Why Can't We Lie Sometimes?
There are times where I'd like the option to be "dishonorable" and you know something? I'd be okay if it had an adverse affect on my relationships with certain people (or improved it in some cases)....
Forum Discussion
@PretzleMe wrote:
"....Well, it was a negotiating tactic and when you agree to have her release the pods the Kett do arrive, so in fact the reality is that you don't have time to set the charges...."
Charges are not how you blow up the base. As I mentioned in my previous post, SAM was able to blow up the base almost from the beginning. So again, you're incorrect and not remembering the mission accurately.
Also, this would have no bearing on your ability to return to this base.
As far as I understand the situation:
- SAM is ready to set up some EMP-like detonation that kills all Ketts and Angara in the vicinity. But in order to activate the charge (with some very short countdown) SAM needs to be there, so it cannot be done "remotely".
- Cardinal promises to release the captives if Ryder does not activate the charge. It is not about him doing it *now* - it is but a promise. Even so, there is no way for the cages to be opened, and Angara leaving the explosion zone in a matter of seconds or even minutes - I guess it would take them several hours to evacuate. With Kett reinforcments inbound there is *porbably* not enough time to wait that long on the platform.
My personal issues with the scene:
- By accepting Cardinal's suggestion we are forced to trust him. I mean we leave, and we must trust that he will indeed release all those captives *afterwards*. That is a leap of faith to me - while it is possible that Kett are honorable and always keep their word, they do *not* strike me as trustworthy people. So I see no good reason to trust the Cardinal - even though as per game he indeed keeps his word.
- Another thing is that when we accept Cardinal's solution and then shot him, prisoners are still released. It makes little sense to me. *Perhaps* it is so that Cardinal immediately opened those cages, and ordered his man to allow prisoners to leave, and thus shooting him in the face does not stop the process. All the same it will definitely take Angara some time to escape the base, so we cannot just set up the charge - or they will all die inside.
@Kondaru wrote:
@PretzleMe wrote:
"....Well, it was a negotiating tactic and when you agree to have her release the pods the Kett do arrive, so in fact the reality is that you don't have time to set the charges...."
Charges are not how you blow up the base. As I mentioned in my previous post, SAM was able to blow up the base almost from the beginning. So again, you're incorrect and not remembering the mission accurately.
Also, this would have no bearing on your ability to return to this base.
As far as I understand the situation:
- SAM is ready to set up some EMP-like detonation that kills all Ketts and Angara in the vicinity. But in order to activate the charge (with some very short countdown) SAM needs to be there, so it cannot be done "remotely".
- Cardinal promises to release the captives if Ryder does not activate the charge. It is not about him doing it *now* - it is but a promise. Even so, there is no way for the cages to be opened, and Angara leaving the explosion zone in a matter of seconds or even minutes - I guess it would take them several hours to evacuate. With Kett reinforcments inbound there is *porbably* not enough time to wait that long on the platform.
My personal issues with the scene:
- By accepting Cardinal's suggestion we are forced to trust him. I mean we leave, and we must trust that he will indeed release all those captives *afterwards*. That is a leap of faith to me - while it is possible that Kett are honorable and always keep their word, they do *not* strike me as trustworthy people. So I see no good reason to trust the Cardinal - even though as per game he indeed keeps his word.
- Another thing is that when we accept Cardinal's solution and then shot him, prisoners are still released. It makes little sense to me. *Perhaps* it is so that Cardinal immediately opened those cages, and ordered his man to allow prisoners to leave, and thus shooting him in the face does not stop the process. All the same it will definitely take Angara some time to escape the base, so we cannot just set up the charge - or they will all die inside.
it was overloading the facility's power generators iirc, nobody mentioned planting any kind of charge, unless i'm mistaken.
