Another thing that doesn't make sense. Aria T'lok has tighter security in ME2 than the galactic council in ME1 and arguably ME2 as well
The afterlife nightclub: A mean batarian has to scan your body and confirm your identity before you're allowed to speak to the boss. Said boss is also surrounded by armed thugs.
Presidium tower: ****** nothing.
Another thing that doesn't make sense. Aria T'lok has tighter security in ME2 than the galactic council in ME1 and arguably ME2 as well
The afterlife nightclub: A mean batarian has to scan your body and confirm your identity before you're allowed to speak to the boss. Said boss is also surrounded by armed thugs.
Presidium tower: ****** nothing.
The amount of private security often just equates to the size of the ego involved... and Aria's ego is pretty darned large.
Yes, the lack of any security around the Presidium tower in ME1 doesn't make sense though considering how they made it up that the public wasn't allowed in the council chambers... which as it turned out were in a large open area of the tower with a huge mezzanine all the way around it and members of the public all around the place (including a salarian covertly studying keepers). I tend to think the references to the tower being inaccessible in ME1 were meant as a "tongue in cheek" sort of commentary on various dialogues about tightening security in government areas in specific parts of the world (e.g. Canada) at the time the game was being written.
The amount of private security often just equates to the size of the ego involved... and Aria's ego is pretty darned large.
Yes, the lack of any security around the Presidium tower in ME1 doesn't make sense though considering how they made it up that the public wasn't allowed in the council chambers... which as it turned out were in a large open area of the tower with a huge mezzanine all the way around it and members of the public all around the place (including a salarian covertly studying keepers). I tend to think the references to the tower being inaccessible in ME1 were meant as a "tongue in cheek" sort of commentary on various dialogues about tightening security in government areas in specific parts of the world (e.g. Canada) at the time the game was being written.
Oh I totally understand that having armed thugs surround your throne is largely a prestige thing. That said I would think that at the very least, non security personnel wouldn't be permitted to carry guns into the presidium. I can accept the idea that the presidium is meant to be a tranquil place (with poor lighting) and is meant to represent how the various races within the council view their role in the galaxy.
Having these politicians surrounded by tranquility while the galaxy goes to **** is also a good way of conveying how out of touch and disconnected they are from the events of the day. But given how important these people are I would think something even if it's just a token gesture of security, would be justified.
Really? the scene is the same as higher ems. Its only different if ems is below 2000 that there's a noticeable difference
I'm a bit late, but there were afaik three destroy ending variants, low, medium, and high. According to the wiki,an EMS score of 1750-2650 will result in the medium ending where the buildings are destroyed but the soldiers remain alive.
I'm a bit late, but there were afaik three destroy ending variants, low, medium, and high. According to the wiki,an EMS score of 1750-2650 will result in the medium ending where the buildings are destroyed but the soldiers remain alive.
With the extended cut, if ems is above 2000, the buildings are not destroyed
Click on the link in my signature, Did you know, for more information about ems.
Just wanted to be the first to say it:
Some Asari have eyebrows made from hair. This is against the lore!
I want my hairless, eyebrowless asari back!
Back? Asari weren't hairless in the trilogy. Most plot-relevant asari had eyelashes. Eyelashes are also hair.
Though it doesn't change the fact they shouldn't have hair.
Back? Asari weren't hairless in the trilogy. Most plot-relevant asari had eyelashes. Eyelashes are also hair.
Though it doesn't change the fact they shouldn't have hair.
So, I just always assumed that the Atlas mech was manual control. But sabotage makes the Atlas attack friendlies, which shouldn't happen since it's being controlled by a trooper. Guess there's some weird autopilot that can override manual control, or am I supposed to think that sabotage works on a trooper? I know they're stupid but come on 
It's also funny how sabotage makes the Cerberus shield generator suck away shields instead of giving them.
I could start crying about what tech Cerberus has that makes their machines become immune to sabotage attempts. I'm onboard with the Geth, Reaper, EDI having that tech, but does Cerberus really know how to make that kind of adaptable tech? I know it's a gameplay mechanic but whatever...
I guess the sabotage has to be some kind of fancy VI for it to be able to do all that 
I could start crying about what tech Cerberus has that makes their machines become immune to sabotage attempts. I'm onboard with the Geth, Reaper, EDI having that tech, but does Cerberus really know how to make that kind of adaptable tech? I know it's a gameplay mechanic but whatever...
I guess the sabotage has to be some kind of fancy VI for it to be able to do all that
Cerberus and TIM were the writers' favorite things in ME2 and ME3. They can do anything.
Cerberus and TIM were the writers' favorite things in ME2 and ME3. They can do anything.
ME3 is literally Mac Walters playing with his Cerberus action figures while you sit there and watch.
Hey, did you get that from Shamus?
From the bit on the Citadel Coup:
"'But Shamus! The sleeper agents might have been blackmailed! Or indoctrinated! Or mind controlled! Or maybe he’s an alien-hating Human supremacist!'
Yes indeed. All of those things are possible things that could go in the story. But none of them did. Coming up with explanations for why things happen is literally the storyteller’s entire job. You have characters that make decisions, and their actions result in drama that we call a “story”. But this writer doesn’t want to write a story. They want to play with their Cerberus action figures, and they want you to watch."
ME3 is literally Mac Walters playing with his Cerberus action figures while you sit there and watch.
Cerberus is an idea. And ideas can't be killed. 
ME3, I wish you could see it like I do ... it's so ... perfect!
Oh, right, the topic: Here is a little weird thing about a line in the ME1 codex:
Large vessels arrange their decks perpendicular to their thrust axis. The "highest" decks are at the bow, and the "lowest" decks at the engines. This allows a-grav [= artificial gravity] to work with the inertial effects of thrust.
It's not 100% clear whether they mean to say that a-grav only works with the thrust or if ME fields are still at work here within the ship. IMO, it has to be the latter because otherwise, at least for humans, space travel would take quite long. The ship would have to accelerate at about 9.8 m/s^2 to achieve 1g for the crew. At this rate, in 1 day, you could only accelerate the ship to about 846,720 m/s, which is just about 0.2% of light speed, meaning that the ME core would have to shift 2,415,000 x in order to get us to the usual FTL travel speeds of 12 ly/day (and that's only after that day, when the ship has already reached that speed).
That's some pretty enormous numbers there. 
Too long to go through all of these...
That the entire galaxy, without exception, no matter the progress of their society or association with the Council or other races, changed their entire military arsenal to thermal clip based weaponry. There was not a single merc group, vorcha, or random nob who had an old weapon (Zaeed notwithstanding but Jessie was broken anyway). Did the Council do subsidies or something? Not surprised Aethyta said there was a strong movement on Thessia to 'Leave' the Council and close boarders - wonder if they eventually had a referendum? *sigh* Kill me noooooowwwwwwww...
Too long to go through all of these...
That the entire galaxy, without exception, no matter the progress of their society or association with the Council or other races, changed their entire military arsenal to thermal clip based weaponry. There was not a single merc group, vorcha, or random nob who had an old weapon (Zaeed notwithstanding but Jessie was broken anyway). Did the Council do subsidies or something? Not surprised Aethyta said there was a strong movement on Thessia to 'Leave' the Council and close boarders - wonder if they eventually had a referendum? *sigh* Kill me noooooowwwwwwww...
Well, can't have the situation where you literally run out of ammo and can't fire anymore, right? Imagine how annoying fighting the Collectors and the Geth would be if they wouldn't leave thermal clips behind. The internet would be ablaze. 
Too long to go through all of these...
That the entire galaxy, without exception, no matter the progress of their society or association with the Council or other races, changed their entire military arsenal to thermal clip based weaponry. There was not a single merc group, vorcha, or random nob who had an old weapon (Zaeed notwithstanding but Jessie was broken anyway). Did the Council do subsidies or something? Not surprised Aethyta said there was a strong movement on Thessia to 'Leave' the Council and close boarders - wonder if they eventually had a referendum? *sigh* Kill me noooooowwwwwwww...
The switch at all makes no sense.
Too long to go through all of these...
That the entire galaxy, without exception, no matter the progress of their society or association with the Council or other races, changed their entire military arsenal to thermal clip based weaponry. There was not a single merc group, vorcha, or random nob who had an old weapon (Zaeed notwithstanding but Jessie was broken anyway). Did the Council do subsidies or something? Not surprised Aethyta said there was a strong movement on Thessia to 'Leave' the Council and close boarders - wonder if they eventually had a referendum? *sigh* Kill me noooooowwwwwwww...
Even better, they apparently went back in time and switched out all the old weapons with thermal clips as well!
I mean the Hugo Gernsback had been on Aiea for a decade, yet the weapons there had thermal clips.
Even better, they apparently went back in time and switched out all the old weapons with thermal clips as well!
I mean the Hugo Gernsback had been on Aiea for a decade, yet the weapons there had thermal clips.
Maybe they got them in a care package or misdirected FedEx
Considering that it is also a human skull, I can't help it but think that Garm Guld was secretly a fan of either Shakespeare's Hamlet, or a band named 'Skull Fist'.
Considering that it is also a human skull, I can't help it but think that
GarmGuld was secretly a fan of either Shakespeare's Hamlet, or a band named 'Skull Fist'.
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