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Seems good. I agree it needs a little more arrogance, but else it is fine.

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I like this. Although if something like this is true, then it's totally gonna ruin my sassy Shepard's plans of rubbing the reaper invasion in the council's face.

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Sounds good.

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Dean_the_Young

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UpDownLeftRight wrote...

What do you all think?

You should point out when you're quoting fanfics for one.

Wouldn't this be interesting if this was actually going on behind closed doors in ME2? I hope that we'll get to see something like this concerning the original Council in ME3.

The Council feels they can't trust Commander Shepard with his own crusade because he's working with Cerberus. Shepard is working with Cerberus because the Council refuses to make any sort of motion about fighting the Reapers. And in the meantime, not only is the Human Councilor (or top military assistant) himself kept from these 'preparations', but the Council persecutes and silences all those who would take it seriously.

It would be rather stupid, really.

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I'll just leave this here...

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[quote]UpDownLeftRight wrote...

This was written by Skyblade012. I thought I might bring it back. I have added some information. I may update it with more information as we go on.

[quote]Information leaked to use by Cerberus indicates that Shepard is alive.  As welcome as this news is, it is disturbing that Shepard would be working with Cerberus.  Our most trusted agent alongside one of our most cunning enemies.  The Salarians suggest we downplay this matter, and I concur.[/quote]

[quote]The matter was confirmed earlier today.  Shepard arrived on a Cerberus frigate, a redesigned and improved version of Shepard's original Normandy.  Our security is weaker than we thought, even our most guarded co-development projects have been infiltrated.  Cerberus has proven its ability to deceive and manipulate yet again.  We cannot afford to share our plans or information with Shepard.  The Reapers are the worst threat we could have imagined, but we cannot risk Cerberus learning what we are planning to counter them.[/quote]

[quote]Commander Shepard came by to meet us alongside Anderson. Thankfully Udina was absent from the meeting, despite the opinion of Councilor Tevos. Shepard had interesting information concerning the attacks on human colonies in the Terminus.  Apparently the Collectors are behind the attacks, and Shepard and Cerberus suspect that they are working for the Reapers.  Anderson agrees, but, per our previous agreements, we cannot let Shepard, know this. If this information is true, it is most disturbing. We were hoping to have more time to prepare before the Reapers could begin taking active steps again.  Still, it could be misinformation leaked by Cerberus yet again, though we doubt they are behind the attacks, given the cost of human lives involved. Shepard was unhappy with our reaction, of course.  Though the commander accepted a reinstatement to Spectre status, Anderson confirmed for us that Shepard felt betrayed by the lack of faith we displayed.  Anderson also said the "air quotes" might have been going too far, we don't want to alienate Shepard or appear so oblivious that Shepard, and through Shepard, Cerberus, might catch on.  Regardless, the safety of the galaxy comes before any one individual.  Even after all the Normandy crew did for us.  I only hope we can correct Shepard's interpretation after Shepard's work with Cerberus ends.[/quote]

[quote]Despite the risks, the Council has agreed to leak the schematics for the Thanix Magnetic-Hydrodynamic cannon to former C-Sec agent Garrus Vakarian. Despite the assurance of Cerberus getting their hands on this weapon, we need to do what we can to outfit Shepard against these threats.[/quote]

[quote]The information Commander Shepard provided has been confirmed.  An Alliance operative, and former member of the Noramndy crew, was stationed on Horizon when the Collector's attacked.  Shepard and the new crew, was able to drive the Collectors away before the colony was entirely abducted.  The information on the seeker swarms is most disturbing, and we will have to develop counters right away (possibility to extract the information from Cerberus?  No, too risky, not enough resources in that organization, might tip our hand).  But the fact that the GARDIAN lasers were enough to repel the ship is comforting.  We will set up more automatics for such systems.  Even if the swarms paralyze the gunnery officers, we might be able to keep the lasers active.[/quote]
After Horizon you will hear a story about how other species are looking to their own borders for security. The Turian Hierarchy is bolstering their crew complements, and the Salarian STG is reportedly investigating the colony attacks.
[quote]Whatever the reasons may be, the constant attacks on human colonies have provided us an excellent excuse to accelerate our plans against the Reapers. We can now build fleets and defenses much more publicly, with the justification that we must protect our colonies from attacks.  We still cannot go fully public with it as long as the only targets are human colonies, but we can still instigate investigations and increase recruitment.  And the Alliance can do even more, and we will help.[/quote]

[quote]The Salarians have suggested moving the Alliance into position as galactic peacekeepers, alongside the Turians. They already have a great deal of ships patrolling Citadel space, and have taken huge steps forward in roles such as C-Sec as well.  This would let us funnel more resources to the Alliance to increase our buildup of vessels to help combat the Reapers, without appearing to be actively militarizing, which could incite public panic and possibly spark the Terminus Systems against us. But there is still a lot of concern about humanity's swift rise to power already, and taking that step might shift things against them.  We can ill afford such instability, especially with criminal idiots like Joram Talid actively running as anti-human.  For now, we will help fund the Alliance to get their ships up to the number allowed them as council members under the Treaty of Farixen, and we will discuss the situation again once they reach that point.[/quote]

[quote]The Normandy forwarded us information acquired from a Cerberus agent who had been captured by Eclipse mercenaries.  This may be an indication that Shepard still realizes the danger Cerberus poses to the galaxy, or it may be another attempt by Cerberus to manipulate us. Regardless, we still hope that once the Normandy completes her mission, we might be able to convince Shepard to rejoin us.[/quote]

[quote]The Normandy apparently encountered the Collectors again.  A false distress signal sent by the Collectors indicated that a destroyed Turian patrol crippled the ship, at least temporarily.  The council has decided to allow the Normandy to proceed into the trap, to conceal from Cerberus the fact that they failed to properly prevent the signal from reaching us.  If Cerberus can be made to underestimate us, it will be most welcome.  The Normandy succeeded in infiltrating and escaping from the Collector vessel.  What information was extracted is unknown, but
hopefully it will help facilitate Shepard's safe journey through the Omega 4 relay.[/quote]

[quote]Colonial countermeasures still insufficient.  The Alliance's New Canton colony was abducted by the Collectors. Despite a delay when their efforts at Horizon were stymied, the attacks are increasing in frequency.  We still have no knowledge of what the Collectors are after.  Soon, we may have to take official notice of the situation.[/quote]

[quote]Cerberus crews have taken our leaked information from the Alliance's survey of the Great Rift on Klendagon and backtracked it to the weapon that caused it and the Reaper that the weapon was
targeting. This gives us even more confirmation that the Reaper threat was not isolated to Sovereign.  The Normandy successfully boarded the Reaper shell, and destroyed it.[/quote]

[quote]The Salarian STG confirmed that the Normandy has passed through the Omega 4 relay.  In all likelihood, the ship is now vaporized on the other end.  But the Normandy has done the impossible before.  We will wait and hope for as long as we can for her return.  But we cannot wait long.  If the Normandy is unsuccessful, we must take action immediately. If the Reapers are on the move, even through agents, then our time is more precious than we thought.  The fleet is coming, and we must be prepared.[/quote]


What do you all think? Wouldn't this be interesting if this was actually going on behind closed doors in ME2? I hope that we'll get to see something like this concerning the original Council in ME3.

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Dayuuum. If that's really what that Turian is thinking, my FemShep is going to give him a big hug (instead of a big wedgie) in ME3.

FanFiction at its finest. Bravo.

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This actually sounds more reasonable, especially after the battle of the Citadel. The council can't be as stupid as they made them. I could understand the mistrust of the council in ME1 being the basis for not believing about the reapers, but not in ME2. It makes sense the Cerberus connection would be why they were denying this stuff to Shepard. Heck even Anderson wasn't telling Shepard a lot of stuff. Kaiden, Anderson, or Udina can bring Shepard up to speed on what was really going on in ME3.

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is anyone else more amused by the idea of the turian councillor keeping a diary?

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This works for me. You don't get to the high kind of position the councilors have without being the smartest, sneakiest and most cynical ones. Except of course if you stage a coup like Udina did in the dead Council ending of ME1, then you get short sighted and greedy people as we see both in real life and in ME2.

Outsmarting little isolated Cerberus, TIMmy and Shepard shouldn't be hard either as these guys have done this for generations before humanity even left their planet. Then again, humans are special and mary sueish.

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Hellbound555 wrote...

is anyone else more amused by the idea of the turian councillor keeping a diary?


Hehe, that is a bit funny.

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Confused-Shepard wrote...

I love this idea. Really gives another dimension to the otherise one note Coucillor.
Basically, 

Harry Potter <------> Professor Snape
Shepard <------> Councillor Velarn


I always saw Udina as more of a Snape type.

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This would be nice, but it's overly optimistic.

It's much more likely that the Citadel has indoctrinated the Council at a low level which discourages belief in or investigation of the Reapers. Also consider the fact that long before Sovereign showed himself they had outlawed/discouraged the investigation of the Keepers and the Citadel. The Citadel, by Sovereign's own admission, is a giant bait and trap. It'd make perfect sense if the Reapers used their other signature technology, indoctrination, to ensure the nature of their trap wasn't discovered prematurely.

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Well, if we're going to talk fanfics and could-have-beens, I'll raise one question.

Why not just have spent ME2 with the Council and Alliance believing in Reapers, but still at war with the Geth?

Short of being the first sign of indoctrination, the primary reason the Council didn't believe Shepard was to give impetus to Shepard joining Cerberus as the only party willing to fight for the lost. The Council's regression and refusal to acknowledge the Reapers made Cerberus the only alternative. The Alliance rebuilding or consolidating control was also a moment of weakness.

But disbelief didn't need to be the only reason why the Council needn't believe. Preoccupation with a present, larger threat would have been just as good. Better, even: the Council could be like 'we believe in the Reapers, that's why we're fighting the Geth. But we don't see/believe any ties between your missing colonies and the Geth (and thus the Reapers), and we can't afford a second front with the Terminus.'

Cerberus then is less the only faction that recognizes the Reapers, but rather the only one which can act in the Terminus without starting a new, bigger war that would divide the galaxy (which would help the Reapers).

If the 'Shepard is betrayed and not believed' plot is jetissoned, a lot of equally plausible things come up instead.

-The Geth don't simply drop off the public radar after ME1, despite the whole Perseus Veil never being struck. The War is still ongoing.

-The galaxy is preparing for the Reapers... and the Reapers become an even more formidable threat when they can threaten to overwhelm a galaxy already mobilized by war, rather than fail against one divided and taken by near-total surprise.

-A better reason for treating the Terminus with kids gloves is given: a second front war would hurt the Council, and offer the Reapers (unwitting) allies.

-The low prioritization of the Terminus colonies makes sense: with the war with the Geth, far greater colonies and more colonists are lost in war, overshadowing those independent colonies.

-The transition to a Human Council is more easily justified: the Human coup is enabled not simply because of control of the Citadel, but because the Humans took the initiative to lead and organize the war effort against the Geth.

-The Overlord DLC gets a lot more meaning when there is an ongoing war with the Geth to consider.


Likewise, Legion could get a conceptual makeover with modest alterations to its backstory.

-Rather than the strange plot-twist of 'that Geth army you fought before was a 5% minority', we could have a much more even split between the Geth factions in the context of an (ongoing) Geth civil war.

-Legion itself could become a greater emissionary figure: a'True' Geth ambassador to the Organics even though prior attempts were destroyed when confused for Heretics. The Geth's refusal to communicate before, rather than a horrific social disability, is explained by Heretic interference and ongoing conflict.

-The Quarian subplot includes them wanting to join in on the Council's war, in order to reclaim their home planet. The True Geth (through Legion) are alarmed at the prospect of fighting the Heretics just to fight the Quarians next.

-The Heretic Virus delimma has weight as an instant-win to end the Geth war now... with severe ramnifications in ME3 (possible re-Reaperification from the influence of the assimilated Heretics, preventing a Geth-Quarian reconciliation, etc.).



If we're going into whimsical territory, I'd pick a continued war with the Geth over 'the Council was lying to us because they are so clever.'

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Hellbound555 wrote...

is anyone else more amused by the idea of the turian councillor keeping a diary?

:) Yes!

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wetnasty wrote...

I see no air quotes


"Ah yes, air quotes. We dismissed those claims"

(Feels like Inception, really, air quotes in a quote about air quotes.)

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Hellbound555 wrote...

is anyone else more amused by the idea of the turian councillor keeping a diary?


Let's all make fun of him next time we see him!

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This. I support.

Valern - the secret Ally Shepard needs? Yes. Like!

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Beerfish wrote...

Well written behind the scenes journal and very plausible. Despite everyone and their dog blasting the council for being blind or plain stupid this is how politics works. Public front says one thing, in private is another matter.


Your Spectres are as private as you can get besides the council itself. It's still inexcusable.

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I hope this kind of thing actually turns out to have been going on in ME3. It does kind of irk me that the Council are made to look like a bunch of silly ignorant buffoons, with all the responsibilities they have to the trillions of people living under their civilisation. And I always found it a bit odd that people have been staring at the rift on Klendagon for however many years, and yet Cerberus end up being the only ones with the bright idea of investigating it and discovering the dead Reaper because of it.

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BSN, Y U NO LEAVE DEAD THREADS TO THEIR REST?

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Arcian wrote...

BSN, Y U NO LEAVE DEAD THREADS TO THEIR REST?



Because heroes never die.

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Those kinds of journal entries are more realistic in terms of how the real politicking goes down (behind closed doors). It makes perfect sense for the councilors to play dumb since they are not entirely sure of Shepard's loyalties. I really hope the writing team sees this and fixes their whole retcon of the Citadel Council's attitude (from the last scene of ME1 compared to ME2).

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So, this is written by a fan or what?

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Is this all from lair of the shadow broker? And Valern is the Turian right?

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Love it!

However, this for me suits the Salarian Councilor more - as Salarians are known for their competence in the intelligence field.