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--THIS MAP WAS MADE LONG BEFORE ME3 SO PLEASE DONT LEAVE ME COMMENTS ABOUT HOW WRONG IT IS--THIS MAP IS OUT OF DATE. CHECK MY MASS EFFECT GALAXY MAP 2.0 FOR MOST RECENT ADDITIONS
I was really curious as to the relation of the ME1 and ME2 maps, but couldnt for the life of me find one online, so I made my own!
Mass Effect is not mine, never has been mine, never claim it to be.
Thank Bioware, EA and Blasto the Jellyfish.
Information on the map based on codex entries, planet info, in-game dialogue, and missions.
Lines represent the Relay network
Note: Attican Traverse is Citadel claimed space, however its very loosely controlled by the Council, which is why it has a different color.
PS: If anyone knows where I can get real in-game insignias for the Citadel, Alliance, Terminus, the different merc groups, the Geth, any of that, let me know. Id prefer to use real game graphics instead of my own.
UPDATE (dec 20 2010): For all of you wanting an update, I have good news and bad news. Good news is that I have the time to actually update. Bad news is that somehow I misplaced the psd file for this so Ill have to edit from scratch. C'est la vie.
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You could also use this logo for the terminus systems. I have no idea where it comes from (in game) though.
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I was thinking of doing that, but at the time I couldnt find an image outside the game.
Seems like people are clawing for an update
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Great work! What program did you use?
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Just photoshop. An old outdated photoshop. Dont exactly have the money for new photshop. @-@
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Beautiful! I wanted to do one myself and you beat me to it!
Note for the next version: the Serpent Nebula is written with an "e", not an "a".
I don't think the geth ever use a logo in the game, although you could use that of Geth Armory in ME1, I suppose.
There IS a Human Alliance logo, as well a Citadel Council logo. The Mass Effect wiki would be a good source for basic logos you could customize for the map.
The Terminus Systems are not allied with eachother, so I wouldn't expect them to share a logo. It would be interesting to know where the Batarian Hegemony systems are located. We have no information on Salarian, Asari or Turian space either.
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I would suspect that, with the way space travel works in ME, that to have any defined boundaries for specific races would be pointlessly muddled, so Im much more interested in just trying to work out the relation between Citadel-Terminus-Geth for now.
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I agree totally: It's likely that the mass relay network will likely create some interesting bulges or pockets.
For the general boundaries you mention, the simple colors on a generic logo you have used work great. More detail boundaries can wait until BW releases more details.
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Oh. My god.
I can't believe this isn't used more widely. [/saves] I think you just saved my EU-fanfic-writing hide 8D Incredibly elegant and informative. Have you considered trying to get this up on the wiki?
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The wiki uses this in connection with the Council. It jives with other ME insignias I've seen, although I don't recall it in-game.
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And this is the official Alliance symbol as it's used in the Codex.
Since the Terminus Systems are so loosely governed I would assume they have no real symbol...certainly I couldn't find any sign of one. Sorry for the long post!
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Naw, Im not that determined for any sort of recognition.
Thats for the symbols! Ill update the map sometime in the future when I dont have college breathing down my neck.
I know the terminus are loosely governed, but I do wish there was some symbol I could use instead, even if it was just like batarian in origin. I dunno. xp
Maybe Ill just lurk the wiki and find some random symbol and use that.
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Yeah, I was hoping to find something for you, but none of the factions in the area seem to have anything that would represent it properly...I guess you could do some sort of weird stylized Omega-thing 8D I'm sure there's something on the wiki for you, though!
I support this project highly, so if you ever need some grunt research work or something done by a random stranger on the Internet, give me a shout ;D [/thumbs up]
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Nice work! Was just starting a new playthrough on ME the other day and was wondering if anyone had tackled this yet
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I was actually quite surprised no one has attempted to make this. The fandom for ME always seems as intelligent and nerd crazy as other scifi fandoms, so I assumed someone would have done this.
And even tho I made my own, Im still waiting for an official one to be made. That would just be awesome. Plus Id like to see how close I got.
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Sweet dude! I've been working on a mass effect p&p for the D6 system and I was looking something EXACTLY like this! YOU DA MAN!!
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something in the map feels... off to me
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Well the distances are a tad skewed.
First off the In game maps are at an angle, so bringing it directly to top-down causes some oddness
And also, I tried to match star patterns and formations in the arms to those on the in-game map. Many of them do match, but others are sort of less clear.
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ya but isn't the collectors in the Galactic Core?
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yes, which is what I have, dont I?
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This is really beautiful. Thank you!
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when ME3 comes out can you do us an updated version of this?
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God bless you. This is the best (or at least one of the best) galaxy map(s) I've seen that combines ME1 and ME2 maps. I'd argue that Virmire was Traverse rather than Terminus, Sentry Omega should be slid down some, Hades Nexus should be slid up some, and Phoenix Massing is Traverse rather than Geth, but those are personal opinions.
Oh, and no stuff from ME Galaxies, but I don't consider that an issue.
In any case, I think this is now my 'canon' map until an actual official one appears (or ME3 arrives and magically has it all (including actually placing Arcturus between Earth and everyone else) on a single galaxy map).
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Jawesome! Thank's for doing this, I was looking for one for ages 
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Yeah, same. I was surprised no one had made one yet, so I just did it myself
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Really like this one! : D Looks like they could literally ship it with ME3!
The only thing i CAN complain about, if you really forced me to is that you used an out of date Milky Way template. If your planning on remaking this, use this Milky Way.
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Also I did find the symbol for the Citadel Council, which could work for Citadel Space:
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I used this particular Milky Way because there was more star formations that I could match up with the in-game maps.
Ive found that also, and would gladly use it if I had some other symbols to go with it. Dont really want to use just one symbol if Im going to update it.
Hopefully with DLC or ME3, Ill get more resources to pull from
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Amazing you did a great job it looks like if you bought mass effect and opened the game case this would be the map that will be inside it.
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thank you
i tried hard
still wish I could find real icons tho
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This is amazing! before I read your author's comment I thought this was an official map for the game 
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Positions of systems might be off a tad.
Trying to reconcile the ME1 map, the ME2 map and the galaxy image I used did force me to move a few things around. I also nudged some systems a bit so they didnt overlap onto relay paths that they dont connect to.
So it is mostly accurate.
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Very nice work, very useful for those of us trying to figure out where things are located in the ME universe. Thank you for putting the effort into doing this.
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Thanks! Always glad to help fellow ME addicts out.
Id be pretty excited to see how close (or how completely wrong) I got the map if they ever make an official one
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Awesome work, its nice seeing the galaxy in a more 'traditional' feel, borders and such.
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I was thinking of actually trying to make borders around where I would guess Citadel, Terminus and Geth Space would be, but figured that would be too much to figure out so just chose to have icon identifiers
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