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[Terraneaux]

Or the Alliance put a human colony there with some way to delete all the records, so that humanity would survive the Reaper apocalypse if everything goes pear-shaped. The Asari screwed that one up.

[Praetor Knight]

Terraneaux wrote...

Or the Alliance put a human colony there with some way to delete all the records, so that humanity would survive the Reaper apocalypse if everything goes pear-shaped. The Asari screwed that one up.

Well, that could be a possibility, that there is misinformation about that colony, but here is a link to the CDN story: http://masseffect.wi...#Today.27s_News

[Rankao]

A Mass Effect version of the lost Legion. Fascinating.

[Reiella]

Fiery Phoenix wrote...

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.

Also, have to remove however long they were in deep-cryo in transit.

[StarGateGod]

the real question is , is 300 people even enough to sustain a population

[didymos1120]

StarGateGod wrote...

the real question is , is 300 people even enough to sustain a population

Of course it is.  We're talking a little more than a century at most (and that's assuming they travelled at light-speed, which is impossible without the mass effect, or very, very close to it, which is doubtful).  There have been plenty of small, isolated populations in real-world history that have lasted for far, far longer with barely a gene exchanged with the rest of humanity.  We still occasionally find some.

Modifié par didymos1120, 13 janvier 2011 - 03:09 .

[ifander]

 Getting to Alpha Centauri at sub-light speeds would take a very long time. I have no idea what a realistic travel time would be, but it's plausible it would take the majority of those 110 years to get there (roughly 4.3 light years). And they would probably not have been close to light speed, the amount of energy required to accelerate to such velocities is insane.
Very interesting read on the subject.

Still, a very interesting news story.

[PARAGON87]

I wonder how the planet is. Garden? Desert? Ocean?

Real-life scientists have been looking at Alpha Centauri for awhile, and other than Proxima Centauri, we haven't found anything resembling a planet (even a gas giant) orbiting the star.

Really I am surprised that it took 3 years of canon and now BioWare is starting to talk about Alpha Centauri. I'm pleasantly surprised and eager to find out what's next.

Modifié par PARAGON87, 13 janvier 2011 - 05:32 .

[didymos1120]

PARAGON87 wrote...

I wonder how the planet is. Garden? Desert? Ocean?

Real-life scientists have been looking at Alpha Centauri for awhile, and other than Proxima Centauri, we haven't found anything resembling a planet (even a gas giant) orbiting the star.

Currently, we don't have the capability to detect any terrestrials that might be lurking there, though we will soon:

http://en.wikipedia....lity_of_planets

[TRISTAN WERBE]

Dlc preview?

[Dionkey]

For everyone who hasn't seen todays follow up:



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.

[PARAGON87]

didymos1120 wrote...

PARAGON87 wrote...

I wonder how the planet is. Garden? Desert? Ocean?

Real-life scientists have been looking at Alpha Centauri for awhile, and other than Proxima Centauri, we haven't found anything resembling a planet (even a gas giant) orbiting the star.

Currently, we don't have the capability to detect any terrestrials that might be lurking there, though we will soon:

http://en.wikipedia....lity_of_planets

Yeah, I remember, and I think I was talking to you about the subject in a thread awhile back.  We're just on the cusp of finding terrestrial planets, and really the only direction the science can go in that respect is up.

[praetor_alpha]

TRISTAN WERBE wrote...

Dlc preview?

The war on Taetrus would have made some wicked DLC.

[008Zulu]

Dionkey wrote...

For everyone who hasn't seen todays follow up:

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.

So some eccentric no name billionaire wants to be king of his own little hill? If I had money to burn, I'd probably do the same thing.

[Fiery Phoenix]

Moar:

01/14/2011 - Alliance to Attempt Contact with Alpha Centauri Colony

An effort is underway today in the Alpha Centauri system as Alliance specialists work to establish contact with a lost colony of early human explorers who took an asari scientist prisoner. Mission Commander Jon Hayes said: "As near as we can tell, these people slipped through the cracks. They were considered missing when communication was lost with their ship after they left in 2075 and fell off the radar, so to speak. It's entirely possible they have no idea what's happened in the galaxy for the last 110 years. We're treating it as a first contact situation." Accompanying the military will be experts from a variety of fields, including sociologists, anthropologists, linguists, psychologists, geneticists, and a host of supporting medical personnel. One anthropologist commented "It reminds me of those 19th century explorers who discovered tribes deep in the Amazon rainforest. The natives had no idea the wider world existed."

Something tells me this has to do with future content.

Modifié par Fiery Phoenix, 14 janvier 2011 - 07:06 .

[Nibroc17]

Sajuro wrote...

The planet is known simply as.... Kobol

Lol sweet. Kobol is a planet from BSG, where the Colonies originated from, and belive they were exiled by the god's.

[didymos1120]

Fiery Phoenix wrote...

Something tells me this has to do with future content.

OK, seriously: why does everybody say this?  There's nothing that sets this apart from other running plots in CDN like Taetrus, or the Ghost Ship. 

[Fiery Phoenix]

didymos1120 wrote...

Fiery Phoenix wrote...

Something tells me this has to do with future content.

OK, seriously: why does everybody say this?  There's nothing that sets this apart from other running plots in CDN like Taetrus, or the Ghost Ship. 

Exactly; I'm just saying.

[Luekas]

Where can you find cool old news posts like this? I haven't kept up with it since like January of last year

[Fiery Phoenix]

Luekas wrote...

Where can you find cool old news posts like this? I haven't kept up with it since like January of last year

The ME Wiki has them on their homepage, updated on a daily basis almost simultaneously with the game.

[Yalle]

Luekas wrote...

Where can you find cool old news posts like this? I haven't kept up with it since like January of last year

http://www.cerberusdailynews.com/

or

masseffect.wikia.com/wiki/Cerberus_Daily_News

[Tony_Knightcrawler]

Sounds like an original Star Trek story.

[Dionkey]

I don't know if this will be DLC or if its just BW buying time until the real DLC news, either way its very interesting.

[Dean_the_Young]

Pretty lame DLC at this point.



'Hey Shepard. Bunch of primitive backwater humans were found on a lost colony planet.'



'And?'



'Something something something Reapers.'



'I'm on the case!'

[adam_grif]

Dean_the_Young wrote...

Pretty lame DLC at this point.

'Hey Shepard. Bunch of primitive backwater humans were found on a lost colony planet.'

'And?'

'Something something something Reapers.'

'I'm on the case!'

Illusive Man: Shepard, something important has come up related to the so called "lost colony" that was recently discovered in the Alpha Centauri system.



Shepard: What is it?

Illusive Man: We've recieved intelligence that the founder brought with him a cache of Cuban Cigars, and that there may still be some left in secure storage. If true, they would be the last known surviving sample.

Modifié par adam_grif, 14 janvier 2011 - 01:54 .