Talk:Apostasy Prologue/@comment-26145872-20180403155837

Can I be honest? If and when we get the sequel, I want Ballas to live and stay with us. Permanently.

Much like Rell, the Unum or the Beast of Bones, Ballas has far too much potential to be thrown away as a character after one quest. It might sound harsh, but I truthfully don't care what anyone has to say about that in opposition. If they think killing Ballas is a good idea in any amount, it's a narrow-minded viewpoint and an absurdly biased love for Lotus, period!

He's a living, breathing, high-standing member of the Orokin elite - an executor no less! That's only just below the Seven Emperors, who were essentially the gods of the Orokin Empire, and the Orokin themselves were already considered higher beings to ordinary humans. Needless to say, Ballas is valuable. Exceptionally valuable. He may be the last of his kind left. We know the Seven are dead, and it's possible there are no Executors remaining save Ballas. I want you to consider the knowledge and power he may have, the insight. He was able to disrupt our Somatic Link (hence the static on the screen) as well as disable the Lotus with little to no effort, and we already know the Lotus is both a powerful individual and a Sentient, so this says a lot about Ballas' own strength.

The information he could give us about the Empire of old, about the uprising of early Grineer, about the Sentients, the origins of the Corpus, the presence of additional Zariman children, and detailed descriptions not only of Margulis' life but also the Absolution Ceremony and the Empire's downfall as a whole. No doubt we'll be given this choice in the sequel - if and when we get it - and if you or anyone else who reads this is an intellectual who thinks ahead, you'll choose to embrace him. Lotus/Margulis as Space Mom, Ballas as Space Dad, Teshin as Space Uncle. It makes for an ideal family if you think about it. I for one would adore to have Ballas make comments or have dialogue during missions or future quests, or possibly have his own 'space' you can visit on Lua, much like how you can visit the Steel Meridian on Iron Wake. Speaking of Lua, am I the only one in thinking it's high time the Tenno use it as their main headquarters? Repair it to a fully functional state, clear it of hostiles and fortify it into essentially a supercity - a refuge for colonists and civilians who were left hurt and homeless by the ongoing Corpus-Grineer war? Essentially a giant Relay.