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[KaiserShep]

The geth and rachni seem pretty disposable. You can have them simply not exist in Andromeda and I don't think you'd even need to give an explanation why. Both existed primary as bug/robot targets, which can easily be replaced.

[DebatableBubble]

They are not even target for Harvest to begin with.



Agree, except krogans. Bomb never goes off, the only question about them is genophage Schrodinger's box. Anyway we've seen krogan in trailer already.
I'd also add Batarians to the list. They are almost wiped out at the moment of ME3 and most importantly they don't have a fanbase.

Speak for yourself. I like them well enough and that's more to do with them being so underdeveloped and the designated bad guys/punching bags of the universe.

[KaiserShep]

It'd be a shame to not have batarians in the new setting. I thought they spiced things up and were amusing without being a joke.

[AresKeith]

Outside of the Quarians and Geth having a good chance of not appearing, Yahg and Vorcha

 

It'd be a shame to not have batarians in the new setting. I thought they spiced things up and were amusing without being a joke.

 

Bray for MEA companion

[themikefest]

I wouldn't mind having Bray for a squadmate

[KaiserShep]

It's not fair that Garrus got a batarian squad member before we ever did. At least we have a better chance of keeping him alive.

[AresKeith]

It's not fair that Garrus got a batarian squad member before we ever did. At least we have a better chance of keeping him alive.

 

Zing

[DebatableBubble]

It's not fair that Garrus got a batarian squad member before we ever did. At least we have a better chance of keeping him alive.

Ouch. I hope Garrus has enough burn heals.

[Seboist]

Outside of the Quarians and Geth having a good chance of not appearing, Yahg and Vorcha

 

 

Bray for MEA companion

 

A lack of Vorcha would make me weep inside.

[rocklikeafool]

Asari need to go, lame as hell.

I think you need to go.

[Navasha]

The thing is in a sci-fi setting you don't really need to carry tons of individuals along on a life-ark.   They can simply carry DNA for the vast bulk of the 'repopulation' requirement.    Most of the individuals would likely be made up of specialists and engineers that would be necessary for undertaking the mission.    

 

Quarians have some of the best starship and AI techs in existence.   Salarians have tons of scientists.   Asari, Turians, and humans all have their exceptional individuals.   Even the volus seem to be masters at logistics and economics.   Krogan might have a few as security.    However, even the Vorcha and other sundry races would likely be represented by at least a DNA bank or frozen embryos.   

[Kierro Ren]

Gungans?

[The Night Haunter]

The thing is in a sci-fi setting you don't really need to carry tons of individuals along on a life-ark.   They can simply carry DNA for the vast bulk of the 'repopulation' requirement.    Most of the individuals would likely be made up of specialists and engineers that would be necessary for undertaking the mission.    

 

Quarians have some of the best starship and AI techs in existence.   Salarians have tons of scientists.   Asari, Turians, and humans all have their exceptional individuals.   Even the volus seem to be masters at logistics and economics.   Krogan might have a few as security.    However, even the Vorcha and other sundry races would likely be represented by at least a DNA bank or frozen embryos.   

That's only in the Ark is a citadel sponsored thing. It could have been a human designed, owned, and operated affair. The other Milky Way species that are in Andromeda might have just tagged along, rather than being representative of their species.

 

Since I personally hope the ARK project takes place during ME3 (before the stupid ending) it would make sense if it was a haphazard affair and there was limited resources to devote to saving every species, so only those who were present in the systems where the Ark was developed would be present in MEA.

 

The more new aliens the better too

[Ahglock]

I would assume they would do their best to save every species with maybe one or two possbile exceptions.  I mean that is kind of the point of an ARK.  Its not 2 of every creature except roaches, they can burn.The whole idea is too do your best to save enough of each species to have viable colonies.  Krogans might not have a council member but they are part of the system.  Geth, Rachni and sadly Batarians are totally out of the system so I'd rate them as the highest chance of not making it, with Geth top of that list as, well they aren't really alive. 

[Cknarf]

Gonna be sooooo disappointed if I can't bang each previous race at least once in the next ME.

 

All the new ones too.  The first dialogue options with new species should have a 'yo let's ****' option.

 

Unless the new species are like... Think Predator, but before they came up with the predator that we know and love.  Watch the documentary.  It's some tall ass floppy face monster thing, and even back in the 80s, they could tell it sucked. Did you guys know that the guy that played the predator fella was the same guy that played Harry in Harry and the Hendersons?  RIP yo.

 

Anyways, I'd totally bang a chick predator. Just sayin'.

[Guitar-Hero]

Rachni and what ever the **** James Vega is

[von uber]

The Ark (if that's the fudge they are going for ) won't be citadel sponsored.

It'll be Cerberus.

You know it's true, search your feelings.

[Catastrophy]

To my utmost sadness - I believe Belan Jellyfish won't make it.

[Chealec]

I get the feeling that the "Ark" is not going to be a single ship; more like a Battlestar Gallactica mini-fleet with each MW race having its own colony ship(s) with military and support wings. A.R.K.C.O.N will merely be the human part of that fleet.

 

I've got no real evidence for this, just a sort of gut feeling.

[EpicNewb]

It's not fair that Garrus got a batarian squad member before we ever did. At least we have a better chance of keeping him alive.

Batarians would be great for this game.  They're known for traveling all across the galaxy to raid ships for slaves and doing merc work.  Bioware needs to bring back those ME2 N7 special ops style missions.  Even if we don't have a Batarian squaddie, they would be perfect to do hits on.  Besides, which race better to hold a Krogan ship with Drack's buddies hostage

 

I believe there was a survey and fans voted that Quarians don't need to return.  On second thought these guys would be great for the game.  They're accustomed to being far away from home due to the pilgrimages in their culture.  A comfort with the foreign is ideal for an explorer.

 

Drells definitely need a return.  Despite the depth to their culture, this was the most overlooked race of the trilogy.

[EpicNewb]

I get the feeling that the "Ark" is not going to be a single ship; more like a Battlestar Gallactica mini-fleet with each MW race having its own colony ship(s) with military and support wings. A.R.K.C.O.N will merely be the human part of that fleet.

 

I've got no real evidence for this, just a sort of gut feeling.

They nearly had something like that going with the original Normandy.  It was a joint Human-Turian venture.  Then sh1t hit the fan with the reaper invasion so furthering Human-Turian relations was no longer a major focus.

 

Doesn't help that human supremacy extremist Cerberus rebuilt the next Normandy

[Arcian]

THERE WILL BE ONE VORCHA FOR SURE!! GUESS WHAT HIS NAME IS?!!?? ME!!!! SEE YOU ON THE ARK!!!

If anyone's coming, it's you, Master Baits.

[Ariella]

The thing is in a sci-fi setting you don't really need to carry tons of individuals along on a life-ark.   They can simply carry DNA for the vast bulk of the 'repopulation' requirement.    Most of the individuals would likely be made up of specialists and engineers that would be necessary for undertaking the mission.    
 
Quarians have some of the best starship and AI techs in existence.   Salarians have tons of scientists.   Asari, Turians, and humans all have their exceptional individuals.   Even the volus seem to be masters at logistics and economics.   Krogan might have a few as security.    However, even the Vorcha and other sundry races would likely be represented by at least a DNA bank or frozen embryos.

It's Titan AE, basically. Which was a pretty decent movie for what it was. IIRC the Titan had genetic samples for every species on Earth in order to rebuild should the worst happen.

Vorcha would actually make sense in a twisted sort of way since they can be adapted and er repurposed.

If they are cloning and sending genetic samples along then you could find a multitude of races, but not when they first get to Andromeda.

I haven't been keeping up so I didn't know about the Ark until now. Interesting take.

[Ahriman]

If I'm catching writers' brainwaves right, genetic database won't be used in the first game, but it could be used in next installments. "You haven't seen any single vorcha? That's because they were taken as DNA samples and now we've decided to grow them".

 

It's Titan AE, basically. Which was a pretty decent movie for what it was. IIRC the Titan had genetic samples for every species on Earth in order to rebuild should the worst happen.

Meh, it had somewhat decent beginning despite that awful "they were afraid of us because we had imagination *insert Sponge Bob here*". 

-Spoiler Alert-

And then it went completely insane. "What? Terraform already existing planet? How creating a planet would stop these things from destroying it again? I can't hear you of how awesome I am".

Guess I'm too old and wimp for this.

[Vortex13]

In a meta sense, I can see a race like the Rachni being left behind. Despite the fact that they were one of the most 'alien' aliens present in the setting, and were the only species to offer complete and total support in combating the Reapers; no strings attached (looking at you Krogan); they weren't the most popular species, and most people can't see beyond "Eww, bugs".

 

 

In-game or lore-wise though, I don't see why they should be left behind. A fast breeding species fully grown in a matter of several weeks, that can withstand extreme environments unprotected, and come pre-equipped with weapons and armor on par with modern technology would be the perfect scouting or colony founding asset in the whole ark. Even if the galactic government didn't trust the Rachni and/or Shepard killed the Queen you can easily make due with cloned workers and soldiers. I mean the Salarians were able to clone dinosaur mounts for the Krogan to ride out of a 2,000 fossil, I think they can make data collected from Noveria's Peak 15 facility or any of the escaped specimens or even samples from the Ravengers work just fine.

 

So, keep a couple of cloned worker and soldier eggs on standby, and once a suitable world is located send the Rachni down and let them establish the beginnings of a hive; a perfect foundation for a colony; and determine the presence and capabilities of any natives that might be on the planet, all without having to waste any resources on construction materials, or environmental suits for the workers. Plus if the native population is advanced you don't reveal the ark's capabilities or presence since they will most likely assume that the Rachni are just some form of primitive animal life.

 

Once the bugs have served their purposes, simply let them die off from defects built into their DNA when they were cloned, or send a few Krogan down to sort them out as a means of disposal as well as to keep their battlelust sated.