A military mans perspective of Cora

You're right! It was the SR-1. Thank you. I'm going to edit that now.

Yes, it's somewhat in line with what I took from her character very early too.
She got cast out of that group she felt defined her but you can tell she's sort of an outcast, the only human amongst asari, and it makes you wonder what drove her to wanting that life. It's what makes her compelling IMO and her regret over being rejected first by them and then Alec not giving her the Pathfinder role. It's also one of many more flowery and poetic reasons for going to another Galaxy and leaving a former life behind.

But like so many things in the game it didn't go into the thick of it as I wanted it to. It mentions just enough so that you can empathize with her and form your ideas about what makes her tick but her Loyalty mission doesn't really go where it would've been really intersting to be IMO. Instead, it's more about her finding her Asari friends and proving herself to them and then there's the whole deception thing with Sarissa and... honestly it felt more like a side-plot in relation to Cora's backstory than anything which at least tapped into the themes about her having a connection to the Asari.

I'm hoping DLC or Andromeda 2 can show Cora more coming to terms with not necessarily having to be like Asari.

It's also funny because the story the Reddit guy gives is something I relate to as someone who was known as a nerd in middle school until I decided to join a band and take on a different school in 10th grade for a year and I thought that made me special too for a while but looking back it was sort of the same as Cora where I was just insecure about it. I think many people go through that.

I get the gist of the article and it explained some aspects about Cora but she's still not well written, to me.

Cora turned me straight off after the ninth repeat highlighting her asari commando days with so and so; chapter, verse, hymm. I want to learn more about other stuff about you than your glory days of the seeming only human to run with asari commandos and hearing you persistently citing other people's achievements / ability. Who are you? What are you? Why are you chosen as a plausible pathfinder? Is it just solely because you ran with asari commandos? I clenched my head listening to her and then I totally tuned her out and refused to chat with her any more than I had to.

I ran with a female Ryder in the first PT and had thought of going with the male Ryder for Cora in the second PT. That went into the dustbin pretty fast as I progressed further into the game. By the end of it, I had no interest in doing another PT. If I do, it will just solely be for the combat, not for the chars and not for the story. Not much of an incentive.

Not saying you're wrong, but most of the people that work for Bioware are Canadian and Canada's military doesn't even come to six digits in terms of number of people serving. It's a pretty small military that also isn't quite as extreme in personality/lifestyle control. 

Also just judging from previous titles, they made choices that clearly showed a lack of military knowledge as do most game, movies, and television...it's just too many fine details that ultimately bog down story telling and most people don't care about.

Ashley Williams goes from a senior NCO to an officer from ME2-ME3...Okay fine, battlefield commissions are a thing...maybe her contract was up and she negotiated OCS for a re-up...that happens too.

I think the official reason was because they thought she needed a rank befitting a Spectre.


So they promote her from a chief to a  Lt. Commander... within less than six months between ME2-ME3. That's pretty crazy...and while my military history is amateur at best, I'm pretty confident that hasn't really happened in a modern military, or if it has it must be pretty damn rare. 

Blarg the overreaction from them when that happens...

People don't know or care about the differences. They just know you have a uniform, a gun (excuse me...a "weapon"), and do a lot of push-ups. Anything else goes in one ear and out the other...and rightfully so. I can't remember the difference between Junior Executive Assistant to the Regional Supervisor and the Executive Junior Assistant to Managerial Supervisions....

Not a lot of SJW idiots in the military.  And Bioware is packed to the rafters with them...

Any incidental character you meet who alludes to their sexuality in MEA tends to be gay. (I don't mind gay characters, but seriously pay attention on a playthrough)

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Krem

Oh, I get it now. You're just upset you're confronted with something you can't relate to, and proceed to dismiss it as superfluous.