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Post by midnightwolf on Sept 7, 2019 19:29:44 GMT
I could perhaps see him as having been recruited by the Benefactor to act as his eyes an ears aboard the Nexus. As a result, he might know who the Benefactor is, but I doubt that he is the Benefactor himself. From his conversations with Ryder, he just doesn't strike me as the sort of person who had that extensive personal wealth in the Milky Way. It's true the Benefactor likes to work from shadows (which is Reyes' way as well), but I think the Benefactor is at least a layer deeper into the shadows than Reyes. My money is still on Barla Von, who I believe departed the Milky Way on the Quarian Ark and is overheard giving instructions to those involved in finishing the work on that ark as they prepare to depart the Milky Way in haste as the Reapers close in. I think it's even possible that Barla Von is the real Shadow Broker, pretending to be just an agent after having appointed the Yahg Shadow Broker to be his token head of the operation. Liara, after becoming the Shadow Broker learns the truth but continues to protect Barla Von's true identity.
Barla Von disappears from the MEU after the coup. There are bullet holes behind where he was originally standing on the Presidium, but no mention of a body or that he was killed during the coup. However, if TIM (and Cerberus) got wind of him being the Shadow Broker or the Benefactor, that would have certainly made him a target. He may not have planned to be aboard the Quarian Ark, but his plans may have been changing due to the untimely arrival of the Reapers. He stays only long enough for Shepard to rescue a particular group of volus and then just escapes during the coup attempt to somehow get aboard the departing Quarian Ark. No one knows he's there yet since it wasn't part of the original plan....
I don't think the commerce link the Initiative was seeking to establish between the Milky Way and Andromeda is about resources. It's about information... setting up an instantaneous, lag free communications link between the two galaxies via quantum entanglement.
This is somewhat what I suspect too now that I've had more time to think on it. Also, I find his record, beyond being a pilot, being wiped rather strange.
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Post by midnightwolf on Sept 7, 2019 19:30:48 GMT
I just hope we get to find out for certain because it's in MEA2. Hope springs and all that... Me too.
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Post by SwobyJ on Sept 20, 2019 18:25:43 GMT
My pet theory is Lexi.
But otherwise and probably more seriously, I like the thought of a mini-Illuminati of enough of those in the know, pooling resources.
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Post by Hanako Ikezawa on Sept 20, 2019 20:12:07 GMT
My pet theory is Lexi. But otherwise and probably more seriously, I like the thought of a mini-Illuminati of enough of those in the know, pooling resources. Yeah, I would love if in the game where we learn more about the Benefactor there is a scene like this:
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Post by capn233 on Sept 20, 2019 23:31:33 GMT
"What kind of guns does this thing have?" "It's a taxi, it has a fare meter." -Exchange between Ryder and Kallo (probably).
Wanted to mention EDI tells you it was Cerberus that pushed the Alliance to co-develop SR1 with the Turians in the first place. Stating just because Cerberus basically always had the plans for SR1.
Andromeda Initiative somehow magically has the plans for SR2, and can build Tempest. If Cerberus was interested in the Ai, could have simply handed them over. Otherwise, who could have the plans at all? Shadow Broker perhaps. Tali gives at least part of the design to the Quarians. Of course if Legion was activated, the geth most likely have all the info on it too.
Anyway, I thought it was plausible the geth were the benefactor pretty much as soon as it is revealed that Ai somehow learned the geth method of using the relays as "FTL telescopes." Of course the question of how Garson is actually murdered, and why pops up after that. Although in reality we know hardly anything concrete about her murder.
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Post by Phantom on Sept 28, 2019 17:22:26 GMT
"What kind of guns does this thing have?" "It's a taxi, it has a fare meter." -Exchange between Ryder and Kallo (probably). Wanted to mention EDI tells you it was Cerberus that pushed the Alliance to co-develop SR1 with the Turians in the first place. Stating just because Cerberus basically always had the plans for SR1. Andromeda Initiative somehow magically has the plans for SR2, and can build Tempest. If Cerberus was interested in the Ai, could have simply handed them over. Otherwise, who could have the plans at all? Shadow Broker perhaps. Tali gives at least part of the design to the Quarians. Of course if Legion was activated, the geth most likely have all the info on it too. Anyway, I thought it was plausible the geth were the benefactor pretty much as soon as it is revealed that Ai somehow learned the geth method of using the relays as "FTL telescopes." Of course the question of how Garson is actually murdered, and why pops up after that. Although in reality we know hardly anything concrete about her murder. I am tempted to make a thread that Cerberus involved in the Andromeda Initiative and did actually help them out and having addressing why Reapers didn't follow the Andromeda Initiative and an companion DLC to ME:A that is influenced by the Events of The Mass Effect: Andromeda Initiative Prequel that unlocks new abilities for all of Ryder's companions in addition for New Companions' Armors and Weapons and gear.
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