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[Cheviot]

I actually posted an idea a while back about a relay linking the galaxies.

I remember that; it was a few months after I started posting almost exactly the same theory so I guess great minds or whatever.

 

At any rate, have you ever seen a relay send itself through such a corridor?  

 

So a theory I've posted about once or twice is that in the new games, they've developed a way to have two mini-relays attached to a ship so the mass-free corridor is being constantly generated a few feet/miles/whatever in front of the ship, so it's always traveling at high speed without having to depend on relay networks.  It would give it's users the freedom to travel where ever they want, to find  their own path.  This may've been the reason the Relays exploded in the original ending of ME3, to give an impetus to the development of this new technology, and also the means to (since the insides of the relays would be able to be seen).

[dragonflight288]

Okay I could see it as a relic from the Krogan Rebellions or even the Rachni Wars.

 

Still doesn't explain the massively extended range

 

Newton's laws. An object in motion stays in motion unless acted upon by an outside force.

 

Space is empty. 

 

All they would have to do is divert all power to life pods like Javik and the Protheans used, have a VI set the ship in motion in its general flight path, Andromeda as it were, once in Dark Space then cut all power save life support and possibly sensors.

 

The ship would move on its momentum, possibly for hundreds of years. 

[DextroDNA]

Even with a Reaper engine it would take over 200 years for a ship to reach Andromeda (let alone find an inhabitable world to colonize

My point stands then, the people on-board the Ark know something happened in the Milky Way. Just wondering if this will ever come up in the game at all. They may reference the endings after all. Maybe a joke about what colour light it was, if it's been so long so it happened then the details may be fuzzy

[Iakus]

Shepard knew the Reapers were coming and that they were essentially an impossible foe. That message could have been recorded any time after ME1.

And almost no one of importance took SHepard seriously until after ME2.

 

You remember "Ah, yes, 'Reapers' right?

[Lost Mercenary]

All I can say is that I really REALLY hope Parasini is onboard that ship

[straykat]

This may've been the reason the Relays exploded in the original ending of ME3, to give an impetus to the development of this new technology, and also the means to (since the insides of the relays would be able to be seen).

 

I think you're giving them too much credit in foresight. They're not mastermind storytellers. Hudson said there'd be no games after ME3's timeline.

[AlanC9]

All they would have to do is divert all power to life pods like Javik and the Protheans used, have a VI set the ship in motion in its general flight path, Andromeda as it were, once in Dark Space then cut all power save life support and possibly sensors.

Wait.... what's powering the mass effect that keeps you moving at FTL?

[Killroy]

And almost no one of importance took SHepard seriously until after ME2.

 

You remember "Ah, yes, 'Reapers' right?

 

You mean aside from a man who had more money and resources than God? Why should the Council telling Shepard they don't believe him mean no one but TIM believed him? 

[prosthetic soul]

The fact you said you'd watched a 15-minute video within a minute is a huge middle finger to all of us fans of how time actually works.  I think I'm going to be mad about it for at least 3 years.

Someone's still butthurt.  Stop trolling. 

[Cheviot]

I think you're giving them too much credit in foresight. They're not mastermind storytellers. Hudson said there'd be no games after ME3's timeline.

I think you're not giving them enough.  They don't need to be "mastermind storytellers" to be setting up a small (though important) part of where the series would go next. 

[Iakus]

I remember that; it was a few months after I started posting almost exactly the same theory so I guess great minds or whatever.

 

Congrats I guess.  Were you brushing your teeth when you came up with it too?

 

 

So a theory I've posted about once or twice is that in the new games, they've developed a way to have two mini-relays attached to a ship so the mass-free corridor is being constantly generated a few feet/miles/whatever in front of the ship, so it's always traveling at high speed without having to depend on relay networks.  It would give it's users the freedom to travel where ever they want, to find  their own path.  This may've been the reason the Relays exploded in the original ending of ME3, to give an impetus to the development of this new technology, and also the means to (since the insides of the relays would be able to be seen).

 

Okay then

 

1) Why don't the Reapers use this marvelous method of travel?

2) Wouldn't your idea require the second relay to be a few feet/miles ahead of the ship for it to be able to make use of this corridor?

3) Why is this ship in the trailer under standard propulsion rather than traveling through a mass effect corridor?

4) At the time when the endings were first made, no further sequels were planned.  It was Mass Effect Ragnarok.  So I highly doubt that was the reason.

[straykat]

I think you're not giving them enough.  They don't need to be "mastermind storytellers" to be setting up a small (though important) part of where the series would go next. 

 

They can't even explain the Lazarus project in plausibly sounding space-magic ways.

 

They get Jacob of all people to give you a one liner and wave it off.

 

I'm gonna hold this to the same standard

[Iakus]

I think you're giving them too much credit in foresight. They're not mastermind storytellers. Hudson said there'd be no games after ME3's timeline.

And Mac Walters mentioned a "galactic wasteland" postgame

[YourFunnyUncle]

Well duh lol

 

 

Safe bet this is the inside of the Ark

 

 

I wonder if that will be considered the 'main room' of the ship. It'll probably take up the most space.

 

If it's inside the ship then it must be the toroid shape in the middle. which makes the ship absolutely massive...

 

[Dubozz]

 

Lots of speculation for everyone!

[anddill]

So if the Ark did leave during the events of ME3, they wouldn't have reached Andromeda before the end. Which means, the people on board the Ark would probably have been able to see the shockwave from the Crucible/Citadel as it covered the entire Galaxy. There must be some speculation above the people onboard about what happened.

 

Just a thought I had. The people on the Ark may know something has happened in the Milky Way, but they're not sure what

 

Nope. We see then engines running on the ship, so we can assume it will running FTL. If they would travel with sublight speed the engines would be shut of and the whole ship in some kind of powersafe-modus, coasting through the empty space.

So they will run away from the effects of the endings. It will reach Andromeda some million years after the arrival of the arc. 

[Han Shot First]

Maybe the "Ark" ship on the inside will somewhat resemble the Citadel

 

This.

 

The released concept art that sort of looked like the Citadel, but not quite, is probably going to turn out to be of the interior of the ark. We're going to need a new hub, and since this game's setting is going to revolve around finding new homes, meaning there probably won't be any settled worlds or space stations at the start of the game, the Ark is probably going to be the game's main hub.

[NKnight7]

 

Lots of speculation for everyone!

 

Almost like they combined the two ships to form it, interesting lol.

[YourFunnyUncle]

 

Lots of speculation for everyone!

 

The citadel has five "petals". The ship has four and they're way fatter. Next.

 

Edit: Unless you're saying that the design is inspired by the Citadel, in which case, yeah obviously.

[shepskisaac]

So if the Ark did leave during the events of ME3, they wouldn't have reached Andromeda before the end. Which means, the people on board the Ark would probably have been able to see the shockwave from the Crucible/Citadel as it covered the entire Galaxy. There must be some speculation above the people onboard about what happened.

 

Just a thought I had. The people on the Ark may know something has happened in the Milky Way, but they're not sure what

Or they can have QEC and have no issues calling home. Honoring choices in simple holo-conversations where synthetic Asari tells you "yea Krogan are dead/nope they're alive, call you later!" is very simple to do, compared to actual post-ending sequel

[DextroDNA]

Nope. We see then engines running on the ship, so we can assume it will running FTL. If they would travel with sublight speed the engines would be shut of and the whole ship in some kind of powersafe-modus, coasting through the empty space.

So they will run away from the effects of the endings. It will reach Andromeda some million years after the arrival of the arc. 

I don't think you realise how big a Galaxy is. If you're coasting through the empty space between galaxies, you would be able to see both the Milky Way and Andromeda, as shown in the trailer.

 

So chances are they saw the Crucible shockwave while they were travelling

[Iakus]

If it's inside the ship then it must be the toroid shape in the middle. which makes the ship absolutely massive...

 

Something like that would have to take years, if not decades to build

[DextroDNA]

 

Lots of speculation for everyone!

I thought I was the only one who picked up on this. Looks very much like the Crucible and Citadel put together. Probably nothing apart from design techniques or whatever but it might mean something

[Dubozz]

The citadel has five "petals". The ship has four and they're way fatter. Next.

wow that's a great argument here!

Spoiler

Not really

[AresKeith]

This.

 

The released concept art that sort of looked like the Citadel, but not quite, is probably going to turn out to be of the interior of the ark. We're going to need a new hub, and since this game's setting is going to revolve around finding new homes, meaning there probably won't be any settled worlds or space stations at the start of the game, the Ark is probably going to be the game's main hub.

 

It would be pretty awesome if we actually could do that later in the game