Right. Hackett.
I already said about the Systems Alliance becoming the de facto leader of humanity, with their cast resources and their convenient premature desire to build an intergalactic army. The key thing being that war was a catalyst for a shift in power.
Much of this comes from Codex entries. Do you remember Admiral Mikhailovich? He is the guy who demands to inspect your ship early in ME1. It is revealed that his fleet suffered the fewest losses, and supported the Fifth Fleet (Hackett's) in the ME1 Citadel battle. Both of these gain the most post-ME1 with their subsequent promotions.
In ME3, the First Fleet is decimated during the surprise attack on Arcturus Station by the Reapers. Remember, this station is the house of the Systems Alliance Parliament set up once the SA became a seriously powerful government in itself. However, the Third Fleet is said to have already pulled back to an ideal firing position when the Reapers arrive (?).
The Fifth Fleet, Hackett's fleet , is said to be tasked with protecting Arcturus Station. However, it is not destroyed, while other fleets are. More pressingly, the codex actually says that Hackett sacrificed the 2nd fleet so that the 3rd and 5th could survive. Is this really the action of a hero? The 2nd fleet by the way was the one that saved Shanxi from the Turians.
Meanawhile, the fourth fleet, guarding Earth, is decimated, despite advance warning of the attack. So, Hackett's fleet and his alarmingly well-prepared allies in the 3rd fleet survive, while all other fleets are destroyed.
Note that Anderson remarks that the Reapers couldn't be here already at the beginning of Vancouver. So why is he surprised? Did the forces at Arcturus not really put up the fight they were expected to put up? Why does Anderson say this?
The consequence of all this is that Hackett becomes the de facto leader of humanity, and the person in charge of defending Earth. What does he do? Immediately reinstates Shepard and asks her to go to Mars to look for something.
Huh? This is just odd. He's already got a plan to abandon Earth, draw humanity's resources away from Earth, and bide time for... what? Just hoping that his own forces will magically find a ginat spacegun?
But... that's exactly what happened. Hackett is prescient? Liara also reveals that it was Hackett who ordered her to Mars and gave her security clearance to search there.
What is going on. Is all of this really coincedence or bad writing?
Hackett appears to have engineered himself into being the leader of humanity, and via Shepard, the galaxy. Even in the Low EMS ending, his ship appears to have survived while others were vaporised. Where did he go? How was he so far away that his ship wasn't obliterated?
In the meantime he's been sitting pretty, minding over the Crucible construction. He then sends everybody to Earth, and makes it clear that the only concern is getting the Citadel doors open. During this whole mission exposition, we see warning signs intentionally uncovered between Shepard and Hackett. Shepard expected the assault to be on the Citadel, and is positively surprised when Hackett tells her to head to Earth instead.
We then see a brief red hologram of the Reaper monument on Earth, and are told that it's a beam that goes to the Citadel. In not one of the cutscenes do we see any beam between the Citadel and Earth. And even if they somehow know that the beam does come from the Citadel, how does Anderson possibly know that people can travel up that beam to get onto the Citadel? Why would he not assume anyone who tried would be reduced to Reaper mush?
There are two (maybe more) possible consequences if what I'm saying about Hackett turns out to be true. One is simply that he's pushing for control of the galaxy once the Reapers have been wiped out. But a much darker explanation is that he is already indoctrinated, and is in fact assisting th Reapers by sending most of the galaxy, including their #1 target, Shepard, to Earth for the harvest. It could mean that Shepard is sent on a Charge of the Light Brigade to speed up the decimatin of the galactic forces, and to speed up Shepard's indoctrination by heading straight for a huge Reaper artifact.
It paints the depressingly dark scenario that the war is already lost, and all Shepard can do is avoid indoctrination. If she can even manage that. The ending might just imply what kind of form Shepard can take - fighter (Destroy), AI (control) or new Reaper (Synthesis).
Modifié par Davik Kang, 24 octobre 2012 - 09:07 .
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