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Post by swagmaster97 on Nov 10, 2016 20:11:26 GMT
Big, tough, alpha, captain heroman/Alec Ryder is our Heroes father. He is an elite Alliance marine with the iconic N7 designation, and was one of the first human explorers to map some milkyway relay (or so I've read).
...and he will probably die/go missing/be taken prisoner early on, so that we can be the hero of the big cool adventure.
But what about dear old mom? Will she die long before the story begins, similar to Hawke's father? Fail to be mentioned similar to spacer Shepard's dad? Who was she? A soldier/scientist/civilian?
Or my favourite theory... Gian (Jian?) is our mother. Probably not the case, it just occurred to me while herself and Alec were standing around together during the human AI recruitment trailer. Maybe Alec volunteered to raise the kids while she devoted herself to the Andromeda Initiative?
Anyhow, what do YOU think? Will she play into the Ryder families big "secret" or will she just be a ghost of a character?
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Post by shechinah on Nov 10, 2016 20:17:15 GMT
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will we find out about where or what happened to Mama Ryder?
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Of course. Everyone has a story.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 10, 2016 20:27:13 GMT
She will probably be mentioned in the Ryder family members codex/personal history.
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Post by themikefest on Nov 10, 2016 20:32:52 GMT
After she finds out her hubby wants to join a group to go to another galaxy, she dumps the clown. The children liked the idea of exploring another galaxy, so they side with their father. Mom is currently working at Purgatory as a bartender
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Post by sageoflife on Nov 10, 2016 22:23:27 GMT
My gut says that she was a casualty of the Eden Prime War or some earlier conflict, and that's part of why her husband and children are okay with leaving the galaxy behind.
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Post by shechinah on Nov 10, 2016 22:27:24 GMT
My gut says that she was a casualty of the Eden Prime War or some earlier conflict, and that's part of why her husband and children are okay with leaving the galaxy behind.I hope there'll be multiple options the player can select for why their Ryder were fine with leaving. |
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Post by Hanako Ikezawa on Nov 10, 2016 22:32:38 GMT
My gut says that she was a casualty of the Eden Prime War or some earlier conflict, and that's part of why her husband and children are okay with leaving the galaxy behind.I hope there'll be multiple options the player can select for why their Ryder were fine with leaving. Or if they are fine with leaving at all. I think there should be options as well for you not being okay with it. |
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Post by Element Zero on Nov 10, 2016 22:49:10 GMT
She's dead.
We saw a pic of the family of three from a time when the kids were young. Was it a pic of the kids and mom, or the kids and dad? I guess we can't really say. It would make sense for it to be a pic of mom and the kids, as a keepsake of Alec's. His tags were visible in the same viewport in that scene.
Anyway, rambling concluded, I think she's dead. I'm not sure when or how she may have died. There are lots of ways to go. Alec is clearly career military. Maybe she was, too? The kids are brought up to speed on military training awfully quickly for it to be strictly via the Ai training course. Maybe they served in the Alliance in their youth? It's an idea, but not the only possibility, of course.
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Post by shechinah on Nov 10, 2016 23:09:11 GMT
I hope there'll be multiple options the player can select for why their Ryder were fine with leaving. Or if they are fine with leaving at all. I think there should be options as well for you not being okay with it. They would have to provide a reason for why they'd went on the ARK since I don't think that they could be forced along. I could see Ryder feeling like they had to go because their family, in the form of their sibling and papa, were going. Maybe with papa putting on some pressure courtesy of him secretly knowing about the Reapers. Could also be that Ryder had delayed regret about going. Hmm...
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Post by Deleted on Nov 11, 2016 0:57:12 GMT
She's dead. We saw a pic of the family of three from a time when the kids were young. Was it a pic of the kids and mom, or the kids and dad? I guess we can't really say. It would make sense for it to be a pic of mom and the kids, as a keepsake of Alec's. His tags were visible in the same viewport in that scene. Anyway, rambling concluded, I think she's dead. I'm not sure when or how she may have died. There are lots of ways to go. Alec is clearly career military. Maybe she was, too? The kids are brought up to speed on military training awfully quickly for it to be strictly via the Ai training course. Maybe they served in the Alliance in their youth? It's an idea, but not the only possibility, of course. She's not dead, she's just pining for the Fjords.
What's Ma Ryder's name? Polly ...
Polly Anne Ryder ... of course.
And she's not dead, she's just resting.
Which would be PAR for the course.
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Post by dalinne on Nov 11, 2016 1:12:24 GMT
Big, tough, alpha, captain heroman/Alec Ryder is our Heroes father. He is an elite Alliance marine with the iconic N7 designation, and was one of the first human explorers to map some milkyway relay (or so I've read). ...and he will probably die/go missing/be taken prisoner early on, so that we can be the hero of the big cool adventure. But what about dear old mom? Will she die long before the story begins, similar to Hawke's father? Fail to be mentioned similar to spacer Shepard's dad? Who was she? A soldier/scientist/civilian? Or my favourite theory... Gian (Jian?) is our mother. Probably not the case, it just occurred to me while herself and Alec were standing around together during the human AI recruitment trailer. Maybe Alec volunteered to raise the kids while she devoted herself to the Andromeda Initiative? Anyhow, what do YOU think? Will she play into the Ryder families big "secret" or will she just be a ghost of a character? That idea crossed my mind too! ... but I don't see if it can work. The siblings are a product of an affair maybe? Or simply Jien didn't adopt her husband's surname? Maybe they are not even married. Nah, probably mama Ryder died somehow (Sovereign Attack, Colony attack by the Collectors...) or she left for an Asari. |
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Post by saberchic on Nov 11, 2016 1:37:57 GMT
I figure Mama Ryder is dead. I haven't really cared honestly. I figure she might be mentioned once in passing, so the player knows why she isn't there.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 11, 2016 2:03:12 GMT
I would like to hear/read a well-fleshed-out story about her, and how she influenced the siblings. If ME:A Initiation can ever become a reality, that seems like a nice place for us to read about her personal story.
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Post by jediguardian on Nov 11, 2016 3:22:09 GMT
Who know, Maybe she still alive and well. Maybe she even go to Andromeda with us (maybe by Nexus) And Bioware just hide this from us.
Maybe She divorce from our father or maybe she just our biological mother. This can cause a lot of drama when they reconnect at Andromeda.
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Post by KaiserShep on Nov 11, 2016 4:50:44 GMT
No one likes to talk about her after she went nuts and got herself blown up in the Bahak system.
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Post by zipzap2000 on Nov 11, 2016 9:30:14 GMT
Big, tough, alpha, captain heroman/Alec Ryder is our Heroes father. He is an elite Alliance marine with the iconic N7 designation, and was one of the first human explorers to map some milkyway relay (or so I've read). ...and he will probably die/go missing/be taken prisoner early on, so that we can be the hero of the big cool adventure. But what about dear old mom? Will she die long before the story begins, similar to Hawke's father? Fail to be mentioned similar to spacer Shepard's dad? Who was she? A soldier/scientist/civilian? Or my favourite theory... Gian (Jian?) is our mother. Probably not the case, it just occurred to me while herself and Alec were standing around together during the human AI recruitment trailer. Maybe Alec volunteered to raise the kids while she devoted herself to the Andromeda Initiative? Anyhow, what do YOU think? Will she play into the Ryder families big "secret" or will she just be a ghost of a character? Heart breaking lost ark-ship with mom on board? Never heard from again till the fourth installment? Dead after giving birth, causing a rift between the siblings? Killed in the battle of the Citadel or more likely Eden Prime, leading to Alec giving up on the Milky Way and leaving? Helena Blake? Evil? Indoctrinated? Jien Garson? |
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Post by Deleted on Nov 11, 2016 9:58:28 GMT
Pfft, BioWare is all about daddy's and complicated relationships with their brood. How many more times can they tell this story? Ryder's mother will likely be a passing mention, Codex entry, and completely devoted to in a book outside the game. I don't mind the last bit, I'd read the hell out of it, and probably enjoy it. I just find it disappointing that yet again BioWare is going to have a father and son/daughter relationship again, rather than do something different, and maybe explore a mother's relationship with her son/daughter, that doesn't go down the same route as Liara and Benezia  The 'Daddification' of Video Games just seems to keep growing... (Gears 4... Dishonored 2...) |
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Post by Absafraginlootly on Nov 11, 2016 11:15:09 GMT
I suspect she's probably dead yeah.
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Post by 10k on Nov 11, 2016 11:54:12 GMT
I'll say she's probably dead, because we know we can customize the father. It would be weird for us to have a random mother. The only way I see her popping up is if she will have a full body suit with helmet so we can't see her face. Come to think of it, the N7 female on the gameinformer cover could possibly be her.
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Post by swagmaster97 on Nov 11, 2016 18:33:06 GMT
Pfft, BioWare is all about daddy's and complicated relationships with their brood. How many more times can they tell this story? Ryder's mother will likely be a passing mention, Codex entry, and completely devoted to in a book outside the game. I don't mind the last bit, I'd read the hell out of it, and probably enjoy it. I just find it disappointing that yet again BioWare is going to have a father and son/daughter relationship again, rather than do something different, and maybe explore a mother's relationship with her son/daughter, that doesn't go down the same route as Liara and Benezia The 'Daddification' of Video Games just seems to keep growing... (Gears 4... Dishonored 2...) I am trying to think of an example of a mother and child story and I am stumped. I mean TLOU & the Walking Dead Game (the good one) were fantastic, but the closest I can think of is if you play as the mom in Fallout 4, though the relationship you can build with your son is rather limited. Personally, I am excited to see how my characters relationship with his (and eventually her) father plays out. |
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Post by Ahriman on Nov 11, 2016 18:35:12 GMT
I'll say she's probably dead, because we know we can customize the father. It would be weird for us to have a random mother. The only way I see her popping up is if she will have a full body suit with helmet so we can't see her face. Come to think of it, the N7 female on the gameinformer cover could possibly be her. Not happening. "We also worked with BioWare to give you two gorgeous covers – one for each of the Ryder twins. You can see them in their full glory below." www.gameinformer.com/b/news/archive/2016/11/07/december-cover-revealed-mass-effect-andromeda-n7n7-kljdsfjklp.aspx |
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Post by dalinne on Nov 11, 2016 18:38:44 GMT
Maybe she is not dead and she will be something relevant in books or in hypothetic second game?
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Post by RageUnderFire on Nov 11, 2016 18:47:36 GMT
Getting tag teamed by some Khet
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Post by MrR40 on Nov 11, 2016 19:09:22 GMT
" Cerberus "
Nobody mentioned them, so there. Whatever happened to ma Ryder, it was Cerberus.
But in all seriousness there could be a number of tropes tied to her story.
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Post by theflyingzamboni on Nov 11, 2016 19:14:54 GMT
She's dead because protagonists can't have mothers. They have to either be orphans, or only have a father. It's law. Spacer Shepard was an aberration.
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