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[von uber]

Krogan pervert.

 

Both of them are at it

[Dantriges]

Did Emma use her special "flirty" voice?

[themikefest]

From the files of James Vega

 

As I get on the shuttle, I notice Shepard carrying a Black Widow. Why? She's always used her assault weapon. Could this be trouble? Its bad enough Ashley has her Black Widow, but now Satan has one. I don't belong here. Ashley gives me a smile and wink. I bet Ashley is Satan's little helper.

 

As we head to Earth, I think about my uncle. Hope he's doing well. What the heck? The other shuttle just got shot down. You just did not say that?  Satan tells Cortez to set the shuttle down so we can get the heavy weapons from the downed shuttle to take out that cannon. What the heck do we need a cannon for when you and Ashley are each carrying one. You know? The Black Widow?

 

Before the door opens, Shepard looks at us and tell us to kill the uglies in the worst way possible. This is our turf. Damn right boss. Lets do this.

 

BOOM......BOOM.......BOOM. Enoug.......BOOM. Why do I even bother? I'll just stay in cover while Ashley and Satan kill the uglies. Stupid Black Widow taking my kills.  Ashley looks over smiling at me. Yeah, yeah. Here I am a guy that's as big as both of them together, and they're kicking my backside in the number of kills they're getting. This isn't fair. Look out. Its a brute. Nevermind. You take care of the thing Satan.

 

We move forward. Steve. Please be ok. Hopefully he was able to land the shuttle in a safe area. He's a good guy. He also has a big role later. Crap. I wasn't suppose to say anything. Forget you read that. That only happens after the war.

 

There's the shuttle. Ashley kills the uglies. I give her a look to let me have some kills. She laughs. She's enjoying this. Rub it in Williams. Ok Satan. Fire that thing.

 

YES! YES! If only the other reapers were that easy. Here come some uglies. The women switch to their assault weapons. Now its my turn. There you go. How you like me now ladies? Well. That didn't workout like I hoped it would. Both laugh at me. Haha. Lets get on the shuttle.

 

At the fob, the Commander comes by to talk. I hope this isn't our last fight. Even though she is Satan, I would have no problem with fighting by her side in the future. Hold that thought. Where was I? Oh yeah. I got the feeling her mind was thinking of something else. It must be about how were getting to the beam. She walks over to where Ashley is.

 

I don't know what was said between them, but they hugged each other and then Shepard headed up a pile of rubble. I walk over to Ashley. She grabbed my arm and held it. No words were needed. I just stood there looking at the beam. So close yet so far.

 

The Commander gives a pep talk before heading out. Lets get this over with.

[Melbella]

Claire Shepard (Adept w/ bonus Assault Rifle) went through her final moments of ME1. Picspam in spoilers.
 

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- I prefer the Liara romance with a femshep.
- I will never not love Ilos. The best looking enviroment and atmosphere in the whole game (tied with Virmire). Too bad there wasn't a real boss fight there (which if I recall correctly, was planned but eventually scrapped)
- I love how bada*ss Garrus is in the final act when he's the more Renegade one of your companions.
- The Saren v2 battle is still the easiest boss fight in the whole game.
- The ending still leaves me feeling epic.
- The credits theme by Faunts is the sole reason I always let the credits roll completely.

 

Mmm....Garrus.  I think I'm about due for another Garrusmance trilogy run. Maybe once I'm done playing DAI.

[fraggle]

Almost done now, I'm sad Wall of text, here we go!

 

We proceeded and found ourselves in the Illusive Man's chamber. The one where he always called me from, lied to me from.

I sat down in his stupid chair and began to look for the Prothean VI, when I suddenly heard his voice behind me. Of course he was not too happy I sat right where he used to.

Unfortunately he made more progress with how to control the Reapers, knows what the Catalyst is. Course he wouldn't tell us, but EDI had managed to get the Prothean VI.

The Illusive Man was done with us and the Prothean VI informed us about the Catalyst... it's the Citadel. What the...? Had we known earlier... Damn. But better late than never, and now we can finish this!

I felt hope rise up in me, just to have it shattered by the VI right away, telling us that the Citadel had been moved into Reaper controlled space... Earth. Thanks to the Illusive Man... Bastard.

Just before we were leaving, his pet Kai Leng approached and attacked us, but we finally dealt with him. It felt so satisfying to kill off that bastard. This is for Kirrahe, you little sh*t.

We returned to the Normandy and prepared to leave for Earth immediately. I made a final round to talk to my crew, and then I sat down in my cabin for a bit. My eyes caught that stupid husk head James wanted me to pick up. He never came up to claim it...

Then I remembered the crystal Eve gave me. In the darkest hour, there is always a way out.

I enwrapped it in my hands and rested my chin on them. I hope you're right, Eve, I hope you're right.

Looking back I have met great people during my time on the Normandy. I've lost good people, but also gained good people... It's a hell of a team and I wouldn't have it any other way than to have them around me during that last step as well.

And then there's James.

I thought back to when I first met him. He was polite, maybe even a bit coy in comparison to now. He treated me with great respect and made my life in the brig much easier. Granted, we didn't talk much, as I tended to keep to myself, not in the mood of talking a lot or playing around with the idea to be his best friend in there.

Maybe I should have.

Hackett stopped by at some point and gave a speech, and Anderson briefed me on the situation in London. We needed to get someone to the Citadel to open its arms, through the beam it has pointed towards Earth. This whole thing seems more desperate than ever now, but... it's all we have.

And then it was time to go.

James, Javik and I got ready, checked our gear one last time, and Cortez took us into the middle of the war zone. It didn't look pretty from what we saw, and James was reacting to it. I knew he was eager to come back here, and now he finds it like that... Sorry, man.

Along the way the shuttle who was supposed to take out an anti-air Reaper got shot down by it, with no other units around, so I ordered Cortez to bring us down in order to deal with that. We fought through the damaged London, taking down lots of Reaper forces and eventually made it to the shot shuttle. I took one of the Cains and fired the Reaper to hell.

We had to deal with more Reaper forces until we got picked up by a shuttle. Anderson was on board, and it was good to see him alive. He briefed me and we made it to the FOB soon, where I took the opportunity to speak with my team one more time.

James looked distraught seeing what had happened to Earth, I know it's hard on him. I wanted to comfort him, said it can be rebuilt... I hope I'm right.

I told James to not lose focus now, and that he is a good man and a terrific soldier. That he'll make me proud today, no matter what happens.

I'm damn glad I met him. And that after what I did during the party he still treats me the same as before. It's still nice to be around him.

We locked our hands one last time, and he wished me luck.

When I talked to Kaidan, he sounded like he had lost all hope, saying this is Goodbye for good. I tried to encourage him a bit, telling him we will win this, and he made it clear he's surely gonna give it his all, but also had some things on his mind. He told me that despite what happened in his past, he still enjoyed his life, and that a lot of it was because of me. I agreed, this has been quite the ride... (that line by Hale was amazing, loved it!)

It was true. We've been through a lot of things. Trust, loyalty, a fragile relationship, mistrust, confusion, a break-up, friendship.

He ripped me out of my thoughts by asking how I felt, if I'm scared. I felt I owed him an honest answer, show him... some of the real me at this point. In any other situation I would've probably played it down, but not now. I was scared, heading into the unknown, but I also told him that this will not prevent me from hitting the Reapers hard.

I didn't really know what to say anymore, yet it felt like some unspoken words were hanging in the air between us. But neither of us said anything anymore and I wondered if Kaidan felt the same as I did.

After this awkward moment I left, and thanks to a comm tech inside the building next to Kaidan I was able to reach out to Jacob, Samara and Cortez. Steve had been shot down earlier, but he got out alright and thanked me for what I had done for him.

I had a brief chat with Primarch Victus, surprised to see him here, then I turned to Garrus. He was a bit hopeless at first, but caught himself quickly. Painting a picture of retiring, living off the royalties from the vids. Haha, yeah, Garrus, that sounds pretty nice.

He told me that if this thing goes sideways, we'll meet up at a bar in heaven, but no, not accepting this one. Garrus, you better remember to duck when it counts.

Liara had a gift for me. I had no idea what it would be, and she told me to close my eyes.

I saw... her. I felt light, at peace, darkness surrounding us, but there was also light. Maybe hope. Liara laid her head on my shoulders and we stood there, watching the darkness being swept away by light.

A strange experience, but... I'm glad to call Liara a friend. A lot has happened. Because of me she had to watch her mother die, yet she never blamed me. And because of her I am still alive. It's thanks to her we got to... here. See you on the other side, Liara.

Javik seemed positive at least, and when I told him we're not quite there yet, he said we've gotten farther than his cycle ever did. Telling me to not waver, that war is never won without making difficult choices. Yeah... I know that. I had to make some really bad ones lately. But it felt nice Javik had faith in me, knowing I'd see this through. I would've never thought we'd get along so well. I shook his hand and asked him what he will do next. And... he's actually considering to write a book with Liara. Here's one thing I never thought possible. I hope we can make that book happen.

I turned around and saw Wreav standing there, boosting his troops' morale. Here because I double-crossed them. He mentioned how the krogan females did not get pregnant so far, and I was relieved he did not accuse me of anything. Maybe he'll find out eventually... but I hope the salarian dalatrass keeps her promise of having me covered.

I saw Anderson in the next room and asked him for an update. We'll be on our way soon, but I first wanted to talk to EDI and Tali once more.

EDI was... different. She sounded concerned, afraid, almost like a person. I was puzzled, but I knew I had to say something so she would focus. There was no room for mistakes today. She got it.

Tali asked me if I was okay, and I admitted it was a bit tough to see everything in ruins. But we'll make it right.

I told Anderson we're ready, and he presented the strategy to us. He gave me another moment with my squad, and I told them that this war has cost us a lot already, but that we've also grown together in ways I wouldn't have imagined.

Most of us were soldiers first, but more importantly we were allies, comrades, friends, a bond that ties us together. Stronger than anything.

But we need to make today count, no room for second chances or mistakes. Everyone needs to be willing to make a sacrifice today.

We fight, or we die.

Everything was set into motion. James, Javik and I headed out, leaving a trail of Reaper corpses behind us on our way to the Destroyer that protected the beam that leads up to the Citadel.

There was a lot of fighting, but we were close. Not long now.

 

Today was absolutely great 

I mentioned it before, but I really love Freddie Prinze Jr.! He nailed James's character, it's so damn good.

Like today in the shuttle, I know everyone defends Shepard in front of Anderson and tells him that it was Shepard who united the galaxy, but James sounds like he's got some serious balls! Not afraid to raise his voice even to an Admiral. I love how much his respect for Shepard shows here again.

Also, this time I accepted Liara's gift, because my Shepard didn't ask what it is and she just let Liara surprise her. I actually liked the scene with Hannah. It was kind of nice. And thinking back how she used to treat aliens at the beginning, this made me really happy somehow

 

Ah, and of course I overheated the Lancer at some point and was way too confused, haha. I didn't know what to do, and of all things it happened during the fight with a Banshee, argh. Luckily this was shortly before Anderson's shuttle picked us up, and I finished the last couple enemies with powers only. I learned my lesson now though

 

Some visual evidence of what happened today. Yeah, it's a lot here as well today

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Reversed roles for once

 

Only an exploding Kai Leng is a good Kai Leng.

 

For Kirrahe!

 

Too bad Shep's not there on shore leave

 

I'm gonna miss my team. I had so much fun with these two

 

Telling James this is all just temporary.

 

You're a good man, and a terrific soldier.

 

Good luck out there, Lola.

 

Saying Goodbye to Kaidan. Really loved this scene with a previously romanced Kaidan, had a whole different atmosphere imo

 

A quiet moment with Liara.

 

Javik and the handshake. Hannah's come a loooong way since ME1!

 

I had to laugh so hard at James's expression. He looks exactly like I did during school or university. Ugh, just get this over with

 

Or maybe... there! She said something interesting just now!

 

James about to be hit by the Banshee, ouch.

 

Got a little too close to the Brute for my taste!

 

Retaliation. Dead Brutes. Good Brutes.

[fraggle]

Okay peeps, this is it! ( ) I'm done! It took me a very long time to finish this playthrough, and I'm sure part of it was that I didn't want it to end.

That and the fact I got carried away waaaay too much with this Shepard, but since I felt kinda inspired and had some ideas for once, I had to take this opportunity and write a shitload of stuff every time, hahaha. It was interesting too, because Hannah is so completely different from me (although I gave her some traits I have, too, heh), so it was double fun to try and "be" such a character.

Adept was a lot of fun to play as well, though I hear I basically played a Sentinel, hehe. I got through quite well and a lot of parts became easier than last time, even the Thanix Missiles section (I noticed I got no problem sending my squad ahead of me and distract Banshees Ahaha). Didn't even die there (squaddies did though, oops), BUT!

I wanted to mention at this point that I really hate aiming with shaky in-game hands/arms. I'm already not that good at shooting, and... the 3 husks and Marauder... Rage-quitting today. That's all I'm saying.

Anyway. One last really long post to go!

 

We had to launch some Thanix Missiles in order to hit the Reaper with it. Our first try missed, the Destroyer being in close proximity to the Citadel beam somehow prevented the missiles to hit properly... and then we only had two left.

Crap, that's gonna be a close one! The new plan was to lure the Reaper closer to us.

It worked, and soon EDI told us the missiles were good to go. Between James and Javik fighting and distracting some banshees, I ran past the last few enemies to punch in the launch commands. The second set of missiles hit, and I felt a huge relief pour through me. One less obstacle in our way.

We met up with Anderson, and we finally made it close enough to the Citadel beam. From here, it seemed simple enough, but I knew it was far from that when Harbinger landed directly behind the beam. Damn. Run, everyone, run! And reach that beam!

I started first and I didn't know how far back James and Javik were, as I focused on the path before me, dodging Harbinger's beam while also ducking away from debris flying around from hit vehicles or what was left of the streets. I was already halfway through, when a Mako right in front of me got hit and came towards me. I slided over the ground, the Mako passing over me and coming to a halt next to me.

And then I made one mistake. One. I looked back.

Looked back to see how another Mako was flying towards James and Javik. They dodged, but with a horrified expression in my face I saw how they got caught in an explosion. Sh*t, sh*t, sh*t!!!

I ran to them, Javik signaling me he was okay, but James looked bad. Blood everywhere... his face... Oh, no no no no no, please be alright. I supported him, the three of us ducking for cover behind an upside-down Mako and I...

Look at me now. Years ago there would've been no turning back. No jeopardising the mission. I knew why I never let anyone close in the past... I was stupid enough to let my guard down. And now?

Calling in the Normandy to make sure James is alright... I want to get him out of here. I want him to live.

The Normandy swooped in and I helped James to the open cargo bay, telling Javik to take him from here. James protested and wanted to continue to fight, but I wasn't gonna take any chances. I told him to stay put, that I want him to be safe.

I want to make his future and his plans a reality. And I'll do everything in my power to make damn sure of this. For him. For everyone.

My heart was beating fast as I looked into his eyes, and I felt my feelings for him boil up once more. Most of all it hurt to part ways now, but there was no other choice.

James, I'll see you on the other side. Or in the next life.

I turned around, my eyes focused on Harbinger, and I hesitated once more, looking back to James again. He reached out with his hand.

Turn around and run, you idiot, there's no time for this now!

Right. I yelled at them to go, and with a last glance at James I ran. I ran like hell to get to that beam, a hundred things racing through my mind. His hand reaching out. Sorrow written all over his face.

From below I saw the Normandy leave, and I was relieved they made it out for now.

Another hit Mako next to me made me stumble and I fell. I got up, and then... Then I saw it coming, but it was too late. Harbinger's beam came dangerously close, too fast, and it went pitch-black.

When I came to everything was a blur, I was hurt, my hearing damped. I don't think it hit me directly, as I would surely be dead then... but my armor was a mess.

I was a mess. Blood everywhere. I grabbed a gun lying next to me and got up. Slow. Shaky. I felt my steps getting more heavy with every inch I came closer to the Citadel beam. But I was almost there...

Suddenly three husks appeared and I shot them with a shaking hand. One shot, two shots, five shots. Seven shots. Eleven. That one blew the last husk's brain out. Okay, all down.

I was only a few more steps away when a Marauder shot me and I stumbled back. One last time I pointed the gun, shaking heavily. I missed, then hit, several times over. I got him. I made it.

I went up the beam and woke up when Anderson contacted me, he also made it. Good.

I was in a dark hallway, human corpses everywhere. I only progressed slowly through the narrow passage. Anderson had found something, and after a while I ended up in the same place, glad to see another friendly face. But it looked like Anderson wasn't in control of his own body, and then I started to feel like this, too.

The Illusive Man... of course he would appear now. Implanted with more Reaper tech. He's lost it. He's just a tool for the Reapers at this point.

He tried to prove his point by making me shoot the gun. No... no. I hit Anderson.

F*ck this bastard. He talked some more crap, then he made Anderson go on his knees, pointing his gun at Anderson's back. I shot. The Illusive Man fell. You got it coming. I walked towards the control panel to finally open the arms of the Citadel. At last...

I slumped down next to Anderson. I know he's dying. I feel like I am, too.

I would cry, but I'm out of tears, and too exhausted. I made my peace with giving my life for this, and now that the Crucible had successfully docked, I felt this huge weight taken off my shoulders, felt a brand new future was within reach for everyone else, and I'm happy for them. I hope everyone I knew made it.

For me...? It might be time to go home. See Mom and Dad again. My old friends. I smiled weakly at that thought and closed my eyes.

I was startled when I heard Hackett's voice over the comm. Telling me the Crucible didn't fire.

What...? No way...

Getting up again was hard, I felt the strength I had left in me dwindling. I crawled towards the control panel, but I passed out before I could reach it.

When I woke up, I was in a different place, and I saw the kid again. But it was no dream this time, it was a holographic projection of the boy. And he... talked to me. When I asked who he was, he told me he's the Catalyst. Wha--

Why does it look like the boy?

The Catalyst explained why it did with the Reapers what it did. But I don't like this. It's taking away everything. Our future. Our choices. Deciding for others... huh. I realised I did that a couple of times myself. But I had to react to situations I was put into... that's different. I think.

The Catalyst does this deliberately, and... this is about a whole galaxy.

When I asked why it helped me it said the Crucible changed it. That it created new possibilities. Like... destroying the Reapers. Yes, our goal. The Catalyst implied all synthetics will be targeted. EDI. Maybe even me, my partly synthetic body... I don't know...

I listened to the other solutions, but I didn't want anything to do with them. I had made my choice already. I walked up the ramp, and shot at the tube, images flashing before my eyes.

Anderson... who had just died beside me.

Mordin. Who I shot in the back. I guess this was still eating away at me.

And James. In another life, maybe this could've... he was important to me. He gave me strength when I had lost all hope. He made me smile and laugh again.

And he was the last person I thought of before I got caught in an explosion and everything went dark.

I... woke up. My mouth was dry and I couldn't feel my legs. I had no idea how long I had been out, but everything hurt. My head, my back, my arms, my chest. I could barely breathe. I coughed up some warm, thickish liquid, and the ironlike taste of blood spread through my mouth.

I heard voices.

Not sure if they were real or not. But they came closer, just before I felt myself drifting away again.

I don't know if I'm still alive or dead, or trapped in some weird limbo in between. It went black again, then there were the voices again, some yelling.

Then black again. Light. Dark. Light once more.

Then darkness for a long time...

 

Loads of pics from the finale!

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The last stand

 

Brute killer

 

Some great effects!

 

Reaper down! They did it.

 

Dodging

 

Sliding

 

Evacuating

 

Goodbye, James.

 

This scene is heart-breaking every time. As stupid as the evac scene is, I love this part of it, haha.

 

Scattered husk brain, yeah!

 

F*ck you, Marauder Shields Health! Bwahaha.

 

Being controlled by the tool. I love Shep's facial expression in this one.

 

A peaceful moment

 

And so it begins...

 

And then there was this

 

And then this! Yeees!

 

And this. BOOM.

 

Made it!

 

A new hope for everyone

 

And some more hope

 

Former and future boyfriend

 

And then this happened

 

Wow, so, something happened I didn't expect! Garrus was the one in the cockpit, the second squad mate to exit the Normandy and the one holding the name plate. I was honestly expecting to see Liara as I took her on most missions with James after Javik!

Either way it was pretty cool with Garrus, since my Shep didn't even want him on-board the first time. Times changed!

For anyone who might be interested, I wrote up a bit of stuff what happens in Hannah's (and also James's ) future. It's pretty long again and sappy as f*ck, but oh well, some happiness is well deserved I think.

 

Spoiler

In the aftermath of the Crucible's energy wave, Hannah was found by Citadel survivors from the emergency shelters, sweeping the Citadel to look for people still alive. Buried under rubble and barely alive she was rushed into the nearest still functioning med bay, coming to and passing out over and over again.

The few doctors present did their best under the circumstances, but Shepard's condition was critical and the functions of the med bay very limited. Help would be needed quickly. Fortunately some ships that had stayed on Earth arrived at the Citadel in order to evacuate survivors, and it was arranged for Shepard to be taken to a proper hospital in the outskirts of London immediately.

 

In the next days to come, the crew of the Normandy was able to re-establish communications soon enough, and first comm chatter revealed Shepard had survived.

James Vega had to sit down in disbelief. He had ignored everything and everyone after Shepard sent him back to the Normandy, and stormed to the Starboard Observation as fast as he could, uneasily watching what was about to happen. Eventually witnessing the start of what looked like the Citadel was about to blow up, rendering even the slightest chance of Shepard surviving impossible.

But now he felt a ray of hope, and another feeling that he had suppressed the whole time emerged in that moment. James couldn't forget her, not after what had happened between them lately, and it was hard letting her go on without him in London.

 

While repairs on the relays were undertaken in the upcoming months, Shepard was in a medically induced coma the whole time so she would recover from her wounds. She had suffered some severe trauma, in addition to the multiple internal injuries and two broken legs.

As soon as the Normandy was able to get back and touched down on Earth, one of the first things the crew did was visiting Shepard while she was still out. It broke James's heart to see Shepard in this condition, but he was more than grateful he was able to see her again at all.

 

James's plan to join the N7 program was on ice for now naturally, as everything had to be rebuilt in the coming months, and even years. He was stationed on an Alliance ship throughout the period where Hannah recovered, and he helped securing some of the badly damaged areas, where pirates and the other usual scum took advantage of the poor state some cities and colonies were in. It boggled James's mind how someone could do something like this in a time like this, in a time where everyone had to work together in order to survive and restore what they had lost. But then there were always sick people, he knew that.

In between this and helping with rebuilding, he had thought a lot about Shepard during the nights, when things in his daily life were calmer. After getting the news she had woken up recently, he decided to call her. He expected it to be a quite awkward conversation, but it was the complete opposite. Despite him getting nervous again, they both felt comfortable talking with each other, a familiarity between them, and James even mustered enough courage to confess what he had intended with his call. To tell Shepard that he cared more about her than he ever allowed himself. Hannah was relieved and confirmed his suspicion that she had serious feelings for him for quite some time, that this had not just been something physical or a fling. That she had thought about him a lot, too.

And now there was nothing that held the both of them back anymore.

James called her whenever he could. The both of them had long talks, growing ever closer, and waited with anticipation to see each other again. James wanted to come much earlier, but Hannah insisted on him helping out first. It was important to rebuild, and they could always be selfish afterwards. It was hard, but she knew it was the right thing to do.

 

With the war being over, Hannah resigned from the Alliance not soon after she woke up. Much to Hackett's dismay of course, but he understood perfectly. She didn't want to lead this life anymore.

She made good progress with her rehabilitation and the day came when she was finally released. She and James had set this date to finally see each other again. James was of course granted his request to see her, being one of the heros that had returned from the fight with the Reapers definitely had certain advantages.

When James and Hannah met each other again after what seemed like forever, they just held each other for several minutes, barely speaking. Both were overwhelmed they had this second chance.

 

Hannah had decided to stay in an apartment in a still habitable London suburb area for some time since she had nowhere she would really call "home" anymore, and the time came when James, off-duty at the time and staying with Hannah for some weeks, heard back from the N7 program. He had thought long and hard about this, losing sleep over it more times than he could count. It was unlike him to just leave behind his commitment plans, to give up on the only thing he was ever good at, but all he cared for now was staying by his Lola's side.

And after 3 more months apart, James resigned from the Alliance as well.

 

Free from all duties, the both of them visited the places they grew up in, Mindoir and Solana Beach.

James had found out that the house he grew up in had been completely destroyed, and there were no leads on his father, he was presumed dead. His uncle had been seen getting out of town, but the trail was lost in the south. But there was still hope...

Hannah and James talked about settling down in San Diego, because even though visiting Mindoir was easier now, she didn't even want to consider to ever live there again. She had lived on Earth before, when going for N7 and even for some time before that, and James would finally have his beach back. So that's exactly what they did.

They spent their time with long talks and beach walks, playing poker, eating pizza, and most of all enjoying leading a normal life.

At times, James missed being a soldier, missed fighting for people, but both of them enjoyed this life far away from the military, duties and ranks.

 

Sappy sappy ending! And no, I'm not done yet, mahaha!

Ever since I read about it being possible, I've had this hook-up with James in the Citadel DLC planned for a long time (since being quite early into ME1 actually). But I became a bit too attached to the idea of Hannah and James having this one-night stand. And even though I really disliked Shepard's flirting lines in it (watched it on youtube at some point), it evolved from just that small idea of letting her have a bit of fun before the end into something much bigger, from just going through with it in the game to writing that bit of fan fiction and even draw the fanart, haha. I don't even know how, this image just popped into my head some day.

And then shortly before I started into ME3 I listened to the Life Is Strange soundtrack at work and I heard that one song that turned around some things I had originally planned for Hannah. She was supposed to die at the end, and the night with James would've been purely physical. But the lyrics in this song were so touching and I kinda got stuck with the idea of picturing her and him together, what it could be like in the future for them if they would fall for each other.

Now of course there's nothing implied in the game, but I decided I let them have just that, a future together. Headcanon is go.

Hannah's been through much, so has James, and they can both find strength and happiness in this relationship.

Meh, I'm reeeally such a sap sometimes I'm so not a romantic in real life, but... I want them to do all the fluffy couple stuff! James cooking huevos rancheros for her, bringing breakfast to her in bed, bringing her flowers, the two of them dancing (and we all know how Shepard dances. And Vega, too!!! *party mode* haha), walking down the beach arm in arm... maybe getting married.

Don't ask, even I don't know what's wrong with me. I don't know how all this stuff happened. But I had loads of fun for sure with this!

 

Well, it turned out this was my richest and most satisfying playthrough so far and I loved every second of it! I'm not sure I'll ever enjoy a playthrough as much as this actually, even though it was only my 3rd Trilogy run.

So funny looking back that this was only supposed to be an experimental Shep...

But Hannah had a chance to develop and overcome her prejudices and fears regarding aliens and it was a looot of fun to play her, a lot of sad and interesting scenes happened, some tension with certain characters, and also some great moments with characters I never thought possible, like Javik, it was so good!

And even ditching Kaidan was great (he still belongs to my MShep anyway, ha) when thinking about her being with James, I just fell so hard for this pairing (I'm sure you guys couldn't tell )! It's kinda strange, because the more I tried to figure out James's character, the more parallels between him and my Shep became apparent and everything just kinda fell into place in the game as well, they're very much alike in some parts. But then I guess that's why I became so attached to both of them.

And on the plus side, James did kinda become my fav character now, he's awesome.

I'm truly sad it's over, and I'm gonna miss her, but... from now I'll also go into full hunting of Vega dialogue again. At some point it just distracted me too much from my game. Looking forward to have this guy around in my team some more.

Also, at some point soon the next Shepard awaits! This time I will most likely only post a few screenshots or major decisions, this write-up stuff with Hannah always took me forever, and now I'd rather focus on playing the game, still got 4 more classes to play on Insanity!

But that doesn't mean I don't have some more ideas concerning the future of Hannah and James. I apologize in advance for ultimate fluffiness from time to time. Ahem.

Please, just tell me when to stop. Seriously.

[Darks1d3]

Journal entry 11 of Marcus Shepard

 

After the brief shuttle ride from the facility where I was reborn, I briefly met the Illusive Man. He told me why he brought me back, about human colonies that were disappearing, and that the Reapers were involved. I was a little skeptical, especially since the colonies in question were rather small and insignificant. I don't understand why the Reapers would focus their efforts on them, even indirectly. He also asked me to take Jacob and Miranda to Freedom's progress, the most recent colony that was hit, and investigate. I don't trust him, but I've got nothing to lose by looking into it. And if the Reapers are behind all this, then it's something that needs to be investigated.

 

Once we arrived on Freedom's progress, we headed towards the center of the colony. Not long after, we were attacked by security mechs that initially defended the colony. I was really getting tired of running in to these damn things. We also ran into some Quarians, along with my Tali. She was pleasantly surprised to see me alive, but not all that thrilled that i was involved with Cerberus. Her squadmates weren't thrilled at all, and Tali had a hell of a time trying to keep the peace. Once they were "pacified," we learn from Tali that there was a surviving Quarian named Veetor that was initially living in the Colony before everyone else disappeared. She asks me to help her and her squad locate him. Despite the fact that I trusted her, I had no reason to trust her squadmates; it seemed more likely that they would try to race ahead and grab their fellow Quarian before we had a chance to question him. Still, it seemed like a good idea to go along with her request. There was no way her squad would stand down if we ordered them to, and there was a chance that Tali would be able to get her squad to cooperate, at least initially. Of course, not longer after we set out, Tali informs us that her squad ran ahead in order to grab Veetor. But the initial agreement still gave us more time.

 

Unfortunately for Tali's squad, Veetor had a Heavy mech defending his hiding spot, and it made short work of the Quarians. After using up all the grenades in the grenade launcher, we were able to finish off the Heavy mech without too much difficulty. While Tali tried to heal her remaining squadmates, we entered the small security office that Veetor was hiding in. I tried to get Veetor's attention, but it appeared that he was completely out of it. Still, I was able to get his attention after shooting one of the security monitors. Once he became aware of our presence, he told us how about the attack, and showed us some relevant security footage. It turned out that the colonists were actually being abducted by an Alien race known as the Collectors, and that they didn't actually "attack" the colony, but subdued it. The colonists were paralyzed by some sort of...mechanical stinging bug, and then put in stasis pods. We tried to get more out of Veetor, but he was too panicked and delirious. Miranda suggested that we take Veetor with us so he could be questioned, but Tali was entering the security office as she said it. She told us there was no way that she'd allow us to interrogate Veetor and that he needed medical attention. Instead, she offered to foward the data and readings from Veetor's Omni tool once he was taken back to the Quarian fleet. I understood Miranda's frustrations when she said that we had no reason to believe her, especially since her squad tried to grab Veetor out from under us. However, I agreed to Tali's request. Besides the fact that I trusted her, it wasn't very likely that we'd get any more useful information from Veetor by interrogating him. 

 

After the mission, we headed back to the same facility where I initially met with the Illusive Man. Once there, I gave him the mission debrief, and I also learned that Tali kept her end of the bargain. TIM then told me what he knew about the Collectors, and that he wasn't surprised to learn that they were behind the abductions. They were a reclusive race that traded their technology to Mercenaries and Slavers for any species or groups that they were interested in. Given that they usually only traded for small groups, it was odd that they would all of a sudden go after whole colonies, and only human colonies at that. But given humanity's role in stopping Sovereign, along with the fact that the Collectors had access to more sophisticated technology than anything that was developed elsewhere, it seemed that the Reapers were indeed behind the abductions. TIM also told me that the Collector homeworld or main base of operations was on the other side of the Omega 4 relay, and that any other ship that tried to enter it was never heard from again. He needed me to put together a team, to further investigate the abductions, to find a way to stop the Collectors, and to find a way to safely traverse the Omega 4 relay so that we could permanently end the Collector threat. To start things off, he gave me a list of dossiers of some very unique and talented individuals, along with their last known locations. To seal the deal, he also gave me a ship and a pilot. The ship turned out to be a redesigned Normandy, and the pilot turned out to be Joker. 

 

I have to admit, even though I still distrust him, TIM did a good job of convincing me to cooperate. It's time to get this mission started.

[rasblak]

I've decided to show up to lend Aria a hand with something she's got to do on Omega.

 

It feels to me like she's struggling with making sure I know she's in charge and not making that bloke on his PC playing me feel like his Shepard is nothing more than a hired gun right now. We've met a new friend of hers. On her part I believe she has no such shackles in her interaction with me, or BioWare is just better at making meeting new people interesting but find it, not surprisingly, a challenge to sustain that interest past the first game.

 

Now, seriously, what is with that soundtrack though? Is that Cerberus's secret weapon to lull us to sleep in the middle of a battlefield?

 

Update: This is not really the way I saw things working going into this. We get through the battles alright, but some fire is missing from Aria.
She addresses the people of Omega but projects neither a voice nor body language that says She wants this thing, bad, for real. Is she doubting?

When I helped her with Vosque, easy to tell she fiercely wanted the Blue Suns under her rule; and indeed hated the idea of that poor sod staring at her ******.

But here, I don't know, where's the energy? where's the fire?

Modifié par rasblak, 21 septembre 2015 - 11:34 .

[fraggle]

Another FemShep x Vega fanart

Scribbled the sketch today on the train ride home from work and I kinda liked it, so I put some colour on it now.

 

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[gottaloveme]

Another FemShep x Vega fanart

Scribbled the sketch today on the train ride home from work and I kinda liked it, so I put some colour on it now.

 

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You can keep these coming altho' my fave is the K-man

[Kynare]

I didn't play today... but I did surf through my old screenshots from ME1. Looking through them makes me remember everything I loved about my first playthrough of Shepard.

 

 

Cate first encounters the Rachni zombie-host and scrunches her face in utter confusion.

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All of the cinematic angles and blueish mood lighting... so lovely. I hope Andromeda captures that similar feel.

[gottaloveme]

Well now Major Alenko - what could I possibly say?

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I saw an arrow. Then a friend said he saw a happy face. What do you see?

[von uber]

Tonight I did this:

 

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• Helena Blake in ME2 is ridiculous. Talk about Paragon 'I win' options!
• The Renegade interrupts for the angry Batarian at the entrance for Omega, the Looters and the Renegade option for the Bartender are much better than the Paragon ones
• Aria is a great character in ME2 and ME3
• Why can you pay for the Quarian's passage but not for the other one's ship?
• The journey through the plague areas is great, would've been even better if it was more deserted, had less combat and more sad stories to uncover

[Mrs_Stick]

Have not played the ME Series in sometime and want to make another run of it. Not sure if I should go with my Fem or Male Shep. Well once I decided I will write some things about them. Until then I enjoy reading yalls stories.

[Gago]

I got my first banner today in MP! Hell yeah, Biotic God bitches!

[Esthlos]

Today I started ME3 up to allow my paragon engineer BroShep relax in the Citadel Arena.

"Origin (EA) is no longer running, Mass Effect 3 will now close."

Oh, ok. No problem, just restart the game.

"Origin (EA) is no longer running, Mass Effect 3 will now close."

Well, I can't launch the game without running Origin first, so... but nevermind, I'll just restart the game again.

"Origin (EA) is no longer running, Mass Effect 3 will now close."

Mmm, let's see... the antivirus is disabled, the firewall, is shut down, internet connection is fine, for good measure I'll restart Origin too and it will be fine, right?

"Origin (EA) is no longer running, Mass Effect 3 will now close."

I'm seriously considering installing a cracked exe...

[von uber]

Tonight I did this:

 

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• The second part of this mission is not very good combat wise, too much long range gallery shooting. Still, lift and throw is amusing
• Mordin is one of the better characters, actually feels alien in a way
• Also, I have not upgraded to the M6 as I prefer the faster fire rate and larger clip of the M3

[Melbella]

Tonight I did this:

• The second part of this mission is not very good combat wise, too much long range gallery shooting. Still, lift and throw is amusing
• Mordin is one of the better characters, actually feels alien in a way
• Also, I have not upgraded to the M6 as I prefer the faster fire rate and larger clip of the M3

Yeah, after I while I get irritated and just run to the fans to turn them on.

[fraggle]

Weeell, I found out I don't have to use my Origins name on here! Took me a while to see that. Much better now

 

Anyway, on topic, the past week I've been playing almost only Multiplayer to finally get my last missing achievement. Got it today MP was actually more fun than I had expected, but I can't wait to get back into SP soon. I'm currently thinking about bonus powers for my next Soldier Shep in ME2 (still a while from now, but anyway), not sure if I mainly wanna go with Dominate or maybe even Reave... I considered Stasis too, but apparently you can exploit it too much?

 

Also finished another piece of my post-ending stuff, this time between Liara and James, when the Normandy is still stranded. Tehe

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The door slid open with the familiar chiming sound and James jumped up from the bed, feeling caught.
"D-doc?! Hey, I was just--"
"It's alright, James." Liara approached Shepard's bed to sit down and signaled James to do the same.
"It's hard for you, isn't it?"
James didn't say anything, but the bitterness that formed on his face just now, in addition to the lack of jokes since they crash-landed had given Liara her answer already. But she wanted to at least try to help. James spent an alarming amount of time alone. It wasn't like him to distance himself, and even Cortez could not manage to get more than weary smiles out of him.
"I should've..." James took a deep breath, but remained silent.
He should've gone with her when she ran for the beam, he should've taken the chance to admit to whatever it was that was blossoming between them, he knew that now. But now it was too late.
Liara's gentle voice broke their silence, and James raised his head.
"Sometimes we don't know how much something means to us until we've lost it."
There was truth in that. James felt the weight of his decision every day. The regret it had brought.
"I know you're coming in here a lot."
James looked away with a hardened expression.
"So?"
"Nothing. It's just... maybe you shouldn't do that to yourself, make yourself feel miserable. Coming here just opens the wound every time. What you need is a bit of faith."
James smiled weakly and scoffed.
"That's a nice idea, doc. But you were there with me. You've seen for yourself how the Citadel was about to blow up when we passed by. No chance in hell that Shep--"
"Hope, Lieutenant. It's all we have left."
James shook his head. "What for..."
He got up and picked up something from the table by the couch. The husk head from Dr. Bryson's lab. He fixated it for a few moments, and Liara could tell he struggled again.
"Sh*t...", he murmured and angrily smashed it on the floor.
Liara approached him and put her hand on his shoulder. James's tense muscles relaxed.
"You know, I was in a similar situation as you are right now. Back when Shepard died after the Collector attack on the Normandy, I was devastated. It was her that sent me away, and I repeatedly asked myself if things would have gone differently if I had ignored her plea. If I had stayed. But it was too late, I couldn't change it, and I had lost a dear friend... But then, being able to recover her and to... bring her back, I learned that sometimes we can't lose hope, no matter how grim or impossible things seem. We need to believe things are getting better. One way or another."
"I'm glad for you you can see it that way, but I..." James paused again and turned around, his face branded with grief.
"She's dead, Liara."
Liara looked at him gently, her big blue eyes compassionate. She knew exactly how he felt.
"Right now we don't know, but I refuse to believe the worst. Isn't there a small chance at least?"
James scoffed and dodged Liara's gaze. "I don't know. What's the point in hoping, and then learning she's gone after all."
"It's going to be okay, you'll see. We might have comms back soon enough and then we'll know for sure. Just... promise me to not come back here until we do, okay?"
Liara's voice sounded warm and caring, and James felt a bit more unburdened after this conversation.
"No promises. But I'll think about it, doc."
"All right. Come now."
Liara smiled and led James towards the door, and together they left Shepard's cabin.

[cap and gown]

 

Anyway, on topic, the past week I've been playing almost only Multiplayer to finally get my last missing achievement. Got it today MP was actually more fun than I had expected, but I can't wait to get back into SP soon. I'm currently thinking about bonus powers for my next Soldier Shep in ME2 (still a while from now, but anyway), not sure if I mainly wanna go with Dominate or maybe even Reave... I considered Stasis too, but apparently you can exploit it too much?

 

Any power you use just gets in the way of using Adrenaline Rush. A one point Slam might be a good option. Three second cool down before upgrades and it will allow you to combo with Miranda's Warp. Just be sure to place Miranda behind you so you can't see her, otherwise her casting animation will take too long and you won't get the combo. Dominate is only decent if you take it all the way up to rank 4. No matter how you slice it, though, any power you use besides Adrenaline Rush is getting in the way of using your most effective power. (Whatever you do, do not put any points in Concussive Shot.)

[fraggle]

Any power you use just gets in the way of using Adrenaline Rush. A one point Slam might be a good option. Three second cool down before upgrades and it will allow you to combo with Miranda's Warp. Just be sure to place Miranda behind you so you can't see her, otherwise her casting animation will take too long and you won't get the combo. Dominate is only decent if you take it all the way up to rank 4. No matter how you slice it, though, any power you use besides Adrenaline Rush is getting in the way of using your most effective power. (Whatever you do, do not put any points in Concussive Shot.)

 

Slam was also another option I considered, but I wasn't sure. I wanna take Jack and Miranda to most missions this time, and I wasn't even sure if I use Adrenaline Rush that much, because I read that Concussive Blast is working like Throw with Jack's Area Pull. In that case I could then also use Slam/Warp combo in addition. Or just really use Reave to first strip protection and then Pull/Warp.

I guess I will have to try and see what I like best. Since this is all just in theory, I have no idea what it will feel like in the game But thanks, I will definitely try out your suggestion

[cap and gown]

Slam was also another option I considered, but I wasn't sure. I wanna take Jack and Miranda to most missions this time, and I wasn't even sure if I use Adrenaline Rush that much, because I read that Concussive Blast is working like Throw with Jack's Area Pull. In that case I could then also use Slam/Warp combo in addition. Or just really use Reave to first strip protection and then Pull/Warp.

I guess I will have to try and see what I like best. Since this is all just in theory, I have no idea what it will feel like in the game But thanks, I will definitely try out your suggestion

 

The thing you have to know about Adrenaline Rush is that for ranks 1-3 you are doing 100% extra weapon damage while using the power. For Heightened Adrenaline Rush you are doing 140% extra damage. You do not want to be using your weapon unless you are using Adrenaline Rush. Otherwise you are going to run out of ammo. No other power matters for a Soldier. In fact, Concussive Shot may be just about the most useless power in the game.

[themikefest]

I like using concussive shot in ME2. Its funny hitting an enemy with it knocking them off the ledge to their death especially the collectors on the platforms. Excellent.

[Monica21]

I thought a lot about ME while slogging my way through the Western Approach in DA:I. *sigh*

[von uber]

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