Re: Why didn't the Nexus have it's own Pathfinder and S.A.M node?
@VitesseLumiere wrote:
Alec tied the SAM nodes to the Pathfinder (they aren't mutually exclusive). Working with Garsen and the Benefactor, he was the one responsible for the creation of the Pathfinder team, their purpose, and responsible for the creation of the SAM nodes. So, in Alec's mind, I could see where he would not predict the need for the Pathfinder/SAM team on the Nexus. Does that mean it was the right decision? No. But I can see how in a hurry and the plan having been that the Arks would have been there sooner originally, he wouldn't have assigned that team to the Nexus.
There is also a lot of missing information we just don't know, so that makes it even more difficult to really answer this question beyond conjecture. For example, SAM nodes can communicate with their Pathfinders across the galaxy. Ryder's SAM is never transferred to the Tempest (which makes sense as the Hyperion would be safer given the unknown's the Tempest is flying into). But Ryder's SAM is also never transferred to the Nexus. He stays on the Hyperion, but gives active assistance to Nexus personnel. I bring this latter part up because I believe Alec intended his SAM for a much broader purpose than the other SAM nodes. But how that was supposed to play out pre-scourge is the question.
Just as a thought, the Benefactor has a lot of stuff moving behind the scenes and full access to all schematics/programs of the Initiative, including SAM. Ergo, there could be a SAM that is/was installed on the Nexus that no-one but the Benefactor & minions knew about.
Actually, if you want to go full on conspiracy theory, there are an awful lot of top of the line Initiative toys, including armor and Tempest-class vessels, that somehow got marked missing or destroyed between launch and arrival. It could possibly be assumed that, like Jien Garson's death, the Benefactor (or competitors) used the Scourge "accident" to hide what was going on, namely, moving people and materials off the station, up to and maybe including any hidden SAMs.
Double Conspiracy with a cherry on top: Jian Garson isn't actually dead. "Sorry Alec, but I had to play you..."
