Board Thread:Questions and Answers/@comment-36207180-20180715230536

Can anyone recall or piece together any reason as to why Ben doesn't utilize Alien X more often than he does in the series. I know it's just to tell a better story, but there ought to be an in universe expansion in order to avoid plot holes.

It seems like logically, Ben has had ample opportunities in which he should have used Alien X. The Time War story arc is a good example of this, but I'd rather use the episode "Malgax Attacks" as evidence. This episode takes place after Universe v Tennyson, therefore Ben has full control of Alien X, and he has not yet permanently removed Skurd. In the episode, he has Azmuth remove Skurd, right when Vilgax and Albedo attack Galvan Prime, utilizing the malware armor to enhance Vilgax's strength. Ben is later on unable to defeat "Malgax" and messages Skurd, and cries out how he is his only hope. This begs the question, why not simply use Alien X? It's a better alternative to reattatching Skurd, and having to deal with him again. The only possible explanation i can think of is that it could be illegal and cause trouble with other Celestialsapiens, but he was doing it to defeat the Reuters, so that explanation falls flat. I'm not sure. What do you guys think? 