Talk:Cerberus

Differences Between ME1 and Ascension
Is it just me, or does the Mass Effect's Cerberus and Ascension's Cerberus seem different. What I mean is:


 * You can take them down in Mass Effect, yet in Ascension (which is set months later) they are still around and appear to be as strong as ever.
 * Mass Effect portrays them as a black-ops group which has ties to the Alliance Military, while in Ascension they're shown as something of an independent group.
 * The assassination of the leading Terra Firma candidate chronologically happens way before the events of Mass Effect takes place, meaning that (if we are taking the Alliance Black-Ops idea) they were still part of the Alliance. As Admiral Hackett points out at the conclusion of UNC: The Negotiation when renegade options are used, the Alliance is against using assassination. I know that this doesn't exactly mean that they won't use it, but it implies that they won't use it over nothing, and it seems like there would be no real reason for the Alliance as a whole to want the Saracino in charge of Terra Firma.
 * The Illusive Man appears to be in absolute control, which also lends itself to Cerberus being an individual organisation in opposition to an Alliance group.

I don't know but somewhere it doesn't seem to add up. Anyone have any thoughts on this? Spectre N7 18:33, 15 August 2009 (UTC)


 * I think it adds up just fine.

As I said, this all seems to add up quite nicely. SpartHawg948 20:48, 15 August 2009 (UTC)
 * Just because one of their operations was shut down, there is no reason to assume they have been crippled. An organization of the sort described in the novel and the book is not going to be dependant on a couple of little podunk installations and a few scientists and commandos. This is a group, after all, that maintains businesses as fronts for their plans and has their own hidden space station! I think a group with those resources could take a hit like the one they got in ME and keep going.
 * Groups of this nature are not the monolithic entities that they are oft times made out to be. They often have several wings, or branches. Classic example is the Irish Republican Army. Throughout their history they have maintained, among other things, a combat arm, a leadership arm, a diplomatic arm, a financial arm, etc... They even established their own political party. There is no reason to assume that Cerberus,a group with the resources I have previously described, can't also have more than one wing. These don't seem like the type of people to put all their eggs in one basket.
 * Also, we know that they were still "technically" part of the Alliance at the start of ME, but a group like this couldn't just decide to go rogue on day and then disappear. They would need to pave the way with years of groundwork, preparing hidden installations and networks of contacts that the Alliance knew nothing about.
 * As for the Illusive Man, so what? Someone had to be in charge of Cerberus even while it was part of the Alliance. Organizations like this, even massive ones, still ultimately have one man at the helm. That's why, for example, we have Directors at the FBI and CIA. Does the fact that Leon Panetta has absolute control over the CIA make it any less an instrument of the US gov't? Of course not.


 * Also, Shepard is a badass Spectre. Dismantling their operations on Binthu and Nepheron is a piece of cake to a high-level soldier with state-of-the-art armour and firepower, not to mention an elite squad and a warship. On the other hand, while Hendel might be a good biotic, he's still little more than a security chief, while Kahlee is basically a computer technician. And the two of them were countering one of Cerberus' most important, decade-long operations. So to them, Cerberus represents a very different level of threat. --Tullis 21:43, 15 August 2009 (UTC)


 * Thanks for the reply, bearing what you said in mind, I think the Illusive Man and Cord-Hislop was developed while the Alliance black-ops group were out there - it would seem to me like they almost wanted Shepard to wipe the known organisation out, so the independent "Cord-Hislop" group would be nothing more than a ghost's shadow. As for Tullis' comment - Bear in mind that they did have the support of quite a few Quarians on the Idenna, crap volus copies or not kinetic barriers don't last forever. And the majority of the Cerberus strike team was killed by Gillian - Frankenstein's Monster anyone? Anyway thanks again for clearing that up, it's much appreaciated. I hope we get some official answers in ME2 Spectre N7 23:57, 15 August 2009 (UTC)

Cerberus Fatigues?
Did anyone else notice that your casual clothing usually worn on the Normandy is different for Mass effect 2? If you look at the Subject Zero trailer, it can be seen clearly and it is very "Cerberusy." --Jdunn1 18:19, October 25, 2009 (UTC)

What if Cerberus is not really rogue?
I think there may be a chance that Cerberus is not really rogue. This is based partially on their originally stated status as a black ops group, the whole point of which is to allow governments to distance themselves in the case of failure. There may be the possibility that the Alliance simply took this one step further by declaring them rogue as a means of hiding their support of a group which should be dismantled in the eyes of the galactic community. Thoughts? --Jax Montag 07:10, December 28, 2009 (UTC)

I Think that's possible since Cerberus "spend a fortune" in getting Shepard back, Also, most Cerberus operatives don't know how Illusive Man obtains the money, saying that is better "not to know".

150?
Cerberus only has 150 agents at any one time? That number seems kind of low doesn't it?188.27.195.221 16:07, February 12, 2010 (UTC)
 * It does sound a bit weird. Especially due to the number of Cerberus agents that Shepard can kill on the original Mass Effect - and that does not include space-station(s) personal and various infiltration agents that the illusive man seem to depend on... --silverstrike 16:15, February 12, 2010 (UTC)
 * I think that may be referring to the number of operatives on Miranda's command level. -- Echo Four Delta 18:28, February 13, 2010 (UTC)

It makes sense if agents are in charge of operations, and not all involved in operations are classified as agents. For example on Normandy, Miranda is an agent, maybe also Jacob. Likewise in ME1 the agents in charge of operations you stopped are perhaps 2 or 3 people(General and the Scientist)

Cerberus Symbol
One would assume that the "Cerberus Symbol" isn't *the* "Cerberus Symbol" at all, but rather the logo of one of their many fronts. Jack recognises it because she was raised by, and has been hunted by, Ceberus all her life... not because it being a Cerberus symbol is common knowledge.  Uli Talk 21:21, February 13, 2010 (UTC)


 * LOL, I was thinking that for a secretive organisation, they sure like to plaster their logo over everything.

Anyone else think the Cerberus icon resembled a demon or the devil? Or maybe a horned helmet? It is pretty cool either way 66.66.145.165 07:33, April 9, 2010 (UTC)

Cerberus Operation Sites
I don't know why it's nowhere to be found, but we need a list of the planets and stations Cerberus consistently uses or has used. Not places they've operated on for short duration, like Omega, the Citadel, etc, i mean permanent or semi-permanent bases for cells. We have a list of Alliance worlds and installations, Prothean worlds, and colonies for just about every other major faction, so why not Cerberus? It's not like we don't have very many, Bekenstein, Trident, Nephron, Binthu, and Depot Sigma-23 for starters.
 * And what would be the criteria for ruling out 'short duration' locations? We really don't have any info on that kind of stuff. How do we know that Cerberus doesn't have long-term operations in place on the Citadel and Omega? They do operate in cells, after all. It's not like the Illusive Man would tell Shepard about them, or that Miranda or Jacob would likely even know about them. Colonies and worlds where Cerberus operates are two different things, especially if you want to distinguish Cerberus operations using nebulous categories that we don't have any info on, such as length of Cerberus presence there. SpartHawg948 06:27, April 21, 2010 (UTC)

Image
As for me, the current image seems quite ugly as it is in a very low resolution and is not properly cropped out. Also I don't see any sense in having a 3D logo as it is the 2D one that is used throughout the game. SkyBon 20:56, August 28, 2010 (UTC)
 * I prefer the current 3D logo to the other one you were adding, which looked, to me at least, flat and boring. And If we want to be really technical, if there's no sense using the 3D logo, I don't see any sense in using the one you were adding either. Seems to me if we're using any (for the sake of making sense and being proper and whatever), we should be using the Cerberus logo from the Codex. It's also the version from Miranda's uniform, as well as Jacob's alternate, with the black replaced with white due to the black background. After all, that's also the version used throughout the game, isn't it? Even then though, choosing between the 'official' (aka Codex) logo and the 3D one, I'd choose 3D, because it just looks better, IMO. SpartHawg948 21:07, August 28, 2010 (UTC)
 * I also like the 3D image, hence me reverting it the first time, and also the 2D image is of the same resolution as the one you uploaded. In addition, the file size is smaller, which usually means lower quality, and compared to the image now, it looks flat and unappealing. If we are going to change it, the Codex image would be the way to go, but compared to this very nice 3D image, I would say the 3D image looks better than the Codex image in this case. Lancer1289 21:11, August 28, 2010 (UTC)
 * Usually appplies to raster images. The resolution does not matter for vector images: 10,000x10,000 image can have the same size and quality of 10x10px one. You can scale them painlessly. You can read about vector images here. SkyBon 21:15, August 28, 2010 (UTC)
 * Actually, no, you can't. Sorry, was mistaken about what needs to happen due to the confusing nature of the link. You need to removed the URL. There's no reason to use it if you have the link set up as an internal link. Well, no reason unless you don't want the link to work. SpartHawg948 21:18, August 28, 2010 (UTC)
 * In fact I can. See this image as an illustration. P.S. link fixed. SkyBon 21:27, August 28, 2010 (UTC)