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This is just me,

There should be Mass Effect Andromeda game series(finishing Ryder's story and move pass it)

Also A Mass Effect Milk Way Game series that is con current to Shepard but not negate or replace Shepard that goes pass Shepard's story and see what happens Post Mass Effect 3.


Well To my previous post, With the Cabal, they have oversight with Black Talon organization( Paramilitary organization with disfranchise members of various species that think Humanity needs a good ass kicking) and Paragon of Our Kind(a semi secular Pro Alien Pro Asari human organization that uses elements of Siari Religion that is pro pacifistic and Non violence). Also there are a few Paragons that were persuaded to let the defenses of several human colonies.

Also a new Collector Enemy type: The Collector Berserker. And giant smashing asshole of a Collector that uses Smash, whips and Lash. Also Uses Fortication as well. Yes he is a boss with a good balance of armor, barrier and shield and a boss level Collector.


With My Cerberus Phantom character, he has a more of a quirky sense of humor Ranging from Dark to Off the wall to the Deadpan snarking. He develops an oddball friendship with the Scottish Engineer(he and the Phantom join Cerberus at the same time but choose different training) both of them serve on the same ship.

During the ME2 era, two Geth units(an Geth Hunter and Engineer) join the hero against the Reapers and the Collectors. Barney the Purple Geth Engineer has a quiet anger that is unusual for any geth unit. And Barney was named such by a group of kids after the Barney the Purple Dinosaur and the colony he was discover on, end up being attacked by the Collector. He did his best against the Collectors but failed because he was overwhelmed by several Collector Berserkers. So he was recovered by Geth Hunter Infiltrator Unit. both of them were upgraded by the Geth Collective similar how Legion was. Their Story essence will be different geared toward Fighting Reapers when the time comes. Geth Hunter will be "less" overt fun than Barney(he does have a sense of humor that was develop on the colony) he choose the named Hunter after his function. both of them will join the Cerberus Phantom and his merry band of dysfunctional misfits.

Yeah, we get to see the failing out between Henry Lawson and T.I.M.

Henry Lawson's working with both Reapers and Cabal to fit his ego. His desire to have a Legacy and look like a Hero at the galaxy at large will darker than it was in ME3 with Santucary. It will shift from that to his desire to be a God and people of all stripes worshiping him as a God.

Henry Lawson's many assets and companies includes a Bio Tech company that specialize in cloning labs and many assets including several ship yards and many hidden bases.

Remember all of those Cerberus Cells where arrested by the Turians, well in this game, I would have Henry Lawson have them moved due to his labs hidden thru out the galaxy due to he made a deal with the Turians for punishment and all of those Cerberus Cells including Shepard's Cerberus SR-2 NPCs where used as test subjects by Cabal Scientists.(Imagine What a Reaper Death Camp is like that is what the Cabal Scientists are doing to Cerberus and Many Alliance personal)

I would change the starbrat scene as another ploy by the Reapers and thus keeping more inline with their eldtrich abomination feel to them.


Due to Cabal influence, Reaper would use Sleeper Agents to infiltrate them including Black Talons and Paragon of Our Kind. Also Use the sleeper agents to place Indoctrination boosters at Paragon's community centers on the Citadel and slowly use the Paragon of Our Kind to make more of them and spread them thru out the Citadel and placing enough Indoctrination Boosters in C-Sec to make invading the Citadel much easier and letting C-Sec opening the Doors and holding the Council hostage and make them indoctrinated as well.


Yes One of the themes is in my head is that Paragon of Our Kind becomes a Lovecraftian styled cult and striving to banned Human Religions in the Citadel and System Alliance in general and ulimately a banning of all religions of all species. And the slow destruction of the Individual of all stripes and making Reaper indoctrination easier. Less of a sense of self will make Reapers influence over the mind of individual that much easier.

to Copper, if they went with the Turian route, as long as it is good, I will give a chance. Because Mass Effect needs a Non Shepard PC Regardless if it is in the Milk way galaxy or Andromeda galaxy

Well if we had a human PC, I don't think they should be Alliance like Shepard.  Faction ranging: Cerberus, Mercs(Blue Suns and others), C-Sec, Shadow Broker and other factions that human could join too. 

If it is con current Milk Way Trilogy to Shepard, a Reaper element should be included.  Potential of adding and expanding New Factions. In my previous post with Cabal, Black Talon and Paragon of Our Kind might be interesting factions to face down.


I will love to have a Volus Big Bad or have a volus squad mate. 

For a rule of Funny, Vorcha Engineer named Goomba that is actually good at be an Engineer.  A Greedy Volus Merchant is willing with anyone for more money. 

Gay Turians everywhere

I'm not sure what point you're addressing in what I said, since I was just saying that we don't need other human protagonists to be in the Alliance. I think we're in agreement that if the series continues we need new protagonists, new antagonists, and ideally some new alien species. If any new games are set in the Milky Way I don't think they should deal with Shepard or the reapers at all.

Okay I see! I just misunderstood and thought you disagreed about something. Sorry about that.

If Con Current to the Shepard Trilogy, Reaper elements is a must. A Few Potential Enemy Factions are Cabal, Black Talons and Paragon of Our Kinds.


Cabal: An organization of wealthy individual ranging from Asari to Volus to Batarians to Humans to Turians and other Aliens Species that believe that System Alliance and Cerberus should be taken down a few Pegs. Cabal is wealthy enough to have a fully funded Military that draws from Council and Non Council Species and it is named, Black Talons. Cabal's popularity is due to their very good Publicity. Also they have more enough money to cover-up their members misdeeds.

Black Talons: Drawn from disfranchised members of various military and paramilitary organization. Often have equal or greater pay with excellent benafits(due to Cabal has a wonderful medical branch).

Paragon of Our Kind: A Pro Alien Human Organziation that believes in unity and submission to their Alien brethen; often favoring Siari philosophy over any other philosophy. Pacitisfic to its core, often willing help Cabal to take System Alliance and Cerberus due to their overemphasis on milization and being too powerful overall.

Those 3 organizations have potential to be greater than I have written out regardless of the nature of the Player Character.

What are the motivations of the Great Old Ones in the Cthulhu mythos?

The Lost Fleet series has three different alien races that operate with motivations inscrutable to humanity. Two out of three pretty much shoot human ships on sight.

Heck how many fantasy stories have the Sidhe operating on a level humanity can't really comprehend?

Heck Heinlein did this all the time with his aliens!

@ Iakus: Like I said in a later post, I don't think mixing those genres works well. Cthulhu wasn't a good fit for SF. Worse, it wasn't one that the writers took seriously in the first place. (Vigil may say that understanding the Reapers isn't the point, but Drew K. never believed that himself.)

However, I'm not certain that the hole ME1 dug for the Reapers didn't leave this as the only viable strategy. Maybe it was; it's difficult to judge how popular a hypothetical alternative would have been.

I’d bury MEA as a shame and then I’d make a new MEA or rather “ME4” and make it GOOD.

Umm, the Lost Fleet and Heinlein ARE science fiction stories.  Same genre.  Cthulhu is more of a grey area, but Mass Effect clearly took some influence from that.

ME1 made it clear the Reapers, while powerful, were not invincible, and they relied on ambush and a quick decapitation of galactic government to ensure victory.  The hole was dug in ME2 when Shepard did FA to actually find a way to stop them.  And then ME3 dropped the bottom out of the hole by making the Reapers ridiculously numerous AND removed one of the few known weaknesses they had.