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[XX55XX]

I know it's not integral to the plot or anything, but:

What about the billions of other galaxies in the universe? The game doesn't speak of them very much at all. Is there life in other galaxies? Have anybody in the Milky Way even attempted to visit, like say, the Andomeda Galaxy, which is 2.5 million light years away? Is there a mass relay that leads to other galaxies?

The characters of Mass Effect certainly do not spend very much time talking about the possibilities...

Something to definitely ponder about.

[DeathsHands5]

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That's way beyond the scope of what could be considered important.

[Randy1012]

Yeah, the Milky Way is already big enough, and the species that make up the interstellar community have only explored about 1% of it. There's not much point in worrying about Andromeda, or the galaxies beyond. That said, with the Reapers having existed for at least 37 million years (and very likely more than that), it's certainly possible that they could have contacted another galaxy, though they probably wouldn't have much need to do so.

[XX55XX]

Bump. Want some more thoughts.

[The Angry One]

The Reapers have been retarding true development in the milky way for millions of years, the same may not be true of other galaxies.

There may be beings in them that make Reapers run and hide.

[Skilled Seeker]

ME3 plot twist:



YOU ARE ANDOMEDA!

[Skilled Seeker]

The Angry One wrote...

The Reapers have been retarding true development in the milky way for millions of years, the same may not be true of other galaxies.
There may be beings in them that make Reapers run and hide.

Whos to say the Reapers don't have a cycle of harvesting many galaxies rather than just the Milky Way? I certainly wouldn't put it past them since we know so little of their origin.

[Skarwael]

I would think that because other galaxies are so outrageously far away, people give them little thought. Much like people pay little mind to how big our galaxy is compared to our planet (in our time).

[BeyondFX]

Skarwael wrote...

I would think that because other galaxies are so outrageously far away, people give them little thought. Much like people pay little mind to how big our galaxy is compared to our planet (in our time).

This. The only reason we can even traverse the galaxy is because of the mass relays. Our galaxy is over 100,000 light years wide and the nearest galaxy is 2.5 million light years away... so the chance of any interaction with it is pretty much none

Modifié par BeyondFX, 22 février 2010 - 01:10 .

[marshalleck]

It's a fairly intractable problem for the current level of tech in ME. 12LY/day for a few days at a time is one thing. Maintaining that kind of speed for the hundreds or thousands of years it would take to reach other galaxies? I think it's about as unrealistic for the species in ME as FTL travel is for us in the real world.

[Computron2000]

How many people can comprehend a scope involving multiple galaxies. Not to mention when multi galactic races are involved, the technology might was well be magic as we would have no way of comprehending it. Galactic FTL is already mixing real science with much scientific placeholders.

[ace1221]

marshalleck wrote...

It's a fairly intractable problem for the current level of tech in ME. 12LY/day for a few days at a time is one thing. Maintaining that kind of speed for the hundreds or thousands of years it would take to reach other galaxies? I think it's about as unrealistic for the species in ME as FTL travel is for us in the real world.

hey FTL travel may become real in the future, you never know!
aside from this, the milky way is extremely large. why go to another galaxy when your own hood is sweet as?

[XX55XX]

Well, I would like to see BioWare mention this element in ME3. They don't need to create any new art or anything - much less design new races and worlds, but a passing musing of some asari on Illium on this subject would suffice.

[trigger2kill1]

Canis Major Dwarf galaxy is only about 25k ly away and there is another around 45k ly then the large and small megellanic clouds around 125-180 k ly relitively close by galactic standards and well within the reach of mass relays

[marshalleck]

ace1221 wrote...

hey FTL travel may become real in the future, you never know!

As improbable as it seems, I keep hoping that we'll see a breakthrough or a workaround eventually.

[XX55XX]

trigger2kill1 wrote...

Canis Major Dwarf galaxy is only about 25k ly away and there is another around 45k ly then the large and small megellanic clouds around 125-180 k ly relitively close by galactic standards and well within the reach of mass relays

Well, at 12 light years per day, it will take only 5.7 earth years to get there. Plausible, yet no one has tried yet?

Modifié par XX55XX, 22 février 2010 - 01:40 .

[XX55XX]

marshalleck wrote...

ace1221 wrote...

hey FTL travel may become real in the future, you never know!

As improbable as it seems, I keep hoping that we'll see a breakthrough or a workaround eventually.

That will probably happen when we are all long dead. And who knows if civilization doesn't die out by then?

[Skilled Seeker]

marshalleck wrote...

ace1221 wrote...

hey FTL travel may become real in the future, you never know!

As improbable as it seems, I keep hoping that we'll see a breakthrough or a workaround eventually.

Just wait till we uncover that Prothean data catche on mars

[marshalleck]

XX55XX wrote...

marshalleck wrote...

ace1221 wrote...

hey FTL travel may become real in the future, you never know!

As improbable as it seems, I keep hoping that we'll see a breakthrough or a workaround eventually.

That will probably happen when we are all long dead. And who knows if civilization doesn't die out by then?

Yeah, who knows. Hey, I'm a reasonable guy. I would absolutely be willing to settle for more conventional sub-light speeds if it meant I could take a nice retirement vacation to orbit Mars decades from now.

[marshalleck]

XX55XX wrote...

trigger2kill1 wrote...

Canis Major Dwarf galaxy is only about 25k ly away and there is another around 45k ly then the large and small megellanic clouds around 125-180 k ly relitively close by galactic standards and well within the reach of mass relays

Well, at 12 light years per day, it will day 5.7 earth years to get there. Plausible, yet no one has tried yet?

Well the problem is you can't maintain FTL indefinitely. You have to stop and discharge your drive into a planetary magnetic field, and obviously there are no planets in intergalactic space.

[Computron2000]

XX55XX wrote...

trigger2kill1 wrote...

Canis Major Dwarf galaxy is only about 25k ly away and there is another around 45k ly then the large and small megellanic clouds around 125-180 k ly relitively close by galactic standards and well within the reach of mass relays

Well, at 12 light years per day, it will day 5.7 earth years to get there. Plausible, yet no one has tried yet?

Likely no one has an idea on a route where there are safe ways to discharge the core's static electrical charge. Life support might also be a problem as carrying that amount of food, water, air might be non feasible.

Of course they could just throw everyone into deep freeze, install an AI pilot and hope for the best.

[CatatonicMan]

Why bother traveling to another galaxy? Just wait for one to come to you.

Unless, of course, some troublesome person decided it would be a good idea to strip-mine the milky way...

Modifié par CatatonicMan, 22 février 2010 - 01:42 .

[-Area51-Silent]

I think it would make for an intersting concept (post trilogy) for the Mass Effect universe to have a "council" space first encounter with another galaxy. The idea gives a lot of expansion ability to the game, and allows the developers to add to the story with new antagonists.



This perhaps could happen in the future (well after Commander Shepard), with a new hero, new technology etc...?

[The_mango55]

You have to discharge your drives every few days.



No planets to discharge them between galaxies.

[IronVanguard]

Ah yes, "other galaxies"



Large groups of stars that are not our own far, far away.

We have dismissed these claims.