Mass Effect/Fridge: Difference between revisions

** That ''can't'' be coincidence. You, good fellow, win an internet for observance and win Bible studies forever.

** Actually just the result of thematically study the plot of the second game and applying it to real-world world religions to gain a better understanding of why Shepard does what they do. This lead to the biblical parable of "The Good Shepherd" from the New Testament, given the name of our protagonist it seemed apt given the messianic creep of the second game, whilst the parable itself actually refers heavily to the above passage from Ezekiel in the Old Testament. That it actually had a ton of insane coincidences was remarkable. It was just some interpretation and research from someone with too much time on their hands, but I'll take that internet observance award with pride.

* In the Mass Effect 3 demo we can see we can see a Systems Alliance Dreadnought hovering just a few hundred meters off the ground getting blown up by a Reaper. Considering the likely size of its Element Zero core and what codex-savvy players already know about the [[Body Horror|effects of prenatal eezo exposure]], the battles over the skies of Earth may cause more damage and anguish than immediately obvious.

* In ME2, when you visit the Migrant Fleet, you learn that the Quarians insist on calling Shepard "[[The Captain|Captain]]" Shepard, based on their own customs due to him being the captain of his ship, despite his human rank being "Commander." This is a mark of great respect amongst their people. Admiral Xen, [[Your Mileage May Vary|arguably the least sympathetic of the Admirals]], is the only Quarian who doesn't know you from elsewhere that refers to you as ''Commander''. Snub on her part?

* [[Fridge Horror]], this time around. Remember how Sovereign could take the full punishment of several dreadnoughts without its shields failing? Well, think back to the "Issac Newton" speech in the second game. Each shot from a dreadnought has about three times the yield as [[Hiroshima as a Unit of Measure|the city buster dropped on Hiroshima]]. That means ''Sovereign could take multiple nukes to the face without flinching.'' Even weapons capable of ''leveling entire cities'' are [[Nigh Invulnerable|not enough to stop a Reaper]]. The closest we've seen to a weapon that could destroy a Reaper also tore a good chunk of planet off at the same time, and it ''still'' left a semi-operational wreck as opposed to complete vaporization like you'd expect. And we're going to be fighting ''thousands'' of these guys when ''ME3'' comes around...

** It were cruisers, not dreadnaughts. The only dreadnought we actually see in the game is the Ascension, and there is a high possibility that there weren't any dreadnoughts beyond the Ascension involved in the battle in the first place. Sadly, we don't know what exact firepower cruisers have, but it is likely that it is far weaker than that of a dreadnought.

** Which can lead to [[Fridge Horror]] [[Your Mileage May Vary|depending on your point of view]]- that mass accelators and Reapers may actually exist, and we're just basically counting down our days until they start wiping out life as we know it... 'course this is just [[Wild Mass Guessing]]...

** It certainly adds a new level of unnerving to the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter- it has a similar overall composition to "terrestrial" planets...