Eternal... Infinite... Immortal... High risk, incredible effort, ultimate self-sacrifice, and unfathomable responsibility. This is what Control ending about. Surrender everything you are to the Catalyst to change its personality, and force it to think like you. Some of you might wonder why? The original Catalyst already tried everything but Synthesis to find the solution. It even admitted that Cycled Harvests were only temporary solution, which eventually became obsolete. What will change with the new Catalyst?... This is the question only you can answer, dear reader. Because everything depends on who was your Shepard as a human being.
The risk of restarting the Cycles remains, but not because "power corrupts" - power can't corrupt an AI program. The risk remains because, and only because your Catalyst may find Cycled Harvests the best solution no matter even the original Catalyst disagrees... But great risk doesn't come without great rewards, so the other paths are open too. What would your Catalyst prefer? How is it planning to achieve its purpose? What will be the solution? Eventually, the Catalyst will have to choose between four options:
Apply Synthesis. This is still possible. Crucible is in place, Shepard's essence was already harvested, Citadel is intact, and Mass Relays were repaired. Everything Catalyst needs is to recharge the Crucible. Why apply Synthesis later? Because Catalyst gained a chance to study it, and prepare galactic civilization, so Synthesis will be applied in much more constructive manner.
Remain as a guardian. Act as some kind of galactic overseer, always interfering with galactic civilization development, and preventing all major conflicts. Why not? This can be done forever, even through galactic civilization and the Reapers will stagnate.
Restart the Cycled Harvests. This is one of the most effective solutions that was tried on practice and proved itself as being valid. It might be not obsolete. What does your Catalyst think about it?
Go away and never come back. Why should anyone bother protecting galactic civilizations at all? Let them develop themselves, and if they destroy themselves in the process - then so be it. It would be their own fault... Pitiful fools.
The least trusted, and almost the most hated ending, the Control remains the most varied as well. Control has much more possible outcomes than any other ending, and it's the only ending that strongly depends on Shepard's personality.
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Edited by Seival, 21 January 2013 - 10:06 PM.
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Except TIM was wrong. He would have used it for evil.
