Lethania wrote...
@Kara your Shep looks so sad :s
Ironically enough, that's the thing I was worried was going to be lost in translation and am glad I've been able to recapture. Thank you for noticing that!
I have multiple Shepards', but Kara was the original. You could sum her up as being motivated to "protect and defend the Constitution", as it were: her mission in the war with the Reapers is to preserve the government of the Citadel Council and the Systems Alliance, at whatever cost. She is by no means heartless, merciless or a killer (not Ruthless, but War Hero), and is very mindful of the rules of war, but also takes on the burden of sending people to preserve galactic society as it presently exists.
The cost of these choices haunts Kara. She sided with Tali in her fight with Legion because she was unwilling to let critical data about organics fall to an AI, no matter their assurances. This cost Legion his existence, and she's left to wrestle with the consequences of that strategic decision. She's aware that she's going to have to send more people to die, and she's wondering exactly what parts of the Council are going to have to be cut off, sacrificed, to save it.
You could say that she ended up a bit like Jack Bauer, though that wasn't the intention and I'd offer that she's much less "damaged" than that character. Kara made room for all the loyalty missions for her crewmates out of a
genuine desire to earn their loyalty. She has enormous love for her love interest, Liara, to whom she stayed faithful across the games. But Kara executed the Rachni Queen to prevent the possibility of their ever challenging the Council again. That's the same reason she annihilated the heretic geth. . She chose to let the colony on Watson be destroyed to preserve a vital military asset. She didn't warn the colony on Aratoht not out of malice for batarians, but to ensure the invasion was destroyed. When Liara asked her how she truly was, she responded, "I'm tired."
Modifié par Kara Shepard and the Special Destinies, 03 mars 2012 - 07:32 .