by hordes of Vorcha and war varren as little more than pointless wastes of life, when Ganar himself is directing the attack that could not be more wrong.

Ganar will monitor every detail about an attack's progress, from the rate at which his Vorcha are dying to the exact locations where most of them are falling, and where possible, the weapons utilization and loadout of the enemy. Each subsequent attack will then be made with a slight variation to exploit perceived weaknesses.

In a typical situation, more elite Vorcha will exchange weapons for those more likely to be useful against a specific opponent, and sappers will be positioned to best breach weak points in the enemy lines. Firebases will be confronted head on with Krogan, pinning enemy elites in place to be surrounded and killed.

Leadership

Ganar's leadership style varies heavily depending on the species in question. His fellow Krogan are treated respectfully, especially those younger than himself. Several recordings show him treating them almost like his own children, patiently teaching them everything from combat tactics to walking them through the ancient legends of Tuchanka. He often wades personally into combat to remind his kin that he is a living legend, a True Krogan, and earns their loyalty by living by his own creed.

The appearance of an almost paternal elder vanishes when confronted with an alien, any alien, replaced with an almost stereotypical Krogan brutality. If anything the notion that lesser species are actually sapient never ceases to alternatively amuse or irritate him, and aliens are expected to be neither seen nor heard in his presence. Failure to maintain anything less than perfection is reason for summary execution, and his headquarters is known to go through slaves at a horrid rate.

The sole exception to this trend is Asari, who he regards as almost good enough to be considered actual people.

Personal Capabilities

As with most other Krogan who emulate the old ways, Ganar most commonly wields a biotic warhammer. He does break with convention by wearing a partially powered exosuit rather than traditional plating.

His personal strength is, as one would expect for his species and age, prodigious. When enhanced by his armor, there are few targets that he cannot simply batter his way through via brute strength impacts from his warhammer. In those circumstances where he cannot, or more likely, when his enemies are fleeing for their lives, he will resort to broad-spectrum biotic attacks.

Shockwaves are his personal specialty. Rather than attempting any form of finesse, he overcharges them with enough brute strength to pulverize everything in a broad arc in front of him. The end result is an appearance more like several cresting waves rolling out from him rather than successive blasts, and the sight of so much biotic power lashing out is enough to unnerve even hardened Asari.

Tactics

His personal tactics are, almost always, some variation on close with the enemy and crush them with his warhammer. Ganar is aware of the predictability of his usual routine, but sees little reason to change given that he has yet to meet an opponent who could force him to do so. He rarely reaches the point of blood raging, being in sufficient control of himself and rarely seeing a point to unleashing the berserker fury.

If anything, the almost contemptuous ease with which he deals with personal opponents leads him to become lazy and try to draw out the fights longer to maximize his enjoyment. To date, there are only a handful of recorded instances where other Krogan were able to force him to fight all out. Of the aliens he has slaughtered, though dismissive of nearly all of them, he has been known to speak poetically of his battles against the ancient Asari Warlords who ruled the Terminus before his and Raik Vols' arrival.

Unfortunately, as these events occurred so many centuries ago, there is little to no recorded evidence remaining of those battles. Given the known power of the first Warlords, I can only assume that Ganar is actively restraining his power in nearly all of his battles, attempting to lower himself to the level of his opponents in order to try and remember what those ancient duels felt like.

Given the levels of strength he has habitually demonstrated, the notion that this is him holding back is mildly terrifying to contemplate. I can, in no circumstances recommend that any Broker team ever be dispatched to eliminate him.

End Report

And covering a bit of Ganar Yulaz, since he really hasn't gotten any information despite being the leader on the other side of the war.

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