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The recent PS3 patch of Mass Effect 2 has "unintentionally" leaked upcoming Downloadable Content called "Arrival", along with three trophies for the new DLC.

Speculation of what the map pack will entail has been numerous, with the trophies giving away several hints:

Originally posted by another user

One of the Trophies, "Covert Action," refers to a Dr. Amanda Kenson, who was previously mentioned in a recent Cerberus Network update:
Historians and astronomers alike are abuzz tonight over a new paper published by Dr. Amanda Kenson of the University of Arcturus ... "Only a small fraction of the mass effect relays date back 50,000 years," she writes, "The majority are far older, indicating they were created by a species predating even the Protheans." ... What civilization could have spanned the galaxy for not thousands, but millions of years? If this were the case, we should have found mountains of evidence of their passing. Where is this species now?"

Some believe that "Arrival" can refer to the arrival of the Reapers, setting up events for the upcoming Mass Effect 3. Others, however, are more fixated on figuring out how to acquire one of the more ominous Trophies for the DLC: "The Ultimate Sacrifice."

Interesting, thanks for posting this cos I'd never have known this.:y:

I was actualy expecting something about the Keepers (those bug like things on the citadel).
in the last DLC you can watch cameras from different planets and one clip shows one walking away from some dead guy.
altho I cant imagine a dlc about fighting the keepers topping the boss battle with the Shadow broker. After 50 odd times struggleing to beat him on hardcore, I gave up

Keepers are protectors of the Citadel. They stop the Reapers from leaving dark space.. They're on the good side so we won't be fighting them.


P.s your sig is huge.

I was just reading this trying to find more info, looks like im close to right lol:O
dont want to spoil it for others tho:p
(only have to read the first few lines)
It is later revealed that the keepers, along with the Citadel, predate the Protheans; they are, in fact, the key to the Reaper genocide, which occurs when a civilization is judged to be sufficiently advanced. According to Vigil, the keepers were likely once a race that was either created, conquered, or indoctrinated by the Reapers, possibly even the first race they enslaved.

However, once an organic species has settled on the Citadel and reached the required level of technological advancement, the Reapers' current vanguard, a single Reaper left behind to monitor the situation, sends a signal to the keepers compelling them to activate the Citadel relay to dark space, and begin the process of genocide. The Protheans succeeded in altering this reaction to the signal, though too late to save the Protheans themselves from extinction at the hands of the Reapers. The keepers have changed and evolved so they only respond to the Citadel itself; they are now no longer under Reaper control and pose no threat to anyone.

Seeing as the keepers are now useless to the Reapers, Sovereign sought to replace them with a more controllable race, like the geth, believing synthetic races were more predictable and malleable to its wishes.


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Read the "Origins" part for more.

considering they tied in with the reapers and they date back more than 50,000 years, it all kinda ties in with the DLC info.

maybe they will send a signal to the reapers again which will lead towards what can be seen in the ME3 trailer:420:

That's cool
Can't wait

That "Ultimate Sacrifice" is starting to make me wonder as well...
I'm eager to see what this DLC has to offer, I loved the Shadow Broker and Project Overlord.