The Primus Deal

So this definitely  feels like one of those side quests that appears to implicate some very siginficant consequences in a sequel/DLC ,but without it being directly hinted to the player that it's potentially significant unless you actually do the quest.

It's also included under the "Agents of Change" tab in the Codex.

How many people completed the quest before the final mission, and how many of you take the Primus' deal?


For me, I took the deal.  The quest reveals that the Archon is merely a general in an galaxy-wide empire ordered to exalt the Helius cluster. And an incompetent one at that, according to the typical standards of the Kett. He's  apparentally the black sheep of the Senate, the oddball, the dude messing up the big plan. This actually explains very well why Archon's weight as a villian is never really given the same ominous scale as Saren's or TIM's.  And  why Ryder and Co. can seemingly defeat him without much experience or resources. He's  not that important. He is replaceable. His obsession with the Remnant is his weakness and his downfall from grace.

You learn that Primus, his second in command, wants to completely get rid of him. And she evidently offers you  a "kill code switch" that will disable her ship during the final battle.

My Ryder was a pragmatist, who had no qualms of taking any advantages that benefitted him in the larger picture, especially if  it came from the enemy of his enemy and involved stopping The Archon from getting to Meridian. Even knowing that Primus is his heir, my Ryder still takes the risk knowing that Primus might potentially go after him after it's all said and done.


Both the codex  entries and the dialogue on Meridian when you actually get to the switch itself, imply a deeper consequence than simply getting less enemies in the final battle. They make it incredibly obvious taking the deal is has some potential blowback.


And there's of course the awesome walk-up-the-screen scene  in the post-credits.


Primus is obviously geared up to be a potential antagonist if not the primary antagonist in the sequel. Or maybe not? It's stated that the Archon's Kett forces are overstaying their prescence in the  Helius cluster;  that it's a practically a failed expedition for not being able to exalt the Angara properly for 75 years... A shame to the Kett Empire. Maybe Primus and the remaining Kett hang their gloves up, leave Helius for the meantime to report back to the Senate, and focous on other ventures in the galaxy.



So I'm wondering what consequence I'm going to have after accepting her deal.  Ryder knowingly cooperating with Archon's second in command  to assist in his fall -- which only helps Primus in succeeding his poisition -- is an interesting dynamic. Stopping one enemy to build another, and Ryder is completely cognizant of it. Ryder has a relationship with the future antagonist before they've even become the antagonist. It's a lot of interesting implications.


Is it going to work like assets in from the OT? Is it going to be a  narrative consequence?