Yeled wrote...
See, I think the AI thing is cheesy. Its already been done in a sequal to one of BW's games. They also had that short mission in ME1 where you traced the signal from the slot machines to an AI. In any event, I think Stubb's problems with it assume some facts we don't know.
First, we don't know that there aren't betrayels. I'm sure agents of the SB betray each other all the time. They are information brokers, afterall. Spies and counterspies, double agents, etc. The key is only that the actual SB keep himself safe at the top. This can be accomplished by hiding as much personal information as possible from associates, which we already know he does. If even his closest associates know almost nothing about him, its very hard for them to betray him in a way that takes him down. Staying on top can also be accomplished through fear tactics. If everyone who works for you thinks you can find anything out, and that you punish people who betray you, you basically have a lot of sway on your underlings. They don't know what you know, and worry that you know more than you do or will find out later. Its also possible that the SB has a lot of information on those who are closest to him and uses this as extra insurance. He could let them know he knows some of their dirtier secrets and is willing to release that information should anyone betray him.
Second, it assumes that the SB has always been one person, and that the person in that role hasn't changed over time. Like the Dread Pirate Roberts, the Shadow Broker may always be a single individual who takes the title upon succession to the SB throne. Its useful, because people fear the title and also know its a place they can go to buy and sell information. We know that BW has already contemplated replacing the SB with someone else (Liara). I doubt we'll ever learn about any other changes in the context of the story, but we don't know for a fact that the current SB is the original SB.
But take it into account that the amount of information he would go through in one day would be impossible unless he had five to ten thousand people working for him in an office building and they were all able to immediately communicate with each other.
Even if the SB somehow managed to make that happen, the amount of people who would constantly be plotting to replace him would be numerous as well as the potential of law enforcment infiltrating his organization.
If the SB was an organic, he would have to allow people inside of his inner circle to help him with the organization, no one man could run something like that alone, that is why the President has an administration, how would that inner circle get along for thousands of years without one slip-up?
The thing is, the more people you involve in a criminal empire, the sooner you will be taken down, mobsters get taken down all the time.
Even dictators in thrid-world countires get taken down by military coups all the time and they rely in fear to stay in power, sooner or later somone will take you down if you rely on fear.
There would be almost an impossible amount of variables and options for the SB to consider at any one time, he basically runs the criminals of the galaxy all be himself.
Think about it, that is multi-tasking to the utmost extreme.
Modifié par General Stubbs, 29 mars 2010 - 03:23 .
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