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[Fogg]

So in 2148 we discover the Mass Effect-stuff, making us an advanced race ánd a target for the Reapers who attack in 2183. After a few decades intergalactic space flight our doom is there.

If we would've waited a century or so, the Reapers could've gone killing Asari, Turians, Salarians and all, and the Reapers would ignore us because we would still be an ignorant race. And then... We could go in space and be masters for the next 50.000 years.

Hm.

[Scottish TaZeR]

Then where would our game be?

[Arcite550]

I think they would hit humanity despite that, since 50K years from that point we would be WAY further advanced than any species had gotten before... which may pose a threat to the Reapers...

[Darth Wolfenbarg]

Arcite550 wrote...

I think they would hit humanity despite that, since 50K years from that point we would be WAY further advanced than any species had gotten before... which may pose a threat to the Reapers...

This, pretty much. I'm sure part of the reason the extinction cycle takes centuries to complete is because they aren't just busying themselves wiping out the dominant species. Any race within reasonable distance of a mass relay that is within a few hundred years of a space program is probably annihilated as well. If they really do only appear once every 50,000 years instead of whenever the sentinel notices someone has taken the bait, it wouldn't make sense to do it any other way.

[Fogg]

Then they should pretty much find and kill all life that knows how to farm, for they will be in space in 10.000 or 20.000 years

[JRCHOharry]

Schrijver wrote...

If we would've waited a century or so, the Reapers could've gone killing Asari, Turians, Salarians and all, and the Reapers would ignore us because we would still be an ignorant race. And then... We could go in space and be masters for the next 50.000 years.

Hm.

I don't think humanity would've survived on Earth for another century.

[Peridian]

Still, it's possible that, however unlikely, they'd skip dormant Mass Relays.

On the other hand, the Protheans were supposed to have been the only spacefaring beings during their time, so they may have reached the Mass Relays just after the Reapers wiped their equivalent of other alien species out.

EDIT:

JRCHOharry wrote...
I don't think humanity would've survived on Earth for another century.

True, the Reaper invasion was supposed to take decades, possibly centuries, depening on their succes rate.

Modifié par Peridian, 24 juin 2011 - 09:54 .

[CroGamer002]

Raloi have even worse timing.

[Aviena]

We actually have really GOOD timing. The galaxy would be in serious trouble if Shepard was stuck on Earth.

[Ryllen Laerth Kriel]

Actually the Mass Relay in our solar system is discovered hidden and covered in thick layrers of ice. Can the relays work without being uncovered? Maybe being discovered and activated is the way the Reapers know which solar systems to hit. If relays are being used, just follow the trails.

[SilentNukee]

Didn't they try to invade back during the Rachni wars? I wonder if they would of skipped us then...

[Kaiser Shepard]

Blame the Protheans for freezing over our relay.

Then again, that might actually be the reason we didn't already get hit last time...

[Ryllen Laerth Kriel]

Kaiser Shepard wrote...

Blame the Protheans for freezing over our relay.

Then again, that might actually be the reason we didn't already get hit last time...

That's entirely my point.

[Lumikki]

Made around assumption that we aren't target, because no Mass Effect-stuff.

[Dannyboy9876]

They would have eradicated us anyway. It would have been easy. We are in ONE system, wouldve only taken a few years, which is fast by Reaper standards.

[I am the Harbinger of your perfection]

We could of become galatic masters if we had waited a bit longer and no the reapers wouldnt of destroyed us even we were not space travilling because
1)the relay was frozen and therefore it wouldn't work
2)as no one could reach the solar system it wouldn't be on citadel records which the reapers rely on to eradicate all advance life on the planets

think about it if they went looking around for every colonized planets which would take a very long time and if it is not on records they dont go to it

also the i thnik this is like a sport to the reapers like hunting is if a hunter was hunting a cow it would be pretty boring just like destroying humans would be if were not advanced and also we would not have developed any weapoins that would be of use to them to furhter the reaper race

Modifié par I am the Harbinger of your perfection, 24 juin 2011 - 10:57 .

[McAwesum]

Arcite550 wrote...

I think they would hit humanity despite that, since 50K years from that point we would be WAY further advanced than any species had gotten before... which may pose a threat to the Reapers...

Not necessarily. I think we pretty much would be the new Protheans.

Modifié par McAwesum, 24 juin 2011 - 11:12 .

[McAwesum]

Aviena wrote...

We actually have really GOOD timing. The galaxy would be in serious trouble if Shepard was stuck on Earth.

Touche, good sir.

[Whereto]

Sure, if humanity continued with their FTL travel program with out finding the mass relay, we would probably be stuck in our solar system for a few more centuries. This would of skipped the reapers in all likely hood, and if we do find the relay(we abandon our FTL) I doubt we would survive for long. It took us little longer than a few thousand years to go from sticks and stones to atomic bombs, so I bet the reapers vanguard would alert them to this, thus bringing them around early.

[Lumikki]

I am the Harbinger of your perfection wrote...

We could of become galatic masters if we had waited a bit longer and no the reapers wouldnt of destroyed us even we were not space travilling because

2075 CE

The Manswell Expedition successfully launches from Earth en route to the Alpha Centauri system with 300 colonists aboard in cryogenic stasis. Communications with the vessel are lost soon after

2103 CE

The European Space Agency's Lowell City in Eos Chasma becomes the first permanent human settlement on Mars.

Point been we where allready spece traveling.

2148 CE: Humanity Discovers Mass Effect Physics

Humanity discovers a small cache of highly advanced Prothean technology hidden deep beneath the surface of Mars on the south polar region of Promethei Planum. Building on the remnants of this long extinct race, humans quickly explore the science of mass effect fields, leading to the development of faster than light travel and beginning detailed exploration of the Sol system.

Point been even without Mass Effect relay we started to faster than light travel

1)the relay was frozen and therefore it wouldn't work

2149 CE

Following information from the translated data cache on Mars, humans discover that Charon, Pluto's moon, is actually a massive piece of dormant Prothean technology, a mass relay, encased in ice.

Point been who builded the Mass Effect relays and if one exist in out solar system, then they did know this place too. It's assumtion that they don't check all places they know, just because some relay may not work or could work even when in ice when activated by remote (assumption). If you build network and some part of it stops working, what you do? Logical action is to send someone to check it out why it's not working?

2)as no one could reach the solar system it wouldn't be on citadel records which the reapers rely on to eradicate all advance life on the planets

Look above, they know our place and we allready started to travel in universe even without the relay. So, we had advanced allready far enough..

think about it if they went looking around for every colonized planets which would take a very long time and if it is not on records they dont go to it

They had relay in our solar system, it's assumption that they don't check it out.

I ques my general point is that discovery of Mass Effect has nothing to do with this. Issue is more like human race advances same time when this reaper event is about to happen. So, if we would not advance so fast in general, reapers may would have consider us as not advanced race enough to be usefull. So basicly 1000 or 2000 year delay in our advance may would have done the trick.. Too bad for us..

Modifié par Lumikki, 24 juin 2011 - 12:02 .

[I am the Harbinger of your perfection]

Lumikki
i see what your getting at but with the forzen relay all advance life that would of tryed to use the relay that was linked to the charon wouldnt of worked and the repears wouldnt of known this they would of just ingnored it because of the records as they know that not every relay would be open and also after the rachni wars they would be able to see the law that was in place and as they didnt know that the relay linked to the solar system so earth would not be on the records

also you mentioned that why dont they send someone to check it
that is because they presume that it is working.
think about why would the relay get forzen the only logical reason is massive amounts of water getting froozen. why would sme one does this to protect a species why to save them from reapers if humans were being attacked by aliens you wouldnt try and save a cat you would save a child
its just down to presumtions thet a space faring species would want to maximise the amount of colinised worlds not limit the amount

[Dean_the_Young]

...if Humanity had waited until the next cycle, the Cycle itself would have been 'fixed' by the Reapers and would have been impossible for us to crack. No Vigil's data file to track down, not Keepers to ignore the Reaper's signal, no Cypher with which to understand the Prothean Beacon visions, fewer Prothean Beacons to discover, no Conduit,,,

The galaxy would have died, the Cycle re-built by the Reapers to negate that one precious chance the Protheans gave, and Humanity would have been like all the other cycles.

[Whatever42]

Actually, we might have been safe. If the Protheans would have left the Citadel alone then Sovereign might have activated it thousands of years ago. Even if it was only activated a few decades ago, our relay would have been frozen and the Citadel would have no record of us.

Then humanity would have risen to be the dominant race in the galaxy, replacing the Reaped Asari and friends, only to be harvested in another 50,000 years.