Leaving Between ME 2 & 3 and Shepard's Involvement in AI

For me the time when the arks are starting is a Problem.

If I remember correct, we saw too much battleships at the final fight of Sol in ME3. In ME1 they say that the humans are allowed to have 6 Battleships, and they had 5 finished and one in building Progress. After ME1 the humans become part of the council what increased the allowed number of Battleships.

1. How can the humans build a battleship fleet when their shipyards are buisy building the Ark? The number of trained technicans and engeneers is limited.

2. Same with the salarians. They build a whole cloakable battleship fleet. How can they do that when the most worker are building the ark?

3. The reapers. The News will talking about such a big Project. You know the News, they call someone who be an expert on his area and Show you a graphic with an estimated direction of the arc. At the Point the reapers arrive the arks are only a few month on their way. Close enough the catch them for the reapers.

My opinion would be, that the arks start closely before ME1. If they already on their way at ME1 there is nothing more to speak for the News and the distance would be much bigger, so the reapers wouldn´t find them easiely. And, if the arks start before ME1 there could be the Impression for the reapers, that they are no threat, because they don´t know anything about them.

There are Quantum Communicator in the Mass effect universe. Real time communication with endless range, perfect to Keep the contact to the arks. But the Quantum Communicators have a weak Point: It is a two way communication System, means, if one device is detroyed, it couln´t be replaced. If the reapers don´t destroy them with their attack on earth, palavan and thessia than I think the Project Crew will destroy them to protect the arks. Also destroy any detailed data about the arks. Till the Arrival of the reapers at earth at the beginning of ME3 they could still send the arks data like Software updates for the ark Systems or blueprints for ship Upgrades and weapons.

All that would explain, why sheapard doesn´t say anything about the arks. The thematic is closed. You couldn´t do anything for or against the ark.

The point of connection between the two series should be Alec Ryder and not Shepard. IE Shepard does not know much about the AI, if anything, but Ryder knows Shepard. So Ryder could easily say to Shepard 'hey you know Shepard there is this thing I am apart of. Its an expedition and...long story short...but if you could record a message for us leaving that would be great, thanks.'

Personally though I doubt we will see any real connection given that Shepard themselves is a rather important game play choice. he gender of Shepard varies greatly.

Nah, aside the "Goodbye" message, the only involvement of Shep in the AI would be:

I think they would have been well served to release a remastered edition of the original trilogy in which they wove in a few things about the AI. Maybe even use Mike Fest's idea about declining and recommending the senior Ryder, throw in a construction station in the background in ME1 when doing the Luna mission and overhearing a couple news reports in ME2 when visiting the Citadel or Illium for example. Maybe a few other trivial things to sell the illusion to segue into MEA.

I dunno... it seems as though recommending someone for the AI would be a bit of a backhanded compliment.

"Hey, this guy is great, just who you're looking for. Now take him a gajillion miles away."

How could shepard have known about a mission to escape the plot?

No-win scenario, then people would be here bitching how they defiled the sacred trilogy with their filthy retcon to provide an alibi for Andromeda. Probably with significant overlap with the people currently complaining that Andromeda and the trilogy aren't connected closely enough.

True enough, people will bitch either way, so let's go with logic winning out on this one.  Yeah, I know, that's like asking Bioware for good hair.  Probably not gonna happen.

To escape the plot 

Headcannon to the rescue!

I really want Shep to know nothing about Andromeda Initiative. He/She has no need to know as his/her responsibility is front lines against reapers for whom such knowledge would be of interest and i don't want them using their hand of god to go back in time and fiddle with my character and their knowledge and motivations.