Argentoid wrote...
Mr Massakka wrote...
BioWare stated they didn't die... even though it's completely impossible that there are more than a few very very lucky survivors (excluding control):
The Citadel completely opened and from it's architecture that means all are inhabitants are literally pushed into space. After it fired you could see gigantic explosions that ripped through the surface (as seen in EC) and sucked the little oxygen that was there from the beginning into space. Only a few panic rooms might be preserved and the few who were inside shuttles at that time.
Going by lore logic and thous of real space, millions died a horrible death when the "saving beam" was fired.
Patrick Weekes said this before the Extended Cut was even released:
"... One of the things that we established, and I think that's in the Citadel Codex entry, is that definitely any place inside has emergency seals and even some of the exterior areas have the same Kinetic Barriers that we use to stop air from escaping (as seen in ME1 where we fight on the exterior surface of the Citadel). But even if the Citadel is destroyed, and if I remember right in the Control ending the Citadel is NOT destroyed, but even in the ending that IS destroyed (Synthesis and Destroy), is not like entire thing blows up, there's definitely going to be casualties, but you see the arms come off into large sections, and there's NO reason that EVERYONE ON THOSE IS DEAD. [...] You can assume a lot of those people are still alive."
- Taken from BioWare discusses Mass Effect 3 endings[/b], DLC, and Tali's face[/b] on YouTube. [/b]
I think someone hasn't really got any idea of how their own space station works then.
The gravity on the Citadel is simulated by it's rotation, inhabitants are just "pushed" onto the ground by it . If the station aligns itself to a flat surface as seen in the endings the rotation becomes irrelevant and the concept stops working. In that specific movement people are even pushed into the opposite direction: space. That is rather simple physics.
Then there is the oxygen. It is stated that proper atmosphere conditions are only simulated around 7m above ground. That might be a whole lot given the size of the Citadel, but if there are now giant holes (seen in the EC) in the wards, the oxygen escapes. It's like you would heat a room that has an open window in winter.
Now the security measures come to play.
First, the logic with the kinetic has gone kinda missing since ME2. It was once stated that barriers can't protect against gases and the like... but now they keep oxygen inside a room? Correct me if I missed something here.
Second, even if there are kind of save panic rooms protected by space magic, you can't fit millions of panicking people in there. It is well known you can't get a whole "city" to safety in a few hours, even if there are countless bunkers (that just appeared out of the nothing and only on Twitter). Everyone outside dies.
Sure not everyone will be dead, but the number of dead people will be far greater than thous of the survivors.
Modifié par Mr Massakka, 09 février 2013 - 05:48 .
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