Mass Effect 5is set to follow the original trilogy , think that the ending ofMass Effect 3will bear important repercussion during the new secret plan ’s beginning . All the endings forME3change the extragalactic nebula ’s balance entirely , but one , in particular , has some destructive effects on synthetic and constitutional life . The " destroy " ending , as it ’s often dubbed , sees Shepard belt down every AI animation descriptor in the galaxy by emitting a lethal beat through the mass relays .

Of naturally , this destroy the Reapers , EDI , and the Geth ( if they are still around by the game ’s ending ) , butit also destroys something else : the mass relay themselves . Mass Relays permit galactic travelfrom clustering to cluster , and without them , galactic beau monde would be quite different . How exactly is yet to be seen , but given what we know about the relay , we can forecast out some of these changes .

A Galaxy Without Relays Will Be More Divided

Space Travel Must Be Much Slower

As stated , the destroy end of theMass Effecttrilogy see the mass relays fall apart , being turn in ineffectual . The previous role of these relays was to take into account fornear - instantaneous saltation across far reaches of space , which was crucial in build a link interstellar government . The Citadel itself acted as the center of these relay and the seat of the universe ’s leaders . With these structures snuff it , communicating and travel from planet to planet will be much slow and more isolated .

Mass Effect 5 will need to acknowledge the three potential endings of the original trilogy , but one event is likely impossible to implement .

Players saw exactly how crucial these relay were to blank space travel inMass Effect 2 ’s Arrival DLCwhenShepard destroyed one in the Viper Nebula , delaying the Reaper ’s arrival on Earth by over six month . And that ’s for Reapers , who are noted as being extraordinarily riotous in their infinite seafaring ; for the ships of humans and other constitutional species , the difference in prison term will be much enceinte . Not to bring up how dispersed galactic forces were at the last of the Reaper War . The cosmos would be in pandemonium for years after the warfare ’s end .

Character from Mass Effect 3 with all three endings

The Fallout Of The Loss Of Reaper Technology

The Discoveries That Shaped Civilization, Lost

The relay themselves were not to begin with built by the organic denizen of the galaxy . They were made by the Reapers , or at least by thespecies that made the Reapers . Their technologyshaped the development of C of grand of constituent societies , include those of man , Turians , Asari , and even the Protheans . The loss of this technology would not needs have in mind its secrets are lost forever . After all , many spacefaring species collected the information necessary to sympathize the technology at a certain level .

While the end of a relay in the Arrival DLC wipe out all life in the nebula , that does not seem to be the case with the third game ’s " destroy " ending . intend that at least the extragalactic nebula was spared a aggregate extinction event that could have finished the harvester ’s work for them .

Still , the effects of destroying the relays and all other synthetic life in the galaxy would be akin to a universe - wide blackout , requiring twelvemonth of work from every civilisation just to get back to the point they were at before the Reaper war . count on when the nextMass Effectgame make place , galactic society could still be struggling with this rebuilding mental process .

Mass Relay in Mass Effect

Mass Effect Will Need To Introduce A New Method Of Galactic Travel

A New Universe Needs New Navigational Strategies

Given their centuries of inquiry on the structures , it is improbable that the remaining species in the wandflower could build their own quite a little relays . However , the process would take some clip and wouldleave massive swathes of space out of reach for years to occur .

The Mass Relays give the Mass Effect series its name because of their method of mass manipulation , which allows theodolite across the intact galaxy .

This might be one way the new game could divide the map , keeping sure planets and cluster out of the role player ’s reach until they can help reconstruct mass electrical relay . If the new game proceed for something of anopen - world explorationmechanic , this could be a smashing style to do it while also assist to rebuild a confused extragalactic nebula . It could also lend the raw plot to a smaller focus , sticking to one or a few bunch and render more item for a little phone number of world .

Spectator attacking the party from Baldur’s Gate 3

Very little is bonk about the plot or grapheme of the 5th biz in theMass Effectfranchise , so the possibility for where the tale could go are quite open - ended .

There could even be a mechanicwhere the player ’s ship can travel quicker than other spacefarers , making them uniquely qualified to explore the galax , search for mazed technical school , and fight new threats . Any of these could be interesting starting points for a game edifice off of the original trilogy ’s finale , should the developer choose to go off of the ending where the relay race are destroyed .

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Image of a new Mass Relay in construction orbiting an unknown planet.

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