Keatons wrote...
1. The stasis pods on Ilos only lasted a few centuries, and the pods on Eden Prime were supposed to open automatically after the reapers left. Any other facilities would presumably had been set up the same. Not to mention to keep Javik alive, all power in the facility had to be re-routed to his pod alone.
2. Reapers got the Prothean Empire map from the citadel. And systematically visited every spot on it.
3. By that logic there should have been survivors from the cycle before the protheans around back then too. Besides, having collectors out and about at all times increases the risk that their identity as husks might be revealed.
4. The VI on Ilos says that when the reapers left, all remaining indoctrinated protheans not made into collectors died of either starvation or exposure. And the protheans were actually one of many species during their cycle, they were simply the dominant and all species that served them were also called prothean after they 'joined' the empire. Besides, the collector base itself is massive and can hold untold number of inhabitants.
5. See 1, and ask yourself if you were a prothean would you stasis yourself for 50,000 years to go through the hell you already did on the off chance the next cycle managed to do what no other cycle had done before? IE - not lose control of the catalyst. I mean the VI on Thessia activates, notices the reapers, goes "you all are ****ed" and tries to deactivate itself.
6. Because if they had, it'd probably in ruins with the rest of the Batarian hegemony
7. Because when Saran cloned the krogan, he needed reaper help to do it, and when Okeer did it, all but the one he made with Collector tech were insane, and even then he said it took as much luck as science and couldn't be replicated. And that was for a living sapient species. Imagine how much more difficult it would be for an extinct one.
There's my simple attempt.
1. Presumably. Key word. There is no solid confirmation that any other stasis facilities had the same system of operation as the Eden Prime facility. And even if they did, why would that doom them to fail? The system on Eden Prime was capable of doing its job and would provide power enough to sustain thousands of Protheans in stasis. This wasn't a "Let's see if this works" situation, it was a "F*ck, if this doesn't work, our entire race will be wiped out" situation. The Protheans had the stasis pods perfectly tailored to sustain life for the amount of time needed and had planned out to ensure that they would be able to rise up and defeat the Reapers in the next cycle. What went wrong? Indoctrination. Indoctrinated agents revealed the facility and the Reapers launched an attack on it, which was not part of the plan the Protheans had created. Victory made the decision to draw power from the pods to initiate a neutron purge to kill off the Reaper invaders, dropping the power level significantly. If there was no need for a neutron purge, the Protheans would have made it out of stasis and Javik would not be alone. The idea of every single facility across the galaxy being discovered and sabotaged is absurd, especially when the Reapers were confident enough with their work that they didn't even bother to check for survivors, leaving Javik alive.
2. That wasn't my point. My point was that we have not been given any layout of the Prothean Empire's territory. Without that, we have no idea how much of the galaxy they conquered. However, we can assume that it was massive, expanding across the entire galaxy possibly, seeing as Javik knew about the Rachni and this cycle only discovered them by mistake and then refused to venture into unfamiliar relays anymore. If the Protheans weren't scared of encountering new foes beyond the relays, they likely expanded their reach very far and it is entirely possible that there are stasis facilities in uncharted parts of space that could be introduced in many ways (some people have a Raloi-esque freakout and try activating relays to flee from the Reapers, only to discover Prothean stasis pods or something like that).
3. Though we can't say with complete certainty, it seems that past cycles weren't exactly prepared for the Reaper threat. The only cycles with an advantage were the Protheans' one and ours, as they had a MASSIVE empire and we had the knowledge of them coming. Without something to bide the time, most cycles wouldn't have a great chance at building and utilizing a stasis facility before being found and processed into a Reaper. And it seems like most of them weren't as much concerned with self-preservation as much as they were with perfecting the Crucible. As for the Collectors, I was referring to them being added as MP enemies, as there is no reliable proof that they're all gone. But on a lore perspective, I don't think that Reapers really give 3 f*cks about being found out once they're invading. Sovereign wasn't exactly subtle when you spoke to him and the Reapers hadn't even mobilized yet. They don't need the element of surprise. What good will it do you to learn that giant space monsters are coming to
4. While I recall that Vigil was referring to the Protheans that went to alter the Keeper/Citadel signal, it doesn't matter what Vigil said about the rest of the Protheans because he was wrong. Saying that ALL Protheans died of starvation if they weren't huskified is inaccurate because Javik survived, so there is not a confirmed verdict on their fate. And besides, Javik said himself that they all lost connection to each other and no one knew each other's fates, which makes it nearly impossible for Vigil to truly know about the fate of each and every last Prothean. As for the Collectors, being the dominant species of the Protheans means that they're the most common, meaning they have the largest numbers and therefore would make up a larger number than the other species of their race. Being the largest percentage of an empire that likely expands across the entire GALAXY results in a massive population of that species, a number that would greatly exceed the space of the Collector Base, even with all of those wasted on the Prothean Reaper.
5. I don't even see how this relates to the question, but I'll just go with it: The stasis pods were not intended to house the Protheans for 50,000 years. If they were, they would've just dropped them at the next Reaper invasion, like Javik. The previous cycles did not activate the Crucible, they either couldn't build it or could not activate it, if they had then the Reapers would be gone or pacified.
6. That is not a solid answer, probably does not confirm anything and you're making quite a bold assumption without any evidence to back it up. Either form an argument seriously or don't form one at all.
7. Yeah, cloning an extinct species must be really tough *Cough*Kakliosaur*Cough*. But the Protheans aren't extinct, Javik is alive. There isn't really much reason for him to refuse; he's being given a chance to revive his race to defeat the Reapers, his original goal. It wouldn't ruin his character concept; it would just alter it to a degree.
As I suspected, none of your answers hold up completely. The questions still stand if anyone wants to take another stab at it.
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