Summary
TheMass Effectworld is filled with fascinating aliens that stretch the bounds of imagination. One of the most interesting of these groups are the geth, an AI race created by an organic species, the quarians, who rebelled against their creators. The geth are introduced as an antagonistic group inMass Effect, then make a surprising face-turn inMass Effect 2with Legion, who joins Shepard’s team. ByMass Effect 3, they’re understood as their own independent, intelligent form of life.
The Geth are Arguably the Best Species in Mass Effect
The Destruction of the Geth was a Mistake
Unfortunately, the only ending in which Shepard survives, the Destruction ending, means that all synthetics are destroyed. This includes the geth, no matter if Shepard did everything possible to save them. This was an unpopular part of the ending, especially considering that the reasoning behind this given by the Star Child was that organics and synthetics could never co-exist. Meanwhile, a major theme ofMass Effect 3is proving that the two groups can co-operate.Creating peace between the quarians and the gethis one of the main story points inMass Effect 3, and of Tali and Legion’s story throughout the trilogy.
The Geth are Narratively Essential to Mass Effect
The geth are one of the strongest narrative points of theMass Effect Trilogy. Although the other aliens inMass Effectare inhuman and with different cultures, it is the geth who truly push the boundaries of accepting life in all its forms. The geth force Shepard and the player to consider if life could be a machine and, even if that life thinks in a way that humans will never understand, because it is alive, it deserves to live.
Bringing Back the Geth Would Be a Win for Mass Effect
The Geth Help the Galaxy
Mass Effect 2andMass Effect 3in particular push this theme through Legion and a variety of quests, includingLegion’s Loyalty Mission inMass Effect 2, and the Geth-Quarian War inMass Effect 3. The resolution of the Geth-Quarian War and its aftermath, where the geth assist the quarians in relocating Rannoch, is particularly revealing regarding the future of the geth. The geth’s assistance means that the quarians' resettlement of Rannoch is sped up by entire generations, and so that the current generation of quarians could live on their homeworld without their suits.
Bring the Geth Back
Losing the geth inMass Effect 3’s Destroy endingmeant losing all the narrative themes, potential geth characters, unique culture, and help they could provide in rebuilding the galaxy inMass Effect 4. While the Destruction ending appears to be the canon version of the ending for theMass Effect Trilogy, bringing the geth back would be a massive boon forMass Effect 4as the geth could help rebuild the galaxy in unpredictable and innovative ways, but also because theMass Effect Trilogydidn’t have a chance to explore their full potential.
The Logistics of Bringing the Geth Back
Bringing the geth back forMass Effect 4could work for all game states, even those where the geth became hostile or were destroyed. As the Reaper threat is no longer a problem, the geth would have no reason to fight organics unless it was for survival, and organics are unlikely to be in a state to launch a war against them.The geth could be rebuilt, and it’s far more likely they will be remade based on existing technology rather than BioWare creating an entirely new AI species.
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