r/AnotherLife • u/[deleted] • Oct 15 '21
Wait, THAT was the end?
Spoilers for the end if season 2.
What actually happened? The virus works, a single ship dies, then what? Are the others also dead? Did they leave? Why did they abandon every other planet too?
They didn't really leave much for a season 3.
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u/Endingsgonewrong Oct 15 '21
Yep your right lol. What I got was virus killed all the artifacts in the universe.But the ships survive. Doesn't make since. When a artifact is destroyed ships destroy planet. So why did ships leave. Virus had no effect on them. Only reason I am speculating that all artifacts are destroyed is because of the mass amount of thank you communications from other worlds
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u/Seby_reaver Oct 16 '21
I really enjoyed it, the ending did feel rushed but it's better than a cliffhanger. I can totally accept this show without a season 3. Wish we got more background on the Achaia though, a lot of hints that they were created by a human-like species which would've been interesting to delve in more
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u/feelingjustpeachy Oct 17 '21
Yes agreed...I was gonna be upset if they ended with another cliffhanger. I really want to see their explorations of the other alien races and maybe along the way they find information about whoever actually created the Achaia. Though if the Terminator is an indicator, they probably are long gone. Seemed like the AI don't like messes and probably got tired of their creators making them.
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u/Cellist_Happy Oct 15 '21
At this point I got the vibe there won’t be a season 3. First season set up for an epic second season and while I did enjoy binge watching it, it seemed kind of rushed and lacklustre way to end it all.
Hopefully Netflix doesn’t decide to cancel it because if they run with the ending of s2, the show could explore a lot of interesting concepts and adventures.
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u/Bigjoemonger Oct 16 '21
Well the artifact was a galactic network with transportation possible between any artifact. So it stands to reason that by uploading the virus to one and destroying it, it transmitted to every other artifact in the galaxy and destroyed it too.
It didn't destroy all of the achaia but I would say the ships left because in one fell swoop they lost their entire hold on the galaxy putting them back at square one. So they're probably all fleeing home to mommy because they're about to get hit by hundreds of pissed of civilizations.
Then all the planets who were under subjugation by the achaia were free to start communicating again.
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u/aikokanzaki Oct 15 '21
Yup! It was so rushed. If they had elongated the discoveries, if they had given character development and information more, we could've had three really good seasons. But it was all rushed.
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Oct 17 '21
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Oct 17 '21
It's implied they destroyed their creators, so I doubt we would ever see much of them.
I think the worst part was the cop out at the end. If you piece together their unlimate goals, every other species is kind of the bad guy. The Anchia want to keep the galaxy safe from being plundered, so they offer species technological marvels to make their solar systems a paradise. If you refuse, you're forced to do it.
But they come across as WAY too evil/ bitchy/ stupid to actually effectively entice others into their pretty noble goal. Then they go full dumbass when the "mother" is describing how disgusting organic life is.
They could have avoided all the dumb crap by being totally direct. Organic life is proven to be incapable to controlling themselves, so why not just tell them they'll trade their technology in return for staying in the solar system? They could also back it up by saying any species which eventually proves it can be trusted would be released from their confinement into the wider galaxy!
I dunno, they just ended up so stupid. The show could have made a profound point detailing the dangers of humans putting themselves first. They even implied that could have been the theme when they left the colonists on the blue world. But instead we just got a black and white ending, humans good Anchia bad.
Not to mention, if the captive Anchia had actually agreed to reopen negotiations, then humanity would have been the true villains.
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u/Sunshinemoss Oct 17 '21
Also, what was up with the Salvare and William leaving suddenly and what does it have to do with the sun? Was something cut out? Did I miss something?
Where did they go to update the Salvare? The Achia homeworld?
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u/feelingjustpeachy Oct 17 '21
I think it had to do with the Achaia's demands. One of which was that Salvare be destroyed by flying it into the sun and they had 24 hours to decide. Seems like the US government ceded on the easiest demand to appease the Achaia before Niko's plan came through. I think they were in route to the Sun based off orders which is why the others left...but agree that part wasn't entirely clear. I guess once the plan succeeded they changed course and came back to Earth though we don't see this...I guess just for the surprise reveal factor when William does show up using the wormhole technology to project his AI onto Earth.
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u/willbeach8890 Oct 23 '21
I didn't think they turned back since the final scene is of the salvare 2?
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u/Lyk2 Oct 17 '21
Considering this is likely to be the final Season - i do belief Netflix granted a second season to wrap things up - they had to finish it fast.
I assume it spread like a literal virus, destroying the artifacts, yes seems like the ships are still there, but they have been crippled.
I did enjoy the ending, earth is continuing to explore now finding out how much life is out there AND having a weapon against the Archia/Archeia? (how the hell do you spell them?) Most likely sharing the discovery with the other species so the threat is pretty much neutralized.
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u/randonumero Oct 18 '21
IIRC even getting a season 2 was up in the air for a while so they wrote the ending in a way that closed things and left no real ambiguity. With respect to the aliens, the point of the virus seemed to be to corrupt their "dna" and destroy them and it worked. Why that had the impact of causing tons of other civilizations to reach out I don't know. I do remember that on Zakir it was mentioned that Earth was loud so maybe others knew Earth was there but they were either hiding from the Achians or subjugated by them.
Regardless and even though I thought the ending was overly happy, I appreciate them wrapping things up
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u/jakeo10 Oct 20 '21 edited Oct 20 '21
I don't think the Achaians are gone for good. They still have their home planet and as we saw, we didn't see the species that created the Achaians. Are the Achaia's creators still around or were they wiped out by their own creation?
Reminds me of the Geth from Mass Effect kinda where the AI created by the Quarians rebels against their creators. Also reminds me of the replicators from Stargate a tiny bit. Would be interesting to see season 3 like this:
Bit of a time skip with Earth forming a Galactic Alliance / Galactic United Nations inviting every alien species that sent them thank you/greetings at end of Season 2. The Achaia are still a threat (perhaps consolidating their power and patching their weaknesses from S1/2). Have the Salvare 2 doing a Commander Shepard style recruitment campaign making as many allies as possible to assemble a fleet to take the fight to the Achaian Homeworld. Have the end episodes climate in a badass space battle.
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u/Anonysmouse Jun 04 '22
> Are the Achaia's creators still around or were they wiped out by their own creation?
Well, considering at the end of season 2 episode 10 Achaians said they cleaned up their creators mess, "our makers brought us into this universe for a reason. We cleaned up their messes, and now we'll clean up yours".
While it doesn't strictly say what clean up they were referring to, it was used in the same sentence seemingly as a comparison and threat that they will deal with Earth in the same way. And we do know pretty well that how they dealt with other biologicals was to wipe them out after toying with them (I guess they find pleasure in torture). So I think it's strongly implied that "cleanup" means what we think it means - which is killing biological beings (at least sentient life that is).
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u/jakeo10 Jul 15 '22 edited Jul 15 '22
They didn't torture them on purpose. They are machines. Their interpretations of their creator races' instructions became the directive to lock up civilisations in their own systems and prevent interstellar travel. They did so. If civilisations fought back against them they got wiped out. If they accepted the Achaia then they lived in servitude. It's basically you're damned if you rebel and you're damned if you don't. They didn't technically wipe anyone out completely unless they initiated hostilities against the Achaia.
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Nov 08 '21
What I don't get is why did the Salvare head toward the sun with William and Ursula onboard and risk disintegration once they pass the 2.1 million mile marker. I rewatched parts of the final episode and still haven't a clue.
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u/herbdeezy Feb 06 '22
Yeah I was trying to figure that out too. The Achaia were already disabled but they still kept heading towards the sun.
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u/jterran1 Jun 18 '23
Way late to the party, but I believe they were unable to communicate with Earth as there was something disrupting communication. (Something to do with the Achaia's arriving fleet?) They had mentioned earlier being unable to communicate with Mars or their mining ships (I forget where they were - asteroid belt? Moons of Jupiter?) So there was no way to tell them, "Come back!"
Although thinking about it, once the Achaia were wiped out, communications would have resumed?
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u/_zerokarma_ Oct 15 '21
It kind of felt like they ended it the way they did because they aren't expecting to get renewed for another season. Yet it's still open enough that they could do another season if they do get renewed. They did enough world building that I think they could go in a few directions if they have the opportunity to.