Back to the Normandy!
Remember that name, we'll be screaming it later.
I'm not totally sure why they went with crucible and not Project Asskicker or Project Fuck Up The Reapers. Would that not be rad, spending the game building the asskicker? Anyway, I looked it up on the wiki, and they had something really rad and smart which I'll copy/paste:
The classical definition of the word "crucible" is '"a severe test, as of patience or belief; a trial." or "a ceramic or metal container in which metals or other substances may be melted or subjected to very high temperatures." Both definitions are fitting for the superweapon; it is both a test of galactic unity and a project which every race must pour its resources into.
From here, spoilers in that link.
Hackett goes on to say a bunch of stuff about how complex and yet how simple it is, which I'm assuming is code for "Bioware didn't really think about how this is going to work so just make up some technobabble," and then we're treated to a shot of Hackett watching them build the crucible.
We're then treated to a very Star Trek 1 scene where Hackett watches the crucible getting built.
Shepard mirrors the scene in the war room.
Hey, let's get to the conference room and see if we settled everything yet.
Wow, is there another character who could solve this for us?
... and krogan mythology didn't?
"... and krogan mythology didn't? "
ReplyDeleteWell, you know : audience. And Garrus understands English idiom (which shouldn't translate for shit) and knows that 'Jimmy' is a nickname for "James'. They rather fail at creating anything truly alien.