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[iM3GTR]

And then Noveria...took Ashley for the first time in any playthrough. They sure didn't know how to greet a young Spectre there. Told the security chief to chill. Talked to Anoleis...Ashley told him to show respect to Earth lol. Talked to Lorik Quin and ended up killing some of those same guards from that earlier confrontation. They were dirty...no sympathy. Gianni Parasini asked for Sparks help to nab Anoleis...she gladly obliged. Convinced Quin to testify and headed to the garage after getting a pass from Parasini. Geth attacked in the garage...Benezia, you sly devil you.

That's just made me realise that in my 20 odd playthroughs, I've never taken Ashley to Noveria either.

[RedCaesar97]

From the journal of David Shepard:

 

On my way to the Citadel, I stopped by a Fuel Depot in Asari space that had gone silent. A team was already there investigating and together we found out that it had been invaded by some Reaper forces. It was a small force, so we took them down pretty quickly, although it sounded like Captain Riley (the head of the other team) got the worst of it; i sent one of my crew to go help her and together we made it out alive and got the Reactor up and running again.

 

The Asari councilor was extremely busy so I head out to the Ardat-Yakshi monastery that Liara told me about. We found out pretty quickly that the Asari commandos had encountered Reaper forces and were overwhelmed. We then found out that they were turning Ardat-Yakshi into screaming banshees. What a horrible scream those monsters make! Samara was also there, looking for her two daughters, Rila and Falere. We found both, but Rila was already turning into one of the Banshee things. We armed the bomb the commandos had set up, grabbed Falere and got out of there before detonating the bomb. Samara then attempted to kill herself to prevent her from killing Falere; apparently, according the Justicar code, she is not allowed to leave Ardat-Yakshi alive in a monastery that no longer exists. I stopped Samara and Falere convinced her that she would stay at the monastery. That seemed to placate Samara and she agreed to get the Justicars together to fight the Reapers.

 

With the Asari councilor still busy -- not surprising considering the war -- I headed out to go find the Cerberus scientists that Specialist Traynor told me about. When I got there, they were under attack by Cerberus. If I had only gotten there sooner I maybe could have gotten them all out alive? That thought is going to haunt me for a few days. The good news was Jacob was there and had done his best to keep as many alive as he could. 

 

We needed to evacuate the scientists, but they could not leave until the anti-aircraft guns were online. Since Jacob was in no position to fight (he had been injured), I took Liara and Javik to the roof to repair the AA guns. Cerberus started landing troops on the roof which slowed us down, but we beat them back and got the AA guns back online. Once they were online, we used them to punch a hole into the Cerberus shuttles and gunships in the area so the scientists and their families could escape. Unfortunately, Cerberus then kamikazed into the guns to take them out. Cerberus then tried assaulting the front gate again to get inside, so my team and I went out to distract them while the rest of the scientists escaped. 

 

I think i will go back to the Citadel and see if the Asari councilor can see me now.

[Rascoth]

The Council decided to help. That was surprising, considering the last, not so friendly talk with them. Troubles on Virmire. With help of STG team Saren's labs were nuked. Unfortunately Ash didn't make it. There was no time to mourn. Dr. T'Soni still needed help. Whole thing turned into target practice, with Dr. T'Soni hallucinating (at least according to her) on top of it. In the end everyone got out in one piece. Well, except some geth... and krogan battlemaster.

Blowing things up on daily basis? Checked.

 

Return to the Citadel for a meeting ended in the Normandy's lockdown. Fortunately, with small help of Anderson, the Normandy was airborne again and heading to Ilos to look for the Conduit. Which turned out to be little Mass Relay. Leading right to the Citadel. Great. 

Getting help from really old, prothean VI? Why not? Checked.

 

Mad chase after Saren continued. In the end he decided to end his life himself. Everyone's attention moved to Sovereign. Reapers had to be stopped. No matter what. The Council was added to the list of casualties. 

Corpse turning into creepy marauder? Shi--- I mean... Checked.

 

After finishing off that one last obsacle, Sovereign was defeated and humanity got its place on the Council.

Just another day on the Normandy.

 

Just another routine mission... 

 

Started ME2 (just to save). Not with this, but previous Zoe's save (where she wasn't as nice as this time).

Spoiler

She's not happy to be woken up. Especially to mech outbreak. Luckily for Jacob, she has something to shoot at.

Now... What to do with her... Decisions, decisions...

[Melbella]

Return to the Citadel for a meeting ended in the Normandy's lockdown. Fortunately, with small help of Anderson, the Normandy was airborne again and heading to Ilos to look for the Conduit. Which turned out to be little Mass Relay. Leading right to the Citadel. Great. 
Getting help from really old, prothean VI? Why not? Checked.

Cue the enormous face-palm from Shepard after breaking regs and stealing the Normandy, only to take the long way 'round back to the place she started out.

 

All for a simple override program.

[RedCaesar97]

From the journal of David Shepard:

 

The Asari councilor had gotten called to an emergency meeting, so I decided to finally go and see if I could locate Dr. Garneau. Better late than never I guess? Turns out not so much, but I am getting ahead of myself.

 

After going prank-free for the last several missions, my crew decided it would be fun to mess with me again. We landed on the asteroid housing a small mining facility that was getting attacked by Reapers. I soon found out that someone had modded my Sentry Turret to shoot confetti instead of bullets and flamethrowers, forcing me to switch to my drone... which only played farting sounds on loop. Gee thanks guys! 

 

The mining staff looked unconcerned about the Reapers and were acting rather strangely, studying all sorts of weird subjects instead of doing any actual mining or other work related to the facility itself. We finally found Garneau, who turned out to not be Garneau but some other guy controlled by a Reaper or something, who blather something about an artifact and then ran away. We chased him down, but he finally blew himself up, along with the artifact. it was a glowing orb like Bryson had in his office.

 

We then found the real Garneau's body. He had been dead for several days, perhaps a week. He would probably still be alive if I had went there immediately instead of brokering peace between the Turians and Krogan, or fighting a war against the Geth with Quarians. Destroying the artifact also returned the mining facility staff to sanity, where they soon learned they had been controlled for 10 years. I shudder to think what that would be like.

 

Needing more leads, we tracked down Ann Bryson -- Dr. Bryson's daughter -- who was at a dig site and had unearthed another artifact. When we got there, the Reapers were attacking. We made it to Ann and she showed us the artifact, which was being used by a Marauder. Leviathan then took control of her, forcing us to destroy the artifact before getting her out of there safely. I had to unfortunately break the news to her about her father's death. She took it better than expected, but mostly because she was still in shock. Someone pooped in my bed.

 

Back at the Citadel, Ann had the idea to let Leviathan take control of her through the artifact in her father's office, and then try trace the signal back to its point of origin. It was crazy, but without any other good ideas we managed to get a partial lock on it before shielding the artifact again; we had several possible locations for Leviathan, but I had time.

 

We finally found Leviathan, deep underwater on a remote planet. I was not pleased to find out that someone had scrawled "NERD" on my armor. I was even less pleased when some strange pulse disabled our shuttle and we crash-landed on a wrecked ship. Then a Reaper came in and started dropping forces on the ground, trying to kill us. Cortez had the idea to take a nearby diving mech (how convenient!) to go confront Leviathan since it was the only way to get out since the pulse kept knocking out the shuttle.

 

Well, I dove and found Leviathan. Leviathan was not a Reaper as first thought, but an organic Reaper-looking thing that was possibly millions of years old. It was of a race of Leviathans (as we decided to call them) who had used other organic races as proxies, but organics kept building machines that turned on them. So the Leviathans then created their own intelligence to study the problem and find a solution. The solution was to apparently harvest the Leviathans and turn them into the Reapers, and then that cycle repeated itself countless times, with Reapers being built each cycle from other organic species. 

 

It took some convincing, but the Leviathans (yes, there was more than one) agreed to join the war against the Reapers. The Leviathans let us go, and destroyed the Reaper over the planet as well. Looks like we have a powerful new ally in the war, but part of me wonders what will happen when the war is over. Will they go back to controlling organic species again as proxies? Maybe not a bad thing if they will stop the Krogan from expanding too fast, but there are so many other questions and unknowns.

 

Someone pooped in my bed again. And someone painted my hamster blue. I'll yell at my crew after I finish meeting with the Asari councilor in an hour. Although yelling didn't work the last time. I'll say it again: i think my crew hates me. At least Tali loves me.

[introverted_assassin]

These poor idiots. So...Sparks finds out Peak 15 has been more stupid than the normal stupid she's accustomed to...found a rachini egg...and that is pretty much the beginning and end of it. Saren got wind of it and that takes care of explaining Benezia's presence...several facility repairs later...one slightly crazy Asari attacking Sparks and the crew and we finally get a back door in directly to the area that Benezia's holed up in.

Sparks really tried to reason with her...but indoctrination won out. She had to kill her...and Liara was there. Broke free of indoctrination long enough to tell Liara she was proud of her and to give Sparks the coordinates of the Mu Relay...this was why they'd sought the rachini queen and...terrorized her. Sparks released her eventually...she saw no point to killing an entire species and that's one less thing on her conscience.

Did Bring Down the Sky because screw batarians...Sparks is the hero of Elysium, you understand. She let Balak go...for now. Trust that he won't be "the one that got away".

Virmire...Saren trying to breed a damn krogan army...we can't have that. Sent Ashley with the Salarians and Kaidan would eventually set the nuke. Took care of a few key things to help out the other salarian teams on the ground...found some indoctrinated Salarians inside the base...killed them...let one of them go...he seemed as normal as one could be after seeing his squad mates...change. Let Rana go...yeah Sparks knows she'll have to eat that one later...if there is a later.

Finally pushed forward and set the nuke down to be activated...Ash ran into heavy resistance with the Salarians. While heading to help her, the Geth ambushed the bomb site...well sh*t. Couldn't save them both...Picked Ashley...Kaidan understood...Sparks felt conflicted. Fought with Saren and he is showing all the signs of indoctrination...he really thinks he can protect himself...even after all he's saw...he shot some weird weapon at Sparks which dazed her and then grabbed her by the throat...nah son! Sparks punched him one time for the Ancestors...he darted off...got off of Virmire just as the bomb exploded. I'm sorry, Kaidan.

Finally got the Council to make some moves...except they were moving the wrong way...we now knew the conduit was on Illos...they're trying to protect the area around the Citadel! Hustling backwards! And Udina is part of it...got you later, ya thirsty ******. Capitan Anderson came up with a plan to get the Normandy out of lock down...punched Udina in the process.

We're off to Illos...Liara says she will stop by to talk...almost kissed her earlier...maybe they SHOULD talk. Sparks isn't suave though...but she knows that she's starting to like the idea of Liara being around more...

[Obsidian Gryphon]

Though dismayed by the discovery of the turian bomb on Tuchanka, Shep understood why the turians had taken such a precaution, even if excessive. The bomb was defused with the lost of the entire turian squad sent to disarm it. Once that was done, the mission to the Shroud became the next priority. Shep was not pleased with the underhanded deal the dalatress tried to make.

 

Wrex was not happy when she revealed what the dalatress tried to do. Shepard was a true friend, he felt, of the krogans and he determined that her name would be a heritage to his people. The mission to cure the genophage was nearly a failure but they managed to pull it together by using the most unusual weapon no one had ever heard off against the Reaper guarding the Shroud. Though skeptical, Shep activated the summoning hammers, avoiding all the brutes that tried to block her way. She watched a krogan legend take down the Reaper, clearing the way to Shroud.

 

At the Shroud, she could only bide Mordin a final farewell when he revealed he had to manually ensure the spread of the cure. She knew she could not stop him nor change his mind. It was the only way to lift the pain on the krogans and the guilt that Mordin borne for creating the genophage and the only means of signing the krogans up to fight the Reapers.

 

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[Monica21]

In the middle of ME3 and I don't like how my Shepard feels. Her decision-making has been really inconsistent for the kind of character I wanted to play, and I may go back to ME1 and just start over.

[cap and gown]

In the middle of ME3 and I don't like how my Shepard feels. Her decision-making has been really inconsistent for the kind of character I wanted to play, and I may go back to ME1 and just start over.

 

After the Rannoch arc I often lose the thread of who Shepard is supposed to be. Everything seems to get planned with Tuchanka and Rannoch in mind, and then things kind of lose direction.

 

As much as people panned DA2, I felt it was more focused in a role playing way than any other BW title, with the constant resurfacing of the mage vs templar/freedom vs security choices.

[RedCaesar97]

...Sparks finds out Peak 15 has been more stupid than the normal stupid she's accustomed to...

 

Such a great line!

[ZipZap2000]

Kaiden is dead.
Legion is dead.
The Quarians are dead.
Wrex is dead.
An Ardat Yakshi lives.
So does her mum.
Shore leave ahead.

Termy really needs a good break.

Edit: So do I. This play through has been draining. Taking EDI and Javik and James everywhere. So many dead squad mates, new characters, new dialogue. That Reaper fight on Rannoch never gets old. Fav Shepard ever so far.

[correctamundo]

Eva Shepard have been busy lately. Too busy to write extensive in the logbook. She did take the Normandy to the Artemis cluster in search of Matriarch Benezias daughter Dr Liara T'Soni. She wanted to know more of the opposition, more of the protheans as well as keep the Dr out of Saren Arterius clutches. They found her in a precarious position. Wrex was entertaining everyone with his witty self during the mission.

 

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Next major stop was Feros, a small human colony beset upon by Sarens Geth forces. The team first secured the colony's port before heading out to the Geth main base of operations on Feros to learn more of their reason to be there. The colonists were acting very strange and - it later became apparent - for a sinister reason. They were being "controlled" by an enormous, ancient plantbased life form. The Thorian. It had the knowledge to decipher the prothean beacons message. That's what the Geth and Saren was after. Needless to say Eva saved the colony, killed the Thorian and got hold of the cipher.

 

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Next major stop: Noveria and hot on the trail of Liaras mother, Matriarch Benezia.

[Monica21]

After the Rannoch arc I often lose the thread of who Shepard is supposed to be. Everything seems to get planned with Tuchanka and Rannoch in mind, and then things kind of lose direction.
 
As much as people panned DA2, I felt it was more focused in a role playing way than any other BW title, with the constant resurfacing of the mage vs templar/freedom vs security choices.

I'm getting ready to do Rannoch and it just feels like I've already lost who she's supposed to be. It doesn't help that I installed a mod yesterday that keeps freezing my game after leaving the Spectre office, but a new game is unaffected. So there's that.

And a combination of your comment and some screenshots I was digging through yesterday are making me want to play DA2 again.

[introverted_assassin]

Well that "talk" with Liara turned into an explosion of lust...and tbh, Sparks needed it and now she's sure...wherever she is, Liara won't be far away. Everything else happening...it's nice to release. =)

Pleasantries aside, we still have an indoctrinated Turian and his squid looking ship to catch. Illos looks quite dilapidated but considering no one has had contact with it in forever, that's to be expected. Saren ran underground after he saw the Normandy coming...sealed the door behind himself and the Geth. Sparks needed to find a way in.

Fought to the heart of the top layer and located the door control...also found a message that was sent out to the Prothean Empire warning them of the Reapers attacking...Sparks was the only one who could understand it which she found cool. NERD. (Head canon a really funny conversation between Sparks and Ashley about that being the worst time to nerd out)

Made it underground and saw that the Protheans tried to save themselves...unfortunately, they didn't make it...these cryogenic stasis pods were their final resting places. On the way to the Conduit, the crew ran into some sort of field blocking further movement...had to take an elevator down to another area...this is where they met Vigil, a badly damaged VI construct from the Prothean era. It helped Sparks to understand what the Conduit was and what happened to the Protheans...some had survived and prevented the harvest even before the beacon was found on Eden Prime. After talking with Vigil a bit longer, they headed back to the Mako and toward the Conduit. Resistance was everywhere! The Mako nearly exploded before the crew was ported out!

Landed on the Citadel...talked to Avina and found that the Council had escaped, presumably unharmed. No word on Captain Anderson or Udina. Took an elevator down until Saren cut the power. Had to put on the Breather helmet...which was apparently in Sparks back pocket. Fought through everything...literally EVERYthing...turrets, geth, krogan, geth dropships

Finally found a latch and caught Saren in the Council chambers. He still wanted to gloat...still wanted to believe that Sparks wasn't going to kill him. She promised him that...she keeps her promises. Yeah she kinda went dark on that one but she saw nothing redeemable about him at that point. It was brutal...they fought all over the damn chamber...Sparks shot him in the skull...with a shotgun, no less. Opened up a line of communication and gained control of all systems. The Destiny Ascension was under attack...Sparks hasn't always gotten along with the Council but they were on that ship...she had to fulfill her duty as a Spectre...she protected the Council.

The next thing Sparks knows, Saren's body reaminates itself and turns into a super sayian robot hybrid thingy...she's both fascinated and a little scared. She orders Ashley and Liara to seek cover behind a large pillar. This...thing shoots Carnage like it's nothing and darts about making it difficult to target. Sparks manages to hit it with Sabotage and Overload to whittle it down...Liara's Lift helped a LOT! Eventually, they killed it and the body disintegrated. The Alliance shot down Sovereign...but the debris rained down on the exact area that Sparks and the crew were standing in!

Never fear...all is well. Sparks emerged victorious...and a little more than pleased with herself, for once. She recommended Anderson for the Council position...and also told the Council not to get comfortable...she knew that this was just one battle won. Onward, then.

(So far, the Engineer class has been kind to me. I'm looking forward to the changes in ME2 with the addition of the Combat drone...you know Sparks will name hers. NERD.)

[introverted_assassin]

In the middle of ME3 and I don't like how my Shepard feels. Her decision-making has been really inconsistent for the kind of character I wanted to play, and I may go back to ME1 and just start over.

I did this with a Sentinel class playthrough...Idk what happened but I disconnected from that character and I still haven't played that class again. It's the only one I haven't really played...maybe that'll be the next one.

[Rascoth]

Zoe was definitely busy.

 

Meeting new people while blowing mech up? Checked.

Running into old friends while investigating attacked colony? Checked.

Recruiting team for suicide mission? Checked.

In order of recruiting: the Master Thief (Hock's party was nice... not so much for the host), the Veteran (mwahahaha, revenge), the Professor, Archangel (Garrus? GARRUS!), the Convict, the Warlord (awww, look... baby krogan). 

The Illusive Man sharing his intel about next target? Well, better check it.

 

And, Mordin...

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I have many, not always nice, things planned for this pt. Good to know you surviving ME3 (for the first time) is among them.

[niniendowarrior]

Lorraine Shepard headed to Illium and met with Liara T'Soni who became an information broker. Despite being good friends, Shepard could not convince her to join them on the mission to stop the Collector. Liara had shared hints of her chase against the Shadow Broker to save her friend. That burden was for Liara to bear alone. Liara did share information on the justicar in Lorraine's dossier, however. Shepard and Liara parted ways confident that their paths would inevitably cross again and perhaps in more fortunate circumstances.

Spoiler

While in Illium, Shepard ran into Shiala and heard the plight of the survivors in Feros. Shepard once again went out of her way to save them. She also met with Conrad's contact who she threatened with little hesitation.

Spoiler

Lorraine landed in the police station to meet Detective Anaya regarding the justicar. While there, she unearths of the Eclipse presence as well as the machinations of the illegal trader, Pitne For. From the detective, Lorraine finds out that everyone is feeling antsy about the presence of Samara, the justicar. The detective also was looking into the murder of a volus trader, Pitne For's partner. Following the clues on Eclipse lead Shepard to Elnora. Lorraine didn't hesitate to use excessive force as her means of laying down the law.

While Shepard shook Illium hard with all the destruction she had laid waste, she didn't have to go far for long for the justicar herself to surface...

Spoiler

Samara had been looking for an asari that had been smuggled off world. Shepard had to find the name of the ship for the justicar to join her cause.

Spoiler

After Samara joined the Normandy, Shepard finds herself flying to the edge of the galaxy to aid her long time friend Tali face a great and terrible crime: treason.

[RedCaesar97]

From the journal of David Shepard:

 

It has been a rough day. I finally met with the Asari councilor. She told me there was an artifact on Thessia that could help with the Crucible. She expressed her gratitude for all the work I have been doing and her concern about her homeworld that was now under attack by the Reapers. I told her I would get the job done.

 

Thessia was a warzone. I left Earth when it was just being invaded. Thessia gave me a glimpse what the invasion looks like after a few days. Liara insisted she come along, so I took her and Tali with me. The artifact was in a temple, but we had to land a few blocks away. The Reapers were out in force and we had to fight hard to get to the temple; I saw a lot of Asari die along the way. There was nothing I could do about it, but it still hurt to see.

 

We finally got to the temple and things immediately went all... I am not sure what the proper word is. I am beginning to think I should just turn 'Normandy' into a verb; it would explain about 95% of the stuff that I experience while commanding the Normandy.

 

First, the temple was protected by some military-grade encryption, which was incongruous with a religious temple. Second, the temple was dedicated to the Asari goddess Athame, but it soon became apparent -- due to the various statues and murals -- that Athame had been a Prothean. While there is the theory that the Protheans may have had a hand in human development or evolution because of the Prothean archives on Mars, it was readily apparent that the Protheans were directly involved in Asari development.

 

Third, the Asari scientists had been murdered, and not by the Reaprs. Fourth, Athame statue was actually hiding a Prothean beacon. Fifth, the Prothean beacon held a Prothean VI. We activated it and it told us that the Reapers were a part of the harvest cycle but not controlling it, something we had already learned from the Leviathans. It also told us that the Prothean resistance had been divided; a splinter group had wanted to control the Reapers, and this group was found to be indoctrinated. Seems Cerberus was not the first group to think controlling the Reapers was the answer. It was about to tell us about the Catalyst when Kai Leng showed up. He let us talk with the Illusive Man, which went about as well as you could expect (it went nowhere). Then he attacked us. We nearly beat him, but his gunship ended up shooting at us. In the chaos, Kai Leng stole the Prothean VI and left. We were forced to leave soon after when more Reapers showed up.

 

I was pretty bummed after that mission. So was everyone else. I broke the bad news to the Asari councilor. She was devastated, but resolved enough to go make contingency plans for the galaxy. I wonder if she is getting as little sleep as I am. Probably less. Angry, I asked if anyone knew where Cerberus was hiding. No one did, but Traynor managed to track Kai Leng's shuttle and it disappeard in the Iera system, where Horizon was located... and Sanctuary, the supposed safe haven from the war. We had our next lead.

 

I then had to stop Liara from attacking Javik; no idea how that would have turned out, but the word 'ugly' comes to mind. And then Javik actually apologized and said some comforting words to Liara. He didn't mean them, but Liara thought he did so I was glad about that. I then went and gave Liara a pep talk in her cabin which got her in the mood to at least coordinate some relief efforts. Not sure I believe any of what i said, but both Captain Anderson and Admiral Hackett called and gave me some very encouraging words. 

 

Sanctuary was a mess. When we got there, Cerberus was pulling out after an apparent Reaper attack. No sign of survivors. It then turned into a nightmare as we discovered Sanctuary was a Cerberus front, a secret lab where they were experimenting on the refugees, turning them into husks, studying indoctrination and conducting experiments about how to control the Reaper forces and eventually the Reapers themselves. What was even scarier was that they had been succeeding. 

 

Kai Leng was gone, but Miranda's father -- Henry Lawson -- was still there, as was Miranda and her sister Oriana. Miranda looked hurt but still alive and Henry was holding both Oriana and a gun. I offered to let him go if he spared Oriana. He agreed to the terms; Miranda did not and biotically threw him out of a window. Miranda then told us she had planted a tracer on Kai Leng and gave us the receiver to track him. We soon pinpointed The Illusive Man's location: Chronos Station.

 

Before going back to the Citadel, we liberated a Communications Hub from Cerberus, rescuing a scientist in the process. Hackett ordered us to take some shore leave while they do some routine maintenance and repairs on the Normandy. And since we will be leading the assault on Cerberus headquarters, I figure it would be good if everyone got some down time before we attack Cerberus and then assault the Reapers at Earth.

[Obsidian Gryphon]

Shepard went to Thessia to get the clue on the Crucible but Cerberus was one step ahead of her. When he realised he could not defeat Shepard, Kai Leng ordered the Cerberus gunship to weaken the structure of the Athame temple. In the chaos, he downloaded the prothean data and made his escape. Shepard could only watch him run off, cursing the Asari government for their foolishness in withholding information for so long. The desperate cries for help from the asari forces trying to hold back the Reaper forces made her even more furious with her failure.

 

Back on the Normandy, she had to juggle with the dispirited mood of the crew. Liara particularly. She knew if she gave in to the pressure, they were all lost. She went to Liara and bolstered the asari to action, to save as many as she could with her Shadow Broker resources. She also talked to the crew. It helped that Garrus, Tali, Javik and the rest saw the failure at Thessia as an impetus to fight back even harder.

 

Fortunately, they got a break when an odd blackout was discovered at Horizon. Shepard was sure it was Cerberus. They went to Horizon and found the truth behind Sanctuary. In the process, Shepard rescued both Miranda and her sister. With Miranda's help, they located the Illusive Man's base. With Admiral Hackett's fifth fleet, they launched an attack. Shepard discovered just what the Illusive Man had been up to and found several records pertaining to the Lazarus Project, EDI and the Illusive Man himself. In the private sanctum of the Illusive Man, she had a showdown with Kai Leng and killed him.

 

On learning the Crucible was actually the Citadel and that it had been moved to Earth, Shepard prepared for the last desperate assault. The Allied Fleets gathered for the final battle. They knew they had only a small window of opportunity while they could still fight and took it. While the fleets battled it out in space, Shepard linked up with Anderson on the ground to make a push for the transport beam at London, the only access to the Citadel. The losses were great in the final charge. Severely wounded, Shepard made it to the beam.

 

On the Citadel, she found Anderson who had also managed to reach the beam. The Illusive Man tried to dissuade them from their course. Shepard couldn't prevent the Illusive Man from delivering the fatal shot to Anderson, she killed him in turn.  She activated the ward arms, then waited. There would be no rescue, she knew. Joker, however, wasn't going to leave her behind. Against orders, he went back to the Citadel with the help of several ships. A rescue squad found Shepard and brought her back to the Normandy, just in time to make the FTL jump before the Crucible activated.

 

The energy that shot out destroyed the Reapers in Sol before it translated through the mass relays, spreading all over the galaxy and killed all the Reapers. Euphoria erupted across many homeworlds as defenders watched the Reapers fall. Days after the end of the Reaper War, the crew gathered onboard the Normandy to remember Admiral David Anderson.

 

The war was over. It was time to rebuild. And to take a little time off.

 

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I have to say the MEHEM cutscenes were slightly choppy, not so polished but who cares.   I'm happy with it. Now I've a party to look forward to and a little mission too.

[niniendowarrior]

Lorraine Shepard went to the quarian fleet with Tali.  Once there, the details started to trickle in.  Tali had been charged with bringing active geth into the fleet, an accusation she vehemently denied.  The hearing with the admirals resulted in Tali being given the task to retake the ship from geth control.  During the hearing, Tali also got the ill tidings of her father's passing.  Shepard and Tali resolved to investigate the ship to find out 

 

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In the ship, Shepard found out that Tali's father had been experimenting on geth and re-enabling them.  Tali soon found her father's dead body and damning evidence that would indict her father for treason while absolving her from any involvement.  In the midst of retaking the ship, they both realized that Tali's case was just a front for the debate on whether the quarians should retake their homeworld.  This political game irritated Shepard, noting that she had been sent into a wild goose chase for some dumb game.  This time, Shepard wasn't going to play nice.

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Lorraine Shepard put the admirals on the spot over their charade.  Both Tali and her father were absolved of all charges.

 

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[ZipZap2000]

Termy found a clone he tried being friends, it didn't work out and now he's locked in an iridium vault.

[RedCaesar97]

From the journal of David Shepard:

 

Where to even begin? Well, under Admiral Hackett's orders, I took some shore leave while the Normandy underwent maintenance. I checked out Captain Anderson's apartment, only to have him call and give it to me! I tried to politely decline, but he insisted. I just cannot say no to Anderson; he has never steered me wrong. Then I got a message from Joker to meet him for lunch at some sushi place. And then it all snowballed from there.

 

After meeting with Joker, we both found out that we received our invitations from each other even though we never sent them. Then some Alliance Officer named Maya Brooks interrupted us to tell me that someone was trying to steal my identity. And that's when some mercs showed up with weapons looking for me. in the ensuing scuffle, Brooks got shot and I fell threw the floor down a few stories and somehow survived. At least i managed to grab one of the merc's pistols. 

 

C-Sec tried to lock the place down, but it was already overrun with the mercs. I managed fight my through them to a skycar lot where Tali was waiting for me. Bless her! A C-Sec shuttle then came in with more mercs, but then Wrex fortuitously showed up and beat them down. Then together we held off some more waves of mercs until Joker showed up in a shuttle and got us out of there.

 

Back at the apartment, Liara did some digging and found out the merc band was called CAT6 and the gun was sold by a casino owner named Elijah Khan. He was hosting a charity event at the casino so Tali, Brooks, and i went to go see him. Turns out he was already dead by the time we got to him. I traced the comm on his computer and got a hold of the person responsible for the attack on my life. He was using an ID disguiser so we could not identify him, but he seemed to really hate me and wanted to take everything I am. Back at the apartment, we soon found out there was a break-in at the Citadel archives, so we went there next...

 

... and discovered that my nemesis was a clone of me! Seems Cerberus bred him for spare parts as part of Project Lazarus. Now he wanted to take control of my life and become me, only racist and mean. We chased him through the archives, but he led us into a trap, sealing us in one of the vaults. Then Brooks revealed herself as a traitor having orchestrated the whole thing, trying to get my Spectre codes but I kept surviving. They left us for dead but Glyph is good at getting us out of sealed vaults.

 

I took Tali and James and we hurried to the Normandy before it took off, and with Traynor's help (my clone just kicked her off the ship), we boarded the Normandy. After a brief skirmish in the CIC, we headed down to the cargo bay to confront my clone. He and his minions put up a hell of a fight, but he eventually lost and then committed suicide by dropping out of the Normandy. Brooks tried to escape, but Tali shot her dead. That's my girl!

 

Since then, I have been meeting up with a lot of my current and former crewmates on the Citadel, both in my new apartment and on the Silversun Strip. It has been an enjoyable, if somewhat hectic, few days. I just had time now to sit down and document this in my journal.

 

New thought: What if... what if I was the clone and the other me was actually the real Shepard? Crap, now that is going to keep me up at night.

[Obsidian Gryphon]

Did the little mission for the Citadel DLC. The banter in there is crazy        but Shep made me   with her cute but indignant/outrage comment when she discovered what the clone wanted to do with her space hamster. 

 

Spared Brooks though I'd dearly love to kill her. Now there's only the party to prepare.

 

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And who'd not want Wrex for a final showdown?

[RedCaesar97]

 

And who'd not want Wrex for a final showdown? 

 

I know it is a rhetorical question, but I don't. Wrex kinda sucks.

[ZipZap2000]

Completely fell off the bandwagon and got thrown right off my game for some unknown reason. Kept dying in the same place over and over again. And it wasn't even a difficult area.

Almost tempted to turn the difficulty down but that's never satisfying. Try again tomorrow.

Enjoy.