One Of The Greatest Unsolved Mysteries In Mass Effect: Andromeda

I forgot about that scene, and should have included it in the video! D:

But yeah, had the same idea before getting to that point, and was glad that it supported the theory.

I think they are going for a reverse Geth on us. Following the idea, the created will always rebel against the creators. My guess is the Angara rebelled against them and released the scourge. But I really don't have any proof for this. I also don't remember seeing anything that would directly make it impossible. And boy does BW love their creator, Created conflicts.

Wasn't it a Remnant ship with an Angara piloting it? I'm thinking of the one on You get the helmet out of for collection on Aya. Anyway that can be explained. Perhaps not all the Angara agreed. Or perhaps they were simple using the ships to steer the scourge. Or if it is ancient enough it could even be from
Before the split.

Huh. Ill have to look at it again on my next time through.

Thread needs more Robert Stack.

I have 2 theories.

1 - the Jaardan were AI, who wanted to create "real" life. Everything about their architecture and code-stuff screams AI to me.

and/or

2 - the angara were created for some sort of memory/consciousness transfer. Ie, the Jaardan might have created the angara to move their consciousnesses to them for some sort of eternal life thing. The fact that the anagra have the ability to see the memories of their ancestors might be a hint for this.

That's my 2 cents!

Edited to add - I don't think it is shear force of will that allows Ryder to summon the remnant.  I think his neural pathways have been altered by SAM, allowing to at least partially understand the code on his own.  But again, this is just all my take on it (ie, unsupported gibberish).

Yeah I am trying to piece that together. The Remnant stuff is always read as about 400 years old, meaning 200 years into the AI's journey, none of that stuff was there.

I agree, more or less. The "sheer force of will" was a bit dramatic, but I meant it as more that Ryder was able to open it without the use of an AI, and only a basic understanding of how it all works. Chances are that, since it was a symbiotic relationship between Ryder and SAM, Ryder retained just enough knowledge to work the Remnant Tech; but it was mentally taxing to do so, as Ryder even mentions post-game to their sibling how it felt like their mind was being turned inside out, and the nose bleed. SAM most certainly made it easier, but the tech could be used with just a neural connection/tech of some kind, and some understanding of how it all works - as Taavos demonstrates.

What I found disturbing was the final terminal  log on meridian, about weird stuff happening to the hemispheres of the brain (but I can't remember the specifics of it).  But it gave me the chills when I read it, think about how the combination of SAM and screwing around with the remnant tech is fundamentally changing the way the Ryder twins' brains work. 

I can't wait to find more out about the Jardaan.

Another wild theory - What if the whole Jardaan motivations are neither sinister nor benevolent, but simply scientific? I wonder if the religious themes in the game (ie, Suvi, the Kett) have been foreshadowing of something like a kind of holy war from the past.  As scientists, perhaps t the Jaardan saw life as an equation to be solved (and they kinda did solve it).  And the folks who attacked them with the scourge may have been religious zealots who saw what they were doing as blasphemous.  Or vice versa. 

HA!  Just read through the whole thread and saw where you posted that earlier.  I swear I wasn't copying it on purpose!   But yeah, the whole meridian part was where that "lab" feeling came from for me.  And the fact they had batches of unsuitable stock, etc. It had a very experimental feel.

The Jaardan may have been eradicated in their war with whomever created the scourge. As a fail safe they sent Meridian and their AI machines to Heleus with a single job. Make it habitable and re-create their race. However, the scourge damaged the process and as a result their full genetic memory was not restored. Thus the Angara are in fact the Jaardan. While I could see it playing out this way I would prefer that this wasn't the case but I'm putting it out there.