Isn't it plausible to say that the race that created the mass relays might have had other technology that they didn't leave behind for the other races to use? Everything left behind was to force other races to develop along the path they desired.
I still believe the crucible was just a giant USB key with a virus on it to give root access to whomever was able to deliver it to the citadel.
Depending on how well the Crucible was constructed (based on resource level) opened up the synthesis dialog during the end game. I personally think synthesis should have only been an option to someone who brokered peace between the Quarians and the Geth along with the high enough resource level requirement.
If you take the three options at face value and do not read any nefarious intent, the starchild life form (synthetic right?) believes that the merger of organic and synthetic life is the ultimate apex of evolution in the galaxy. One that removes the chaos created between the organics and their maligned synthetic offspring due to their new shared heritage.
Some background...
My Shepard gave the Geth the benefit of the doubt when Legion became part of his crew. Legion explained to Shepard that the (good) Geth wanted to find their destiny and try to co-exist with everyone else. The Quarians were the ones who kept hunting them down, instigating war with the Geth because they refused to acknowledge their creations had evolved. The visit to the Geth fighter base and the VR trip showing the Geth collective memory filled in how the Quarians leadership became scared and attempted to exterminate the Geth. My paragon Shepard saw the injustice of what the Quarians did to the Geth and decided going forward that in order to save the galaxy from the Reapers, the Quarians and the Geth needed to make peace.
So, that is my reason why I chose synthesis versus control or destruction.
Now, if I tried to make an explaination work, I'd say that the cruicible provided new programming to the citadel and the starchild. The cruicble itself was an amplifier and antenna. Lets say that the shockwave sent is some form of radiation that can also be used for communication, genetic reprogramming or just plain EMP-like capability. (Maybe different forms of radiation for each - radio waves are technically radiation, right?)
In control, Shepard becomes the starchild and is now the keeper of galactic order. The reaper abort code is sent through the mass relay network, the citadel closes up shop and probably heads off to dark space with the reapers. End of story.
In the destroy or synthesis scenario, the release of the signal is so great and consumes all of the power in the citadel that it causes it explode. The signal is sent to the mass relay. In that signal is programming to the mass relay to reconfigure itself to use its large eezo core to boost the signal and broadcast it to the next link in the relay network as well is send out the shockwave like the citadel. This results in the destruction of the relay in destroy or synthesis.
The EMP we can try to explain away, but why it only affects sentient life is something to ponder.
Synthesis requires that leap of faith to say that Shepard's hybrid construction becomes a basic template for the energy pattern sent by the citadel. How it does its feat of genetic engineering is proprietary
but somehow everything organic is just a little different. I can't explain what it does to EDI or the Reapers, maybe nothing, do they get some organic attributes or do they gain something organic in their intelligence? Whatever it is, it causes the Reapers to disengage and leave Earth. Maybe with the evolution, their work is done.
I did not have a problem with the ending. I think synthesis without any evil motives was a belief that it was time for life in the galaxy to get beyond the whole man-versus-machine thing. Hell, even alien-to-alien. All the races now have something in common and maybe that will help them be a little better... (yeah, right!)
My hope is that the add-on for ME3 will touch on some of the motivations that clear up some of the discontinuity, like why the Normandy fled the Sol system (probably when it was reported that the team racing for the conduit was dead - Hackett ordered the Normandy to escape the Sol system as a strategic retreat in order to go to Plan B or something? How many other ships were in transit when the pulse was sent through the relay network?
Also, if Normandy fell out of the relay network along the way and didn't make it to the end point, they ended up in a star system outside of the relay network! That could be problematic since it would take a long time at FTL to get anywhere, assuming they could repair the ship and knew where they were.
All sorts of possibilities and questions, but not every game or book or movie wraps up the loose ends.
Enough ranting for now.
Modifié par TheArcader, 09 avril 2012 - 11:32 .
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Look up Clarke Orbit and the Clarke Belt.
