Mass Effect Talks: The Physics of Mass Effect (2 of 3)

[FrynneYT]

I'm still a newbie to the lore, so please tell meif this theory doesnt make sense, in terms of the relay orbiting pluto, what if the Reapers began to see humans as a threat and they disabled that relay by encasing it in ice so they wouldnt be able to develop and evolve as quickly?

[gamermd83]

@FrynneYT Reapers want species to evolve and advance that's why they placed the relays in the galaxy so that it would be easier to do so and that's why they come and "reap" every few hundreds of years. They sit, waiting patiently, when species have evolved enough, they take them all into consideration and the strongest and most beneficial genetically, are the "chosen ones". They harvest this specific species in order for them to "reproduce". Think of natural selection, w/ the Reapers in charge.

[theNomadz]

I hope ME universe continues, like Halo its so rich it deserves to live for years and years.

[gino3030]

in the timeline of the game we are aware of the protheans, so it stands to reason that the protheans were aware of the harvested species before them

[Themastercode1235]

Do a small talk on the Raloi

[Girsheliz]

I wander if writers considered anything about other galaxies in Mass Effect.

[Girsheliz]

i love your kind of girls! :)

[TheGame2407]

im looking forward to the mars mission in me3.

[matchesburn]

The reason why Charon was covered in ice is relatively simple: there's a metric shitload of comets out in and near the orbit of Pluto. Because Mass Relays are VERY dense and heavy mass object, it's a comet magnet. 50,000 years of inactivity and it's going to get plastered by comets and eventually build up ice. Comet impacts, splatters, gravity works its magic and ice forms around the Mass Relay because of its density. Eventually, you have something that looks like a moon with our puny scopes.

[jonandrenee1]

i wonder if we will be able to activate other relays in me3. or if somehow it is written into the story. that would be interesting. and possibly pave the way for me4 in the future?

[TheGoddess0fWar]

@jonandrenee1 To bad ME is a trilogy.

[gamermd83]

@TheGoddess0fWar The Mass Effect universe will continue after ME3 though. Mass Effect isn't a trilogy, the Shepard story is a trilogy :)

[esog5]

If the material used to create the citadel is unknown then how did they rebuild it after the Geth attack????

[Blueyesensei18]

Well I heard over on the BSN that its possible the Protheans knew there was a threat coming but didnt know where or how it would happen or when it would happen. Basically they knew of the threat but didnt know the Citadel and all that jazz was the focus point to the threat they knew was coming. That they instead started secret projects to protect future Races from the coming threat type deal.

[MrValandas]

I agree with your prothean protecting humans theory. On one of your ME talks, the one about the protheans, you say you dont know what happen to the survivors on illos. I think thoose 12 scienctists from Illos went back to the base on Mars after they got back on the citadel and discovered that the humans were advancing more, so to protect them from the Reapers incased the relay in ice. And now thoose Protheins live under that lake you mentioned in that vid. The one that is also a galaxy in ME.

[ARavingLooony]

have u seen the stars of ME3 vid yet? i have for some stupid reason a girl from IGN is in the game talk about pointless

[ra22cs]

I don't think that the Protheans knew about the reaper before the harvesting of the protheans began. What i think is that the protheans wanted to uplift other species to the same level they where. Why they where doing this i don't know, hopefully we will know why in mass effect 3.

[abraxis260482]

RE: your Charon relay theory; remember that the Protheans hung in there for centuries after the reapers arrived. Also perhaps Mars, like Ilos, was omitted from the official Citadel census data. Maybe as a precaution some survivors got word of the invasion via the beacons and managed to put their local relay (Charon) out of commission before the reapers could get to them.

[Suchiazski]

Anyone who loves Mass Effect should definitely read the Revelation Space trilogy by Alastair Reynolds. I was amazed by how many elements they share in common. In terms of Mass Effect technology and FTL travel a similar idea exists, albeit more scientifically believable, called "Inertia Supression Technology", which is an actual theory. I'm pretty sure a lot of the ME writers have read the Revelation Space novels.

[Scottishwarrior92]

i love ur neckless where u get it?

[gamermd83]

@Scottishwarrior92 Thanks, I got it at Forever 21 :)

[Scottishwarrior92]

@gamermd83 ok if i can im getting it :)

[SuperIllusiveman]

@SuperIllusiveman pt3

and the ship is riding on this wave of space, it's possible for a ship to go hundreds or even thousands of times faster than light speed.

Of course this is all just theory. We wont be able to try this out until we develop the tech needed to properly test it. And by the looks of it, that won't be for at least another couple hundred years.

Which sucks because I will totally be dead by then. >:^(

[SuperIllusiveman]

I've always loved these kinds of discussions about sci fi. The reason is because I view science fiction as the building blocks to science fact.

Take FTL for example. We all know that it's impossible to travel faster than the speed of light.(186,000 m/s) But, we also know that empty space actually can travel, or rather expand, faster than light by watching the ever increasing speed of galaxies moving away from each other. So taking these fact, mixed with inspiration from Star Trek,...

[SuperIllusiveman]

@SuperIllusiveman pt2 a guy named Miguel Alcubierre was able to find a loop-hole to the limit of light travel by making the Alcubierre drive. It works by a ship engulfing itself in a bubble of "flat space" while at the same time it causes the space in front of to to contract and the space behind it to expand. This causes a wave effect that the ship rides on. Like a serf border on a wave. The ship itself is not moving, only the empty space around it. So since space can move faster than light...

[Serb37]

@SuperIllusiveman

It is possible to travel faster than light :)

Einstein was wrong

google neutrinos :D

[SuperIllusiveman]

@Serb37 If this is true, than maybe neutrinos are the real world equivalent of Element Zero.

But if Einstein is wrong about FTL travel, than that may mean that E=MC2 might be wrong as well. E-MC2 is the corner stone of modern science and if that's wrong than everything we think to be true could also be wrong. This would turn the science community on its head. Human sacrifice, dogs and cats living together... mass hysteria!

[gamermd83]

@SuperIllusiveman Ghostbusters! lol xD

[SuperIllusiveman]

@gamermd83 You know a movie is a true classic if you can find a reason to quote it 28 years after it was made.

BTW, congratulations on winning education king! You deserve it! * physic high five and hug*

Hay Fraggle, suck on that you crazy bitch!!! * physic headbutt*

[tinytimmee51]

I think that some species created the reapers to build the mass relays and the citadel but they made the reapers with there own people

[TheXCYPRESSx]

Cool poster bro!

[wchsplayerchris]

hahaha you put this up at 4 am my time but that's OK i was playing swtor!

[timtheclassic1]

Is BSN down? Was it hacked or what?

[1977Yakko]

Strange that Kaiden could feel a "charge" from the mini-relay on the Citadel when the Asari, who are all biotics to one degree or another and have been on the Citadel longer than any of the Council races never figured out that the Relay Monument was more than a monument. It's cool that you noticed that Gamermd83 but that the game developers overlooked this is..well, a minor plot hole at best I guess. ME3 will come down to using the Reapers tech against them one way or another.

[patrikstar2001]

Thanks for the upload. I was wondering about EXACTLY THIS all day at work. :D