Cora Harper (Official Thread)

I wouldn't complain if she did voice Cora. If she does voice a character in the game, I wouldn't be surprised if its a character that has a minor role.

Ok. Fair enough. Sorry to pull race in. Was just hoping Bioware would break the mold of 20 or 30 something white hero dude (like canon Shepard).
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So... Cora the human female character. I wonder how old she is. Presumably, as one of the only humans on your squad she's a LI, but is she young like the PC, or are we looking at a cougar? I'd be fine either way, though the latter could be an interesting dynamic Bioware hasn't explored much before.

I think they'll be young as well, but keep in mind they likely were part of the pathfinder team under Alec, so they don't have to necessarily to be as hound as Ryder.

I believe Bioware said the entire crew is young and relatively inexperienced, not just Ryder. Or at least I believe that is the case with the human characters. Perhaps it isn't with Drack and Peebee, who could potentially be centuries old.

I'd rather Cora was a bit older as I'm not too fond of the entire crew being barely out of their teens, but I doubt that will be the case.

On the other hand it would look strange if more experienced and tested Cora didn't take Pathfinder position instead of Ryder.

Exactly. Just like Liam might be older than us, but he's a cop - not a military leader of an expedition. For all we know, Cora could be an ex-mercenary or something. So while she has combat experience, she's not necessarily someone who would have qualified for Pathfinder training. Or maybe she doesn't want a leadership role - she's just in it for the adventure or whatever.

One of the Andromenerds podcasts had the guys make an interesting point - although the Initiative videos make it sound like they're only bringing the best and brightest along for the ride - you have to think - going along with this project is pretty damn crazy. I mean, you're leaving behind everything, including whatever future you might have had. The best and brightest of the Milky Way, with their promising careers and sure futures wouldn't necessarily have a whole lot of motivation to be a part of this insane thing. So there might be quite a few characters who have certain qualifications that make them an asset, but aren't necessarily people you'd want to put in leadership roles. Or maybe you do, cuz it's the best option you've got, but it doesn't turn out that great - i.e. Sloane Kelley with her impeccable record but not so impeccable attitude, who would never have made something like head of security on the Milky Way. Or the head engineer, who wouldn't have been taken seriously on, say, the Citadel, because she's Krogan. Or even us, the probably-too-young-for-this Pathfinder.

I don't think this is a bad thing, as it gives us the opportunity for some really unique characters, with colorful personalities and interesting backgrounds, in roles we might not be used to seeing them in. Along with fun ways for things to go very very wrong as a result!

I think it's likely Cora will be young like us, though, since we're supposed to have a younger crew with a youthful feel this time - with the exception of our resident grandpa Krogan of course!

Just a theory on Cora's actual job. See she is wearing the white/blue uniform that the human Ai members wear. But not the same helmet the human Pathfinder and his/her team wear (Alec/Sara/Scott/Liam/and Jien). So I don't believe she was originally part of the Pathfinder team. The only other person in the Mass Effect universe with a helmet similar to hers was the Alliance fighter pilot we saw near the end of Mass Effect 3. And the Arks and Nexus overview video did mention fighter pilots protecting the Arks.

So maybe once Hyperion reaches Habitat-7 the magnetic field crashes her fighter (or she gets sucked out like Scott/Sara/Liam). Then we meet her, and she joins the Pathfinder team (since with the loss of Alec and your twin, it will be short-staffed). Just like Ashley replacing Jenkins way back in ME1!

There. A whole theory based on her helmet and a tidbit about fighters in the last Ai video.

Hmm, interesting. Her suit does look more like a flight suit than what we see Ryder or Liam wearing. 
Speaking of, I hope her helmet and outfit is an option for us to wear too. 

I don't think that is Drack, his most remarkable characteristic was his armor, just changing his style from black to bones is weird, besides is the color of his skin the same?
And the cinematic of Dragon Age was because they used real people to do the models, it wasn't supposed for them to look the same than in the game. Specially Sten since they did a disaster with him in the game.

I hope Cora isn't part of our father crew, she seems like a Leliana to me, she even has the same hairstyle. And since she is supposed to be young (Please don't give us another 40yo romance like YOU did with Cassandra Bioware)