The idea is solid enough. Are they supposed to have captured it during the events of 2 or 3?
Thanks.
Yes, they would have captured one during the events of Mass Effect 2, between ME2 and ME3, or at latest in Mass Effect 3 and retrofit it to suit us. Or they use the data gathered to built the essential systems needed and then build an Ark around that.
Here is another angle for the Ark ships:
And a Collector ship of a similar angle:
Looks similar, tho they're building multiple arks (3 seen on screen) and it doesn't seem like much of the original structure left. Collector Vessel may still served as a template but construction looks from scratch.
Here is another angle for the Ark ships:
SpoilerAnd a Collector ship of a similar angle:
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Thank you for that. I was about to post that image of the Arks.
Looks similar, tho they're building multiple arks (3 seen on screen) and it doesn't seem like much of the original structure left. Collector Vessel may still served as a template but construction looks from scratch.
Yeah, more and more I'm thinking it is less possibly them using existing Black Arks and more possibly them using the schematics James Vega retrieved in Mass Effect: Paragon Lost.
I do believe the Ark Theory can become true after today's trailer. Time will tell.
Here is another angle for the Ark ships:
And a Collector ship of a similar angle:
You know...they kind of do look similar in shape. With added propulsors, four to be exact on the end of the ship.
I do believe the Ark Theory can become true after today's trailer. Time will tell.
Any theory that involves an Ark is already true, hibernation+long journey inside Ark has been fully confirmed today. We don't know yet when exactly the Ark(s) take off, why were they build (escaping Reapers or surveying other galaxies before Reaper threat was known) and what technology was used.
Any theory that involves an Ark is already true, hibernation+long journey inside Ark has been fully confirmed today. We don't know yet when exactly the Ark(s) take off, why were they build (escaping Reapers or surveying other galaxies before Reaper threat was known) and what technology was used.
Yeah, the basic premise of the Ark Theory has been confirmed. Now we just need the details of when, why, how, and with what.
Bioware confirms we leave before the Mass Effect 3 endings.
http://www.ign.com/a...ffect-andromeda
This makes Black Ark Theory one of the only ways to get to Andromeda while respecting the lore.
I wonder if when we get to Andromeda if the arks will function more like bases or mini citadels for the milky way races as we try to get a foothold.
I wonder if when we get to Andromeda if the arks will function more like bases or mini citadels for the milky way races as we try to get a foothold.
I'm absolutely certain that the Arks will serve as the central hub of the people of the Milky Way until we get colonies started and secured on planets. So yeah, they'll be like our new Citadel.
Also, seems the technological means of us getting to Andromeda and how we got it is considered too spoilery to share at the moment.
https://twitter.com/...776081179119617
Bioware confirms we leave before the Mass Effect 3 endings.
http://www.ign.com/a...ffect-andromeda
This makes Black Ark Theory one of the only ways to get to Andromeda while respecting the lore.
That and Sovereign's corpse are 2 most convinient excuses for Ark tech. Altho there's also Virtual Aliens who seem to ahve advanced space-faring tech.
That and Sovereign's corpse are 2 most convinient excuses for Ark tech. Altho there's also Virtual Aliens who seem to ahve advanced space-faring tech.
Yes, Sovereign's body could be a way too. The Council could be lying when they said nothing salvageable was left after the destruction of the reaper on the citatel. They could have gotten it's drive core and started reverse engineer it, to eventually be able to, after two years (Shepard's down time), travel through long distances without the need of discharging. And since it would only be the core I don't think there would be possibility of indoctrination.
I think it's Sovereign's body, would also give them a nice two year span (Shepard's first death) when this all took place.
I wish they'd never taken it back out. I thought the way space exploration was set up in ME1 with small clusters of explored space and large unexplored and hardly accessible space in between was a very cool idea and somewhat different from other franchises. Now that the issue is apparently gone, they are complainng that the Milky Way got too small for them.
Anyway, on topic: This is definitely one of the better ideas I've seen. It would still be a very long shot send people on a 250 year journey and hope that all the ships systems hold up but I guess it's less improbable than other options.
Still, somehow I can't see BioWare going with this. It's too complicated and would confuse the hell out of any newcomers to the series. Everyone knows that "Wormholes can take us to any place in SciFi". But try to explain to a non-fan why we arrived on this weird hybrid organic/synthetic insect hive thing. Unfortunately, I think that this is gonna be the main concern when finding the entry to the new game, not in universe consistency.
Well, it's Reaper-Tech which (look at the damned Mass Relays!) can survive for thousands of years (note: We don't know how/if the Relays need maintenance, the Citadel does - that's why it has the keepers! - but even then it's old, very very very old and still in very good shape!) so that would not really be a concern (and it's not like they wouldn't send the best people available who might have a chance to fix things mid-flight (that's actually why I think they would need to bring the Quarians along as they've got more experience with space-flight than all other species, simply because there were forced to live in space for so long!)
My problem with the Ark/Black-Ark-Theory is:
Secrecy, I mean keeping the crucible secret (from the general population but also from the Reapers!) was bad enough, but another black project (and one that possibly involved at least as many people? (the people building the Ark (or retrofitting a Collector Cruiser!), the people who guard the place were this happens, the people who are selected for the Ark etc. etc.) secret from almost everybody? Damned, you'd need to be very very very tight lipped about this!
greets LAX
ps: I'd hate to be on the guard-fleet (only to know that I have to stay here, while the selected guys go off to Andromeda...well, if they tell the guards what they are guarding that is!)
My problem with the Ark/Black-Ark-Theory is:
Secrecy, I mean keeping the crucible secret (from the general population but also from the Reapers!) was bad enough, but another black project (and one that possibly involved at least as many people? (the people building the Ark (or retrofitting a Collector Cruiser!), the people who guard the place were this happens, the people who are selected for the Ark etc. etc.) secret from almost everybody? Damned, you'd need to be very very very tight lipped about this!
greets LAX
ps: I'd hate to be on the guard-fleet (only to know that I have to stay here, while the selected guys go off to Andromeda...well, if they tell the guards what they are guarding that is!)
Well, one of the recent interviews says that are a number of different reasons for people getting aboard the Ark. So it seems the entire project wasn't a secret, but maybe merely its true purpose. To the public, it was just seen as a large multi-species colonization mission which to be fair is the truth.
Well, one of the recent interviews says that are a number of different reasons for people getting aboard the Ark. So it seems the entire project wasn't a secret, but maybe merely its true purpose. To the public, it was just seen as a large multi-species colonization mission which to be fair is the truth.
That does explain why nobody really reacts to it or brings it up during the Reaper War.
That does explain why nobody really reacts to it or brings it up during the Reaper War.
Well, think about the situation in ME3:
-Reaper attacks across the galaxy. The survival of a single project shouldn't be very high in the list of priorities of most civilians and soldiers if they didn't know its true purpose.
-Those who know, probably know better than talking too much about it in the middle of a war full of indoctrinated spies. Better for everyone to think that the cool big ships blew up. Let's cross fingers the Reapers never realize the truth behind them.
-We see everything from Shepard's point of view. Unless ME:A contradicts it, it's safe to assume Shepard was out of the loop (they said as much at the beginning of ME3), and once the arks are gone, why should Shepard be told about them? No, no, let our commander concentrate on the war, whatever happened to plan B was never under his or her control.
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