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[cutthecameras]

Saberwolf116 wrote...

This will never happen, for several reasons:

First, the Prothean Mass Relay technology is what makes FTL speed possible. As the Protheans never incorporated other galaxies into their civilization, there would be no discharge points between galaxies, and thus, no way to travel between them.

Second, there is no need to. As galactic species have only discovered 1% of the galaxy, there's no shortage of resources, and the amount of time it would take to discover the entire galaxy is massive.

Finally, it would take thousands of years (if not more) to build Mass Relays to link to other galaxies.

Btw the Reapers made the Mass Relays and they seem to be outside of our galaxy and doing quite alright.


They may have installed the relays on other galaxies and harvested species from these other galaxies many times, why pick only organics from the Milky Way if they have access to so many others? It seems to be the only way for their numbers to be able to "darken the sky of every world"...It would certainly fit the description for 'a realm of existence so far beyond our own'.

Anyway. I don't think it would be possible for organics anytime in Shepard's lifetime, but it's certainly possible for the Reapers.

[PARAGON87]

Aside from other galaxies, what if there is another set of interconnected Mass Relays in our galaxy?

It is said that 1% of our galaxy is unexplored, so within that 99%, maybe there is another Mass Relay network that has been found and interconnected by another "Council" per se, just not made up of species that we know about??

It seems far-fetched, but possible because we do not know how many Mass Relays there are out there. 

Hell, the Council may not be the strongest force in our galaxy, some one other than us or the Reapers may be (Would set up an interesting ME3 dynamic, if true.)

Modifié par PARAGON87, 22 février 2010 - 03:46 .

[OH-UP-THIS!]

-Area51-Silent wrote...

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...?

This coming from an area thats' so secret, the people who work there, have little knowledge of what they're doing.

J/K.
however there is one subject nobody has been able to correctly answer.
Once a vessel achieves FTL, and in Deep Space(aka no planets or stars), who's to say, you couldn't "coast" for days on end, without needing to refire the engines?

[DaeJi]

Given the level of technology in the Mass Effect universe, travel to other galaxies is far beyond the realm of possibilities, even for the Reapers. Remember, Sovereign didn't zip across the universe under its own power, it used the Mass Relays. If a Reaper cannot cross one galaxy without the aide of Mass Relays, then travel outside the Milky Way is out of the question. As for the "they have lived for hundreds of millions of years" thing, they stay out in Dark Space conversing energy for their galactic genocide campaign hobby. Travel to other galaxies will drain them of massive amounts of energy, ruining their timeline.

[Serogon]

Well, the Reapers clearly have technology that allows them to not need to discharge their drive cores. What's to say we won't manage to salvage some after (if) we beat them?

[Computron2000]

ohupthis wrote...
Once a vessel achieves FTL, and in Deep Space(aka no planets or stars), who's to say, you couldn't "coast" for days on end, without needing to refire the engines?

Can't happen. To reach FTL, you either are massless or you are using some form of temporal disortion or you are using a form of space that normal light limits do not apply (aka hyperspace).

All these 3 types require constant energy, once the energy is removed, you drop out of FTL and your first concern is not your speed but whether your ship structure is shaking itself to pieces. Then your maximum speed would be based off how high your structural integrity can handle. Even then you would need constant course corrections as gravity from various objects such as comets/planets/stars/etc affect you.

If we are doing non FTL (such as mechwarrior's dropships), then yes accelerating, coasting then reversing course half way and firing thrusters to slow yourself down is the normal method of travel

[DaeJi]

Serogon wrote...

Well, the Reapers clearly have technology that allows them to not need to discharge their drive cores. What's to say we won't manage to salvage some after (if) we beat them?

When did we learn that they didn't have to discharge? Sure, they probably need to discharge less, but they still build up energy, same as other starships.

[TrueHD]

Galaxies of Mass Effect.



2013. PC only.

[OH-UP-THIS!]

Aren't Drive-cores designed to hide their 'signature', while travelling?

Somehow I get the impression, in regards to Reapers, that they're not too worried about being seen.

As such, disguising would only be needed as a stealth tactic, not only as a means to travel.

[Serogon]

DaeJi wrote...

Serogon wrote...

Well, the Reapers clearly have technology that allows them to not need to discharge their drive cores. What's to say we won't manage to salvage some after (if) we beat them?

When did we learn that they didn't have to discharge? Sure, they probably need to discharge less, but they still build up energy, same as other starships.

Well, they're shown just flying towards the Milky Way, and there isn't any way for them to discharge out there.

[marshalleck]

Saberwolf116 wrote...

This will never happen, for several reasons:

First, the Prothean Mass Relay technology is what makes FTL speed possible. As the Protheans never incorporated other galaxies into their civilization, there would be no discharge points between galaxies, and thus, no way to travel between them.

Second, there is no need to. As galactic species have only discovered 1% of the galaxy, there's no shortage of resources, and the amount of time it would take to discover the entire galaxy is massive.

Finally, it would take thousands of years (if not more) to build Mass Relays to link to other galaxies.

Wow. It's like you never played the first game. I didn't think it would be possible for anyone to go through ME1 and miss the biggest twist/revelation of the whole series.

[Hejhej1234]

The reapers created the giant mass effect fields around which the matter of the universe is swirling into, read: galaxies.
And in the middle of each galaxy, is a reaper factory.

Why? To isolate parts of the universe to make the harvesting more efficient, much like the relay system inside each galaxy.

The mind-boggling and horrible truth.

Modifié par Hejhej1234, 22 février 2010 - 04:21 .

[Reptilian Rob]

Andromeda, our closest neighboring galaxy would take millions of years to travel to at light speed. Even with the Mass Effect relay we are talking about thousands of years, it can't be done unless you want a REALLY long load screen.

[marshalleck]

TrueHD wrote...

Galaxies of Mass Effect.

2013. PC only.

For as much as people hate this idea, I'm thinking full size Citadel with seamless transitions between the Presidium and the ward arms would be pretty awesome.

[DarkNova50]

Maybe ME3 will revolve around Shepard unlocking the potential of the Mass Relays, and using them to travel to other galaxies to recruit all organic species from multiple galaxies to fight the Reapers in a cataclysmic battle the likes of which the universe has not seen before, and will never see again!



Either that or shooting the Turian Councilor out a mass accelerator at the Reaper fleet.

[DaeJi]

The Mass Relays connect with each other; in order for them to work there had to be another one for them to send a ship too. Unless the Reapers built Mass Relays in other galaxies (highly unlikely) then they cannot be used for travel to other galaxies.

[tvai]

The reapers harvest multiple galaxies.



They give up on the Milky Way after the collector base is destroyed.



In ME3, you get to plan Shep's retirement.



Remeber, your choices could affect the entire galaxy!

[Randy1012]

Reptilian Rob wrote...

Andromeda, our closest neighboring galaxy would take millions of years to travel to at light speed. Even with the Mass Effect relay we are talking about thousands of years, it can't be done unless you want a REALLY long load screen.

Travel through a mass relay is near-instantaneous, so if there's a primary relay in the Milky Way linked to a primary relay in Andromeda, it should work the same way. Unless even primary relays don't have enough power to catapult ships that far, in which case they could have installed a sort of "bridge" between the two galaxies so a ship could travel from one primary relay, to one between the galaxies, and then go from that middle one to a relay in Andromeda. Although I don't see the Reapers having a need for such a thing; they've got everything they'll ever need right there in the Milky Way.

[PavelNovotny]

Isn't the Citadel really one big mass relay that points out into the space between galaxies? Given that, why is it so hard to imagine a Citadel sized mass relay that connects galaxies?

[DaeJi]

PavelNovotny wrote...

Isn't the Citadel really one big mass relay that points out into the space between galaxies? Given that, why is it so hard to imagine a Citadel sized mass relay that connects galaxies?

The Citadel connects to another massive Mass Relay in Dark Space where the Reapers are. Again, in order for any kind of Mass Relay to work there has to be an A point and a B point. Unless their are relays already in other galaxies, which is doubtful, then that technology  is worthless for travel beyond the Milky Way.

[jimmyjoefro]

As much as it intrigues me to ponder what lies in other galaxies, as it was mentioned earlier, less than 1% of the Milky Way has ever been visited by current civilization. That leaves me even more interested in what lies undiscovered in our own backyard.

Modifié par jimmyjoefro, 22 février 2010 - 04:32 .

[Randy1012]

EDIT: Wrong thread.

Modifié par Randy1083, 22 février 2010 - 04:35 .

[The_mango55]

jimmyjoefro wrote...

As much as it intrigues me to ponder what lies in other galaxies, as it was mentioned earlier, less than 1% of the Milky Way has ever been visited by current civilization. That leaves me even more interested in what lies undiscovered in our own backyard.

Indeed, the council races wanting to go to another galaxy would be like Christopher Columbus planning to go to the moon.

Despite what Tali says, the resources in the Milky Way are far from scarce, in fact they are mind-bogglingly vast.

[Harcken]

I have a feeling that after the trilogy is completed, further entries into the series will introduce a new storyline stemming from another galaxy. Whether it be another threat, a sort of "exploration" quest, or some such other, I don't know, but I doubt we'll be confined to the Milky Way for the rest of the franchise.

[Reptilian Rob]

Randy1083 wrote...

Reptilian Rob wrote...

Andromeda, our closest neighboring galaxy would take millions of years to travel to at light speed. Even with the Mass Effect relay we are talking about thousands of years, it can't be done unless you want a REALLY long load screen.

Travel through a mass relay is near-instantaneous, so if there's a primary relay in the Milky Way linked to a primary relay in Andromeda, it should work the same way. Unless even primary relays don't have enough power to catapult ships that far, in which case they could have installed a sort of "bridge" between the two galaxies so a ship could travel from one primary relay, to one between the galaxies, and then go from that middle one to a relay in Andromeda. Although I don't see the Reapers having a need for such a thing; they've got everything they'll ever need right there in the Milky Way.

True, but they never explain exactly how fast a ship travels through the Mass Effect relays. I'm guessing it's faster than light speed, but I doubt it would be instintanious travel to another galaxy.