Originally Posted by
Derah
Just like Edward Snowden couldn't possibly walk out with some of the closest guarded secrets of the CIA, THE most powerful intelligence agency on the planet. Right? ohhh wait..............
It was done under the table. Just like Alec Ryder's research into SAM which is something the council VERY MUCH disapproves of, which was also done under the table for the initiative.
You're contradicting yourself here. Less than 2 lines ago, you said "no one is going to be able to walk out with them". But now you're saying "Cerberus would have access from when they were official, and could pass them off covertly". Either nobody can walk out with them, or people with sufficient access can. They provided an explanation. Someone with sufficient access could. And it wasn't cerberus, it was a disgruntled Ex-N7 who did it.
What part of prototype cerberus manufacturing plant wasn't clear enough?
The alliance raided the plant, seized the crates of prototypes, then auctioned them off under the table. They didn't see widespread use prior to ME3 because they were prototypes, untested in actual field applications.
The message doesn't have a timestamp on it. It could have happened 90 years ago, it could have happened 90 days ago. It doesn't say.
Therefore, its still plausible.
You're confusing terms. Shepard didn't have a mindcontrol device because that would tamper with his/her personality, but TIM was personally involved with every facet of Shepard's mission. Miranda was very clear, TIM ALWAYS micromanages every single one of his projects. He doesn't trust ANY middleman. EVER.
This wouldn't explain the murder of Jien Garson, and the upper eschelon leadership. Sabotage the very project you're trying to put your hopes on? It doesn't fit his MO.
First off, the initiative began its planning stages 10 years prior to its launch. And secondly, it was stated in ME2, that Project Lazarus, and the building of the Normandy SR-2 was a HEAVY investment that nearly drained TIM's entire fortune. This is not speculation, these are EDI's verbatim words. Granted, he recouped most of his costs with the advances in tech that both Lazarus and the new ship brought forward, but it doesn't change the fact that his investment on these two projects made any potential MASSIVE investments in other projects unlikely at best, downright impossible at worst.
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So I just learned something fun out of the Codex.
Galaxies have an orbit too, just like planets, stars, and solar systems do. At some point, Galaxies end up colliding with each other, merging and forming Quasars. In real life, this is going to happen with the Milky Way and the Andromeda galaxy, in roughly 4 billion years.
Isn't science fun?