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[LPPrince]

So given the next game in the Mass Effect franchise takes place in our neighboring galaxy of Andromeda, I figured we could talk about the real thing a bit.

 

 

Also known as Messier 31(M31), the galaxy is named after the Andromeda known to Greek mythology. Daughter of King Cepheus and his wife Cassiopeia, her mother's claim that she was more beautiful than the Nereids led Poseidon(inspired by Hades) to send a sea monster named Cetus to ravage Aethiopia(where she hailed from). Andromeda was stripped naked and chained to a rock to satiate the monster as a sacrifice but was saved by the hero Perseus, who she later married and had seven children with. Upon her death, Athena placed her among the stars.

 

Andromeda(pronunciation)-

 

And(And here we go again)

 

Ro(Raw, like the meat you didn't cook properly that Gordon Ramsay is gonna have a word with you about)

 

Me(Meshuggah)

 

Da(Da *expletive* is he explaining how to pronounce it for?)

 

is the nearest major galaxy to the Milky Way;the actual closest galaxy is The Canis Major Dwarf Galaxy, also known as Canis Major Overdensity. Andromeda is about 2.5 million light years away from us.

 

Andromeda is a spiral galaxy and happens to be the largest galaxy in the Local Group which contains The Milky Way and a few dozen other galaxies. The Milky Way is estimated to have something between 200 billion to 400 billion stars while Andromeda is estimated to contain around one trillion. 

 

Andromeda was formed something around 5 to 9 billion years ago upon the collision of two smaller galaxies. So happens that Andromeda and The Milky Way are expected to collide in about 4 billion years, creating either a giant elliptical galaxy or large disk galaxy. The fate of Earth and our Solar System if this occurs is currently unknown.

 

Turns out there's a massive halo of hot gas surrounding Andromeda that is estimated to contain half the mass of all the stars in Andromeda itself. The halo is nearly invisible, stretches about a million light years away from Andromeda, and is halfway to our own Milky Way. Its halo ring includes dark matter.

 

The halo ring(yeah yeah, we know)-

 

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And now, for some more images.

 

Andromeda with a hydrogen-alpha filter

 

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With wide-field infrared

 

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Ultraviolet

 

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Another in infrared

 

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An image we have of Andromeda's core

 

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https://upload.wikim...alaxy_(M31).tif

 

An artist's concept of Andromeda's core, featuring young blue stars surrounding a supermassive black hole

 

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So, wondering what the extent of real information will be used for Andromeda? Expecting it to be entirely fantastical with no regard for actual facts? Do you have a preference? Hoping for anything in particular? Sound off.

[Lady Artifice]

Excellent thread idea. 

 

I really hope that they make the map design as closely similar to the real galaxy as they can, but just looking at this makes me excited for the lore opportunities. Andromeda is a complete unknown. Anything could happen. 

 

Fun ironic fact: One of my Shepards was named Andromeda. I'm kind of digging the coincidence. 

[LPPrince]

Excellent thread idea. 

 

I really hope that they make the map design as closely similar to the real galaxy as they can, but just looking at this makes me excited for the lore opportunities. Andromeda is a complete unknown. Anything could happen. 

 

Did she get chained up against a pole to satiate Joker's lulz but then Garrus saved her and then they had a sad because they couldn't make a single baby so Shepard failed to live up to her name?

[Undead Han]

It would be kind of cool if the Helios cluster was placed somewhere in the same section captured in this amazing image from the Hubble space telescope...

 

[LPPrince]

Ahh yes, for those interested in space, there's a thread in the off topic section of the forums for all things that take place off of Earth.

 

http://forum.bioware...e-great-beyond/

 

Right now though, we'll focus on the location of the next Mass Effect game.

[SNascimento]

I wonder, are there many other sci-fi works that takes place on Andromeda?

[LPPrince]

It would be kind of cool if the Helios cluster was placed somewhere in the same section captured in this amazing image from the Hubble space telescope...

 

*epic snip*

 

Praise be to the Hubble telescope.

[LPPrince]

I wonder, are there many other sci-fi works that takes place on Andromeda?

 

Before Andromeda was known to be a galaxy it was referred to as a nebula. There's works where its referred to as a nebula.

 

https://en.wikipedia...dromeda_(novel)

[Lady Artifice]

Did she get chained up against a pole to satiate Joker's lulz but then Garrus saved her and then they had a sad because they couldn't make a single baby so Shepard failed to live up to her name?

 

I wish! A little. It's my favorite myth. 

 

I grew up watching the original Clash of The Titans. A lot. 

 

Maybe that's why I'm so enthused about the new location. 

[LPPrince]

I wish! A little. It's my favorite myth. 

 

I grew up watching the original Clash of The Titans. A lot. 

 

Maybe that's why I'm so enthused about the new location. 

 

Somewhere there's a fanfic of Andromeda tying up Perseus and leaving him there for Cetus, I'm sure.

[LightningPoodle]

This thread is now my new favourite ME:A thread. This is an excellent idea. Now I know why you are the King of Posts. *starts worshipping* 

 

I love everything space, though I don't know much about the science of it. It does interest me though and honestly, this has kind of propelled my interest in the game as well. Thank you for that. 

[LPPrince]

This thread is now my new favourite ME:A thread. This is an excellent idea. Now I know why you are the King of Posts. *starts worshipping* 

 

I love everything space, though I don't know much about the science of it. It does interest me though and honestly, this has kind of propelled my interest in the game as well. Thank you for that. 

 

D'aww. No problem. *bows*

[LPPrince]

 

We will avoid it by jumping to the tiny galaxy nearby 

 

Will we though? Its a bit far off.

[LPPrince]

On the subject of the collision between Andromeda and The Milky Way,

 

[LightningPoodle]

Will we though? Its a bit far off.

 

Idea! That could be how we get to Andromeda in the first place.

 

The scene: We are being chased by someone/something. With nowhere to run to, we decide to try something impossible, knowing that if we don't, we are going to die. The "jump" from The Milky Way to Andromeda is estimated to be to far, so we end up jumping to that other little one that is closer, and then take a second gamble and jump again. This way, we will lose whoever is chasing us because not only do they have to make the jump, but they would have to make another jump to one of several places (because they don't know where we went to) - eventually they do find us though because, game logic.

 

*drops the mic!*

[Absafraginlootly]

If they don't find something cool to do with the massive star cluster with the black hole in the middle then I'm going to be disappointed.

[LPPrince]

Idea! That could be how we get to Andromeda in the first place.

 

The scene: We are being chased by someone/something. With nowhere to run to, we decide to try something impossible, knowing that if we don't, we are going to die. The "jump" from The Milky Way to Andromeda is estimated to be to far, so we end up jumping to that other little one that is closer, and then take a second gamble and jump again. This way, we will lose whoever is chasing us because not only do they have to make the jump, but they would have to make another jump to one of several places (because they don't know where we went to) - eventually they do find us though because, game logic.

 

*drops the mic!*

 

Nobody cares about Triangulum(M33). lol

[LightningPoodle]

If they don't find something cool to do with the massive star cluster with the black hole in the middle then I'm going to be disappointed.

 

Idea!

 

That could be where the final battle takes place. Fighting just outside from where the black hole can pull you. Or maybe, it's slowly pulling both you and your enemies ship, tearing both apart piece by piece. At the same time, you are trying to escape, but you have to fight to do so.

[LightningPoodle]

Nobody cares about Triangulum(M33). lol

 

I'll bow to your wisdom then. 

[LPPrince]

If they don't find something cool to do with the massive star cluster with the black hole in the middle then I'm going to be disappointed.

 

Artist's interpretation, remember? Who knows!

 

But since Andromeda and The Milky Way are destined to collide, I hope the lass is prepared for a serious calcium deposit

 

HURR HURR HURR

 

Such milk

 

Very way

[LPPrince]

Idea!

 

That could be where the final battle takes place. Fighting just outside from where the black hole can pull you. Or maybe, it's slowly pulling both you and your enemies ship, tearing both apart piece by piece. At the same time, you are trying to escape, but you have to fight to do so.

 

We'd have to leave the Helios Cluster(where the game takes place) and be VERY far from it then.

[LightningPoodle]

We'd have to leave the Helios Cluster(where the game takes place) and be VERY far from it then.

 

I'm just on an idea train at the moment. You can't stop the idea train. 

[LPPrince]

I'm just on an idea train at the moment. You can't stop the idea train. 

 

Then again I(along with everyone else) am not sure where in Andromeda the Helios cluster is located.