The small stories you wished they'd expanded on

Shepard's origin should of had unique missions in 2 & 3. Colonist could have been interesting in 2 with all colony abductions. Spacer could have had Shep doing some espionage work for Hannah against cerberus. And Earthborn could have had the Reds coming after Shepard as revenge for killing finch. Or even running into Kurt Weisman in purgatory. Plenty of possibilities. I also wanted to be able to recruit the Reds in 3 against the reapers. Just more origin stuff in general. 1 was great for that but it's something 2 & 3 forgot completely,bar a few passing comments. Almost makes choosing origins pointless if you start from 2 onwards.

OK, playing ME1 and going to my favorite Feros.
So where is Shiala, where are the colonists? What about ME2 medical tests? (did anything or had no time for that maybe).
Last thing is an e-mail from Shiala with interesting description btw about indoctrination and fighting as one.
Are they alive?
Actually such situation of rewriting reapers' commands by the Thorian spores (or what the all became) is worth investigating. Maybe could grow other Thorians with memory of the killed one. Who knows with that wierd plant?
But no information: "war assets" without further fate. Too bad.



The same goes for Conrad, agree.
There are many funny moments with this fan, dialogues making smile or laugh. In ME2 Conrad did good, in ME3 he actually also did good (if Shepard did everything what was needed).
Have never thought he is an idiot or something. More like he has a goal in his life but lost his way, really lost.
But considering how lucky Conrad was in ME1/2/3 would not be surprised if he is alive.

Shiala and Conrad are met in all three games but there is no information about their fates (if everything is done right).

Was interested myself. Without the Reapers those idiot-monsters could have actually enslave the rest very easy. Maybe they were going to do it later, after getting confirmation that it is safe and they can leave their coward hiding water hole to show how powerful they are.
Really, what is next if the reapers are destroyed?

League of One

Shepard's childhood and Pre-Service history if Earth-born (I'm currently writing my own story about that, specifically....I know he was a part of the Tenth Street Reds and grew up as an orphan on the streets of Vancouver (presumably)) but what exactly did that look like leading up to the day when he turned 18 and enlisted as the game says....?


That is what my story is about.

What happened to Shisk after he leave?

I find Aethyta an interesting character. Her views on different matters are different from others. The way she talks, her behavior - such things.
And also the last "mission" where we see Aethyta is in ME3 - talking to Liara (or not). And no further info about her.
Considering we meet her in ME2/ME3, talk to her and can learn much about her life and views, would have been interesting to know her fate.
E.g.: no more Reapers (or other paths), what about Aethyta great views on asari? Mabe after the Reapers others listened to her and changed asari way of life? (also taking into consideration asari being MFs during the war and how it turned out for them).

Or like in DUNE where the crater in the shadow of the moon is in the shape of a mouse.  And the mouse's name was "Mua'Dib"

1.) Corporal Toombs
If you he lived then you should have definitely encountered him in ME2 or ME3 and had to kill him.

2.) Cerberus as rogue Alliance Black Ops
This was always a much more compelling origin for them. There were so many story telling possibilities with it.

3.) The Alliance Nuclear Probes
This should have involved a big moral choice between keeping it secret or informing the Council. If you keep it secret you can argue it is for galactic stability and your standing in the Alliance is increased. If you report however the Council might sanction humanity, causing some disruption, but on the other hand Shepard demonstrates the Council can trust them. It was done for the sake of honesty.

4.) Cerberus experiments with Thresher Maws
This could have been a good opportunity to inject a bit of that "moral grayness" that Cerberus is supposed to have. For instance, finding out that they took advantage of the Thresher attack on Akuze but didn't instigate it, and then finding out about examples of Alliance colonization efforts being able to successfully avoid or neutralize Threshers thanks to Cerberus' ruthless research.

5.) Project Overlord
There were a lot of story telling possibilities with this. It ought to have been a game changer. You could have the continuation of Overlord help with getting the best ending for the geth/quarian conflict in ME3, or even have a three battle between the quarians, geth, and Cerberus for control of it.

6.) Ken and Lia'Vael
If you helped them you should have heard something about their fate in ME3. Get a person message from them or something.

7.) The krogan political conflicts on Tuchanka
I would have liked to see a lot more of this. Instead we only get a glimpse, but I find it hard to believe all krogan are all that gungho about Wrex and his reforms. I also feel that Wrex's whole ambition in ME3 is a bit off course. The prospect of a cure would rightly rally his people... but not wholly for the good. This is a very complex and dangerous situation and much more thoughtful dialog and discussion over the key players would be welcome.

8.) The Batarian Revolution
Strongly foreshadowed in Bring Down the Sky, I was looking forward to this being a major plot element in ME2. It could have injected some interesting twists on the plot.

9.) The Terminus Systems
In ME1 these are described as a collection of different species hostile to the Counci. So who are these species? What are they like? Why do they hate the Council? There were some great story telling possibilities here. On a related note, advertisements for the Blue Suns in ME2 suggest they recruit a lot of poor and disaffected people who have few prospects in life. It'd have been very compelling to explore this aspect of the organization. We might feel a bit guilty for killing some of these mercs since a lot of them are probably young folks from poor colonies grasping at anything they can get a hold of to improve their situation.

10.) Lysenthi Salarians
They are said to be a sub-species of regular salarians and exclusively inhabit the Terminus Systems. What are they and why do they reside there?

11.) Volus/Turian political conflict
Reports in ME2 indicate that some volus are pushing for independence from the Turian Hierarchy. This would be a huge political change and would have a big impact on the economy of the galaxy, and especially the Hierarchy. It could tip the balance of power. A lot is at stake and a whole series of quests could be written with it in mind.

12.) The Alliance soldier who dies on Virmire
An unnamed Alliance marine dies on Virmire protecting the bomb. He is never named or mentioned anywhere that I'm aware of. This is a missed opportunity.

13.) Geth Evolution
In ME1 it is implied the geth are evolving, becoming more organic. It is stated that geth hoppers are an entirely original geth design and not reminiscent of anything the quarians ever built. I'd have liked to see this concept expanded upon, with geth perhaps becoming less robotic as the series went on.

What causes these ships to disappear? Is a natural hazard? Or something more nefarious?



Who removed this planet from the galactic database? And why?

God this thread just pisses me off, knowing all this tantalizing stuff was pissed away by the ending.