» Fri May 27, 2011 3:33 pm
Get over it, Aliens are canon.
It is unbelievable how far some of you that don't like that fact will go to insult MZ with outright lies. MZ did not change anything in the lore, FEV wasn't made by aliens, aliens didn't start the great war. Every time this topic comes up the same people come out and throw around the same old baseless arguments on how MZ will destroy the entire franchise if Bethesda doesn't hold a press conference and declare it "non canon".
To the guy that always loves to mention "Dr. Who", "Godzilla" and "Star trek" as being comparable with aliens in FO ; A giant possible footprint that is a slight possible reference to Godzilla does not show or mention Godzilla. A blue telephone box that lights up and then dematerializes is a reference to Doctor who, yet it is really just a mysterious machine that in what it appears to do is perfectly practical in the FO universe. An advanced crashed human space shuttle with the bodies of the crew wearing clothes that along with the shape of the shuttle nodding to Star Trek is perfectly fit in the FO despite the slight nod. A Crashed alien space ship with the bodies of dead aliens with an alien blaster that also exists outside of this encounter is not a mere reference. That you keep trying to compare these things in the grossly inaccurate way you do is childish.
Just because aliens exist doesn't mean there is a federation of alien species with galaxy spanning empires. What we know is that they are very advanced, have been interested in humanity for a while, and yet don't have any desire for control over Earth. They appear to be mostly interested in experimenting genetically and otherwise. Asking "well why don't they just take over Earth, build cities and have the game direction go humans vs aliens" is like asking why don't marine biologists take over the Mariana trench, or why don't anthropologists overthrow primitive Amazonian tribes and build cities in the jungle.
We don't know their motivations, their full capabilities, or any amount of their desires. Could they be at war with other aliens? Are they running out of resources and looking for more? A new planet? None of that is the point.You don't know and whatever it could even end up being doesn't matter, as they probably will never go that far into the alien lore. They have clearly demonstrated that they are only interested in occasionally abducting and experimenting on humans and monitoring us. They serve a perfectly acceptable role as an antagonistic group and force that is enigmatic and rarely seen.
It is understandable if you don't want a full blown alien plot like in MZ. But just because it is there does not mean the events as they transpire happened. A good example of this is Oblivion and The Shivering Isles. The Shivering Isles is a real place in the lore, and everything you do in it is perfectly fitted to the lore and so on. In the end you basically become a demi god of a different realm. Now even though everything that happened is accurate lore wise do you think in the next Elder scroll game there will be references to the Oblivion main character becoming a demi god? No, it probably won't, most of the side plots events don't become "cannon" that doesn't make them "non cannon". They serve to show more of the story and lore in the game, what happened in MZ shows what an alien ship is like, what aliens are like, and some of the things they did. In all likelihood future FO games won't reference the lone wanderer taking over a alien ship and killing most of the aliens on board, for the same reasons they probably won't reference him also recruiting Charon and having him turn on the reactor. The bare main parts are what caries over, in a purposefully ambiguous way, the rest are self contained parts of the game and lore but the actual events are not.
but lets not get into that again. 
