Tazzmission wrote...
well look at saren. whats the year gap when he got indoctrinated between the novel and the first game? also for all we know the person in the new dlc couldve had that artifact longer before it became public knowledge
I never read the novels, so I can't comment on Saren before ME1.
My question is concerning the person being indoctrinated once near a certain object. According to IGN, until Shepard is escorted to the facility containing the object, this person is acting "normal." Once near the object, the person and her team ambush Shepard. But that makes no sense! How could she even know Shepard would come to rescue her? Is she psychic? And even assuming she somehow knew, why would she tell him the reapers' plans before the ambush takes place?
Again, maybe our knowledge of the nature of indoctrination is incomplete. That's been alluded to at different points (Virmire). But the indoctrination has never seemed to depend on closeness to the source. Once it takes hold, it seems to stay with a person no matter where they go. Basically, it scrambles your brain. Even Benezia, regarded as extremely strong-willed, could only hold off the effects for mere moments; a single conversation.