What Do You Think Pathfinder Training Entailed?

So there's some emphasis on my lack of experience and or training by several characters regarding my being the Pathfinder and it annoys me, both because I am a horrible person and want my titles to s...

Anonymous

8 years ago

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In my perception, through what we grasp from the game, Pathfinder is more like a political status than anything really specific. It's been defined that a Pathfinder had power, the say-so as they would mean here and there, and that his/her judgement upon landing and living were to be trusted.

In short, Pathfinder is power to decide, not honed skills, although you must prove yourself not being lower than the average explorer.

Anonymous
8 years ago
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Agree to with the others, and I'll add:

I feel like Pathfinder is also a mark of experience. A leader. Someone who has done a lot, made tough choices, and has been against the wall while others depended on them. Understanding that would make you really not be all that impressed with Scott/Sara.

Ryder's dad was an N7. Had lots of influence. Knew how to create an AI (despite that being his drumming out of N7). He also had a lot of political ties in the Milky way. Hell, him and Shepard probably had drinks together at some point.

So in my opinion, I don't think there was any official Training. It was more about who the person was that was selected. Cora, being next in line, has years of combat training and expirence as a leader under Ryder's dad. (hehehe) Young Ryder was thrown into the mix out of desperation and has to rise to the challenge. I feel like comparing young Ryder to Shepard can't be done... as Shepard was N7 from the start... and became Specter with everyone full trust.

The real question... What does being an N7 mean?

hmmm.... I need to play ME1-3 now/again. 😃
- Kaddris
  8 years ago
  Nevertheless, it seems to stretch things a bit that 'because daddy said so' is enough reason to get the entire Andromeda initiative leadership to risk their few resources on someone with basically no field experience.
  
  Of course, Tann's decision to create a rival, violent army by exiling thousands of people (effectively sentencing many of them to death) makes one doubt their decision making abilities.
  
  The series Lexx is one of the few where a wholly unqualified captain is able to fumble through with often funny results.
  
  Ryder is expected to suddenly deal with galactic diplomacy and First Contact situations with no experience or training except for pithy statements from his dad.
  
  I get it. It's about rising to the occasion. It sort of bugs me that the entire Krogan loyalty thing amounted to giving them the remnant drive core and killing three beasts. Ryder is able to 'reason' with twice cheated and very angry creatures who could use his skull as a cup. I doubt human charm after one or two nice things would do the trick.
  - Anonymous
    8 years ago
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    @Kaddris wrote:
    Nevertheless, it seems to stretch things a bit that 'because daddy said so' is enough reason to get the entire Andromeda initiative leadership to risk their few resources on someone with basically no field experience.
    
    Apparently, it was on the whim of necessity, the fact that he was close to his son. Would SAM be able to be transferred suddenly to Cora even when she was not there? Was there more to it than just a whim of fatherly love?