Zulu_DFA wrote...
leonia42 wrote...
And the Arcturus Station codex entry:Arcturus Station is the gateway to Sol, a 5-kilometer diameter "Stanford Torus"-type space station at the trailing Lagrange point of the gas giant Themis. Construction on Arcturus Station began in 2151 and concluded in 2162. It was inaugurated in 2156, and has served as the military and political headquarters of the Systems Alliance from the First Contact War until the present.
When humanity activated the Charon Mass Relay in 2149, it led to Arcturus, 36 light years from Sol, Earth's sun. Arcturus is the third brightest star seen from Earth. It is an ancient red giant from the generation born before Sol. Its worlds are either gas giants or ice chunks. While some rocky debris exists, the metal content is 25% lower than normal. To build Arcturus Station, metallic asteroids were towed through the mass relays to the construction site. Many of these asteroids remain near the station, their mined out areas home to transient populations.
The expense of bringing construct materials into the system was acceptable due to its strategic value. With three primary mass relays in addition to the secondary one to Sol, Arcturus is a major communications and military chokepoint. The Alliance 1st Fleet is based in Arcturus, where it can guard the gates to Sol and react to incursions in the three connected clusters. The Station also hosts the Systems Alliance Parliament and the Systems Alliance Military general headquarters. Its permanent population is approximately 45,000.
Arcturus is actually from the galactic halo, one of a cluster of 52 stars that are "crashing through" the disc of the galaxy. In a billion years, Arcturus will be sailing through the depths of extragalactic dark space.
umanity is ran by the System Alliance, which is based on Arcturus Station.
Quoted for emphasis.
I hail from Europe and I decided to write something about government institutions in my country, just for you.
We have parliament, president, prime minister (head of government) and bunch of ministers who lead their departments. All of these people and institutions reside in our capital, as does every other government agency and bureau. I wonder if you can guess which important institution I omitted? Yes, our Supreme Court DOES NOT reside in capital city. People, you are not experts in galactic law, just as you are not experts in law system of my country. Stop jumping to conclusions about where trial should take place and leave it to authors.
As you could see, nothing is set in stone in actual life. It is perfectly normal if trial with Shepard won't take place on Arcturus station. Nobody wants to see it anyway. We all wanted to take a look at 22nd century Earth and when they want to show us, a bunch of whiners steps in and fills 20 pages with criticism.
Just for your information:
The Earth is just a piece of molten iron covered with rock and a little H2O. It can't own any problems.
As for the Mankind, as soon as it lefts its "craddle", it'll spread its domain to any such piece of rock it manages to claim, establishing new cultural, economical and political realities that you guys seem to be incapable of grasping, but which any real sci-fi is supposed to be all about. Therefore, it's simply a matter of difference between the good sci-fi, and a cheap moneygrab product.
The Humanity, as a Council race, is supposed to solve its problems via established institutions such as the Council and the Systems Alliance, and not by "going to Earth".
I always imagined humanity as a fledgling species and not masters of the universe. It makes total sense that Earth has still important status, given 3000+ years of own culture compared to ~30 years of alien contact. But perhaps we did not play the same game.
Besides, if someone thinks about Asari center of power, he means Thessia. With Turians, it is Palaven. Not some military space station built in early stages of human expansion to secure foothold, with population of 45000. My neighborhood is larger.
Zulu_DFA wrote...
Not true.jamesp81 wrote...
If Earth is destroyed, humanity is finished as a galactic power. Done, over, dead, gone. Bekenstein (the planet you visit in Kasumi's LM) is described as being one of humanity's most populous colonies. It's population is 5.4 million or so. You waste Earth, you kill about 98% of the human race.
That's a completely lametacular storyline.
The numbers are irrelevant. For example, the Geth are just automated machinery with not a single living operator, and still are quite powerful.
With the Earth purged, the Alliance will come out only stronger, if the major Human colonies and indusrtrial/mining outposts are left unscathed.
Are you comparing us to automatons and military capacity we don't know anything about? You surely wanted to compare us to quarians, who are going slowly extinct after they lost their homeworld.
And Alliance will come out stronger? What are you smoking? I want it too. My point is, 90% of people dead (or more, humanity is still concentrated on Earth) means struggle for survival.
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And BTW, your poll is completely one-sided. You put Earth into obviously inferior position by competing with Citadel and Arcturus Station at the same time. The question should be if people want the trial to take place
1. On Earth
2. On Arcturus station
3. On Citadel
4. On Khar'shan (only if Shepard has been really naughty)
Here is the new poll.
My personal take is that this is purely "rogue Batarian Hegemony vs. Human Alliance" issue. That means Council will not interfere, they are bunch of incompetents anyway. And I don't see Shepard going to Batarian trial, so that leaves only Earth. However, my Shepard is not attending that too.
And I really do not understand all the fuss about this trial. Sure, it would make for a great opening sequence but I think the main plot of ME trilogy is about stopping Reapers, so lets concentrate on that please.
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