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[Halfdan The Menace]

aimlessgun wrote...

Hatchetman77 wrote...

Did the Dinosours evolve to develop space flight and discover the Mass Relays?

I'll just post the same proof I offered last time this topic came up.

 LOL! man,I wish there was a sentient Lizard people other than hairy humans on Earth...

[WizenSlinky0]

Black Raptor wrote...
Read the lore, the Reapers only target relay travelling speices.

I challenge this assertion. They only begin to harvest once civilization expands to a certain technogical level, but if a planet is within the pre-designed area's around a relay, but hasn't yet reached it...I'd assume they'd be wiped out anyway.

There's always a chance that they still do have technology advanced enough to possibly catch a glimpse of these giant laser shooting reapers harvesting a planet nearby. Considering the entire reaper plan consists of a surprise attack it would not be a good idea to leave ANY chance of a civilization having advanced knowledge of you.

I'd say it's more accurate to assume they harvest a set series of planets (as laid out by the mass relay system) once a certain percentage reach relay travel and advance technolgically.

Modifié par WizenSlinky0, 12 mai 2011 - 08:06 .

[hc00]

WizenSlinky0 wrote...

Black Raptor wrote...
Read the lore, the Reapers only target relay travelling speices.

I challenge this assertion. They only begin to harvest once civilization expands to a certain technogical level, but if a planet is within the pre-designed area's around a relay, but hasn't yet reached it...I'd assume they'd be wiped out anyway.

There's always a chance that they still do have technology advanced enough to possibly catch a glimpse of these giant laser shooting reapers harvesting a planet nearby. Considering the entire reaper plan consists of a surprise attack it would not be a good idea to leave ANY chance of a civilization having advanced knowledge of you.

I'd say it's more accurate to assume they harvest a set series of planets (as laid out by the mass relay system) once a certain percentage reach relay travel and advance technolgically.

Im on your side here Wizen,

I cant remember it ever being stated in the lore that they only target spacefaring species, and even if they did then that would be incredibly stupid, because at some point they would run a cycle, and another species will have just entered thier industrial age, which if they only target spacefaring species would be left alone.

Now this industrial age culture has multiple thousands of years to advance, because the reapers are dormant for the most part and only reactivate periodically (and seemingly at roughly 50k year intervals).   And would be a threat for the next cycle.

[ExtremeOne]

No Op

[VolusNamedBob]

Kings19 wrote...

The dinosaurs weren't wiped out by the Reapers, they are the Reapers. That will be the big twist in ME3.

That'd be right up there with The Happening in the history of worst plot twists.

[didymos1120]

No. That was Lavos.

[Dominus]

No. That was Lavos.

But the future refused to change.... and so has this forum.

Modifié par DominusVita, 13 mai 2011 - 12:17 .

[hc00]

VolusNamedBob wrote...

Kings19 wrote...

The dinosaurs weren't wiped out by the Reapers, they are the Reapers. That will be the big twist in ME3.

That'd be right up there with The Happening in the history of worst plot twists.

Haha you just gave me a mental image of Shephard, Tali and a Volus running from a slight breeze

Thanks.

[Therefore_I_Am]

The Reapers had an enormous war with Cthulhu and the Old Ones millions of years ago, resulting in the end of the dinosaurs

[moneycashgeorge]

Kings19 wrote...

The dinosaurs weren't wiped out by the Reapers, they are the Reapers. That will be the big twist in ME3.

Hahahahahah can u even imagine what that would be like? Even though its incredibly ridiculous, I would love Mass Effect 3 if when you finally got the "last boss reaper", its revealed that they are Earth's dinosaurs, and you have to fight a T-Rex as the last boss. That would be the most shocking thing to ever happen in any story, ever. 

I wish they would make that an alternate ending somehow.

[Malanek]

Kings19 wrote...

The dinosaurs weren't wiped out by the Reapers, they are the Reapers. That will be the big twist in ME3.

I could see this actually being plausible. It would have to be written well, probably involving a pre-reaper civilisation that removed a large number of various species (like raptors) from earth to farm, study, train and cybernetically enhance them. Eventually these grew intelligent and viscious enough to overthrow that civilisation. Millions of years later they evolve into the reapers and fearing a history repeating scenerio they send an asteroid into the earth. It would give more weight to their special interest in humans (originating from the same planet) and more importantly help explain why Turians and Krogans seem to have evolved from earthbound extinct species.

Modifié par Malanek999, 13 mai 2011 - 12:36 .

[hc00]

Malanek999 wrote...

and more importantly help explain why Turians and Krogans seem to have evolved from earthbound extinct species.

Explain this?

[Dave666]

The question that interests me is not did the Reapers destroy the Dinosaurs, but were the Reapers around when the Dinosaurs were? We know that one Reaper was 37,000,000 years old, so the question is, in Reaper terms how old was it? Baby, child, teen, adult, elder, to the other Reapers which one was it?

[Annihilator27]

Last known image of Dinosaurs defying the Reapers.Perhaps they were advance and the Reapers experimented with them resulting in failed "Collectors"

[Bearcut]

If you've ever read the Science fiction series "Berserker" by Fred Saberhagen or "Gateway" by Frederick Pohl you can tell that the writers of the Mass Effect universe draws alot of influence from these authors, which is a great thing if you ask me. I believe i even read somewhere that a writer did mention these series as influences, anyway...

"Reapers" are alot like "Berserkers" in the sense that they feel it is their duty to "cleanse" the galaxy, except that "Reapers" are unique in terms of the Mass Relays, planning, exc...

What i'm getting at, if a "Berserker" came to Earth during the era of the dinosaurs, they wouldn't have any problem wiping em out. Therefore, I don't think it's impossible that the Reapers did the same so that Dinosaurs "Met their genetic destiny"...

Go read Berserker. And Gateway. Gateway is awesome.

[Malanek]

hc00 wrote...

Malanek999 wrote...

and more importantly help explain why Turians and Krogans seem to have evolved from earthbound extinct species.

Explain this?

Turians bare very similar qualities to Pterosaurs while Krogan resemble Cerepods. In all likeliehood this is just because that is where the artists/writers took their inspiration from, but backing such things up with logical reasoning is not a bad thing.

[hc00]

Malanek999 wrote...
Turians bare very similar qualities to Pterosaurs while Krogan resemble Cerepods. In all likeliehood this is just because that is where the artists/writers took their inspiration from, but backing such things up with logical reasoning is not a bad thing.

They are vaguely similar, but there are certain things which mean the turians couldnt have evolved from Pterosaurs (Chirality and skull structure come to mind immediately, there is likely more)

And krogan, while outwardly similar cant have evolved from anything on earth as to quote a biologist I pester with questions alot   "Evolution tailors existing structures, it doesnt create new ones"  And AFAIK there is nothing on earth that has ever had the kind of multi system redundancy krogans have.

I wonder what creatures the designers actually did use for inspiration.

[MrDizazta]

Malanek999 wrote...

hc00 wrote...

Malanek999 wrote...

and more importantly help explain why Turians and Krogans seem to have evolved from earthbound extinct species.

Explain this?

Turians bare very similar qualities to Pterosaurs while Krogan resemble Cerepods. In all likeliehood this is just because that is where the artists/writers took their inspiration from, but backing such things up with logical reasoning is not a bad thing.

I thought Krogans were bats with exoskeletons.  Also imagine a Huskified T-Rex.  That is the stuff nightmares are made of.

[Malanek]

hc00 wrote...
I wonder what creatures the designers actually did use for inspiration.

Even if they didn't evolve from them (which they probably didn't) I think it is almost certain they used the dinosaurs for inspiration. Other than the reptillian appearance, skin, armoured bone, beaks etc they used the name Wrex and there was a joke about it in Grunts shadow broker dossier.

[Illusive]

Dave666 wrote...

The question that interests me is not did the Reapers destroy the Dinosaurs, but were the Reapers around when the Dinosaurs were? We know that one Reaper was 37,000,000 years old, so the question is, in Reaper terms how old was it? Baby, child, teen, adult, elder, to the other Reapers which one was it?

That Reaper is simply the oldest one we know of, so it is highly probable that there were Reapers older than 37 million years. I expect in ME3 we will get a general idea of the Reaper creation timeline.

[aimlessgun]

annihilator27 wrote...



Last known image of Dinosaurs defying the Reapers.Perhaps they were advance and the Reapers experimented with them resulting in failed "Collectors"

Wow this image is beyond amazing.

[Annihilator27]

aimlessgun wrote...

annihilator27 wrote...



Last known image of Dinosaurs defying the Reapers.Perhaps they were advance and the Reapers experimented with them resulting in failed "Collectors"

Wow this image is beyond amazing.

The final moments of their last stand.

[Halfdan The Menace]

aimlessgun wrote...

annihilator27 wrote...



Last known image of Dinosaurs defying the Reapers.Perhaps they were advance and the Reapers experimented with them resulting in failed "Collectors"

Wow this image is beyond amazing.

I want the Dinosaurs!!  

[Illusive]

annihilator27 wrote...



Last known image of Dinosaurs defying the Reapers.Perhaps they were advance and the Reapers experimented with them resulting in failed "Collectors"

Possible Mako replacement in ME3?!