ladyvader wrote...
Dead Hippie wrote...
ladyvader wrote...
Dead Hippie wrote...
Kadzin wrote...
I'm one of those werid people who actually prefers Mark's VO then Jennifer's.
Part of the reason why I couldn't go through a single femshep playthrough is because it just didn't click with me.
Same here.
I guess I'm one of those "weird people" too.
ladyvader wrote...
I don't think Earthborn Shepard's give a crap what her/his parents think. I don't even know if that Shepard actually has parents. I thought only a Spacer Shepard had parents. If Earthborn Shep is running with gangs, I doubt the parents give a crap about Shep to begin with. So would it matter if that Shep was with an asari and why would that Shep care? It seems to me Shep's parents didn't care enough to stop their kid from running with gangs.
We need more blue on this page.
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Just to clarify, ladyvader, Earthborn Shepard (my Shepard) grew up as an orphan - having absolutely no idea who his/her (in my case - his) parents are.
I went to the Wikia to see how it was phrased. It just says grew up in gangs. Nothing about parents, so I just assumed there could be parents and they didn't give a flip. I know colonist lost their parents at 16 by batarian slavers on Mindoir. Spacer Shepard has mom, Hannah. No mention on dad. I wasn't 100% sure on who it was phrased for the Earthborn. Parents or no parents. It seems Earthborn Shep had a rough childhood and ran in gangs.
When Shepard talks to Ashley (right after overhearing Ashley's sister mention that Shepard is cute) and Ashley mentions her parents - Shepard says that he never knew his parents and that he grew up as an orphan on the streets.
I never played Earthborn that much. Probably because I don't play as a renegade much. Probably why I never really knew about the parents.
Correction:
You will hear Shepard say he was a orphan during the second conversation with Ashley (the conversation where she's "concerned about the aliens".)
When you get the chance to "Investigate" (after Ashley mentions that members of her family serviced the Alliance since it was founded):
- choose "Investigate" and you'll be given two options ("Your Service" and "Military Family")
- choose "Military Family" and Shepard will say "I never knew my family. Grew up as an orphan on Earth. Anybody in your family I'd have heard of?"
Oh and my Shepard is (for the most part) Paragon in all of the playthrough (I just can't play as ruthless Renegade).
For my Shepard, his background is this:
Being an orphan, having no idea who his parents are, Shepard had to quickly develop "street smarts" and connections in order to survive in the concrete jungles (cities) of Earth. The need to survive made Shepard do things that he knew were wrong (such as running around with that gang - The Tenth Street Reds). Wanting to make a difference, Shepard signed up with the Alliance - vowing never again to surround himself with xenophobic, low-life scum (like the members of the Tenth Street Reds, or (racist) Turians who cannot stand humans, etc.).
While in the Alliance, Shepard has developed a reputation of being a Hero, by single-handedly defeating enemy forces, during the Skyllian Blitz on Elysium, when there was a breach in the defences of the colony. Shepard risked his own life, because he believes in helping and protecting the innocent and downtrodden (since Shepard, himself, had such a rough young life - he doesn't want to see anybody suffer the way he suffered).
And, LadyVader, have fun at that convention.
(Sorry, I can't remember when you said you were going.)