jtav wrote...
All dictators fall, and the fact that even the worst version is still not going to be restarting the cycle gives some hope here. The Reapers can only be active for a few centuries before having to go back into hibernation. If she can lay the groundwork, her successors might win. But regardless, I think she'd see the Reapers as something to oppose on principle.
They
don't
have to. They just do because 50,000 years is a long time, even for a Reaper and hey, what else are you gonna do in dark space? I know they mention some crap about conserving energy, but even if that's true it only applies in dark space.
If they're not in dark space I'm pretty sure Reapers can function indefinitely.
And that's not taking into account all the advancing they'd do in control.
Fascist rule by the control entity isn't going to happen anymore than any of us would be fascist towards insects, but for the sake of argument, if it did, it would be virtually unstoppable.
Anyway, onto other things, I'm not sure Miranda would reject control based on associations with her father. She would be wary of a trap though. It does seem mighty convenient that the master of the Reapers is just giving you his job.