America is currently the preeminent power. That may change 20 years down the road, but it's unlikely short of WWIII or a civil war to be anything less than a top tier power. China is on the ascendent right now, and may well surpass the US, though it's going to have some demographic issues down the road. Hard to say how well they'll deal with them, but they'll likely be a major power as well. The European nations need to stand together if they want to compete. Space travel is expensive, and none of them alone can fund it. They already realize this- that's why the European space agency exists. Clashing national identites is an issue (see the Euro crisis) but if Europe wants to be relevant, it has to stand together Russia is still significant because it has a ton of nukes and a sizable military industrial complex. The Soviets steamrolling everyone with numbers is a thing of the past, and is unlikely to happen again, because first world countries- which Russia is more or less- don't have the sort of population growth to support that sort of thing. That said a Russian-Indian alliance might make for an interesting power bloc. They already have some joint development programs going, and both might band together in face of an ascendent China. It'd be a bit of an odd couple, but it might work. Africa is unlikely to get's it's act together, but South America might. Brazil is doing fairly well, and might provide the nucleus around which a SA power bloc could form. A South American power bloc is unlikely to be a top power, but it could have a few colonial ventures going. Japan is either going to be in the US's sphere of influence or part of an Oceania centered bloc. I don't think the US, China or EU would particularly care for the formation of such a bloc, but if they're distracted it's possible I suppose.
I`ll probably integrate Australia into the EU. I just gave it a special mention because it gets ex-Krogran tech and a few ships dumped onto its lap. (Just to level the playing field a little) Africa, Im just going to leave out for the moment. I have no idea how to possibly organize it, and neither does TW evidently based on how it blob-stacks the Arab states. (semi plausible for a Tech-1 nation, but meh) Right now, the story as I have planned and semi-storyboarded is mostly America and EU focus, with China/Batarian alignment being main antagonists, and everyones wondering what a unusually quiet Russia is up to. I might include other Human states, but these are the ones I`m focusing on.
I just had a brainwave for an awesome story/game in the ME series. Mass Effect: To Ashes. It's the story of the fall of the Protheans from Javik's POV. It runs through a prologue where he has to evacuate his burning world, through him becoming a respected military commander, building his squad, his squad slowly getting indoctrinated, Javik knifing them in their sleeps to save them from themselves and the reapers, to Javik becoming the Exemplar of Vengeance, and ends with him getting sealed in the stasis pod to be awakened 50,000 years later by Shepard.
That would be just as awesome as a first-person shooter game from the perspective of Kirrahe. I like.
Massive cloning to make all the scorpions, thorny devils, dingos and every other creature bigger so as to make a challenge for the Krogan.
Or let Krogans get jobs as advisors for Australian military. Main reason Australia is even on the map on a stellar scale is becuase they are willing to colonize planets other people stay away from. Some people acuse them of "Australiaforming" planets. Australians consider it a compliment. Granted, even with these advantages, theyre just a minor nation thats part of the EU coalition. A major minor nation, but still minor.
Yeah. I get ya. Which is why the only real contribution Australia can really give to the univrse at large is a couple dozen Special Ops teams to reinforce Cerberus with Krogan granted ships. Colonies are too small, and it has a (relatively) small navy and army compared to everyone sel
No. I don't think so. Tuchanka has giant acid/plasma spitting worms the size of skyscrapers, flying bugs that are bigger than most heavy lift cargo helicopters which spawn fire breathing armour plated neophytes. And that's only two of the higher tier predators there. Australian wildlife has.... a wide variety of poisonous creatures.
There's no reason Australia can't hire a bunch of Krogan, give them a big chunk of the outback and let them do whatever they want in it. Krogan are, after all, quite mercenary. But the Krogan aren't going to move to Australia because of it's amazing biosphere. They'll move there because the Australians give them a shitload of money and land.
True, but the title doesn't mention anything about ideas needing to be 'good'. Even though it may generally be accepted as such. I just figure that if Krogan go actively to Australia, which is a country mocked for its dangerous creatures and harsh territory, that they would seriously like a challenge or two. i mean, a mutated, cloned giant scorpion would be a cool challenge for them. Point.
I have an idea of what if Mass Effect 3 was more like Prometheus. Has anyone suggested such an idea yet? If not, get ready for a short proposal in spoiler blocks.
That is correct, but if you post a bad idea you still shouldn't be surprised/offended when people tell you it's a bad idea, just as if you post a good idea they will tell you that's it's good.
Here's an idea. In some alternate Mass Effect history, the Yahg have become a council race...cue First Contact War,
What if Mass Effect 3 was more like Prometheus... They open up the stasis pod and only Legion can communicate with Jarvik. Being a genetically supreme being, he rips off Legion's head, temporarily incapacitating him while bludgeoning Zaeed a whole bunch. He then goes on to try to kill a bunch of people before he is seemingly killed by a Reaper. Then later on the Crucible is activated and what happens is that it summons a huge Prothean armada that comes out of an impromptu Mass Effect relay to another galaxy. The Protheans, for some unfathomable reason, goes apeshit on both Reapers and non-Reapers alike. This a completely imperfect rendition of Prometheus, but is inspired by it, because I was imagining what if Jarvik was a big of a jerk as the engineers are.
Question!!! Do the people of Australia like the poisonous spiders, snakes and lizards? The deserts? The insects? The heat? Will they take black widow spiders and other giant spiders, snakes, wild killer animals with them when they Australiaform a planet? Because the answer is no, as no sane person, other than a Krogan, would do any of those things...and Krogans are no better than Barbarians, only that they have guns.
