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[Hwalkerl]

After seeing the VGA trailor of the Reapers on earth what are your ideas on how they got back?

I think there is probably another relay in the Milky Way possibly within our Solar System. Mars was mentioned alot in ME1 maybe there is a smaller gateway there almost a redundant backup to the "main"(to avoid spolier) one. I mean if you are a machine with any intelligence you would think of having redundant systems in place, maybe it's just taking longer to come back by using the other way.  It would make the most sense especially if they are attacking earth first.

Update Death toll and Size of Reaper Fleet:

It seemed to me that the idea of the Reapers was there numbers were so many something like 50,000 I mean an invasion fleet of 50,000 would take out earth in no time not even long enough to send a distress signal maybe not all of the Reapers could return through the second means...Just trying to make sense of just earth being attacked
maybe proximity to a gate but the death toll was only a few million you'd think it would be the entire planet in a matter of minutes especially with so many reapers! The death toll seemed underwhelming to say the least I though it would be much higher especially with such a large fleet and we saw what one ship did to half of the known galaxies defences in ME1.

Modifié par Hwalkerl, 12 décembre 2010 - 06:04 .

[sporeian]

They most likely just flew in and started attacking.



They've done invasions countless times before so they've obviously know what there doing and have had tons of time to come up with back-up plans.



We might as well just wait and see!

[Hwalkerl]

I mean even with FTL travel it was said to be near impossible to traverse the galaxy according to the lore of Mass Effect. I think they must have used another gate especially since they are so prominent throughout the series!

[Kane-Corr]

I'm sure they have gates that connect to other parts of the galaxy, and they can open them at will too.

[greatgeek]

Perhaps some sort of "improvised" Mass Relay?

[RinpocheSchnozberry]

1) Redundant jump array.



2) They can create jumps without the mass effect relay, but it drains them... which is why the Council races are eventually able to win.



They use the same method that Sovereign used before ME1... no one noticed a giant Reaper wandering around the galaxy during the events of ME1... Or am I not remembering that part right?

[J.G]

Took the bus duh.

[Monochrome Wench]

Perhaps they made a relay out in darkspace by dismantling a bunch of themselves.

[greatgeek]

RinpocheSchnozberry wrote...

1) Redundant jump array.

2) They can create jumps without the mass effect relay, but it drains them... which is why the Council races are eventually able to win.

They use the same method that Sovereign used before ME1... no one noticed a giant Reaper wandering around the galaxy during the events of ME1... Or am I not remembering that part right?

Right, or they are limited in the number of ships that can be sent through. 

[Hwalkerl]

Possibly but it seemed to me that the idea of the Reapers was there numbers were so many something like 50,000 I mean an invasion fleet of 50,000 would take out earth in no time not even long enough to send a distress signal maybe not all of the Reapers could return through the second means...Just trying to make sense of just earth being attacked maybe proximity to a gate but the death toll was only a few million you'd think it would be the entire planet in a matter of minutes especially with so many reapers!

[AdmiralCheez]

RinpocheSchnozberry wrote...

1) Redundant jump array.

2) They can create jumps without the mass effect relay, but it drains them... which is why the Council races are eventually able to win.

They use the same method that Sovereign used before ME1... no one noticed a giant Reaper wandering around the galaxy during the events of ME1... Or am I not remembering that part right?

I'd say one of these.  Remember, space is huge, and anything smaller than a supernova generally goes unnoticed.  They could be making undetected jumps all over the place.  Or maybe they're activating unused relays...

[RinpocheSchnozberry]

Actually, the redundant array looks like of questionable too... they didn't have a backup method to signal the invasion fleet and Sovereign had to wander around relying on Saren... so it isn't like they can jump between stars at will.



Should be interesting....

[HappyHappyJoyJoy]

They took high speed light rail.

[aeetos21]

Whether they rolled up or jumped a mass relay into the solar system they definitely took the scenic route compared to hitting the citadel mass relay.



Bet they played a lot of "I Spy" and asked "Are we there yet?" during the trip. No wonder they're pissed.

[Hwalkerl]

Redundant jump arrays is a theory again. They definitely could have come back b another means then Relays it just seemed like there was such a focus on the relays in ME1 and 2 that that would be the means of travel. If the reapers can just appear at will the lore of Mass Effect kind of gets thrown out the window the precursor story almost seems pointless. Maybe all the Gates turn into super beings that preceded the Reapers and come to save the day (I am kidding of course) but each idea is an opinion no matter how far fetched.

[Terror_K]

I'm guessing that maybe what we see are a small handful of Reapers that were either hidden in our galaxy or just beyond the rim, and they've managed to begin the attack. Perhaps they're all Vanguards, since all the ones in the trailer have the same look as Sovereign did (recall how at the end of ME2 how many Reapers actually looked slightly different in comparison) so what we've got is a small group of more localised Reapers beginning the assault, hence why --despite their supposed badassery-- they're taking a while to actually take-down Earth.



So perhaps what Shepard is doing is gathering allies so that he can get support before the main fleet of Reapers actually arrives from dark space.

[CmdrKankrelat]

If there wasn't any explanation for how the Reapers got to the galaxy (which I highly doubt - that's a pretty big question), then it's not a plot hole - we just revert to the answer hinted at in the end of ME2: they flew.

[Terror_K]

CmdrKankrelat wrote...

If there wasn't any explanation for how the Reapers got to the galaxy (which I highly doubt - that's a pretty big question), then it's not a plot hole - we just revert to the answer hinted at in the end of ME2: they flew.

That's pretty weak. If it's that simple, then pretty much the entire plot of ME1 would just be silly.

[SaulTighsEyePatch]

But they should still take a really long time to get here, afterall its said that even with FTL it's extremely difficult. I'm betting that there won't be an official explanation, and they just showed up on Earth one day so they could have their OMG TEH EPICC!!!11 storyline about having to save Earth (because that's totally never been done before).

[Praetor Knight]

sporeian wrote...

We might as well just wait and see!

Yes, I know I can endure a year's wait,

I waited for SC2, for a slight disappointment and where's D3 for that matter? WOW?


Not for me .

[Homebound]

Witchcraft.

[Hwalkerl]

Just_mike wrote...

Witchcraft.

Haha with most stories that lead nowhere it ends up being the most rediculous answer.  I have great admiration for the bioware team I think they will have a better explanation but in the mean time we can theorize based on what we know.

[AdmiralCheez]

Just occurred to me: maybe they usually went to the Citadel first in order to shut down the relays to corner their prey? They may not need the relays themselves, but with the system still active, the rest of the galaxy can run as fast as they can.

[WelshKris]

I think that the reapers use the sun that's giving off dark energy somehow to make another gate in the milky way.