Yes, I recall feeling that the century of torture was way, waaaay over the top. I got the feeling that part was written by someone that did try to realise what a hundred years of torture would do to someone. I got the impression of the writer trying to exaggerate and thereby loosing all credibility ('well, my spaceship can fly at six times the speed of light'). In other words: bad, unthoughtful writing. Not the only example of that, in this game.
