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[Jen-Yu]

 

 

 

 

[The Sauce of Awesome]

Pretty interesting theory.

[Blackguard]

Something like this is very likely, i guess.

[Hanako Ikezawa]

Not a fan of this in any way, shape, or form. 

[Ahriman]

Well thought, this seems quite likely, even though possibility that damn primitives will be saved once again by prothean magic hurts me almost physically. And humans, humans again, urgh, make them stop.

[DaemionMoadrin]

Uh... no, thanks.

[Feybrad]

The Details we could argue about, but the Core Concept is solid.

[Laughing_Man]

Yeah, makes sense. Still a convenient cop-out, but makes sense.

[Monica21]

Not a fan of this in any way, shape, or form. 

 

Uh... no, thanks.

 

So how do you guys think that humans and a bunch of other species that evolved in the Milky Way will be getting to Andromeda? And what's their reason for leaving the Milky Way?

[(Disgusted noise.)]

Not a fan of this in any way, shape, or form. 

Yeah, but you're never a fan of anything.

[themikefest]

Not bad

 

My theory is that Andromeda was discovered a long time ago by the asari while they were exploring the Milky Way before discovering the citadel

[Chealec]

So how do you guys think that humans and a bunch of other species that evolved in the Milky Way will be getting to Andromeda? And what's their reason for leaving the Milky Way?

 

*shrugs* could have been a generation ship launched 50 years before Shepard was even born; would arrive in Andromeda a couple of million years (relative time) after the events of the Mass Effect series travelling at near light speed.

 

To quote Wikipedia:

While it takes light approximately 2.54 million years to traverse the gulf of space between Earth and, for instance, the Andromeda Galaxy, it would take a much shorter amount of time from the point of view of a traveler at close to the speed of light due to the effects of time dilation; the time experienced by the traveler depending both on velocity (anything less than the speed of light) and distance traveled (length contraction). Intergalactic travel for humans is therefore possible, in theory, from the point of view of the traveller.

[The Sauce of Awesome]

Not bad

 

My theory is that Andromeda was discovered a long time ago by the asari while they were exploring the Milky Way before discovering the citadel

Mine was that Chuck Norris roundhouse kicked a bunch of people all the way to Andromeda.

[Ahriman]

*shrugs* could have been a generation ship launched 50 years before Shepard was even born; would arrive in Andromeda a couple of million years (relative time) after the events of the Mass Effect series travelling at near light speed.

Why would they spend resources on such project if there is entire MW at hand?

 

My theory is that Andromeda was discovered a long time ago by the asari while they were exploring the Milky Way before discovering the citadel

[MegaIllusiveMan]

Cryo-Freeze Maybe?

 

Stasis Pods or something like it?

 

Or we could even have some things that advance through galaxies in a short time. We had, after all, the Mass Relays in the first 3 Games.

[Chealec]

Why would they spend resources on such project if there is entire MW at hand?

 

 

Why not?

 

Why go to Mars when there's the moon?

 

Why cross the Atlantic when there's Europe?

 

Why live in caves when there's plenty of open Savannah?

 

 

The Milky Way is full of meddling council races... ARK could be no different than the Puritans deciding they've had enough of the "Old World" and setting off for pastures new... just on a much bigger scale.

[themikefest]

Mine was that Chuck Norris roundhouse kicked a bunch of people all the way to Andromeda.

Too bad he didn't do that when fighting Bruce Lee, right?

[The Loyal Nub]

I could live with this being the explanation for what we get. It's plausible and offers an interesting pathway into a new game series based on and spinning off from the old. I like it.

[Ahriman]

Why not?

 

Why go to Mars when there's the moon?

 

Why cross the Atlantic when there's Europe?

 

Why live in caves when there's plenty of open Savannah?

Wrong questions. There are thousands of garden worlds behind unscouted relays, which are easier and faster to reach. Again why waste x times more resources on vague attempt with no benefits over usual colony in MW?

And why such project was never mentioned?

[Amplitudelol]

Ancient prothean or whatever space magic saves the day again? Sounds like Mac Walters, this might turn out to be the real one. But Protheans were only able to build a mini mass relay to the Citadel, that was their best shot at the very end. On the other hand the Crucible was not their idea, a lot of species tried different things before they got wiped out. Ancient space magic is viable. A turian, asari, human, salarian, quarian, krogan (yeah, maybe not the krogan scientists...but involved somehow) top secret research project could make a one way ticket to Andromeda. The protheans were close to unlock the mass relay space magic, maybe this cycle gets it done.

[The Sauce of Awesome]

Too bad he didn't do that when fighting Bruce Lee, right?

Come now, we all know that was Chuck cosplaying as Bruce Lee!

[Chealec]

Wrong questions. There are thousands of garden worlds behind unscouted relays, which are easier and faster to reach. Again why waste x times more resources on vague attempt with no benefits over usual colony in MW?

And why such project was never mentioned?

 

To get away from the Milky Way - that could be reason enough. In the spirit of exploration or something.

 

It's not really much more tenuous than half the stuff in the ME universe already.

[N7Jamaican]

Interesting, but I doubt it'll be that theory.

[JasonShepard]

So how do you guys think that humans and a bunch of other species that evolved in the Milky Way will be getting to Andromeda? And what's their reason for leaving the Milky Way?

 

I figure we'll probably be getting to Andromeda via a method similar to this - some ancient technology gets discovered, (probably not Reaper-tech) that's effectively a relay leading to Andromeda.

 

Maybe the Andromeda relay takes ages to activate, or is costly to use, or gets destroyed shortly after we use it - regardless, there'll probably be some reason why we can't get back to the Milky Way in-game. (Or maybe there won't be, and we'd be able to visit a few key Milky Way locations, but with most of the plot taking place in Andromeda.)

 

Our reason for going? We found a relay that goes to Andromeda. Why wouldn't you use it? Wouldn't you want to know what might be at the far side, who built it? This is like finding a door out of your house that you've never seen before - of course you're going to find out what's on the other side, even if just for security concerns. And once you know that it's uncolonised space on the far side... well, various races will be lobbying to be doing the colonising, even if this is taking place during a period of peace.

 

But none of that is the real question being asked, is it?

 

The real question is: When are we leaving?

 

Ark theory is based around the idea that we completely dodge the ME3 endings. So we leave before the Crucible goes off. We leave as part of a Reaper-evacuation-plan.

 

I don't want Bioware to do that. And I don't think I'm the only one.

 

I'd like Bioware to show us the world after ME3. I'd like my Shepard's victory to mean something for the next game. I don't care that we're going to Andromeda - after all that makes the endings considerably easier to handle in-game - but I do want us to have left after the Reaper war.

 

I've said it before: A plotline set after ME3 - we survived, we rebuilt, and now we're once more questing out to explore the universe - feels like an affirmation of the fact that we won the Reaper War. For me, it makes ME3 feel worth something, rather than dodging the ending and making ME3 feel worthless.

 

And that's why the OP's suggestion is not what I'd like to see in ME:A. (With all due respect to Jen-Yu, who has put together a very nicely presented timeline there.  If leaving-during-ME3 is ultimately chosen by Bioware, I wouldn't mind a timeline like this.)

[Kabooooom]

I doubt the ark will be destroyed for many reasons. The two most important ones are: 1) it will probably serve as the new primary hub in an unknown and unfamiliar galaxy, 2) you can see the word "ARK" on the destination screen in the trailer.

If they use a large ark and still travel through a relay, alien relay-like device, or a wormhole, then I suspect those structures would deliberately be destroyed.

If they use a true intergalactic ark, I imagine the deterrent for returning would be twofold: 1) the time involved and 2) the travelers would not know the fate of the Milky Way, but would have presumed the Reapers won.