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* The Spectres from ''[[Mass Effect]]'' fall into this category, within their own organisation. Their Agents given full authority to do ''anything'' to get the job done, but exactly how far they go to accomplish their objectives is left completely at the discretion of any individual Agent. Hence the reason why it took over ''twenty years'' before [[Big Bad|Saren]] finally lost his Spectre status. |
* The Spectres from ''[[Mass Effect]]'' fall into this category, within their own organisation. Their Agents given full authority to do ''anything'' to get the job done, but exactly how far they go to accomplish their objectives is left completely at the discretion of any individual Agent. Hence the reason why it took over ''twenty years'' before [[Big Bad|Saren]] finally lost his Spectre status. |
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** Lampshaded in ''Lair of the Shadow Broker'', where Shepard berates Tela Vasir for betraying the Spectres by working with the Shadow Broker. Vasir throws it right back at them, that ''Shepard'' is working with Cerberus, so how are they ''[[Not So Different|different]]''? |
** Lampshaded in ''Lair of the Shadow Broker'', where Shepard berates Tela Vasir for betraying the Spectres by working with the Shadow Broker. Vasir throws it right back at them, that ''Shepard'' is working with Cerberus, so how are they ''[[Not So Different|different]]''? |
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*** Shepard's alliance with Cerberus is temporary and does not require him to do anything he would normally be unwilling to do without Cerberus, and Shepard's reason for entering that alliance is ' |
*** Shepard's alliance with Cerberus is temporary and does not require him to do anything he would normally be unwilling to do without Cerberus, and Shepard's reason for entering that alliance is 'because there is a threat to all life in the galaxy that must be stopped and only Cerberus, out of all the people I've asked, is able and willing to help me stop it'. Tela Vasir is the Shadow Broker's employee and is murdering innocent people as his paid hitwoman, and her reasons for doing it are 'so I can advance my own career by using inside information'.<ref>While it is true that the inside information Vasir is getting is helping her catch criminals, her activities for the Shadow Broker are also helping an even larger criminal ''not'' get caught, so this one's either a wash or a net loss for the galaxy at large.</ref> That's a very substantial difference. |
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**** Also, although Vasir arguably does not know this part, the Shadow Broker was an ally or pawn of the Reapers. So Vasir is ultimately working for the destruction of all life in the galaxy, while Shepard is fighting to preserve it. It doesn't ''get'' any more different. |
**** Also, although Vasir arguably does not know this part, the Shadow Broker was an ally or pawn of the Reapers. So Vasir is ultimately working for the destruction of all life in the galaxy, while Shepard is fighting to preserve it. It doesn't ''get'' any more different. |
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** The Spectres arguably are this to the Asari Justicars. The Justicars are an ancient order that patrol Asari Space in pursuit of justice and adhere to a highly strict Code that dictates what they can and cannot do. This can allow them to kill anyone who gets in their way, ''including'' other law-enforcers, should they be foolish enough to try to apprehend them. ''This rarely happens''. |
** The Spectres arguably are this to the Asari Justicars. The Justicars are an ancient order that patrol Asari Space in pursuit of justice and adhere to a highly strict Code that dictates what they can and cannot do. This can allow them to kill anyone who gets in their way, ''including'' other law-enforcers, should they be foolish enough to try to apprehend them. ''This rarely happens''. |
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