Mass Effect's "Virtual Aliens"

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I happened to notice the mention of these guys on the ME wiki - apparently it's a news story you can follow, but that's all. What struck me, though, was that percieved time runs much faster in the virtual reality... Couldn't you, during the "scrambling to find any possible advantage to use against the Reapers" stage,get someone to sponsor a research team in there, to work on things like improved shielding, or practical energy weapons, or non-Relay FTL (for tactical flexibility,) etc.? Even when nothing physical can pass between the two existences, there's so much benefit that can be wrung from extra centuries of research and thought... Obviously, they didn't go that way with the actual games, but this here is the fanfiction forum for a reason!

- CD
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