woohoo, one day not on the boards, and 4 pages to work through ... but Ash is worth it
As for the endings discussion, I would like to get the possibility of having a "Blaze of Glory" Ending (with Ash reading poems at his tombstone) as well as the "and from then on they lived happily ever after" ending, with Shep and Ash having children and telling them tales of the war against the reapers ... I hope so much, that BW will give us BOTH!
I think it would be cool, if you could get the different endings not by just making one decision, but by making a long line of decisions throughout the whole game. Did anyone of you play the Bladerunner adventure? It was out in the early 90's and you could have 8(something like that) different endings, based on the decisions you made - the first time through I was completely surprised by the ending ^^. Something like that would be cool on a smaller scale - like which members on the crew survive should not be based on only two things (loyalty + one decision), but on three or four decisions which may not be immediatly obvious when you make them ... but that's maybe too much to ask for.
As for Ash being a capable leader, I totally think yes. She would have been my first choice as fire team leader both times in the suicide mission, and I'm sure she would have brought her team through without casualities. She's caring and empathic, but she is also not afraid of making harsh decisions. And she will kick everybody's ass, that's not 100% concentrated on the mission.
Would I see her as a Spectre? Probably no. In my books she's not the kind of person for the Spectre-kind of missions. The whole point of Spectre's is _not_ being in a line of command ... I think Ash needs the military structures and procedures to performe at her best. I imagine she would feel a little bit lost without it - she would still be a good Spectre, just because she is kickass anyways, but I think she would perform much better within a military structure.
Given that, I do think she should be promoted quickly and become a General (yes, General not Admiral, as she's a marine and infantry).
This just gives me an idea for the final battle in ME3: Shepard is commanding the Normandy to go on a "behind the lines - suicide mission" to take out the main reaper base. Anderson is commanding the alliance fleet in an assault on the main reaper force and Ash is commanding an infrantry regiment to attack the reaper's flank (maybe during the reapers direct attack on earth). And with the ideas given above, all three armies (or teams) could make it through alive if you made the right choices, or none of them. We would have 4 endings: The reapers win, or the reapers loose with either one, two or all of the three leaders dieing ...
(on a second thought I see the flaw of this idea, as it would only be working for Ash and Kaidan and not the other LI'S, but this is the Ash thread, so I dare to propose Ash - centered endings
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EDIT: and just for the record: Kaidan got a memorial to his honor in each and every of may games ... not becaus I don't like him, but Ash is just pure awesome, I can't leave her behind .. I made up a "background story" in my mind to rectify the decision from a military point of view, which is:
Kaidan is needed to arm the nuke, as the ingam conversation hints, he's better suited for that task. In any case, I think Ash is better suited to go with the Salarians, as their assault is in dire need of a Soldier, that can bear some beating. So, Ash is with the Salarians, and Kaidan is with the nuke, when Shepards got to make the call. At this point his logic goes like: Ok, Kaidan got the nuke armed, it will go off anyway - but if we do not take out that last AA - tower, maybe the normandy will not be able to pick everybody else up. So, it's not a decision between Ash and Kaidan, but between getting everybody out by risking one person or get one person out by riksing everybody ... this way of thinking spares me of guilty feelings because of allways choosing Ash
phew, thanks everybody, that dares to read this wall of text!
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