what was evil morty going to do with the omega device

Evil Morty wasn’t going to use the Omega Device right away; he scanned Rick Prime’s schematics so he could recreate it, but the clearest takeaway is that he wanted the option to wield that kind of multiversal power himself later. He also seems to have held back because using it would brand him as a multiversal threat in the same way Rick Prime was.

What that means

• He was not using it just to destroy one target.
• He was interested in the device as a strategic weapon and deterrent.
• The show implies he wanted control over it more than immediate chaos.

Why people think that

Recent discussion and coverage frame him as blackmailing Rick with the Omega Device and using that leverage for bigger goals, not as someone who had already fired it again. Fan discussion also points to the idea that he found the plans indirectly while pursuing other data, which lines up with the “recreate it, don’t unleash it yet” reading.

In one line

He was going to keep the Omega Device as a power tool and backup threat, not necessarily deploy it immediately.

TL;DR: Evil Morty appears to have wanted to copy the Omega Device so he could hold multiversal leverage, while avoiding the public reputation that comes with actually using it.

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