A recent patch to the PS3 version of Mass Effect 2 has let the name, and through a little sleuthing, some of the details for a forthcoming piece of DLC for the Sci-FI RPG slip. Tentatively titled “Arrival,” the DLC will more then likely put the focus on Dr. Amanda Kennison, a subject of a recent Cerberus Network update, whose research suggests a possible link between the Reapers and the mass relays.
Historians and astronomers alike are abuzz tonight over a new paper published by Dr. Amanda Kenson of the University of Arcturus. Her team claims that by testing the dust trapped in the gravity wells around a mass relay, and comparing its composition to that of dust clouds in the same system, scientists can create a timeline of when the relay passed through the dust. Her conclusion? “Only a small fraction of the mass effect relays date back 50,000 years,” she writes, “The majority are far older, indicating they were created by a species predating even the Protheans.” Dr. Aurana T’Meles of the University of Serrice met the information with skepticism: “While Dr. Kenson’s methods appear sound, the asari tried a similar procedure centuries ago and discounted it. What civilization could have spanned the galaxy for not thousands, but millions of years? If this were the case, we should have found mountains of evidence of their passing. Where is this species now?”
While it remains to be seen if this is the rumored DLC link between Mass Effect 2 & 3, it does seem likely that the Reapers will play a role in this download one way or another. Trophies that were updated along with the patch for the DLC suggest that you could possibly meet your end (Again?) in this pack with the ominously titled trophy “The Ultimate Sacrifice.” Nothing has been announced in any official capacity, so stay tuned for more coverage, because if there is one thing that can be agreed on, it’s that more Mass Effect is never a bad thing.
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