jbblue05 wrote...
Its likely their are no indoctrinated devices the CB.
Based on what? Every single Reaper-tech facility or ruin that we have heard of to date had indoctrination tech built into it. Why would this one be different?
If their were dragon's teeth in the CB TIM would have them destroyed or avoided
Dragon's teeth are for making husks. They are not the only indoctrination tech we have seen.
if something goes wrong with the base it can always be destroyed later. And that's IF something goes wrong.
How? If the base is recaptured by the Collectors and your forces defending it wiped out, probably with active help from the booby trapped base itself, how can we possibly be sure of getting a second chance to destroy it? And when was anyone EVER able to investigate active Reaper facilities without something truly abominable and deadly going wrong?
With the stake of trillions of lives are at risk you have to whatever you can to gain an advantage, you need a plan not a bunch of sliippery slopes and second-guessing.
It is not second guessing to analyze the risks and their odds of happening and compare them to the potential rewards and your chances of realizing those rewards. That is just responsible risk analysis. If the risks outweigh the rewards, then it is in your best interest NOT to proceed.
Even with the losses at the Derelict Reaper it was stilll a Success the Cerberus team recovered the IFF for Shepard.
Really? That IFF itself was booby trapped. It disabled the first ship they hooked it to, even AFTER they took measures to try to make it safe, and then it called for retrieval by the Collectors who showed up and carted off nearly every single crew member for gooification. The only reason it wasn't a complete disaster is that SR2 had an illegal AI aboard and Joker was desperate enough to unshackle it and give it complete control of the ship. But you see the pattern I hope. A 37 million year old DEAD Reaper and it still had active indoctrination up and running; and the one and only item of useful tech taken from that dead Reaper was itself booby trapped to screw over the first fool who tried to use it. Booby traps within booby traps; contingencies for their backup plans; every diabolical precaution taken to prevent anyone turning their own tech against them. That is what we have every reason to expect to find on the CB, except it should be MUCH worse.Because this time we are not talking about a 37 million old derelict but an active and fully maintained Reaper reproductive plant, the single most important kind of facility there is when it comes to Reapers continuing their own race.
Modifié par Pro_Consul, 11 février 2011 - 08:02 .