NotStan said:
Likely the same ray that has spread through the mass effect relays and fried pretty much everything with a hint of technology in it's path, including the Normandy, what I found DAFUQ was the fact that Normandy was fleeing from the battle? And Garrus was on board? He was just only rushing tower with me, unless about a few days passed since when you get beamed inside, it just doesn't make that much sense. What I find annoying as hell though is, no matter which scenario you pick, mass effect relays are gone, methinks Bioware are looking for an easy way out should they proceed with this franchise, as the world they'll create will likely not need to be as big due to lack of fast transportation. |
Actually, if the endings are indeed events happening and not some indoctrination/hallucination attempt (I still really, really doubt that what we have seen is the real deal, since they clearly show shepard to be alive at the end of the Destroy ending in the midst of concrete rubble, which can only be after Harbinger's laser nearly hitting him), there's an explanation for why that energy beam destroyed both the Geth and EDI along with the reapers.
If you read carefully through the War Assets and compiling what the Protean VI says to you in the Cerberus Base, the Crucible is just a massive Dark Energy generator which the Citadel then concentrates and sends out to the entire galaxy using the relays. Now, what do the relays, the citadel and every advanced synthetic in the galaxy have in common? They're all based on Quantum technology (either for shielding, processing power and/or overall structure). So it could be that the Dark Energy burst destroys anything that's based on Quantum technology (that would have to include the QEC's as well as some of Shepard's synthetic prostetics.
Of course, I can be wrong, but that's what I recall from the lore. Anyway, I still get the feeling any theory we can come up for what were those energy rays is pointless, since we'll end up getting a more detailed ending scenario in the future.
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