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[Tup3x]

I have an idea for my first trailer/movie/teaser. It's not going to be long and it will take some time before I can do it but at least I have a plan. It's going to be enough work for me since I have to do some frame by frame editing (video editing with image editor, PSP9 and/or GIMP...) if I can't so it with VirtualDub or with Avisynth script. I'll use Audacity for mixing. But hey, I lack proper video editing tools and Live Movie Maker can not export video in lossless format...

But enivei, that's something I'm going to do in the near future.

[Kary Tyrrell]

jeweledleah wrote...

I think rewriting heretics is a paragon decision for the same reason every other somewhat questionable decision is - paragon ultimately tries to save as many lives right this moment as they can manage and they don't always consider the future clearly. its a "now" decision and whichever choice saves the most lives in a present is the paragon choice. Its not always the best, most logical or even humane choice (I've always felt that killing indoctrinated Salarians on Virmire was ultimately kinder to them, but its considered to be a renegade thing to do)

At least it is a nice question to solve. It gives you something to think about, as it isn't you typical good vs. evil decision you find so often in games.

[Lianna sFfalenn]

ELE08 wrote...

What was your femshep doing before Mass Effect 1?

*extract from ridiculously long document*

Aki required several months of neurological treatment after Elysium, having overstrained her biotic capabilities during the fighting. Once recovered, she was assigned “light duties”, which meant being paraded around the Systems Alliance as their military poster girl. Aki absolutely loathed the publicity and being painted as two-dimensional “perfect soldier”, and tried several times to get herself reassigned to regular military duties without success. She was seriously considering a career change when she was contacted by then-Lt. Commander David Anderson and offered the opportunity to join the elite ‘N’ programme. She jumped at the chance, proceeding to graduate with high levels of proficiency.
 
Her service record is over the next few years is heavily classified, although there are persistent rumours that she was involved in some way with the Alliance operations on Torfan and subsequent  intelligence gathering missions inside batarian space before her assignment as XO to the newly commissioned Normandy SR-1.

ELE08 wrote...

Have some terrible fanfic about Caroline and her committment issues.  If after ME3 ends she's alive and the Reapers are defeated she'll...have to learn how to cook.

I thought that was good! Caroline comes across as a very "real" person - got hang-ups just like us regular folks, whilst still being badass as hell

Modifié par Lianna sFfalenn, 26 février 2011 - 09:20 .

[ELE08]

Lianna sFfalenn wrote...

ELE08 wrote...

What was your femshep doing before Mass Effect 1?

*extract from ridiculously long document*

Aki required several months of neurological treatment after Elysium, having overstrained her biotic capabilities during the fighting. Once recovered, she was assigned “light duties”, which meant being paraded around the Systems Alliance as their military poster girl. Aki absolutely loathed the publicity and being painted as two-dimensional “perfect soldier”, and tried several times to get herself reassigned to regular military duties without success. She was seriously considering a career change when she was contacted by then-Lt. Commander David Anderson and offered the opportunity to join the elite ‘N’ programme. She jumped at the chance, proceeding to graduate with high levels of proficiency.
 
Her service record is over the next few years is heavily classified, although there are persistent rumours that she was involved in some way with the Alliance operations on Torfan and subsequent  intelligence gathering missions inside batarian space before her assignment as XO to the newly commissioned Normandy SR-1.

I find it interesting that most people tend to make War Hero Sheps the reluctant hero, who hates the publicity, etc.

Personally, this is how I also see War Hero Shep.  As someone who was just doing their job and didn't want to be made into a public figure.  Although I wonder if anyone has a War Hero Shep who enjoys the limelight and the accolades and maybe sees it as an opportunity.  That almost seems too perfect to me, like Shep is this really annoying goody goody.  Reluctant war hero Shep seems more realistic.  To quote from the game "Let someone else be on the poster.  I'm just here to get the job done."

ELE08 wrote...

Have some terrible fanfic about Caroline and her committment issues.  If after ME3 ends she's alive and the Reapers are defeated she'll...have to learn how to cook.

I thought that was good! Caroline comes across as a very "real" person - got hang-ups just like us regular folks, whilst still being badass as hell

Thanks, mission accomplished then.  I didn't want her to be a superhero.  I wanted her to have an internal struggle between what she wants and what she feels like she has to do.  Shep has the burden of knowledge that others don't, so quitting isn't really an option.  I imagine that takes it's toll on trying to have any kind of personal life (even with in-game love interests, mainly the one's from ME1, the job always comes first *cough* Horizon *cough*)

With Caroline there's also a fear that without the uniform, she won't know how she fits into the world anymore.  The Alliance gave her purpose, then the Reaper threat gave her a mission.  Thresher maws, mercenaries, giant intergalactic war machines, she can handle.  The thought of settling down and learning to depend on someone else, that's scary.

That is also why another point of curiousity for me, is what happens to femshep after the Reapers are defeated.  What does the hero do when there's no battle left to fight?  Does she really settle in to living a 'normal life' again?  Or is there an entirely new set of struggles trying to live in the real world again.  Or does she go out of her way to find another "mission".  Oh the possibilities.  At least I'll have something to think about after ME3 comes out.

/thinks too much about these things.  But it's fun!

discuss.

[Sinapus]

ELE08 wrote...
That is also why another point of curiousity for me, is what happens to femshep after the Reapers are defeated.  What does the hero do when there's no battle left to fight?  Does she really settle in to living a 'normal life' again?  Or is there an entirely new set of struggles trying to live in the real world again.  Or does she go out of her way to find another "mission".  Oh the possibilities.  At least I'll have something to think about after ME3 comes out.

*mightily resists the urge to make a Batman Beyond parody... argh*

Gangster: Don't mess with us, lady. We're the Reaperz!
OldFemShep: Sure you are...
*butt-kicking commences*

OldFemShep: You know, I actually don't have a powered armor suit for you to run around in. No secret lair either.
TheKid: Awwwww....

[ADLegend21]

Sinapus wrote...

ELE08 wrote...
That is also why another point of curiousity for me, is what happens to femshep after the Reapers are defeated.  What does the hero do when there's no battle left to fight?  Does she really settle in to living a 'normal life' again?  Or is there an entirely new set of struggles trying to live in the real world again.  Or does she go out of her way to find another "mission".  Oh the possibilities.  At least I'll have something to think about after ME3 comes out.

*mightily resists the urge to make a Batman Beyond parody... argh*

Gangster: Don't mess with us, lady. We're the Reaperz!
OldFemShep: Sure you are...
*butt-kicking commences*

OldFemShep: You know, I actually don't have a powered armor suit for you to run around in. No secret lair either.
TheKid: Awwwww....

I support Femshep taking on a mentoring role!!!!!! if I didn't already have a story I'd so write this.

[Kary Tyrrell]

ELE08 wrote...

I find it interesting that most people tend to make War Hero Sheps the reluctant hero, who hates the publicity, etc.

Personally, this is how I also see War Hero Shep.  As someone who was just doing their job and didn't want to be made into a public figure.  Although I wonder if anyone has a War Hero Shep who enjoys the limelight and the accolades and maybe sees it as an opportunity.  That almost seems too perfect to me, like Shep is this really annoying goody goody.  Reluctant war hero Shep seems more realistic.  To quote from the game "Let someone else be on the poster.  I'm just here to get the job done."



That is also why another point of curiousity for me, is what happens to femshep after the Reapers are defeated.  What does the hero do when there's no battle left to fight?  Does she really settle in to living a 'normal life' again?  Or is there an entirely new set of struggles trying to live in the real world again.  Or does she go out of her way to find another "mission".  Oh the possibilities.  At least I'll have something to think about after ME3 comes out.

Oh well, how will an reluctant hero 'love' the attention after she defeats the reapers

War hero -> Alliance attention
Saving the Council -> Council Space attention
Saving the Galaxy -> She definitely must do something wrong since live just gets better and better

[netfire_]

1030! Damn we passed the triple digit mark. We rock. And roll. All night long. Sweet susie.

Modifié par netfire_, 27 février 2011 - 12:57 .

[ADLegend21]

New Chapter of my headcanon Fic "Guns and Poems" featuring Kallen Shepard. it's sort of how I imagined Shepard's funeral and her LI's reaction. feedback plz.

[Aeowyn]

[ADLegend21]

Aeowyn wrote...

ooooooooo!!!!! that's amazing.

[Shadow_Soul]

@AD

Great, again you did a wonderful job on it.



@Aeowyn

That is super awesome and way badass!

[Cyansomnia]

@ELE

The Alliance did give Holly a purpose. Something to strive for. I think she felt that proving herself as a soldier would be like proving herself to the world. Becoming a SPECTRE actually frightened her a little at first. She felt that being free from rules and restrictions would change her, drive her towards a darker path. 'The right way isn't always the easy way' is basically her mantra.

Fortunately, she has a strong sense of honor that drives her and an overwhelming need to ease the suffering of others. It keeps her honest and keeps her in perspective when it comes to where she wants to see herself.  She isn't perfect, of course, but she tries her best.

I honestly don't see Holly ever having a 'normal' life (though she might attempt it). She's not the type to sit idly by when there's work that needs to be done. I believe she'd wish to continue her work as a SPECTRE and hopefully keep up a relationship with the Alliance, as it means a lot to her.  If Thane survived, she'd want him by her side.

As of right now, though, she's focusing on the time she has. There's no way of knowing what will happen in the future with the Reapers. She treasures her time with friends, with Thane... and is well aware it could be fleeting and ripped away in the blink of an eye.

Modifié par Aislinn Trista, 27 février 2011 - 01:42 .

[Element_Zero]

Well I see Aeowyn has been bad again. . . .

[ADLegend21]

ahhhh I took a trip over to Game tourists and Sage added a new video on playing the Adept. She has me itching to play Adept Kallen again, but I can't atm!!!!! >.<

[sapphyreelf]

ELE08 wrote...

That is also why another point of curiousity for me, is what happens to femshep after the Reapers are defeated.  What does the hero do when there's no battle left to fight?  Does she really settle in to living a 'normal life' again?  Or is there an entirely new set of struggles trying to live in the real world again.  Or does she go out of her way to find another "mission".  Oh the possibilities.  At least I'll have something to think about after ME3 comes out.

/thinks too much about these things.  But it's fun!

discuss.

Alexis is actually looking forward to a life where it's not a constant fight/struggle. She wants to retire some place quiet, preferrably with a certain L2. Have a chance to have a life and maybe even a family. Pursue some of her other interests. At least after ME2. She was less eager to do that after ME1, but after dying and having her life jerked out from under her, she wants it to be over so she not be the savior.

She wants to be Alexis, not Commander Shepard.



Not an epicly awesome shot, but it's been awhile since I posted a shot of her.

Modifié par sapphyreelf, 27 février 2011 - 02:43 .

[Shenzi]

sapphyreelf wrote...

ELE08 wrote...

That is also why another point of curiousity for me, is what happens to femshep after the Reapers are defeated.  What does the hero do when there's no battle left to fight?  Does she really settle in to living a 'normal life' again?  Or is there an entirely new set of struggles trying to live in the real world again.  Or does she go out of her way to find another "mission".  Oh the possibilities.  At least I'll have something to think about after ME3 comes out.

/thinks too much about these things.  But it's fun!

discuss.

Alexis is actually looking forward to a life where it's not a constant fight/struggle. She wants to retire some place quiet, preferrably with a certain L2. Have a chance to have a life and maybe even a family. Pursue some of her other interests. At least after ME2. She was less eager to do that after ME1, but after dying and having her life jerked out from under her, she wants it to be over so she not be the savior.

She wants to be Alexis, not Commander Shepard.

http://social.biowar...98963/59306.jpg

Not an epicly awesome shot, but it's been awhile since I posted a shot of her.

That's exactly how my Shepard, Kate feels about the future after the Reapers are taken care of.

Random pic of Kate because I've been mostly MIA from the forums recently.

[Lord Zeuss]

ELE08 wrote...

What was your femshep doing before Mass Effect 1?

Hope no one minds if I jump onto this topic.

Cara was sentenced to eighteen years in prison by military tribunal for her part in a disastrous mission that was subsequently cleansed from the records by top brass, done partially to preserve tenuous Citadel relations with the Asari Republics, which Cara has resented ever since. Six and a half years into her prison sentence, she was recruited by one Admiral Lucian Stockholm for an unsanctioned defense initiative, for which he had her sentencing overturned and expunged, and promoted her to Lieutenant Commander. Under Stockholm, she helped create the backbone of a new Alliance colony defense fleet to police the mostly lawless Traverse. Records of this initiative were sealed by the diplomatic branch.

Cara and her Marines from Stockholm's fledgling fleet played a pivotal but little-known role during the Skyllian Blitz, taking down an armored column of turian corsairs and allowing the defenders of Elysium City to hold out until the Alliance fleet proper arrived. This mission was classified eyes-only by the diplomatic branch.

Two years later, she executed Operation Warhammer under operational command of Major Kyle against the batarian stronghold of Torfan.

Modifié par Lord Zeuss, 27 février 2011 - 03:15 .

[Kim Shepard]

I haven't posted here before, but I figured I'd stop by to answer this question.

ELE08 wrote...

I find it interesting that most people tend to make War Hero Sheps the reluctant hero, who hates the publicity, etc.

Personally, this is how I also see War Hero Shep.  As someone who was just doing their job and didn't want to be made into a public figure.  Although I wonder if anyone has a War Hero Shep who enjoys the limelight and the accolades and maybe sees it as an opportunity.  That almost seems too perfect to me, like Shep is this really annoying goody goody.  Reluctant war hero Shep seems more realistic.  To quote from the game "Let someone else be on the poster.  I'm just here to get the job done."

My MainShep is a Colonist War Hero who enjoyed being almost famous and did see it as an opportunity. During the battle, she just fought hard to keep her team alive and kill everyone who was trying to kill them. She's far from the goody goody type - MainShep is totally ruthless when it comes to enemies, batarians, people who got on her bad side, and she has quite a temper. She had a lot of sadness and pain in her past due to losing her family on Mindoir. But she was definitely shocked and excited when she saw that everyone was treating her as a well-known and respected hero, just like the person she idolized. It wasn't something she expected to happen, but she would like being the person on the posters.

[Sable Phoenix]

ELE08 wrote...

I find it interesting that most people tend to make War Hero Sheps the reluctant hero, who hates the publicity, etc.

Personally, this is how I also see War Hero Shep.  As someone who was just doing their job and didn't want to be made into a public figure.  Although I wonder if anyone has a War Hero Shep who enjoys the limelight and the accolades and maybe sees it as an opportunity.  That almost seems too perfect to me, like Shep is this really annoying goody goody.  Reluctant war hero Shep seems more realistic.  To quote from the game "Let someone else be on the poster.  I'm just here to get the job done."

Eh, Jessica isn't a "reluctant" war hero.  More like a "surprised" war hero, since she just "did her job".  But frankly, when she got that Star of Terra pinned on her chest, she felt like she'd finally arrived.  In real, tangible metal, she now had proof that she had permanently left behind that robbing, lying, murdering, assault-victim gang member that scampered through the streets of Singapore for almost eighteen years.  It was validation that she was now more than her past, and that her laser-like focus on being the absolute best had paid off.

She didn't care for the publicity tours and the press much, but primarily because they took her out of her comfort zone behind the stock of a scoped high-caliber rifle.  She actually really enjoyed the fact that everyone now saw her as "Shepard", soldier extraordinaire, with no other context and no hint at all of "Jessica".

ELE08 wrote...

With Caroline there's also a fear that without the uniform, she won't know how she fits into the world anymore.  The Alliance gave her purpose, then the Reaper threat gave her a mission.  Thresher maws, mercenaries, giant intergalactic war machines, she can handle.  The thought of settling down and learning to depend on someone else, that's scary.

That is also why another point of curiousity for me, is what happens to femshep after the Reapers are defeated.  What does the hero do when there's no battle left to fight?  Does she really settle in to living a 'normal life' again?  Or is there an entirely new set of struggles trying to live in the real world again.  Or does she go out of her way to find another "mission".  Oh the possibilities.  At least I'll have something to think about after ME3 comes out.

/thinks too much about these things.  But it's fun!

discuss.

Oh, yes, this very much.  Jessica wouldn't know what to do with herself, at least not at first.  Still, after the events of ME2, she is deathly tired (the "I'm tired" line from LOTSB had me nearly jumping out of my seat first time I heard it, it's exactly what Jessica feels) and wishes she could stop fighting.

Once the Reaper War is over, if she and Liara survive, they'll retire to an asari world somewhere, maybe even Thessia itself.  I've already mentioned this a few hundred pages back, but I forsee Liara stepping down as Shadow Broker and turning it over to Feron and Miranda to run, while she helps raise their two children (the younger of whom is named Ashley, a very odd name for an asari, in memory of a certain tough yet beautiful Alliance marine) and invests a lot of time and money in the University of Serrice archiving the Reaper War, teaching Prothean history and funding expeditions to dig up as much info from pre-Prothean civilizations as possible so something like the Reaper War will never happen again.  Shepard will take on the task of fighting in the PR arena for the civil rights of revenants, people (currently only the exceedingly rich or important) who have been brought back with the Lazarus Project technology but who are legally classified as synthetics since Lazarus procedures require a quantum blue-box.  She also ends up as something of a mystical figure among the asari and inadvertently starts a new religion.

I've thought about this stuff way too much as well.

Modifié par Sable Phoenix, 27 février 2011 - 04:10 .

[Sable Phoenix]

Lord Zeuss wrote...

ELE08 wrote...

What was your femshep doing before Mass Effect 1?

Hope no one minds if I jump onto this topic.

Cara was sentenced to eighteen years in prison by military tribunal for her part in a disastrous mission that was subsequently cleansed from the records by top brass, done partially to preserve tenuous Citadel relations with the Asari Republics, which Cara has resented ever since. Six and a half years into her prison sentence, she was recruited by one Admiral Lucian Stockholm for an unsanctioned defense initiative, for which he had her sentencing overturned and expunged, and promoted her to Lieutenant Commander. Under Stockholm, she helped create the backbone of a new Alliance colony defense fleet to police the mostly lawless Traverse. Records of this initiative were sealed by the diplomatic branch.

Cara and her Marines from Stockholm's fledgling fleet played a pivotal but little-known role during the Skyllian Blitz, taking down an armored column of turian corsairs and allowing the defenders of Elysium City to hold out until the Alliance fleet proper arrived. This mission was classified eyes-only by the diplomatic branch.

Two years later, she executed Operation Warhammer under operational command of Major Kyle against the batarian stronghold of Torfan.

This is a really cool and original take on Shepard's origin.  Nice work.

[thompsmt]

I'm quite fond of having the hero retire after completing the main story, and moving on.

I could see in a future ME universe game the Shepard being an unseen presence, or the character being some how having met Shepard in the past, but it being their own story.

Letting Shepard go off into a peaceful retirement would be nice. Heck, have it be two or three hundred years into the future of the setting; with only Liara and Grunt remaining of the Team. Liara as a major factor in Asari politics, and Grunt having taken over from Wrex. Sounds like quite a way to start!

[Shadow_Soul]

I wrote this for Lili. Link
Please read and tell me what you think.

[Sinapus]

Played around with flycam a bit. Simple pose with HUD off.





Does anyone wonder...



If Dr. Michel is really an arms dealer?