whywhywhywhy wrote...
Siansonea II wrote...
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Sincerely, Commander Shepard
Here's the problem with your "theory" letter that I see, Shepard would never write this letter. This letter would be written by a operative Shepard or commander Shepard but not 1st human Spectre Shepard. The first human Spectre Commander Shepard after defeating sovereign knew the Reaper threat was still a problem. He vowed to the council he was going to find a way to stop them and walked off, he didn't ask permission. Now from here the bad writing for the game retrofit to accommodate the addition of traditional fps gameplay plagued me2. The direct reaper threat is gone until they released the arrival dlc, it makes no sense but we have to work with it.
Shepard was sent to finish off the heretic geth I think because of the nature of synthetics they do pose a threat but someone else should have ben tasked to deal with it. Nevertheless our hero finds himself dying then waking up in the middle of a attack. Now here's where your view starts to break down, the likelihood of surviving reentry into a planet atmosphere with only a spacesuit is nil. While unbelievable Cerberus claims of rebuilding you makes more sense then you just surviving.
We have to know they at least did something to him good or bad you have no idea what they did to Shepard or put in him. So Sheperd bides his time he hears the story of Cerberus bring him back and immediately asks about his crew. Now while you ignored this, it tells me he doesn't exactly believe them but if anyone can get Shepard back up to speed on what's what is his crew. Shepard bides his time, why ? Because it's sound strategy to keep your enemies closer, I hated Cerberus and if Shepard hates Cerberus why would he flip out ? A surprise attack is a lot effective then one that kicks open the guarded front door.
If they are telling the truth about the collectors then you view it as the enemy of my enemies is my friend. At the moment he has no resources to get it done himself. Despite all this the first thing my Shepard does is visit the Citadel and the council reinstates my Spectre status. And that Scanner in the Citadel the one that says Shepard's dead kind of makes Cerberus a little more believable. And helps us realize that he might not have any control hardware installed in him. Now Shepard can start planning his attack if we were allowed to attack. But saving the colonies comes first and the Alliance doesn't seem to be of much help. Hackett is the only one who's reliable and he doesn't care about Cerberus only getting the job done.
Your letter shows a interesting belief you think because the council(old especially) will help if they knew the human colonies were under attack. Last time you presented them proof they only made you a spectre to solve the problem and this time when you come to them they reinstate your Spectre status and tell you to stay within the terminus
systems, that anywhere closer would be "problematic." The council doesn't care because they don't want to believe in the reaper threat. They have pieces of sovereign and it's written off as advance geth tech, they don't care or
don't want to care. Shepard wouldn't sit around and wait for approval.
Shepard doesn't know which way is up, and he's in the constant company of an organization that has a vested interest in keeping the flow of information under tight control. Why wouldn't Shepard reach out to the Council and the Alliance before jumping into bed with Cerberus? And it's really only the Turian Councilor who has a problem with Shepard, the Asari Councilor almost always sides with Shepard, and the Salarian Councilor is pretty impartial from what I can tell.
Anderson says that it might be Cerberus behind the attacks on the colony. Cerberus doesn't get a free pass but
if they are going to be attacked it shoud be on things they have actually commited. Ash is sent to verify it and again she failed her mission until Shepard saved her life so she could report back. Once that happens where were the alliance troops to help hunt the collectors ? One ship ? No, not 1 ship was sent.
Despite this, on horizon the VS doesn't care about anything that's happen to you only how it affects them. Then the moment you mention Cerberus that the effective end of the conversation, why ? Because the VS, especially Ashley cares more about their careers then they do the reaper threat. If they didn't they would have asked more questions or taken you in custody, because we know Cerberus does nasty experiments. (Maybe Hackett's order prevents this but that also should say something in shepard's favor)
Your whole argument is very Shepard-centric. The VS has VERY good reason to doubt Cerberus. It is extremely out of character for Cerberus to be doing anything altruistic. Hello, Akuze? Edolus? Admiral Kahoku? Corporal Toombs? And that's just the stuff the VS and Shepard know about at that point. Cerberus aren't misunderstood, they're awful, pure and simple, and the VS deserves an explanation from Shepard, but instead gets a very bland greeting "How've you been? It's been too long." It's silly that Shepard can be so blasé about working with the enemy. The VS is understandably skeptical.
The VS heard rumors the extent of which we don't know but everything that was said to the VS was accepted as truth(Imagine how the alliance record the information) about Shepard. If Ash can't ask the questions she doesn't deserve the answers, remember the "2 year memory gap" that makes Shepard's requirement for the burden of proof a contradiction. How can he tell them what he doesn't know ? And what he does know She/he won't listen to.
"Amnesia" sounds like BS, you have to admit. And "resurrection" sounds like BS on steroids. You expect everyone to believe everything Shepard says, like they can see the words "Player Character Protagonist" tattooed on his forehead. Shepard's just a man (or woman), and when a man or woman I know says something that doesn't make sense, it makes me question them. I don't care who they were two years ago, if they're making preposterous claims, I still need evidence. And when Shepard casually invites the VS to abandon the Alliance and join Shepard, I'm surprised the VS didn't just stare at Shepard in disbelief. Akuze, Edolus, Admiral Kahoku, Corporal Toombs. Join them, Shepard? What are you smoking?
Something, more then what happened should have happened. I mean if you romanced them you get a apologetic email...you can't retore the trust so easily after that.
It just boggles my mind that anyone can think that the VS is the bad guy in this situation. All they did was tell the truth as they saw it. They didn't give Shepard a chance to explain? I'm pretty sure they did, and Shepard's responses were along the lines of "herp durp Cerberus not so bad, yo" and the VS is understandably unconvinced. Of course they couldn't arrest Shepard, Horizon is in the Terminus Systems after all, but there's no way the VS is just going to buy Shepard's laundry list of improbabilities "for old times' sake".
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