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[ninsegtari]

I heard a news report about the Alliance fleet making a stop at Ilos, where Citadel archeologists were studying the ruins.

It seems strange that they would send the fleet into the Terminus Systems when the council was so concerned about starting a war in the first game.

[Zeus_Deus]

Maybe the Alliance has been emboldened after getting a human on the council / a human lead council / an all human council.

[CARL_DF90]

That was then but now things are different now that Humanity has a place in the galaxy. "Walk softly but carry a big stick."

[Inquisitor Recon]

Carl is right. If those damn batarian try something they will get a well deserved ass-kicking.

[KenLyns]

When you have a whole planet's worth of functional Prothean technology...

[Mr. MannlyMan]

They weren't going to start a war over a few dozen human colonies...

[MarkieeAi]

Well since Shepard have almost killed every Merc in the Terminus System, I don't think a war is an issue anymore xD

[Quething]

KenLyns wrote...

When you have a whole planet's worth of functional Prothean technology...

Yeah, I'd say it's this. The Normandy was elected for the Eden Prime mission because secrecy was a big deal - one functioning prothean beacon was such a momentous find that some of the Terminus species might be willing to start a war with the Council over it, so the Alliance was trying to keep it quiet.

If the Terminus species (less powerful and cohesive than the Council races on the whole, and therefore possessing greater incentive to avoid war) might risk sending ships into Council space for just the Beacon, it seems plausible the Council races would risk sending ships into the Terminus for a whole damn planet of potential Vigils and functioning prothean stasis pods full of preserved prothean corpses etc etc.

Besides, if they don't send something they're leaving a one-way back door into the vulnerable political heart of all Council civilization totally undefended in the middle of hostile territory.

[Quething]

Shandepared wrote...

Maybe the Council's fears were just a cover-story so that they could let the geth hammer at humanity, weakening a political rival.

I wouldn't necessarily put that past the salarian or asari members - I suspect a lot of Council decisions "for the good of Council space" are actually for the good of the three Council races, the whole authority-without-representation setup should be just as abhorrent to a Paragon who believes in galactic unity as it is for a Renegade who believes in human dominance - but that turian douchebag doesn't strike me as the type to swallow his pride for the sake of deceit. Admitting to a fear he doesn't feel when he could instead be rubbing your face in the fact that he simply has no interest in helping you and there's nothing you can do about it?

Modifié par Quething, 25 septembre 2010 - 07:42 .

[THIS.HURTS.YOU]

The Council has NO CHOICE but to have a military presence on Ilos thanks to the Conduit. It's just as important for them to control Ilos and its surrounding system than it is for them to have a fleet patrolling the Serprent Nebula (Citadel).

[Killjoy Cutter]

A) The Conduit and the Prothean technology leave the Council races with little choice but to seize and fortify Ilos, and the Terminus Systems can "go suck an egg" at that point.



The Council can give Shepherd all the grief they want, the list of things they owe him for now also includes crippling the three largest merc organizations in the Terminus.

[Megaton_Hope]

Quething wrote...

If the Terminus species (less powerful and cohesive than the Council races on the whole, and therefore possessing greater incentive to avoid war) might risk sending ships into Council space for just the Beacon, it seems plausible the Council races would risk sending ships into the Terminus for a whole damn planet of potential Vigils and functioning prothean stasis pods full of preserved prothean corpses etc etc.

A minor quibble, but Eden Prime (and Terra Nova) abut the Terminus Systems, which the Council remind you of at the beginning of the first game. Humans settle risky territory because they're eager to expand.

The Terminus Scum do definitely have the incentive to swarm an uninhabited world full of Prothean relics, however. Vigil's power cells that lasted him for tens of thousands of years alone would be worth the trip.