@kingcrimson said:
Who's Paul and what can he do? Looks pretty cool.
He is the central character of the Dune book series, which is often considered one of the best and most influential sci-fi series out there, sometimes called "The Lord of the Rings of sci-fi". I haven't read past the first book because apparently the series takes a turn for the worst and soft retcons some of the conclusions and implications of the first novel, the closest comparison would be what happened to The Matrix after its sequels.
Paul has a pretty huge advantage here because this is not a direct combat setting. Paul is basically a superbeing who was genetically chosen through countless generations of selective breeding and pseudo-psychic biological manipulation, aimed at unlocking the previously inaccessible male half of humanity's genetic memory, a ten thousand year project by the Bene Gesserit to make him the Kwisatz Haderach. His abilities are essentially enormous mental capabilities and a life-time of martial arts training from the greatest fighters in the universe. His mind is so developed that he can control his biological functions, use prescience to see the past, present and future, experience male and female genetic memory, recall details perfectly, display the computational power of a Mentat, control others with his Voice (though this may require familiarizing himself with someone's speech patterns and mannerisms) and other esoteric abilities. In the setting of Dune it is heretical and taboo to create "machines in the likeness of the minds of men", which has necessitated the creation of evolved and conditioned humans to replace them; beings like Mentats, Guild Navigators and the Bene Gesserit. Mentat are essentially humans computers that advise leaders, Guild Navigators consume spice (a precious material Paul has been continually exposed to that expands one's consciousness) to awaken limited prescience required to navigate through space and the Bene Gesserit are an order of women who can control their biology, expertly analyze and manipulate others and use The Weirding Way martial arts, which is essentially altering one's perception of space-time to allow for teleportation like speed. Paul has the abilities of all these groups rolled into ones and enhanced (although I can't actually remember if he can navigate space travel, his prescience is superior to a Guild Navigator overall but they could be specialized in that regard and basically mutate themselves through literally swimming in spice).
Logically, here Paul would just outsmart Levi and kill him with his superhuman intelligence. In a direct fight Paul might also have a personal shield unit that is ubiquitous in the Dune universe outside Arrakis, which explains why most fighting between Houses comes down to swordsmanship - anything too fast gets automatically stopped by the shields. On Arrakis, where most of Dune takes place shields are rarely used because they attract the titanic sandworms so Paul might not have one here. If he does Levi's massive speed is actually a disadvantage, he would have to intentionally attack slowly to bypass the shield, swordsmen in Dune can attack quickly but slow their attacks just as it reaches the shield, which Levi might not have the intelligence or muscle memory to do (I don't know much about the guy). Paul also has the Voice, but he has to observe and gain knowledge on people before he can command them to drop dead or anything, although he requires very little exposure. It's probably not something he's going to be able to pull off unless Levi likes to talk in a fight. In terms of of direct combat ability he scales to be superior to Duncan Idaho, who killed seventeen Sardaukar when he was ambushed, when Paul was fifteen. Duncan would lose 6/10 to Paul's other teacher, who Paul could stalemate in his youth. A Sardaukar is considered to be equivalent to ten soldiers from any other House, they are considered an insurmountable fighting force that would spell certain death for any House they attacked, although this probably only applies for overall combat utility in war and probably not direct combat. The Fremen are superior to the Sardaukar and Paul could stomp a powerful Fremen warrior when he was fifteen, who was described as fighting as a blur. Paul was fast enough that every time the guy tried to attack him he could use the Weirding Way to blitz behind him despite his blur speed, Paul couldn't finish the fight quickly because his shield honed reflexes meant he couldn't attack quickly (he learned how to fight without shields later), with the onlookers thinking Paul was tormenting the guy by evading his attacks, positioning himself for a kill-shot and then letting him slip away.
Anyway, realistically Paul would just outsmart him and kill him, if it comes to a direct fight he can rely on his shield and shoot Levi when he initially fails to bypass the shield if he has all his gear.
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