Sorry that I got you killed that one time, commander, but now I'll make up for it by abandoning you and running away from the final battle with all of your friends in tow. We're cool now, right? Good.
I just don't see the necessity of destroying the relay network. Doesn't blowing up relays really mess up the system they're in? So in addition to kicking galactic civilization in the balls by wrecking its transit system, it also plasters every population center in the galaxy? It's just this needless unfortunate side effect of firing off your space magic superweapon.
And doesn't the Citadel serve as the control hub for the relay network? I think Vigil mention something like this. Didn't the Reapers lock the protheans out when they came for them? Why didn't they do the same here? The protheans sabotaged the keepers but the Reapers had no trouble flying the thing to Earth.
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