Full series on ancient aliens of the Mass Effect Universe, exploring the prehistoric civilizations that came before the Protheans.

Music:
All music by Sami Hiltunen, courtesy of freesound.org
https://kofi.com/samisoundesigns

"Atmospheric Ambient Track" https://freesound.org/people/Sami_Hil...
"Ambient Track" https://freesound.org/people/Sami_Hil...
"A Theme, Track 02" https://freesound.org/people/Sami_Hil...
"Background Loop 01" https://freesound.org/people/Sami_Hil...

Clips links seen in this video:
"Universe Illustrations" | Pablo Carlos Budassi: https://www.pablocarlosbudassi.com/
Where Are They? | Cosmic Stories Blog: https://warwick.ac.uk/fac/sci/physics...
What is the Drake Equation? | Brainstuff HowStuffWorks:    • What Is The Drake Equation?  
Stars 101 | National Geographic:    • Stars 101 | National Geographic  
Saturn 101 | National Geographic:    • Saturn 101 | National Geographic  
The Forbidden Planet | HDGoofnut:    • Forbidden Planet  It's still coming!  

Special thanks to the folks at the unofficial Mass Effect wiki for maintaining their invaluable archive of planet and system descriptions:
https://masseffect.fandom.com

Additional Images:
NARA & DVIDS Public Domain Archive: https://nara.getarchive.net/search
Pompeii Ruins: https://www.flickr.com/photos/1015613...
"Mass Effect Galaxy Map," by 'otvert': https://www.deviantart.com/otvert/art...
Wikimedia Commons: https://www.wikimedia.org/

Gameplay footage from Mass Effect: Legendary Edition.

Bookmarks:
0:00 Intro
1:02 The Existence of Evidence
4:17 The Risks
7:01 Sources & Disclaimers
9:12 Classification & Prevalance

11:55 Council & Earth Systems Alliance Space Intro
13:14 Yan Tao
14:01 Carcosa
15:15 Spekilas
16:04 Altaaya
16:47 Chasca
18:53 Farcrothu
20:28 Armeni

22:36 Attican Traverse Intro
23:03 Vecchio
23:56 Gigula
24:52 Zaherux
23:29 Junthor
26:06 Bothros
29:20 Etamis
30:05 Klendagon, Presrop, & Mnemosyne

33:13 Terminus Systems Intro
33:57 Anjea
34:44 Siano
36:59 Aphras & Tosal Nym
38:17 Parnassus & Cyllene
41:53 Joab & Laban
43:21 The Arthenni: Helyme Galeon, & Epho
46:35 The Inusannon, Ilos & The Thoi'Hann
52:30 Closing Thoughts


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