That's a reasonable guess, better than nothing, but it still relies heavily on the "Mass Relays are magic". Even if he sent that out there, how does he make sure that everything organic receives these nanobots? And since nanobots are physical, wouldn't that severely limit their reach? If they're riding the shockwave or wave of space magic or whatever you want to call it, wouldn't that mean they'll basically hit one side of the planet and then it'll leave a void, a shadow behind the planet?tautologico said:
Wouldn't such a thing need to be gradual as well? I'm pretty sure having your DNA suddenly rewritten would be painful not to mention that it could potentially cause so much more damage than intended?
I know you're okay with it just sort of being "He's ancient, he knows his shit!" but I want it explained exactly how this happened, how it COULD happen at all! And it's not JUST the Synthesis that needs to be explained, they all need to be explained... another fault of the endings but hey, let's not get into that.
Plausible but unlikely, scientifically I don't even know how they'd explain it, I guess we all became plants somehow and live off of the sun, air and water? I dunno, that entire ending was just iffy if you ask me. Plus, I'd like to know what happened to the Reapers in that ending, did they actually become part machine, part organic space squids? 'Cause... excuse me for saying it, something like that with free will is nothing I want hovering around my planet.tautologico said:
If Krogans didn't bring females, it'd of course not escalate as much. They'd probably end up becoming roaming mercenary like groups who basically become the muscle for a short period of time. They'll raise a ruckus but without the females they'd end up becoming extinct on the planet probably within one hundred years following a lot of fighting. Unless Wrex somehow keeps them in check but even then I find it unlikely he'll know what to do if he's stranded on Earth away from Eve (forgot her real name).tautologico said:
The same thing is likely to happen with the Rachni because without the queen, I don't think they can breed. Of course, if the Queen is there... for... some reason, then we're talking a powder keg waiting to happen, especially if the Krogan are there as well.
No, no, don't get me wrong, I'm not saying mass relays are the ONLY way, I'm just saying that they're this universe's loop hole to conventional science as we know it. I know they had FTL drives but from what I understood that was basically just to get between systems that didn't have relays. Remember, the span between systems is huge, that alone should take a few months, and the Normandy needs a ton of fuel and since I've already plundered every system of free floating fuel, they're not likely to find any on the way.tautologico said:
And like they said, it's not feasible to keep the FTL running for an extended period of time, couple that with the required resources to feed everyone on a huge ship like the Turians' and air and people staying couped up on the same ship for years, it's just not likely to happen. Plus, these ships aren't really designed to be lived on for that long a period of time so there's also that to consider.
IF they were going to set out on a journey like this, which people are no doubt going to try, then they're going to need to consider a lot and plan WAY ahead.
Again, personally, I think "colonizing" Earth is the most realistic solution. Earth's population is likely to have been reduced by a LOT and the fleet is likely to have been diminished by a ton as well and even then, space isn't the issue. We CAN go to Mars and settle down there again, it's just a matter of making sure everyone has food, especially food they can eat.