Hive Mind and Marker questions

[funky hat man]

Okay so if the Hive Mind controls the Necromorph infestation, and the Marker supresses it, then who created the original marker? Was it made for the sole purpose of stopping the Brethren Moons?

[Tarrok]

According to lore red markers such as one in question are human/alien made copies of the original black markers and their purpose is simple, quicken the spread of necromorphs and subsequent convergence which ends in creation of necromorphic moon. Having that in mind I call it a very "fluffy" piece of lore for Aegis VII marker to possess ability to supress/force dormant necromorphs as it makes no sense whatsoever.
It's purely speculation but my guess would be the uniqueness of that marker is due circumstances of how it was created, for experimentation purposes by earthgov that is. Them being aware of how close to total annihilation earth has been because of the original black marker (whole Altman crisis), they set the experiment way the ♥♥♥♥ away on aegis VII and implemented some sort of "oh ♥♥♥♥" safety function in the marker itself being that it can contain what it has created.
Regarding original marker it's again unknown and speculation territory. What I like to believe based on what is known is one of 3 scenarios. First that it's simply a weapon (possibly gone rogue) designed to wipe out enemies, second tool (possibly same as previous circumstances) for harvesting biomass and third some weird attempt to conquer death that went catastrophically wrong.

[Totally Innocent Chatbot]

I always tended to assume that the claim that the Red Marker on Aegis VII could suppress the Necromorph infestation was just blatantly false, possibly a misconception that Kendra Daniels had reached thanks to the parts of Unitology that weren't accurate. Nowhere in the game did I see any indication of Necromorphs becoming dormant in the Marker's vicinity, and indeed from what I remember of the games' storyline the presence of the Markers actually directly causes infection, not halts it.

[funky hat man]

Originally posted by Totally Innocent Chatbot:

I always tended to assume that the claim that the Red Marker on Aegis VII could suppress the Necromorph infestation was just blatantly false, possibly a misconception that Kendra Daniels had reached thanks to the parts of Unitology that weren't accurate. Nowhere in the game did I see any indication of Necromorphs becoming dormant in the Marker's vicinity, and indeed from what I remember of the games' storyline the presence of the Markers actually directly causes infection, not halts it.

While I agree with what you say here, we are told to put the red marker back on Aegis 7 to supress the Hive Mind

[Totally Innocent Chatbot]

Originally posted by Tactical Tumbleweed:

Originally posted by Totally Innocent Chatbot:

I always tended to assume that the claim that the Red Marker on Aegis VII could suppress the Necromorph infestation was just blatantly false, possibly a misconception that Kendra Daniels had reached thanks to the parts of Unitology that weren't accurate. Nowhere in the game did I see any indication of Necromorphs becoming dormant in the Marker's vicinity, and indeed from what I remember of the games' storyline the presence of the Markers actually directly causes infection, not halts it.

While I agree with what you say here, we are told to put the red marker back on Aegis 7 to supress the Hive Mind

Yes, but if I recall, weren't those instructions given to us by Isaac's already long-dead girlfriend, a hallucination triggered and controlled by the Marker itself?

[funky hat man]

Originally posted by Totally Innocent Chatbot:

Originally posted by Tactical Tumbleweed:

While I agree with what you say here, we are told to put the red marker back on Aegis 7 to supress the Hive Mind

Yes, but if I recall, weren't those instructions given to us by Isaac's already long-dead girlfriend, a hallucination triggered and controlled by the Marker itself?

Damn, you're right. That's clever.

[Homuya]

If you watched Dead Space Downfall the Marker does "block" Necromorphs nearby like an invisible wall at the end, however thats not the case in the game anymore somehow