I can see why Saren would be able to storm the citadel with a geth army coming through a previously unheard of backdoor (Conduit) in the chaos of a battle outside, but why was the Citadel Fleet losing so badly to the Geth? They had been forewarned, had prepared specifically to face the Geth Fleet. It was the best thing the Council did in response to what Shepard uncovered.
Its not like Sovereign helped much. It just charged in, ramming a couple of cruisers out of its way, and then went about ASSUMING DIRECT CONTROL. The Citadel Fleet was clearly losing even before it came into the picture.
Why did the Citadel Fleet Get Its Ass Kicked?
Débuté par
FalconX2000
, mars 02 2012 11:35
Retour en haut
#2
Posté 02 mars 2012 - 08:49
faeriehunter
-
- Members
- 67 messages
The game doesn't give an explanation, but I have a theory about what happened.
The Council would expect any geth fleet to come from the Perseus Veil, beyond the Terminus Systems. Therefore they'd position the majority of their own ships at strategic positions (read: mass relays) on the border between Citadel space and the Terminus Systems, to catch attackers before they can penetrate further into Citadel space. Unfortunately, less than 1 percent of the galaxy has been explored, and as a result there are many mass relays that the Coucil races have yet to discover. As a Reaper Sovereign doesn't have this problem. Since the Reapers built the mass relays, they'd know the location of almost all of them (the knocked-out-of-position Mu relay being a rare exception).
It is my belief that Sovereign led the geth fleet through one or more mass relays unknown to the Council races, bypassing the majority of the ships the Council sent to guard against a geth attack, leaving only the fleet stationed at the Citadel itself. That fleet, at the heart of Council territory, was caught completely off guard when a full fleet of enemy ships appeared without warning, and was decimated before it could even assume a battle formation.
If my theory is true then the whole thing would have been very similar to what happened at Pearl Harbour.
The Council would expect any geth fleet to come from the Perseus Veil, beyond the Terminus Systems. Therefore they'd position the majority of their own ships at strategic positions (read: mass relays) on the border between Citadel space and the Terminus Systems, to catch attackers before they can penetrate further into Citadel space. Unfortunately, less than 1 percent of the galaxy has been explored, and as a result there are many mass relays that the Coucil races have yet to discover. As a Reaper Sovereign doesn't have this problem. Since the Reapers built the mass relays, they'd know the location of almost all of them (the knocked-out-of-position Mu relay being a rare exception).
It is my belief that Sovereign led the geth fleet through one or more mass relays unknown to the Council races, bypassing the majority of the ships the Council sent to guard against a geth attack, leaving only the fleet stationed at the Citadel itself. That fleet, at the heart of Council territory, was caught completely off guard when a full fleet of enemy ships appeared without warning, and was decimated before it could even assume a battle formation.
If my theory is true then the whole thing would have been very similar to what happened at Pearl Harbour.
#3
Posté 07 mars 2012 - 02:00
FalconX2000
-
- Members
- 3 messages
Huh. That sounds very plausible. Thanks.
