Mass Effect 3
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LightSpectra
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On this TVTropes page, under the section "the Genophage, the Rachni, the Virmire Assault", there's a full twelve pages of text of people arguing about whether the Genophage against the krogan was morally right. It's actually a really fascinating debate, and it sparks my love of both ethics and Mass Effect.
Carl Von Uber
Warlord
In the Trailer it could have been a GETH that was chasing the woman
GenMarshall
High Elven ISB Capt & Ghost Agent
Aww, and I just gotten ME1 
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.LightSpectra
me autem minui
Aww, and I just gotten ME1
It's not coming out until Q4 2011 I think. You still have plenty of time to finish the first two games.
Maniacal
the green Napoleon
I doubt it, only a few Geth (relatively) followed Seren, and in ME2
Spoiler :
LightSpectra
me autem minui
On the geth issue, in response to the above:
Spoiler :
Luckymoose
The World is Mine
Dunno why Reapers would fear humans. Such a cliche. Just glass the planet and have the bad guys win. Now that would be worth the money.
Jos Ballenbak
Zombiehunter, duh.....
Psyched!~
Maniacal
the green Napoleon
Sovereign was the only reaper in contact with the geth, so unless the reaper fleet picked up a bunch of Heretic Geth along their way to earth (which I doubt) there won't be any at Earth and it would entirely depend upon your choice in ME2.
LightSpectra
me autem minui
The Reapers have some sort of reverence for Shepard. Notice how one of the things Harbinger says is "preserve Shepard's body if possible"? It's possible that they view her as the pinnacle of organic life. Justified, given that she foiled the Reapers' plan for galactic conquest almost single-handedly.
Where do you draw that from? The heretic geth are still on the collectors' side in ME2.
Maniacal
the green Napoleon
The Reapers probably could not have survived this long without actually studying their enemies to some degree, and the fact that is over-grown monkey has thwarted them TWICE(!) would certainly draw their attention, and they obviously conduct genetic experiments as seen on the collector base.
The Heretic Geth have nothing to do with the collectors afaik, I don't recall it ever being mentioned. As well Soverign was the ONLY intact reaper actually in the galaxy, every single other surviving reaper was out in deep space. I also doubt they really care about the Geth anyways, they were simply another tool like the collectors, ableit ones that
LightSpectra
me autem minui
The geth you're fighting on Tali's recruitment mission are heretics sent by the collectors. Legion specifically says that he's the only true geth that Shepard has ever seen.
Maniacal
the green Napoleon
I don't recall the heretic geth ever having connections with the collectors. Maybe, but the collectors have been destroyed by Shepherd (afaik). The ones on Tali's loyalty mission in ME2 were built from parts.
LightSpectra
me autem minui
I don't remember if it's said explicitly but every geth in both games save for Legion are heretics.
Harbinger was possessing the Collector-General, and I can't think of any reason why he wouldn't use the heretic geth in ME3.
No, I'm talking about her recruitment mission. The reason the geth are there is because they were sent by the collectors.
Maniacal
the green Napoleon
Only a relatively small group of geth are heretics.
http://masseffect.wikia.com/wiki/Geth
If the heretic geth still exist by ME3, they will be a much smaller and weaker force then they were in ME1 and if they do show up I highly doubt they are being used by the reapers. Though we will only know for sure in ME3 and/or anymore comics/books.
The Geth already controlled Haestrom since they rose up against the Quarrians.
http://masseffect.wikia.com/wiki/Haestrom
LightSpectra
me autem minui
Yes but the true geth are hiding in the Perseus Veil. If you ask Legion how many platforms they've sent to the Council sectors, he says that he's the only one.
No doubt they will be weaker, but that doesn't mean the reapers would just stop using them. As I said, the heretics are basically the signature enemy of the Mass Effect franchise at this point. I would be very surprised if they didn't show up for at least one mission.
The link doesn't say what you just said. Haestom was an abandoned planet that the quarians landed on for research, and then the heretics attacked. You can see this from the way that the heretics are dropping off troops with dropships.
Maniacal
the green Napoleon
Legion was built specifically for this task.
The Heretic Geth took heavy losses in the assault upon the citadel and were subsequently further hunted by the alliance (As Anderson says in ME2 when you talk to him on the citadel, he also mentions they are not the threat (or bogeymen) they used to be). Not defeated/destroyed completely, but definitely weakened. They might get used again in ME3, we'll see if that happens, but they aren't a huge force anymore (especially depending on the choices you've made regarding them and the regular Geth).
Both the article and the in-game codex (which most of the article is) say there is a major Geth presence there on and around the planet with active industrial operations. The Quarrians tried to sneak in there and stay hidden, but the Geth found them and had to transport their troops there (its not like they are going to have guards in every neighborhood nor would the Quarrians land in an area with lots of Geth).
LightSpectra
me autem minui
... therefore proving that Shepard never sees any other true geth?
Maybe -- I don't remember this part very clearly -- but they're certainly heretic geth. At this point, Shepard doesn't know that there's a difference between the two.
Maniacal
the green Napoleon
I think the Geth on Haestrom were non-heretics, Shepherd doesn't know the difference yet.
How are they heretic Geth? Yeah Shep doesn't know the dif (and neither does Tali) but I don't think Haestrom is under heretic influence, if it is it isn't indicated. Both Geth and Heretics used the same weaponry and 'bodies'.
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