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Shatakai

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 *Sorry for those reading at first. I accidentally submitted this with no text*

So, in ME2 we [Very Slight Spoiler] learn that the Drell have perfect memories. Some people speculated that the Shadow Broker must be a group of people, seeing as how all the information he/she/they hold, it would be hard to get it mixed up.

I think it likely that a Drell could very well be the Shadow Broker, since they will always remember their information perfectly.

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Shatakai

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*Sorry for those reading at first. I accidentally submitted this with no text*



So, in ME2 we [Very Slight Spoiler] learn that the Drell have perfect memories. Some people speculated that the Shadow Broker must be a group of people, seeing as how all the information he/she/they hold, it would be hard to get it mixed up.



I think it likely that a Drell could very well be the Shadow Broker, since they will always remember their information perfectly.



Thoughts?

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The Shadow Broker don't have to have perfect memory like the Drell. All the information can be gather by the Shadow Broker sources, and stored in his/her/its computer. Its not like the Shadow Broker need to give out information right away. OR possibly the Shadow Broker is an AI.

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I'm not saying that the Shadow Broker is definitely a Drell, I'm just saying that it is one of the more likely possibilities.

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You ever wonder what happened to the Prothean scientists who escaped from Ilos to set the virus on the Citadel they didn't return to Ilos through the mini mass relay ... hmmmm ... could they and their decendents be the Shadow Broker?

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Personally, I'm a fan of the "Shadow Broker is actually multiple people" theory. All you have to do is be an infomration broker, call yourself an Agent of the Shadow Broker, and voila! Nobody is going to challenge you.

the Shadow Broker doesn't actually exist. He is just his Agents.

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MrGooberMan

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You know...It could be a big stupid jellyfish :-D

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MrGooberMan wrote...

You know...It could be a big stupid jellyfish :-D


This One knows something that the human may wish to know.  For a price, this one may be willing to share the information...

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As said, Shadow Broker had no need for a perfect memory. It's more likely Shadow Broker is a group of Salarians or Volus, or an AI, if you want to base your speculation on superficial qualities of different species.

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Chris H. Fleming

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How smart are Drell and how long do they live?

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Jeremy Shepherd

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It's clear from the comic, the Shadow Broker is a singular person. He does have MANY agents, but he is a person.



The idea of him being a drell, I actually really like. Good theory.

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Chris H. Fleming wrote...

How smart are Drell and how long do they live?


They live an average of 85 years (according to ME Wiki). As for how smart they are, they have eidetic memory.. so pretty darn smart :)

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MrGooberMan wrote...

You know...It could be a big stupid jellyfish :-D

And what is the reason it could it be a big, stupid jellyfish?

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Jeremy Shepherd wrote...

It's clear from the comic, the Shadow Broker is a singular person. He does have MANY agents, but he is a person.

The idea of him being a drell, I actually really like. Good theory.

I thought they'd have to live longer if they really wanted to control an information network for that long.

Unless it's true. In that case...

Thane Krios is the Shadow Broker!

Called it.

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Filthy Lizard

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Salarians also have photographic memories(it'sin the codex), so there is just as good of a chance that the shadow broker is salarian.

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Personally, I think the Shadow Broker is an extension of the League of One. If you remember, there is the possibility of a 13th member of the League, who eluded the salarian military. That one salarian could have created a network that grew to what we know of today.



I'm fully aware that this is just a guess, but I think it's a good one, considering the salarian penchant for information warfare (espianoge, etc.).

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I just hope the broker is someone we met before.

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http://social.biowar...5/index/2379647

Made a topic about this a while ago, also came to the conclusion that the Shadow Broker is a drell. Thane would make no sense, considering the fact that he can die. It would be a brilliant move by BioWare to put someone like the Shadow Broker on your team like that, but they'd have no way of keeping up with the amount of things that could happen to him. He could die on the suicide mission, he might be loyal, he might see his son become just like him, he might never be recruited at all... and that's without even considering his status as possible love interest for FemShep.

Allow me to quote myself:

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"Oh look, it's this topic again."

Yeah, it sure is. I though it might be relevant enough to dedicate an entire thread to it considering the fact that he makes an appearance in the Redemption comic, albeit in holographic form:

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Even though it might just be some kind of avatar instead of actually being the Shadow Broker's silhouette, the shape of his head suggests that he is a drell, without a doubt the rarest species in the Mass Effect series so far. So rare, in fact, that we have only seen three so far. The first two are obvious: assassin Thane Krios and his son, Kolyat. The third, however, is exclusive the Mass Effect: Redemption comic: Feron, an agent of the Shadow Broker who joins Liara on her quest to save Shepard's body from none other than the Shadow Broker himself. In the end he ends up getting captured by the Broker's enforcer, Tazzik... or did he?

I find it to be highly unlikely that the Shadow Broker turns out to be someone, or something, we never knew. Revealing the identity of an entity this mysterious and intriguing will no doubt be one of the memorable moments of the series, and thus it will probably be a shocking revelation to say the least. A random volus or asari would not have the same impact as someone you may know and possibly care about.

Wouldn't having Liara's new friend turning out to be the Shadow Broker be a great twist? I can definitely see BioWare pulling a Keyser Söze like that, which would also change how one would look at the comic: the legendary Shadow Broker turning out to have been playing with Liara, Cerberus and the Collectors/Harbinger all along, never intending to sell the hero of the Battle of the Citadel to the Collector, but furthering his own goals all along...

In any case, whoever - or whatever - the Shadow Broker may actually be, tell me and the rest of the community about who you think he - or she, or it, or they - is.



khevan wrote...

Personally, I think the Shadow Broker is an extension of the League of One. If you remember, there is the possibility of a 13th member of the League, who eluded the salarian military. That one salarian could have created a network that grew to what we know of today.

I'm fully aware that this is just a guess, but I think it's a good one, considering the salarian penchant for information warfare (espianoge, etc.).


Also considered that, which would be in line with Kirrahe's speech, the part about the STG's heroes: "...or the Ever Alert, who kept armies at bay with hidden facts." We do not know when this "Ever Alert" existed, so he might not be the current Shadow Broker, but he could be the one that started it.

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Well there is one time in ME2 when TIM says "information is my business" or something along those lines, when questioned about the collector ship the turians disabled. I find it hard to believe that he really is, but what is clear is that the collectors/reapers -> shadow broker are different entities. I´m not sure where Cerberus and TIM fit along that thought. The shadow broker could pretty much be anyone, even the Turian Councilor....

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sodacatkun

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its blasto

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mollari22

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It cannot be TIM. Shadow Broker is neutral, must be neutral, and TIM is definitely not neutral. He would have conflict of interests.

Modifié par mollari22, 20 mai 2010 - 06:03 .


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It's the council.

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Lumikki

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This is maybe not best place to discuss this, as in no spoiler area, but..

Alathin wrote...

I think the shadow broker might be the Illusive man. No one knows much about the Illusive Man, shadow broker could be his identity he uses to deal with his shady subjects.

It's not TIM, because Liara's story about Shephards body in ME2.

So, there is two good possibilities. AI or Asari. AI is connected to information and Asari lives long and has ability read minds. Both would be good choises for Shadow broker. Because ability buy and sell information doesn't just requires ability get access to information, but knowing that it exist and where it can be get.

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Ebon Dark wrote...

You ever wonder what happened to the Prothean scientists who escaped from Ilos to set the virus on the Citadel they didn't return to Ilos through the mini mass relay ... hmmmm ... could they and their decendents be the Shadow Broker?


You know what I think this is a posabilty. :huh:

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Thing is, I don't think they even thought about the Drell when the Shadow Broker was interduced