Before I start my question, be aware this post contains major spoilers!
You have been warned!
Once you free Legion from the Geth Dreadnought and you head to Rannoch's surface to fight the Reaper hidden underground, it's revealed that Legion still contains Reaper-upgraded code to empower the Geth to finally allow individuality and break away from the collective thinking they required before. This makes the Geth fleet that's actively engaged with the Quarian Flotilla vulnerable. And the Quarian Admirals shout to press this advantage.
This then set's up a sequence where Legion decides to upload this Reaper code into the rest of the Geth fleet so they can defend themselves.
You are then given two standard (not red or blue) choices:
Paragon -> Allow Legion to upload the code
Renegade -> stop the upload
if you choose the paragon choice, Tali beg's you not to do it and Legion counter argues by saying that the Quarians have now TWICE started a war with the Geth..all of which was caused by a single Geth long ago asking "does this unit have a soul?"
You are presented the choice a second time :
Paragon -> allow the upload
Renegade -> Stop the upload
If you choose the Paragon choice (allow the upload) for the second time, the Geth fleet masacres the entire Quarian flotilla. Tali then commits suicide. (you are given a Paragon interupt [right mouse click] to save her, but you fail 100% of the time and she dies anyway)
My question is this: How is it that the PARAGON choice ends with the betrayal of your long term friend Tali and the extinction the Quarian race? That doesn't make any sense.
This sounds more like result in line with a renegade choice to me. Considering it was a renegade choice in ME2 to awaken Legion to begin with.
Does anyone have any thoughts on this? It seems really, awkward and ridiculously shocking for a Paragon Shepard to indirectly commit extinction-level genocide.
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UPDATE!!!!!! 2nd PLAY THROUGH RESULTS!
*note updated to fix numerous formatting problems*
Yes this is a relatively old topic, but I'm the one who started it so I can revive it
I did find a solution to my problem though for those who wish to read!*MORE SPOILERS AHEAD, DO NOT READ!!!!!!!!*
Anyway, on my second play through, I discovered that I was ABLE to get the options for peace (meaning you actually see the blue paragon/red renegade options on the left hand side of the dialog wheel), where as my previous post mentioned that I only got the two standard (right hand side of the dialog wheel) options that forced you to choose between the geth or the quarians.
Here is what I did:
ME2 - renegade path (over 3/4's renegade)
hugged Tali aboard the geth-hijacked shipTail NOT exiledDo NOT reveal what Tali's father was doing
used blue/red responses (not standard) to broker a 'deal' between Tali and Legion during confrontation
rewrote geth heretics
ME3
Fullreputation bar (20% paragon/80% renegade)after destroing dreadnought: support garrel (don't punch him or use the renegade interupt)
when Xen suggestions examining Legion, used renegade choices (support Xen, Shepard says 'lets wait' though"
Support Garrel when he asks for cover for the heavy fleet from Raan and the liveships.
when legion shares what a reaper ai looks like: scold him (renegade interupt)
xen vs tali about saving pods or salvaging geth dreadnought: side with xen and salvage the dreadnought (grants 45 war assets, supporting tali grants none)
save admiral korisdestroy geth fighters
when Legion reveals he has reaper code, use the paragon ("It's understandable, Legion") option.
(during the last rannoch mission, you'll notice chages in dialog based on these choices. One will be that fighters are few, and that Raan will actually go on the offensive with the Civilian fleet instead of requesting them hold back)
told legion to upload the code
blue paragon/red renegade options appeared - both created peace between geth and quarian.
I hope this helps equally lost people during the Rannoch missions. I know my initial outcome was damned unexpected!!!
Edited by djspectre, 20 April 2012 - 10:20 PM.
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