I wish in the citadel dlc we heard a newscast saying that Shepard is dead again. But it is actually his dead clone.
I really liked the line said by S.R. Haddon in the movie Contact (1997):
" First rule in government spending: why build one when you can have two at twice the price? Only, this one can be kept secret. Controlled by Americans, built by the Japanese subcontractors. Who, also, happen to be, recently acquired, wholly-owned subsidiaries of..."
I don't know if there is any plausibility to the notion that TIM may have decided to make a second resurrected Shepard, just in case... and this one went on the Ark (Separated twins?) as plan B: Go get us / recruit more help, because I don't trust the Alliance and the Citadel Council no matter what they do! But it sure seems more plausible than the 'immaculate child of Shepard' notion. He had all the cells from Shepard he needed to make more for alternate purposes. There's a whole lot that TIM didn't tell Shepard. Q. Would anyone like this kind of lore or even accept it?
Q. Has anyone ever started a thread on what we DO KNOW (for certain) about what else the Alliance did, or even TIM, during the two year absence of Shepard?