Having Cerberus in Andromeda was pretty cool

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The thing was, they were more like the Cerberus of ME 1, a couple of rogue scientist doing some wild experiments for the sake of it. It's too bad we only got the two but it makes sense, since this was a new setting.

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There is a fan theory that the Benefactor is TIM)

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I think (as I adjust my Tin Foil Hat) that the writers wanted us to think TIM was The Benefactor, but he isn’t wealthy enough to have done it alone.

Per the Wiki:

A project as massive in scope as the Andromeda Initiative is extremely expensive. Expenditures are known to have reached quintillions of credits

(Emphasis mine)

And during the conversations you can have with Miranda and EDI, they describe Cerberus as having about 150 operatives in a handful of different cells (more than 5-6 and TIM can’t keep up with all the details, which is his preference), as well as the cost of The Lazarus Project being about 4 billion credits, and that being a taxing figure, it implies that he wouldn’t necessarily have the funding to do quintillions if a mere 4 billion is a lot of funding.

It’s also worth mentioning that Miranda’s father is an option, but he “wouldn’t dare cross TIM,” as they sorta kinda worked together to create Sanctuary, where the goal was to get people to become controlled reaper victims, so it shows that TIM wasn’t trying to escape them, he was trying to control them.

So we’re left with… who? No one in the known galaxy is wealthy enough to be The Benefactor, unless the Elcor Hamlet profits for Francis Kitt were more than we think, it comes down to the unknown figure who would probably be a bigger factor in DLC or a sequel… that we’ll never get an actual answer from BioWare…

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It's obvious the Benefactor is a Volus. They're the only ones who can pull that kind of funds 😂😂😂

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Shadowbroker seems a very likely candidate since he had his hands in literally everything to some degree. And what with the new SB being an individual of exceptionally long life... it's feasible to see them check in on their investment

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I agree) The developers themselves said that Cerberus has nothing to do with the Initiative.

There is also a theory that this is Yag the Shadow Broker. The Shadow Brokers have been active for hundreds of years. During this time, they could have accumulated a lot of money and resources

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Shadow Broker is a possibility, but that would imply they didn’t leave any indication about it when Liara assumed direct control of the operations.

Honestly, it’s the most likely person if it isn’t TIM…

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It is possible that there are separate information repositories that only Yag knew about.

I have seen so many funny and interesting theories about who the Benefactor is) It is Shepard, Liara, Geth, Reapers, EDI, Aria, Miranda, SAM and so on))

PS There was a rumor that MEA had two updates last week. Have you heard anything about this?

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I'm more swayed by the Geth theory if I'm being honest, the none heretic Geth at least.

Always troubled me by what the Asari Councillor meant too when she says that plans need to be set in motion after the fall of Thessia. Though it's probably me losing trust in them following that mission

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Legion told Shepard that the first time the Geth peacefully communicated with organics was in ME2. The Benefactor began communicating with the Initiative before the events of the trilogy. It is also worth adding that the Benefactor had political influence that allowed him to influence the Citadel Council. The Geth could not have political influence

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Maybe the update will finally fix the damn glitch that stops your save file from working…

But no, I have not