[LoneKnight]

Okay, in regards to all of the speculation about what the Ancients WOULD do if they returned, it's fairly obvious.

Have you all forgotten about what we learned about the Ancients in FS1? They weren't a friendly race. They butchered and wiped out other smaller races. The fact that the Shivans got to them was just to show that there's always a bigger fish. Remember how in FS1, the Shivans were called the Great Destroyers, but also the Great Preservers? Had the Ancients remained, they would have butchered the Humans and Vasudans.

It's quite logical to assume that if they survived, they wouldn't treat the GTVA in a friendly manner. I'm assuming the whole point of Shivan return in FS2 (and maybe even in FS1) was to finish off the remaining Ancients.

Perhaps the Shivans sealed themselves off from the GTVA was simply to show that they had no interest in continuing fighting, and the fact that the GTVA was perhaps exploring into star systems that we shouldn't have been.

And, finally, let's not forget the second Knossos Portal that SOC finds. It clearly shows that the Ancients were located deeper within Shivan territory. It's logical to assume that the Ancients are not the 'good guys'.

[-Norbert-]

Don't you think that the almost complete destruction and several millenia of time can change the mindset of a species?

Then there would be the matter of a two-front war. When you are at war with the Shivans, it isn't wise to pick a fight with someone else in addition.

Apart from that, the survivers might have been from a faction that left the main Empire because they wanted to live in peace rather than conquest.

Or maybe they don't even have any military, because they fear that would attract the attention of the Shivans anew.

And, finally, let's not forget the second Knossos Portal that SOC finds. It clearly shows that the Ancients were located deeper within Shivan territory.

No, it just shows that the jumpnodes there were too unstable for the ancients to traverse without a portal. But that isn't showing wether it was a core system or a system on the outer bounderies of their terretory.

[Kosh]

Definitely true. GTA was described as being very hands-off in terms of political and cultural power. One of the inspirations for what happened to the GTVA in BP.

Yes, and that's exactly what lead to its demise and the general chaos in the Terran systems after FS1.

[Getter Robo G]

It turns out that a small surviving group of ancients hid away in a distant part of the galaxy, and they managed to develop in secrecy away from the shivans and us. While we have been busy fighting the shivans, they have been busy spreading, with a new way of travel. They call it

The Stargate.



 

Yes, and they will come and turn GTVA ships into Alteran Hybrids!!!!



And it shall be Glorious!

 

[-Norbert-]

At least give them some proper weapons.
I always found those fish-drones from Stargare rather.... stupid.