Phaedon wrote...
Give it to them as what it is, a Collector Base. And let them scheme all they want when they realize the truth. But if they can produce anything you bet they will. They produced the Thanix Cannon thinking that Sovereign was a Geth Dreadnaught anyway.
I'm sure they could produce something significant. But if they don't believe in the reapers, what will they do with it? Will they just allow the base to sit behind mountains of red tape? Will they fret over who gets what technology?
I don't expect them to realize the truth until the reapers kick their doors in.
The Council has already hindered Shepard at every step before, I don't expect them to stop now.
And therefore, giving the CB to Cerberus would make it harmless for the Reapers, but very harmful to everyone else, should you save the galaxy.
Cerberus is not the sole beneficiary of whatever it develops. That technology goes to the Alliance, because they represent humanity's power in the galaxy.
I don't care if the Alliance builds a dreadnaught if they remain allies with the aliens. But I doubt they can.
Are you suggesting that the Alliance getting better technology would suddenly drive allies? Why? That is assuming information on upgrades are made public.
Yeah, but it is possible that he is considering it. I am just sayin'.
And I'm just saying it makes no sense, so I don't think there is a point to talking about it.
What exactly could they gain, if even a single Reaper wouldn't be enough?
As I said previously, Cerberus would not be the sole beneficiary.
It is possible however, that the organic component is so big, that for a Reaper to be usable without it, would require redesign. That's how spacecraft design works, you can't just strip parts and expect them to work the same.
Considering a reaper flagship is merely a fantasy of mine, this isn't a problem.
Why would TIM care about the other races? Why wouldn't he just spend all of his powers defending Earth? Or what if TIM waits until the aliens are weak enough before rescuing them?
That seems like a silly question to ask. Here is another silly one: why would Shepard care about the other races?
The answer: because having allies in a war improves your chances of success.
Do you think TIM is blind to this? Do you think TIM believes allowing the reapers to pick off each race one at a time is a good idea? I don't.
Waiting until the aliens are weak would just mean less allies to help humanity survive.
If you think TIM can't see the value of allies then you're not looking at him realistically I think.
It definitely isn't magic, but we don't have enough time. We have yet to reproduce a mass relay, like the Protheans. Shouldn't Reapers be more complex?
Unlike the protheans we have a relatively intact base used for reaper construction to go through.
If the protheans had access to a mass relay factory I doubt it would have taken nearly as long for them. And remember that the mass relays are specifically designed to be used but not understood.