Shepard's still pretty young. I think he'd find his own network, outside of Cerb, Mercs, Spectres, Council or Alliance.
Also, the game has a good run of B-movie cliches in it. It needs a B-move cliche ending.
From
http://mysterymanonf...vie-clichs.html6) 'We've been expecting you...'
Whenever
a hero fights his way into the villains fortress, escaping multiple
assassination attempts, he will be caught and taken to the villain, who
will invariably greet him with, "Weve been expecting you." GERARDO
VALERO, MEXICO CITY
24) Bad Guy Credentials Demo
In
any movie where the villain is a really, really bad guy, whose
dysfunction and malice transcend that of the ordinary evildoer, he
establishes that fact early in the film by coldly killing one of his own
men. (See Darth Vader, many Bond villains, Russian Mafia leader in "The
Jackal," etc.) DIRK KNEMEYER, Bowling Green, Ohio
63) Collapsing Staircase
When
a character is rescued from a staircase during a disaster movie or
thriller, the staircase always collapses the moment the rescue is
completed. SCOT MURPHY, Highland Park, IL
73) Dead Man Sleeping
When
a dead mans eyes are closed in the movies, the lids are shut with one
hand, never two, and both at once, never one and then the other.
84) Doing Radio
A
characters lines describe what we can see happening on the screen.
Critic Rich Elias tags an all-time classic when he observes that Jack,
in "Titanic," says, "Lets get out of here! This place is flooded!" Tom
Norris, Braintree, Mass.
96) Eleventh Law of Cartoon Thermodynamics
by
Trevor Paquette and Lt. Justin D. Baldwin Cartoon Law XI ==============
Any given amount of explosives will propel a body miles away, but still
in one piece, charred and extremely peeved.