So you’ve seen that brand new Mass Effect: Andromeda trailer right? And how you’re going to take up the mantle of Pathfinder, leading an expedition of humans to a new galaxy far beyond the one we all explored in the original trilogy? Andromeda might be a new start for the BioWare franchise, but fans are still itching to find out just how these new faces connect to the old. And more specifically, where Shepard fits in to all this.
The answers to those questions were settled last night, shortly after the trailer went live. A new timeline detailing the expedition shows precisely where the new crew fits in to the grand scheme of things. And technically, this new cast might never have known that Shepard came back to life after the events of the Mass Effect 2 opening.
Surviving the attack on the Citadel in 2183 CE, Shepard was presumed dead after an attack on the Normandy later that year. He was only then resurrected by Cerberus two years later – coincidentally the exact same year the Andromeda Expedition set off on their 600 year long journey. Inducing all crew members in a cryo-sleep, this new cast kicks off their adventure sometime in 2785 CE. That’s well after the events of the Reaper attack, and entirely disconnected from that trilogy’s history.
So there are dangling threads to the past that will most likely come up in backstories and chatter, but nothing too intricate that you’ll have to remember the events of all three games. Because these new characters don’t even realise it’s happened, which opens the door to the fresh start the franchise has been promising since reveal. And that’s exciting to me, because it means there’s a whole host of new stories just waiting to be told in this new universe.
Mass Effect: Andromeda is out in Spring 2017, which kicks off in the Northern Hemisphere in the last week of March.
Last Updated: November 8, 2016
Alien Emperor Trevor
November 8, 2016 at 11:17
Well there’s a titbit of utterly useless information about ME.
Ottokie
November 8, 2016 at 11:18
Including ME 1,2 and 3? 😛
Alien Emperor Trevor
November 8, 2016 at 11:26
It’s been 4.5 years, I’ve moved on. ;P
Ottokie
November 8, 2016 at 11:28
That’s an oddly specific time frame you gave for some who has “moved on” 😛
Alien Emperor Trevor
November 8, 2016 at 11:28
I googled the release date. 😛
Ottokie
November 8, 2016 at 11:29
Of course you did 🙂
Matthew Holliday
November 8, 2016 at 11:30
#neverforget
Hammersteyn_hates_Raid0
November 8, 2016 at 11:41
Matthew Holliday
November 8, 2016 at 15:10
Talizorah vas Nkandla thuglife
RinceThis
November 8, 2016 at 14:21
So mean!
Alien Emperor Trevor
November 8, 2016 at 14:42
Mean? Average I’d say!
Admiral Chief - N7
November 8, 2016 at 11:20
Love it
Admiral Chief - N7
November 8, 2016 at 11:37
NEVER forget Marauder Shields
Alien Emperor Trevor
November 8, 2016 at 11:48
What’s a marauder shield? 😛
HvR
November 8, 2016 at 11:42
” He was only then resurrected by Cerberus”
Did the cabbage just assume gender? Better check his privilege.
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40 Insane Frogs
November 8, 2016 at 13:39
Exactly, I FEEL TRIGGERED! I could have internet-onset PTSD. My SHEP WAS A FEM SHEP!!!
Ghost In The Rift
November 8, 2016 at 13:05
Sooo the Ark’s just slipped out unnoticed passed the Reapers in Dark Space?
40 Insane Frogs
November 8, 2016 at 13:36
Did you just drop your finishing move on Bioware’s “writing staff”?
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Ghost In The Rift
November 8, 2016 at 13:46
Dunno, stay tuned until next year when all will be revealed at Wrasslemania haha!!
Alien Emperor Trevor
November 8, 2016 at 14:40
ERMAGAWD KING! THE WREXBOTTOM!
konfab
November 8, 2016 at 15:17
To quote the Drill Sergeant on the Citadel:
“I dare to assume you ignorant jackasses know that space is empty.”
Ghost In The Rift
November 8, 2016 at 18:00
but….but….assuming is all we got, till the game drops!!
Nikola
November 8, 2016 at 13:10
ME one of my favorite franchises of all time along side Witcher series, really excited about this even though I know very little about it but I know it will be good ME does not disappoint!
Grimsupanoob
November 8, 2016 at 13:13
3 multicolored lights for ending…
40 Insane Frogs
November 8, 2016 at 13:38
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40 Insane Frogs
November 8, 2016 at 13:32
Inquisitor… Warden… Spectre… Pathfinder….
Bioware… pfffttt! Overrated!
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40 Insane Frogs
November 8, 2016 at 13:34
#NeverForgetMarauderShields
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40 Insane Frogs
November 8, 2016 at 13:36
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RinceThis
November 8, 2016 at 14:21
Cool.
blit
November 11, 2016 at 15:22
genetically engineered a55holes from the milky way..given that bioware loves his heroes that i hate; ryders’ dad is probably related to mirandas father, tattoo lady, or george takei. and jacobs father was probably a hero.