It's been a tough fight my friends, but Bioware still hasn't silenced us, like Jenkins on Eden Prime to the hands of the geth drones.
And you know why my friends?
Beause we were there. we were there when we met chief gunnery Williams, and Kaidan Alenko, we were there when Saren shot Nihlus, when the beacon sent us on a journey that would mark our lives.
Because we were there to save a shy quarian girl on her Pilgramage, we were there to help a C-Sec Officer with a sense of justice, and a disgruntled bounty hunter, we were there when Shepard became the first Human Spectre, we were to witness the fall of the Rachni, we were there on Noverria, Ilos Virmire, we made the sacrifices we had, and we did not forget.
We were there to witness the first Reaper talk, to hear his menacing warnings that trembled through our souls, we were there to defend the Citadel, we were there to see the future of the Council, and of Mankind.
We were there, when the Normandy was torn apart, we were there when Shepard was reborn anew, and we were there to meet the man with power, the man who hold all the cards, the Illusive man, and we felt in our skins his true power, the power of the word.
We were there in Omega, we were there to find an old friend back against the wall against all odds, we were there when we met the salarian scientist who had all the answer, we were there to meet the Master Thief with a request, and the Mercenary with a vengeance, we were there to save the traumatized biotic and we showed her the path, we were there to help old friends in Ilium, and find spiritual assassins of great honor.
We were there to see old friends turn their back on us, and we were there to see old enemies turn their faces to us, as allies, we were there to risk it all in one mission, and survive it, despite the cold grasp of the threatening reapers, to shut down the collectors, and we prevailed.
We were there when earth was struck down, when we found an old legend come to life, and we were there to reunite with old friends and meet new ones, we witnessed their growth, their sacrifices, their coming of age, and their resolution, what it means to be alive, and what it means to be free, to be released from fate and write your own path.
We were there until the end, and that is why after 5 years my friends, in the face of adversity, from the smallest Volus, to the most threatning Harbinger, we will not let this end like this, not in an explosion of amazing grace and fullfilment, but in a dying flame. We will hold the line for this past 5 years, for this past stories, for the enemies and the friends, they deserve more than a trifecta of illusions, they deserve an ending that fits the legacy.
We will Hold the Line, I will hold the Line, for Mass Effect, truly the most wonderful journey I have ever embarked.