Why did they even want to stop Leon?

[Cap'n Crud]

I mean, Ashley was already infected, why not just let him "rescue" her and take her back to President Daddy? Wasn't that their whole endgame anyway?

[Khanjima]

She posed something special to las plagas or something idk, Saddler only has like 15 minutes of screentime

[Pure Mind Games]

Too obvious?

[Sovereign]

Pretty sure they want to make sure she is fully infected and under their control before sending her back. Letting her escape while she is still curable is too big a risk.

[J4MESOX4D]

Originally posted by Fingler:

I mean, Ashley was already infected, why not just let him "rescue" her and take her back to President Daddy?

Then the game would've been about as long as Resident Evil 3 Remake

[Cap'n Crud]

Originally posted by Sovereign:

Pretty sure they want to make sure she is fully infected and under their control before sending her back. Letting her escape while she is still curable is too big a risk.

That makes sense I guess. Thanks for clearing that up.

[Necrilem]

Because the parasite in her hasn't matured and taken control yet.

[Griever]

That entire story has never been solid to begin with. It's a bad B action rescue movie.

[Reggae Sauce]

Pretty much a plot hole that is so blatantly obvious and can't really be explained. It's not really supposed to be taken seriously so don't think too hard about it.

[Valerie]

Originally posted by Reggae Sauce:

Pretty much a plot hole that is so blatantly obvious and can't really be explained. It's not really supposed to be taken seriously so don't think too hard about it.

I think the person further up did a good job of explaining it. They can't really control her and risk her getting cured.

[Necrilem]

Regular Ganados have been infected by spores released from the amber deposits.
These spores slowly grew into small plagas parasites hooking into their spinal cords to take more and more control.

Others had more mature and bigger parasites planted into them to aggressively take control, basically crushing any form of complex thought/personality.

In these instances, the host pretty cannot retain a semblance of former self anymore and depending on which method we are talking about, become useless for complex tasks.

What they need with Ashley is for her to be fully infected by a mature parasite while having a semblance of their regular self, so things seem normal and she can then proceed to slowly infect others.
For this, they would need a different approach from the former. Inject a special strain of plagas directly and have them mature fully slowly (unlike the spore versions which cant grow that big) over time, taking more and more control, until full control is established while also keeping a semblance of their self intact.
This process is still taking place while we play the game, which is why we can still remove the parasite and can save her (and Leon).

This is pretty much all taken from information across notes found in the game.

[Dr. Atrocious]

Originally posted by Reggae Sauce:

Pretty much a plot hole that is so blatantly obvious and can't really be explained. It's not really supposed to be taken seriously so don't think too hard about it.

It's not a plot hole at all. The plagas can be removed with either radiation or physical surgery. This was explained in both the original and remake.

[DAZ EXTRALARGE]

The incubation period seems to vary from host to host. He could have rescued her and treated her to kill the las plagas. Which is what basically happens in the game.

[Reggae Sauce]

Originally posted by Dr. Atrocious:

Originally posted by Reggae Sauce:

Pretty much a plot hole that is so blatantly obvious and can't really be explained. It's not really supposed to be taken seriously so don't think too hard about it.

It's not a plot hole at all. The plagas can be removed with either radiation or physical surgery. This was explained in both the original and remake.

So they infect Leon with the plaga yet spend the entire game trying to kill him? They could of just let Leon leave with Ashley, not telling him that she is infected. The plot is beyond stupid.

[Necrilem]

Originally posted by Necrilem:

Regular Ganados have been infected by spores released from the amber deposits.
These spores slowly grew into small plagas parasites hooking into their spinal cords to take more and more control.

Others had more mature and bigger parasites planted into them to aggressively take control, basically crushing any form of complex thought/personality.

In these instances, the host pretty cannot retain a semblance of former self anymore and depending on which method we are talking about, become useless for complex tasks.

What they need with Ashley is for her to be fully infected by a mature parasite while having a semblance of their regular self, so things seem normal and she can then proceed to slowly infect others.
For this, they would need a different approach from the former. Inject a special strain of plagas directly and have them mature fully slowly (unlike the spore versions which cant grow that big) over time, taking more and more control, until full control is established while also keeping a semblance of their self intact.
This process is still taking place while we play the game, which is why we can still remove the parasite and can save her (and Leon).

This is pretty much all taken from information across notes found in the game.

Originally posted by Reggae Sauce:

Originally posted by Dr. Atrocious:

It's not a plot hole at all. The plagas can be removed with either radiation or physical surgery. This was explained in both the original and remake.

So they infect Leon with the plaga yet spend the entire game trying to kill him? They could of just let Leon leave with Ashley, not telling him that she is infected. The plot is beyond stupid.

[Valerie]

Originally posted by Necrilem:

Originally posted by Necrilem:

Regular Ganados have been infected by spores released from the amber deposits.
These spores slowly grew into small plagas parasites hooking into their spinal cords to take more and more control.

Others had more mature and bigger parasites planted into them to aggressively take control, basically crushing any form of complex thought/personality.

In these instances, the host pretty cannot retain a semblance of former self anymore and depending on which method we are talking about, become useless for complex tasks.

What they need with Ashley is for her to be fully infected by a mature parasite while having a semblance of their regular self, so things seem normal and she can then proceed to slowly infect others.
For this, they would need a different approach from the former. Inject a special strain of plagas directly and have them mature fully slowly (unlike the spore versions which cant grow that big) over time, taking more and more control, until full control is established while also keeping a semblance of their self intact.
This process is still taking place while we play the game, which is why we can still remove the parasite and can save her (and Leon).

This is pretty much all taken from information across notes found in the game.

Originally posted by Reggae Sauce:

So they infect Leon with the plaga yet spend the entire game trying to kill him? They could of just let Leon leave with Ashley, not telling him that she is infected. The plot is beyond stupid.

Isn't it implied Leon could become another very strong infected like Krauser, Salazar, or Mendez? I assume they try killing him due to the fact he's just posing way too much of a threat if that's the case though.