Dean_the_Young wrote...
You assume the Protheans were directly analogous to Humans.
More importantly, you presume that the Prothean survivors constituted a viable breeding population... which any number of biological trends and tendencies could have stopped. (Age-based sterility that can not be countered via the resources at hand, all the survivors are all male/all female, genetic trends that would doom any breeding population, etc.).
We aren't talking about even hundreds of survivors here, let alone 4 million.
Presuming that there's a viable breeding population is wrong and presuming there isn't is correct? Why? Biological factors may be present, but you're talking about a group of people who had achieved a great deal to see humanity before they (humanity) even learned algebra. Why would they be unable to do what we deem impossible? And we still don't know what their life-cycle is like. They may breed faster and live longer for all we know. There's no evidence for or against. My point was that it should have been addressed if it wasn't going to be done. Saying there wasn't a viable population for breeding isn't a substantial answer for me especially since we know the Protheans made it to the Citadel.
Also, I don't remember where it was mentioned, but it was mentioned that Prothean DNA is similar to Human DNA.
antique_nova wrote...
Bioware haven't finished Shepard's story, so how can you state that Bioware have ignored them? As you stated, there were 4 million humans at whatever year it was.The were barely a dozen Protheans. Also, the scientists were probably far too old to conceive, also i doubt that they had the knowledge or database information to help produce and educate the next generation - they probably lacked the profession etc. They were scientists, not teachers or what ever else. They lost a lot people from other professions due to power shortage on Ilos and the Reaper's 'Culling' of their race.
But my point still stands, Bioware haven't finished what they're doing.
I said Bioware ignored a perfectly good story of overcoming insurmountable odds in order to survive as is prevalent in many stories involving a hero much like Shepard is depicted in Mass Effect.
Before I start, this isn't a slight in any way, shape, or form (nor is it meant to be): I believe many, such as yourself, look at the possibility of age being a deterrent to breeding because it's safe. It allows us to avoid the uncomfortable "thing" that's in the room and move on to something more palatable.
Look at the guy who cut his own leg off in order to survive. Why was his story interesting? He cut his own leg off to survive a life-threatening event. A number of years ago there was a guy who was trapped under the World Trade Center after it was bombed (I think) with his wife and daughter. He encouraged them to drink their own urine. They refused and he was the only one to survive as a result. It was reported on the news around that time and I was a child and even I considered it gross, but it's interesting because he did it to survive. He had no source of water and took it from himself in order to continue living his life. He didn't give up. That's a remarkable feat to accomplish and something that is unthinkable but necessary is defintely what I would have expected from a species at the brink of death.
You're right that their story isn't finished yet, but everything I've read so far leads me to think that there's nothing left to tell. I feel as though the Protheans were undermined.
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that the Citadel had been scoured of any remaining Prothean technology, and left it an empty of anything necessary for long term survival. No water, the protein vats aren't even active and there's no arable land. All that water and dirt was imported later by the Council races. There wasn't anything there to support a viable population, even if the Prothean scientists wanted to try.
