Quote Originally Posted by Pepsi_Plunge View Post
True, but Gaius is a hard boiled super soldier, not a kid in uniform. Any lower man or woman wouldn't probably survive what Gaius survived.

Well before StB where confirmation of Gaius still lives, he is presumably dead at the point. IMO they put him back into the plot because Maxi-second hand... I mean second in command guy makes too few an impact on "hey the empire has good guys too"

Also the real sacrifice is they got put into side stories, just like Omega. Which while important to the plot still an optional content, even if "oh hey that's unstoppable, but you can go stop it if you have time."