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[themikefest]

Seriously, I was completely shocked by this.  It's only my 2nd playthrough of ME3 (first with DLC).  I'd spent some time with Ash in the ship prior to Ilos in ME1 (I wouldn't call it a "romance"), and otherwise chatted with her occasionally in a positive way.  Not giving her any special attention, but not being overtly rude.  My first playthrough, I resolved the situation peacefully and Ash joined up.  This time, POW right in the... abdomen.  It's a little weird, since the shot taken was by EDI.  You'd think she would want the death to be quick and efficient.  Makes you wonder about how much reaper code she has running through her.

You mentioned you only visited her once. I will guess it was while she was unconscious. On Mars did you respond to her by picking the bottom right dialogue?

The only way to have her say that line is by not talking to her in the hospital and treating her poorly on Mars.
 

That's the funny thing, I didn't even kill her!  I was just standing there wondering why my options looked slightly different this time than the last time I played through, and EDI made an executive decision to end her.  So I'm there with Ash thinking "hurrr.. uhhh... medic.. durrr" and she delivers that bomb.  I almost went back and replayed the mission so I could shoot her myself.

There was nothing funny about that scene. The pathetic so-called squadmates stood there like the idiots they are and not say anything while Udina accused Shepard of being with Cerberus. Had they spoken up, Ashley may of lowered her weapon.

The other thing is depending at what dialogue option and using the interrupt, will determine if she is shot or not.

If you did talk to her poorly on Mars and you didn't talk to her in the hospital, you can avoid shooting her, but she will not join you on the Normandy.

Also if you are nice to her on Mars and talk with her in the hospital, she still can be shot  depending on what you do.

[Flameshield]

So... managed to bug my playthrough, and am going to lose about 3 hours of progress because that's the latest save that doesn't deal with the mission. Was doing the Leviathan DLC before talking to the Asari Councilor/Thessia, was going to get Ann, and I couldn't slide down the ladder after raising the bridge. I've tried several things, restarting the mission, changing weapon loadout, changing teammates, even letting laptop cool off as it had gotten a little hot, still can't slide down the ladder. a bummer. Least when I'm carrying the M-7 Lancer VIII and the Suppressor X i've got 200% cooldown bonus. Also got to use powers like 5 times in a row (Sentinel Spec with the 15% chance to avoid cooldowns) and smiled slightly. two to three i can expect, but 5? impressive

[RedCaesar97]

If Jen is not romancing anyone (doesn't seem like she is the type) please record the morning after, waking up portion. I have never done the party without a LI and would be interested in seeing that version.

 

Here is my Dahlia Shepard waking up alone after the party:

 

Spoiler

 

Quick and simple.

 

(You asked for Jen Shepard. There is a reason this is not Jen, which will be explained in the next post.)

[RedCaesar97]

Jen Shepard's plan was simple: get everyone drunk so she could spend a few moments alone in peace.

 

For the most part, it seemed to work, although there were a few hiccups:

• Grunt and Wrex started to fight. Luckily Shepard was there to break it up.
• James pissed off the biotics. Luckily, cooler heads prevailed.
• EDI doesn't drink for obvious reasons; Jen forgot about that.
• Samara doesn't drink, but she is quiet and reserved and never too needy around Shepard anyway.
• Wrex mentioned needing to pee but Shepard never saw him go to the bathroom. (It would explain the sticky floor, but Jen wasn't completely sure it was from Wrex; it could have been her.)
• Jack and Miranda got into heated argument.
• Tali nearly died from food poisoning. Her death would have been a welcome outcome, but it would have required dealing with the authorities first.
• A bunch of losers tried to get into the party, but Grunt is an awesome doorman.

Unfortunately, Jen's plan backfired when she imbibed way too much herself and then this happened:

 

Spoiler

 

Jen is not sure if that is a sign she should stop drinking, or if she should drink even more to forget about that incident. One thing is for sure: she will need to burn the bed. Actually, she is wondering if it would be cheaper to clean the apartment, or burn it and buy new furniture. 

 

 

Wanting to get away from everyone, she stumbled into the Silver Coast Casino... and right into Miranda. Putting on her best fake grin, Jen said they should just have fun. Miranda said sure sure, and "What's the worst that can happen?" She should never have said that...

 

Later, Jen found herself puking over the railing at the Normandy's docking bay. Of course, that is when the crew showed up to board. They were all happy and ready to continue the fight. Jen felt miserable and ready to crawl into a big dark hole to hide.

 

Jen has only one thing left to do: finish the war so she can retire to a cabin on a remote planet somewhere with only a shotgun, yelling at anyone who lands to get off her lawn. 

[Dantriges]

Went to Earth, killed a bunch of Reaper ground forces, had the feeling of several déjà vus dying horribly when defending a Thanix missile battery.* Then I made a run to a beam of light. A bunch of marines, James, Kaidan and me played kill the pyjaks with Harbinger, us being the pyjaks. Harbinger was pretty good and got nearly everyone but I won and reached the beam. Harbinger thought I cheated and left with a hissy fit. Because he was such a spoilsport, I stuck a giant lollipop** into his master´s *** for not raising him with proper manners. The Reapers were totally embarassed and killed themselves.

 

Oh Anderson and Illusive dude got into an argument about the TV Remote or so, before Hackettzon Prime delivered my lollipop. Illusive got a bit mad and shot Andi in the back. I arrested TIM of course and wanted to turn him over to the authorities , but there was no one there. Besides me of course. To save the taxpayers some money I did a quick Spectre trial and shot him. Took his head and brought it back to Garrus. He mentioned some time ago that he wanted to do some artwork with his head and I wanted to do him a favor. At first he was disappointed, because he wanted to carve his skull while he was still alive but he got over it fast. It´s the thought that counts.

 

* no idea why I still have problems there *sigh*

**not sure what gets you a warning here, so let´s say lollipop instead of something dirty.

[Smorcus]

You mentioned you only visited her once. I will guess it was while she was unconscious. On Mars did you respond to her by picking the bottom right dialogue?

The only way to have her say that line is by not talking to her in the hospital and treating her poorly on Mars.

 

In all honesty, even though I'm not a big fan of Ashley as a character, I always tried to treat all of my squadmates with respect and the highest integrity.  I don't recall what the dialogue options were, but in this playthrough I would have chosen whatever I thought the highest paragon option would be.

 

 

There was nothing funny about that scene. The pathetic so-called squadmates stood there like the idiots they are and not say anything while Udina accused Shepard of being with Cerberus. Had they spoken up, Ashley may of lowered her weapon.

 

That's a really good observation regarding the squadmates.  Although one of mine did speak up.  With her gun.  The scene was funny to me because I thought I was taking all of the necessary precautions to preserve squadmates through this run, then EDI just blows a hole in Ash, and then as I'm sitting at my PC mouth agape, wondering what just happened she delivers the line to add insult to injury.  A perfect storm of incredulity.

 

 

The other thing is depending at what dialogue option and using the interrupt, will determine if she is shot or not.

If you did talk to her poorly on Mars and you didn't talk to her in the hospital, you can avoid shooting her, but she will not join you on the Normandy.

Also if you are nice to her on Mars and talk with her in the hospital, she still can be shot  depending on what you do.

 

The only thing I can think of is that I didn't visit her in the hospital when she was conscious.  I missed out on Thane because of this too.   Note to self, visit Huerta multiple times.

[themikefest]

That's a really good observation regarding the squadmates.  Although one of mine did speak up.  With her gun.  The scene was funny to me because I thought I was taking all of the necessary precautions to preserve squadmates through this run, then EDI just blows a hole in Ash, and then as I'm sitting at my PC mouth agape, wondering what just happened she delivers the line to add insult to injury.  A perfect storm of incredulity.

If you don't take the interrupt and choose the right dialogue, a squadmate will always shoot Ashley/Kaidan. As far as I know. Liara is the only one who doesn't shoot them. 

[fraggle]

If you don't take the interrupt and choose the right dialogue, a squadmate will always shoot Ashley/Kaidan. As far as I know. Liara is the only one who doesn't shoot them. 

 

Will the squadmate that shoots the VS have special dialogue regarding the shot afterwards on the Normandy? Or does everyone continue like nothing happened?

[themikefest]

Will the squadmate that shoots the VS have special dialogue regarding the shot afterwards on the Normandy? Or does everyone continue like nothing happened?

 I believe they do, I just don't recall what they specifically say. I know Joker says something. The only squadmate I talk with after the coup is Garrus, if in the game by the wall, and Liara in the lounge. If the VS wasn't shot, Liara won't be in the lounge, she will be in her cabin. Usually after the coup,  I go straight to Eden Prime to get Javik or do some other mission. 

[Excella Gionne]

Can we name this planet: Horizon?

[fraggle]

Can we name this planet: Horizon?

 

Hahaha, nice!

What was also very nice...

 

Spoiler

Vega is already there

[Will-o'-wisp]

More stuff that Reyes did, with some headcanon mixed in:

After discovering the location of the prothean ruins where Dr. Cayce, Dr. O’Loy and their discovery might be hiding, Reyes headed straight for the planet Kopis where she found a strange prothean orb. The two scientists were dead, apparently they had both been indoctrinated and one of them killed his partner and then himself in order to not let the artefact get in the collectors’ and therefor the reapers’ hands. The orb suddenly shrinked when she touched it, giving off an impulse that apparently contained some data that Cerberus could use. They secured the strange object and examined it onboard the Normandy nonetheless. It seemed to be useless now and since it looked somewhat pretty, Kelly suggested to use it as decoration for Shepard’s cabin. It was certainly better than to throw the ancient prothean orb away, so Reyes placed it on her desk without caring much for the thing. She later realized that it gave her a somewhat uneasy sleep to have that thing in her eyesight, though… it still pulsated whenever she touched it, so it couldn’t be entirely deactivated.

The next important thing she did was to finally destroy a Blood Pack base on the planet Zada Ban where their Vorcha workers had been manufacturing weapons for the mercenaries. The Vorcha weren’t much of a challenge and after this small detour, Reyes ordered Joker to bring the Normandy into the Krogan DMZ to deal with Mordin’s and Grunt’s problems.

She found some time to talk to her crew on the way, so she asked Jack about her past and found out some more details. About how she joined a cult for sex, drugs and the promise of a better place, but eventually found out that they only wanted her for her biotics and that she learned how to survive without becoming a victim ever again. She gave a pretty impressive and at the same time worrisome list of the crimes she committed in the past and when Reyes asked her about it, she claimed that she never regretted any of it. It was strange for Reyes to be able to relate to Jack so well in one way, but at the same time realize that she was exactly the kind of person she set out to rid the galaxy of when she joined the alliance. She couldn’t help but see a part of her younger self in Jack, eventhough Jack was on a whole different level of anger and madness than Reyes ever could have reached… or at least wants to believe she could have reached.
Jack thanked her for being the first person to ever ask about that **** and she seemed honest about it, almost as if she respected Shepard as her leader by now and maybe even on a personal level. Part of Reyes wanted to think that she might have enough influence on Jack to make her change her ways – be the person to her that sets her straight and shows her the right direction, like an old friend once did for Reyes. Another less idealistic part laughed at the idea that she could possibly be a good influence to anyone after the stuff she’d done and that it was probably best to put Jack in some high security alliance prison once all this was over. But had the circumstances been different, one could have accused Reyes of being a crazed mass murderer just as well. Maybe the line between hero and killer was thin enough for Jack to step over. Reyes herself had felt that line blur on a few occasions.

In any case she eventually left Jack alone and tried to get her mind off of those existential question. Her mind suddenly wandered off to that bottle of Serrice Ice Brandy that she had bought for Dr. Chakwas some time ago on Omega. Now seemed exactly the right time to open that thing. She decided on a whim to ask Garrus if he wanted to join them and talk about the good old times on the SR1. Once she was with him however, he acted all nervous and immediately closed the door behind her, before asking if she was really sure about this… thing the two of them had going at the moment. He told her that he had never thought about doing anything cross-species before and that she would probably be perfectly able to find someone who was more like her. It felt weirdly comforting to hear that he apparently had the exact same reservation as her, but all their similarities aside, Reyes hadn’t prepared for giving a final statement on the whole relationship issue at all, so she tried to deviate from the matter by giving him an honest answer to one of the things he had said. No, it wasn’t easy for her to find someone who was more like her. She was a high ranking military officer and on top of that the Butcher of Torfan, titled a war criminal by many and perfectly capable of taking even the most skilled men out – now a spectre and savior of the Citadel, if not the entire galaxy, on top of that. Not exactly what most human men were searching for. Garrus made a witty remark along the lines of “What? You’re telling me human men don’t find that attractive?” “But you do?”, she asked in response and when he answered that he wouldn’t have gone this far with her if he wasn’t seriously interested in her, she felt unexpectedly flattered. He went on to let her know that he didn’t particularly love humans, but he was interested in her as a person and that she was the only friend he still had left in this entire screwed up galaxy. And what were the chances that a woman with an affinity for men with scars and man with half a wrecked face who didn’t mind her being a supposed psychotic killer would find each other on a ship on its way to a mission from which there would probably be no return?

He tried to be funny, maybe in an attempt to make it less awkward if she decided to end things there, but what he made Reyes realize was how much of a “now or never” situation this might actually be. She found someone that she might be truly interested in, someone who knew her and even her most cruel flaws but still didn’t budge from her side. Someone who was just as broken and as determined a person as she was, but who could still make her laugh and feel right around him. Why on earth should she give a **** about whether he was an alien or not? What were the chances of her being this lucky?
“Well, the chances must have been pretty darn slim… but I’m glad things turned out the way they did”, she eventually answered. Reyes suddenly felt incredibly sure of what she wanted and the nervousness and excitement that came with that certainty made her get closer to him and lay her hand on his shoulder. She might have done more than that if turian anatomy hadn’t made it seem as unpleasant to try and kiss him. It was all still very weird, especially when he got all nervous again and started to talk about picking the right music and that he would try to do some research on how they could make this work, but she had a feeling that trying it could be worth all that initial awkwardness. In the end, Garrus made a joke about having the suicide mission as an easy way out if their first night would end up as a disastrous inter-species embarrassment and came up with some rather… interesting metaphor before Reyes left with a very unusual grin on her face.

She remembered what she initially intended to do some time after that and got the Serrice Ice Brandy from the bar on the observation deck, where Kasumi started a casual conversation and with a knowing smile on her face, she suddenly brought up how much Garrus seemed to like her and that there were a few people who would like to see the two of them as a couple. Reyes realized that she probably should’ve paid more attention to her behavior instead of having everyone know that she was in a suspiciously good mood at first sight, but what actually puzzled her was who those people on the crew were who were pairing her off with Garrus. She didn’t give Kasumi much of an answer though, and then headed for the medical lab. Dr. Chakwas seemed more than happy about the chance to dwell in old memories and have a few drinks with an old friend. They shared some stories about their time on the SR1, about Kaidan, Jenkins, Anderson, Adams and Pressly. Many good men who weren’t with them on the Normandy anymore. They had a drunk but serious conversation about their old friends and Karin’s reasons for leaving the alliance so she could stay with most of her old crew, before she came to a conclusion: “Maybe I’m just happily drunk. Would it hurt if it was simple like that for once?”
Reyes might have objected to that, had she been in a more sober condition, but right then and there she was in the mood to just not give a **** about the fate of the galaxy for once. She had her friends, she had that weird new thing with Garrus, and she was just as happily drunk as Karin. Things actually seemed easy for once. They drank to that and when the bottle was empty, Reyes staggered back into her quarters, almost knocking that weird prothean orb off the table before she fell on the bed.

[fraggle]

Whew, I'm done with collecting and piecing together James dialogue from Sur'Kesh for now, it was hell! Only missing 2 more, but I can't do them right now (will try to get those with my next Shep).

I wanted to share one of the scenes when you delay talking to James until after Sur'Kesh, him going "Locoooo!" totally excited on MShep afterwards had me laughing real hard (probably more than it should ).

Spoiler

https://youtu.be/UXmHzWa-a70?t=58

 

Later I'll actually continue with my game, I think.

[Kurt M.]

Today, a Turian Ghost (me) saved an ex-Cerberus guy from being Bansheestabbed two times, startling the b**** and turning it into a down instead. Then he resurrected the guy both times.

 

Take that, racism

[aka.700]

My Salarian Engineer got his first extraction and
I played some more with the Asari Sentinel Valkyrie.

[fraggle]

After returning from our previous mission I checked up on the crew while we approached the Far Rim to meet up with the quarians. Jacob had also sent an e-mail that he's in the hospital on the Citadel, but since we're on our way already, I will postpone that visit until we're back in Council space.

Traynor informed me that Kaidan wanted to talk to me in the crew quarters, but first I told her she did a great job once again, first Grissom Academy, now Arrae. It's good to have her on-board, she's a bright young woman and she's got her heart in the right place.

Kaidan was taken aback that those Cerberus scientists we got out were good people. And it's got him thinking. He asked me what if there were more people like them, trying to get away from Cerberus. I told Kaidan that while the war takes priority, I am not opposed to help them if we can spare the time, anyone who will come forward.

Our talk then shifted to the people that pieced me back together after the Collectors hit the Normandy and then to the Illusive Man. I had nothing good to say about him. I didn't trust him back then, I don't do now. Even less now. I don't know what he thinks he's doing, but it feels like he's completely lost it. Like he's not himself anymore.

Kaidan seemed to think about this very hard, so I suggested he'd take his mind off for a while. And Joker had actually asked him to give him some poker tips as he keeps loosing his shirt to James. Good luck, Kaidan, that will be a lot of work.

In the mess hall, Garrus and James had a little pissing contest, boasting about their accomplishments over the years. I stood there listening to them, smiling. These two... I really don't know who has the bigger mouth.

When Garrus mentioned how he took down Saren, James argued that doesn't count since he did that with me. Garrus seemed to take pride in being with me from the beginning, and let James the Newbie know that. Cheap shot there. But all James did was saying that just means he's old.

I heard a crazy story about James hatching a Harvester egg and how he trained it to let him fly on it. Well... points for creativity.

The tide turned when James got all serious and said that Garrus has been through a lot, and after Garrus poking if James gives up he just said he got more, but wasn't willing to talk about. Garrus understood perfectly. And then they got all cute when they started complimenting each other, what they had achieved together so far... like curing the genophage. I still haven't really gotten over the fact that I could never ever tell anybody about how we actually did not cure the genophage, but I need to get this out of my head quick. So back to business.

As soon as we docked at the quarian envoy ship, the Admirals boarded the Normandy. Raan, Xen, Gerrel, Koris.

I cut right to the chase that I'd hoped they help us against the Reapers, but something's up. Admiral Gerrel told me that they have started a war with the geth in an attempt to retake their homeworld. Couldn't be a better timing, huh. They told me all about a signal broadcasting to all geth ships - Reapers...

The result being that the quarians are now pinned in their system. I offered to board the geth dreadnought that broadcasts the signal to disable it, so the quarians could retreat.

Right then Tali came in, reporting for duty. Good to see her! We had a quick chat, but she couldn't speak freely in front of the Admirals, so she suggested we could talk in my cabin. While we were on our way to the dreadnought, I invited Tali up to my cabin right away. She poured her heart out, scared so many lives are at stake. Because of her father, because of the geth parts she sent him. She felt it's her fault. I know guilt is hard to overcome, but I comforted her, reassuring her we will try our best to get the fleet out there safely. We'll see how it goes. First we need to stop that signal.

I told James to get ready to accompany Tali and me, and we were on our way.

[cap and gown]

I told James to get ready to accompany Tali and me, and we were on our way.

 

I'll be interested in seeing which combo opportunities you come up with, as well as your weapon load-out choice.

[fraggle]

I'll be interested in seeing which combo opportunities you come up with, as well as your weapon load-out choice.

 

Oh, well, I was thinking Energy Drain -> Carnage for shielded geth, and ED on pretty much everything else.

I guess I'll let Tali focus on hacking.

 

The weapons might stay the same for me and James. Maybe I will equip Tali with the weapon you find on the dreadnought.

[cap and gown]

Oh, well, I was thinking Energy Drain -> Carnage for shielded geth, and ED on pretty much everything else.

I guess I'll let Tali focus on hacking.

 

The weapons might stay the same for me and James. Maybe I will equip Tali with the weapon you find on the dreadnought.

 

Just remember Throw will detonate tech explosions, so ED>Throw on any old Geth, except an armored Prime, will give you a tech burst. Actually, this mission might be a good time to put Singularity or Pull into the mix in order to combo off yourself.

[fraggle]

Thanks cap, I used Pull for this mission, but sometimes I got all panicky again, and being way too used to have Warp on the hotkey where I assigned Pull

I have a bit of a love-hate relationship with this mission. I love the level design so much, but the geth can be a real pain if you're not careful. Especially the Hunters. And I still hate Geth Primes. Can't wait to face the 3 on Rannoch Anywaaaay...

 

Videos:

Spoiler

 

We approached the quarian home system and Joker brought us close to the dreadnought, while passing both quarian and geth ships tearing each other apart. We better make this quick.

EDI informed us that only one docking tube was not secured, and this one was pretty damaged already.

It was too risky for all of us, so I went on ahead first to secure the docking area and let the Tali and James in through another tube.

We proceeded through the huge ship and dealt with geth along the way until we reached our destination, the closest operation center.

Once there, Tali found out that the Reaper signal had been locked and couldn't be disabled from this place. She tracked it to the drive core, and after discussing our possibilities on how to proceed we headed there, fighting more geth along the way.

We heard from Admiral Raan that they couldn't possibly hold out much longer, and we found the drive core soon enough. We saw a geth hooked to the core and it spoke, knew my name... and called for help. It told us that the Reapers controlled the geth, but I'm not too sure I trust what this thing says.

The geth insisted on assisting us, helping us liberating all geth. If we free it, this will end the Reaper signal, and it offered I could still take it down afterwards if necessary. Okay. There's no other option anyway, so I agreed, ordering my squad to shoot if it so much as twitches. Just a pre-caution.

We freed the geth and it disabled the drive core of the dreadnought as a sign of goodwill. Alright, it convinced me for now.

We had to fight off another wave of geth and we heard that Admiral Gerrel was planning to take out the dreadnought... with us still inside! Raan argued to retreat, but Gerrel wouldn't listen and gave orders to attack.

Fortunately the geth knew a way out. We escaped in one of the geth fighters and got out just in time, approaching the Normandy.

Back inside I was raging. Admiral Gerrel... I already didn't like him back when I helped Tali deal with her exile situation. And now I was really mad at him. I understand he wanted to take the dreadnought out, but that was not the plan! The plan was to retreat to safety, but instead he jeopardized our lives, too.

But Hackett had ordered me to get them on our side, to help in the war. So I have to do whatever it takes to make it possible.

Gerrel left the war room to return to the heavy fleet and Raan and I had a brief chat, learning that Admiral Koris crashlanded on Rannoch.

The geth also showed up and I explained to the quarians it wants to help fight the Reapers. A lot to do before this whole quarian-geth thing can be settled. IF it can.

 

Hahaha, I got James making inappropriate hand moves towards Shepard's boobies

Spoiler

[RedCaesar97]

Jen Shepard (Biotic/Slam Soldier and raging alcoholic) had a bad dream. Not sure if it was because of something she ate at the party or drank at the party... or drank at the after party, or drank at the casino, or drank when she got back on board the Normandy, or drank before she went to bed.

 

Knowing that the best cure for a hangover is more drinking, she went straight to the bar. Now appropriately liquored up, she was ready to shoot something. So she took EDI and Liara for a ride in the Kodiak, where Steve promptly crashed into a space station. Of course the station residents were mad, but that is why she and her squad brought guns! 

 

But all that drinking made her really need to go to the bathroom, and she couldn't find a bathroom. That got her frustrated. And the station residents kept locking all the doors, which made her angry. Angry and frustrated Jen Shepard is a very dangerous Jen Shepard, so a lot of people got shot.

 

Eventually they found a big room. Jen was tired of looking for a bathroom, so she decided to take a pee on the floor. But before she could unzip her suit, Mr. Stabbypants showed up. But Jen also got stabby and stuck him with the pointy end of her Omni Blade. 

 

But then her bladder couldn't hold back any longer and she peed her pants. She hates that feeling. 

 

* * *

 

Hopefully, I will finish this playthrough by Wednesday. I just do not have the enthusiasm for this game as I once did. 

[themikefest]

the reapers are here

found plans that can stop the reapers

went to the citadel

got the primarch

went to surkesh

saved the students

spoke to Ashley, Miranda, Kasumi and Steve

let the fake Queen die

spoke to Ashley and Steve

Mordin went to help with the crucible

Kirrahe took one for the team

Ashley is back on the Normandy

Javik is a squadmate

the quarians shot at me while on the dreadnought

[aoibhealfae]

.......... played Mirror Match again and again for hours..... I miss my Black Widow. Play DA2 until I realize one quest bugged... sigh... 

 

and watched real!Kaidan make another girl cry on Murder in the First. Sigh

[aka.700]

Played Multiplayer with the Alliance Infiltration Unit and the Asari Valkyrie Sentinel.

[RedCaesar97]

Jen Shepard (Biotic/Slam Soldier), barely sober but having cleaned herself up, welcomed Hackett aboard the Normandy, where he made some speech that she ignored. The assembled fleet then traveled to Earth to go fight the Reapers.

 

Jen and her squad took a quick detour to go destroy a Hades Cannon. The ground kept shaking and throwing off her aim. It was like she had all the drawbacks of being drunk with none of the benefits. Steve Cortex got shot down by a Harvester; he survived and she was not sure how she felt about that. Eventually she destroyed the Hades Cannon with a Cain Missile Launcher (or as the Krogan call it, Puny Fireworks) before hopping on a shuttle. Someone said they would cover her, but they were using Avengers so she could only assume they were joking.

 

They landed somewhere in London where she was made to walk down the Gauntlet of Annoyance (a trip to the command center where she was constantly accosted by her stupid and utterly useless squadmates). She was told to go destroy a Reaper Destroyer, then get to a beam which would take her to the Citadel. Good, just a few steps closer to retirement away from all the loathsome people in the galaxy.

 

She made it to the missile battery, destroyed the Destroyer, then ran to the beam. She got shot by Harbinger along the way. That hurt. She made it to the beam and up to the Citadel, where she ran into Anderson (again) and The Illusive Bourbon-Drinking Man. There is a reason he is not called The Silent Man, because he droned on and on about some master plan or something; if he had offered her some of his bourbon (or beer or scotch or whiskey or vodka or anything alcoholic really), she might have entertained his ideas. Instead, she shot Anderson (revenge for putting her in charge of the Normandy and its irritating crew) and then The Illusive Man since he still would not shut up.

 

Then she passed out and woke up talking to the Great Gazoo. He told her she had three choices: destroy the Reapers, Control the Reapers, or Synthesis. He might have explained the options to her, but she never bothered to listen. Not wanting to exert the energy walking up a ramp, she just walked straight forward into the beam. 

 

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Only one more ME2 import to go: Brad Shepard (Sentinel). Not sure when I will get around to it.