Liara probably quit her job as a Shadow Broker. Something happened - Reapers, most likely - and her information net was disrupted. The people don't care about money anymore, they're fighting for their lives. Many left the systems occupied by the Reapers. Many are killed. She probably lost all her agents and is not in a position to recruit new ones. Without her agents, she can't be a broker anymore.
The same thing wouldn't happen to TIM, simply because his agents are working for the idea, and not for money. What is the best time to help humanity than now, when the Reapers are tearing the Earth apart? Or perhaps he has access to indoctrination devices, which he uses to secure his agents' loyalty and his soldiers' obedience...which is more likely, given what we saw.
If we assume that Liara is still doubling as a SB, then we have a contradiction. She refused to follow Shepard in ME2 precisely for the reason that she wanted to work as a SB, instead. If she's in his squad now, while working as a SB, then her excuse in ME2 loses all meaning. Why couldn't she do it from the very beginning?
She couldn't, most likely. It's mentioned how exhausting the job is. She falls asleep at the desk. It takes ALL of her time and effort, and still it's not enough. Her brain capacity is simply not sufficient enough to handle the flux of intel. She can't sort out what's important and what's not. I bet she quit because she couldn't handle it, and not because of her net being disrupted by the invasion.
And who could blame her? The previous SB was an exceptional individual of a rare species, we don't know the borders of his mental resources. Maybe he was precisely suited for this kind of job, biologically. Barla Von expresses disbelief that one person can handle this kind of job, and he is convinced that it's a group. It gives us an idea just how much must be put into this job simply to keep it up.
There's a reason why TIM kept the number of his projects strictly limited, and why they sometimes got out of hand before he could react. It's either be constantly connected to everything and lose yourself in the miniscule details or you'd have to delegate things to your subordinates and trust their competence, just to ensure your own sanity and to keep the bigger picture in mind.
Realistically, I don't think an average organic could handle SB job. Especially not while being a part of Shepard's squad. I think an AI could do this so much better.
Modifié par laecraft, 05 juillet 2011 - 07:55 .
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