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The Fury on 17 February 2016
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Scoobes said:

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These are complete unknowns. The reapers as an AI race, probably wouldn't care about time so much. They could spend half a cycle getting to Andromeda, harvesting and another half-cycle to return. Having said that, I do think that the reapers only cared about the Milky Way. They were made and designed in the Milky Way and I don't think their goals would stretch further unless they had direct evidence of organic vs synthetic life in a separate galaxy where they had to maintain "balance".

Also, we don't know whether Andromeda has Mass Relays or not. We don't really know enough about the civ that built the Mass Relays and the Reapers to know if they ever reached Andromeda.  

Edit- I do remember vaguely that the survivors rebuild the Mass Relays at the end of Mass Effect 3 so their could lead to a new bit of research to get to Andromeda. I can envisage the game having you setup and build new Mass Relays as you make progress, effectively making you a true "pathfinder".

Too many unknowns I guess. An AI race wouldn't care about time, which is why they were fine with hibernating for 50,000 years at a time, yet they care about energy. FTL travel for humans requires Element Zero in the ME world and there is none of that between galaxies to 'refuel' on and it would take a lot of energy to travel that distance without a way to replenish energy reserves. I know I'm over thinking things...

Regardless of my views on if the human race can even reach Andromeda or not (even in a made up world), the game is set there. Different galaxy, different problems. (Let's hope it's different because stepping over the same 'problem' ME trilogy did would just be a step backwards).



Hmm, pie.