I thought Mothership Zeta was solid awsome, but i couldnt help but notic that the ship that you destroy in the end slow drifts to earth, wouldnt that give people the alien tech?, and furthemore, wouldnt the Aliens come back? Also, what happens to the rest of the cryo genic subjects, are they all dead or in a frozen stasis still?

It would largely depend on what happened to the ship after it crashed.

If it was not a violent crash, it is possible that the alien tech could be recovered and even replicated. As long as the power sources still functioned and the connections were not broken, then most of those cryo subjects still on board would likely maintain life, for some time at least.

In a violent crash, where most of the ship was destroyed, it would be unlikely to recover much intact alien tech and the cryo subjects would not likely survive. After some time, it still might be possible for some to eventually replicate the alien tech, or at least partially repair it.

And if it crashed into the ocean, then I suppose it would likely not be recovered for a long time, if at all.

What I hope happens next is that a Dev of Fallout 3 comes out and says it was nothing but one big Easter Egg and therefore not canon. I should get one of those dolls that are used during testimony "Now Fallout, please show the court where Mothership Zeta touched you"

Aliens have been touching the Fallout series for quite some time. I agree that there are a lot of questionably open ended suggestions and references in Mothership Zeta; however, it primarily just seems as if the aliens were investigating the planet and the life on the planet. There is no proof Mothership Zeta goes against anything else in the Fallout series. There is no reason to shelf it as just a pleasant "what-if?" scenario. It is sort of a side-track from most of the Fallout series, I just don't see that it hurts the series in anyway.

Let's remember to keep this on-topic. There's already an "http://www.gamesas.com/index.php?/topic/1021631-is-mothership-zeta-canon/" thread, and I think almost everyone's had a chance to kick that particular dead horse a couple of times by now.

Depends. The ship will begin to accelerate as it's orbit deteriorates. The ship we destroy had major hull breeches, exposing numerous decks. Depending on various factors (ship design, whether or not any propulsion components are still enabled, etc.) the ship will probably be severely damaged by re-entry. Due to the extent of the damage, it may break up in the atmosphere. If a big enough, not gutted piece of the ship survives to hit the ground, then the various factors of the landing will determine how much of the wreckage is just scrap metal. Any computer software would be the least likely, if ever, to be adapted by anyone who found the site. Both because of the limitations of the setting, and that aliens may use a programming language that makes no sense to us and uses an entirely different set of symbols, which, except for numerals, most likely don't have any real association with our symbols. [in terms of, a particular symbol isn't just the english alphabet in a different font (I'm looking at you, daedric), but represents something entirely different.]

Chances are, that any deep space ships like the saucers we see would have fabrication centers, but considering the level of damage those are also very likely to be destroyed. Any technology that is salvaged would most likely be used for a time then discarded, and very few bits could eventually make their way into the Brotherhood's hands, or the commonwealth's Institute, etc. But I doubt they'd get enough to re-write their group's tech level. Honestly, the best hope for technological revolution is in Zeta itself, since much more of it is intact.

As for the aliens, who knows. Realistically, those aliens were on a deep space exploratory mission. Chances are, they were the only members of their species within light years of Earth. I doubt the aliens would bother to go looking for them, they will instead probably just write it off as the dangers of space exploration. Or maybe send a probe. My own guess is that they wouldn't' actually send another ship until they were sure they knew where their lost ships were. And even then, when there are so many other star systems in the galaxy, their is no real motivation for them to bother with Earth after the loss of two ships of such size and cost.

It's not that it hurts the series, it's just that the idea is dumb.

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This sounds like the most likely scenario. I don't expect aliens to be mentioned in future games any more than maybe weapons based partially on alien tech.

Maybe it burned up in the atmosphere.

I posted on the Mothership Zeta Canon poll for my full argument.

And thinking about it... with major damage to the ship, it would quickly fall apart and be burned up in the atmosphere during entry. There are plenty of real life examples and tragedies to show what happens when there is damage or an area for the atmospheric forces to tear at on something falling toward Earth. Even if a large chunk of ship did survive the atmospheric forces, most of Earth is covered by water (i.e., oceans) and therefore it would most likely be sunk. Basically, most likely it would be destroyed, or access would become impossible.

This mostly goes along the lines of what I said earlier, and what had been said by DarthRavanger.

Who knows though, maybe part of Mothership Zeta will reappear at a later date. Could make for a good laugh.

hmm, well as far as the ship wreckage goes, it does seem most plausible that the ship will burn up in atmosphere, and most tech would be impossible to obtain, but still that probe that gets sent to earth, i think that would draw some kind of attention, i mean if you read one of the computers in the citadel archives it has a feild report of another saucer crashing, as do the outcasts have some kind of relation with the aliens (including the enclave), meaning one or more factions would take notice (probably the outcats due to having more patrols go out into the waste rather the city like the brotherhood of steel) and would more then likley discover the probe and eventually make their way to the ship, plus i think there can be some options after you defeat the other ship, like maybe if simms is dead in megaton, there should be a speech challenge for paulson to become new mayor (assuming he makes it through the finale) or maybe tell the brotherhood or outcast about the probe leading to some actuall karma related evnt due to the choice.Of course the reason all that doesnt happen was probably due to deadline and budget, im still retty sure they could have tossed something in there, i mean it was bethesdas last hooray of dlc for the game, im not saying they did a bad job, beleive me i loved every minute shooting those little bastards, im just saying that i was unsure whether i was the only one that missed something.

Would make for a cool area to explore where you encounter enemies from MZ wandering around the local area...