Filling out some Space..

(night at the Citadel)

The story called Mass Effect is themed on humanity's struggle to find their place in the universe.  The second part of the saga continues from the 50-hour effort that, at its end, showed Humanity assert and attain a rank of power and status among the begrudging elite races- mostly through the efforts of the first ever Human Spectre, Commander Shepard which brought down the most influential being in the galaxy, a rogue Spectre, and the ancient alien race he had managed to recruit.

This commanded the permanent respect of the Human race and galactic politics experienced a polar-shift (especially when Shepard allowed the entire Galactic Council to perish at the hands of the reawakened race).  Such was made about the events, countless award-winning documentaries have been made.  An abridged version of one of the best (5 min) can be found here: Abridged Version of the Mass Effect.  This version was released by the Architects, a unknown group on sentient beings that found a way to create the entire universe in which the Mass Effect story takes place.  It is unknown where the Architects reside, whether in our universe or another, but they have revealed themselves to be of humanoid form.  

In developing the universe for Mass Effect, the Architects designed the system to run and display parallel versions of itself.  Assigning each parallel version to a Controller (of which I am an example), this allowed radically different developments and fates for each system.  For example, many Controller's are still in the middle of their universe and it is unlikely a ending will ever be reached by them.  As another example, many Controllers choose to save the previously mentioned Galactic Council.  

ALL Controllers from the 1st system will have the opportunity to control the 2nd Mass Effect system; the key here being that the deviations found from their respective 1st system will control the onset, development, and even conclusion of their 2nd system.  Thus those that saved the equivalence of Earth's United Nations will have dynamically different options than those, like me, who allow it to perish.  It has even been hinted by the Architect's that this will continue into a 3rd system that they develop and that it is possible to enter that system without the main character (Shepard) still alive.

For further revelations on the Architects, the 1st or 2nd Mass Effect universes, or Commander Shepard and co., stay tuned or please get in touch.

- Controller 22789JK7

(a bar located in the Omega station)