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The idea of the andromeda initiative being used to explore instead of staying in the milky way actua Apr 9, 2017 11:33:11 GMT

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Post by garrusfan1 on Apr 9, 2017 11:33:11 GMT

Read the codex in The ME trilogy. You were not allowed to use dormant mass relays. It was what started the first contact war. It is a way to get around that by going to another galaxy. Although I will admit it was done because they didn't want to deal with the ME3 endings.

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The idea of the andromeda initiative being used to explore instead of staying in the milky way actua Apr 9, 2017 11:42:42 GMT

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Post by Ahriman on Apr 9, 2017 11:42:42 GMT

Ah, this again. They weren't allowed to activate Relays if they didn't know what on the other side. But most of the time they couldn't check it because of, you know, empty space between clusters and discharge issues, the exact problem ODSY solved.

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Post by sil on Apr 9, 2017 13:49:58 GMT

Would have been better if it had been a colonisation effort to an undiscovered star cluster with an inactive relay. Would have required a canon ending though I guess.

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Apr 9, 2017 11:44:27 GMT jpcab said:

only a unbalanced human would accept, being in perfect health, to go cryo for 600 years.

If functioning cryogenics like this actually existed, and the capacity to travel that far through space was actually within our reach, you can bet that we absolutely would take advantage of that.

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The idea of the andromeda initiative being used to explore instead of staying in the milky way actua Apr 9, 2017 15:40:39 GMT

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Post by maximusarael020 on Apr 9, 2017 15:40:39 GMT

Apr 9, 2017 11:42:42 GMT Ahriman said:

Ah, this again. They weren't allowed to activate Relays if they didn't know what on the other side. But most of the time they couldn't check it because of, you know, empty space between clusters and discharge issues, the exact problem ODSY solved.

But seriously, how boring of a name is "The Milky Way"? Wouldn't you spend trillions of credits to move to a galaxy with a much cooler name like "Andromeda". It just has so much more pizzazz. A certain je ne sais quoi that "The Milky Way" does not have. Right?

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Post by joglee on Apr 9, 2017 15:44:34 GMT

You can't

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escape the reapers within the milky way. They knew life was about to be wiped out across the milky way, so they set out to preserve that.

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The idea of the andromeda initiative being used to explore instead of staying in the milky way actua Apr 13, 2017 15:53:45 GMT

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Apr 9, 2017 15:44:34 GMT joglee said:

You can't

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escape the reapers within the milky way. They knew life was about to be wiped out across the milky way, so they set out to preserve that.

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Was this actually ever acknowledged in MEA?

I always kind of assumed that the Andromeda Initiative was a backup plan for that "what if" scenario, but I have yet to see that actually mentioned in the game, unless I missed something.

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Post by joglee on Apr 13, 2017 15:55:34 GMT

Apr 13, 2017 15:53:45 GMT myalzalean said:

Apr 9, 2017 15:44:34 GMT joglee said:

You can't

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escape the reapers within the milky way. They knew life was about to be wiped out across the milky way, so they set out to preserve that.

.

Was this actually ever acknowledged in MEA?

I always kind of assumed that the Andromeda Initiative was a backup plan for that "what if" scenario, but I have yet to see that actually mentioned in the game, unless I missed something.

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The idea of the andromeda initiative being used to explore instead of staying in the milky way actua Apr 13, 2017 15:57:15 GMT

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Post by myalzalean on Apr 13, 2017 15:57:15 GMT

Thanks joglee, haven't quite gotten around to that yet.

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The idea of the andromeda initiative being used to explore instead of staying in the milky way actua Apr 13, 2017 15:58:18 GMT

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Post by Iakus on Apr 13, 2017 15:58:18 GMT

Apr 9, 2017 11:33:11 GMT garrusfan1 said:

Read the codex in The ME trilogy. You were not allowed to use dormant mass relays. It was what started the first contact war. It is a way to get around that by going to another galaxy. Although I will admit it was done because they didn't want to deal with the ME3 endings.

ODSY drives get around that restriction.

You don't need relays to explore the Milky Way anymore.

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