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Simon_Jester wrote:I'm not sure the Geth would want to deal with the Borg, or vice versa.

Precisely. True Geth create their own future; they won't have them given to them by outside forces. Only dirty, stinking Heretic Geth do that.

There's an Arcane Warrior/Blood Mage from Dragon Age PnP who is incredibly strong; knows nearly every buff spell in the game; healing magic; can use blood magic to heal, interrogate, or control people; hexes; and really likes to set opponents on fire, explode them, reanimate them, and explode them a...

Can I pick someone other than the three longest running characters (two of them are tied for second in terms of time), or not be subjected to their memories or experiences?

You're assuming that in-flight maintenance is useful in Mass Effect. Convince me of that assumption. Fine, I'll try to convince of some common sense stuff. Seeing as how you don't know what maintenance checks are for, I'll explain it clearly so even you can understand. Preventative maintenance chec...

Given how little endurance ME ships need, saving the preventative maintenance for when the ship is docked seems like a good idea. Lets say someone is maintaining the life support system,... And that is where I stopped reading what you said. Out of all the systems and possible checks that could've b...

I never played mass effect much, does the ship has space for more crew and marines or just a handful of people all the time? Being able to operate with a small crew is fine, but it'd be kind of silly to go to trouble to build a ship that size and tech and not be able to put 400 extra passengers on ...

Shepard's vessel never has to perform normal missions like patrolling a region, defend colonies, pirate interdiction, or being escort. Why you're trying to use an abnormal crew in an exceptional circumstance to try and justify this bizarre decision on their part is beyond me. As for the second half,...

Why would Mass Effect as a setting need a larger crew? How about for operational endurance? Take that crew of twelve that a frigate has--now take four away for the marines; three for the Captain, XO, and Naviagator, another three for Engineering, two or three to be the pilot, and one for the medica...

May 2248 Deliverance, edge of Confederacy Core Systems Sgt. Zim led the remains of his platoon through the local network of tunnels that the enemy had created. They had past into the innermost caverns where the earthen walls were covered in flesh, and it was spreading outwards towards the exits. Th...

I don't know where to begin... Let's see... -the eezo cores are too easily damaged which can result in the ship blowing up -the lack of damage control stations and training (kinda understandable given how fast they die) -the fact that their frigates can be taken down by a single canister shot from a...

Is this solely about Star Trek ships, or can I bring up the problems I have with Mass Effect ships?

There are a multitude of settings that contain human conflicts. Out of all the various settings, which ones were the most devastating for the central human faction? Doesn't matter if it is fought against other humans or alien civilizations. As a principle I'm not going to count the IoM since I don't...

Shanxi, edge of Human space Admiral Jon Grissom walked the ruined streets of a city on Shanxi particularly devastated by the Turian's invasion. The armed escort that accompanied him were men and women who had days before just graduated from N7 training on Arcturus Station, the first batch of System...

If I recall correctly, the Archdemon is still stuck underground so can't join the battle.

Just as the name implies, Roman legionnaires replace King Cailan's army at Ostagar. They number 5,000 strong (just like the army they replacing), are knowledgeable about the approaching Darkspawn (numbering 15,000), and have a week to prepare. Loghain's army has no replacement and is gone from this ...

Sad the Resistance didn't build a Death Star to blow up the Starkiller Base with.

ME: Revelations novel. The SA had a base for conducting 'illegal' AI research in the middle of the Attican Traverse while it was contested ground with the Batarians. 12 scientists guarded by 15 people; it was considered 'heavily defended'.

U.P. Cinnabar wrote:Actually, that makes sense. Not even the Feds are dumb enough to stick the Project Genesis team way the hell out on the frontier.

No, that would be the Systems Alliance from Mass Effect who are stupid enough to do that.

Kind of a simplistic response to this topic (and a little late to the party), but even as far back as Star Trek VI we know that the military branch of Starfleet has been "mothballed" due to the Khitomer Accords, leaving the scientific/exploration branches as the sole recipients of funding...

Brent Spiner's character is supposed to be a clone.

EDIT: Nevermind, turns out he never died, just everyone thought he did.

Would the Defiant-class be considered a dead end on the technology evolutionary tree, or a totally useless piece of junk?

April 2248 Shanxi, edge of Human space Turian vessels commanded the orbit over the colony. The broken remains of the Systems Alliance task force littered the area. From this vantage point, the turians swept all resistance they came across aside. Any hint of Systems Alliance forces led to orbital bo...

Deliverance, border of the Confederacy Core Systems Over a week had passed since the disastrous first day of the landing. During that time, the newly christened 33rd Power Armored Infantry Regiment had lost a third of their numbers. Artillery strikes from the bug's organic cannons didn't last for l...

Is the Globular Empire still able to traverse its own territory in a day?

This thread made me reflect on the film, and I came to two conclusions because of it. One is that Luke Skywalker has been turned into a Mary Sue. Consider that from the opening crawl, the whole movie (aside from that weird SKB excursion) was about finding Luke. It was the driving force, the inciting...