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[CrutchCricket]

...why?

So she can be one the most interesting yet underdeveloped characters, then get shat upon in the sequel before being featured in a party DLC where she finally embraces racial stereotypes to such a degree that the game would be burned for all eternity if she were black.

 

The cycle has repeated itself.... you get the gist.

 

Anyway I posted some of these in another thread, can't remember all the details:

 

Turian male, medic/engineer- pacifist, either not a squadmate or explicitly uses non-lethal means in combat.

Morinth-level afflicted Ardat-yakshi who is not a psychopath and fights her urges, though maybe not always successfully.

Vorcha anomaly/experiment- eloquent and capable of reasonable thought. Explores his condition and/or the limitations of his race

Male Quarian exile- anti-Migrant fleet, possibly pro-AI or not even technologically adept. Make him interested in biology and maybe he's the medic and the turian above is the engineer.

Drell Strategist- not a squadmate, brilliant officer- OK he's Thrawn as a drell.

Limited AI- neural-network, based on an organic brain. Does not interface directly with systems, can't just "hack the extranet". Employs fuzzy logic, the works. It would not bring up organics vs synthetics again, it'd be more like holding a mirror on organic specific traits. If anyone's played Metal Gear Rising, it's basically like Blade Wolf (bonus points if he's voiced by Michael Beattie)

Male and Female human something or other. One should be a rogue, one a straight arrow.

[Steppenwolf]

Why so many people want krogan-raised-by-x race?

Because regular Krogan are stupid and boring.

[Ahriman]

Because regular Krogan are stupid and boring.

That's racist!

No, really, it's like saying (trying not to sound offensive) arabic guy must be raised by europeans so he wouldn't be an ISIS fighter.

We saw poet krogan after all, maybe if he was raised by asari he would be a better poet, but still.

[Steppenwolf]

That's racist!
No, really, it's like saying (trying not to sound offensive) arabic guy must be raised by europeans so he wouldn't be an ISIS fighter.
We saw poet krogan after all, maybe if he was raised by asari he would be a better poet, but still.

Krogan do not exist. Take your phony outrage elsewhere.
Regular Krogan are violent and stupid. That is well established. It's the lore. Wrex is unusual in his pragmatism and desire for peace.

[TheChosenOne]

Krogan do not exist. Take your phony outrage elsewhere.
Regular Krogan are violent and stupid. That is well established. It's the lore. Wrex is unusual in his pragmatism and desire for peace.

 

you just need some Korgan love

 

[DuskWanderer]

Using this as a guideline for context, I guess my squad would look a little something like...
 
-Female Drell vanguard. Formerly personal security for Hanar dignitaries and politicians. Outwardly stoic and cold but personable and fun loving once her guard is down. Romanceable, obviously.
-Male Krogan sentinel. Born on Thessia and raised by an Asari Matriarch to be skilled in countless forms of art and combat, he's a powerful warrior with an even temper on and off the battlefield. He has no love for Krogans and prides himself on his intellect and controlled emotions.
-Asari Commando soldier. Born to a wealthy and influential amoral family on Illium but disowned after joining the Asari military. Despite a total lack of biotic abilities she quickly rose through the ranks to become one of the youngest Commandos and the first Commando with no biotic abilities. She's hotheaded and cocky and uses her sexual wiles to get what she wants. Romanceable, obviously.
-Male Batarian adept. Formerly the commander of a special Batarian task force with the goal of policing Batarian pirates and slavers to avoid political and military blowback. Abrasive and argumentative, he's a staunch believer in moral relativism and solipsistic greed/personal enrichment. Romanceable?
-Male Quarian sentinel. A special operative for the Flotilla tasked with acquiring resources and intelligence for the fleet by whatever means necessary. Essentially a Quarian Robin Hood, preying on the rest of the galaxy. Fiercely loyal to his people and deeply distrustful of other races, he keeps to himself and doesn't open up easily. 
-Female Human engineer. An N7 operative skilled in explosives, sabotage and assassination. For years she was an "off the books" operative, dealing primarily in wetwork and sabotage in the interest of human advancement. She shows signs of sociopathy with occasional flashes of passion or empathy. Romanceable.
-Male Human infiltrator. An N7 operative skilled in hand to hand combat, infiltration, investigative techniques and "reading" people. Basically James Bond in space, he formerly infiltrated Cerberus and took down a dozen high ranking Cerberus leaders, shut down dozens of Cerberus operations, and had a hit put on his head by the Illusive Man himself. He's suave, persuasive, manipulative, and always working an angle. Romanceable.
-Female Turian vanguard. Formerly the leader of a Turian Cabal, she was personally assigned to this team by the Turian Councilor. Nothing is known about her personally and she seems to have a secret agenda. Romanceable, obviously.
-Male Salarian soldier. Jondum Bau, mother effers.

 

I think this would make a solid, interesting squad but this is just off the top of my head.

This isn't bad at all. I'm extremely fond of this. Only thing is, everyone's so serious. Who's gonna be Mr. Fun?

[Steppenwolf]

This isn't bad at all. I'm extremely fond of this. Only thing is, everyone's so serious. Who's gonna be Mr. Fun?

 

The sarcastic, wise-cracking pilot, of course.

[Humakt83]

Vorcha detective with gentleman's attitude and attire (worn tophat and monocular).

Volus exerciser with headpan, towel and sneakers.

Fat batarian slave merchant to whom you can sell people to, even including some of your squadmates.

A robot with drill and wrench instead of arms. It also has an incessant desire to fix everything and everyone even when nothing is broken.

Yahg cook whose specialty is humans. He also cooked the Regular Joe who was player's first companion.

Regular Joe aka dull human companion for the boring people.

[Madcat 124]

More female, romancable aliens. I need to get freaky, reeeaeaaall freaky.

[daveliam]

Okay, this is fun.  I’ll give this a go too.  I’m going on the assumption that we are an N7 scouting unit in a new galactic sector.  I've also included 6 romance options (2/2/2, some of whom are squad members and others are NPCs).

 

Squadmembers (keeping it at 6 like ME1 – one from each class)

1. Human Male Soldier – Your rival peer in the N7 unit in which you serve.  Initially, he clashes with you and questions your authority, but eventually grows to respect your decisions and become a close comrade.  Think of him as a bit of a “Carver” type with his relationship to the PC.  Romanceable to both male and female PCs.
2. Human Female Engineer – I’m thinking of a tomboy type of character.  She’s tough, scrappy, and a bit sarcastic.  She’s the ‘loyal’ human squadmember in that she accepts your authority and serves more as a ‘loyal advisor’ type of character.  I’m thinking of a cross between Zoe and Kaylee in Firefly.  Romanceable to female PCs.
3. Turian Female Infiltrator – I’m seeing her as a character who joins up not because she’s official, but because you see her value.  Perhaps on one planet, you end up in a situation with an enemy merc group and she’s either one of them initially or one of their rivals who ends up assisting you throughout the mission, culminating with you asking her to stay on as a crew member.  I see her as slightly distrustful of your crew at first (and vice versa), but eventually becoming fully integrated and valuable to the team.
4. Male Batarian Sentinel – It’s high time that we have a prominent Batarian.  I think he’d be a good candidate for our “morally gray” character.  A former slaver, perhaps, who is out for himself.  He sees this opportunity as a way to profit personally and advises the PC to take more selfish approaches.  He’d be a pretty ruthless character without being flat out evil.

And since the survey suggests that these two might already be squad members, I’ll include my take on them:

1. Cora (Asari Vanguard) – Cora’s ability sounds like the Justicar Biotic Bubble from ME3MP.  Going on this, I’d like her to be a Justicar who joins up with the N7 unit because your missions align with each other.  She doesn’t promise to stay in the long run, but she agrees to a truce.  She’s less “Lawful Neutral” about the code then Samara is.  Think of her as more of a Luke Skywalker (young, idealistic, a bit naïve) versus Obi-Wan (Samara).  Romanceable to both male and female PCs.
2. Dreck (Krogan Male Adept) – Based on what we’ve heard about him, I see he’s got a real interest in his people’s best interest.  I’d love to see him as an emissary of some kind.  Like a shaman who is sent to provide support while keeping Krogan best interests in mind.  I’d like to see him be more thoughtful and less brash than the past Krogans, but I’d also like him to be the type that, when he does lose his cool, becomes super aggressive (surprising everyone else). 

 

Prominent NPCs

1. Commanding Officer (Human Female) – In order to switch things up a bit, I’d like to see the PC not be the commanding officer (at least at first).  Think of the very beginning of ME1 when Anderson was in charge of the mission.  Obviously, it would have to change at some point, but I’d like to see this start this way.  To mix things up a bit, I’d like to see a strong, capable, tough lady commander.  Perhaps someone like Janeway (ST: Voyager).  Tough and capable, but not a stereotypical “lady commander” type.
2. Pilot (Human Female) – I’d like to see the pilot be a female this time.  Both of our pilots in the first trilogy (Joker and Steve) were males.  I’d like to see a female pilot who is a bit of a cowgirl.  Somewhat reckless, but super skilled.  A little bit like Joker, without the same personality.  I’d like to see her more serious and intense and less “jokey jokey”.  Romanceable to male PCs.
3. Doctor (Salarian Female) – Not too much to think of here.  I know we need a doctor and I love Salarians, so I thought it would be cool if she was a female.  Obviously, I’m not looking for Salarian Chakwas, but I don’t have any strong opinions on what she’s like.  Maybe a former Salarian STG field medic who has ‘retired’ to her current role?  Is that lore friendly?
4. Diplomat (New Race Female) – Since we are getting new species, I figured that the more ‘humanoid’ of the two should have a place on our crew.  What better way than to have her be a diplomat who you meet early.  She’s on your crew specifically to help ease tensions with her people, as well as provide inside information about locales throughout the missions.  I can see her having a “<smh> You just don’t get it” type of relationship with the PC, but serves as an ‘inner advisory circle’ member.  I’d also love for the PC to be able to challenge her views on things in a way that allows her (if you choose) to change her opinions on some things over time.  She offers diplomatic, persuasive, non-violent options to solving issues.  I see her being the counterpoint to the “Recon Team Leader” (NPC #5).  Flirt option (not a full romance) for male PCs.
5. Recon Team Leader (Turian Male) – Given that my premise here is that we are a scouting unit, I’d love to see a “Scout Harding” type of character who briefs you on what you know about the region.  I see him as playing a similar role to her role in DA: I, but being slightly more prominent to the plot.  I see him as the gruff ‘veteran’ member of your inner advisor circle.  Tough, capable, and always in favor of smart, aggressive force approaches to solving issues.   I see him being the counterpoint to the “Diplomat” (NPC #4).  Romanceable to male PCs.
6. Ensign (Quarian Male) – I think that the Kelly/Samantha character should be a guy this time around.  I think it could be cool to have it be a Quarian who ends up on the crew as part of his Pilgrimage.  He’s on the crew through official channels as part of a diplomatic agreement between the Alliance and the Fleet and his ‘payment’ is the knowledge that he will be bringing back to the Quarians up on return.  I’d see him as young and a bit naïve, but whip smart and incredibly curious (thus allowing him to be a great “lore” funnel).   Romanceable to female PCs.

[QuarianOtter]

Female turian, male quarian.

 

For completely frivolous reasons that are not at all important, I would love to gay-romance a male turian.

[GalacticWolf5]

I don't feel like doing a whole crew, so I'm just gonna do 2.

 

-Human Male Sentinel: White, black hair, stubble, green/blue eyes, muscular body. Really nice 'bro'. Incredibly passionate about space (#space), the universe and all that. Loves to explore new planets, discover new life forms, etc. He loves to talk about sience, but people sometimes have to make him stop because he could literally talk about it for hours and hours. He's basically a really nice guy, but he also doesn't hesitate to punish those who deserve it, whether it means putting them to justice or killing them. Romanceable by Male and Female. Ugh I can imagine him and our character landing on some planet and he starts talking about this new planet and he's so into it and it just makes him so damn cute. Our character making a funny comment about it and he just apologises. Oh or a romance scene where we're both in the PC's personal quarters (because we all know we're going to be commander on the ship), just relaxing and he's talking about black holes or maybe element zero or whatever and one thing leads to another. Ok I'm gonna stop here haha.

 

-Turian Male Vanguard: Dark grey skin tone, red facial markings. Pretty violent. He's the ''Shoot first, ask questions later'' kind of guy, though in his case it would be ''charge first''. Likes to destroy stuff, shooting bad guys. If you're a Renegade (assuming this system is used again), he likes fighting alongside you and will listen to you. If you're a Paragon, he doesn't really listen to you in the beginning but slowly starts cooperating. Romanceable by Male. It's easier to romance him if you're Renegade, more difficult if you're Paragon. What kind of romantic things could they do? Ah, why not land on a planet and kill some stuff together. Or maybe destroy a merc base.

[(Disgusted noise.)]

Drell Male.  Sentinel.  Not dying of Kepral's Syndrome.  Trained spy, assassin and saboteur.  Resents the Hanar, and considers the compact the de facto enslavement of his people.  Has a completely different philosophical outlook than Thane, and a different religion.  Male only Romance.

 

 

 

Human Male Soldier – Your rival peer in the N7 unit in which you serve.  Initially, he clashes with you and questions your authority, but eventually grows to respect your decisions and become a close comrade.  Think of him as a bit of a “Carver” type with his relationship to the PC.  Romanceable to both male and female PCs.

 

I'd really like if both of these would actually happen.

[Kurt M.]

-Turian Male Vanguard: Dark grey skin tone, red facial markings. Pretty violent. He's the ''Shoot first, ask questions later'' kind of guy, though in his case it would be ''charge first''. Likes to destroy stuff, shooting bad guys. If you're a Renegade (assuming this system is used again), he likes fighting alongside you and will listen to you. If you're a Paragon, he doesn't really listen to you in the beginning but slowly starts cooperating. Romanceable by Male. It's easier to romance him if you're Renegade, more difficult if you're Paragon. What kind of romantic things could they do? Ah, why not land on a planet and kill some stuff together. Or maybe destroy a merc base.

 

Turian biotics tech aren't much stronger than a human L3. And you need a L5 implant to be able to Charge.

[GalacticWolf5]

Turian biotics tech aren't much stronger than a human L3. And you need a L5 implant to be able to Charge.

I have two words for you: Cabal Vanguard.

[Kurt M.]

I have two words for you: Cabal Vanguard.

 

They don't have Biotic Charge per-se, which only proves my point

[GalacticWolf5]

They don't have Biotic Charge per-se, which only proves my point

Poison Strike is pretty much Biotic Charge with poison added to it.

[Han Shot First]

I want to revisit this thread after we get some plot details. 

 

I think the kinds of companions that would be great for the protagonist in part depends on what the game is about. An Alliance N7 in command of a military warship for example should have different sorts of characters accompanying him/her than a space pirate or a mercenary.