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[anon_04111]

Awesome stuff, sagequeen, that was one of the best ops I think I've ever read on these forums, it got me really thinking about my 'canon' Sheps background.

Colonist/Sole Survivor, even left Kaidan behind while romancing him.
It's not luck that keep my Shepard alive, its the curse of immortality.

Modifié par anon_04111, 15 mai 2010 - 02:26 .

[sagefic]

anon_04111 wrote...

Awesome stuff, sagequeen, that was one of the best ops I think I've ever read on these forums, it got me really thinking about my 'canon' Sheps background.

Colonist/Sole Survivor, even left Kaidan behind while romancing him.
It's not luck that keep my Shepard alive, its the curse of immortality.

ty.

oh, re: the curse of immortality (poor shep), i have to admit that sort of killed off my alt shep. somehow the way i'd played her, i just could not see her coping with coming back to life to help cerberus. my main shep i felt wouldn't like it, but took it in stride. she was a colonist saving type. anything for the colonials. huh. again, one of those funny things about different role play sheps.

Modifié par sagequeen, 15 mai 2010 - 03:07 .

[Andrew_Waltfeld]

Typically my Sheppard was an spacer/sole survivor. From the toombs mission though, I heard threshers which implies there was more than one or two. So I am guessing there must have been half an dozen of them or something. AT least that how's I always imagined it. Well managed kid growing up, one of his major ops - **** happens. Always liked Sole Survivor because it dictated humanity's persistence in always getting up it's feet.

No matter what, in the end, your going to be the last one standing. War hero wasn't my style (I don't work well alone) and Ruthless.. was just too ruthless. Also Sole Survivor seemed to me to be the one who would try to save his crew even against impossible odds to prevent an repeat of an slaughter like the thresher maws. To be honest, when my crew got kid-napped, I dropped everything and headed straight for the omega 4 relay. I had managed to get everyone loyal as well so I got lucky about holding off on the reaper IFF.

Have to admit though, I was extremely disappointed with the lack of sole surivior on cerbersus, I was expecting at least an punch or nit pick here or there at some point against TIM for what happened to my sheppard. It was completely absurd that there was no response.

Modifié par Andrew_Waltfeld, 15 mai 2010 - 04:45 .

[sagefic]

@ Andrew: huh, that's interesting because i always saw the war hero as something of a plays nice with other type since you manged to rally the defenses of the colony. you do hold the line alone for a while, though. just goes to show how different you can read into what the codex gives.



i agree that the sole survivor background was was bizarre in ME2. given that it's the default shep's background also, it's very odd. of course, you don't get to take TiM to task for ANYTHING from me1, which is a shame. i guess we have to content ourselves with upsetting his evil plans in the end - well, if you played it that way. i sure as heck did. but even so, it is very unfortunate.

[Andrew_Waltfeld]

sagequeen wrote...

@ Andrew: huh, that's interesting because i always saw the war hero as something of a plays nice with other type since you manged to rally the defenses of the colony. you do hold the line alone for a while, though. just goes to show how different you can read into what the codex gives.

i agree that the sole survivor background was was bizarre in ME2. given that it's the default shep's background also, it's very odd. of course, you don't get to take TiM to task for ANYTHING from me1, which is a shame. i guess we have to content ourselves with upsetting his evil plans in the end - well, if you played it that way. i sure as heck did. but even so, it is very unfortunate.

Yeah I blew the base to hell. 

War hero I basically read - lone guy held off an platoon or two of soldiers while his squad withdrew. While cool, ain't my style of play. To be honest, that's my RP way of explaining why my sheppard runs around the galaxy solving his team mates problems when he could instead just ignore his team mates problems.

[Kaiser Shepard]

Ah, monkey nuts! I was totally sure I wanted my next Shep to be an Earthborn War Hero, because it's pre-service history (and attached mission) seemed to fit a "Choose your own destiny" sort of style more, but after seeing those Sha'ira vids, I'm leaning towards making another Spacer.

[Nivenus]

Andrew_Waltfeld wrote...

Typically my Sheppard was an spacer/sole survivor. From the toombs mission though, I heard threshers which implies there was more than one or two. So I am guessing there must have been half an dozen of them or something. AT least that how's I always imagined it. Well managed kid growing up, one of his major ops - **** happens. Always liked Sole Survivor because it dictated humanity's persistence in always getting up it's feet.

No matter what, in the end, your going to be the last one standing. War hero wasn't my style (I don't work well alone) and Ruthless.. was just too ruthless. Also Sole Survivor seemed to me to be the one who would try to save his crew even against impossible odds to prevent an repeat of an slaughter like the thresher maws. To be honest, when my crew got kid-napped, I dropped everything and headed straight for the omega 4 relay. I had managed to get everyone loyal as well so I got lucky about holding off on the reaper IFF.

Have to admit though, I was extremely disappointed with the lack of sole surivior on cerbersus, I was expecting at least an punch or nit pick here or there at some point against TIM for what happened to my sheppard. It was completely absurd that there was no response.

Hey, me too! Seems like that's an odd combination round these parts. Everyone likes earthborn/ruthless or colonist/war hero. Actually, I have two Shepards for the other combos too, but I do prefer spacer / sole survivor.

And I agree there was far too little ability for you to bring up Akuze with Cerberus. I understand if Toombs survives though that he sends you an email... threatening you. He didn't survive on my most recent playthrough, just didn't have high enough persuade.

[superimposed]

Holy balls that must have take a while to compile.

[Kaiser Shepard]

Random question: In Old Friends, the Earthborn Shepard mission, after you "rat" Finch out, then use one of the investigate dialogue options, will choosing to shoot him afterwards still cause Shepard to say "No, they won't."? Because that probably wouldn't make any sense in that context.

[stormrain]

Kaiser Shepard wrote...

Random question: In Old Friends, the Earthborn Shepard mission, after you "rat" Finch out, then use one of the investigate dialogue options, will choosing to shoot him afterwards still cause Shepard to say "No, they won't."? Because that probably wouldn't make any sense in that context.

Yep. Just got done with that mission a little bit ago, if you investigate but still decide  to kill Finch, the dialogue doesn't really make sense.

[Kaiser Shepard]

Captain Uccisore wrote...

Kaiser Shepard wrote...

Random question: In Old Friends, the Earthborn Shepard mission, after you "rat" Finch out, then use one of the investigate dialogue options, will choosing to shoot him afterwards still cause Shepard to say "No, they won't."? Because that probably wouldn't make any sense in that context.

Yep. Just got done with that mission a little bit ago, if you investigate but still decide  to kill Finch, the dialogue doesn't really make sense.

Thanks, seems like there's no way of Shepard knowing the truth about what the Reds became and everything making sense. Guess I'll just go Spacer again.

Modifié par Kaiser Shepard, 15 mai 2010 - 02:10 .

[Tooneyman]

Shandepared wrote...

Tooneyman wrote...

This post makes me think they should make a prequel to the mass effect game where you can import you shepard and actually live the two second choice of your mission. Make it like a two hour origins story. Think about it. "Mass effect: Origins!" and to conclude it they could take your shepards growing up background and make it kind of neat as well. Just show a small clip or pictures in the background. Of your younger earth years, or your alliance up bringing. I think it would be a fun Expansion or DLC!

No! Leave it to the imagination.

A day later, I don't want  too. SO

[Xhyn]

Very interesting thread, thanks for putting this together.

Until now I wasn't very found of the colonist background (no idea why...too classic maybe), but now I want to try it with a new alt. The dynamics with the War hero or Ruthless PPs will be very interesting to explore.

My main Shep is a soldier Spacer/War hero. I love this combo because Shepard could have been nothing more than a random alliance soldier if she didn't have taken her shore leave in the wrong place, at the wrong moment... She became a hero despite herself.

Modifié par Xhyn, 15 mai 2010 - 02:46 .

[Cypher0020]

Wooow. Epic thread. I like this. Sticky, plz!!



I never really looked into all the background stuff. I usually play bioticshep and pick the earth/war hero. I think it balances out the angstyness of it all though I do like the colonist/survivor one...



I played my earthshep as the reluctant thief and quite the bookworm- she'd spend her days reading newspapers, books, and breaking into museums to see the stuff not steal it

[Scalpels]

Have compiled possible quotes from service record. All gathered from Tali thread. Seeking feedback/changes.



Spacer/War Hero: "Death before dishonor."

Spacer/Sole Survivor: "Nice guys finish last. That's why I'm always the last man standing."

Spacer/Ruthless: "The universe isn't fair. Why should I be?"

Colonist/War Hero: "So long as I draw breath, there will not be another Mindoir!!!"

Colonist/Sole Survivor: "Failure is not falling down. Failure is not getting back up again."

Colonist/Ruthless: "I stared into the heart of darkness and found it suiting."

Earth-born/War Hero: "No dirty blink is going to roll up in my 'hood. Let's show 'em how we do things downtown."

Earth-born/Sole Survivor: "Every time someone dies and it's not me, I figure my chances of survival go up."

Earth-born/Ruthless: "The turians think they know something about a scorched-earth response? ****'em."

[DaVanguard]

I had choosen space/warhero/paragon/vanguard

because space fits me the best you could say im the the loner type, warhero because it showed great promise, paragon saving lives, vanguard- leading the charge so to speak

[DaVanguard]

Scalpels wrote...

Have compiled possible quotes from service record. All gathered from Tali thread. Seeking feedback/changes.

Spacer/War Hero: "Death before dishonor."

says it all for my reasons...

[Kaiser Shepard]

That sums up the Vanguard class, not that background/psych combo.

[DaVanguard]

I had choosen spacer because 1 spacer=loner=me, and 2 a space woud have a high chance of being exposed to eezo- biotic

Modifié par DaVanguard, 15 mai 2010 - 09:12 .

[Dean_the_Young]

Someone should do a class-roleplaying analysis for all the relevant backgrounds.



Was Shepard a war hero because of his exceptional biotics?



Is being a Vanguard paragon (don't let others get close to danger) or renegade (deal the pain)?



Might ME2 Soldier Shepard be addicted to his own Adrenaline Rush implants?

[Pacifien]

Dean_the_Young wrote...
Was Shepard a war hero because of his exceptional biotics?

I like a bit of disparity with my Shepards' backgrounds.

Earthborn Shepard is a war hero because it shows a kid from the slums of Earth can still rise above expectations.

Colonial Shepard is the Butcher of Torfan because the disruption of what was a peaceful life deserves retribution in kind.

Spacer Shepard is a sole survivor because just because you've lived learning more about the galaxy than the planet-bound humans doesn't mean you're prepared for everything the galaxy can throw at you.

Because the game is so poor at acknowledging a Shepard with biotics, those Shepards tend to come from Earth, because I can see how he'd fall through the cracks in a system that would actively try to keep tabs on a biotic.

That's usually how I roleplay the different background scenarios, at least. Well, I did do a Colonial sole survivor once because that's getting the **** end of the stick on possible backgrounds.

[sagefic]

Scalpels wrote...

Have compiled possible quotes from service record. All gathered from Tali thread. Seeking feedback/changes.

Spacer/War Hero: "Death before dishonor."
Spacer/Sole Survivor: "Nice guys finish last. That's why I'm always the last man standing."
Spacer/Ruthless: "The universe isn't fair. Why should I be?"
Colonist/War Hero: "So long as I draw breath, there will not be another Mindoir!!!"
Colonist/Sole Survivor: "Failure is not falling down. Failure is not getting back up again."
Colonist/Ruthless: "I stared into the heart of darkness and found it suiting."
Earth-born/War Hero: "No dirty blink is going to roll up in my 'hood. Let's show 'em how we do things downtown."
Earth-born/Sole Survivor: "Every time someone dies and it's not me, I figure my chances of survival go up."
Earth-born/Ruthless: "The turians think they know something about a scorched-earth response? ****'em."

This.

That's awesome. I love it!

Though I once played a colonist/ruthless who stared into the heart of darkness and Kurtz-like, shouted "The horror! The horror!" to any and all who would listen to her. 

Eddie Lang: Oh hey! We used you as a case study on PSYCHO Miss Shepard.
ColonialRuthShep: The horror!
BarlaVon: Oh, crap, it's that shooter-shep.
Shep: The horror!

Dean_the_Young wrote...

Someone should do a class-roleplaying analysis for all the relevant backgrounds. 

Was Shepard a war hero because of his exceptional biotics? 

Is being a Vanguard paragon (don't let others get close to danger) or renegade (deal the pain)? 

Might ME2 Soldier Shepard be addicted to his own Adrenaline Rush implants?

This would be an interesting thing to see. Just off the top of my head.

War Hero: feels like it's suited for classes dealing in long-range attacks. infiltrator, soldier would work. i always thought adept - barriers and warp when the heat sinks ran out (tho i guess we didn't have heat sinks back then)

Ruthless: feels suited to classes doing close-quarters fighting: vanguard, soldier

Sole Survivor: depends on how that colony was laid out. you could have hacked security, doing the biotic jedi-thing, shot every damn thing that moved, and then run like hell.

Modifié par sagequeen, 15 mai 2010 - 10:37 .

[Meshakhad2]

My Shepard is a Paragon Colonist/Sole Survivor. The Colonist element plays an important role - she saw the Alliance soldiers that rescued her as heroes, and tried to emulate them. She was something of an idealist, at least about the power of the Alliance military, until Akuze. Since then, she has been very protective of those under her command. This isn't always a good thing - she will not sacrifice people if she has a choice, even when it could result in disaster. After leaving Kaidan (NOT a love interest) on Virmire, she broke down completely in her quarters. She's an excellent field commander, but she might not make for a good general.

There are a few minor elements I drew from this backstory. She doesn't like batarians, and she really hates slavers. She also has a fear/hate relationship with thresher maws, either running like hell or pouring as much firepower into them as possible.

[Strike]

Wow, thank you so much sagequeen! I was looking for something like this.



If it's not too much trouble, do you know any of the dialogue for Spacer/Sole Survivor Shepards? It would be a gigantic help to me.

[Nivenus]

Strike wrote...

Wow, thank you so much sagequeen! I was looking for something like this.

If it's not too much trouble, do you know any of the dialogue for Spacer/Sole Survivor Shepards? It would be a gigantic help to me.

Me too.

Incidentally, I like your second sigbanner. He does have a good record with female LIs doesn't he (Carth, Kaidan...). Myself, I usually play male, but I certainly appreciate his craft.

Might be too busy with DA2 to contribute much, though.