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8 years ago

Could more of the Milky Way be coming?

Just finished playing through the original trilogy twice. The extended ending definitely makes it a little easier to take.

I wonder though, if the final battle took place in 2186(7?) and ideally the green synthesis ending was completed (or even the blue control ending), wouldn't the people in the Milky Way be vastly more advanced technologically by the time the Andromeda initiative got to their destination?

It is 630+ years later. More than enough time to rebuild the Mass Effect relays, clean up all the destruction, and take some advantage of the millions of years of knowledge the Reapers had accumulated.

What if the people in the Milky Way discover how to travel to other galaxies 10x (or any multiple really) faster than what the ships of the Andromeda fleet could obtain? wormholes, folding space, who knows..

Wouldn't they want to know what happened to the Andromeda fleet? Maybe not more colony ships, but at least a small exploration fleet.

Hmm.. the possibilities.

33 Replies

Anonymous
8 years ago
Why not just do what some fanfictions say and have Shep do what he/she does best? use their 30+? Charisasma to tell the catalyst to leabe them alone and pretty much convince it to stop the cycle .. and for the krogan thing? th cure was they can only have one child every few years
EgoMania
Seasoned Ace
8 years ago
CasperTheLich wrote:
assuming the matched pairs back in the milkyway are still functioning, still haven't figured out how that whole QEC system works... so, i guess i have to go with space magic.

Hehe, I always feel a bit torn when it comes to magic versus science. It's cool to figure out how things work but at the same time when you do, the magic's gone...if you know what I mean.
jpcerutti1
8 years ago
@CasperTheLich wrote:

@jpcerutti1 wrote:

As soon as you can explain the hard science of mass effect I'll be happy to explain QEC. At least Quantum Entanglement is actual theory. 🙂

Short answer is if you generate two (or more) particles by splitting they will always have a total (X) for measurement. If you separate them they will still maintain that (X) value. If you then modify one set/particle to be different ( X - 1) the other will instantaneously compensate to maintain the total value (become X + 1). You could use that to form code to communicate with - limited only by the speed you could alter the particles... and your ability to maintain both parts of the divided set of particles.

i at least get that much, however, i fail to see how they patched several additional QEC com channels into a single device, as that's what it looked like in me3... unless it was just anderson who had the matching com unit, and regular coms were integrated into the normandy's unit. oh, i guess it doesn't matter, especially 640 years in the future.

Early in the original series I think it was only a direct line, but, if you were establishing a network, if you can harness a single particle there's no reason you couldn't also harness a second (or more) and establish chains or circles of QEC that would relay messages amongst themselves. If you made the network a circle it would take the loss of two QEC to isolate anyone, and, if you added more to daisy chain to lessen the number of repeating stations, it would take the loss of more and more to completely isolate any QEC.