Well, Darkleer did kind of smash the ectobiology machine thing by accident... and i'm pretty much the only one besides a few others that have actually managed to scale the echeladder to the top and complete all my quests. Trolls from our Alternia just aren't nearly as experienced fighters as you guys are now-- I handled it no sweat, because I'm used to this kind of stuff, but trolls like Disciple and Signless just weren't used to anything more dangerous than the occasional tame game of flarp amongst friends.
Not to mention Signless is a pacifist.