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[Lt.Boom]

i would have the ENTIRE allince fleet defend earth while the quarain migrant Fleet plus the inter-species fleet defend the citadel

[Keltoris]

Anthropophobic wrote...

As a long-time resident of Earth, I would sacrifice it for the Citadel. The Citadel is just so much more interesting, and Earth is ugly and boring and stupid. The sooner I get off this planet, the better.

[Festeryouth82]

I thought that The Citadel was a mass relay for the reapers?

Where does it say that it connects all other relays together?

Either way I would save The Citadel

[Sir_Cabbage]

the citidel... It is home to a lot of species, but it isnt the HOMEWORLD of any of them. The keepers were forced there by the reapers, so I dont count them. Point is, people could evacuate the citidel faster with all the ships around it, and it wouldnt turn any species into one on the endangered species list

[fogofeternity]

Festeryouth82 wrote...

I thought that The Citadel was a mass relay for the reapers?
Where does it say that it connects all other relays together?
Either way I would save The Citadel

In ME1 Vigil explains that the Reapers use the Citadel to shut down all the other mass relays, thus isolating all the planets around that mass relay. They then travel to them one by one and wipe them out, with no organised response possible.

Presumably that means that the Citadel also allows for the selective activating of mass relays, so that the Reapers could turn on the one they were going to visit, fly through and wipe out the people around that mass relay, and then jump back to the Citadel to repeat.

[manwiththemachinegun]

As a subquestion.

Why haven't we been able to vist Earth yet on a quest? Sure, zipping around saving the galaxy is awesome. But you'd think we'd at least be able to poke around future Earth for a while. It'd be interesting to see.

[Monochrome Wench]

I'd sacrifice the Citadel for reasons stated by others. As far as the Mass Relays being disabled, I'd imagine that it might work similar to the Omega 4 relay. A Reaper IFF might be enough to allow travel through as 'secured' relay. Pure supposition on my part of course. Result of that though might be the Cerberus is the only group that can travel the relays. Can't say Cerberus would be unhappy with that outcome.

Modifié par Monochrome Wench, 05 février 2010 - 02:59 .

[GnusmasTHX]

Wow. I've been thinking that this may be the final big decision myself.



I for one kind of want Earth to be destroyed. Then we become Nomadic spacefarers like the quarians, but no one messes with us and we become the stuff of legend. That one race that saved all of their alien asses when they didn't even believe in our warnings.

[Juls1616]

The only thing that bothers me with picking Earth is that all other species will despise humans forever

[Tony_Knightcrawler]

The Reapers woudln't destroy the Citadel. They need it for their next cycle.

[GnusmasTHX]

Juls1616 wrote...

The only thing that bothers me with picking Earth is that all other species will despise humans forever

They'd be dead.

The Citadel isn't a homeworld.

It's LITERALLY 11 BILLION human lives, or 11 MILLION of every Citadel species INCLUDING humans.

Logical choice is Earth.

Modifié par GnusmasTHX, 05 février 2010 - 03:05 .

[Juls1616]

GnusmasTHX wrote...

Juls1616 wrote...

The only thing that bothers me with picking Earth is that all other species will despise humans forever

They'd be dead.

The Citadel isn't a homeworld.

It's LITERALLY 11 BILLION human lives, or 11 MILLION of every Citadel species INCLUDING humans.

Logical choice is Earth.

I'm not saying I would pick the Citadel, I just mean it will set humans back a little

Modifié par Juls1616, 05 février 2010 - 03:08 .

[Himmelstor]

By the numbers Earth.

By the species Earth.

By the surprise the Citadel.



Which one would the Reapers expect to be defended. Catch them off guard.

[Agamemnon2589]

I'd save the Citadel, but only because humans have thus far failed to impress me enough to save them from total annihilation. And not just in the game.

[AtreiyaN7]

As a slightly embittered Paragon (I'm looking at you Council *stare*), I'd be tempted to let the Citadel burn. However, I think I would ultimately save the Citadel over Earth. The Citadel is of greater value than the Earth for its technology, and I believe that humanity already has many colony worlds. I'd also like to be able to punch that Turian councilor in the face for his air quotes in ME2, so there'd be that to look forward to after making a huge sacrifice to save the Council's sorry butts again. I did say slightly embittered Paragon earlier after all.

Modifié par AtreiyaN7, 05 février 2010 - 03:14 .

[GnusmasTHX]

Juls1616 wrote...

GnusmasTHX wrote...

Juls1616 wrote...

The only thing that bothers me with picking Earth is that all other species will despise humans forever

They'd be dead.

The Citadel isn't a homeworld.

It's LITERALLY 11 BILLION human lives, or 11 MILLION of every Citadel species INCLUDING humans.

Logical choice is Earth.

I'm not saying I would pick the Citadel, I just mean it will set humans back a little

After the B.S in ME2 and ME1... I can't say I'd care. And I've been paragon up until the end of ME2.

I imagine it'd play out that the Reapers need the Citadel to do their grand scheme thing, so they attack it with a bunch of Reaper ships.

The Citadel fleet + Alliance are defending it and finally realize it's a fake-out and that they're really after Earth for more Reaper-babies.

So while the they're wrapping up with the diversion, Admiral Hackett, or whoever is in command of the fleet at Arcturus station are getting whooped in the space above Earth, in an epic Sci-fi space battle scene.

Suddenly the main Alliance fleet from the Citadel jumps in, with the rest of their allies. (Maybe not the Council) but the rachni, geth, krogan and quarians.

Then they either win by Shepard activating some magic-win-game-device or they legitimately win a battle against hundreds of thousands of super ships. I'm guessing the former.

I think the paragon choice would be to send the most of the S.A to the Citadel, but you get more Earth casualties, or possibly lose Earth altogether to a Reaper-Deathstar, and the Renegade choice would be to keep the entire S.A  and all alies EXCEPT the Council fleets at Earth. But you lose the Citadel, and get less Earth casualties and keep Earth.

[SomethinNothing]

If destroying the Citadel would cripple the mass relay network then obviously Earth has to go. The network helps sustain countless lives out there in the galaxy even beyond humanity itself. In addition, losing the network would weaken the galaxy as a whole and make it much easier for the Reapers to isolate populations and simply overrun them. Though it would likely take a bit longer than they had planned, it's unlikely any one population would be able to stand up to their full force even with thousands of more years of technological development.

However, if destroying the Citadel wouldn't harm the mass relay network then obviously it should go. There are more lives on Earth to save than the Citadel, and if the Reapers do gain control of it then we are basically back to the situation illustrated above, only now the Reapers can likely still use the relays to move around much more quickly while still cutting off all other societies anyway.

Modifié par SomethinNothing, 05 février 2010 - 03:36 .

[tmp7704]

RequiemValorum wrote...

I might be tempted to lose earth.

In ME earth is pretty much a backwater of civilization, still with much intra-national in fighting and areas that are still at 20th century levels of life.

It is not even home to the Systems Alliance.

Actually the Codex states Earth is "entering a new golden age. The resource wealth of a dozen settled colonies and a hundred industrial outposts flows back to Earth, fueling great works of industry, commerce, and art."

It is also named "The homeworld and capital of humanity", which sounds hardly like the backwater.

[Digital Supremacy]

I would save Earth just to say "**** you, you suborn thick headed councilors! oh and i told you so!" hate the council... lol

[Creston918]

That's a very interesting question. I think both my Sheps would sacrifice the Citadel. It's a simple numbers thing : There's many, many more people on Earth than there are on the Citadel.

Also, with the Citadel destroyed, the galaxy would perhaps finally move on from that obviously flawed system of having the Citadel being in charge of everything. A galactic government can never work, the galaxy is too large. (in fact, you can easily say the same thing for a government in charge of an entire planet.)

[Teivel]

11 billion people vs 11 million.



11,000,000,000 vs 11,000,000



Earth wins.

[Comrade Goby]

Humans are superior. An alien life for a humans? Not even a decision.



But personally I'd like to be able to take over the galaxy and install an Imperium of Man or Terran Empire with Shepard as Emperor.



Oh well.

[GnusmasTHX]

Comrade Goby wrote...

Humans are superior. An alien life for a humans? Not even a decision.

But personally I'd like to be able to take over the galaxy and install an Imperium of Man or Terran Empire with Shepard as Emperor.

Oh well.

Terran Confederacy, you mean.

Which suck in comparison to an Imperium of Man.

We should start calling the Terminus Systems "Segmentum Obscuris"