I realize they felt they were being treated poorly, but then they threaten to kill 1000s and then later approximately 50,000. Can anybody justify this for me, because it just seems plain stupid and evil if you ask me.
Added a poll for more opinionizing. Yes, I know that isn't a word.

The Whole Reactor Thing?

That was the Crazy-dude-who-said-something-bout-being Chen's-sword's Idea. Chen was the leader, and he sent a threat as things were getting desperate, and then then Nutjob Bob decided to take Chen's threat seriously LOL.

In a Nutshell,

Boss man Bluffs,
Nutjob Busts.

Ya what he said Chen was bluffing his men took it seriously Chen didn't think the founder would risk the chance of it all falling apart but after beating the whole campaign it does seem like the resistance is more misguided than security.

Here's the thing about the two factions of Brink. Each one is both good and bad.

Security is good because they stand for law and order, and are out to protect the citizen's of The Ark from Resistance attacks. They legitimately believe that The Ark is the last place on Earth where humans live and they want to protect it from those who would lead it to ruin. They're also bad because they're restricting people to The Ark when they could all be leaving The Ark to find Survivors, and they're making the Guests and members of Resistance suffer without supplies.

On the opposite side of things, Resistance is good because they're fighting the oppression caused by Security forcing them to stay on The Ark. Security is holding food and drinking water for themselves, the founders and the original Ark citizens, leaving none for the Guests (who formed Resistance). They also want to find survivors outside of The Ark so that they can help each other return life on the planet to normalcy. Resistance is also bad because they're resorting to terrorist tactics to end Security's oppression, and they don't care which citizens of The Ark are harmed.

Which faction is good and which faction is bad is all based on player perspective. If you want Resistance to be good and Security to be bad, then they are. If you want Security to be good and Resistance to be bad, then you can think that way too. You have complete control to decide which faction is pure and which is corrupt.

It's safe to say that neither the Security ending nor the Resistance ending are canon (canon means they don't happen officially). The reason that neither faction's ending actually happens is because we have this freedom to decide which side to play as and which side is good or bad. If one happens, the other can't happen, and vice-versa. Since they conflict with each other, neither can happen. Unless Bethesda or Splash Damage officially states which side is good, which is bad and which ending officially happens, it's safe to say Resistance didn't actually do what they did in their ending (avoiding spoilers).




The problem with that is, that took place in the What-If levels in the Resistance campaign. The What-Of levels don't actually happen. That reactor being taken down doesn't actually happen. That's what What-If means. It means if something happens --this-- way instead of the way it actually turned out, this is what it would have looked like. So the reactor never went offline by the Resistance.

There wasn't much justification, you just kinda do what needs to be done. I was hoping to play as legitimate terrorists, but instead Splash Damage just kind of flipped sides on me. It wasn't about what happened and what needed to be done so much as the whole us vs. them notion.

Nonetheless entertaining. Now for the other side of cops and robbers!

Voted for other. Mainly because they were an extremest sect. If you play that mission through on the Resistances What If *SPOILER* you'll hear Chen condemn the actions saying it was never anything but a bluff and he will basically be asking you what you were thinking.

Another spoiler for those interested in the Audio logs, you'll actually find out that Chen took control of the revolution for a few reasons, the not so obvious from the beginning one is that he wanted to keep extreme actions like this from happening. He knew that if he didn't take control they would eventually resort to terrorism.

What about the end of the security missions?

*SPOILER*

They just dump half the ark and the whole resistance into the sea. They did a good job of making the factions good and bad, I just wish there was more story to them.

its just a what if mission

as sain before. Chen wanted thecrazy Asian guyto bluff. But the crazy Asian guy, being a crazy Asian, instead shaved his head and went all fanatic and decided to try it for real. And I think the only reason Chen bluffed in the first place was to distract Security so that the Resistancehad a better chance of sneaking onto the Airfield and stealing the plane.

also, the Founders discovered survivors 13 years, ago, but it was anarchy. The Founders won't let people leae because they still think it is anarchy out there. And they think they are keeng hope alive by keeping it secret, when they are only making it worse. Also, the Captain Africa (no offense, i just can't remember his name, but I am almost positive he is from Africa) is a monster, plain and simple. Security is doing what they thnk is right, but the Captain takes it to far and tortures prisoners, and even went with lethal force agianst the Founder's wishes. I smell a coup in the making...either smart Security taking out the Captian, or, more likely, the Captian convincing Security 'relieve' the Founders. I think a sequel with more emphasis on story would make that work out nice.