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[SporkFu]

It all depends on how much time passes between the conclusion on Rannoch and Shepard's choice. Days? Weeks? Months? I'm guessing enough time for Admiral Xen to get her hands on some reaper tech, make some records of the data that would survive a destroy choice, and could be rebuilt afterwards. I don't mean rebuilt reapers, I just mean the tech could be re-utilized in some form.

[shodiswe]

Fred0071 wrote...

shodiswe wrote...

Even if they go inert the Quarians could play around with the technology and create indoctrination like the one used by Cerberus.

Even if the main Quarian or Geth faction wouldn't use it, some kind of terrorist or criminal faction might.

Apparently both Quarians and Geth can have exiled criminals. Though we have to remember that there will be reaper junk and remains all over the galaxy, every species and all scum of the galaxy will have access to it.

I have a feeling that all that Reapertech will have devastating effects on the galaxy if it isn't brought under control or distributed and applied in a responsible manner.

It's like leaving nuklear weapons in the hands of cavemen, children or animals.

I don't think the Quarians would mess around with it. They already learned their lesson after the war with the Geth and have faced the consequences. Not only by being pushed out of Rannoch, but the fact that the rest of the galaxy hates them. I have a feeling they'd either destroy it or quarantine it. If they were using Reaper technology, it'd just be an invitation for war, as well as very dangerous if there was any indoctrination energy left.

Actually, the Krogan could use the technology to start another uprising. Or maybe some gangs on Omega would use it to gain power. But I doubt the Quarians would, unless it was for plainly research purposes.

I don't know about that, Quarian history hasn't shown them to be careful, responsible or in any way care what the rest of the galaxy thinks of them, it's just another reason for them to "better" themselves, so they can overcome the need to care for what others think. I'm sure at least one faction would try to pick through the debris for one reason or another that they will claim is for the better good of all their people.

Same goes for the other species, there will always be people who will want an extra edge when they feel they arn't the top dogs and desire the position, status and recognition.

[The Most Sneaky Of Foxes]

I don't think that's true at all. Quarians care a great deal about what the galaxy thinks of them - almost every quarian you meet in game will make a comment about how unfortunate it is that they've become social pariahs because of the galaxy's judgement of them. If there's any race that has a desire to repeat history and doesn't place value on galactic social status, it's the krogan.

My guess is they'd stay the hell away from the reaper tech. They saw how dangerously powerful it made the geth and they have more than enough experience with volatile technology to know the repercussions of experimentation.

[Sajuro]

Han Shot First wrote...

It depends on which ending is chosen. If you went with Destroy, it is rendered harmless.

The reason why dead Reapers were still able to indoctrinate, is because they weren't fully deactivated. The technology in the Reaper hulks that indoctrinated remaining functioning long after the that individual Reaper's "brain" had stopped functioning. Additionally there will still living Reapers in dark space and/or the Catalyst to deliver orders to the subject who had been exposed to indoctrination technology.

Given that Destroy appears to annihilate all Reaper technology its unlikely that the Reaper hulks would maintain some indoctrination function. But even if the dead Reaper hulks were still capable of indoctrinating people who came into contact with them, there are no living Reapers left to issue orders to those vulnerable people. They'd maintain their free will even if exposed to the indoctrination tech.

I think the bigger threat in the post-Destroy universe is that some ne'er-do-wells will go digging around in Reaper hulks looking to recover and recreate the technology to indoctrinate, to use for their own ends. If you are megalomaniac that lusts for power, indoctrination provides a possible path to achieving it. Hmm on that note...plot for a sequel?

But in Mass Effect 2, the cerberus team in the dead reaper wasn't being controlled during indoctrination but it still drove them insane.
The bigger hook I think is that Reaper tech is destroyed but there was research being done at least by Cerberus into indoctrinating people, and probably by the other races as well. Sure Reaper tech is gone, doesn't mean we can't replace it.

[RangerSG]

SneakyFox wrote...

I don't think that's true at all. Quarians care a great deal about what the galaxy thinks of them - almost every quarian you meet in game will make a comment about how unfortunate it is that they've become social pariahs because of the galaxy's judgement of them. If there's any race that has a desire to repeat history and doesn't place value on galactic social status, it's the krogan.

My guess is they'd stay the hell away from the reaper tech. They saw how dangerously powerful it made the geth and they have more than enough experience with volatile technology to know the repercussions of experimentation.

Indeed, Tali calls Xen insane and is stricken her father would pursue the path he did. And that was just playing with *Geth* technology based on their own knowledge. I doubt the Quarians would go all-in on Reaper tech. Xen might. But she'd have to be quiet about it. And that's assuming destroy doesn't remove every scrap of reaper data wih it. However, it seems likely it does, if the Geth get smoked for having a few codes.

--I've never been able to accept that part of it, myself. EDI I do understand, because she's heavily Reaperized. But a handful of codes, altered to remove continued Reaper influence? If that's the case, then the entire Citadel should be a scragging molten ruin falling to Earth.