Sialater wrote...
I always liked Tali. Just wished she got to say more than "quarians 101" in ME1.
I sort of thought that too but then if you step back I think a lot of that actually IS her personality. To a quarian, the flotilla is everything, her people are everything. When you ask her about herself she thinks of herself in large part in terms of her people, the fleet, and how she can help them. I don't mean that she isn't an individual. (Obviously she is when you consider how she voices disapproval with some of what the admiralty board does.) But her home is a HUGE part of her personal identity. I think it's natural she talks about them. That's one of the reasons I think she's such a good squadmember. She has this instinctive and cultural desire to work well with others. To her, the crew of her ship is essentially her family.
Strangely enough, Grunt actually has some of this dynamic too as he thinks of the crew as his "clan." He isn't altruistic or anything but certainly very loyal. I was rather surprised and touched by that death scene dialog of his someone posted a few pages back.
Oh yea, and Garrus.