Divergent Codex: The Revised History of the First Contact War (Mass Effect)
- Thread starter Thornez
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The Garden-King
- Location
- The Blue Kingdom
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- He/His/Him
[X] …a ruined crater. (+5 DP)
- Location
- Spain
Yeah, if the ruined crater gave us like 15 points or so to clean our balance I would understand going for it, but choosing to have a massive tech disadvantage when we are going to war with slavers for the points we would get for a couple of omakes?
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Arsene Lupin
I Am The Pillager Of Twilight
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- The Sea of Souls
I don't understand the what the draw of having no Ezio tech is, a plus five is definitely not worth the lack of ezio knowledge
- Location
- The Colored Room
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- TheOne
I can't believe SV doesn't want broken sci-fi weapons from the ancient past.
It would even line up with the accelerated growth of humanity in this timeline. The Protheans dumped more resources into our development, and now we're a couple centuries ahead of schedule.
It would even line up with the accelerated growth of humanity in this timeline. The Protheans dumped more resources into our development, and now we're a couple centuries ahead of schedule.
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Come on guys, this isn't a HFY Halo Crossover, no guarantee we'll develop hyperspace or super awesome laser and plasma weaponry
chellewalker
President of the Water Seeker Fan Club
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That's honestly why I'm so against getting so much Prothean tech. If we'd gone for 2057, or really anything other than the centuries of extra progress humanity got then I might be more inclined towards it, but even ignoring how deep into DP debt we are, I'm real annoyed with how the same argument is being used here as it was turn 1. "If we don't get X, we're dooming humanity!" No it won't. Waith mentioned it before, but a humanity going full NASApunk would be a really fun idea with how spread out humanity has gotten; it expresses the "human spirit" in a way that isn't obnoxiously "Humanity! F- Yeah!"
(And to address the Crucible concerns, I seriously doubt the QM is going to go "whoops, that decision you made turn 3 doomed the quest several dozen turns ago.")
Especially not when everything's being measured on a points scale and we're already in debt. Unless people start churning out decent omakes like hotcakes.
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- USA
Worth noting. The Asari are intentionally holding themselves back. Keeping juuuust far enough ahead of the pack at all times to stay the dominant power.
[X] …a small outpost. (+2 DP)
[X] …a sizable research station. (Canon) (+0 DP)
To be accurate, the Matriarchs in charge are. I am sure plenty of asari would be pissed that their government effectively hobbled galactic civilization by being hypocrites and keeping their stash of Prothean tech to themselves, and only letting it trickle down through their personal subordinates.
Sir LagsAlot
Yandere Dice Magnet
- Location
- In the fridge
I doubt it would doom the quest considering how close the final battle is portrayed with perfect choices in the series with just conventional forces but it certainly raises the bar since at that point our only option for opposing the reapers is conventional force without a dues ex machina.
Ok you've sold me
[X] …a sizable research station. (Canon) (+0 DP)
But I hope you keep your word an stat on one of them omakes.
The final battle was basically the entirety of galactic civilization throwing everything they had to buy enough time to get the Crucible into position with hopefully as little damage to it. Choosing the reject option results in the Reapers getting the uppr hand and exterminating everybody.
[X] …a hidden military installation. (-10 DP)
Let's even the playing field, eh?
[X] …a sizable research station. (Canon) (+0 DP)
Fallback. If nothing else, it's better than the more...malicious options.
Let's even the playing field, eh?
[X] …a sizable research station. (Canon) (+0 DP)
Fallback. If nothing else, it's better than the more...malicious options.
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The Garden-King
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- The Blue Kingdom
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- He/His/Him
I'm kind of annoyed by people doomer-posting about how 'if we take the +5 option you're dooming humanity/the galaxy'- no, we're not. It's five points. If- presumably- it was that game-changing, it would cost more. Eezo tech will be gotten from the Citadel one way or the other regardless, whether through diplomatic approach or stealing it, so the only thing this realistically effects is the First Contact War and how humanity tries to work around the lack of eezo tech, which I'm personally more interested in.
Edit: Just so we're clear here to pre-empt the inevitable 'YOU'RE NOT GOING TO GET X SUPERTECH BECAUSE OF LACK OF EEZO', yeah, I know. I'm not expecting it. I'm just more interested in clearing out the debt- which y'know, has been stated will have catastrophic consequences if we're in debt too long- and how humanity tries to work around the lack of eezo prior to first contact with the Citadel, since make no mistake- the very fact that humanity has extrasolar colonies* already means they created at least some sort of- almost certainly inferior in every aspect, don't get me wrong- workaround to the whole 'lack of eezo tech' situation.
*The closest Planet to Earth that's extrasolar, for reference's sake at least IRL, is Proxima Centauri B, which is four point two five light years away, which would- under current IRL technology- take approximately eighty thousand years to get to. So I'm interested in what workarounds humanity's managed to develop for that shit.
Edit: Just so we're clear here to pre-empt the inevitable 'YOU'RE NOT GOING TO GET X SUPERTECH BECAUSE OF LACK OF EEZO', yeah, I know. I'm not expecting it. I'm just more interested in clearing out the debt- which y'know, has been stated will have catastrophic consequences if we're in debt too long- and how humanity tries to work around the lack of eezo prior to first contact with the Citadel, since make no mistake- the very fact that humanity has extrasolar colonies* already means they created at least some sort of- almost certainly inferior in every aspect, don't get me wrong- workaround to the whole 'lack of eezo tech' situation.
*The closest Planet to Earth that's extrasolar, for reference's sake at least IRL, is Proxima Centauri B, which is four point two five light years away, which would- under current IRL technology- take approximately eighty thousand years to get to. So I'm interested in what workarounds humanity's managed to develop for that shit.
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[X] …a hidden military installation. (-10 DP)
[X] …a sizable research station. (Canon) (+0 DP)
Somehow, I do not think that the DP granting option is going to give humanity some kind of super special insight into eezo. I personally want to see want happens when you give the SA an extra couple of centuries to play with an even bigger stockpile of eezo tech...and what kinds of catastrophes that'll be cooked up to balance the budget.
Dream big!
[X] …a sizable research station. (Canon) (+0 DP)
Somehow, I do not think that the DP granting option is going to give humanity some kind of super special insight into eezo. I personally want to see want happens when you give the SA an extra couple of centuries to play with an even bigger stockpile of eezo tech...and what kinds of catastrophes that'll be cooked up to balance the budget.
Dream big!
[X] …a ruined crater. (+5 DP)