Andromeda Initiative briefings (6/6 Golden Worlds and Settlements)

So the video proves that the start of Andromeda is prior to ME3 and the voice over was calling for people to join up for intergalactic exploration not, necessarily, to escape any imminent danger.

It seems to me that expeditions from Earth to colonize other worlds have been taking place for some time in the ME Universe. There were plenty of colonies targeted by the Collectors so we know that colonization is pretty common.

There must have been ships being built for that. To transport people and supplies and materials for habitats etc. There must have been recruitment drives and other initiatives for each of the different planets that were colonized. An inter-galactic colony may be a bit more exciting and require more resources but why would it be surprising that we would not have seen news of this in ME1 or ME2 any more than the fact that we didn’t see any news of any other colony expeditions? It might make for an interesting news item but it wouldn’t have had anything to do with Shepard’s mission and I see no reason why it would need to have been secret to justify us not having heard about it in the previous games.

If this is during ME2 then it’s possible that the fear of the Collectors may have motivated the idea of colonizing further afield but, even without that, it doesn’t require any more motivation than any other colonization effort: the thrill of exploration and adventure. The pioneering spirit.