@vashyron: I don't mean morale for general enlistment, I'm more talking about the individual skirmishes and why one doesn't run away once the battle isn't going in their favour.
There is a logic underpinning the Stormtrooper's actions: 'if I shoot my enemy before they shoot me, I'll have won.' It's unfortunate that for some reason, it never does go their way, but the logic is at least sound.
The Reavers surely must be instead thinking: 'I have to capture and restrain my enemy, who only has to so much as think of my graphic death for it to happen.' If they are thinking that, why don't they run away? Especially when so often, they get to witness the violent death of the Reaver right in front of them.
That's why I think it's kind of like a first draft. I can see why they did it that way, but the girl's graphic display of fighting prowess near the start undermines the kids' later uselessness, and it is noticeable. I don't think it's a problem with plot, but that it could have used some tightening.
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