They began waging war with Ronald's mechs, stealing guns and killing any of the surviving women who left Ronald's camp. These hunters, as they were now called, adapted to the planet and eventually became feral. That all changed when the exiled men returned. Over the next seven years, Ronald stretched out the food supplies by dining for one, with all the power and comfort he could want. Ronald exiled or killed most of the men after the decay lowered inhibitions, making them resistant to Taylor's authority and increasingly violent.
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Either from paranoia or in self-defense, Ronald eventually killed all the other officers within the same week, leaving him the only one with food from the ship's stores and in full control of the security mechs. When one of his officers started feeling remorse for their actions, Ronald turned his security mechs on him. Thus, when the beacon was finally repaired around a year after the crash, Ronald, unwilling to answer for his actions, refused to activate it, believing that it was best that they disappear off the face of the galaxy. As the days went by, however, Ronald began to get used to life on the planet, living like a king, going so far as to assign the women to himself and his officers as pets. Initially, Ronald Taylor decided to save the ship's food stores for himself and the remaining officers, implementing harsh but necessary rules in order to ensure that at least someone would remain in full control of their faculties for the beacon to be repaired. An analysis of the local flora revealed that the food on the planet was toxic, and could cause neural decay if ingested. Upon assessment of the ship, however, the distress beacon was discovered to be damaged, and would take some time to repair-far longer than the time it would take for the surviving crew members to survive on the ship's food supplies. Captain Harris Fairchild was killed in the crash, and following emergency protocols, Ronald was promoted to acting Captain. Ronald served as First Officer on the Hugo Gernsback, which crashed into 2175 Aeia in 2175. “The chances of surviving are… slim.” - Spoilers for Mass Effect 2 follow.