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[Rocks_and_shoals]

Now I know you're wondering who the dalamitrians are. The dalemitirans were a religious order that were popular on earth, palaven and Mannovai (salarian colony) in the year 2185. According to cereberus:

 

They were known as the church of the divine plan who believed that the citadel was constructed by the protheans as a space ark, used to preserve life against natural phenomena that threatened to exterminate all galactic life but the faithful. They warned that this extermination would occur towards the end of the century and they wanted to import species DNA onboard the citadel to preserve life, something which the council farbade. The church was wealthy with an annual income of 900 million credits. Its unlikely but I thought it was interesting that they thought the citadel was a space ark and in ME:A, they construct a space ark to look like the citadel to get to Andromeda.

 

I also wondered, if people on this forum believe that the ark was build before the end of ME3, then why are there non-citadel space races on the ark such as the krogen?

If the citadel council were responsible for constructing the ark, then they were construct it to house and save as many of their own people as possible, namely, humans, turians, asari and salarians. The salarians were so afraid of the krogen, that they and the turians made the genophage happen. So why would they risk bringing the krogan along to Andromeda or any other non-council race if they went to such lengths to contain them in the first place? This is if it was before ME3 ending?

 

Another possibility was that the ARK was constructed by another organisation outside of the citadel council who were quite wealthy and powerful.

 

Unless of course, the ark was constructed after ME3 which is what I believe but that discussion is in another thread.

Thoughts?

[pkypereira]

Where did you hear about these delemitrians? And I'm assuming you meant the year 2185...

 

I believe 900 million credits in a year is not enough to build an ark of the magnitude you suggest, even if they had been saving the funds for several years.

[Rocks_and_shoals]

Where did you hear about these delemitrians? And I'm assuming you meant the year 2185...

 

I believe 900 million credits in a year is not enough to build an ark of the magnitude you suggest, even if they had been saving the funds for several years.

 

The delemitrians are mentioned in the cerberus daily news in the year 2185.

What are you basing this belief that's its not enough money on?

[Killroy]

I don't recall reading about this order, but I highly doubt BioWare would base the game on the preachings of religious fanatics. 

[pkypereira]

The delemitrians are mentioned in the cerberus daily news in the year 2185.

What are you basing this belief that's its not enough money on?

 

To obtain the resources necessary to build a ship big enough to take people on the ark mission, recruit and pay scientists, get lab equipment, and get it all ready in less than a year, it would take several billion, if not, trillions of credits to make everything happen that quickly.

[Rocks_and_shoals]

I don't recall reading about this order, but I highly doubt BioWare would base the game on the preachings of religious fanatics. 

Perhaps they were the ones that originally built the vessel, then when the reapers arrived, they tried to save as many people as possible. I said it wasn't likely, but an interesting possibility.

 

To obtain the resources necessary to build a ship big enough to take people on the ark mission, recruit and pay scientists, get lab equipment, and get it all ready in less than a year, it would take several billion, if not, trillions of credits to make everything happen that quickly.

 

They were probably building the ship for 20 years or however long it would take to build. They didn't know about the reapers but they did believe some kind of galactic disaster was going to happen towards the end of the century so they were probably preparing for decades.
 

[wright1978]

I don't recall reading about this order, but I highly doubt BioWare would base the game on the preachings of religious fanatics.

Yikes DAI mark2, yuck.

[pkypereira]

 

They were probably building the ship for 20 years or however long it would take to build. They didn't know about the reapers but they did believe some kind of galactic disaster was going to happen towards the end of the century so they were probably preparing for decades.
 

 

But they wouldn't have thought of building another ark if they already believed the Citadel was the ark. It wouldn't have been until the arrival of Sovereign that they could have believed that the end times were coming (like the mad prophet on Omega).

[sH0tgUn jUliA]

Two words: Insufficient funds.

 

Has to be a Council project.

[Prince Enigmatic]

I wonder how many Volus arms were twisted to get them to help pay for it all...

They've sure had it rough the poor fellows.

[Pearl (rip bioware)]

If 900 million a year isn't enough to make America great again, what makes you think that it'd be enough to build a ship capable of traveling to a completely different galaxy?

[ZipZap2000]

If 900 million a year isn't enough to make America great again, what makes you think that it'd be enough to build a ship capable of traveling to a completely different galaxy?

Space magic.

*sips ryncol*

[Heimdall]

You know, I could see this idea being folded into an idea where someone (Council?) coopted their religious project and started pouring money and resources into it after Sovereign's attack with whatever the dele-whatevers had as a base.

[N7M]

The Dalemitrian thing sounds Raelian inspired. If the N7 Day video's nod to the opening scene of Contact is a hint to the Ark's origin it could open up the possibility that religious hubris might overcome skepticism if a message with construction plans or even a ship shows up from Andromeda to save the faithful. Bring humans, lots of humans...

[MrFob]

Two words: Insufficient funds.

 

Has to be a Council project.

 

Or Cerberus. Those two words don't exist for them after all.

[SwobyJ]

If there's an ark, there will be a salvation theme.

 

Don't get your pants in a twist though, some of you. Reapers were dark angels of death in religious mythos too. Themes. Symbols.

[Miserybot]

The, WHO?