for Mass Effect: A Very Terran (Re)solution5/18/2023 c23 OscuroSignore-51
Nice chapter.
I admit I'm a bit disappointed that the events on Garvug and the prothean cache god dealt with off screen like that. It had potential in my opinion as a side-storyline.
I like the GNN bit and I'd like to see it more, although I would change the speech a bit, it feels how to say it... too last century human for an asari anchorwoman.
For the topic of the drugs, I frankly don't much of an idea for a policy, thought I've wondered with the genetic mods they have, can't they immunize the organism to the substance or make it so as it can withstand its effects? Perhaps with the help of nanobots like they did for the aquarians immune system?
Keep up the good work!
Nice chapter.
I admit I'm a bit disappointed that the events on Garvug and the prothean cache god dealt with off screen like that. It had potential in my opinion as a side-storyline.
I like the GNN bit and I'd like to see it more, although I would change the speech a bit, it feels how to say it... too last century human for an asari anchorwoman.
For the topic of the drugs, I frankly don't much of an idea for a policy, thought I've wondered with the genetic mods they have, can't they immunize the organism to the substance or make it so as it can withstand its effects? Perhaps with the help of nanobots like they did for the aquarians immune system?
Keep up the good work!
5/15/2023 c6 Guest
I’m new to this and I just finished ch 6 and you gave some of the best explanations I’ve ever heard for the why and how to the MEU universe and I love it keep up the good work
I’m new to this and I just finished ch 6 and you gave some of the best explanations I’ve ever heard for the why and how to the MEU universe and I love it keep up the good work
5/7/2023 c23 Fallen Gluttonous Angel
I would really like more gnn it was good. And about the drugs, if i would ever do something about it i would make them very little addictive so that they dont go to other drugs but i would trie to make them cheap but a good shot (so the get the high that they search) but would be careful that it doesn't harm the health of people
I would really like more gnn it was good. And about the drugs, if i would ever do something about it i would make them very little addictive so that they dont go to other drugs but i would trie to make them cheap but a good shot (so the get the high that they search) but would be careful that it doesn't harm the health of people
5/6/2023 c23 
4Caliburn0
Thanks for writing this story. It's excellent, and really refreshing to see all these real world sci-fi concepts and dreams brought into reality. I've been watching Isaac Arthur for ages and to see how much of an influence he is to your writing brings a massive smile to my face. The only really big thing (that I can see) you're lacking pulling into the story from Real World Logic(TM) is probably time travel, since FTL means it's a thing by necessity. Still, I can't blame you for not doing that. It would have been a completely different story if you did and everyone else would be looking like even greater idiots than they already do.
That's also probably why I can't ever see myself writing a story like this. Not hard sci-fi: That I'm totally all for - but this... 'inserting' real scientific logic and working with the true scale of things in a story like Mass Effect. It can make for some pretty enjoyable reading, as you've clearly demonstrated, but it kind of makes everyone in that entire galaxy into an idiot. Like... more than seems plausible. Far, FAR more than seems plausible actually. Things only get exagerated by all the previous cycles because EVERYONE had to have been equally stupid or the stupid cycle would have broken much sooner. Like, the reason people didn't build space stations larger than the Citadel and relied on Eezo for artifical gravity when they could have just used centrifugal force is because they just didn't think of it? That it just wasn't part of their common sense? The reason they don't use gravitic propulsion when they a have gravitic shields is the same? They don't have star forges because the idea is too outlandish to be believed? That's just... it's too stupid to be acceptable. I get why politicans or the random joe doesn't think of it, but scientists are trained to think these thoughts and these ways as a part of their jobs. It's how science and technology WORKS. And, yeah, I *get it*, you can't get away from that because the original writers didn't take these things into account when they originally wrote the story. Mass Effect is a semi-hard space opera setting where the writers knew next to nothing about futurism and only had a surface level understanding of physics.
But when you introduce those things into your story as a new development it's... you have to give everyone in the galaxy the idiot ball for it to work, and that really hurts their characters and lowers the stakes. And, yes. I get that they really are that stupid from a non-fictional perspective, but that doesn't change the fact that most people (myself included) don't particularly enjoy reading about stupid people doing stupid shit for stupid reasons. Things are far more interesting with two or more competent factions against each other. The massive amount of corruption and the Reapers Trap isn't sufficent either. They're reasons for why things are the way they are, maybe even good reasons, but they're just not... enough. And I can't see a solution to this problem. You've been hinting that there's more to it. Things like humans seemingly losing a good chunk of their intellectual ability/drive/focus when they took to space, but I just can't see any reason possibly being enough. Maybe... the Relays passively emitting semi-mind controling singals into everyone's minds to make them... 'less' than they should be? That could... possibly work, but I can't possibly fathom how that could have worked for all these cycles. I mean, there has to have been someone that escaped that fate. And that 'wave' seems far more overpowered than anything else Reapers have ever shown to a disproptionate degree.
What else then? I just... can't see it. I can't reconcile it all in my head. I'm looking forward with whatever you come up with, if there is indeed more, but I can't really think of any plausible reason for things being the way they are in ME in your story.
Still, this story is more than good enough to earn that little bit of Suspension of Disbelief, and the hand you were dealt wasn't exactly ideal after all. Keep up the good work, it's still excellent despite the conceptual problems I can't avoid thinking about.
4Caliburn0Thanks for writing this story. It's excellent, and really refreshing to see all these real world sci-fi concepts and dreams brought into reality. I've been watching Isaac Arthur for ages and to see how much of an influence he is to your writing brings a massive smile to my face. The only really big thing (that I can see) you're lacking pulling into the story from Real World Logic(TM) is probably time travel, since FTL means it's a thing by necessity. Still, I can't blame you for not doing that. It would have been a completely different story if you did and everyone else would be looking like even greater idiots than they already do.
That's also probably why I can't ever see myself writing a story like this. Not hard sci-fi: That I'm totally all for - but this... 'inserting' real scientific logic and working with the true scale of things in a story like Mass Effect. It can make for some pretty enjoyable reading, as you've clearly demonstrated, but it kind of makes everyone in that entire galaxy into an idiot. Like... more than seems plausible. Far, FAR more than seems plausible actually. Things only get exagerated by all the previous cycles because EVERYONE had to have been equally stupid or the stupid cycle would have broken much sooner. Like, the reason people didn't build space stations larger than the Citadel and relied on Eezo for artifical gravity when they could have just used centrifugal force is because they just didn't think of it? That it just wasn't part of their common sense? The reason they don't use gravitic propulsion when they a have gravitic shields is the same? They don't have star forges because the idea is too outlandish to be believed? That's just... it's too stupid to be acceptable. I get why politicans or the random joe doesn't think of it, but scientists are trained to think these thoughts and these ways as a part of their jobs. It's how science and technology WORKS. And, yeah, I *get it*, you can't get away from that because the original writers didn't take these things into account when they originally wrote the story. Mass Effect is a semi-hard space opera setting where the writers knew next to nothing about futurism and only had a surface level understanding of physics.
But when you introduce those things into your story as a new development it's... you have to give everyone in the galaxy the idiot ball for it to work, and that really hurts their characters and lowers the stakes. And, yes. I get that they really are that stupid from a non-fictional perspective, but that doesn't change the fact that most people (myself included) don't particularly enjoy reading about stupid people doing stupid shit for stupid reasons. Things are far more interesting with two or more competent factions against each other. The massive amount of corruption and the Reapers Trap isn't sufficent either. They're reasons for why things are the way they are, maybe even good reasons, but they're just not... enough. And I can't see a solution to this problem. You've been hinting that there's more to it. Things like humans seemingly losing a good chunk of their intellectual ability/drive/focus when they took to space, but I just can't see any reason possibly being enough. Maybe... the Relays passively emitting semi-mind controling singals into everyone's minds to make them... 'less' than they should be? That could... possibly work, but I can't possibly fathom how that could have worked for all these cycles. I mean, there has to have been someone that escaped that fate. And that 'wave' seems far more overpowered than anything else Reapers have ever shown to a disproptionate degree.
What else then? I just... can't see it. I can't reconcile it all in my head. I'm looking forward with whatever you come up with, if there is indeed more, but I can't really think of any plausible reason for things being the way they are in ME in your story.
Still, this story is more than good enough to earn that little bit of Suspension of Disbelief, and the hand you were dealt wasn't exactly ideal after all. Keep up the good work, it's still excellent despite the conceptual problems I can't avoid thinking about.
5/2/2023 c1 AvidGamer1124
YES! THANK YOU! I hate when writers arbitrarily weaken a crossover and just up ME tech. Halo crossovers are the worst offenders imo. It's hilarious to me to read about "how the UNSC Infinity would be destroyed by a couple of Turian dreadnoughts" and other stupid shit like that.
YES! THANK YOU! I hate when writers arbitrarily weaken a crossover and just up ME tech. Halo crossovers are the worst offenders imo. It's hilarious to me to read about "how the UNSC Infinity would be destroyed by a couple of Turian dreadnoughts" and other stupid shit like that.
5/1/2023 c5 7Alykto
Too bad you a clear misunderstanding of gravity and how it works.
Even if the codex isn't saying really that, I agree that kinetic barrier are simply mass effect field that negate the mass of incoming projectile therefore nullify the kinetic energy of that said projectile. But that doesn't mean "the shield generators have to exert enough opposite force to equal the incoming slugs."
The kinetic energy is calculated by k 1/2 m * v2 (in cas of lightspeed k m * v2). The principle of mass effect field is that since you nulllify or greatly diminish the mass of the object. So the force you need to accelarate the projectile and therefore giving it a high speed, is very also diminished. In case of kinetic barrier, since the mass of the projectile is nullify, it basically delivers zero energy at the impact and you don't take damage. Kinetic barrier don't "push" against the projectile !
Concerning gravity... Gravity is a field created by mass. The greater the mass, the greater the attraction. So to use gravity as a force, you need to increase the mass and therefore the energy needed. Kind of the contrary of the whole point of using less energy.
And you also overlooked a crucial propriety of gravity. Gravity is always attractive ! You can't repulse something with gravity.
In case of electromagnetism, you have positive and negative charges so you can use attractive and repulsive force. Not with gravity. And also, one of the great point of electrmagnetism is that you can quite easily influence the direction of the force but also its intensity by playing on the current. With gravity, you can only aim for the center of mass and you have to increase the mass of an object to increase the force.
I really liked your story so far. But I just hate when a SI come in a univers and make a "breakthrough" in science when clearly he doesn't have any type of formation in physics. Normally in your story, Mordin or Liara should just ripped through your SI's explanation just like I did.
7AlyktoToo bad you a clear misunderstanding of gravity and how it works.
Even if the codex isn't saying really that, I agree that kinetic barrier are simply mass effect field that negate the mass of incoming projectile therefore nullify the kinetic energy of that said projectile. But that doesn't mean "the shield generators have to exert enough opposite force to equal the incoming slugs."
The kinetic energy is calculated by k 1/2 m * v2 (in cas of lightspeed k m * v2). The principle of mass effect field is that since you nulllify or greatly diminish the mass of the object. So the force you need to accelarate the projectile and therefore giving it a high speed, is very also diminished. In case of kinetic barrier, since the mass of the projectile is nullify, it basically delivers zero energy at the impact and you don't take damage. Kinetic barrier don't "push" against the projectile !
Concerning gravity... Gravity is a field created by mass. The greater the mass, the greater the attraction. So to use gravity as a force, you need to increase the mass and therefore the energy needed. Kind of the contrary of the whole point of using less energy.
And you also overlooked a crucial propriety of gravity. Gravity is always attractive ! You can't repulse something with gravity.
In case of electromagnetism, you have positive and negative charges so you can use attractive and repulsive force. Not with gravity. And also, one of the great point of electrmagnetism is that you can quite easily influence the direction of the force but also its intensity by playing on the current. With gravity, you can only aim for the center of mass and you have to increase the mass of an object to increase the force.
I really liked your story so far. But I just hate when a SI come in a univers and make a "breakthrough" in science when clearly he doesn't have any type of formation in physics. Normally in your story, Mordin or Liara should just ripped through your SI's explanation just like I did.
4/30/2023 c23 Guciec
Love the story. I appreciate and am in awe of a detailed world presented. Can't wait for the next chapter!
Love the story. I appreciate and am in awe of a detailed world presented. Can't wait for the next chapter!
4/27/2023 c10 2redx1221
I’m pretty sure it was confirmed that Aleena and Aria are in fact two separate people
2redx1221I’m pretty sure it was confirmed that Aleena and Aria are in fact two separate people
4/26/2023 c23 ThyDevoutBeliever
This has got to be the Mass Effect fanfic to end all fanfics or something.
This has got to be the Mass Effect fanfic to end all fanfics or something.
4/25/2023 c23 Siriusly Grim
This is a hell of a ride. As to your battery of end-of-chapter questions: I think everything I've read so far has been worth it's space on the page plus more, so you should do what you want to do. Keep the good work coming!
This is a hell of a ride. As to your battery of end-of-chapter questions: I think everything I've read so far has been worth it's space on the page plus more, so you should do what you want to do. Keep the good work coming!
4/25/2023 c23 Hiei-Uchiha
Love your story and had to do a full binge before reviewing! I really liked the reviews from the various aliens, too funny. I will definitely be adding your story to my favorites list.
Love your story and had to do a full binge before reviewing! I really liked the reviews from the various aliens, too funny. I will definitely be adding your story to my favorites list.
4/23/2023 c3 talesfanjmf
Pretty good stuff but I think that you really made a mistake by having them use the Avenger here when it probably should not exist. I think the M7 Lancer is still in use.
Pretty good stuff but I think that you really made a mistake by having them use the Avenger here when it probably should not exist. I think the M7 Lancer is still in use.
4/22/2023 c23 Guest
The juice media reference was perfect. Got to love sarcasm push to it's utmost limits
The juice media reference was perfect. Got to love sarcasm push to it's utmost limits
4/20/2023 c23 4Antex-The Legendary Zoroark
Excellent work on this chapter! I was eager to see a new one after so long and you didn’t disappoint! This was extremely well done and it seems to me that the Terminus Wars are going to make one more big turn (as seen in this chapter) before it all ends in one giant clash! Whether that’s for better or worse, I guess we’ll see.
In regards to your Questions to the Readers, I would absolutely love to see more of GNN and how Loki continues to make more chaos with the truth and propaganda he helps that lovely Asari girl with. Wouldn’t mind seeing more interaction between the two after-stage as well! Purely platonic of course if she wants it that way.
As for your second question, I’m unsure how to answer. Policy wise, I guess I’d have many “Shadow Teams” find and dismantle as much of that system as much as possible. Then for “personal” use (to an extent), I would try and hire scientists to modify the ones that could be more useful and beneficial to people (while making sure they’re all approved and given the go-ahead by Doctors, Researchers, etc) and then either destroying the originals or making sure to make all trace of them disappear through some sort of Anti-Viral drug to counteract it all. Then make EXTREMELY highly secure and classified files for only certain leadership (like myself and/or my descendants along with the ones I TRULY trust) access. Of course I’d make sure to make all data restrictive as well; even for myself. Such as copying them and trying to recreate them, accessing the items needed to reproduce them, etc. It would all basically be read-only for a limited timeframe with cameras and the computer itself scanning for ANY possible foul play/attempts to loophole through my security restrictions. It would also of course be sure to lock out any people hacking into the system and delete any potential virus’s that could modify/harm files.
4Antex-The Legendary ZoroarkExcellent work on this chapter! I was eager to see a new one after so long and you didn’t disappoint! This was extremely well done and it seems to me that the Terminus Wars are going to make one more big turn (as seen in this chapter) before it all ends in one giant clash! Whether that’s for better or worse, I guess we’ll see.
In regards to your Questions to the Readers, I would absolutely love to see more of GNN and how Loki continues to make more chaos with the truth and propaganda he helps that lovely Asari girl with. Wouldn’t mind seeing more interaction between the two after-stage as well! Purely platonic of course if she wants it that way.
As for your second question, I’m unsure how to answer. Policy wise, I guess I’d have many “Shadow Teams” find and dismantle as much of that system as much as possible. Then for “personal” use (to an extent), I would try and hire scientists to modify the ones that could be more useful and beneficial to people (while making sure they’re all approved and given the go-ahead by Doctors, Researchers, etc) and then either destroying the originals or making sure to make all trace of them disappear through some sort of Anti-Viral drug to counteract it all. Then make EXTREMELY highly secure and classified files for only certain leadership (like myself and/or my descendants along with the ones I TRULY trust) access. Of course I’d make sure to make all data restrictive as well; even for myself. Such as copying them and trying to recreate them, accessing the items needed to reproduce them, etc. It would all basically be read-only for a limited timeframe with cameras and the computer itself scanning for ANY possible foul play/attempts to loophole through my security restrictions. It would also of course be sure to lock out any people hacking into the system and delete any potential virus’s that could modify/harm files.