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Post by SalMasRac on Apr 5, 2017 21:36:20 GMT
Premise: The Andromeda Initiative is a front. Staged to appear as a joint, cooperative effort between several Milky Way races, who in fact do come together to make it possible, it was originally conceived and funded by Cerberus. Amidst multimedia propaganda claiming that the journey was simply to "expand, explore, and seek out new homes", the true purpose of the AI was to arrive at a very specific, predetermined part of Andromeda. The Heleus Cluster contains an anomaly which may be studied, new science and technology learned, and brought back to the Milky Way, to ensure Humanity's domination over the war-torn galaxy. It is by no coincidence that the AI arrives at just that location, as the Nexus is really a Citadel-sized Mass Relay which, when completed, will facilitate much quicker transport between the two galaxies.
Once the AI arrives in Andromeda, each of the so-called Golden Worlds are discovered to be shams, and the true nature of the AI eventually is uncovered. People feel used, cheated, and angry that they were sold on a lie, and tricked into aiding Cerberus' schemes for galactic domination. A Rebellion ensues. At the center of all this, is Alec Ryder, a former N7 operative, who is thrown directly into this conflict when his twin children are killed in an explosion. He vows to find the people responsible, and exact vengeance, but what he discovers will change everything he thought he knew.
Cora Harper, daughter of the Illusive Man, will stop at nothing to ensure that the true purpose of the AI is achieved. With the aid of SAM, a Cerberus-constructed artificial intelligence infinitely more advanced than EDI, she will crush the Rebellion at any cost. Alec Ryder finds himself torn between his desire for vengeance, and the need to stop Cora and the Cerberus Agenda. An uneasy alliance forms, as Alec and the Rebellion team up to confront her, and put an end to the madness. But once this is done, he has some unfinished business to conclude...Or we could just have a generic evil alien bad guy who doesn't want you to use the magic weather control machine to make uninhabitable worlds habitable, because he hates your face. Yeah that works. Remember these are general audiences we have to write for now. 
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Post by rahavan on Apr 5, 2017 21:41:04 GMT
Ya know what's sad? That would have been way more fun to play through a story like that. Too bad they didn't want the game to have anything to do with the OT and Cerberus being the bad guy was just too similar  |
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Post by decafhigh on Apr 5, 2017 21:42:32 GMT
So you complain about the Kett being generic villains but want the game centered around Cerberus? Cerberus (at least the ME2&3 version) is straight out of a Saturday morning cartoon show. The only thing lacking is TIM stroking his twirly mustache.
No, no more Cerberus. Let that dead dog lie.
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Post by What Else You Need To Know? on Apr 5, 2017 22:32:17 GMT
Get ta covur!
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Post by colfoley on Apr 5, 2017 23:08:07 GMT
That sounds...quite horrible actually.
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Post by therevanchist25 on Apr 5, 2017 23:26:05 GMT
So you complain about the Kett being generic villains but want the game centered around Cerberus? Cerberus (at least the ME2&3 version) is straight out of a Saturday morning cartoon show. The only thing lacking is TIM stroking his twirly mustache. No, no more Cerberus. Let that dead dog lie. Exactly, I'm sick of Cerberus, and I'll never understand peoples obsession with the group when they literally have no identity, they are the most ridiculous thing in the entire OT besides the Magic McGuffin and Star Brat. |
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Post by shepherdcommander on Apr 5, 2017 23:35:59 GMT
I stopped reading after 'cerberus' but then I went back and finished reading the rest. Cerberus never should have been as big as they were, ME1 cerberus was great. Archon is bs as well, however. So you mix this thread with the Great Asari Conspiracy thread and maybe you got something. Like THV (three headed varren) for the krogan, a cerberus-like 'deep state' 'shadow organization' run by the super advanced asari or even a large faction of the salarian STG, who are given a mission, funds, and freedom to complete. Then I would remove Cora as a character altogether, just to avoid confusion. SAM could then be developed by synthetic insights or one of the other three companies sanctioned by the council (read: asari, salarians) to produce AI, and used by the enemy faction instead of Alec.
Good premise, that's the only thing I'd change.
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Post by KaiserShep on Apr 5, 2017 23:51:49 GMT
I don't think I'd want to play as Alec Ryder. I kinda like the Nexus relay thing, but aside from it being tricky to hide the fact that it's an unfinished relay from the "regular" folks seeming difficult, what would it pair with back in the Milky Way?
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Post by zipzap2000 on Apr 6, 2017 0:16:32 GMT
Nexus relay is cool.
If they bring back Cerberus i'll fly to canada to give my opinion by headbutting morse code into mac walters face.
*Sips Ryncol*
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Post by Malaclypse on Apr 6, 2017 0:19:00 GMT
I don't think I'd want to play as Alec Ryder. I kinda like the Nexus relay thing, but aside from it being tricky to hide the fact that it's an unfinished relay from the "regular" folks seeming difficult, what would it pair with back in the Milky Way? Easy. You emerge from the left cushion of Aria's couch. Duh. |
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Post by decafhigh on Apr 6, 2017 0:22:36 GMT
I don't think I'd want to play as Alec Ryder. I kinda like the Nexus relay thing, but aside from it being tricky to hide the fact that it's an unfinished relay from the "regular" folks seeming difficult, what would it pair with back in the Milky Way? The Citadel? |
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Post by SalMasRac on Apr 6, 2017 0:25:18 GMT
I don't think I'd want to play as Alec Ryder. I kinda like the Nexus relay thing, but aside from it being tricky to hide the fact that it's an unfinished relay from the "regular" folks seeming difficult, what would it pair with back in the Milky Way? Is there any particular reason they couldn't build a second one? In fact it'd probably be finished long before they emerged in Andromeda. And so what if the colonists discover the true nature of the Nexus? What are they going to do, blow it up? That's their ticket home! They'd have to have a VERY good reason for doing that. Perhaps some sort of moral or ethical dilemma? |
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Post by FeralEwok on Apr 6, 2017 1:09:37 GMT
So you complain about the Kett being generic villains but want the game centered around Cerberus? Cerberus (at least the ME2&3 version) is straight out of a Saturday morning cartoon show. The only thing lacking is TIM stroking his twirly mustache. No, no more Cerberus. Let that dead dog lie. People treat The Illusive Man and Loghain like Shakespearean villians...I never saw the appeal. |
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Post by Link"Guess"ski on Apr 6, 2017 1:21:22 GMT
A story about homesickness.
Some girl, maybe Cora has her own AI kinda like Sam or maybe just another AI and person altogether. Their AI behavior and personality-profile resembles that of their dead relative, soulmate or lover back from the milky way. The AI eventually turns rogue - it tries to destroy the infrastructure of something vital that needs desperate attention (a la Luna VI) or it'll kill thousands, but its person/owner cannot let it go or shut it down because the AI is a relic of someone they love and the AI is so convincing that they will take its imitation as a real replacement.
^ Cerberus were the Dharma Initiative but the Illusive Man added a face to them that made it seem like they were more rooted in reality than the dumb shit in LOST.
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Post by timebean on Apr 6, 2017 1:51:06 GMT
Damnit! I thought this was going to be something about Artificial Intelligence (the other AI). I am convinced that Gien Garson was either an AI, or was being controlled by an AI. This AI wanted to preserve organics in Andromeda in case the Milky Way was destroyed by reapers. - Could be Geth heretics, who were concerned that the Reaper code would not be enough to allow them to attain true "life" (thus they needed advanced organics to secretly study). - Could be EDI, just dicking around for fun (between sending dirty pics to Cerberus and brainwashing Joker). - Could be an AI actually FROM Andromeda (and associated with the Remnant tech), who wanted other species brought into the galaxy to do some weird breeding experiences with them (they also lured the Kett here). - Could be SAM, who took control of his creator in his grief and is running the whole, damned show. That...or Ryder is in a coma and none of this is happening... Ha!  |
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Post by kingmandu on Apr 6, 2017 3:04:43 GMT
Yawn. It's always funny when fans think they can write a few paragraphs and boast about doing better than professionals because a few witless posters told him/her it's really really good!
Way to end your masterpiece with a stale meme. Lol.
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Post by MPApr2012 on Apr 6, 2017 4:52:50 GMT
so. dis been 7 hours according to the timestamp
*prods zipzap2000 to share some Ryncol*
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Post by Pounce de León on Apr 6, 2017 6:12:30 GMT
Alec Ryder is the character I would have picked as playable avatar right away.
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Post by SalMasRac on Apr 6, 2017 19:15:12 GMT
Yawn. It's always funny when fans think they can write a few paragraphs and boast about doing better than professionals because a few witless posters told him/her it's really really good! Way to end your masterpiece with a stale meme. Lol. How is it stale if I created it at the time of the post. Do you even know the meanings of the words you use. Does it trigger you that I am ending questions with a period. |
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Post by danishgambit on Apr 6, 2017 19:35:06 GMT
Holy shit it would be awesome if your romance Cora was actually just a Cerberus spy playing Ryder and waiting for the right time to kill him and become the pathfinder.
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Post by vyndral on Apr 6, 2017 19:58:40 GMT
Cora is just a Cerberus AI. She is just using you for SAM.
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Post by timebean on Apr 6, 2017 20:32:19 GMT
Cora is just a Cerberus AI. She is just using you for SAM. Like...to steal SAM? Or to get "busy" with SAM?  |
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Post by vyndral on Apr 6, 2017 20:34:08 GMT
Cora is just a Cerberus AI. She is just using you for SAM. Like...to steal SAM? Or to get "busy" with SAM? AIs need love too. The will have their own little love triangle if you pick up the crazy wakadoodle AI. |
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Post by Garo on Apr 6, 2017 20:43:16 GMT
At least we got whats inside Alec memories. That's...something. |
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