The Brethren Moons are the Good Guys

This post was requested by members of HERE WE STAND.

The lines between good and evil can be extremely hard to tell at times. Part of that reason comes from our perception that ourselves, those we know, and our species shouldn't suffer. So anyone or anything that causes suffering can easily be accused of being evil.

Is that the case of the Necromorphs, Markers, and Brethren Moons in the Dead Space Universe? Or are they all evil?

If we knew who created the Brethren Moons and what their functions are then if they are evil or not would be much clearer. It could be that they are actually protectors of the galaxy. They could be defenders that should be rewarded. Or at least they wouldn't be pure evil like they are currently.

Now this seems hard to imagine as we're humans and, therefore, something that is trying to kill us is an enemy. I'm not saying that it is wrong to attack the Brethren Moons, but they might just have the interests of all the galaxy in mind. Not just our own.

While Dead Space 4 has been cancelled, there is some information hinting at what the game could have been. One piece of information is this quote by Ben Wanat (former Dead Space creative director):

"I did not want to give the lore away, but I would say that we spent a bit of time working the origin of the Necromorphs out and what purpose that the humans held in this dark universe. Would the players find a way out of the Necromorph apocalypse? I would say yes, but they might be sorry that they did. Sometimes, you are better off with the devil that you knew."

So a galaxy without the Brethren Moons would create a whole new kind of Hell. But why? Wouldn't such a foe being defeated be a good thing?

Or possibly the Brethren Moons were created as a defensive measure. While it would seem evil to us, the original creators of the Brethren Moons could have been trying to avoid a disaster that was ravaging the galaxy. One which required extreme actions to both defeat and avoid in the future.

Such as there was an evil race that was causing chaos unlike anything seen thus far in the Dead Space series. So an ancient race created the Brethren Moons to both defeat the evil race as well as making sure another evil race never again plagued the galaxy.

This would explain why the Markers remain dormant across the galaxy until a species reaches a certain technological level. They are part of a process to make sure that no species can become too technologically advanced. And once a species shows that they could get to the technological level of the extinct evil species, the Brethren Moons lure the species in with unlimited power without warning of the price.

It isn't out of the realm of possibilities for the Brethren Moons to actually be protectors of the galaxy. It's just that, being human, we're not easily able to see the chance of that being the case.