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[NanQuan]

Mr.Caine wrote...

Spectreshadow wrote...

Anyone think Earth will get attacked?

I get the feeling Earth is going to  be the primary target. Is it me or was there a lot of forshadowing for this in ME2?

Yeah, there was a ton of foreshadowing in ME2 and also in Aria's short comic that was released. Both indicate that Earth will be attacked by the Reapers. I think Humanity will definitely be hit the hardest.

[Mr.Caine]

Hubris?

[Markolie]

My guess would be earth as their first target. Don't forget the Reapers have that nice cycle which kills all sentient organic life forms every 50000 years, so everybody will die (well, not if Shepard can do something about it!)

[Kaiser Shepard]

I honestly don't want to go to Earth, let the final fight take place around Arcturus.

[Thompson family]

Goldkag wrote...

And note that Earth is now on the Galaxy map -- but you can't do anything on it.

Earth was on the galaxy map in the first game too. I remember being sad I couldn't land there.

I stand corrected.

I still think Earth's a likely target, though.

[Markolie]

Thompson family wrote...

Goldkag wrote...

And note that Earth is now on the Galaxy map -- but you can't do anything on it.

Earth was on the galaxy map in the first game too. I remember being sad I couldn't land there.

I stand corrected.

I still think Earth's a likely target, though.

It might also be possible that they follow a certain path - all planets that they encounter will be destroyed in that order, and as the ''Local Cluster'' is in the southern galaxy (as far as I can recall), it should either be hit first (may they come from the south), or last (from the north). Or who knows, maybe they'll just come from all sides?

[Thompson family]

Upon reflection, the first target might not be any planet at all.



If I was them, the first target would be the Mass Relay system. They built it. Can they manipulate it?

[Markolie]

Thompson family wrote...

Upon reflection, the first target might not be any planet at all.

If I was them, the first target would be the Mass Relay system. They built it. Can they manipulate it?

Good point! Judging from the last image we get at the ending of the game, they are able to travel from the ''Dark Space'' to the Milky Way without Mass Relays, so I guess they can travel between star clusters easily too. Destroying the Mass Relays would be quite tactical.

[Goldkag]

Markolie wrote...

Thompson family wrote...

Upon reflection, the first target might not be any planet at all.

If I was them, the first target would be the Mass Relay system. They built it. Can they manipulate it?

Good point! Judging from the last image we get at the ending of the game, they are able to travel from the ''Dark Space'' to the Milky Way without Mass Relays, so I guess they can travel between star clusters easily too. Destroying the Mass Relays would be quite tactical.

In ME it was mentioned that the Reapers could manipulate the relays and that's how they systematically wipe out the galaxy every 50k years, but Shep screwed up their ability to do so at the end of ME. So we don't really know how the Reapers are getting here from dark space.... just that they're coming.

They wouldn't want to target the relays regardless, though. Since they can't use them right now they MIGHT destroy the relays to cripple society, but I think the Reapers have more forethought than that. I'm sure they think they'll be victorious in the end, i.e. they'll harvest everyone this time just like they did last time and the time before that, and if so they wouldn't want to destroy their main method of doing that.

I agree they'll be hitting humanity hardest. Shep's effed them up big time twice now, and I'm willing to bet no other being that the Reapers have ever encountered in their long, long history has ever even gotten close to what Shep's done. Which is why Harbinger has such an interest in Shepard and why he wants a baby human Reaper.

Earth is probably going down.

Modifié par Goldkag, 02 août 2010 - 10:16 .

[didymos1120]

Markolie wrote...
Judging from the last image we get at the ending of the game, they are able to travel from the ''Dark Space'' to the Milky Way without Mass Relays, so I guess they can travel between star clusters easily too.

Why do people assume that part of the ending cutscene means anything of the kind?  Seemed to me that all it was meant to say is "The Reapers are still out there, and someday soon, they'll be here."   It doesn't show us how they're getting here, just that they're getting ready to do whatever it is they're going to do.

They're basically just floating in dark space, looking towards the galaxy.  Yeah, there's some slight forward motion when we get the shot of Harbinger and pals from the side, but it's actually rather slow. They're certainly not moving at FTL, I can tell you that much.  We know exactly what a ship moving at FTL looks like (or we should, since we saw it often enough in ME1):



As to the apparent motion at the very end, when we get the shot of them from behind (which is where I think people might be getting the notion that they're "rushing" forwards), the motion is just that: apparent.  The camera is moving in that shot, not the Reapers.  You can tell because the Milky Way in the background actually recedes slightly.  It wouldn't do that if the camera was moving with the Reapers, in which case the galaxy would take up progressively more of the frame, and if the camera were stationary, there would be no change in apparent size at all.

[DPSSOC]

If there is any justice in the universe the Turians will be entirely wiped out (except for Garrus and the Councillor) so Shepard can go up to the Councillor and say, "Ah yes 'Turians'"

[Inquisitor Recon]

Whatever is in their path. Since Harbinger is so obsessed with Shepard, perhaps he can lead the reaper fleet on a chase.

[Thompson family]

DPSSOC wrote...

If there is any justice in the universe the Turians will be entirely wiped out (except for Garrus and the Councillor) so Shepard can go up to the Councillor and say, "Ah yes 'Turians'"

That's a little harsh. Besides, I want the Councillor to go first.

[Spectreshadow]

The Reapers will have to get through the Arcturus station to get to Earth so if they manage that humanity is as good as doomed anyway.

[omgodzilla]

I hope that humans become an endangered species in ME3.

[OmegaXI]

I agree on the Arcturus station that is the main defense of Earth. But where with all the races where will the line be drawn.



BTW thanks for all the great ideas and comments.

[Dave of Canada]

Bacteria.



For every single being that dies to the Reapers, bajillions of bacteria will also die.



Why doesn't anybody think of the bacteria?

[atheelogos]

OmegaXI wrote...

Which race or faction will get hit the hardest and what planets/ stations will be lost?

I'm hoping for a battle through the Alliance's main space station,

Well the Turians have the most ships so they're the biggest threat. Based on that they'll probably get hit hard early on.

[Kroepoek]

Dave of Canada wrote...

Bacteria.

For every single being that dies to the Reapers, bajillions of bacteria will also die.

Why doesn't anybody think of the bacteria?

Like in The War of the Worlds? (The original, not the Steven Spielberg remake)

[packardbell]

Whoever are on the edgiest systems in the Milky Way most likely, you can't sufficiently protect all of them.

[didymos1120]

Fix1o0 wrote...

Dave of Canada wrote...

Bacteria.

For every single being that dies to the Reapers, bajillions of bacteria will also die.

Why doesn't anybody think of the bacteria?

Like in The War of the Worlds? (The original, not the Steven Spielberg remake)

That version ended in pretty much the same way as the novel. 

[Arijharn]

Markolie wrote...

Thompson family wrote...

Upon reflection, the first target might not be any planet at all.

If I was them, the first target would be the Mass Relay system. They built it. Can they manipulate it?

Good point! Judging from the last image we get at the ending of the game, they are able to travel from the ''Dark Space'' to the Milky Way without Mass Relays, so I guess they can travel between star clusters easily too. Destroying the Mass Relays would be quite tactical.

IIRC we can actually travel independent of the Mass Relay's (just not vast distances). I should imagine that at some point that the Reapers will lock down the Mass Relay network (it's their standard MO I believe, judging from Vigil's comments on Ilos) and travel will probably be constrained to the Normandy for a brief period of time courtesy of the Reaper IFF gained from the Derelict.

Some time along some faustian choice will probably be given to Shephard to do something that he might be morally against, but will allow the IFF to be mass produced/copied that allows his allies to travel (freeing the villian from Retribution? that N7 guy?). I should also imagine that choices might be given to mass produce Thanix variants in exchange for perhaps alienation from key partners (perhaps selling out Miranda's sister to her father -- wealthy businessman and all that). Curing the Genophage might strengthen Krogan commitment but threatens to spill into another Krogan Rebellion (Wrex or Wreav getting assassinated?) etc, etc.

Wow, I digress -- but the simple thing is that the Normandy at least has been given carte blanche ability to go wherever it pleases during ME3, despite a Reaper lockdown due to the necessity of precisely jumping to an area around Sagittarius A* in ME2). If we are to assume that we'll have to pull an Origins and assemble armies, then it would behoove the plotline to allow for the simple continuation of this, I can hardly call the assassination of several thousand Reapers by the Normandy alone capable.

[Uber Rod]

Well, the first target of the Reapers will always be the Citadel. It is here that they gather information on where all the other targets are located, since the Citadel always becomes the capital of whatever civilization arises it holds all the census information.

Ilos was only spared because its location was lost from the Citadel records during the initial attack.

After that, the Council races Turian, Asari, Salarian, & Human will be attacked next since they are in charge. Thus you have a loss of leadership, along with loss of the Mass Effect Relays to cause maximum confusion and disorder in the Galaxy. The Turians will probably get attacked first of the Council races as they have the strongest military.

The rest of the game will be Dragon Age Origins in space with us gathering an army, first from the Council races and then from others (Rachni, Geth, Quarians, etc). The big battle will be a diversion while we go covert on a secret mission to take out all the Reapers all at once after we find their Achilles Heel.