I admit I only played the first hour or so…but the writing was quite good.
A Pathfinder revered and obeyed as if he was a returned JC because of a link to a IA on a fleet trying to escape annihilation from others IA.
A colony ship coming from a Galaxy which had, before that annihilation war, witnessed a previous annihilation war between the Rebel AI-Geth and the Quarians.
The Pathfinder himself is a dishonorable discharged commando guy (N7) so that is totally the kind of person you put in charge of a whole colony ship with thousands of people. Obviously, you also trust him with the last hope of your race.
They probably wanted to nominate a rapist serial-killer before calling Ryder but the guy was unsure about his capacity to command a full ship.
Ryder being a commando does not doubt about that kind of thing: If you are a good N7 you are an awesome Colony ship captain.
in MEA like in the real world when that kind of guy die the first thing you do is to nominate his son/daughter while pissing on any military/law book.
Indeed, who cares if your new Pathfinder is a 20 years old virgin without any experience even at squad level? The system you just jumped in is already occupied so obviously no diplomacy or serious military is needed, right?
People will tell you than the story totally justifies the choice of the Pathfinder, but hindsight is good. People who gave command to the Ryder dynasty never had any idea about the Precursors and what it took to unravel their secrets.
No one actually in his right mind would have even let the Ryder family put a single feet on any ship with "last hope" written in the design documents in this context (IA lover + dishonorably discharged).
Yeah, Writing was superb. I laughed all the time.
