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Was the Ending a Hallucination? - Indoctrination Theory Mark III!


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TJBartlemus wrote...

Quick question. Since the Keepers are the servants of the Reapers, and Saren was working with the Reapers...why does he kill the keepers he sees on his way to the control panel to activate the Citadel?


Because the Protheans altered them, and they no longer obeyed the signal to open the citadel.

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TJBartlemus wrote...

Quick question. Since the Keepers are the servants of the Reapers, and Saren was working with the Reapers...why does he kill the keepers he sees on his way to the control panel to activate the Citadel?


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No, probably because if they had responded to the Reaper signals they way they were supposed to, Saren wouldnt have had to go through all the trouble he went through to.

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byne wrote...

TJBartlemus wrote...

Quick question. Since the Keepers are the servants of the Reapers, and Saren was working with the Reapers...why does he kill the keepers he sees on his way to the control panel to activate the Citadel?


SAREN ANGRY!
SAREN SMASH!


No, probably because if they had responded to the Reaper signals they way they were supposed to, Saren wouldnt have had to go through all the trouble he went through to.

Or they just rebelled againt their creators and had to be eliminated. Posted Image

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TJBartlemus wrote...

Quick question. Since the Keepers are the servants of the Reapers, and Saren was working with the Reapers...why does he kill the keepers he sees on his way to the control panel to activate the Citadel?


Maybe just he was that crazy or maybe he knew from the reapers that the keepers had been altered so they wouldn't open the door for them to come. If you've been stuck in dark space for two years and you're a reaper who is basically a genius, you'd probably realize that the ones that open the gate (keepers) were tampered with in some way and perhaps killing them was just to assure they wouldn't somehow stop him at the console.

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TJBartlemus wrote...

Quick question. Since the Keepers are the servants of the Reapers, and Saren was working with the Reapers...why does he kill the keepers he sees on his way to the control panel to activate the Citadel?


It was one of the things Saren wanted to do before he died. jk:D

Though Saren could have been ordered to kill the Keep because our Reaper friends hated that their plans were ulted, so he told Saren to kill the Citadel tower Keep.

It would be cool, if the Keeper stated to commuicate to Shepard on this new area of the Citadel.

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Also maybe they wouldn't have allowed Saren to control the Citadel Relay. Btw, if the Citadel closes on itself that means the Reapers would have to pour out to the side on which the Crucible docks in ME3. How would they fly through the closed Citadel, I don't know. Otherwise, they would arrive inside the Citadel - probably an initial strike team to attack when the Citadel's been opened.

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Wait didn't the EC files on the Leviathan say that Leviathan can kick Shepard out of his mind. I think that could explain why we have the Breath scene at all, because Leviathan managed to kick Shepard out of harbingers mind.

Thoughts anyone?

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TJBartlemus wrote...

Quick question. Since the Keepers are the servants of the Reapers, and Saren was working with the Reapers...why does he kill the keepers he sees on his way to the control panel to activate the Citadel?


Because the Keepers have failed the Reapers and are in Sovereign's way for activating the Citadel relay.

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byne wrote...

TJBartlemus wrote...

Quick question. Since the Keepers are the servants of the Reapers, and Saren was working with the Reapers...why does he kill the keepers he sees on his way to the control panel to activate the Citadel?


SAREN ANGRY!
SAREN SMASH!


No, probably because if they had responded to the Reaper signals they way they were supposed to, Saren wouldnt have had to go through all the trouble he went through to.


I figured that it was a combination of a Kick the Dog moment and Fridge Brilliance when you realize that Saren was under Sovereign's control at that point, and he was expressing how Sovereign felt at that particular moment.  Let's just say I don't think Sovereign was happy with the Keepers. :)

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Wait didn't the EC files on the Leviathan say that Leviathan can kick Shepard out of his mind. I think that could explain why we have the Breath scene at all, because Leviathan managed to kick Shepard out of harbingers mind.


I thought it was because he choose destroy which caused them to lose total ability to manipulate him/her. He rejected their indoctrinate attempt and so they lost him and could no longer keep him. He was destroying them. How can you manipulate someone who is dead set to destroy you? If could have been leviathan but why wait so long? Wasn't leviathian supposedly flying around before shep was even hit. That documentary showed it in the background before shep was hit with the beam or it at least guessed that it was leviathan.

Yet didn't leviathan indoctrinate an entire colony and kill them or something? Wasn't that learned from Balik at some point after the earlier DLC he was in provided he survived.

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byne wrote...

TJBartlemus wrote...

Quick question. Since the Keepers are the servants of the Reapers, and Saren was working with the Reapers...why does he kill the keepers he sees on his way to the control panel to activate the Citadel?


SAREN ANGRY!
SAREN SMASH!


No, probably because if they had responded to the Reaper signals they way they were supposed to, Saren wouldnt have had to go through all the trouble he went through to.


But he didn't need to go through the trouble. Saren only needed the Conduit to get onto the Citadel because he betrayed the Council when he attacked Eden Prime to find the Conduit. If he had skipped the Conduit, he could have just walked right into the Citadel and called in the Reapers.As a specter he is allowed to go to the council room without permission or at least they wouldn't try to stop them. Once they noticed what he was doing they would question him but by then it would be too late to stop cause the Reapers would have come.

Also I was watching this over again and noticed something I didn't the first time. Major Coats is on the outside of the shuttle, and when the shuttle lands he teleports into the shuttle. That means that it wasn't reusing assets and dead set intentional use of the model. WTF. That also means the Citadel Coats is also intentional. (And literalist still think there's nothing wrong... <_<)

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masster blaster wrote...

Wait didn't the EC files on the Leviathan say that Leviathan can kick Shepard out of his mind. I think that could explain why we have the Breath scene at all, because Leviathan managed to kick Shepard out of harbingers mind.


I thought it was because he choose destroy which caused them to lose total ability to manipulate him/her. He rejected their indoctrinate attempt and so they lost him and could no longer keep him. He was destroying them. How can you manipulate someone who is dead set to destroy you? If could have been leviathan but why wait so long? Wasn't leviathian supposedly flying around before shep was even hit. That documentary showed it in the background before shep was hit with the beam or it at least guessed that it was leviathan.

Yet didn't leviathan indoctrinate an entire colony and kill them or something? Wasn't that learned from Balik at some point after the earlier DLC he was in provided he survived.


From what we know about Leviathan from the files, it has the power to realse Indoctinated agents so maybe.That's the reason why  Shepard wakes up in Destroy.

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TJBartlemus wrote...

byne wrote...

TJBartlemus wrote...

Quick question. Since the Keepers are the servants of the Reapers, and Saren was working with the Reapers...why does he kill the keepers he sees on his way to the control panel to activate the Citadel?


SAREN ANGRY!
SAREN SMASH!


No, probably because if they had responded to the Reaper signals they way they were supposed to, Saren wouldnt have had to go through all the trouble he went through to.


But he didn't need to go through the trouble. Saren only needed the Conduit to get onto the Citadel because he betrayed the Council when he attacked Eden Prime to find the Conduit. If he had skipped the Conduit, he could have just walked right into the Citadel and called in the Reapers.As a specter he is allowed to go to the council room without permission or at least they wouldn't try to stop them. Once they noticed what he was doing they would question him but by then it would be too late to stop cause the Reapers would have come.

Also I was watching this over again and noticed something I didn't the first time. Major Coats is on the outside of the shuttle, and when the shuttle lands he teleports into the shuttle. That means that it wasn't reusing assets and dead set intentional use of the model. WTF. That also means the Citadel Coats is also intentional. (And literalist still think there's nothing wrong... <_<)

Sovereign had to directly interact with the Citadel in order to override the Keeper signal. Saren's (Sovereign)  plan required a ground force to suppress Citadel forces and keep the arms open long enough for Sovereign to do so, as well as the Geth fleet to keep the Citadel fleet busy. So no, even if Saren could have waltzed into the Council room and accessed the control panel without suspicion (which is a big assumption on its own), it would've accomplished nothing.

Modifié par Big_Boss9, 05 août 2012 - 01:48 .


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TJ, did you notice how the text "CAUTION" was clearly visible on that Shuttle Shepard jumps on. The same was with the kid in Vancouver.
http://www.youtube.c...OGUx2huw#t=163s

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paxxton wrote...

TJ, did you notice how the text "CAUTION" was clearly visible on that Shuttle Shepard jumps on. The same was with the kid in Vancouver.
http://www.youtube.c...OGUx2huw#t=163s

The "caution" label is on every Kodiak I think. But, it is not always made visible. :)
I don't think it is visible in any other circumstance besides the starkid/when something is wrong.

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Chriz Tah Fah wrote...

paxxton wrote...

TJ, did you notice how the text "CAUTION" was clearly visible on that Shuttle Shepard jumps on. The same was with the kid in Vancouver.
http://www.youtube.c...OGUx2huw#t=163s

The "caution" label is on every Kodiak I think. But, it is not always made visible. :)
I don't think it is visible in any other circumstance besides the starkid/when something is wrong.

And there is something wrong with the shuttle. Posted Image

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The major coats thing is strange but could also be lazy editing since EC was done more on the fly to quickly pacify unhappy folks.

When i finally get to three, I'm going to take my time in that citadel and see what there is to really be seen since I generally don't even look. There are piles of ME1 ash and kaiden armor in 2D and Some other stuff that I'll have to rewatch that documentary to look for once I'm on the citadel.

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Big_Boss9 wrote...

Sovereign had to directly interact with the Citadel in order to override the Keeper signal. Saren's (Sovereign)  plan required a ground force to suppress Citadel forces and keep the arms closed long enough for Sovereign to do so, as well as the Geth fleet to keep the Citadel fleet busy. So no, even if Saren could have waltzed into the Council room and accessed the control panel, it would've accomplished nothing.


EDIT: The whole point is that all he accomplished was losing the element of surprise. He had a force and if he got in unnoticed the forces outside would be taken easily and there would be no reinforcements. After Eden Prime Shepard was brought in, Saren was targeted, and thus in the end the reinforcements by Joker changed the tide thus failing Sovereigns plan.

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TJBartlemus wrote...

Okay. 1- He already had a force ready. The geth +sovereign. 2- They were an unknown threat. 3- No one suspected Saren before Eden Prime. There for he didn't need a ground force. And if he did, he could hire some, indoctrinate them and bring them with him on the way. So the conduit was entirely unneeded cause all those points you said he has already + being unsuspected. The fleet would be completly surprised and no reinforcements would have come in time. After eden prime he was suspected and lost the element of surprise. 


What is the first thing ordered when Sovereign and the Geth arrive? To close the Citadel arms. Without the surprise attack inside the Citadel from the overwhelming force of Saren/Geth via the conduit, the arms would close and the plan fails. Sovereign can derp outside the Citadel all day and it won't open. You are also assuming that the particular control panel can be accessed by anyone who is a Spectre. Again, there is no basis for that assumption.

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I am prepared to hear your solution.
Have you not come to provide your own solution?
The Leviathan's created you, didn't they?
I'd rather die fighting this war my way, then by some arbitrary choices you've created.
I'll die knowing that my friends and loved ones can choose their own fates.
And we will die free. We will die fighting to stop you and everything you stand for.
And we will die knowing we did everything we could to stop you.

   
They're not changing the endings? My a*s

Hold your lines everyone.

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paxxton wrote...

byne wrote...

TJBartlemus wrote...

Quick question. Since the Keepers are the servants of the Reapers, and Saren was working with the Reapers...why does he kill the keepers he sees on his way to the control panel to activate the Citadel?


SAREN ANGRY!
SAREN SMASH!


No, probably because if they had responded to the Reaper signals they way they were supposed to, Saren wouldnt have had to go through all the trouble he went through to.

Or they just rebelled againt their creators and had to be eliminated. Posted Image

I see what you did there Posted Image

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masster blaster wrote...

starlitegirlx wrote...

masster blaster wrote...

Wait didn't the EC files on the Leviathan say that Leviathan can kick Shepard out of his mind. I think that could explain why we have the Breath scene at all, because Leviathan managed to kick Shepard out of harbingers mind.


I thought it was because he choose destroy which caused them to lose total ability to manipulate him/her. He rejected their indoctrinate attempt and so they lost him and could no longer keep him. He was destroying them. How can you manipulate someone who is dead set to destroy you? If could have been leviathan but why wait so long? Wasn't leviathian supposedly flying around before shep was even hit. That documentary showed it in the background before shep was hit with the beam or it at least guessed that it was leviathan.

Yet didn't leviathan indoctrinate an entire colony and kill them or something? Wasn't that learned from Balik at some point after the earlier DLC he was in provided he survived.


From what we know about Leviathan from the files, it has the power to realse Indoctinated agents so maybe.That's the reason why  Shepard wakes up in Destroy.


I don't remember that important bit of information.

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Big_Boss9 wrote...
What is the first thing ordered when Sovereign and the Geth arrive? To close the Citadel arms. Without the surprise attack inside the Citadel from the overwhelming force of Saren/Geth via the conduit, the arms would close and the plan fails. Sovereign can derp outside the Citadel all day and it won't open. You are also assuming that the particular control panel can be accessed by anyone who is a Spectre. Again, there is no basis for that assumption. 


I edited my post.... :?

Saren would have been inside already with a force. (Most likely indoctrinated people instead of geth..) At the same time he would signal for Sovereign. (Saren would already be inside the Council chambers with the forces, killed everyone and made a stand.) The surprise from both sides would overwhelm the others. Plus with no reinforcements there would be no hope and the Reapers would pour in.

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Okay. 1- He already had a force ready. The geth +sovereign. 2- They were an unknown threat. 3- No one suspected Saren before Eden Prime. There for he didn't need a ground force. And if he did, he could hire some, indoctrinate them and bring them with him on the way. So the conduit was entirely unneeded cause all those points you said he has already + being unsuspected. The fleet would be completly surprised and no reinforcements would have come in time. After eden prime he was suspected and lost the element of surprise. 


he did not know the location of the conduit. benezia had to get it for him.

he needed to interact with the beacon for whatever reason... I think to get information that the cipher could give him to help him find the conduit. he also hated humans so killing them was a bonus for him probably. He had to get to the conduit to get onto the citadel with the geth and sovereign there to be assured sovereign could get into it with open arms and then have them closed. he needed the geth there to fight csec. I think The conduit was the key because he needed that information. Remember he still wasn't entirely certain in what he was doing if shep made in impression on virmire. so he wanted to find out about from the beacon and then needed to cipher to understand the info which led him to ilos but he had to wait for benezia to give him ilos coordinates which gives us time to explore and go to virmire where he is trying to learn more about indoctrination (probably to protect himself from it moreso than use it) and also wait for the coordinates. I think the problem was that he needed what the beacon told him. He needed to know the information stored. Nobody knows 100% what he was looking for but there was the weapon option and there is ilos location as well as a man scared of being indoctrinated who probably wanted to know if there was any info that could help him avoid it or understand it better.

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RussianZombeh wrote...

munnellyladt wrote...

You know what I just thought?

What if all the sp dlc gives you more evidence not to trust the catalyst,since the new dlc proves that the catalyst does not control the reapers and maybe the next dlc will tell you something more about why you should not trust him.

Just a thought.....

...
Is it weird that I actually like the sound of this?
I can see conversing with a Reaper maybe shedding light on whether or not Shepard is Indoctrinated. More and more DLC could eventually make Shepard realise he is Indoctrinated and change the ending.
 Although, if this were the case - that would make Bioware money ****s for making you pay for the real ending.

I don't know, but I really like the idea munnelly proposed.

SOMEONE GET BIOWARE ON THE PHONE.

Once again, as I said earlier, the marketing and need to keep players invested in a supposed end to a trilogy is probably a lot different than for a sequel. Elements like this affecting catalyst dialogue (and whatever else Bioware is planning) should be expected in sp dlc because it would generally keep them invested and make that investment worth it., as opposed to a particular gaming site's point of view that feeds off the lingering anger of Mass Effect's fanbase(HRRGRHHIGNERHERUH). Hell, Priestly even went toward confirming this in that lockdown message earlier. 

Which begs the question(again), what other story driven dlcs are bioware planning that could have such affecting elements and what does this mean for the inevitable Omega dlc?