Why didn't the Chitauri use jump point in Avengers?
After watching Captain Marvel, one thing is bugging me very much. In the movie Ronan and his fleet used jump points for getting very close to earth and launch an attack.
So why didn't the Chitauri use the same technique in Avengers? I mean Loki gained the Tesseract as soon as the movie started. So why did Loki just go through all that trouble of building a portal and giving the Avengers the time to assemble and launch a counter attack? As soon as Loki gained the tesseract, the Chitauri could've just used jump point to take over the earth before any defence could be made.
Best Answer
There could be many plausible reasons for this the writers could come up with. Here is one that I have thought of.
Although its not stated in the course of the movie itself, Thanos is in control of the Chitauri, and his primary purpose is to gain the Tesseract and the infinity stone that is contained within it.
The agreement that Thanos has with Loki is to obtain the Tesseract, and in return he will provide an army to conquer the Earth and install Loki as its ruler.
The plan may have stated that if Loki can gain control of the Tesseract, he can prove that by opening a portal between the Earth and the Chitauri. Then and only then will Thanos allow the attack to proceed.
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