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[Lord Zeuss]

lawp79 wrote...

Can someone please tell me about sheps apartment, is it in game?

It's part of the Pinnacle Station DLC in ME1.

[lawp79]

Lord Zeuss wrote...

lawp79 wrote...

Can someone please tell me about sheps apartment, is it in game?

It's part of the Pinnacle Station DLC in ME1.

Ahh I see, I never bothered with that DLC.

[CARL_DF90]

We'll see what info GDC'11 brings us in March, eh?

[Chignon]

CARL_DF90 wrote...

We'll see what info GDC'11 brings us in March, eh?

We'll see - Priestly just posted this:

Chris Priestly wrote...

You will learn more about these achievements in the coming weeks. Keep checking out the Mass Effect website for updates.

And I thought this post from the Arrival DLC thread might also be interesting:

D4rth Man7iz wrote...

I'm not 100% sure this hasn't been posted, anyway here it goes.

More Hints!

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Mass Effect 2 PC files hint at 'Arrival' DLC content

Following the news of PSN trophies which hinted at an upcoming piece of DLC called 'Arrival' for Mass Effect 2, files from the PC version's Alternate Appearance Pack 2 DLC would appear to contain even more information.The DLC pack's TLK files, which can be converted to XML with a toolavailable on the BioWare Social Network projects pages, provide previously unknown information on five planets in a system as well as a quest marker relating to what appears to be a key DLC character. A reader and self-professed Mass Effect fan sent us the XML files, which contain information that appears to be a little too detailed to be a prank.
Be warned speed-readers, as this is potentially spoilerific info.

The data-entries directly follow the Lair of the Shadow BrokerDLC data and mention a Viper Nebula, which I couldn't locate in the galaxy map of the Xbox 360 version. The Viper Nebula would appear to have five planets in the Bahak system -- Clogon, Aratoht, Yunaca, Urnolaand Bastzuda -- and a quest location for "Rescue Dr. Kenson."
The descriptions suggest that the Viper Nebula is in Batarian space and somewhere in the Skyllian Verge. While the description for the Bahak system only says "Bahak Description," the other descriptions already
provide detailed information about the planets.

Clogon:
A hothouse planet with a thick atmosphere of methane and ethane, Clogon has been left relatively untouched by the Batarian Hegemony. As with many batarian planets, spy satellites circle it, watching for pirates or other enemies of the state who come by the planet to discharge their ships' drive cores.

EDI'S TRAVEL ADVISORY: The
Batarian Hegemony considers any presence of Alliance military vessels inbatarian space as hostile. The Normandy SR2, while an independent vessel, strongly resembles the Normandy SR1, an Alliance ship. Use of stealth systems is highly recommended.

Orbital Distance: 0.6 AU
Orbital Period: 0.5 Earth Years
Radius: 2,621 km
Day Length: 20.8 Earth Hours
Atmospheric Pressure: 14.65 Earth Atmospheres
Surface Temperature: 382 Celsius
Surface Gravity: 0.12 G

Aratoht:
"Like Mount Everest inside an oven," was how Jon Grissom characterized Aratoht while on an Alliance fact-finding mission to see if the garden world was worth contestation with the batarians. His team ultimately decided that the planet's air pressure and oxygen content were too low for large-scale human habitation, ending a year-long political battle with the batarians and the Citadel Council's Committee on Habitable Worlds. Since then, the Batarian Hegemony has quietly colonized the planet's polar regions, where the heat is manageable due to heavy rainfall.

Information on the colony itself is restricted by the Hegemony's Department of Information Control, but a few facts are known. A large-scale operation to increase the oxygen content of the planet is under way: skilled workers constantly dump cyanobacteria into the oceans and seed the habitable zone with invasive plant species. Slave labor is largely reserved for the planet's extensive mining industry, which takes advantage of the high-density planet's rich lodes of ferrous and heavy metals. Alliance intelligence has also confirmed that the colony is home to several batarian military
installations, a threatening sign for a planet this close to Earth's local cluster and the Exodus Relay. Its infrastructure includes many satellites and several space stations.

EDI'S TRAVEL ADVISORY:
The Batarian Hegemony considers any presence of Alliance military vessels in batarian space as hostile. The Normandy SR2, while an independent vessel, strongly resembles the Normandy SR1, an Alliance ship. Use of
stealth systems is highly recommended.

Orbital Distance: 1.15 AU
Orbital Period: 1.2 Earth Years
Radius: 4,757 km
Day Length: 20.0 Earth Hours
Atmospheric Pressure: 0.57 Earth Atmospheres
Surface Temperature: 55 Celsius
Surface Gravity: 0.71 G

Colony Founded: 2162 CE
Population: Estimated 90,000 (free), 215,000 (other)
Capital: Ectah

Yunaca:
A tiny rock planet, Yunaca's atmosphere is a thin sheen of carbon dioxide and carbon monoxide. Yunaca has abundant metals, but Hegemony protectionism makes mining on Aratoht more profitable for batarian corporations. A few aging spy satellites circle it, watching for unlicensed mining operations.

EDI'S TRAVEL ADVISORY: The Batarian
Hegemony considers any presence of Alliance military vessels in
batarian space as hostile. The Normandy SR2, while an independent
vessel, strongly resembles the Normandy SR1, an Alliance ship. Use of
stealth systems is highly recommended.

Orbital Distance: 2.4 AU
Orbital Period: 3.7 Earth Years
Radius: 1,769 km
Day Length: 63.5 Earth Hours
Atmospheric Pressure: Trace
Surface Temperature: -67 Celsius
Surface Gravity: 0.1 G

Urmola:
A hydrogen-helium gas giant, Urmola is home to infrastructure that generates both helium-3 and antiprotons. Both sources of fuel are restricted to Hegemony ships, forcing merchant vessels to dock at Bastzuda to refuel before their journey. A sizeable naval station is stationed at Urmola, its ships guarding the installations from enemies without and within. As with other planets in the system, spy satellites are ubiquitous.

EDI'S TRAVEL ADVISORY:
The Batarian Hegemony considers any presence of Alliance military vessels in batarian space ashostile. The Normandy SR2, while an independent vessel, strongly resembles the Normandy SR1, an Alliance ship. Use of stealth systems is
highly recommended.

Orbital Distance: 4.3 AU
Orbital Period: 8.8 Earth Years
Radius: 71,610 km
Day Length: 13.7 Earth Hours

Bastzuda:
A hydrogen-helium gas giant, Bastzuda is home to infrastructure that gathers helium-3 as well as military space stations that supply and protect the resource. Spy satellites are in abundance here, watching forundesirables entering the system or fugitives fleeing it.

EDI'STRAVEL ADVISORY:
The Batarian Hegemony considers any presence of Alliance military vessels in batarian space as hostile. The Normandy SR2, while an independent vessel, strongly resembles the Normandy SR1, an Alliance ship. Use of stealth systems is highly recommended.

Orbital Distance: 8.9 AU
Orbital Period: 26.6 Earth Years
Radius: 65,015 km
Day Length: 13.1 Earth Hours

The planet names also match those found in the last Cerberus Network Daily News entries, which is currently on hiatus as the last entry states: "Daily postings will cease except for three weeks in 2011: a week of posts will precede a downloadable content release, and two more weeks will lead up to the release of Mass Effect 3."
As there is no mention of multiple DLC episodes in that official statement, one could assume that 'Arrival' will be the next and final DLC to bridge the two games. The last couple of entries in Cerberus Network Daily News speak of planet Aratoth in the Bahak system, and some confrontation with an Alliance ship on a possibly covert mission. The tension between the Alliance and the Batarian Hegemony fits with EDI's travel advisory to use stealth.

The entry for January 22nd:

Batarian and Alliance Forces in Standoff in Skyllian Verge

“Thegalaxy is on high alert as starships belonging to the Earth Systems Alliance and Batarian Hegemony refuse to back down from a confrontation in the Skyllian Verge. The encounter began when a frigate from the batarian colony of Aratoht discovered an Alliance cruiser, the SSV Budapest, on patrol in the Bahak system.The Alliance claims the Budapest was chasing a pirate fleet that has been harassing human colonies in the Skyllian Verge, and that it was fully within its rights to travel through Bahak's space. The Batarian Hegemony has demanded the Alliance's immediate withdrawal from their colony's system. Three batarian cruisers stationed on Aratoht are now on their way to join the confrontation.”

The entry for January 23rd:

SSV Budapest Retreats from Batarian Space

“The Alliance cruiser that sparked a standoff between the Earth Systems Alliance and Batarian Hegemony has retreated from the Bahak system. Hegemony officials claim to have found no trace of the pirate fleet the Alliance was allegedly pursuing when the SSV Budapest flewinto the system. The Alliance maintains it was chasing pirates raiding human merchant vessels when it crossed into batarian space, but refuses to release any of its ships' logs. Despite this, Citadel observers say the Alliance's withdrawal has done enough to ease tensions. "The Hegemony knows the Alliance is attempting to save face," said one anonymous Citadel diplomat. "At this juncture, the humans' retreat from Aratoht [in the Bahak system] has gone from a diplomatic crisis to an embarrassment they want swept under the rug."

The following data from another TLK file seems to detail an incoming message about two distress calls you can respond to, as well as the dialogue options for responding to the message. Some interesting data concerns "New Mask Piece, New Torso Piece, New Shoulder Piece, New Arm Piece, New Leg Piece, New Material Type."

It was easy to stick with full armor sets in Mass Effect 2, especially if you had pre-order bonuses or Dragon Age: Origins armor. BioWare has a habit of testing new features in their DLC, so perhaps armor will be a bit more intricate in Mass Effect 3?

The conversation tree information in the data suggests you have to choose which distress call to respond to, perhaps exclusively:

• We've had two incoming distress calls, Shepard. You need to decide which we should respond to.
• Of course, what would you like to know about?
• Well, there was a big battle and one of our ships was destroyed.
  There are some of our people on it now. The plot of aliens will
  probably start up on this ship though.
• A Batariaan Research vessel has fallen ill to some strange disease
• Setting course for the shipwreck
• Setting course for the stranded research vessel.
• Alright, Shepard, I'll talk to you soon.
• I need some more details before I can act.
• Tell me about the shipwreck call.
• Tell me about the research vessel.
• Let's go investigate the stranded research vessel.
• I'm too busy remembering how awesome I am right now. I might talk to you later.
• More Details
• Shipwreck
• Stranded Research Vessel
• Too busy
• Investigate Shipwreck
• Investigate Research Vessel
• Geth Rocket Trooper
• We have arrived at the research vessel and the airlock is now open.
• We have arrived at the shipwreck and the airlock is now open.
• The airlock is currently sealed but we will be there in a moment

 All of the data only refers to the Male Shepard, with the Female Shepard only having a placeholder position and data entry. The lack of entries for Female Shepard and some typos like "Batariaan" seems to suggest that this is just some work-in-progress data that probably shouldn't have been in the Alternate Appearance Pack 2 DLC. As I don't have the PC version of Mass Effect 2 however, it's hard to confirm at this moment.Still, all the Batarian information and the mention of the Dr. Kensonquest-line does seem to point towards the still unannounced 'Arrival' DLC. If this is indeed data that will end up in 'Arrival' then it means it will contain a couple of sidequests, aside from the main quest-line,
and will be set in Batarian space.The mention of a Geth Rocket Trooper seems to be pretty randomly positioned, and even if there are Geth on the sidequest shipwreck or research vessel, it tells us nothing about whether or not the Geth will make an appearance in the Dr. Kenson storyline. Since it's part of a conversation tree data-set, it could just as well be that the Research Vessel had a deactivated Geth Rocket Trooper onboard which they were studying.
[Thanks, Ferenc!]

Via Destructoid

[Darthbill52]

DPSSOC wrote...

Darthbill52 wrote...

ADLegend21 wrote...

Better yet, I wonder if we'dbe able to visit the VS's family!!!!! soeone put that on the wishlist!!!!!

Meet the other Williams Sisters...That would be pretty cool. Not going to lie

VS: Come on I'll introduce you to the family

Shepard (Top Right): Sounds great.
Shepard (Bottom Right): Joker, get me the hell out of here.

Better ....
Shepard (Top Left Paragon Points) You didnt tell me,excellance ran in your family
Shepard(Bottom Left Renagade Points) Meet your family, I would rather be dead, and I know what it means to be dead

[Cossack72]

Darthbill52 wrote...

DPSSOC wrote...

Darthbill52 wrote...

ADLegend21 wrote...

Better yet, I wonder if we'dbe able to visit the VS's family!!!!! soeone put that on the wishlist!!!!!

Meet the other Williams Sisters...That would be pretty cool. Not going to lie

VS: Come on I'll introduce you to the family

Shepard (Top Right): Sounds great.
Shepard (Bottom Right): Joker, get me the hell out of here.

Better ....
Shepard (Top Left Paragon Points) You didnt tell me,excellance ran in your family
Shepard(Bottom Left Renagade Points) Meet your family, I would rather be dead, and I know what it means to be dead

Sheploo Option: Your sisters/mother look lovely...

Modifié par Cossack72, 22 février 2011 - 06:30 .

[Chignon]

LesEnfantsTerribles wrote...

The feud between the Systems Alliance and the Batarian Hegemony is certainly something that could be used to reintroduce Ashley or Kaidan into the trilogy's story. I'm excited!

It sounds promising. I hope you're right.

Brodyaha wrote...

Thank you Chignon! That is certainly very interesting, and we should keep our eyes peeled.

You're welcome, Brody!

[ADLegend21]

LesEnfantsTerribles wrote...

The feud between the Systems Alliance and the Batarian Hegemony is certainly something that could be used to reintroduce Ashley or Kaidan into the trilogy's story. I'm excited!

Balak could still be at large for the people who saved the hostages and Balak's group he mentioned to the ones who went afterhim could bein his place. Great Idea Les!

[ADLegend21]

Just read the link Chig posted. OHHHHHHHHHH SNAP! Let's go kill some batarians! >=D

[Sylvianus]

Very interesting Chignon.

The feud between the Systems Alliance and the Batarian Hegemony is certainly something that could be used to reintroduce Ashley or Kaidan into the trilogy's story. I'm excited!

Just these two lines I like.
It would be really exciting. In addition I love everything about the Batarians. They are really badass. =)

Modifié par Sylvianus, 22 février 2011 - 07:46 .

[CARL_DF90]

My gut is still telling me to see an announcement in March at GDC, which would be the perfect venue to show something off. Then a release in April or May would probably follow. I'm personally hoping it releases in May because that's when I celebrate my birthday and that would be a GREAT B-day present.

Modifié par CARL_DF90, 22 février 2011 - 11:36 .

[Chignon]

The talented Raanz made this:

[Snuggels]

Chignon wrote...

The talented Raanz made this:

Love it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Thanks Raanz for made it and Chig for share it<3<3<3

[Chignon]

Great post, Les!

Here's another post that I thought might be interesting:

Hawkeye121 wrote...

   Introduction:

   Hello Ladies and Gentleman I created this thread in response to the leaked "Arrival" DLC rumor that started early today. I recently formulated my own theory regarding the next DLC, you can see it here . As most of you know a very inquistive fellow gamer and ME fan Vamplosion recently found evidence of the next DLC pack for ME2. 

First lets thank Mr. Vamplosion for being awesome!!! 

Second lets look at the facts; 

   Some of the pictures of the "Arrival" DLC patch show three achievements/trophies; 

-The Ultimate Sacrifice: Complete the Arrival DLC
-Last Stand: Survive all five waves in the battle for Object Rho
-Covert Action: Rescue Dr. Amanda Kenson without attracting hostile attention. 

   Dr. Amanda Kenson, this name was recently mentioned in a Cerberus Daily News (CDN) posting, (01.24.11).


01/24/2011 - Paper Suggests Mass Relays Predate Protheans
“Historians and astronomers alike are abuzz tonight over a new paper published by Dr. Amanda Kenson of the University of Arcturus. Her team claims that by testing the dust trapped in the gravity wells around a mass relay, and comparing its composition to that of dust clouds in the same system, scientists can create a timeline of when the relay passed through the dust. Her conclusion? "Only a small fraction of the mass effect relays date back 50,000 years," she writes, "The majority are far older, indicating they were created by a species predating even the Protheans." Dr. Aurana T'Meles of the University of Serrice met the information with skepticism: "While Dr. Kenson's methods appear sound, the asari tried a similar procedure centuries ago and discounted it. What civilization could have spanned the galaxy for not thousands, but millions of years? If this were the case, we should have found mountains of evidence of their passing. Where is this species now?"

   Thompson Family  made an excellent post regarding some new star systems that have recently appeared the the PC version of ME2; 

"There are data entries for a new star system in the Alternate Appearance Pack 2, at least in the PC version. The new system is: Viper Nebula, with the Bahak System in it. The Bahak system has five planets: Clogon, Aratoht, Yunaca, Urnola and Bastzuda. There is a goal marker for “Save Dr. Kenson,” but no indication of which planet. All planets are listed as under batarian surveillance and most are inhabited. SOURCE: Thanks to didymos1120 and charmingcharlie (plus any others I don’t know about.) for confirming this on this thread".

   Thompson Family also made an excellent summary regarding the relationship between Dr. Amanda Kenson and the other various CDN entries. i.e.  

"KNOWN: The Bahak System is the same system where there was a testy situation between the Earth Systems Alliance and the Batarian Hegemony. The system’s in the Skyllian Verge. SOURCE: Cerberus Daily News (01.22.11 and 01.23.11. No other entries.)

A frigate from the batarian colony of Aratoht discovered an Alliance cruiser, the SSV Budapest, in the Bahak system. The Alliance claimed the Budapest chased pirates into batarian space.

The Budapest eventually left Batarian, averting a worse crisis. The Alliance refused to release the ship’s logbooks to support the pirate claim.

For every planet, EDI gives the same warning: “The Batarian Hegemony considers any presence of Alliance military vessels in batarian space as hostile. The Normandy SR2, while an independent vessel, strongly resembles the Normandy SR1, an Alliance ship. Use of stealth systems is highly recommended.”

Each of the planet descriptions let you know how intense its spy satellite surveillance is.

THEREFORE: Kenson is in batarian space and the Alliance can’t send in a rescue without risking a clash.

KNOWN: The Normandy is a Cerberus ship that’s fast and stealthy. Its chances of getting caught are lower than a normal vessel and the consequences of it being caught – as long as you’re not on it – aren’t as dire (diplomatically) as the capture and destruction of an alliance ship. It also has EDI, which betters its odds, and Joker."

   I believe Thompson Family is right on the money with this post. 

Third, the Alliance and the Virmire Survivor. 

   As I mentioned in my previous theory the return of the VS has been a huge ME Fan request since before ME2 was out, this DLC creates an opportunity for the VS to re-appear as a temporaray squadmate and LI just like Liara did in LoTSB, I elaborate further on this in my previous DLC theory. This also creates an opportunity for Shepard to formally re-unite with the Alliance or stay with Cerberus, (another issue that's still up in the air).  

i.e. Admiral Hackett requires Shepards help with yet another "situation" OR The Illusive Man requires that you look into a developing situation in the Verge... Depending on Shepard's relationship with Cerberus after the SM; base destroyed, Hackett calls, base kept The Illusive Man calls.  

Fourth, Bioware input, GDC and the possible release date, 

   Jesse Houston wrote in the original What is Arrival? thread, (I apologize I cannot find his exact post). That he was happy that we the fans were so excited and "once we get the green light from Marketing and PR..." they would be releasing more info and to stay tuned to masseffect.com for more info. 
   The GDC or Game Developers Conference is fastly approaching (Feb. 28 - Mar. 04), and considering the timing of this discovery and Mr. Houston's comments I believe BW will be announcing the "Arrival" DLC at he GDC. 
   I further believe that the release date of this new DLC pack will be on April 11 2011 which would coincide with the Commander Shepard's actual birthday of April 11th, 2154. 

Conclusion: 

  I apologize for the length of this thread and I commend you if you actually managed to read the entire piece. I as most of this is based on fact and speculation I'm confident in it. However I understand that as humans we naturally follow the clues that support our own theories so the possibility exists that I may be incorrect in some way or another but only time will tell... 

-Hawk 

[ADLegend21]

that would be funny for a DLC to be released on Shepard's birthday.

[Cossack72]

ADLegend21 wrote...

that would be funny for a DLC to be released on Shepard's birthday.

No, it wouldn't be funny.

It'd be awesome.

Modifié par Cossack72, 23 février 2011 - 06:06 .

[Fiery Phoenix]

I already suggested this was likely Bring Down the Sky 2.0, Nate. But with more to do with the overarching plot.