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

1. Yes, I'm perfectly aware ranks aren't symbolic, I simply said it was a symbolic gesture, and one I could totally see Hackett making. Should he have done it with the caveat of telling the fleet to listen for Shepard's order. Sure thing. I just don't think it was totally unbelieveable given the circumstances.

2. Yes, I was assuming the Arks would be complicated, though I think that is a fairly grounded assumption. Still, as I reiterated in that post, even if they were simple, the scale alone means the effort to construct them must have been just as colossal.

3. Problem is I wouldn't classify Arcturus as "close to Earth" for the sake of this discussion. Relatively close, for space travel? Absolutely. But Arcturus, being 37 lightyears away sort of removes is from visual range of Earth, unlike the Arks we see in all of the promotional material, which would be easily visible from Earth and therefore impossible to keep secret. So all I'm saying is the Crucible doesn't work as a precedent for building something "close to Earth" in a secret manner.


Any now, I too will strap in and prepare for whatever is revealed on N7 day. Hopefully good stuff!