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 was doing some additional research and re-watching some of the Initiative and Pathfinder videos online. One of them makes a statement I had forgotten - that the Pathfinder teams operate under their own authority. That may also be why the Nexus didn't have a Pathfinder/SAM. May have been a political or bureaucratic issue due to the authority interplay.
@VitesseLumiere wrote:
Just was doing some additional research and re-watching some of the Initiative and Pathfinder videos online. One of them makes a statement I had forgotten - that the Pathfinder teams operate under their own authority. That may also be why the Nexus didn't have a Pathfinder/SAM. May have been a political or bureaucratic issue due to the authority interplay.
