Re: I Like Sloane
How is Sloane any better or worse than Reyes as an asset? They will both continue to operate Kadara exactly the same.
That is the thing - they will not. Reyes will not collect extortion fees, will not throw people out od Kadara Port to badlands stripped of all their possession, will not sanction beating people just for being poor, will not require Initiative to pay him, will not sell drugs (or at least there is no proof or suggestion that he will), will not sentence people to death to entertain minorities...
Sure, You can *assume* that Reyes will do bad things to common people on Kadara, but there is absolutely nothing in-game that would allow You to validate the assumption. At the same time You do *know* how cruel, petty, dishonest, and delusional drug lord Sloane is.
She also trusts me.
Very poor reading of people - at least as far as my Ryder is concerned... :-)
She made me her second for the duel.
Nope. She was not expecting the duel, and she has never actually asked Ryder to be her second. She just wanted Ryder to go with her to *the meeting*, and to hold her back during *the meeting* (technically - that would be until "the duel" starts) - which is a bit different.
And once again: she is truly a poor leader if she trusts a random stranger more than she trusts self-selected elite troops. :-(
She is the one who is willing to meet with the opposition knowing full well it is a trap.
I was really WTF when I saw the dialogue for the first time. It's like she was drugged or crazy to go without any preparation and adding my Ryder to the equation. Seriously, my Ryder had even more reasons to shot her in her back than Reyes had...
I don't know, perhaps it was a death wish or something?
She is the one who hasn't tried to stomp out the collective from the start.
Which makes even less sense, and proves how poor leader she was. She is OK with another gang killing and capturing her people, stealing stuff from her, and even advertising openly in her capital. Does it even makes ANY sense to You?
Reyes' word is worth no more than the value of the CO2 within it.
That is Your opinion. You're absolutely entitled to it, but there is actually no proof that Reyes lied to You once. At least I do not recall any situation where he intentionally betrayed Your trust EXCEPT with not being open about who he is. And in his position I would certainly not start every conversation with "Hi, I am Reyes, do You know that I am Charlatan?"
Your choice is how do you want to play the Kadara game? Do you want to do so unwittingly and be used or do you want to know?
Uh... But I am helping Reyes willingly and consciously. I know who he is when I am making my choice, I do understand what the consequences are, and I do not expect him to be saint or my new ally-for-life. At the same time I do know that Sloane is enemy to me and to majority of people on Kadara. Even if Reyes believes that he played my Ryder (and I really think that Reyes is too smart to believe so), my Ryder is absolutely OK with pretending to be played. I prefer Reyes over Sloane, my choice is clear.
If you want anything to change there you are choosing between someone who will tell you what they want/you want to hear and (may or may not change) and someone who will tell you like it is (and then may or may not change).
You expect a bully, sadist, satrap, murdered, drug lord, AND a fool who BLINDLY hates me and my people... to change? Well, perhaps You have noticed something in Sloane that I had not. I am not to tell that this is impossible, but well... I find it *hardly* possible.
Once again: I see no reason why Reyes should change into a tyrant or enemy to the Initiative. It is absolutely possible, and I will certainly need to be careful with Reyes, but currently there is no reason for Ryder and Reyes to be enemies. There are many more reasons for them to be allies.
...plus I have *seen* that Kadara is much better under Reyes than under Sloane. :-)
There's where I'm at - Reyes thinks it is some kind of game and likes to play it to feel like he is "somebody". Sloane is playing to survive.
That is the thing: she is playing for her hand-picked cronies to survive at the cost of all the others. And actually there is not even this survival part for her and her followers anymore - she just wants to grow rich by bleeding others to death and offering nothing in exchange (like there are some Ketts remaining on the planet? WHO CARES? Collective is killing my elite Outcasts? WHO CARES? Exiles are dying in the badlands? WHO CARES? I can sell drugs to my subjects? YES, PLEASE).
Reyes just wants to achieve something, and thus he protects the planet from all its enemies, like Sloane or Roekaar. You know, it is like sheriff of Nottingham (Sloane) vs. Robin Hood (Reyes). Is it wrong that Robin enjoyed making fool out of the sheriff? ;-)
She is still fighting the war on the Kett, and our first meeting with her is actually very similar to meeting Evfra. They both distrust you as a possible, or even probable, enemy, although you can earn their grudging respect and partial alliance.
Well, I can understand little trust upfront. But when Evfra learns that Ryder can be trusted, he allows the Initiative on Aya, and even establishes embassy for the Nexus *at cost* of Angara. Sloane wants Initiative to pay her and hates the Initiative no matter what. I would say that Sloane is much more blinded in her hatred than Akksul is. :-(
Also, Sloane doesn't care about Ketts anymore. She is only concerned when they are PROVEN to still be a danger that the fact will undermine her credibility.
Admittedly, she has poor control of her troops, although she does inspire loyalty. This is due to a couple of main issues. Firstly, she seems to be trying to allow her troops as much freedom as possible, which should be significantly less than anyone else in a freedom loving society, which she may not understand.
She is life-long military officer that served in Alliance for many years, and was selected for head of Nexus security. Also there are numerous datapads, terminals, and dialogues that clearly state that Sloane is fully aware of extortion, beating, and bullying. She is also clearly OK with Outcasts going to badlands to raid all the poor souls that live there.
Seriously, if Reyes/Charlatan - who is an opportunist and has literally NO background at all - can run an army of professionals that are obedient and loyal to him... And Sloane - who is experienced military officer, and self-proclaimed idealist - can not control her hand-picked elite and does not trust them... :-(
As for the drug issue, if you give the formula to the Asari instead of Dr. Nakamura and Reyes takes over, does he shut it down or just take it over?
Never gave the asari a chance, always went for Dr. Nakamoto.
Actually I am quite interested: has anyone tried to leave the formula to Farenth, and then sided with Reyes? I believe that drugs were sold by Outcasts, so after High Noon drug dealers should not be in slums anymore... But can anyone confirm?
i think the point here was that cid started the rescue on her own, and then had smuggled them to podromos, without official sanction to do it. if you're joking, then forget i said anything.
Yap, I was joking. Both "Initiative" and "Prodromos" are "Nexus" in my book, though I certainly do like the humor in distinguishing between those groups (all credits to @fudgietroll). :-)
