Because apart from the fact that the geth did not refer to themselves in the singular, other words and logic were relatively easy to understand, and they answered all questions. After a period of questioning, Ashley basically figured out the cause and effect of the geth attacks during this period.
According to the overall development of the situation.
About three hundred years ago, the Quarians were not satisfied with various automated machines and created the first geth, which spread to all aspects of Quarian life at an extremely high speed.
Then, as expected, the Geth, who had a body and consciousness, awakened.
However, unlike what the Quarians claimed and what the Citadel speculated, the reason for the geth's awakening was not "spontaneous" but caused by a ghost signal from an "ancient machine", also known as the "Reaper".
"Inspiration".
The evidence is that if a single Geth VI is allowed to manage a body, it can do nothing but blink, because there are no commands. Only a body managed by at least ten VIs can carry out simple and stylized battles and tasks.
, and one hundred VIs must be jointly managed before the geth organisms can initially show intelligence, so they will call themselves "us".
However, this kind of intelligence is still very rigid and must reach 1024 VIs to pass the Turing test, that is, to become a real AI.
Theoretically speaking, the more VIs equipped, the smarter the geth machines will be, but they use their own logic to judge that carrying so many VIs is a complete waste.
Therefore, the geth society - if it can be called a society - is mainly composed of three parts of "people", the "laborers" carrying 10 VIs, the "elites" carrying 100 VIs, and the "elites" carrying 1024 VIs.
"leader".
It should be noted that the number only represents the level of intelligence, not the size. The "Colossus of Geth", which is very difficult to deal with, actually only carries a mere 10 VIs.
The geth rescued by Captain Shepard has a total of 1,183 geth VIs in its body. It is completely possible to communicate with it as a normal person... although it is still not easy.
In other words, when the geth were just born with intelligence, when they faced the Quarians' horrified attempts to destroy them, it was a problem for them to even understand those destructive actions, let alone resist, let alone kill the Quarians.
Let them go with the remaining 1%, and keep Quai's home planet intact until they change their minds and coexist peacefully with the geth - their IQ is simply not enough.
Therefore, it was actually the "ghost signal" that awakened them that commanded them to resist Quarian and make the next arrangements. From this point of view, the geth had nothing to do with them, and was just one of the legendary "ancient machines."
” In other words, it is very reasonable for “Reaper” to be worshiped as a god.
However, this ghost signal seems to be different from the one that caused the omnic crisis among the androids on Earth, and their styles are completely different.
Next, we have to personally visit the "Reapers" of the Perseus Veil. Through various data and descriptions of their appearance, we can basically confirm that they are the Citadel ghosts Connor Shepard and Saren Atreus.
The secretly abducted reaper—of course, this matter is kept secret from the outside world.
When the "Ancient Machine" visited in person and asked for the command of the geth, half of the geth readily agreed, while the other half flatly refused. The rejected geth believed that they were already a mature mechanical civilization, even if
The "ancient machines" have the kindness to guide them to grow, and there is no reason to hand them over. Moreover, through some inexplicable reasoning, they - that is, the heretics - came to the conclusion that "this 'Reaper' is'
The traitor in the "Ancient Machine" is on the run, and all his actions are to prepare for the conclusion of "fighting against other "Ancient Machines"", and he begins to oppose it in everything.
It won't let the geth leave the Perseus Veil, and the heretics will go out.
It prohibits geth from attacking organic civilization, but heretics insist on attacking.
It goes to some planets to cooperate with organic civilization, and the heresy will destroy all its achievements.
It plans to build a "Holy Way" to go to the Citadel to prevent the "ancient machine" from coming, and the heretics insist on it - this has completely proved that this "Reaper" is a traitor!
Hmm... Ashley suppressed her words when she heard this. From the perspective of the geth, these so-called "orthodox" people who casually believe in a single Reaper and obey its orders are the "legends"
heresy".
But, as a human being, she can only support her own people.
Finally, it was this unlucky geth that was captured and used as the communications center.
Captain Shepard's guess was basically correct. This "roller" was the carrier of the original "ghost signal". The orthodox geth could isolate contact with the "heretics" on the data level, but this "Reaper Object"
Their "firewall" can be easily breached - direct contact only.
As this geth himself said, it is not a heretic, and the orthodox will not block the signals that should be sent to it, and then all these signals are intercepted by the heretics.
At present, the action plan of the heretic geth is to try to destroy the "Holy Path". If not, directly attack the Citadel to stop the "traitor" from the physical level.
"It seems that after resolving the matter with Wormel, we have to chase Elros, no matter..." Ashley noticed Captain Shepard paused: "No matter what 'that Reaper' wants to do, we
You have to make sure it’s completed.”
"[Agree.]" Geth said.
"Then, you come with us," Captain Shepard said. "Before that, do you have a name?"
"[Geth.]" Geth replied.
"I mean, this machine in front of me."
"[We are all geth]."
"..." Shepard touched his chin: "We may fight other geths in the future. I don't want anyone to shoot you when I order 'attack that geth'."
No... no one on the ship would be that stupid, right? And where is the Identification Code? Ashley hesitated to speak.
"[Commander Shepard can name us.]" The geth replied nonchalantly.
"It's called 'Legion'!" Ashley couldn't help blurting out.
"Oh?" Ashley saw Shepard turning his head with a slight smile: "'My name is 'Legion', because there are many of us'?"
He had indeed been tricked... The captain had known for a long time that he was a Christian.
"This sentence comes from the Bible, Mark Chapter 5, Verse 9. It was said by a man who was possessed by many demons. It is very suitable to name it." Ashley explained sadly.
"[Very good,]" the geth nodded: "['I' am 'Legion'.]"
