User blog comment:The Milkman/Everybody Shut Up./@comment-1341687-20120423035921

OK, I'll answer what I can and most will be my opinion or interpretation.

How did they move the Crucible clear across the galaxy, with little effort of resistance?

It has an eezo core. But even if it doesn't have it's own engine it can still easily be towed. It's space.

How and why did the Illusive Man tell the Reapers where the Crucible was?

Maybe I missed it, when did this happen?

''Why did they move it to earth? Why not simply move it to a hidden location, where no one can find it?''

I assume here you are actually talking about the Citadel, and that's because they were using it how the Collector Base was used, to process a human Reaper.

How did Anderson get to the beam first?

Beats me, I have issue with this despite people who try to explain it with moving hallways and such as that wouldn't have worked unless the middle platform was rotating.

How the hell is the Illusive Man on the citadel at all?

Dreams and Starlight

''What happened to everyone on the Citadel? Did they fight back? Did they escape?''

We have to just assume they were wiped out and that others escaped.

Why did Joker just cut and run in the final battle?

Bad writing, bad decisions. There's no other explanation. If he still runs in the extended cut, then it doesn't matter what else it fixes because that will still be BS.

How did Joker have time to save all my friends (and Vega) and still escape the system before the relays exploded?

See above.

Why does no one care about my death?

That's a weird statement to make with the lack of an epilogue.

Wouldn't the shock wave Joker from which Joker is esacaping be fatal to the rest of the fleet?

No. Joker was in a mass effect field from the relay journey. The force traveling along the field was also collapsing it behind itself. As it destroys the relays it shuts off the fields behind the wave. It rides the collapsing field to the next relay and shoots off to the next, etc. The sudden deceleration and basic integration into what might be considered normal space is what caused the damage.

''How does grabbing two rods on the Citadel control the Reapers? Is it just that easy?''

We don't know how it works. The rods themselves could have been some sort of signal creator/amplifier. This is just a simple moment of suspension of disbelief and to over analyze it I feel is unnecessary, even if the endings had been good. How does Sauron see Frodo when he puts on the ring? Magic? Then the answer here is science. Clarke's three laws.

''How does shooting some random do-hickey destroy every Reaper in the universe? Are they that weak? Are they so easy to destroy? How can a race so powerful have a such a "Death Star" weakness?''

It's a kill code.

''Why am I shooting said do-hickey? Was it ever implied that I should? Did the God-Child ever tell me to?''

Yes. He told you to make a choice. While again a lot of it is poor writing, Shepard has no idea what is going to happen, but what happens happens.

''Why am I walking toward the explosion? If I have a pistol, can't my death my avoided by simply shooting at a distance?''

Again bad writing. But we can partially assume Shepard has no assumption of survival at this point. Closer shots, more accuracy, more power, more whatever. No your death can't be avoided shooting from a distance. The Citadel and Crucible blow up. There is a chance for survival, but I don't think dying or living have anything to do with Shepards distance to the Red button.

How do you combine Synthetics with Organic DNA? How does that work? What's the practical meaning of that?

Are you really asking for science behind this? Hundreds of science fiction stories have biosyntetics at some point or in some way. For instance Stargate: Atlantis had Wraith tech, Farscape had Moya, Lexx had Lexx. Heck if you pay enough attention you realize James Cameron did it with Avatar. It is again suspension of disbelief. It comes down to DNA being able to craft synthetic aspects. We don't even know what biomechanical synthesis here means. Does it mean we live longer? Does it mean we're super smart? Does it mean I can plug into a tree? Suspension of disbelief. Don't look too deep at it, because in the end it doesn't affect the universe as far as we can and may ever see beyond the ending of ME3.

What are the consequences of destroying all Synthetic life?

Depends on the definition of synthetic. I take it by the game to mean any true AI. So the answer is nothing. There are no consequences. Except maybe the quarians taking a little longer to adapt.

Since the Volus and Quarians require exo-suits to live, won't they die?

No. They're environmental suits.

Since Biotics have sythetic implants, won't they die?

Again no. It's just a VI of a sort, nothing as far as what the game presents as "synthetic".

''What about any human who has been slightly augmented? Any human that has an artificial part to them is going to die now?''

Still no.

Why can't I ask you about these things?

I assume you mean BioWare or Catalyst. Bad writing. Or rushed writing. To be fair I don't know what kind of pressure EA put on them.

Why can't I argue with the God Child?

See above.

Did everyone starve to death?

Everyone? No. It will be difficult and there's a good chance many will die. But reading a lot of the science given in game about traveling with FTL and Reaper FTL it isn't a death sentence by any extent.

Why did BioWare do something so stupid!?

Someone somewhere knows. Chances are they're being forced not to tell through some sort of coercion.