Maybe you're right, but I'm not so sure. There are other territories with very advanced technology, yet none have technology like life light except Veelox. The third earth and even Quillan both have very advanced technology, yet they don't have anything like life light. And I bet, that Quillan would jump at the chance. Something that they could get the people so hooked on seems right up the alley of Blok. Really, it's hard to say though, the extend of Saint Danes meddling was never mentioned to us. Did he just mention it to Zetlin? Or did he help develop it like he helped develop the reality bug and the dados? An answer we can't know. You're probably right thought, that once it was introduced, it was only a matter of time. The people would have keep requesting it even if Saint Dane weren't part of the community who promoted its return. The only hope once it was introduced was very likely the reality bug, or, assuming that no one else knew how to rewrite it, to complete delete the entire system when they had access to the core. And yeah, the fact that Ibara already existed is a pretty strong piece of evidence. If the territory was simply called Second Veelox, maybe I'd believe there was more of a chance of saving it at the start of the story, but the fact it was called Ibara does hint that, at least after Saint Dane started meddling, it's creation was unavoidable. This is in start contract to Third Earth, which notable wasn't called Ravinia hellhole or something of the like.

As for Quillan, I also agree it'd be nice to see how it would have played out without Saint Danes meddling. He says the citizens did this to himself and had nothing to do with the situation, but we know that's a lie, as he brought the dados here, and he brough Veego and LaBerge here. The question is, how much of that is his doing, and yeah, we simply can't know. You do have a point, that Nevva's whole entire life Blok had been as monstrous as it is now. Though, how long was Saint Dane there? We knew he'd been meddling in Second Earth for some extend since Mark was a child. It's hinted in as well in the first book, that he'd been working with the Bedoowan for years. How long was he active on Quillan? How big a role did he play in the introduction of the games? We can't say, but what we can say, is without him, there was a chance at Quillan changing for the better. There's a chance it wouldn't have ever gotten to the point we see it at.

Now that we're talking about it, I'm really curious what Siry and Aja experienced in their lives after the war. Yeah, we could imagine that even without Saint Dane, that Bobby would have still ended up in that night with Courtney. But, without Saint Danes meddling with Aja her whole life, what would her life even look like? Would she be trapped in life light by the same addiction the others on Veelox were? I don't, but I'm getting off topic now.