I played the demo and one of the points I was confused about was the lack of early warning on the reaper invasion. Wouldn't a mass of incoming reapers have triggered some alert somewhere on a radar screen or on some alliance patrol? I'm finding it difficult to believe that in a time where citadel fleets are supposed to be patrolling most parts of space, a couple of dozen (or hundred) giant spaceships could sneak up on a planet as important on earth. I was expecting the invasion to involve a period of nervous waiting while the reapers come closer on radar, and then seeing a mass of reaper's landing through a hail of anti-aircraft fire from the ground, not suddenly showing up on a sunny afternoon!
I'm wish the game explains how this happened (reapers have some stealth technology, disabled radar etc.). One of the things I like about the ME universe is that Bioware had made it a plausible setting so I'm hoping they explain this point as well.
Reaper invasion - early warning?
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Palladin123
, févr. 20 2012 11:19
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Posté 20 février 2012 - 11:20
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uh........in the beginning of the demo, Anderson and Hackett are discussing just that, the Reapers on radar...
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Posté 20 février 2012 - 11:23
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True, but given the huge distances involved I would have thought earth would have picked up the reapers at least a few days before they land.
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Posté 20 février 2012 - 11:25
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Less explaining allows you to use your own imagination! My theory: dormant virus like in Battlestar Galactica.
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Posté 20 février 2012 - 11:51
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Palladin123 wrote...
True, but given the huge distances involved I would have thought earth would have picked up the reapers at least a few days before they land.
Anderson thought so too. He says so in the demo.
To paraphrase, "WTF, How did they reach the moon already?" When he was just told a few moments earlier that the outer stations just went dark.
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Posté 21 février 2012 - 01:53
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darkchaosbunny wrote...
Palladin123 wrote...
True, but given the huge distances involved I would have thought earth would have picked up the reapers at least a few days before they land.
Anderson thought so too. He says so in the demo.
To paraphrase, "WTF, How did they reach the moon already?" When he was just told a few moments earlier that the outer stations just went dark.
exactly and if you listen, its a minute at least after hearing of the outer stations going dark that the reapers are on the moons doorstep and then a few seconds later they're already on earth
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Posté 21 février 2012 - 02:19
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Good point - I need to replay the demo to hear those parts again. Glad to hear that Anderson was just as surprised as I was to find the reapers suddenly in a blue summer sky!
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Posté 21 février 2012 - 04:25
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It would be nice to see how the Alliance reacts to a warning a few days earlier but this shows you how under powered our defenses are against them.
