User blog comment:Markim99/PE Proposal:General Scales/@comment-1396848-20200103043135

Id give a weak yes. While not quite as heinous as Andross or the Aparoid Queen from Assault. He still goes all out with the limited resources at his disposal. Compared to the other two above-mentioned villains who has far greater technology, armies, and magic powers in the Queens case. Scales and the Sharpclaw have only basic weaponry and a few spaceships resembling hovercrafts.

Although a tough choice, the reason Im leaning towards yes is due to the fact that he managed to achieve, (Disclaimer: we have quite a rapsheet here). 1. (Planetary Seperation/Destruction threatening to affect the entire Lylat System), 2. (Attempted or threatened Genocide on at least two races, 3. (Cold Blooded Torture), 4. (Mass Murder of opposing Armies),  (Enslavement of an entire tribe {Snowhorn} by threatening to wipe them out if they resisted), 5. (Cruel Experimentation on several Dinosaur Prisoners to convert them into Bio-Weapons), 6. ( Abuse of his own men even using them as human shields against Fox). Despite being empowered by Andross, Scales seemed unaware of the Ape up until his death at the very end, and had his own agenda to plot the atrocities outside of Andross command. Similar to the relationship of Zant and Ganondorf in Legend Of Zelda Twilight Princess.