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01/04/2014 5:40 AM ·Spoilers

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I was thinking having a civil conversation of the ending without devolving into venomous spite would help puzzled folks about the conclusion. Here be spoilery chatter! Mind the gap!

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  • rob

    01/04/2014 10:59 AM ·Spoilers

    there must be a end so a new beginning can happen. no mater how you end the game its the same in the end. out with the old in with the new

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  • Ness

    01/04/2014 11:56 AM ·Spoilers

    You shouldn't have opened this door but I'll answer your questions:

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  • Ness

    01/04/2014 12:02 PM ·Spoilers

    Before the cycles there existed a race of incredibly powerful nearly apex species. They enslaved lesser races by turning them into thralls. However, they observed that the lesser races always...

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  • Ness

    01/04/2014 12:03 PM ·Spoilers

    ...created synthetics who in turn destroyed their creators. To stop this from happening they created an AI with the mandate to preserve life at any cost. The solution the AI came up with was to...

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  • Ness

    01/04/2014 12:05 PM ·Spoilers

    ...harvest it's creators and turn them into the first reaper: Harbinger. The AI started the cycles, harvesting all life before the synthetics destroy the galaxy, and resetting the galaxy. In order...

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  • Ness

    01/04/2014 12:06 PM ·Spoilers

    ...to speed the time between cycles and ensure the races evolve along the paths the reapers desire they built the mass relays and the citadel. The mass relays all eventually lead to the Citadel...

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  • Ness

    01/04/2014 12:08 PM ·Spoilers

    ...so every race would inevitably find it. They built them so the races could use them without fully understanding them. But how they work is essential a huge amount of eezo that powers a mass effect

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  • Ness

    01/04/2014 12:09 PM ·Spoilers

    ...great enough to launch a ship across space instantaneously. The Citadel is really just a huge mass relay that connects to dark space beyond the galaxy where the reapers lay dormant between cycles.

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  • Ness

    01/04/2014 12:12 PM ·Spoilers

    The Crucible is a weapon designed to use the mass relay network to manipulate dark energy. But it has never been completed before. By completing it and shepard reaching the AI it gave the AI new...

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  • Ness

    01/04/2014 12:14 PM ·Spoilers

    ...possibilities. It saw a new solution in Shepard and allowed him to make the choice.

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  • Ness

    01/04/2014 12:17 PM ·Spoilers

    If you're interested, I cover the reapers in my firt character profile I posted a couple months ago. If you scroll back in my posts you'll find it.

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  • Smith Thee

    01/04/2014 4:27 PM ·Spoilers

    I think I understand what you posted Ness, but I'm having trouble understanding why it would give the Catalyst new possibilities.

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  • Smith Thee

    01/04/2014 4:28 PM ·Spoilers

    And, I don't know where Destroy, Synthesis, and Control options came from. Why and how did the AI arrive at these conclusions? I suppose that was never really tackled here.

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  • Ness

    01/04/2014 7:37 PM ·Spoilers

    By hooking up the crucible to the catalyst it created the possibility of using it, which the AI never had before. It recognized there could be a new solution with the crucible.

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  • Ness

    01/04/2014 7:40 PM ·Spoilers

    The crucible can disperse an enormous amount of dark energy across the relay network. It can be used in three ways, it can send a signal that shuts down the reapers, or shepard can download his...

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  • Ness

    01/04/2014 7:42 PM ·Spoilers

    ...consciousness into the catalyst and replace it before sending the new signal to all the reapers and assuming control, or it can use the dark energy to manipulate molecules of all synthetic and...

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  • Ness

    01/04/2014 7:43 PM ·Spoilers

    ...organics to make a new DNA. Those are the three possible solutions to the original problem posed to the AI.

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  • Smith Thee

    01/04/2014 7:48 PM ·Spoilers

    Thanks for taking the time to explain all that, Ness!

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  • Ness

    01/04/2014 7:51 PM ·Spoilers

    Happy to help!

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  • Smith Thee

    01/12/2014 6:34 PM ·Spoilers

    After countless of hours of brain-wracking, I have found peace with the ME3 endings. After finishing my blog post on the endings, I can finally move on!

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