User blog comment:Ygrain/Long Days, Long Nights 4/@comment-5287758-20121006152020/@comment-2228120-20121006153425

Lol, imagine what a cliffy it would be if we didn't know the outcome!

I believe Cerberus must have staged their sick experiment really thoroughly - they must have known that once they wipe out the colonists, investigation is bound to follow, and it kinda makes sense that they wanted to see what an average force could come up with against the threshers.