Forum Overview :: Dead Trees :: What further retaliation could there have been? He didn't care at that point.

[quote name="WITTGENSTEIN"]Sardauakar in Atreides uniforms had raided the guild bank, meaning even if they were in a position to, they couldn't escape and get off the planet if they wanted to. Also, I believe the reasoning was that the impetus was on the Las-gun users to put away the piece in the face of shields, not the other way around. So even if there were consequences, the defense would be that he was using a shield to protect himself legitimately, and they were the ones being reckless.[/quote]