Galactic civilization will rebuild. The mass relays were not necessary for interstellar flight. Remember, what does it say in the Codex about the speed of ships? That's right, 12 lightyears per (day? hour? minute?). And that's only the cruising speed, not the maximum speed.
I think some other may have already addressed this but twelve lightyears a day is still quite slow. The galaxy itself is about 120,000 lightyears wide at maximum, which means traveling from one side to the other could easily take 10,000 years. Given the fact that Rannoch, Ilium, and Omega are all on the opposite side of the galaxy from Earth, that doesn't make the chances of any kind of homecoming for the quarians, Aria, or anyone from Ilium likely at all.
Granted, he called that "cruising speed," but I doubt maximum speed for more than a handful of ships is going to be much faster.
Let's also not forget this, which actually
is from the Codex:
Mass Effect 3 Primary Codex Entry: Mass Relays (emphasis mine) wrote...
Once believed to be of Prothean origin, mass relays were in fact created by the Reapers using technology far beyond that of other living species. The enormous structures, scattered throughout the stars, create corridors of virtually mass-free space. This allows instantaneous transit between locations normally separated by years or even centuries using conventional FTL drives.
So, yeah, conventional FTL isn't going to cut it, even without bringing the real-life vastness of space into the equation.
I appreciate what Mr. Weekes is trying to do and say here and he's clearly being supportive of his colleagues, even if he doesn't necessarily agree with their decisions. And I even think many of his answers are satisfying to one degree or another.
The issue of the Mass Relays dooming galactic civilization to an indeterminably long dark age is, however, not so easily resolved.
Modifié par Nivenus, 08 avril 2012 - 01:29 .
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