Mass Effect: Andromeda N7 Day Trailer!

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Since I like them so much, I'm just gonna pretend the bubble helmets are made out of Transparent Aluminium or whatever, with the occasional unfortunate 'inconsistency'--a little like how some of the windows on the Enterprise-D's saucer shatter while she's demolishing a small forest in Generations, even though they're supposed to be as strong as the rest of the hull...







(Annnd now I'm crying.   Oh, Enterprise, you deserved so much better than to be blown up by a fifty year old Bird of Prey!)

*ahem*

Anyways, I - like most people, I'm guessing - actually have a theory or two on exactly what might've prompted the Andromeda Initiative's formation back in the 2170s - beyond a simple desire to explore, which will certainly be Jeanne-Luc Ryder's primary motivation, for obvious reasons - but they're probably completely wrong...

Or has there been...? Dun dun dunnnnn.

Mac and Aaryn keep hinting at a "Galactic Secret", which I assume involves the Remnant, but may not. We and/or the Kett will likely awaken some terrible menace with our dungeon-delving arms race. It would be nice if the story proved less predictable and more varied.

I started to explain this conundrum, and my curiosity as to how MEA will address it, to my wife the other night. She at least tried to disguise her complete lack of interest.

Deep sea would be great!

I noticed something that few seem to be commenting on, yet, in the GI articles. The devs say that instead of exploring horizontal (surface) slices of worlds, we will be exploring vertical slices. So, it seems we will be going subterranean, and maybe even under the seas, likely in search of this crazy tech we seem to need so badly.

Agreed. I've wondered if maybe the Kett aren't simply the most powerful and/or aggressive of many, and our arrival tips the balance in an existing war or antagonistic situation. It seems we may inadvertently drop out of FTL on their front lawn, unwanted.

I'm also wondering, now, if maybe the Kett have never seen Mass Effect technology, prior to our arrival. That scene with the artificial "gravity well" didn't seem all that strange for a setting full of mass effect tech. The Kett, though, seemed very intrigued. (Admittedly, there's likely a lot going on at that Remnant site that I can't begin to guess.)

The kett also seemed intrigued by Ryder. Maybe it's not because of Ryder's "messianic mark" this time, but simply because of biotic potential? Because Ryder manipulates dark energy? We don't have to train as a biotic; but with a classless system, now, all Ryders will have that potential. It could be that will be acknowledged in the story. (I hope so, for the sake of internal logic. One does not simply grow eezo nodules and an amp upon respeccing into biotic skills.)

If we introduce Mass Effect technology to a star cluster that never before had it, we could be drastically altering the existing balance of power, their future development, etc... Add to that the arms race for Remnant tech, and things get interesting.

I look forward to meeting the other species of the Heleus Cluster. While I hope our interactions with the Kett aren't entirely antagonistic, they're clearly the enemy. These other species will be the peoples we need to befriend in order to survive. We'll likely acquire some squaddies from these species.

Edit: Alternately, it would be interesting to learn that we'd been fighting "the wrong enemy" the entire time, due to getting off to a bad start with the Kett. They could turn out to not be the real bad guys, but the more sympathetic species, in the end. Who can say, at this point? It seems clear that we will be fighting a lot of Kett in this game, so I'd be surprised if they ended up too "good", in the end. That's not BioWare's style.

I like the way you think. But standarts of "Precursors" trope require protagonist to be more compatible with ancient technology than others.