Talk:Lotus/@comment-24535091-20150806222447/@comment-142.204.16.32-20150910185853

The thing is, we have no idea who started the war or why so we don't know who, if anyone, holds the moral high ground. On top of that, we don't know how Natah got the Tenno to wipe out the Orokin. What we do know is that Natah wanted to protect the Tenno from the Sentients after the Orokin were wiped out. This could result in the situation seen with Mirage where Natah (now the Lotus) would try and stop whatever Sentient forces remained in the system from killing the Tenno.

Another thing is that a lot of people are saying "We beat the Sentients already, so they shouldn't be too challenging when they return". I actually think the Sentients could still be much more difficult enemies than the current factions. The reason for this is that we never hear anything about Tenno casualties. For all we know, despite the fact Tenno were effective against them, the Sentients could have still inflicted heavy losses. The other problem with the "We beat them" mentality is that we might not have. In most wars, commanders will withdraw and try something different when they are taking greater casualties than they want. It is entirely possible that if the Sentients threw their full might at us, they could have steamrolled us, in spite of potentially heavy casualties. However, when they saw an opportunity to win with minimal casualties for them they probably took it.

TL;DR for second paragraph. The Sentients didn't lose. They withdrew and chose to subvert the Tenno instead of taking further losses.