I do this all the time and I'm surprised more people don't do it. It's very easy to achieve since once you get Legion you have a grace period of two missions before your crew gets abducted, so you can leave Tali's mission until then and do her loyalty and Legion's back-to-back.
I never tried it so far as I never thought about the possibility, but I really wanna do this too. Only in my next playthrough though, because Legion will not be activated in my current 
It's really easy. I was worried one of them wouldn't be loyal in time even though I'd followed all the steps right but there was no problems at all.
I'll be doing this for all my playthroughs from now on, it's become my favourite moment in the whole trilogy.
Shepard has some cheek!
Uh, sorry for the wall of text. Got a little out of hand, especially when considering it covers less than 30 minutes gameplay but a lot happens there, so it had to be done this way. I don't expect anyone to actually read all that, it's just a bit of writing practice. 
Anyway, here we go:
Nathan Shepard's mood was still grumpy when he climbed the steps to the council chamber. He was still brooding about Udina's intervention earlier. It was not that he disliked Tali, no she even seemed capable enough. The problem was that it was not Udina's place to second guess him in military decisions, he was not his CO, Anderson was. But since the Captain had let the incident slide, there was not much to be done now.
The other issue that concerned Shepard was the upcoming meeting with the council. He did not suspect it would go too well. The evidence they had was solid enough for him but would the council be convinced by some audio recording that a quarian claimed to have salvaged from the corpse of a geth? After all, the quarians were not exactly in the best standing with the Citadel races and it might look very convenient, that one of them brought forward a reason for the council to intervene against their old enemy. Given the history of the two races, Tali's evidence might be dismissed for the simple fact that it was ultimately self serving. But there was nothing to it, they had to try and so Shepard stepped into the light of the Serpent Nebula's purple glow that illuminated the room through the giant overhead windows and faced once again the leadership of galactic society.
Two hours later, all of the Commander's previous concerns were forgotten - and replaced by a whole set of new ones. Shepard, the first human Spectre stood in the decon chamber of the Normandy's airlock, waiting to board. As he let the cleansing white beam of the decontamination array wash over him he tried to think back and make sense of all the changes the last 120 minutes had brought.
His initial fears about Tali's audio recording had been unfounded. Apparently the salarians had developed some sort of sound recognition software, that would analyze voices and relate them to people with the accuracy of a DNA scan. When it identified Saren as well as Matriarch Benezia and ruled the recording free of fraud or manipulation, the council was convinced. Apparently, that test had already happened by the time Shepard got to the council chambers so he arrived just in time to be pleasantly surprised by the news. It didn't take the council long to fall back into old patterns though. Despite the fact that they believed the humans' accusations against Saren, they were not willing to solve their own problem and apprehend him. Instead, they compromised and Shepard was made a Spectre, to give him the authority and the responsibility to hunt Saren down. But the joy over the achievement left the sour aftertaste, that was inherent to political scheming. On the surface, the council got to pretend that they took action against their former top agent, gone insane, the alliance got their man in the ranks of the Spectres and everybody was a winner. Well, at least everyone at the top of the food chain. The colonies in the traverse certainly didn't win. All they got was one guy, against an army of synthetics and Shepard himself wasn't sure if he should consider himself on the winning side either. Oh, he was thrilled to be part of the most elite special forces group in the galaxy and honored that he could perform this vital duty for the advancement of humanity but if it had been up to him as a person, he would rather have remained and advanced within the alliance military's chain of command. Now, his superiors were a bunch of politicians and despite the fact that officially he was above the law now, that could mean only one thing: More compromises. Shepard hated compromises.
Of course, he was not selfish enough to voice any of those opinions. None of these sentiments ever showed on Shepard's face during the ceremony. This was not his first barbeque and he knew how much was riding on this. So the outside world, the audience, and the cameras, they got to see the very best example of the human soldier, stern in expression but respectful in demeanor, concerned but confident, proud but humble in light of this historic occasion. Behind this facade however, Shepard's thoughts were already racing, trying to come up with a plan to find Saren and bring him to justice.
It turned out that Udina and Cpt. Anderson were way ahead of him in that regard. While he was chasing down leads throughout the Citadel, they had already planned for his eventual success and produced some initial points of interest to start his search for Saren in the Traverse. The most important news however, was that Anderson was stepping down and gave him command of the Normandy. Shepard didn't quite know how to feel about that, he had not known Anderson for long but he liked the man and it was clear that he was driven out of his well deserved position by political back room dealing. This was definitely not how Shepard wanted to gain his first command but in the end, practical issues had to take precedence here. Shepard was the only one who had the authority invested in him by the council to effectively chase down Saren and in order to do it, he needed a ship. He was honored to get the Normandy though. From the little he had seen of her, she was by far the most advanced ship he had ever stepped foot on, her crew seemed capable as well as professional and the new stealth system would be the edge, they would need against the overwhelming force, that Saren could rely on.
Suddenly the bright slow moving light of the decontamination system faded away and with a hissing sound, the inner doors of Normandy's airlock opened. When Shepard stepped onto the metal floor gratings of the bridge, he was greeted by the monotone voice of the ship's computer: "Logged: Commanding Officer is aboard."
@Mr.Fob - love subtle explanation of Council's trust in Tali's recording 
"This evidence is irrefutable, ambassador!"
And that's coming from someone who later says the infamous, "Ah, yes, Reapers" 
Haha, yea thanks, it was always my headcannon that they did some fancy tests before Shep got there. After all, Anderson tells you that "the meeting has already started."
It doesn't quite add up because Tevos seems to recognize Benezia's voice right then and there, which implies that they are hearing it for the first time but I am allowing for some discrepancies in favor of headcannon during this playthrough (and maybe they just gave it to the salarians first).
Anyway, thanks for reading, will try to keep the next one shorter again.
will try to keep the next one shorter again.
Ah, come on, keep 'em coming! I love reading different character approaches of Shep, I'm quite sure many here do
I more or less rage quitted a few moments ago because spreading the cure in the Quarantine Zone led to numerous deaths already... not only on my side, but mostly Miranda and Jacob, haha. Also Jacob doesn't follow my orders anymore for a while or even start shooting when Miranda dies. Meh.
I've watched a bit of cap and gown's videos from his Adept ME2 run and I feel inspired now to try again
Anyway, thanks for reading, will try to keep the next one shorter again.
Ah, come on, keep 'em coming! I love reading different character approaches of Shep, I'm quite sure many here do
Indeed. I don't get why people always apologize for lengthier posts. If you got stuff to post then post it. People will either choose to read, or skip it. There's no need to apologize for doing that. If anything, Bioware makes the restrictions on how long any post can be.
I certainly don't mind reading people's crazy stories 
Well, this took several hours to write. Hope you like it. From the story of Dahlia Shepard...
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That was excellent, excellent! I've played that scene dozens of times and you perfectly captured the underlying tension and the gravity of the event. I thought you'd go for the sabotage option myself. Though I do like the fact you kept the Salarian offer secret from Wrex but cured it anyway, crafty diplomacy there! Does Wrex still call you a sister if you don't inform him of the sabotage but kept the cure data?
Indeed. I don't get why people always apologize for lengthier posts. If you got stuff to post then post it. People will either choose to read, or skip it. There's no need to apologize for doing that. If anything, Bioware makes the restrictions on how long any post can be.
I certainly don't mind reading people's crazy stories
Same here. Bring it on!
If you are so worried about the length of the post, put it in spoiler tags I, for one, will read them regardless!
Does Wrex still call you a sister if you don't inform him of the sabotage but kept the cure data?
I think it depends on the playthrough. If you previously kept Maelon's data, then I think he does call you a brother/sister.
On this particular playthrough of mine, I had previously destroyed the cure, so he did not call me sister. He said this instead:
"Wait--. I wasn't sure we were still friends, Shepard. But you proved me wrong. You've been a champion to the krogan people and an ally of Clan Urdnot. Thank you."
@MrFob: Great stuff! i really enjoyed reading it.
As for Dahlia Shepard (Flare Infiltrator), she went to the Citadel to speak with the Salarian Councillor, and became caught up in a Cerberus coup attempt.
I had a story all planned out, except... because I (accidentally on purpose) met with Kaidan at the hospital a few times previous, he stood down without any prompts or persuasion. So he managed to live another day. I was actually hoping it would escalate to the point that one of my squad would shoot him, leading to a sad moment for Dahlia. But it was not to be.
So Dahlia ended up running around the Citadel for a bit, handing out some more presents, taking a few more delivery orders, and helping a few people out. Next time--tomorrow probably--I will leave the Citadel, take Kaidan back on board, talk to the Normandy crew, go back to the Citadel for Din Korlak, then explore the galaxy for assets. Then I will head to the Ardat-Yakshi Monastery for the Store Discount.
And oh yeah: this was the first time I got to talk to Ghorek as a Shepard who did not play the Arrival DLC. I miss "You!" (But you do get: "You want to punish me? Then unplug my life support, let me join my family." I did not know his family was that harsh on him.)
I didn’t realise before now that the random Collectors drop heavy weapons ammo! Never needed spare on Normal.
When fighting the Reaper Larvae, Harbinger will drop heavy weapon ammo on death.
Does Wrex still call you a sister if you don't inform him of the sabotage but kept the cure data?
If you kept the cure data, then Wrex will treat you the same whether you tell him about the sabotage or not.
If you destroyed the cure data then:
1) if you tell the Dalatrass the Krogan deserve a cure and apologize to Wrex about Maelon's data, then he will start to become friendly, though still cautious
2) if you refuse to apologize, then Wrex is very antagonistic. If you then reveal the sabotage, then Wrex is totally confused. At his send off at the Shroud does not call you a sister/brother, but he is not antagonistic. If you didn't reveal the sabotage, then he continues to be very suspicious.
I should say that the number of variations here does a lot of credit to BW's work in crafting this game.
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What doesn't make sense there is that Wrex didn't want to work with Maelon, because he thought the research was too extreme.
And it is. There are articles I could point to about unethical research, but I won't bother getting into it myself. Most people don't advocate the benefits of Nazi research though, for example. Yet, now it's the "Paragon" thing to do in ME3?
I more or less rage quitted a few moments ago because spreading the cure in the Quarantine Zone led to numerous deaths already... not only on my side, but mostly Miranda and Jacob, haha. Also Jacob doesn't follow my orders anymore for a while or even start shooting when Miranda dies. Meh.
I've watched a bit of cap and gown's videos from his Adept ME2 run and I feel inspired now to try again
Thanks for watching. I really enjoy the Adept in ME2. It has become my favorite class in that game. (Sentinel is my favorite in ME3.) The ME2 Singularity is just soooo powerful. Unfortunately, my gameplay is sub-optimal. I basically stick to three powers since that's how many hotkeys I have: Singularity, Warp and either Energy Drain or Throw. As a result, Pull gets left out, for which I have been criticized. But frankly, I dislike Pull in ME2. The enemies move too fast and if you don't have a combo ready to go then the enemy ends up behind you. A great way to flank yourself. (I dislike Lash as well, and for the same reason.) And since I am not checking the bottom of the screen to see if my squad mates have cooled down or not, I only find out they aren't ready to detonate a combo when I open up the power wheel to issue an order.
Arman Shepard rises from the Project Lazarus lab table and meets up with Jacob and Miranda who take him to The Illusive Man. Right from the start, Shepard and the Illusive Man can't see eye to eye on anything but agree on recruiting Shepard's team.
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Thanks for watching. I really enjoy the Adept in ME2. It has become my favorite class in that game. (Sentinel is my favorite in ME3.) The ME2 Singularity is just soooo powerful. Unfortunately, my gameplay is sub-optimal. I basically stick to three powers since that's how many hotkeys I have: Singularity, Warp and either Energy Drain or Throw. As a result, Pull gets left out, for which I have been criticized. But frankly, I dislike Pull in ME2. The enemies move too fast and if you don't have a combo ready to go then the enemy ends up behind you. A great way to flank yourself. (I dislike Lash as well, and for the same reason.) And since I am not checking the bottom of the screen to see if my squad mates have cooled down or not, I only find out they aren't ready to detonate a combo when I open up the power wheel to issue an order.
I really like Adept too so far, but I have exactly the same problem with Pull! I didn't put any points in it myself yet, but Jacob has it of course, and when he pulls someone right behind us and I try to concentrate on him, it happened a few times that either a krogan or one of the flamethrower vorcha had crept up on me and... well
I currently have Warp, Singularity, Warp Ammo as current bonus power and I put some points into Biotic Mastery this time right away 
I will probably watch more of your videos as I play, always great to see how differently you can approach a fight, haha. For example I never thought about running to one of the colony houses during the YMIR fight on Freedom's Progress, I always run around the crate and take it on from there 
But I will try it out next time (if I don't forget).
On a side note I could really finish the mission last night after trying again. Soooo, here we go
Had my chat with Aria T'Loak, asked about Solus and Archangel and learned a few things about Omega. I also met Aria's krogan, the patriarch.
Then Miranda, Jacob and I headed for the Quarantine Zone, things don't look too good in there. Lots of dead, lots of mercs. I saw a dying batarian, but I didn't help. His face alone made me sick. We met some human looters and then refugees and had a chat with them as well to get a grasp of the situation.
We soon made it to the clinic and met Mordin. I'm impressed with his fast talking and analytical skills. When I told him we need his help with the Collectors he was intrigued, but he wants the cure spread first. I offered to distribute it and Mordin asked me to look for his assistant Daniel on the way. We did find Daniel, but he was held captive by batarians. I tried hard to overcome my hatred for them for Daniel's sake, but negotiating with them resulted in failure. They shot Daniel and we opened fire. Damn it. But we need to press on.
Not soon after I inserted the cure and spread it via the giant fans, dealing with vorcha and krogan in-between.
We made our way back to Mordin, who is pleased about the cure, upset about Daniel. Understandable. We take him to the Normandy and he is fascinated with things around here. I stopped his enthusiasm by telling him to focus his energy on the mission. It's the only thing that counts. He settled up in the lab and I will check on him later.
What I find so funny is how you can tell the looters that what they do is sick, but I didn't tell them this time because tbh, we loot all the time. Dead, living, you name it
Many major advancements and breakthroughs in science was contributed to the war efforts. A lot of WW2 unethical researches do save lives and are included in general medical science. Its one of those necessary evil.... then again, I've killed enough lab animals in my undergraduate life that somehow I'm still numbed by that. Animal studies and my humanity. Sigh...
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Revvie and co went to Tuchanka again and after being trashed by Revvie, the turian platoon manage to complete their mission but at the cost of their lives. Of course this reminds them of Virmire and James became a silent bystander again. Awkward....
And then Hackett ordered Normandy back to Citadel for some additional retrofits and everyone need R&R so Revvie obliged. Miranda called and asked to meet and apparently every girls develop some nervous gesture around Revvie since they kept scratching their chest and play with their hands when they talk.
Then Revvie received a private message from the pirate queen and suddenly she was kidnapped and taken to Omega where she had to fight with more Cerberus goons and mutated reaper.
Sigh, her days surrounded by bloodthirsty ladies. When will she get an off day.... oh wait...
Revka's gif collection is growing massive... there's some looping Omega gifs that I really like. Right now I'm back on track with the NG+ playthrough since I restart this playthrough right before starting Omega. Oh, I did mention something about falling through the geth consesus right? its pretty trippy
and another glitch, I don't know if its just my game but Shepard pick up a stone and then it disappears.... kinda weird.
I really like Adept too so far, but I have exactly the same problem with Pull! I didn't put any points in it myself yet, but Jacob has it of course...
"Gravity is one mean mother, huh?"
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Pull is good for the husks in ME2, since it tears them apart. Even one point will do. For ME3, you can almost get the same effects out of it as Singularity.. and with more projectiles. And it's faster.
Pull is good for the husks in ME2, since it tears them apart. Even one point will do. For ME3, you can almost get the same effects out of it as Singularity.. and with more projectiles. And it's faster.
ME3's Pull is definitely much better. My Justicar was one constant Pull->Reave combo after the other.
Also, Throw works just as effectively on Husks as Pull.
Renegade 
John Shepard on insanity...
The Asari temple investigation revealed an Ardat Yakshi sanctuary under attack by Reaper forces. Shepard decided to finish the Asari commando job of blowing the place up. The atmosphere was eerily quiet and dark. This silence was interrupted by wails of an unknown source which echoed throughout the empty halls. Eventually the Reaper forces were located and the crew encountered a banshee for the first time which was obviously more disconcerting for Liara than anyone else. The first Asari survivor was found in Felere who said the banshees are a result of reaperised Ardat Yakshi. This just reaffirmed Shepard's resolve to blow up the monastery and Garrus agreed. Felere realised who she was speaking with and mentioned Samara's assistance to his suicide mission. She wanted Shepard to save Rila and he declined. Felere brought up Samara's death and how Shepard "didn't save her either" 
. Felere decided to find her sister anyway without his assistance.
Shepard got to the bomb site and protected the sisters from encroaching banshees. Died against the banshee duo because one of the banshees used their sneaking abilities and managed to get close enough to do a close quarters attack. Afterwards, Rila made a last stand against the Reapers by using the bomb (she died like her mother who made a last stand in the suicide mission). Shepard dragged Felere to the elevator and Rila died. Felere was enraged and her biotics were flaring up to attack Shepard. He told her to stand down and it was too much of a risk to let her live. Shepard shot Felere (If Shepard was intent to do this, why did he drag her off to the elevator in the first place???). So the only remaining family member alive is Morinth.
Investigated a Cerberus scientist facility and Shepard encountered an old face in Jacob. He's moved on from fighting Reapers and he is working with people like Dr Archer. Shepard asked Dr Archer about Project Overlord. He said that David became detached and was put out of his misery . The project now has been stopped and Dr Archer passed along the research results to Shepard's omni-tool.
Garrus was the weapons expert so he fixed the AA guns while Shepard was trigger happy on the turret. The scientists were successfully evacuated with minimum casualties.
Next stop: Geth/Quarian conflict.
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ME3's Pull is definitely much better. My Justicar was one constant Pull->Reave combo after the other.
Also, Throw works just as effectively on Husks as Pull.
Yeah, I don't really have a preference. Might be good to spec throw more on Shepard, since only Thane has it. While Jack and Samara are just as good with Pull as Shep.
It's hard for me to find a place for Jacob, other than squad incendiary. edit: Actually maybe I should spec inferno for him next time. Give him as much weapon dmg by himself.. And a carnifex. Probably good for armored enemy missions.
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This is one of my favorite scenes in Omega. I just love that shot of Nyreen.
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