Dawn of Titans

by F13D

There is nothing fair, just, or honorable about war. There is only winning and losing, the living and the dead. Humanity has learned this truth and has ascended to the stars. What effect will this have on the rest of the galaxy, one that has experienced millennia of peace? Will it be able to maintain the peace or will it be ushered into a new age of war? Let the end begin. A/U

23. Chapter 23 - Reason for inactivity

Response to reviewers. I am sure many are aware of when the next chapter is going to be up, unfortunately I am not sure since I am currently recovering from brain surgery and may not have much time to write especially with my college courses, that being said I feel that making you guys aware of my situation would help explain my lack of activity as well as allow me to address some of my critics of the story, of which there are very few.

Axcel chapter 21 . Nov 15, 2016

You forgot to take into account that every human nation even modern first world nations would go to total war (including bombing population centers) over far less than the Batarians did. You aren't filling a "you can't save everyone" theme, you are ignoring reality. A human nation in modern times doing what the Batarians did would be crushed. If they are too strong for that, major cities' anti-ballistic missile defenses would be defeated and then at least one of those cities would be nuked.

Hell, nations go to war over a few hundred to a few thousand people being murdered. Shanxi saw millions be raped, murdered, and enslaved. We would end them and the Turians would gleefully help us do it.

Response: No they wouldn't there is this thing called the genevea conventions that would prohibit what you just described as a genocide and a huge war crime. A human nation doing what the batarians did would be crushed under an international coalition in accordance with the genevea conventions. You don't commit atrocities to avenge an atrocity that is not how the world works or else you become the bad guy.

Axcel chapter 20 . Nov 15, 2016

Sending multiple ambassadors for the reasons you say makes no sense. You've heavily implied the Big Four are members of the Alliance, so an Alliance ambassador would satisfy them. Also, not even China and Russia would risk humanity appearing fractured. They would know fulll well the aliens could try to take advantage of that which would only cause those two countries to get kicked to the curb by everyone else. They are not stupid. Neither are any other superpower.

Response: Humanity sent multiple ambassadors to that their nation could be represented as individuals much like how NATO countries still maintain sovereignty. Each nation is still vying or individual power, which is basic human nature. Plus it was one massive bluff on the part of the big four, which ended up working.

Axcel chapter 17 Nov 14, 2016

800 meters is the minmum for a dreadnaught. 1.9km would be considered some sort of super dreadnaught. FYI, Alliance cruisers in canon are roughly 750 meters long. Turian cruisers are a little over 500 meters long. I can see it now "see? It isn't really a dreadnaught. So what if we have hundreds of them?"

Reponse: Yes we are aware that 800 meters I the minimum for a dreadnought and the 1.9km is considered a special dreadnought as described in the story. Also we are aware alliance cruisers are canonically 750 meters long, also I am not sure what the end of your question is asking.

Axcel chapter 17 . Nov 14, 2016

What particle accelerator? If you mean the Thanix cannon, it's not. Also, you are giving the Citadel species advancements that came from studying Sovereign and the Geth after the Battle of the Citadel. That has not happened so they would still be the same as they are in ME1. Have 't changed in two thousand years, aren't going to be changing.

Response: We are well aware that the thanix cannon is not a particle accelerator, the fic is an a/u after all so there about to be some changes in the advancements of the races.

You said they use QEC, so the com buoys destruction would have no effect on communication. Quantum Entanglement is unaffected by distance and is instantaneous.

Response: Only capital ships use QEC and even then they are limited by bandwidth so the Alliance will still need com buoys for regular

Axcel chapter 15 . Nov 14, 2016

Human rifles lack accuracy? Clearly you've never used a modern military rifle. You've also forgotten how horribly inaccurate weapons are in the games.

Response: From a batarian's perspective, which is heavily implied to be biased. I doubt any Hegemony soldier would actually admit their enemy's arms, which they consider to be inferior, to be superior to their own. Also yes the weapons can be described as inaccurate in-game which can be explained by gameplay mechanics where in actual lore ME firearms are self-computing and allow the user better accuracy than todays firearms.