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Any late-comers who haven't posted yet, let me know if you would rather arrive at a different location

[@Havoccultist] plenty of franchises have A.I. ships, hell even a Halo ship could theoretically just be ran by an A.I.
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True. On that note I have a bit of an unorthodox idea that's been stewing, so just hear me out. I was thinking of playing a Sovereign/Capital-class Reaper, but one from an alternate Mass Effect universe in which Shepard chose the Synthesis ending. That way there's no harvesting or husking going on, and the Reaper itself can be individualized enough to be playable--on account of the organic perspective it had beamed into it--while still being a semi-effective death machine when needed.

And I only say semi-effective cause almost every other sci-fi universe outdoes Mass Effect in terms of firepower.

Also I had considered going with a Forerunner ship, be that ancilla controlled or not, but that led me to come up with a whole fanfic idea that involves Bungie's original humans are descended from Forerunners lore and a contender class metarch being sent a hundred thousand years into the future to the events of Halo 2 thanks to a slipspace drive malfunction...

And I'm saving the copious amounts of lore I outlined for that at 3 AM for a solo project. So no Forerunner constructs this time around I'm afraid.