Sisterofshane wrote...
Lotion Soronnar wrote...
Sisterofshane wrote...
I have to point this out again - what exactly is the probablility that we will find what we need within such a short time frame?
what time frame? Shep doesn't know when the reapers will arrive when the decision happens. It could be motnhs..it could be years.
We don't know. But we have to try anyway.
No, we cannot say what we will find nor how long will it take. We may find something incredible within weeks...or not.
You'll never know if you don't try.. and you're unlikely to win if you don't use every resource at your disposal.
The point is practicality. How much did we gain from Sovereign? According to you, not enough to win the war. What did we get from the derelict reaper? An IFF. That's it. All of these things took a significant amount of time to research and develop relative to their usefulness.
And is it more likely that we will find crucial knowledge about the Reapers on the collector base, or crucial knowledge on the collectors (who are no longer a threat)?
Besides, in a few of my playthroughs, I play arrival before I play SM (totally possible). In arrival Shep learns that, not only have they been travelling to the Milky Way Galaxy, but they are (close enough to say that they are) already here. From The Alpha Relay, we can imagine that it doesn't take too much longer for them to reach the other systems. One, maybe two years, tops.
Sovereign was badly mangled and very little of it was recovered. And the Thanix cannon is a powerfull weapon.
Derelict reaper? We don't know what else the scientist found while they were searhcing for the IFF. and the IFF came in very handy.
On the CB? Both. a reaper was buing built there. You are bound to find a LOT of info about X in a factory that builds X.
Arrival canonicly takes place after the SM. You can play it before, yes...but you really shouldn't.
Evne then..two years can be plenty of time if used properly.
While Harby could have possibly wiped data, teh machienery and the HR remain. Those are great source of knowledge.
As for re-fitting. Cerberus isn't going to be doing that. Alliance and alien shipyards will be doing that. Ther's nothing going to waste - lord knows there's no shortage of scientists.
New weapons? Researching new tech is directly applicable to better weapons.
Great source of knowledge, yes, if we have the time and resources to dedicate to studying such a MASSIVE vessel. Unless there are a few dozen EDI's floating around, this is going to take time, money, and people. A lot of them. (Remember how big collector ship was? Big enough to contain MILLIONS of humans. Collector base is MUCH BIGGER). I'm not saying it's impossible, it's just going to take a long (longer than the two years it took to develop EDI and Thannix from just pieces of Sovereign).
Focused research. Plus, the galaxy has billions and billions of humans and aliens. Scientists are not in short supply.
Again, you cannot sy how long it would take. Even something like an educated guess would be very hard to make.
And, it doesn't matter that Cerberus would not be doing the "re-fitting" themselves. They have the CREDITS to do it, and the money can be pushed around by TIM at will to whatever he sees fit, even to legitimate alliance/alien shipyards. In my opinion, it would be a better use of money to ensure that every ship going up to face the Reapers had Thannix cannons, then to search for a supposed Reaper "kill-switch".
The income of Cerberus is insignificant compared to the money the System Alliance has at it's disposal. The SA will build and retrofit their own ships. As will everyone else. They don't NEED Tim's money.
Not to mention that you can't just give money to the government and tell them to "use it for X" and expect it to really go there...
Cerberus should use it's money to do what it does best - intelligence gathering.
No, we don't know it. It is only my opinion, disagree with it if you want.
But I've based my opinion on what I've been able to see from TIM in the games (mind you, I haven't read the comics or books, but from what I've heard said it falls in line with my presumptions).
One, that TIM is very smart, and has a boat load of common sense when it comes to matters involving the application of time and money.
Two, that TIM has proven himself to be capable of manipulating people to reach his objectives.
Three, that TIM has flat out told me that he stands to gain something else from the base other then a Reaper defeat ( Direct quote: The Technology from that Base could have secured human dominance in the galaxy, from the Reapers and beyond. ~ TIM.)
And yes, hoping to defeat the Reapers through knowledge from the CB is wishful thinking. People here have said it before - they are clutching at straws to defeat the Reapers. Saving the CB is the last act (of the game) of a desperate Shep. I don't think TIM was that desperate, or he would have been infinitely more upset when Shep destroys it.
I love it how people take that line of TIM and read into it like mad..
And no, hoping to defet the reapers with the help of hte CB is not wishful lthinking. It's the most rational move avilable. Shep IS desperate..or at elast should be if he has any brains.
The reapers are coming. We have no way to really defeat them. yoiu got nothing.
Sehp spent all the time after ME1 searching for something...anything.
Then a trasure throve of knowledge falls into your lap. And you blow it up.
Why? Because TIM might be bad man and because possible human dominance is far worse that total galactic extinction:whistle:
xcuse me while I drop to the floor, laughing..and clutching my head in disbelief in the process.
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