Who Rules Kadara Port

Not so much rogue operatives - just ones that bend the rules a bit. Reyes himself admits he's never been to that particular hideout, which I'm willing to believe since it'd be way risky for him to be seen openly dealing with the Collective. As of now, Reyes the third-rate smuggler isn't even a member. But if I recall what the warden there says is something along the lines of 'what the Charlatan doesn't know...' which implies they know they're doing something they shouldn't be. Of course, they're also told to be on their best behavior if the Pathfinder shows up (according to that datapad note), so they could just be covering for the Collective as a whole. As I said, Reyes' hands-off approach could well be by design. Plausible deniability and all that, if it gets out what the Collective's really been up to, the Charlatan's hands stay clean and he can continue to play the role of progressive liberator. As you say, it could be interpreted both ways. Personally, I prefer the idea that Reyes is a decent person. That he's at least being honest when he tells you he wants to be. Maybe not a good one necessarily, and that's alright and even what I prefer - but at least not the type to expressly condone torture. I guess we'll see in future games/DLC, provided we're given the opportunity to ask.

I just think Reyes or Sloane not being in charge of Kadara would make sense for future content. I do think there's a reason Sloane can die where Reyes can't, so regardless of your choice we probably haven't seen the last of him. I keep coming back to this interview with Patrick Weekes where he talks about how they never take killing off a character lightly, because it so severely limits what capacity they can show up in later on. Which means if Sloane lives, she's probably not going to get much more than an extended cameo in future games.

But I think having a third party be leader is more respectful of at least maintaining the illusion of player choice than having Reyes take over regardless. Keema would be good because both sides have met her and I think she's pretty inoffensive... even if you hate Reyes I think you could excuse her working with him for the Angara's sake. Though I supposed they could always make the distinction as to whether she's the 'true' ruler or not with a few lines of dialogue. Where if you chose Reyes, we have the situation as it is now, but if players chose Sloane, Keema betrayed her and took over on her own, cutting Reyes out. I guess it all depends on how a big a role they expect the leader of Kadara to play. If they're just going to sit in that chair and speak a few lines it might not matter and they could do both, but if they're actually involved in future missions and such, it might need to be the same NPC regardless.

Well if Drack said it then obviously its true... 

She puts heads on pikes (yeah Kett heads but still how long till that is just 'anyone she disagrees with' heads), throws people into the lawless badlands to die simply for not having protection money, and generally runs Kadara like some sort of 'gansta paradise'.  I wouldn't trust that woman as far as I could bioticly kick her. 

"There are plenty of things they protect our outpost from. Native wildlife, Roekarr, exiles who were too vile for even Kadara Port, and the Collective."

Plenty of those threats and worse on other worlds.  I didn't have to pay anyone protection money on Eos and that outpost is completely surrounded by Kett forces.  Obviously part of this is just the poor choices the game gives you in this whole scenario.  Personally I would have told her to stuff her protection money and if she really wanted war to bring it on, I'd have rolled in there with some APEX teams, some Krogan forces (after Elladen obviously), and some Angara Resistance forces to arrest Sloane and clear the criminal forces from Kadara completely, by force if I had to.  But we don't get that option.  Killing her off is really all I'm left with. 

"Then why does he have his Collective attack the Initiative outpost if we don't side with him?"

Dunno, didn't see it in my game so I can't really comment on it much.  What is the reason the Collective attacked?

Went with Sloane.....my thinking was that Sloane was holding everything together the only way she could and she was taking out the kett every chance she got. She was an a$$hole to Ryder at times, but at least you know where you stand with her and you know she will defend Kadara relentlessly if the kett or anybody tried to take it over.

Reyes i saw as a rebel trying to take over the establishment and just thought there would be chaos and no order if he just took over and he played Ryder for a joke, i can't trust folks like that.....Sloane even checked in on you through email afterwards as her way of saying "Thank you".....She'a a bit of a jerk, but i know she will hold down Kadara should anything jump off....Reyes seems like he would sell out once s*"*t hit the fan....

Sloane