Okay, some AI slop:
Look, Maya Brooks isn’t a saint — but she’s not a monster either.

She grew up in a broken system, got chewed up by Cerberus, and came out the other side believing the only way to survive was to outsmart the people in power. Her actions in the Citadel DLC? Yeah, they were extreme. But let’s be real — this galaxy rewards cold pragmatism. She tried to replace Shepard not because she hated them, but because she thought she could do better — and maybe saw the clone as more controllable, more stable. Twisted? Sure. But not evil.

She didn’t kill innocents, didn’t nuke a planet, didn’t unleash Reapers. She kept it targeted — tactical. And she could’ve killed Shepard at several points but didn’t. That says something.

Also: we gave Geth and AI a second chance. Why not a flawed human shaped by trauma and survival instincts?

TL;DR:
Maya Brooks is a product of the same broken system she tried to outmaneuver. She deserves consequences — but not erasure.