bleetman wrote...
Yet they do, because they're visibly present in the final armada.o Ventus wrote...
It would be kind of stupid for the quarians to send their sources of food at Cthulhu robots.
I suppose they could've flown to Earth then sat out the fight, but that doesn't make a whole lot of sense either. If they're not going to be used, why take them at all?
Wulfram wrote...
I'd guess that most clusters wouldn't be so dependant on outside food that they'd starve without outside food. Bulk transport of food doesn't seem like a particularly profitable use of space travel - some might not be wholly self supporting and you'd obviously lose access to your favourite luxuries, but I'd guess most would be able to get by with rationing.
The worlds which have seen more heavy fighting like Earth or Palaven are a more complex situation. The balance of devastation to depopulation is something that can only be speculated about.
edit: I'd assume that the liveships were present in the fight, though no longer with a large civilian population on board. They were probably deployed cautiously as long range "artillery", but that would be because with likely poor shields, armour and point defence they'd die really quickly in close combat.
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Taboo-XX wrote...
SOMEONE didn't think this through.
I wonder how they'll resolve this.
God, it's so dumb I can't even begin to wonder who thought this was a good idea.
ReXspec wrote...
Taboo-XX wrote...
SOMEONE didn't think this through.
I wonder how they'll resolve this.
God, it's so dumb I can't even begin to wonder who thought this was a good idea.
Walters.
'nuff said. <_<
Nonsense! Most of the population in Mass Effect lives on or about life bearing worlds. they wouldn't die en masse unless someone kills them.Jassu1979 wrote...
Now, people have talked a lot about the destruction of the relays, pondering whether their destruction would obliterate the systems they were in, hypothesizing about the potential of re-building them, arguing about whether or not the fleet in Sol system can return home, etc.
But I think few people have actually considered what cutting the supply lines like that actually means: it doesn't really matter whether the species of the galaxy will eventually be able to invent a technology that fills the gap - right there and then, it means that billions throughout the war-torn galaxy WILL die, even if the explosions were harmless.
No relays - no interstellar traffic. No interstellar traffic - no supply lines. No supply lines - billions of casualties. The worst thing that can happen to a disaster area is being cut off - and that is exactly what happens to pretty much every planet in the Mass Effect universe.
General User wrote...
Nonsense! Most of the population in Mass Effect lives on or about life bearing worlds. they wouldn't die en masse unless someone kills them.Jassu1979 wrote...
Now, people have talked a lot about the destruction of the relays, pondering whether their destruction would obliterate the systems they were in, hypothesizing about the potential of re-building them, arguing about whether or not the fleet in Sol system can return home, etc.
But I think few people have actually considered what cutting the supply lines like that actually means: it doesn't really matter whether the species of the galaxy will eventually be able to invent a technology that fills the gap - right there and then, it means that billions throughout the war-torn galaxy WILL die, even if the explosions were harmless.
No relays - no interstellar traffic. No interstellar traffic - no supply lines. No supply lines - billions of casualties. The worst thing that can happen to a disaster area is being cut off - and that is exactly what happens to pretty much every planet in the Mass Effect universe.
Taboo-XX wrote...
We're talking about colonies and such....
People are going to die.
Wulfram wrote...
Taboo-XX wrote...
We're talking about colonies and such....
People are going to die.
Most colonies are either small and on garden worlds, or extremely small and within conventional FTL range of garden worlds.
Omanisat wrote...
General User wrote...
Nonsense! Most of the population in Mass Effect lives on or about life bearing worlds. they wouldn't die en masse unless someone kills them.Jassu1979 wrote...
Now, people have talked a lot about the destruction of the relays, pondering whether their destruction would obliterate the systems they were in, hypothesizing about the potential of re-building them, arguing about whether or not the fleet in Sol system can return home, etc.
But I think few people have actually considered what cutting the supply lines like that actually means: it doesn't really matter whether the species of the galaxy will eventually be able to invent a technology that fills the gap - right there and then, it means that billions throughout the war-torn galaxy WILL die, even if the explosions were harmless.
No relays - no interstellar traffic. No interstellar traffic - no supply lines. No supply lines - billions of casualties. The worst thing that can happen to a disaster area is being cut off - and that is exactly what happens to pretty much every planet in the Mass Effect universe.
That someone being the Reapers, who've bombed them back to the stone age.
. It's impractical
Taboo-XX wrote...
Wulfram wrote...
Taboo-XX wrote...
We're talking about colonies and such....
People are going to die.
Most colonies are either small and on garden worlds, or extremely small and within conventional FTL range of garden worlds.
What about running out of supplies?
Can they manufacture drive cores?
On devastated planets?
Hardly. The Reapers may have destroyed infrastructure and a good deal of the local populace, but in overwhelmingly most (if not all) cases the knowledge to rebuild remains or can be easily accessed/reintroduced.Omanisat wrote...
General User wrote...
Nonsense! Most of the population in Mass Effect lives on or about life bearing worlds. they wouldn't die en masse unless someone kills them.Jassu1979 wrote...
Now, people have talked a lot about the destruction of the relays, pondering whether their destruction would obliterate the systems they were in, hypothesizing about the potential of re-building them, arguing about whether or not the fleet in Sol system can return home, etc.
But I think few people have actually considered what cutting the supply lines like that actually means: it doesn't really matter whether the species of the galaxy will eventually be able to invent a technology that fills the gap - right there and then, it means that billions throughout the war-torn galaxy WILL die, even if the explosions were harmless.
No relays - no interstellar traffic. No interstellar traffic - no supply lines. No supply lines - billions of casualties. The worst thing that can happen to a disaster area is being cut off - and that is exactly what happens to pretty much every planet in the Mass Effect universe.
That someone being the Reapers, who've bombed them back to the stone age.
o Ventus wrote...
The Angry One wrote...
^ That's assuming the liveships survived.
They're gigantic unarmoured targets that are so vulnerable that Geth fighter squadrons are considered a legitimate threat to them. They have heavy weaponry, sure. But how many shots will they get off before the Reapers go "Those giant things are hurting us. Make them die."
It would be kind of stupid for the quarians to send their sources of food at Cthulhu robots.
The Angry One wrote...
o Ventus wrote...
The Angry One wrote...
^ That's assuming the liveships survived.
They're gigantic unarmoured targets that are so vulnerable that Geth fighter squadrons are considered a legitimate threat to them. They have heavy weaponry, sure. But how many shots will they get off before the Reapers go "Those giant things are hurting us. Make them die."
It would be kind of stupid for the quarians to send their sources of food at Cthulhu robots.
Well, they did.
Taboo-XX wrote...
Let me address something. When I'm not working I live in Montana. I grew up around farm land.
You CANNOT grow things when your farmland is covered in ash or the soil is tainted. When Mt. St. Helens erupted we had issues.
Food is not going to grow without a GREAT deal of effort.
General User wrote...
Hardly. The Reapers may have destroyed infrastructure and a good deal of the local populace, but in overwhelmingly most (if not all) cases the knowledge to rebuild remains or can be easily accessed/reintroduced.Omanisat wrote...
General User wrote...
Nonsense! Most of the population in Mass Effect lives on or about life bearing worlds. they wouldn't die en masse unless someone kills them.Jassu1979 wrote...
Now, people have talked a lot about the destruction of the relays, pondering whether their destruction would obliterate the systems they were in, hypothesizing about the potential of re-building them, arguing about whether or not the fleet in Sol system can return home, etc.
But I think few people have actually considered what cutting the supply lines like that actually means: it doesn't really matter whether the species of the galaxy will eventually be able to invent a technology that fills the gap - right there and then, it means that billions throughout the war-torn galaxy WILL die, even if the explosions were harmless.
No relays - no interstellar traffic. No interstellar traffic - no supply lines. No supply lines - billions of casualties. The worst thing that can happen to a disaster area is being cut off - and that is exactly what happens to pretty much every planet in the Mass Effect universe.
That someone being the Reapers, who've bombed them back to the stone age.
o Ventus wrote...
Taboo-XX wrote...
Let me address something. When I'm not working I live in Montana. I grew up around farm land.
You CANNOT grow things when your farmland is covered in ash or the soil is tainted. When Mt. St. Helens erupted we had issues.
Food is not going to grow without a GREAT deal of effort.
Like I said, there are more planets than Reapers. It would realistically take anywhere upwards of 100 years for the Reapers to scour the galaxy of intelligent life.
It's not remotely beyond the field of belief to think there are fertile worlds that the Reapers haven't touched yet that hold a population.
o Ventus wrote...
The colonies don't need to manufacture anything, just grow food.
It isn't like the Reapers inhabited every single planet in the galaxy at the same time, nor did they destroy every planet (Look how long a dinky resistance held out on Earth).
Omanisat wrote...
General User wrote...
Hardly. The Reapers may have destroyed infrastructure and a good deal of the local populace, but in overwhelmingly most (if not all) cases the knowledge to rebuild remains or can be easily accessed/reintroduced.Omanisat wrote...
General User wrote...
Nonsense! Most of the population in Mass Effect lives on or about life bearing worlds. they wouldn't die en masse unless someone kills them.Jassu1979 wrote...
Now, people have talked a lot about the destruction of the relays, pondering whether their destruction would obliterate the systems they were in, hypothesizing about the potential of re-building them, arguing about whether or not the fleet in Sol system can return home, etc.
But I think few people have actually considered what cutting the supply lines like that actually means: it doesn't really matter whether the species of the galaxy will eventually be able to invent a technology that fills the gap - right there and then, it means that billions throughout the war-torn galaxy WILL die, even if the explosions were harmless.
No relays - no interstellar traffic. No interstellar traffic - no supply lines. No supply lines - billions of casualties. The worst thing that can happen to a disaster area is being cut off - and that is exactly what happens to pretty much every planet in the Mass Effect universe.
That someone being the Reapers, who've bombed them back to the stone age.
Who said they couldn't rebuild? I'm saying there won't be anyone to do the rebuilding.
Heavy manufacturing and ship building are one thing, and will come in time. But the ease and abundance of small scale manufacturing for things like tools, weapons, even computers and many consumer goods is a well established part of Mass Effect.Taboo-XX wrote...
Wulfram wrote...
Taboo-XX wrote...
We're talking about colonies and such....
People are going to die.
Most colonies are either small and on garden worlds, or extremely small and within conventional FTL range of garden worlds.
What about running out of supplies?
Can they manufacture drive cores?
On devastated planets?
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