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swenson

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No, seriously. I was reading through some of the cut content on the ME Wiki today, and came across these cut parts from the Shadow Broker's dossier on Samara:

Asari Survey Ship Senshelis

1570 CE

Captain's Log, Idyssia reporting. The Senshelis has finally set out. The
damned hanar didn't want to let us leave without getting a firm
destination. It's as though the concept of exploration can't make its
way into their minds.
If I'm reading the Prothean map correctly, the cache it's
highlighted is in a system between salarian and batarian territory. I've
gotten as close as I can using mass relays. We'll have to use FTL now
and burn off static charge as best we can. If there are no problems, we
can make it in around 4 years. I've got supplies for 10 years, so even
if we run into trouble, we should be okay.
The crew is nervous but eager, a bunch of maidens ready for
adventure, or at least a good time. Had to discipline Samara for
excessive rowdiness, though. She's young, maybe too young. She might
make a better commando than an explorer, frankly. Here's hoping she
gains some maturity. We'll all have several years to get to know one
another.


Salvage and Rescue Report

Hanar Ship Sholha

1630 CE

Captain's Log, Orolt reporting. This vessel was fortunate to discover
the asari ship Senshelis, and provided support and comfort to the
survivors. The acting captain, Kimene, reported that they had been
traveling using FTL for several years, which caused damage to their
vessel and required them to land upon a world with a small
pre-spaceflight civilization to effect repairs. After remaining stranded
and suffering from attacks by the frightened natives, the surviving
crew repaired the Senshelis and lifted off for FTL travel back to known
space.
The asari were regrettably frustrated by their years of fruitless
exploration, with a maiden named Samara remarking that Captain Idyssia
was unwise to travel so far without sufficient equipment. Samara
departed, noting her intent to join a mercenary outfit, while other
crewmembers accepted hospitality before returning to asari space.


Report Summary

Barla Von, Citadel

I'm afraid we are unable to make any concrete assessment given the
limited data at hand. It remains entirely possible that the justicar's
ship made contact with Earth while looking for Prothean artifacts. Per
your question, the storm that scattered the Spanish Armada was
considered extremely powerful for that area, given our climate data, and
could conceivably have been generated using fields from the Senshelis'
drive core. It is clear that had the storm not scattered the Spanish
Armada, the Spanish forces would have regrouped and likely seized power
in England within two years.
It remains entirely possible that the justicar had some effect on
Earth's political course, but unfortunately, I doubt we'll ever have
proof.

I know they're not "canon" because they were cut, but that is still just plain awesome. Only thing that bugs me is that the Spanish Armada was sank in 1588, a full 18 years after 1570...

I also want to know if there's any real historical events we can associate with the "attacks by primitive natives" on the asari. I can't think of any off the top of my head, though.

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Praetor Knight

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Ha, those poor souls.

And all things considered, ~18 years is actually not too bad considering Galactic standard time is different from earth time.

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I was all "THEY WERE THERE FOR FIFTY YEARS?!" at first when I read the time difference between the first two, until I realized, oh yeah, they're asari. That's probably, like, a week to them. Well, OK, more like five years, but still. Not their entire lives.

I just wanna know who was asking Barla Von about her!

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Yeah, I wonder who.

It would be sweet if some of this content could be used in ME3. Or at least if something similar to the CDN is gonna be used for ME3.

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They probably cut it when they realized it didn't make much sense for people to be traveling off the relay network like that for so long just on the off-chance they'd find some artifacts, nor for Earth to have then remained unknown until the FCW.

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didymos1120 wrote...

They probably cut it when they realized it didn't make much sense for people to be traveling off the relay network like that for so long just on the off-chance they'd find some artifacts, nor for Earth to have then remained unknown until the FCW.


Yah this definitely doesn't fit with lore in that Earth(and humanity) was unknown to the greater galactic community until the FCW. While awesome, it just doesn't fit lore.

Nice find, though. I love reading about stuff that people dig up that was cut from the game.

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I agree with both of you. It would've cheapened things, anyway, to be like "OH ACTUALLY THEY KNEW ABOUT EARTH BEFORE!" But it is pretty cool all the same. :D