Forum:Storyline Debate...

Greetings - first time poster.

I instantly became a big fan of Mass Effect with the title release on Xbox in 2007. I have read both "Revelation" and "Ascension novels."

In preparation for the upcoming sequel, I have been playing through the original game again (mostly achievement grinding) and also decided to read up on the entire storyline, which I was glad to see available on this Wikia.

A question came to mind as I read through "the plan" between Saren and Sovereign regarding the regain of control over the Citadel.

Saren's mission was to find and then use the conduit to enter the Citadel and take control of it. I assumed he would have to use this "back door" method because of being stripped of his Spectre status. However, it wasn't until the discovery of his recorded conversation with Benezia that led to the stripping of his status. In that recording, he declared being "one step closer" to discovering the conduit.

Being that Saren was a Spectre in good standing when he discovered Sovereign, why didn't he just waltz into the Citadel and take control? Why the galaxy-wide search for Prothean beacons and the conduit? The Council would have had no reason to suspect Saren until it was far too late.

I welcome discussion on this topic. Maybe I'm missing something. It's been a while since I read any of the novels, and will admit I skip through dialogue when replaying the game...

Should be fun!

149.101.1.135 18:23, January 7, 2010 (UTC)Jeff "The ViperMan"