"Shinra" Taco Cart Theorem?

[BlackSwordMeister]

Any Mass Effect fans out there know what the Cerberus Taco Cart Theorem is. Seeing as the Shinra Corporation is apparently a haven for mad scientists, Does they suffer from the same thing?

 

[Sublime]

I'm not familiar with the Taco Cart Theorem.

Can you elaborate?

 

[BlackSwordMeister]

For those who don't know, the "Cerberus Taco Cart Theorem" (named for this) is a theory that any science project attempted by a certain organization will backfire horrendously result in massive death and/or destruction. It also helps that nearly all of said projects tend to be completely amoral and unethical.

 

[Cat Rage Room]

I dunno, the Cerberus multi billion credit science project to bring Commander Shepard back from the dead to save the galaxy turned out pretty alright. The thing that screwed them over was screwing Shepard over, not the other way around.

 

[BlackSwordMeister]

I dunno, the Cerberus multi billion credit science project to bring Commander Shepard back from the dead to save the galaxy turned out pretty alright. The thing that screwed them over was screwing Shepard over, not the other way around.

That's just it. Even if bringing back Shepard was initially a good idea, it still bit them in the ass hard in the end. In the Citadel DLC, Miranda makes the same argument when Joker brings this up and Shepard promptly responds, "And then I cut all ties, got loose, and started killing all their guys."

 

[Clement Rage]

Spoiler

They didn't really screw Shepard over until the sequel. If you play paragon, Shepard consistently shuts down various unethical projects they've got going, rather than just solving the problem, but TIM is pretty supportive right up until s/he destroys the piece of tech he was after, and after all that, the Alliance takes possession of the SR2. So TIM's huge investment had basically no return for him.

 

[BlackSwordMeister]

Spoiler

Plus the mass indoctrination through brain implanted Reaper tech probably didn't help matters...

 

[The Twilight Mexican]

I'm not sure I understand the purpose of this theory. Is it saying that any and all science experiments ever go bad? Just those in fiction? Or just those of the organization from "Mass Effect," and you're wondering if the same is true for Shin-Ra?

Whatever the case, the answer is no.

 

[BlackSwordMeister]

I'm not sure I understand the purpose of this theory. Is it saying that any and all science experiments ever go bad? Just those in fiction? Or just those of the organization from "Mass Effect," and you're wondering if the same is true for Shin-Ra?

Whatever the case, the answer is no.

The latter...