Thanix missiling the Reaper Destroyer. Failed once, second time is the charm...
It has been a long long time since I have played ME and updated on this thread so here I will continue one of my Sheps Stories.
Max Shepard/Spacer/Adept

Last I left Max She had just recruited Garrus......
Max was glad to have her friend Garrus aboard the Normandy once again. Not being surrounded by nothing but Cerberus was starting to make her a little more comfortable. Not by much but she would take what she could get. It was time to head off again and recruit more people to her cause. Max, Miranda and Zaeed talked their way past the quarantine into the slums of Omega ready to search for Dr. Mordin Solus.
Fighting their way to the clinic was simply to easy, the blue suns and vorcha are truly not that organized or skilled at fighting, almost didn't seem fair. They reached the clinic in time for the vorcha to shut down the fan for air or something, Max had a hard time following along this Salarian was extremely Energetic. Agreeing to help the people of Omega Max headed to the central whatever to get the fans back on and the cure in the air. Once it was done they all headed back to the Normandy and Mordin got right to work finding a way to stop the Collector Swarms.
Shortly after the Normandy left Omega Max recieved an email from Anderson asking her to come to the Citadel. Anderson was a good friend and now that he was the Human Councilor she thought it wise not to reject his invitation. Until they got to the CItadel Max waited in her cabin thinking about the past few days. 2 years was unbelievable to her. It seemed like a few months ago she had lost Kaidan on Virmire. The one decision she made that she will always regret.
They docked at the Citadel and Max made her way to the persidium. The meeting with the council went better than she could have hoped for ( they were never really helpful) but better to be on the good side of the council so she accepted the reinstatement to the specters. After a little talk with Anderson she head to find another potential squad mate Kasumi Goto (This girl was definitely off her rocker if she thought Max was going to wear a dress at any point!) Kasumi needed something from the man that killed her friend and Max's help to get it. Something in Kasumi's voice told Max this friend meant a great deal to her.
On the Normandy again Max decided to check out the convict and then head to get the Krogan. The Convict was named Jack and this girl was all the right kinds of crazy. Even though their first in counter was not all that smooth Max truly liked her. As for the Krogan he sure packed a punch slamming her into the wall. Glad he decided to join the Squad Max made the rounds and talked to everyone but the Cerberus Employees. Until they proved she could trust them they would be the last people she would talk to.
Later in the evening the Illusive man called the Normandy with information on a Collector attack happening at that very moment. Horizon was the Normandy's next destination.Max had to save the colony, hopefully she would not run into Ash down there. Max knows it is not Ash's fault Kaidan is dead that was on her, but just seeing Ash would bring that day back in the worst way. Once they landed Mordin, Grunt and Max fought hard to save the Colony, they did not stop them completely but what they did accomplish was better than letting everyone get taken.
After the fight was over that is when Ash appeared. Max's heart stopped, trying to compose herself, she talked with Ash. Not saying to much at all she just wanted to be away from. With not much else revealed other than of course everyone blaming her and believing that she has gone crazy and not wanting to trust her (like this was a new story, that was her life when going after Saren as well) The team headed back to the Normandy.
Max went straight to her Cabin. She did not want to see anyone at all. No one on the ship understood her right now. Joker and Garrus where there when she choose Ash but could they really understand how much that decision has killed her inside? She truly believes no one could ever understand her guilt.
Just created a new Shepard, Anne, modeled after the one person out there of the same name whom I have feelings for -- I am creepy like that. Gonna RP her like I imagine she would act, someone sincere with a good heart but with a well-documented feisty and wild side. I foresee a mostly-Paragon character with healthy streaks of Renegade.
Done with Eden Prime. Saved and quit after walking out of Udina's office.
Today shep and crew went to NoveriZzzzZZZzzzzzz.
Helped Gianna bust Anoleis after intimidating Qui'in into testifying. Was about to say that Anoleis is the only salarian I've met in the trilogy that I wanted to shoot on principle within seconds of meeting him, but there's also Linton and Valern, though to be fair, I didn't want to shoot him until ME3.
Helped that asari in yellow by pretending I wanted to buy what that other guy was selling, and smuggled some illegal goods past customs for Opold.
Just arrived at peak 15. Now I have to get the train running so I can go to Rift Station and deal with Benezia. Still haven't decided about the rachni queen.
When I did my evil run I decided to leave her alive because I think killing her in ME3 is so much a stab in the back and felt more evil to me.
The one time I killed her on Noveria, I let the breeder clone live on Uttuku, and its children went a little nutso afterwards and cost me some war assets. This time shep seems to be a random mix of paragon and renegade, almost as if every decision is spur of the moment. He does have a slight renegade-y edge though.When I did my evil run I decided to leave her alive because I think killing her in ME3 is so much a stab in the back and felt more evil to me.
Today shep and crew went to NoveriZzzzZZZzzzzzz.
Helped Gianna bust Anoleis after intimidating Qui'in into testifying. Was about to say that Anoleis is the only salarian I've met in the trilogy that I wanted to shoot on principle within seconds of meeting him, but there's also Linron and Valern, though to be fair, I didn't want to shoot him until ME3.
Helped that asari in yellow by pretending I wanted to buy what that other guy was selling, and smuggled some illegal goods past customs for Opold.
Just arrived at peak 15. Now I have to get the train running so I can go to Rift Station and deal with Benezia. Still haven't decided about the rachni queen.
Vargas has a voluminous fro...
Vargas has a voluminous fro...
So did the Flux's bouncer. That guy had some serious hair.
So did the Flux's bouncer. That guy had some serious hair.
I don't think I remember him. Is he the guy near the entrance?
I don't think I remember him. Is he the guy near the entrance?
Yep, he's the guy who hits Schells in the head and knocks him down the stairs. Trying to find an image now, but google is not co-operating.
EDIT: Best I could find, kinda dark, but you can still kinda see it. Next time I'm on the citadel in this playthrough, I'll try for some better screenies.
The choice...
The rest... >_>
Spoiler
Paragon. I'm mostly Paragon...
Yep, he's the guy who hits Schells in the head and knocks him down the stairs. Trying to find an image now, but google is not co-operating.
EDIT: Best I could find, kinda dark, but you can still kinda see it. Next time I'm on the citadel in this playthrough, I'll try for some better screenies.
Spoiler
I would have told Doran to play Thriller. Maybe that would make Schells dance. I want to see a volus Thriller more... ![]()
I would have told Doran to play Thriller. Maybe that would make Schells dance. I want to see a volus Thriller more...
Only if they got everyone else at the club to do the dance too ![]()
Cruella Shepard
Walked around the Citadel. I was hungry and spotted a McDonalds. I had the Big Mac meal, Ashley had a Quarter pounder meal and Kaidan had a happy meal. With my stomach full and feeling better, the 3 of us headed to the Council.
I meet the council or as I like to call them, dumb, dumber and dumbest. I had to scratch my head as to why Anderson would even mention my visions. He would make a good councillor and I would call him dummy.
So we go see this Harkin guy. What a scumbag. He's a disgrace to humanity. He tells me where to find this Garrus guy. And Harkin, the next time I see you I will kill you for calling me princess.
I help Garrus stop a few thugs and learn that a Quarian has information that can get Saren in trouble. I kill Fist. Maybe in his next life he might want to name himself, Foot. Find the Quarian and kill the assassins. She has proof that Saren was responsible for Eden Prime. The other voice mentions reapers.
Well the council accepts this evidence and strips Saren of his Spectre status. The next time I do this, I will tell the dockworker to dress to look like an asari and maybe the council will believe you instead going through all this crap again.
So now I'm a Spectre. So what. All hail Cruella Shepard, the human Spectre. I like that. Its got a certain ring to it. Or how about, bow before Cruella. Yeah. I like that better.
I get some equipment, take charge of the Normandy and tell Joker to head to Feros
Been a bit busy getting my final character through Dragon Age 2. And on the side I decided that I finally had enough of Liara's stupid facemask, so I modded it and gave her an improved visor. Well, I like it a lot more than her default garbage.
Finished Noveria... yay! The talk in the briefing room afterwards sums everything up nicely:
It's amazing just how much time you shave off when you ignore the collection quests. I'm actually enjoying playing through ME1 for the first time in years, probably because I'm playing as a Vanguard again. It's probably not a coincidence that my dislike for ME1 manifested once I stopped playing through the game as my favourite class.