User blog comment:Arbington/ME3 Theories/@comment-2161169-20100710005712

i figure that it doesn't matter if the Collector station got destroyed or not — something along the lines of EDI hacked into it well enough while you were there and discovered something useful anyway. Cerberus? i pretty much expect evil out of them; the nasty undertones of racial purity vs racial annihilation have to come to a head somewhere and the Illusive Man is pretty evil/angry if you did destroy it. i guess he'll turn out to be a nasty villain in the end.

the Council? i don't know. hard to say given that they could be human-dominated or multi-cultural aliens. but i'm guessing they are meddling somehow. Udina anyone?

and i figure the Systems Alliance has to play good guy. the main reason i think that is because of Ashley/Kaidan and the possibility to complete that romance. plus, when it comes time for epic space battle, i don't think Cerberus (even with the Collector station) could produce enough of a major battle fleet for the finale