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[Jzadek72]

Vengeful Nature wrote...

Katamariguy wrote...

Avatar, anyone?

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

Primitive alien species - invented for avatar.

[Dean_the_Young]

Vaenier wrote...

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.

Nope. Not impossible. Unlikely, unexpected, and even more so because no one knew about either the organization effort, the departure, or the settlement? Yes, that's surprising. And attacking Asari? That's news too.

[Leman]

I do believe these people were transported there by the false god Ra...

[Bullets McDeath]

Ah, yes... "the unknown human colony", an extrasolar human homeworld that no one has ever seen or heard from before. We have dismissed that claim.

[RiouHotaru]

This is most certainly a Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri reference.

[Apocalypse89]

Well the CDN just updated, and apparently the colonists are from a private expedition from 2070, long before FTL travel was discovered.

I always thought it would suck for people to go on decades-long journeys to space only to be overtaken by ships with new technology.

[Big I]

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.

Called it.

[Sajuro]

d'awww and I was hoping it was something interesting.

[Praetor Knight]

LookingGlass93 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.

Called it.

Kudos to you.

I wonder if there will be a few more stories like this to have CDN go out on a high note.

[The-Person]

What is weird is that the humans are primitive according to this.

[praetor_alpha]

The-Person wrote...

What is weird is that the humans are primitive according to this.

No. The primitive species in question would have been identified as human by the asari. And I know of no primitive species that would go to a nearby planet to ambush them.

How the heck can a colony a stone's throw away from Earth remain undetected for over 30 years (since the mass relay discovery)? Furthermore, this is probably the colony's first alien contact. Unless this asari knows a human language, it is unlikely that they understand each other.

Modifié par praetor_alpha, 13 janvier 2011 - 04:01 .

[Praetor Knight]

praetor_alpha wrote...

How the heck can a colony a stone's throw away from Earth remain undetected for over 30 years (since the mass relay discovery)? Furthermore, this is probably the colony's first alien contact. Unless this asari knows a human language, it is unlikely that they understand each other.

The Asari might have translators that would let them understand them, but those human survivors could be extremely paranoid and confused and do not have universal translators.

[praetor_alpha]

Praetor Shepard wrote...

praetor_alpha wrote...

How the heck can a colony a stone's throw away from Earth remain undetected for over 30 years (since the mass relay discovery)? Furthermore, this is probably the colony's first alien contact. Unless this asari knows a human language, it is unlikely that they understand each other.

The Asari might have translators that would let them understand them, but those human survivors could be extremely paranoid and confused and do not have universal translators.

It's probably mandatory for operating in Alliance space.

I had in mind that the asari would know what was going on, but everyone else would not and would be freaking out. Even more terrifiying, do the colonists know about biotics and has she used them?

[jojon2se]

Apocalypse89 wrote...
I always thought it would suck for people to go on decades-long journeys to space only to be overtaken by ships with new technology.

Click, hum, click, hum
Click, click, click, hum

[008Zulu]

James2912 wrote...

Encarmine wrote...

haha if i landed on a planet, and suddenly a load of people in white shirts and black ties wanted to talk to me all freindly holding the bible, i would tell Joker to get us out of there rapid. And then pass on the co-ordinates to Batarian Slavers

no need to hate on the mormons. Although I would get the hell out of there just not my scene!

Mine was a Starship Troopers reference. Instead of bugs maybe a Reaper indoctrination device.

On the other hand, if the colony were founded before humans set out in to the galaxy, then yeah, it would raise a few eyebrows.

[StarGateGod]

they already know where the colony came from. no need for some crazy theory. they simply left earth before mass releys were discovered

[StarGateGod]

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.

it says they used cryogenics to freeze them for the long journey

[StarGateGod]

“Surprising details have emerged about recently-discovered human colonists in the Alpha Centauri system who captured an asari scientist. Alliance ships performed a reconnaissance overflight of the planet in question and gathered details about a settlement there. After cross-referencing with Alliance databases, a clearer picture has emerged. An Alliance source explained: "These people are literally a lost colony in every sense of the word. We're 95% certain they originated from the Manswell Expedition of 2070." A background check reveals Victor Manswell was a billionaire who funded his own private spaceflight in the year 2075 after growing frustrated with the pace of official exploration. Pre-dating the use of mass effect relays, some 300 people joined the expedition and were placed in cryogenic freeze for the journey. After a successful launch the colonists were never heard from again... until today, if Alliance suspicions prove true.”

[Fiery Phoenix]

Heh, this is shaping up to be a very intriguing story.

[Interactive Civilian]

jojon2se wrote...

Apocalypse89 wrote...
I always thought it would suck for people to go on decades-long journeys to space only to be overtaken by ships with new technology.

Click, hum, click, hum
Click, click, click, hum

HAH!

Nice reference!

[Praetor Knight]

2075 to what, 2185? That's like 110 years.



So, approx 5 - 7 generations in isolation?

[Fiery Phoenix]

Praetor Shepard wrote...

2075 to what, 2185? That's like 110 years.

So, approx 5 - 7 generations in isolation?

Isn't a generation 33 years? In which case it would be a little over 3 generations of isolation. It's still pretty darn crazy.

[Praetor Knight]

Fiery Phoenix wrote...

Isn't a generation 33 years? In which case it would be a little over 3 generations of isolation. It's still pretty darn crazy.

I used an interval of 18, but the average could be higher and I didn't consider how the first generation or two could have more time between them than the following ones, due to hardships in a foreign environment.

For example, time traveled to new system, Gen 1 makes planet fall, then 35 yr gap to Gen 2, 30 yr gap to Gen 3 and so on.

Yeah, so 5 generations is too high anyway.

Edit: changing quote

Modifié par Praetor Shepard, 13 janvier 2011 - 06:26 .

[adam_grif]

At the rate human colonies are getting attacked by aliens I'm surprised they are still alive.

[The Big Nothing]

A reference to...



"Far Centaurus" (1944), the classic short story by A. E. van Vogt, an Earth crew which travelled at sublight speed in hibernation to Alpha Centauri discover when they arrive that their mission was long forgotten and presumed lost, and that man has arrived long before them via superluminal travel and an unimaginably advanced human civilization has developed on the Centauri planets while they were sleeping.