No we don't, in the past game we only needed fuel and we still FTL travel with also has Mass Effect fields, just like how Biotics have it
And in the past games we only traveled in the tens of light years with conventional FTL. When it came to having to travel in the hundreds, the galaxy used Secondary Mass Relays. When needing to travel in the thousands of light years, we used Primary Mass Relays.
Asari, Drell, Krogan, Human, Quarian. Thats 5. Leak says we will meet new species in ME:A, so 2 Andromeda species to fill in the last 2 spots for squadmates.
Asari, Drell, Krogan, Human, Quarian. Thats 5. Leak says we will meet new species in ME:A, so 2 Andromeda species to fill in the last 2 spots for squadmates.
Quarians? They could be dead, so they can't be part of ME:A. Unless they somehow manage to shoehorn them in because "our Quarians didn't return to the Migrant Fleet" or something like that.
Replace them with Salarians, who are a friggin council species. ^^
I want to be a Volus that screws over the enemy by paying someone else to do it.
I REALLY wanna know what the Raloi look like
unless i missed some concept art or somethin somewhere..
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All of them.
The three original Council races, in particular, I'm personally fond of and would like to see their return as a result of that. This also applies, to a lesser extent, to Quarians and Krogans.
The rest, I feel, we did not see enough of. I'd like that rectified.
But the Mass Relays are one of the, if not the, main icons of the franchise.
They aren't necessary for this story, since we appear to only be in a cluster
You're both right in a way. Yes, the Mass Relays are iconic to the franchise and were critical in the Shepard Trilogy. However, if the next game is in a small area of space, they won't be necessary and the game setting can survive without them. It can not survive without it's characters and species though. Any from the first game that are not included will be angrily missed. Some people will have attachments to others like Drell, despite meeting only 2 ever, plus maybe one more in a DLC. But look at how popular Volus and Elcor are despite only having side roles.
Quarians minus Suits. They've had time to redevelop their immune systems, and could have internalized their envirosuit functions now.
I wouldn't mind seeing them without the suits at times, as long as they don't make them too human or too freakish (I know that's probably tough). However, I wouldn't want them totally without them because they are iconic for the species. However, as some pointed out, they could be all but extinct in ME3.
Quarians? They could be dead, so they can't be part of ME:A. Unless they somehow manage to shoehorn them in because "our Quarians didn't return to the Migrant Fleet" or something like that.
Replace them with Salarians, who are a friggin council species. ^^
No, all the Council species but human got eaten by krogan for being fools, as they rightfully should have been.
Seriously though, even if you side with the toasters it says there are some survivors of the battle, and that ignores all the exiles. Krogan were extinct in a couple of the ending slides with Tuchanka ruled by Rachni, but they are definitely included. It wouldn't be "shoehorning" at all, depending on presentation and then when/how of the circumstances by which we are in andromeda.
No suits as someone mentioned is a no-go without canonizing an outcome though (specifically geth-quarian alliance or quarians retake Rannoch and live there for several generations) or contrivance.
For the older, Council Space races, I'm hoping that the Turians, Salarians, Asari, and Krogan are present, at the very least.
As for a new race...I'm rooting for a technologically hyper-advanced race that doesn't really take politics, or anything that isn't related to a responsible use of their technology, seriously. They just kind of shrug off anything they deem "troublesome," and choose to do things their way, because who can stop them? And, yeah, they'd definitely come off as full of themselves (and I mean, more than the Asari seem to be), because to a certain degree, they would be.
I wouldn't mind seeing them without the suits at times, as long as they don't make them too human or too freakish (I know that's probably tough). However, I wouldn't want them totally without them because they are iconic for the species. However, as some pointed out, they could be all but extinct in ME3.
On the other hand, given their nomadic nature and experience with truly extended voyages, it might not be out of the question that they'd be involved in whatever is bringing us to Andromeda.
I for one hope the Quarians are present. I also hope they do a full on retcon of their appearance. Hopefully take some inspiration from the (legitimately terrific) concept art rather than having them look like a terribly photoshopped getty image.
lol. unicorns dragons and elves......
Milky Way was full of alien species and none of them should be in Andromeda galaxy except these who will travel with us on ark. Maybe Leviathans ancient species could be present in that galaxy.
Andromeda will and should be twice the alien than our galaxy. We should not be even able to communicate with them.
The species I want to see the most in Mass Effect: Andromeda is ….. the Rachni. I don't care how BioWare does it; retconing their survival, a second Rachni ship sent out during the end of their war with the Council races, etc; but this is one alien that needs to make it into the new game for several important reasons.
1. Because I like them. The Rachni, the Elcor, and the Hanar are the least anthropomorphized out of all the aliens present in the game, and out of the three of them, the Rachni are the only one that hasn't been reduced to a joke or meme status.
An alien society based around a hive mentality (not a hive mind like the Geth), and their interactions and dialogue strongly influenced by color and sound, makes them one of the more 'alien' aliens in the game. They desperately needed more screen time during the trilogy, but they were swept under the rug, it's time for that mistake to be corrected.
2. If you are going to attempt to colonize an entirely new section of space with no pre-established infrastructure, if you are going to be exploring possibly hazardous planets, if you are going to need able bodied soldiers in the event of hostilities then Rachni are the only real choice. They are incredibly adept engineers, they can establish a colony in the span of a few days, birth combat capable young in a matter of hours, and they can survive environments in nothing but their exoskeletons; environments that even the hardy Krogan require sealed suits to operate in.
Trust issues with the space bugs is a moot point when survival of society is concerned, but if one must point fingers at their actions during the Rachni Wars, and the events in the first three games then you also have to consider how much the galaxy was and is willing to trust the Krogan. A species that has caused the same; if not more (there is no mention of the Rachni rendering three garden worlds completely un-inhabitial during their hostilities); damage to the galaxy at large. Out of the two species, the Rachni have admitted to their atrocities, and have made attempts to try and establish inroads with the galaxy by way of providing aid for the war effort. The Krogan have not, nor have they, as a whole, even attempted to acclimate to galactic society; instead they blame all of their woes and hostility on the Genophage, and when the Reapers invaded they would rather hold the galaxy hostage to force a cure out of the allied species than helping to fight the monsters coming to kill everyone.
Lastly, the Rachni's 'vulnerability' of their Queens is a moot point as well since the only species that was able to 'assume direct control' of them was the Leviathans; the resident God-Tier species; even our hero Commander Shepard was unable to resist the Leviathans' mental assault. As far as the Reapers go, the Rachni have proven to be (essentially) immune to indoctrination effects from the Reapers; why else would they have to keep the Queen shackled if they could just break her mind?
3. Because the Rachni are one of the few 'alien' aliens left in the game, and while BioWare will add new aliens for us to encounter in Andromeda, how many of them are going to be aliens vs just another human in a rubber suit? BioWare can tell good stories, but their track record when it comes to adding in new non-human elements is sorely lacking.
I mean what species was added after Mass Effect 1 that had that same level of alien-ess as the Rachni?
The Geth? Expanded on an existing race from the first game, and then 'fixed' to be more like us in the third game anyway. The Collectors? No character there, just mindless meat puppets of the Reapers/Harbinger. The Leviathans? Reapers 'Skin Edition' Etc.
Rachni would be nice, but I'm not overly optimistic. Asari, Krogan, Salarians and Volus are a must. I wouldn't miss the others too much.
Volus? Could do without them, too.
I really would like a sly sort of race, more like how Quarians were perceived rather than how they were? Maybe I just watch too many Westerns, but I would love a type of slick live by your wits types. Salarians that are more world wise smart types than book smarts. So yeah a Salarian con artist that is much less lady/gentleman thief and more con artist whose been around a few times.
Volus? Could do without them, too.
technically could do without everyone but humans because they're so special and awesome at everything.
Shouldn't do without anyone, but I only see problems with incorporating the rachni and geth since they were basically enemies to everyone else in the galaxy but Shep and Co. unless you optionally recruited them in ME3. Would have to be some type of stowaways (easier for geth since they are software) or have a means of getting to Andromeda seperate from the PC's group if one didn't want to canonize any choices.
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All of them. Even if this theoretical ark took off post-Thessia there are ways we can work all the species in, except for maybe enemy geth or rachni.
On the other hand, given their nomadic nature and experience with truly extended voyages, it might not be out of the question that they'd be involved in whatever is bringing us to Andromeda.
I for one hope the Quarians are present. I also hope they do a full on retcon of their appearance. Hopefully take some inspiration from the (legitimately terrific) concept art rather than having them look like a terribly photoshopped getty image.
True. If anyone was going to build an Ark ship capable of sustaining a population for a super long voyage, it would be them.
I really would like a sly sort of race, more like how Quarians were perceived rather than how they were? Maybe I just watch too many Westerns, but I would love a type of slick live by your wits types. Salarians that are more world wise smart types than book smarts. So yeah a Salarian con artist that is much less lady/gentleman thief and more con artist whose been around a few times.
As long as we don't meet any more information brokers. There were several in ME2 and I thought that ruined the significance of the Shadow Broker.
I really would like a sly sort of race, more like how Quarians were perceived rather than how they were? Maybe I just watch too many Westerns, but I would love a type of slick live by your wits types. Salarians that are more world wise smart types than book smarts. So yeah a Salarian con artist that is much less lady/gentleman thief and more con artist whose been around a few times.
There was a Turian con man in the casino in the Citadel DLC. He even admitted to it and explained it. ^^
All of them. Even if this theoretical ark took off post-Thessia there are ways we can work all the species in, except for maybe enemy geth or rachni.
I agree about wanting to see all the species from the trilogy in ME:A, to leave any of them behind would seem a disservice. I don't agree with you about the Geth or Rachni being too hard to fit into the new title though.
The Geth are just software, and if the player sides with the Quarians there are still people like Xen that are more than interested in bringing them back; under proper Quarian control of course, but resurrecting them non the less. Now truth be told, I wouldn't mind if the Geth didn't have a big presence in the new game; they, like EDI, have completed their arc, and I don't really find the concept of more Pinocchio AIs to be very appealing (we humans aren't that impressive 
).
The Rachni seem to be a lost cause at first glance, but you have to consider the Salarians and their penchant for genetic engineering, as well as their tendencies to scientifically poke and prod everything in sight. In ME 3 we can see that Salarian scientists are able to bring back an extinct species called the Kakliosaur for the Krogan to ride into battle based of nothing more than a well preserved 2,000 year old fossil. If they can bring back dinosaur horses with just a skull than they should have a veritable field day with all the fresh genetic samples and data from the Peak 15 facility and/or the Rachni Queen / 'Not Queen' from the Attican Traverse mission. It would be no problem at all for them to clone the Queen and bring the Rachni back, and that's just if the player decided to kill the Queen / 'Not Queen' If Shepard chooses to spare the Rachni, or the Reaper created clone, then it is quite plausible that alliance forces could have obtained a royal egg from the Queen before she directed her forces to help with the Crucible, or she goes berserk (maybe it's the act of getting an egg that sends the Frankien Queen over the edge).
As for why the galaxy would want to preserve the Rachni, consider all the aid they bring to the table: Hardy, quick breeding, natural engineers, etc. Even if the refugees only saw the Rachni as dangerous animals they can't deny the effectiveness of the workers and drones in establishing new hives (a perfect foundation for a new colony), or the efficiency of the soldiers or brood warriors (what better way to soften up hostile forces than with cheap, expendable ground troops). At the very least, the survivors could keep the Queen on lockdown, take her young away, send them down to a planet, let them establish a colony and/or deal with any native hostiles, and then send the Krogan down to wipe out the remaining workers or soldiers.
Even if the other races of the galaxy didn't trust the Rachni as far as they could throw them, it's obvious that the Reapers considered the Rachni a valuable asset; otherwise why bother creating a clone? If the millennia old robot cuttlefish considered them a worthy tool, then it would be foolish for people going into completely uncharted space to not bring every possible advantage to the table as they can.
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Hey what's wrong with it? Imagine FemShep with a "package" making love to Liara. Oh if you want a link for a fan-fic story about that let me know.
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