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[Whereto]

Probably was a bunch of explorers that just wanted to drop off the map for a while and found a nice little place to hide or it could be something so awkward that it has to have  something to do with Cerberus.

Either one of though's or they could of simply got stuck on the planet if they crashed etc

Modifié par Whereto, 12 janvier 2011 - 10:07 .

[Drowsy0106]

The asari were monitoring
a primitive alien species on a planet in the region when a human party
approached and ambushed them, taking at least one asari scientist
prisoner.

Goddamn Americans, always shooting first and covering up later.

[CROAT_56]

^ Haha you just made my day with that little comment

[Big I]

I'm hoping it's a colony created by humans who left Earth before they discovered the relays and Mass Effect drives, that would be awesome.

[Dionkey]

LookingGlass93 wrote...

I'm hoping it's a colony created by humans who left Earth before they discovered the relays and Mass Effect drives, that would be awesome.

Alpha Centauri is 5 light years away I believe. There is no way they coudl have got there in a relative amount of time without lightspeed.

[DJBare]

Dionkey wrote...

LookingGlass93 wrote...

I'm hoping it's a colony created by humans who left Earth before they discovered the relays and Mass Effect drives, that would be awesome.

Alpha Centauri is 5 light years away I believe. There is no way they coudl have got there in a relative amount of time without lightspeed.

Not beyond the realms of possibility, in theory it's possible to accelerate a ship close to light speed, there is an article somewhere about approaching 0.95 of light speed, it's possible the human race could have advanced cryogenics or some other form of long sleep.

I like the other posters idea though, protheans transplanting humans.

[Vengeful Nature]

Katamariguy wrote...

Avatar, anyone?

Indeed. "Primitive alien species", eh? They wouldn't happen to be 10 feet tall and blue, would they?

[Vaenier]

There is a human colony in the closest star system to earth. How is this news? How is anyone even surprised that people would just colonize the closest thing there is...

[somecthemes]

It would be news if the initial colonization was made prior to historical first attempts. First colony, first extrasolar trip. It'd be like finally reaching Mars only to find a crushed Pepsi can 20 meters from the ship. I'm hoping this is the lead in to new DLC. While not the topic I'd choose, it'd be nice to have new content.

[Apocalypse89]

I think whoever wrote this CDN article didn't really do their homework, on an interstellar scale Alpha Centauri is pretty much in Earth's backyard. I'd imagine that in the ME universe it would have been one of the first places humans had explored once they discovered FTL travel, and yet here it's written as if it were some remote corner of the galaxy.

[MaaZeus]

DJBare wrote...

Dionkey wrote...

LookingGlass93 wrote...

I'm hoping it's a colony created by humans who left Earth before they discovered the relays and Mass Effect drives, that would be awesome.

Alpha Centauri is 5 light years away I believe. There is no way they coudl have got there in a relative amount of time without lightspeed.

Not beyond the realms of possibility, in theory it's possible to accelerate a ship close to light speed, there is an article somewhere about approaching 0.95 of light speed, it's possible the human race could have advanced cryogenics or some other form of long sleep.

I like the other posters idea though, protheans transplanting humans.

Results of the "goose-chase" FTL research (as Kaidan called them) before we found out Mass relays? Did they get any results? Perhaps one of them was actually more succesfull than anticipated, it just crash landed?

Though Prothean transplant is more likely. They have been doing some funny stuff with humans as that artifact in ME1 shows you.

[Lvl20DM]

I'm curious as to where this is going. Are these humans the "primitive aliens" the Asari were investigating. If so, I'm guessing we might be looking at Prothean transplants.

It's funny, Alpha Centauri would be a, what, 3 to 6 hours from Earth? Most Alliance colonization was focused on the Traverse. I'm guessing the Alpha Centauri system was briefly surveyed, maybe this planet even explored, and the humans simply missed (not hard to do - planets are big).

[Praetor Knight]

Lvl20DM wrote...

I'm curious as to where this is going. Are these humans the "primitive aliens" the Asari were investigating. If so, I'm guessing we might be looking at Prothean transplants.
It's funny, Alpha Centauri would be a, what, 3 to 6 hours from Earth? Most Alliance colonization was focused on the Traverse. I'm guessing the Alpha Centauri system was briefly surveyed, maybe this planet even explored, and the humans simply missed (not hard to do - planets are big).

Hmm... food for thought what if humans on Earth are the transplants? That would be a neat twist and then that the Alliance and a certain cabal may have known all about it,


which is why Kasumi's secret could be so important, but Kasumi's secret being involved is my own speculation.

[PsychoWARD23]

I keep on thinking that the CDN is building up to ME3, it's so awesome. And did anyone notice they said Arcturus Station?

[Mercuriol]

Well doh I launched them there for a space race victory.

[Mercuriol]

Apocalypse89 wrote...

I think whoever wrote this CDN article didn't really do their homework, on an interstellar scale Alpha Centauri is pretty much in Earth's backyard. I'd imagine that in the ME universe it would have been one of the first places humans had explored once they discovered FTL travel, and yet here it's written as if it were some remote corner of the galaxy.

Well yeah that's sort of true however, the Charon Relay makes several other locations even closer I guess.

[Estelindis]

It can't be the first time Alpha Centauri has been visited, so the colony must be relatively new. Unless they were in hiding all the other times it was visited...



On the one hand, it bears pointing out that Alpha Centauri's physical proximity to Earth no longer means what it used to, with the mass relay network being the quickest and most convenient way to travel the stars. On the other hand, there's still FTL. So yeah.

[Dean_the_Young]

Vaenier wrote...

There is a human colony in the closest star system to earth. How is this news? How is anyone even surprised that people would just colonize the closest thing there is...

How is this news? Because no one had any idea that there was any concentration of humans there. The Alliance is aware of/knows of a large number of nominally habitable planets, but being habitable and being habited are two different things, and there are a number of reasons a habitable planet wouldn't be colonized openly: the economy of effort in doing so, for example. Since nearly all Human colonization is handled by the Alliance or out in the Terminus, an unknown human colony in Alliance space would be something of interest.

While some people here have posited 'Aliens took them there', I'm expecting something more mundane and plausible: either a secret 'black' colony by people who didn't want to be followed, or at the more conspiratal a hidden refuge colony for humans in case of some sort of extinction-level war, at which point being unknown would be the point.

[Vaenier]

Dean_the_Young wrote...

While some people here have posited 'Aliens took them there', I'm expecting something more mundane and plausible: either a secret 'black' colony by people who didn't want to be followed, or at the more conspiratal a hidden refuge colony for humans in case of some sort of extinction-level war, at which point being unknown would be the point.

lol, the closest system to earth is the worst place to hide. It is laughable. Its the most obvious place to colonize.

[Someone With Mass]

Well, they have less than two weeks left before closing. Better hype as much as they can.



As for the humans, they were probably stranded there and are doing what they can to survive. That's my guess.

[Dean_the_Young]

Vaenier wrote...

Dean_the_Young wrote...

While some people here have posited 'Aliens took them there', I'm expecting something more mundane and plausible: either a secret 'black' colony by people who didn't want to be followed, or at the more conspiratal a hidden refuge colony for humans in case of some sort of extinction-level war, at which point being unknown would be the point.

lol, the closest system to earth is the worst place to hide. It is laughable. Its the most obvious place to colonize.

No, it isn't, because 'closeness' is far behind a large number of factors: profitability, suitability, ease of colonization are all far more important. When distance isn't a problem (as FTL and mass relays in the Mass Effect universe give), a better colony three times as far from Earth is better than a mediocre/poor one 'nearby.'

It's the same reason why pretty much every maritive empire that established settlement colonies (like, say, the greeks across the entire Mediterranean) had a number of scattered settlements, as opposed to focusing solely on the close proximity.

[Vaenier]

Dean_the_Young wrote...

Vaenier wrote...

Dean_the_Young wrote...

While some people here have posited 'Aliens took them there', I'm expecting something more mundane and plausible: either a secret 'black' colony by people who didn't want to be followed, or at the more conspiratal a hidden refuge colony for humans in case of some sort of extinction-level war, at which point being unknown would be the point.

lol, the closest system to earth is the worst place to hide. It is laughable. Its the most obvious place to colonize.

No, it isn't, because 'closeness' is far behind a large number of factors: profitability, suitability, ease of colonization are all far more important. When distance isn't a problem (as FTL and mass relays in the Mass Effect universe give), a better colony three times as far from Earth is better than a mediocre/poor one 'nearby.'

It's the same reason why pretty much every maritive empire that established settlement colonies (like, say, the greeks across the entire Mediterranean) had a number of scattered settlements, as opposed to focusing solely on the close proximity.

They have coloniesed alot of **** holes across the galaxy. Some with poinsonus atmospheres, some compeltely barren, some without any air. Many are right on the boarder to hostile systems and terrorist attacks. You have random shacks and equipment on any number of rocks. how are colonies suposed to be profitable anyway? everything is cheaper to produce automated from established factories. colonies dont actually have a benifit outside more space. The star right next door is a perfect place to expand to, would be easiest to protect, easiest to get supplies to, easiest to maintain control over.

Either way, it should not be suprising to find a group of human in the closest star system to earth at all.

[Dean_the_Young]

Vaenier wrote...

They have coloniesed alot of **** holes across the galaxy. Some with poinsonus atmospheres, some compeltely barren, some without any air. Many are right on the boarder to hostile systems and terrorist attacks. You have random shacks and equipment on any number of rocks. how are colonies suposed to be profitable anyway? everything is cheaper to produce automated from established factories. colonies dont actually have a benifit outside more space.

Resource exaction, alternative sites of production closer to client base (like the planet for Kasumi's loyalty mission, which produces for the Citadel), strategic location vis-a-vis the Mass Relay network, agriculture production, or even 'Prothean' ruins to scavange..

The star right next door is a perfect place to expand to, would be easiest to protect, easiest to get supplies to, easiest to maintain control over.

Not necessary: the quadrant away by a Mass Relay is even easier, while the relative difficulty in, say, a hypothetical two hour flight versus a four hour flight isn't necessarily enough to warrant chosing the 'near' one over the 'far' one: the biggest difference, after all, is transit time, which isn't exactly hard as it is.

Either way, it should not be suprising to find a group of human in the closest star system to earth at all.

When all human colonization in such areas is encouraged, handled, and otherwise known by a single authority? A colony that made no mention of itself, escaped all public notice in organizing itself, has completely cut itself off from galactic economy/affairs/markets, and wasn't obvious from even a basic orbital visual?

It isn't surprising that people could be there. It's surprising that people were there, and that no one had any clue about it until they landed and were attacked.

No one's saying this is galaxy-shaking, but it is news.

[Vaenier]

Dean_the_Young wrote...

It isn't surprising that people could be there. It's surprising that people were there, and that no one had any clue about it until they landed and were attacked.

Because it is so impossible for a lone privately owned transport ship to just get a bunch of people and go there one day because they felt like it.

[Jzadek72]

GnusmasTHX wrote...

Sajuro wrote...

The planet is known simply as.... Kobol

10 whole internets have been awarded to this user.

Raise that to 20.