Dr. Liara T'Soni on Illium investigating the connection between the Collectors and the Reapers during the events of Mass Effect 2
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I love how in Mass Effect 2 after your death your close circle of friends deal with your death by either a) going home, b) becoming a major part of the criminal underworld, or c) becoming the president.
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Shepard: Hey so I know I died two years ago but I'm inexplicably alive again, do you want to go with me on a suicidal adventure?
Wrex: Sorry, I'm busy.
Liara: Sorry, I'm busy.
Ashley/Kaidan: Sorry, I'm busy.
Tali: ...okay but only AFTER I finish what I'm doing
Garrus:
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The “Shepard Effect” has gotten so much funnier to me as I replay Mass Effect. The thing where all Shep’s squadmates end up flying the nest and becoming big important players in their own spheres? Like the random mercenary Shep brought along to hunt Saren ended up leading his entire species, that random Quarian kiddo on her Pilgrimage ends up as her species ambassador, the Virmire survivor becomes the next human Specter, etc. It’s the effect Shepard just has on the people around them that launches their careers/destinies... except it doesn’t apply to Shepard themself. I get the marketing plan of “Commander Shepard” being the only title so they’re more recognizeable to a gamer audience, but from a military perspective it is so fucking funny that Commander Shepard doesn’t get promoted once. Like not even posthumously, not even after saving the Citadel and killing Reapers left and right, all the while their squadmates are jumping from lieutenant to major, kid to ambassador, professor to Shadow Broker. Garrus isn’t even attached to any government body, and he still goes from C-Sec officer to Omega vigilante to Reaper expert(?) in the turian Hierarchy. It’s unclear what his official position is in the third game, but we know he gets a salute from a Hierarchy general.
And here’s Shepard cruising through, still a Commander because obviously they haven’t done a single thing worthy of promotion since the first game. No, it’s fine, they’ll fix everything for you and keep killing Reapers left and right. Died in the line of duty? Just a normal tuesday for Commander Shepard, nothing noteworthy here. Yes they will be the commanding officer of a major, there is nothing strange about this rank structure.
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