[CSI: Nexus] The Jien Garson murder case

I don't think the people who are suggesting Reyes think he is the Benefactor, but more he works as an agent for the Benefactor.

I don't buy the theory SAM is the Benefactor.

SAM gains nothing from killing of Jien Garson, depended on Alec getting killed randomly, still would have allowed Ryder to discover Jien was murdered, too damn risky as SAM is stuck in Hyperion and depends heavily on being linked to a Pathfinder, A.I.'s in ME universe never shown to have desire of power and control of organics and so on.

SAM as The Benefactor might have make sense as a overall goal to save Ellen Ryder, as in help to fund Andromeda Initiative by stealing credits and pretend to be a rich persona backing the project. But that's where it ends. Entire power tripping thing makes no sense.

I like the theory of the geth being the benefactor. It would tie in with the benefactor being able to get into systems, the killer being awake when the scourge hit, having knowledge about the reapers, the way the benefactor uses multiple faces to represent itself, its interest in SAM, and the reason why it remains hidden. Didn't the Initiative use geth tech to discover Andromeda planets? Perhaps they had been studying Andromeda for a while already. They could have discovered the remnant - I'm sure they would be very interested in them. And wouldn't the geth have noticed that their tech was being used? It might also explain why there is trouble on the quarian arc that wasn't resolved in the main game - there's something else going on that isn't just the Kett or the Scourge.

That said, I suspect that the benefactor is in Andromeda. That would not be easy for the geth to pull off. Unless they uploaded themselves into something else (quarian suits?). I just can't think of a reason why the geth would help organics reach Andromeda.

I think he killed her, but the Benefactor was going to kill him next to tie up loose ends. Chances are Alec was next too.

I want to bump this, because it's a very interesting thread and I'm still hopeful for a DLC to come out.

So, I just got the Nexus Insurrection  Uprising Novel and holy shit Addison. Needing to go to the restroom and all, but the part that got my atention she was supposed to be after Jien Garson in the line of succession, but mysteriously a list appeared that put some other names and the last one of them being Tann and she got like "WTF", sorta expecting the role of Director.

Or maybe I'm reading too much into Addison's personality. Quoting Shepard "Are you naturally this bitchy, or is it just me?"

I don't think it is Addison. I can see why people suspect her, but I think that is a red herring. After all she says multiple times how she does not want the kind of job involving things like a public face, so Jien's job would be everything she doesn't want. 

Plus we already did the whole politician betrays us with Udina. 

The main reason for SAM murdering (or having someone murder) Jien would be that she was becoming suspicious of who the benefactor was and if it was SAM then his motive would be to stop being discovered as the benefactor.

In the other Benefactor thread, there are also ideas that SAM and The Geth may be the benefactor and that'd be another motive to stop Jien making any further investigation into the benefactor.

Well, she could lie, of course. 

 Let's pretend we know it was her, then her plan backfired. Of course she would say she wouldn't want anything with a public face, but she still aplied to Colonial Affairs. In Andromeda! A new galaxy where *everything* needs to be sorted for colonization and need to have her decisions and what not aboard.

Plus, Jien had more of a public face because of the whole Andromeda Initiative. If everything went smoothly, Addison wouldn't need to do much, thus not needing a public face, at all.
 Addison didn't expect the Scourge, no one did. That's a fact. The plan to kill Garson was already in effect after they left the Milky Way. So, Scourge or not, Jienn would be a goner and Addison would be left.

Problem is, the list that appeared out of nowhere and had no records of it, putting Tann on the head of the Andromeda Initative. Maybe Addison herself did that after knowing how there would be major BS-Storm after the Scourge hit and there had to be a spokesperson for that.

I'm not saying Addison is the direct killer ( if the scans show 82% conclusive for a man standing on Garson's apartment is *actually* conclusive), but she did order the hit.

Where is Addison's assistant in all this? Vladimir? The book says that an entire section was empty(Garson herself left the stasis pods on her own and went on).

On the book, she is constantly worrying about the line of succession, when even Tann, with his step-by-step thing and "protocol" is not and he sincerely doesn't want the job. Plus, the whole "I had to go the... toilet" and being naturally snarky with Sloane isn't really helping her here.

Then, there's the issue with recycling plot (I don't see it like that), but these are whole different motives, people and ocasion.

Yeah, I mean Suvi told us that she was only awakened after the whole mess with the uprising and exiles, but it's all lies. No one can possibly that nice or adorable. The last time we had a character who seemed sugary sweet she turned out to be a spy! (and not as innocent as we thought lol!) One of the first thing Ryder can ask Suvi is "Are you spying on me?" Suvi says she's not into politics and is only in it for Science. Yeah, right!

Haha! I'm only kidding. I love Suvi and would love a little book about she survived the mess until she was assigned to the Tempest. from the little she tells it, it gets pretty bleak. She was part of group that was supposed to create a plan assign resources. Can you imagine saying this one has to starve but we need this one to live so they get food? Oh, we're also probably going to starve before the plants in hydo grow.

(PS: It was Vetra lol)

I think Addison is suspicious, but I don't think she killed Jien or is the Benefactor. I think she got close to whoever killed Jien and knows more than she lets on. Sloane finds her in 00 where the other members of the science team and Nexus leaders would have been, but by her admission, they are all in Ops except Jien who was elsewhere. I think we're meant to suspect her, but if she was capable of offing Jien Garson, you'd think that she would have killed Sloane early on. Sloane is a skilled investigator, and that would have been apparent from the moment Addison met her. Addison's reaction to Jien's death doesn't make me suspect her, same with Tann being put in succession (Sloane has the same reaction since she would have been next in line after Addison, and then Kesh). Addison also seems to worship Jien Garson almost like a messiah.

If we're just throwing out theories, what about Keri T'Vessa? We don't know how long she was awake, her apartment is across from where Jien's body was found, and she seems oddly blase about the Nexus being attacked by the Kett to the point where she tells Ryder that she wasn't afraid of them at all. This after telling Ryder beforehand that she is just an "ordinary person" and not up to facing the dangers that the Pathfinder does. Was she throwing barriers and bolts with Nexus security? Are her biotics that honed?

She's an asari aristocrat and descended from diplomats that disowned her for taking pictures? What sort of pictures was she taking to warrant being disowned by her family? From the beginning, I always have suspected more to this story.

According to Nexus Uprising, Keri would have been considered non-essential personnel, unless she had some sort of technical skill that would have helped the Nexus. So, she had to have been awake for the Scourge disaster and the Uprising, thawed out for another skill, or Tann would have had to specifically wake her from cryo because he needed an independent vidmaker to be his mouthpiece' that wasn't Davis, unless he got the recommendation from Addison. Being asari high society, Keri would be in position to know Addison more than Tann. Especially if Addison is connected to David Anderson, which there is an allusion that she might be.

It would also be in her interest, if she was connected somehow, to seduce Ryder. I'm also wondering how connected she is to Captain Atandra and Sarissa. During the asari ark mission, I noticed some odd interactions between them.

Uh huh. It should also be noted that Keri's apartment is next door to Peebee's, and I suspect that Peebee shared with Kalinda at some point.

The other thing I wonder is how Kalinda got out. Was she one of the ones that Falarn broke out, or was there more than one case of unauthorized defrostings? Falarn was busted out with Addison's credentials, too.

Another interesting thing I caught while I was on a re-play this weekend: Addison actually indirectly laments Sloane's departure as Security Director early on. I have this weird suspicion that Addison actually liked Sloane, and may have been trying to spare her by being combative and closed off when Sloane tried to press her for her whereabouts after she was found looking for Jien (allegedly), knowing that if Sloane uncovered the truth that would put her at risk.

Kalinda wasn't on the Ark but the Nexus because she was selected to be a first contact specialist due to her diplomatic background. 
As for Keri, she probably had a similar role for a similar reason or due to her being a reporter she was brought out as part of a propaganda move to keep everyone calm, though as we know she prefers the truth to that.