How will the game start?

I don't know what we're going to see in the intro because I don't know when we are leaving.

That would be some really, really Choice information, BW. When are we leaving the MW?

IIRC, Mac said something about the different motivations for going on trip like this. He mentioned curiosity, adventure(probably moneymaking schemes as well..I mean, you just know that), but also that you may be running from something, or trying to run to something, etc. This makes me think that the Ark project was indeed built to be an exploratory expedition. Not for preservation of the species in case of Reaper attack.

That said, I could very well see the project being re-purposed quite quickly--IF we're leaving slightly before the Reapers hit, or just right when they do.

...What I would like to see is us leaving around the time the Reapers show up. A project that has been re-purposed on the fly. I don't care about seeing Reapers per se, but rather getting the feeling of emergency. I want to see confusion among participants; shock; fear; guilt; Anger about leaving while others struggle in the fight against Reapers. I've seen this sentiment expressed by fans, and I think it's legitimate.

I would like to see a situation where these Arks are not necessarily all the way ready yet, but it's going to have to do. Better throw some duct tape on that part over there cuz we gotta go, Son! Right now, right now.

The CC being at the very beginning of the game. For example, the PC is in their cabin/quarters/hotel room/dorm/ idk! But they're there, and they simply look into a mirror to start CC. Get ready for the day, then half way through morning coffee, everything goes to shite. (edit: i know that's FO4, but i don't care. it doesn't have to be exactly like that. i'm just saying it doesn't need to be all complicated, either. just get us to the CC.) And a way to communicate the very real concern that we might not make it at all. We might as well be flying into the Sun.

I would like to see some drama and energy, then we go into the silence of stasis, while the last thing we see slipping away from us--alarmingly quickly--is our galaxy. The meds kick in, or whatever they're using, and we descend into the silence.

Then we wake up.

As far as combat tutorial, I could very well see us doing that after we come out of stasis on the reasoning we need to get ourselves back into shape. Encouraged to get rust and dust off. Possibly a simulator somewhere in the game/Ark.

What I think we will see? Probably opening up with us already in stasis; CC; breath...we're in Andromeda.

And us leaving may have absolutely nothing to do with any impending Reaper invasion.

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