Okay, reloaded the battle, and the Emperor did the same with a twist: Instead of lining up on my flanks, the Emperors' unit CIRCLED my entire formation once, and then withdrew his entire army in "parade" like fashion. After the battle, I checked our apparently strange emperor; He had several pro-battle skills, all increasing morale/valor. But he also had "Pride" and "Crack-Brained". But I thought such things as "crack-brained" had no other effects besides reduceing morale (besides, he had enough pro-morale virtues that he still had a positive morale modifier)? Is the computer role-playing the Emperor? If so, it's doing a better job then me .