Talk:Cerberus

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)