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[von uber]

They'd be underwater according to the codex.
But then again London wasn't, and that also had more red telephone boxes than exist here currently. As well as ridiculous geography.
So who knows.

[sH0tgUn jUliA]

I'm also surprised we didn't see any of these parked along the side of the roads.

 

 

Honestly, I think the crime rate on Earth was too high. There would have been too many side missions in the previous games and it would have turned into a 22nd Century Grand Theft Auto except we'd be driving the Mako.

[themikefest]

Don't forget these guys

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[God]

Don't forget these guys

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Why would we see them in the final battle?

[themikefest]

Why would we see them in the final battle?

In the final battle fighting? No. Maybe not people dressed up wearing the uniforms, but show them on a billboard. Have it as an easter egg.or something. I would've smiled if they were seen at the forward operating base. I smiled in my first playthrough when I saw the red telephone booths

[Lordus]

In the final battle fighting? No. Maybe not people dressed up wearing the uniforms, but show them on a billboard. Have it as an easter egg.or something. I would've smiled if they were seen at the forward operating base. I smiled in my first playthrough when I saw the red telephone booths

Or a blue flying car

[KaiserShep]

It would have been very interesting if the Reaper attack was in Dubai. All the different rich locations like the Burj Khalifa or those islands you see would have been a nice twist.

 

Considering Dubai's rapid rate of development, it would probably look like Illium. The Burj Khalifa would either not exist anymore or be obscured by equally tall buildings.

[Lordus]

Considering Dubai's rapid rate of development, it would probably look like Illium. The Burj Khalifa would either not exist anymore or be obscured by equally tall buildings.

Oh, very good point. Didn't think of that.

 

That's one reason I'd love to visit Earth in the game, you know. The nightlife city would have been amazing.

[Valmar]

Oh, very good point. Didn't think of that.

 

That's one reason I'd love to visit Earth in the game, you know. The nightlife city would have been amazing.

 

I think you're giving Bioware too much credit here. It /could/ be amazing but it's unlikely it would had been anything so fantastic. Based off their track record with world hubs the time of day would never change and VERY little of the actual envoriment would be something you can actually interact with. Their hubs are usually more akin to interactive backdrops.

[MegaIllusiveMan]

 

Unlike Mars and Elysium, I don't know the name of the capital of Terra Nova, assuming it is ever mentioned.

 

Name's Scott Probably a reference to Robert Falcon Scott, commander of the Terra Nova Expedition in the early 1900s.

 

According to the Planetary codex in ME1: "Terra Nova was one of the Class-1 colonization prospects discovered by the First Wave of Alliance Surveys in 2150. It was the second human extrasolar colony, and the first beyond the Charon Relay. It currently has the hightest population of any Alliance Colony(...)"

 

And in ME3: "Terra Nova was one of the Class-1 colonization prospects discovered by the First Wave of Alliance Surveys in 2150. It was the second human extrasolar colony, and the first beyond the Charon Relay. It once boasted the highest population of any formally endorsed Alliance Colony, but in Recent years threats of batarian attack caused many to emigrate. The name "Exodus Cluster" became all too apt.(...) "

 

Also, isn't the capital of The Alliance is Arcturus Station?

[Uncle Jo]

Screw Earth, it ruined ME3. I liked ME1 because Earthlings were just a race among (a lot) of others, which just struggled to find its place in the universe. NOt the humanz are awesome from the last installment.

[God]

Screw Earth, it ruined ME3. I liked ME1 because Earthlings were just a race among (a lot) of others, which just struggled to find its place in the universe. NOt the humanz are awesome from the last installment.

 

Technically speaking, that sentiment was always present to an extent. 

 

Granted, the whole 'save the Earth' idea was were I could see this come into play, but otherwise, there was a logical reason established in the lore for why Earth was important to the Reapers plans. 

[Uncle Jo]

Technically speaking, that sentiment was always present to an extent. 

 

Granted, the whole 'save the Earth' idea was were I could see this come into play, but otherwise, there was a logical reason established in the lore for why Earth was important to the Reapers plans. 

Let me guess, the so-called "genetic diversity"?

[God]

Let me guess, the so-called "genetic diversity"?

 

I think that was done away with in favor of the more substantial argument that humanity, specifically Shepard, had proven themselves in conflict with the Reapers to be ideal candidates for harvesting into a big Reaper.

[Han Shot First]

Name's Scott Probably a reference to Robert Falcon Scott, commander of the Terra Nova Expedition in the early 1900s.

 

According to the Planetary codex in ME1: "Terra Nova was one of the Class-1 colonization prospects discovered by the First Wave of Alliance Surveys in 2150. It was the second human extrasolar colony, and the first beyond the Charon Relay. It currently has the hightest population of any Alliance Colony(...)"

 

And in ME3: "Terra Nova was one of the Class-1 colonization prospects discovered by the First Wave of Alliance Surveys in 2150. It was the second human extrasolar colony, and the first beyond the Charon Relay. It once boasted the highest population of any formally endorsed Alliance Colony, but in Recent years threats of batarian attack caused many to emigrate. The name "Exodus Cluster" became all too apt.(...) "

 

Also, isn't the capital of The Alliance is Arcturus Station?

 

Thanks! I couldn't recall ff Terra Nova's capital was mentioned.

 

And you're right, the capital of the Systems Alliance isn't on Earth. The Systems Alliance Parliament was on Arcturus. I think Vancouver was just the main Alliance HQ on Earth.

[Daemul]

The first time I ever played ME1, the very first thing I tried to do when I got control of the Normandy was to go and try to land on Earth, since I thought it would be a hub world. You can guess that I was very disappointed when they turned out not to be the case lol

I've never really been interested in the alien world's, too many of them are barren, and the few interesting ones we see, like Illium, we don't get to explore much. Earth really should have been a hub world throughout the series, it would have been more fun than to explore than that boring wasteland that is Tuchanka.

I'm really disappointed that I didn't get to see much of the homeworld, though the little I did see, like Vancouver, I loved. As much as people give the ME3 prologue grief, I was just ao happy to finally be back home.

[Arcian]

I wonder what a Earthborn would be called? Earthian, Earthion. 

Tellurian. It comes from Tellus, the latin name for the earth. 

[Valmar]

Tellurian. It comes from Tellus, the latin name for the earth. 

 

Doesn't science fiction usually use the word 'terran' for earthling?

[Arcian]

Doesn't science fiction usually use the word 'terran' for earthling?

Sure they do. They are interchangeable, though.

[Han Shot First]

If the series ever visits a human city again I think it's best to keep it off world and heavy on Sci Fi atmosphere.

 

How about one of the aerostat cities proposed for Venus? In the ME universe Venus hasn't seen much colonization, but you could potentially have an aerostat colony (human or alien) on a similar world. 

 

 

Others suggest different approaches, however, claiming that rather than attempting to colonize Venus' hostile surface, humans might attempt to colonize the Venerian atmosphere. Geoffrey A. Landis of NASA's Glenn Research Center has summarized the perceived difficulties in colonizing Venus as being merely from the assumption that a colony would need to be based on the surface of a planet:

 

“However, viewed in a different way, the problem with Venus is merely that the ground level is too far below the one atmosphere level. At cloud-top level, Venus is the paradise planet.”

 

Landis has proposed aerostat habitats followed by floating cities, based on the concept that breathable air (21:79 Oxygen/Nitrogen mixture) is a lifting gas in the dense carbon dioxide atmosphere, with over 60% of the lifting power that helium has on Earth.[4] In effect, a balloon full of human-breathable air would sustain itself and extra weight (such as a colony) in midair. At an altitude of 50 kilometres (31 mi) above Venerian surface, the environment is the most Earth-like in the solar system – a pressure of approximately 1 bar and temperatures in the 0°C–50°C range.[5] Because there is not a significant pressure difference between the inside and the outside of the breathable-air balloon, any rips or tears would cause gases to diffuse at normal atmospheric mixing rates rather than an explosive decompression, giving time to repair any such damages.[citation needed] In addition, humans would not require pressurized suits when outside, merely air to breathe, protection from the acidic rain and on some occasions low level protection against heat. Alternatively, two-part domes could contain a lifting gas like hydrogen or helium (extractable from the atmosphere) to allow a higher mass density.[6] Therefore putting on or taking off suits for working outside would be easier. Also working outside the vehicle in non pressurized suits would be easier.

 

Colonization of Venus

 

Element Zero and the Mass Effect would also probably make the building of 'cloud cities' less challenging than they would in the real world.

[Display Name Owner]

I think that was done away with in favor of the more substantial argument that humanity, specifically Shepard, had proven themselves in conflict with the Reapers to be ideal candidates for harvesting into a big Reaper.

 

Not having a go, but personally I like that argument even less than the genetic diversity one, and I don't like the genetic diversity one. I just find the idea that Shepard's personal achievements (every one of which were pulled off with help from other people, often members of other species) somehow reflect on humanity as a whole so illogical. It still doesn't really make much sense that the Reapers focused on Earth like they did tbh, Thessia, Sur'Kesh and Palaven were all much more important planets, not to mention the Citadel. 

[Larry-3]

Tellurian. It comes from Tellus, the latin name for the earth.

"Tellus" that was kind of clever. I never would have thought of that. I do like Earthan more. To me it just sounds more mystical, or... I do not know -- I just like it more.

[Larry-3]

Doesn't science fiction usually use the word 'terran' for earthling?

I have never liked the term "earthling". It always seemed to... generic to me. Mainly because there are more than just humans living on Earth.