Board Thread:Questions and Answers/@comment-71.79.101.59-20140402002122/@comment-4616231-20141226030026

They showed Tex and Wash because they were actually on top of the cliff. Maine was at the bottom who knows where (which you can't actually get to in-game). I suppose the guy could've gone off what Wash said, which, again, is a reason I don't usually bring up this point, as it's too unreliable for solid evidence, for the most part. They could've at least picked up the Recovery Beacon signals from them, which were used that season and so could be plausible, though ultimately they never showed it and those things have proven to be just as unreliable.

But, if there's one thing I know about Maine, it's that he really wants the AI. I'm 100% positive he couldn't give less of a shit about Director and Wash, aside from getting the AI, because if you rewatch Season 8, Maine pursues the AI relentlessly. And he's pissed that he doesn't have them. Sigma's change to make him the Meta seemed to stick, because once he got a taste of that power, it doesn't look like he wanted to give it up again. If he just wanted to get the AI for Director or Wash or whoever, he would've given Tex up without going batshit with her. Hell, even if you told him there were no more AI left, I'm not sure he'd believe it. Getting that power became his only purpose. I doubt anything short of brain trauma would change that. Even without the AI's influence, they left their mark on him, and he couldn't give up another chance at getting power. Which is a reason I don't really want him back, because then there's just this power-hungry ape running around for no good reason. I saw Meta chase Epsilon in Season 8, I really don't care about seeing him do it again. He'd only have to die again anyway, so really it'd be a waste of them.

Aside from that, nice story though. I believe you could write something big after all. Keep at it.