Quote Originally Posted by wh33t View Post
Durai to me just sounds like a hardcore criminal. We are also under the impression that the Mallers are ex-prisoners right?

To me he doesn't seem like ex-military except for his marksman skills. He attacked the Tower and got his ass completely handed to him. There is even mention in the corresponding chapter that says easy it is to defend, rather than attack and also another mention of vertical height advantage over your enemy. If Durai was some kind of wicked sick military person, you'd think he would have known this and attacked differently. Personally I would have just arrived in the night with a small crew and tossed Pipe bombs everywhere.
He did indeed get his ass handed to him, but there are countless examples of brilliant military minds being defeated by forces they underestimated. George Washington, General Cornwallis, Napoleon etc all got defeated in battles but they were excellent military tacticians.

The point was Durai wanted to Tower for his own purposes. If he peppered the Tower with pipe bombs and made it unlivable, what would be the purpose? If his desire was to destroy the Tower, you're right. He probably would have bombed the tower in the dead of night without trying to draw any attention to himself or his little group of miscreants.