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[dreamgazer]

But didn't Citadel retcon that to be a lie?

In a roundabout way. That was the first step toward making that scene worse.

[LiechockiRJ]

 

 

Reapers?

 

haha, this guy is the best. You almost have to rub a Reaper in his face to makes him believe.

 

Back on topic: this is an interesting question. and why they move? 

Maybe people do not want to live in a world where everything has changed. Aka: a world where there is a mad false God in control of giant metallic mites, where any opposition is destroyed?

Bioware have the courage to do this? nééééé

[Kabooooom]

haha, this guy is the best. You almost have to rub a Reaper in his face to makes him believe.

Back on topic: this is an interesting question. and why they move?
Maybe people do not want to live in a world where everything has changed. Aka: a world where there is a mad false God in control of giant metallic mites, where any opposition is destroyed?
Bioware have the courage to do this? nééééé

Except it was all BS. The Citadel Archives proved the Council believed Shepard all along, but they publically denied the Reaper threat.

In ME2, they probably deny it to his face because he is working for a human terrorist organization. They basically cut him off or only agree to reinstate his spectre status as more of a ceremonial sort of thing.

So really, the Council believed the Reaper threat from the end of ME1 to the beginning of ME3 - pretty much 2.5 years of planning time for research into the Reapers or constructing an Ark project.

And many higher ups in the Alliance believed Shep too (and most importantly, Hackett did) and directly funded at least two different research projects involving the Reapers during that time. They were also fully aware that the Leviathan of Dis was a Reaper corpse.

But publically, except for Hackett and Anderson, the Alliance denied the Reapers existed too.

EDIT: this was also an interesting retcon when the Citadel DLC came out. Showing the Council had always believed Shep leaves plenty of room for writing in a secret Ark project for Andromeda. Bioware may not need to hand wave as much as people think.

[LiechockiRJ]

Except it was all BS. The Citadel Archives proved the Council believed Shepard all along, but they publically denied the Reaper threat.

Forget about that.

and yes, Hackett ALWAYS belive in Shepard. He's a ****** boss. The game tries to put you in the role of Anderson's protégé, but really....all my respect goes to Hackett.

[prosthetic soul]

They left the second the Reapers attacked. 

 

"ahahah, later suckers!"

[Kabooooom]

Forget about that.

and yes, Hackett ALWAYS belive in Shepard. He's a ****** boss. The game tries to put you in the role of Anderson's protégé, but really....all my respect goes to Hackett.

Hackett is one of my favorite characters in the story. He is, in fact, a total boss.

[AlanC9]

They left the second the Reapers attacked.

"ahahah, later suckers!"

I'll bet this is actually true.

[Kabooooom]

I'll bet this is actually true.

Although the trailer confirms the Arks in orbit around a pre-war Earth, it doesn't tell us anything about when that actually was...and you know what, those shuttles are flying awfully fast and frantically towards the Arks in that cutscene. I bet they will bail right at the start of the invasion too.

[Malanek]

Leaving just before the Reapers attack makes it more dramatic and would be a tie to the last game. It also avoids any real decision that would require the need for an import file like genophage cure. I think it likely that this was not a governmental project but rather a private one. Also of interest is that they likely recruited people not by telling them about Reapers, but by selling it as a new colony away from mass relays (not mentioning it was Andromeda). At point of departure they may have been told the full truth.

[Xanphal]

Post Thessia.  Continuity of civilization to consider...

This is what I assumed. When the the team come back from Thessia the Councillor kinda implies that something like the Ark project is going to take place.

 

My question is: what is it that is making people assume that the Ark ship going to Andromeda is a human exclusive endeavour? Have I missed a leak about the game somewhere? My personal assumption is that it would be a joint project with any race who wanted to send people away from the Reaper threat, based on the fact that, from the trailers, there are clearly other races in Andromeda that came from our galaxy. 

[N7M]

At a guess, it begins before the Reaper invasion of Earth but the arks don't leave the Milky Way until sometime later during ME3 giving Shadow Broker agents time to stow a copy of Liara's galactic record aboard an ark.

[Kabooooom]

It's also possible that they don't leave at the same time. Three are seen in orbit around Earth, but that doesn't mean all three leave Earth at the start of the Reaper War. It's possible the human ark left, and the other two go to fill up on Asari, Turians or whatever. Then, when Thessia falls, the Councilor tells the Asari ark that it's a go and they depart.

[Monk]

Spoiler

Except it was all BS. The Citadel Archives proved the Council believed Shepard all along, but they publically denied the Reaper threat.

In ME2, they probably deny it to his face because he is working for a human terrorist organization. They basically cut him off or only agree to reinstate his spectre status as more of a ceremonial sort of thing.

So really, the Council believed the Reaper threat from the end of ME1 to the beginning of ME3 - pretty much 2.5 years of planning time for research into the Reapers or constructing an Ark project.

And many higher ups in the Alliance believed Shep too (and most importantly, Hackett did) and directly funded at least two different research projects involving the Reapers during that time. They were also fully aware that the Leviathan of Dis was a Reaper corpse.

But publically, except for Hackett and Anderson, the Alliance denied the Reapers existed too.

EDIT: this was also an interesting retcon when the Citadel DLC came out. Showing the Council had always believed Shep leaves plenty of room for writing in a secret Ark project for Andromeda. Bioware may not need to hand wave as much as people think.

 

As long as we get some great shadow play, and asari! Gotta have those differently, not-really-different asari included as well.

 

 

Although the trailer confirms the Arks in orbit around a pre-war Earth, it doesn't tell us anything about when that actually was...and you know what, those shuttles are flying awfully fast and frantically towards the Arks in that cutscene. I bet they will bail right at the start of the invasion too.

 

That would definitely change the context of "We made it."

[Kabooooom]

As long as we get some great shadow play, and asari! Gotta have those differently, not-really-different asari included as well.



That would definitely change the context of "We made it."

To me, it's equally plausible that "we made it" is exasperation/surprise that the Ark physically, actually made it to Andromeda. Before this, the longest spacefaring voyage was that if the Quarians, 300 years. And their ships were falling apart. The Andromeda journey will be nearly twice that time, with no way to repair, refuel, or discharge their ships. No one has attempted anything like it before.

[UpUpAway]

It's also possible that they don't leave at the same time. Three are seen in orbit around Earth, but that doesn't mean all three leave Earth at the start of the Reaper War. It's possible the human ark left, and the other two go to fill up on Asari, Turians or whatever. Then, when Thessia falls, the Councilor tells the Asari ark that it's a go and they depart.

 

Why are we assuming that because 3 are shown in orbit around earth that those are the only 3 that are ever built?  Why not, for example, say their were 12 built (3 for each council race)?... with the same picture happening in orbit around each council homeworld, not all at the exact same time but a various times... some leaving worlds under attack, some leaving later.  Why stop at just council races?  Why not allocate 3 ARKs to the volus, and 2 or 3 to the hanar and drell together, etc.

 

My Shepard collected a huge amount of resources between ME1 and ME2 that really just "went missing" long before the crucible was even started.

[The Dystopian Hound]

I don't want to guess. I'd rather know.

[AlanC9]

Might as well speculate until we do know.