: If you think back to Marathon RED, you'll recognize this writing style as
: Michael's. The most imporant aspect of this dream sequence is that by
: calling the S'pht'Kr back to Lh'owon to fight the original Pfhor invasion,
: we left the Pfhor no choice but to use the trih xeem on Lh'owon's sun a
: thousand years before we forced them to do the same. But there was no
: Infinityeqsue way to fix the timeline here - choosing between Tycho and
: Durandal was not an option. Neither had been created yet and there was not
: way to create a Durandal/Thoth entiity to help us get an ancient Jjaro
: space station on line. The result was the release of the W'rk from
: Lh'owon's sun at a time when humans were still sailing in ships to cross
: the ocean. The universe was destroyed and all that is left is Michael, or
: one of his cousins, or perhaps several of his kind.
: Fortunately, we have a much simpler option to deal with the W'rk this time -
: we can go back to Lh'owon and not interfere with history this time, seeing
: to it that the S'pht lose their battle to the Pfhor and pospoining the
: final battle at Lh'owon for a thousand years.
The one big plot hole I realize here and just kind of skirted around: K'lia vanished just before the Pfhor arrived. In M2/Infinity they've had a thousand years to advance to Pfhor-ass-kicking level. What good would have recalling them right after they left have done? Were the ancient S'pht'Kr, having been free from their brethren's warfare for the thousand years they lived above, before they left, really that much more advanced or powerful than the S'pht planetside?
Also of note, with Thoth's activation terminal: he, having a Cybernetic Junction of his own, could have just sent you back in time timself. Maybe he does - you only dream when travelling Outside, across time via Cybernetic Junction. He is fully aware that the S'pht'Kr were not meant to be recalled yet. "Witness now the consequences of your intervention", he says, before you enter the Outside for the dream of Mad World. So the question I have, for myself, is, Why wouldn't Thoth simply *not call the S'pht'Kr yet* if he knows the doom that that would bring?
