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[Eyes_Only]

So this takes place far away and in the future from the events of the trilogy. This much I get and that's cool. But I have to wonder which ending is going to be cannon? Or do we get to choose? And while you may be thinking "who cares, its in the future and the trilogy doesn't need to be mentioned." I say its important all the same. We get to play as a human (sadly only as a human) so that means we either came from earth, colony or star ship. That means our past lies within the trilogy.

 

Did the Reapers win and we simply abandoned the galaxy? All the survivors of the races pooled everything together and fled to the far reaches of space?

 

Did we destroy all technology and now years later have somehow managed to recreate what was once lost?

 

Or did we all become sentient beings merged with tech? But somehow who we play now is not effected by the milky way galaxy spread of this crazy notion?

 

Maybe Shepard became the catalyst and controlled the Reapers. For the most part everything returned to the way they were and now here we are in the distant future in some distant galaxy that collected reaper tech managed to get us to? And we're not some sentient beings, and we not run aways from invasion.

 

I kinda like the idea of control ending being cannon. If we're playing in the future that is built upon the old... what did happen? What happened in the trilogy has to effect at least some part of this future world. How can we be human if we got wiped out? Or evolved into the next stage of evolution? And how could we find another galaxy if we were all sent back to the stone age?

 

What is your take on this? If its not going to be cannon, then there better be a good explanation as to why the future is the way it is, without being impacted by the past. And I don't buy some "Well you see we launched out into space before the war with the Reapers and were unaware of the war... and so far away we were unaffected by it. We are ancestors from that."  excuse.

[Kabooooom]

Uhhh, none? They obviously moved the story to Andromeda to avoid the endings altogether. I mean, that was the entire point of it, most likely...its partially what allowed us to predict the move to Andromeda and the Ark concept year ago.

Most likely, the backstory will involve an ark that launched during the Reaper war as a fall back plan to preserve life, should the Crucible fail. All major conundrums of ME3 are therefore completely avoided.

[Wulfram]

A common fan theory is that they'll be sidestepping this by having us leaving the Milky Way before the end of ME3.

Also, only one "N" in this sort of canon. edit: Actually 2. Damn, I should learn to count before engaging in pedantry.

[FNX Finest]

the red pill.

[X Equestris]

We don't know yet, but the prevailing idea amongst the fanbase is that there won't be a canon ending. The idea is that our colonists left for Andromeda at some point before the end of ME3, thus sidestepping the issue of a canon ending.

[dreamgazer]

Oh, yeah, this will end well.

BioWare have confirmed that there isn't a canon choice to be made from the presented endings. That should be enough of an answer.

[Eyes_Only]

Well if we "left" for Andromeda before the events of ME3 then how can this take place far into the future of ME3? Did we set out never planning to return? Or... maybe we tried and found the Mass Relay destroyed? Or did we get a message from Liara telling us not to return and along with that message, all the collected data on the Reapers and the catalyst?

 

I'm content with ME trilogy not being mentioned. But I still have to wonder how it will all be explained. I'm not a fan of space magic.

[Statichands]

The ending where Shep isn't actually dead and joins the Leage of Assassins to become the next Ras Al Ghu

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[BatarianBob]

Only one that leaves room for a sequel is high EMS destroy. In all the others, humanity is either extinct or defended by an armada of tamed Reapers. Either way, there's no need for people like Shepard anymore.

[Hrungr]

Well if we "left" for Andromeda before the events of ME3 then how can this take place far into the future of ME3?

 

It's assumed that, however we get to Andromeda (new/rediscovered tech, Reaper engines), it will take a long time to reach (possibly centuries).

[X Equestris]

Well if we "left" for Andromeda before the events of ME3 then how can this take place far into the future of ME3? Did we set out never planning to return? Or... maybe we tried and found the Mass Relay destroyed? Or did we get a message from Liara telling us not to return and along with that message, all the collected data on the Reapers and the catalyst?
 
I'm content with ME trilogy not being mentioned. But I still have to wonder how it will all be explained. I'm not a fan of space magic.

Do you know how far away Andromeda is? It was almost certainly planned to be a one way trip. Especially if the expedition was a back up plan in case the Reapers won, as some have suggested.

[Kabooooom]

Well if we "left" for Andromeda before the events of ME3 then how can this take place far into the future of ME3? Did we set out never planning to return? Or... maybe we tried and found the Mass Relay destroyed? Or did we get a message from Liara telling us not to return and along with that message, all the collected data on the Reapers and the catalyst?

I'm content with ME trilogy not being mentioned. But I still have to wonder how it will all be explained. I'm not a fan of space magic.

They most likely deliberately left without intending to return, yes. If a relay or wormhole took them to Andromeda, they probably would destroy it somehow to prevent pursuit from the Reapers. If an intergalactic ark ship carried them there, that journey would take 230 years at Reaper FTL speed and 570 years at the FTL speed of the Citadel species' ships. That would cause the story to be "far away in space and far in the future", would it not?

And a journey like that would not permit an easy return. No, most likely this was a contingency plan of last resort and these pioneers, for all they know, are the last remnant of their respective species and civilizations left.

[Face of Evil]

The one where Shepard accepted the Dark Ritual and defeated Master Li to become the new Lord of Murder.

[Toasted Llama]

*grabs popcorn*

[phagus]

The one in my head.

[Eyes_Only]

So what your saying is the ship we set out on was sort of like the Ark. Two of each kind? We must have brought a fertile female Krogan along to eh? A one way trip into the heavens with enough food/supplies and species to go around?

[Kabooooom]

So what your saying is the ship we set out on was sort of like the Ark. Two of each kind? We must have brought a fertile female Krogan along to eh? A one way trip into the heavens with enough food/supplies and species to go around?

That's the general idea, except there would need to be a minimum population for each species - definitely not as few as two. God failed genetics pretty miserably, it turns out.

As for Krogan fertility - that one is interesting. If they really wanted to preserve player choice with regards to the genophage, they could have it either be cured or not cured. That's an interesting dichotomy. My guess is, they will probably homogenize the genophage choice and either include cured Krogans from the get go, or say the Salarians cured a select handful of Krogans that secured a seat on the ark.

And they will probably avoid the Geth and Quarian issue by including neither on the ark.

[dreamgazer]

And they will probably avoid the Geth and Quarian issue by including neither on the ark.

Geth, yeah.

Quarians? Eh, they're extremely easy to write around since there's no way every single one was involved in the battle, and they're rather popular. I'd expect to see them.

[Kabooooom]

Geth, yeah.

Quarians? Eh, they're extremely easy to write around since there's no way every single one was involved in the battle, and they're rather popular. I'd expect to see them.

I'd expect to see them from fan demand alone, but their predicament would be a little difficult to believably write in to an ark story since not only are they galactic pariahs, but they basically ignored the galaxy at large while billions died so they could get involved in a war to retake their homeland.

I can see the Council being like "yeah...go **** yourselves".

Same with the Batarians too, actually. Then again, assuming the Asari were behind the project, maybe they felt ethically obligated to include all known species. Even the Yahg, lol. Doubtful.

[Red Panda]

The cannon mounted on everyone's head is pretty much what you mean here.

 

I can see we're all firing away.

[X Equestris]

I'd expect to see them from fan demand alone, but their predicament would be a little difficult to believably write in to an ark story since not only are they galactic pariahs, but they basically ignored the galaxy at large while billions died so they could get involved in a war to retake their homeland.
I can see the Council being like "yeah...go **** yourselves"

The quarians also have experience living entirely aboard ships. That could be really valuable to an expedition like the one people are theorizing about. So I could see some number of them involved. They could just say they were from an exiled population, or a part of the fleet that didn't go along with the rest to retake Rannoch. There wouldn't even have to be that many of them for a sustainable population if their genetics are anything like humans'.

[KaiserShep]

Obviously the one that uses a hand cannon.

 

Spoiler

[Jeremiah12LGeek]

All of them.

 

Fired out of a cannon.

[Kabooooom]

The quarians also have experience living entirely aboard ships. That could be really valuable to an expedition like the one people are theorizing about. So I could see some number of them involved. They could just say they were from an exiled population, or a part of the fleet that didn't go along with the rest to retake Rannoch. There wouldn't even have to be that many of them for a sustainable population if their genetics are anything like humans'.

This is a good point and an easy way to include them. I would support this.

[Hadeedak]

Obviously the one that uses a hand cannon.

 

Spoiler

 

BAH. I say the ones that put Shepard in a cannon to share with the whole galaxy.

 

Seriously? Whichever one I chose. Sidenote: I've picked all four.*

 

*I lied about seriousness.