Reyes Vidal - No longer A Mystery (Official Thread)

Heh, it just occurred to me it might be even funnier in reverse.. as in your alien LI harassing some random human because well, all humans look the same and some PCs actually change outfits and have nothing especially defining (save for renegade Shep, I guess) The imagined conversation afterwards....


Yeah, yeah, master, I'm not really trying to subvert Nature's laws or anything, just trying to smuggle Reyes into the next game whatever route will be eventually chosen, because, in agreement with orchid, the more Reyes the better, and Andromeda would just be such a dull, sober, honorable place without him Aww, I'm actually at saving the Moshae so - soon. Yay. It's been long.
Lol, I found it weird you'd not care about these But I wouldn't be so serious about sidetracking, at least there's some discussion.... That said, the thing with Ryder is sad, very likely and too far ahead for anything to be taken for granted. It's all very peculiar. I don't really get this no DLC thing. Not even DA2 got that kind of treatment and there was some serious shitstorm about it too _{(but I wasn't around to see the exact extent of it, nor do I really understand it. It's my BW favorite by far)} so perhaps there were other things at play from the start....
Well, there's quite a chance for Reyes to become a major power in the future, so if anyone has a chance to remain around in some capacity, it might as well be him. Also, people like seeing their LIs in sequels... (Heh, imagine if he appeared in the capacity of a shady pet shot owner... Perhaps in the end of the reaching out quest you mentioned?)

Well, that's why I imagine it as non-committed as a relationship status allows, love is overrated anyway. That it can actually be seen like the two are of similarly realistic minds about their relationship is probably what sets the romance so much apart.. and makes it truly awesome. No unnecessary drama, no lovey dovey bullshit (except that "he's better than you think" line), two complementing powers working together splendidly. Simply makes you want them to last so bad...
Though it might be interesting if we were for once given a chance to romance the same character with two PCs. Even though the thought what would have become of Ryder in that case makes me shudder a little, it might be interesting. And Reyes would make a good character for that, given his personality. Especially if Ryder were long gone by the time of the sequel, he would probably hold some fond memories of them without the romance feeling like you're moving on someone still in mourning... I may love the thought  of Reyes and Ryder together and thinking of Ryder gone makes me a bit sad, but if it worked in the game I'd very likely give it an overly melancholy try... 

Lol at the age thought, it's downright apocalyptic. I can't see any at least barely sentient alien taking humanity seriously in that case though, so hopefully they found a way around it. Even if people in their fifties like Anderson (or Alec, but I don't know his lore age) still look menacingly much like people in their fifties

You just give it a more accurate name. But the recruiter is, well, a recruiter and may paint the Collective in the most favorable light possible in order to get what he wants. And as far as Ryder knows the order of the day could change when they’re seen coming to the meeting as Sloane’s supposed ally (they’re there with her, aren’t they?), there’s a small chance the Collective may just open fire realizing too late who Ryder is (a small chance, I know, but can happen) or the cave can simply be booby trapped to high hells, in which case no attitude the Collective has towards Ryder helps. I don’t see how Ryder could be hundred percent sure to walk out of the negotiations unharmed, unless they have Reyes figured out from the very start and expect him to finally spit it out, perhaps (I mentioned this conversation to a friend today and she came up with this one) The only real guarantee Ryder has on this matter is being the PC, and our metagame knowledge... But yeah, hell, who cares, Ryder can stroll right onto an enemy general’s warship, so why not.... perhaps they’re secretly suicidal?
Hmm, it’ll probably be a hard choice when I get there. Let’s wait and see.

We’ve already had one, though, while we only hear rumors about the badassfullness of the jellyfish kind I’d be fine with anything, really.

Yeah, that’s where I got the information in the first place. I guess I always sort of suspected Harry just looks that young because there are really no old people in MEA. It’s funny though if he actually is that young with all those complaints of his that he’s too old for stuff Hypochondriac much? Perhaps a little professional deformation? Or is it just an excuse to stay aboard the Nexus because of the promise they would open a bar? Share a headcanon thought to make those suspicions go away?



orchid But the thread slows down most considerably when you're absent... I'm afraid this is your first point that will have to be contested in its entirety.

Happy to see the thread is back in full swing.

I'll probably choose emotional as well when Sara The Second will be at this point, it fits nicely. I tried them all and the professional one is not bad, either.



Lol. They all need to wear some ID chip on their clothes so this doesn't happen.

I'm all for him returning, just don't want to turn him into a cyberzombie or something who evades death . That's progress. My Scott is currently stranded on Eos and builds sandcastles.


Alec is 56. Hopefully for them, they keep their 50s appearance for another 20-30 years.

What do prof and casual say?

Just date an alien with ~a voice~ (aka Garrus), and all these issues are sidestepped.

Who will your Scott romance, provided he first escapes the barren and sandy Eos?

A retired Ryder would be nicer, indeed, and easier on my heart. Yet I think the Tempest disappearing into the black hole would work better, since it would give Ryder an air of mystery and explain why bad characters with package, like Pissbee, wouldn’t be around anymore.

Also it could lead to some bittersweet narrative of Reyes looking for them, at first sending Collective covert ops after them only for them to disappear too, and later just collating all data available and trying to figure out anything useful. And if he was cold on Ryder or downright an enemy, there still would be reasons to figure such a mysterious, potential looming threat out.

I agree, but we come upon the not one DLC thing again… It seems they want to bury everything, and if so, upon eventual emergence they’ll want a wholly new thing for the new ME, which means not starting at the chargen by doing an import or even quizzing the PC about what happened before. It’ll be so many years that nobody will remember their choices, except maybe their LI at tops. I haven’t played any Dragon Ages, so maybe there’s a precedent for importing saves for new protags that works well. If so, then I do hope they’d implement it. :smiles:

Frankly though I don’t believe there’s any intention of another ME game atm, no matter the setting. Once a lot of time has passed and if Anthem/next DA have been decent successes, they might reevaluate the franchise. But by then, there probably won’t be much interest in MEA left, and they won’t see any need to tie the tangling plot threads. In five to ten years, who’s going to care about who made the scourge and why? I mean, I don't care much even now, I must confess.

The black hole just sits there all the game. Something’s gotta be up.

I don’t have the pyjak edition of MEA and just as well, because I find those monkeys gross. Reyes is welcome to sell it, it’s just practice for the future pet shop ownership. It’s not like you could stay mad at him when he gives you the sad puppy eyes, anyway.

Zia’s saying that Reyes doesn’t have any friends, and if you pick the flirty option, it’s safe to assume that your Ryder is his friend, ergo argument invalid, Zia! And if the two of them are friends, that makes it natural for Ryder to assume that Reyes is better than what Zia seems to assume, aka Reyes being total and utter shit, no redeeming qualities whatsoever – but here Ryder thinks he’s good enough for a friend/lover, so automatically there’s something good about them. So it’s not even saying that Reyes is an angel (tho he totally is~ :hearteyes: ).

But my Ryder is totally smitten and dangerously blinded by love anyway. 

Yeah, I’ve seen plenty of posts by people who say they’d rather pick Reyes, but don’t approve of his methods. Also the bolded part, that's an excellent observation too; if the paths diverged earlier, that would be a fascinating path for a sneakier Ryder and I bet it would suck plenty of players in.

I suspect that if there was time to get used to the idea, allowing people to compare the two options clinically (heads on spikes vs no heads on spikes, developing drug vs not doing that, deranged traitor crime boss with a grudge vs. shady ruthlessly ambitious crime boss etc.) instead of just a gut reaction, some of them might come to a different conclusion, going both ways of course. Maybe? I also remember reading posts of reddit by people who, believe it or not, actually assumed that they could keep on dating Reyes without a hitch despite siding with Sloane. “Hi honey, hope you don’t mind I ruined your months long plans, blew your cover and essentially doomed you to be hunted until death – wanna go catch Blasto VIII later tonite? ”  In general, I think advance knowledge might work to mellow plenty of people out a bit.

A cyberzombie Reyes, lol. Or a brain in the jar Reyes... Not what I had in mind though, I was more about the traditional unaging keep-looking-swell-for-centuries-to-come because-I-cheated-Death-personally immortality stuff.

Voice doesn't help when you're looking about, searching for your LI in the crowd... rocket scars in the face are quite another story, so we can hope that at least Garrus makes a welcome exception to these issues. ID chip seems sound, though, and perhaps SAM could help too... and when technology fails, there's always t-shirts with names on them... or little flags you can wave around, I guess Hehe, it just occurred to me that if somebody happened to roam in, asking us to say why they should pick Reyes as their romance (saw it happen on the other threads), there will be a very glaring pro: romance Reyes, you'll not run into interspecies incidents and recognition trouble

Yep, it seems more humane then having them eaten by a cthuhu thing or just vanished into the dark space but I don't know how much easier it would really get, I hate to leave my PCs one way or another and knowing Ryder does nothing these days because the previous game met with bad reviews would sort of kill the mood anyway.
That would be sweet. In the former case, not the latter of course. (Wonder how far he's actually be able to go to help Ryder) Theoretically he might even still be looking (with whatever intensity) in the very hypothetical sequel, perhaps stumbling upon the cthulhus or some other major threat, wchih would lead to him reaching out to the new protagonists... might be even interesting if the next PC would work for him/with him at least, similarly as does Shepard for the Illusive man.

"Three heavy stones will keep it from floating" (Aurelio Voltaire. I was somehw reminded of it when imagining the devs burying MEA) But really, this is not fun, this is some high level pessimism. Not unfounded though but if the next ME started somewhere completely different, I'd be pretty skeptical about it. I would even think it would be better for them never to return that way and make a new IP altogether, returningto my claims from when I heard about MEA for the first time "Shepard's dead, how good can it be?" With the dangling threads it's not that much about caring but about the sheer fact the answer was probably never even written. I don't like it when stories go unfinished, no matter how interesting they actually are.
DA has a new PC each game and your previous choices still carry over. (It's also pretty fun to try, at least the first two, while many would disagree with me DAI has the most irritating crew in any BW game ever and is only made to stand out in any way by the last DLC) Seriously it would be pretty weird to not have any sort of continuity a game by BW but I guess anything's possible in this case.

Hehe, sure, it can't just sit there for no reason, it's too suspicious.
They're not gross, they're irritating and great at hiding data modules_{(I laughed my way through that quest the first time I got it)} and being target dummies for Krogan cannons. In emergency cases they can be thrown at people... or eaten. Or offered as a sacrifice Not my first choice of a space pet, but hell, should I have left it to rot in the cage? True about the pet shop Actually Krogan demand of pyjaks could make good source of money on the side...
But it was all supposed to hint at Reyes doing something really sinister behined Ryder's back anyway.

Lol, so it's all about proving Zia wrong I don't think she's clever enough to get that hint, the only conclusion she'll probably arrive at in her last minutes is that Reyes has Ryder completely wrapped around his finger, but then who the fuck cares about Zia, right?  I never suspected that Ryder's calling Reyes unfailingly good by that, better as in "good enough for me" actually works well as an intepretation of that line, but really, if there's one really impulsive, purely emotion-based thing to say in the whole game... Still, I'd be quite interested in hearing what Reyes must be thinking when Ryder says that...
Hmm, why is is that dangerously blinded by love makes me imagine dreamy Ryder driving off a cliff?

Well, it's not often we're given a chance to snekily plot someone's demise and a coup. It might work. But I'm not sure it would work on the people who don't like Reyes' methods, since there would still be plenty of those... actually, I don't know how anyone can not approve of his methods and want him in power unless they expect him to suddenly see the light and change his ways or something, but I haven't actually read these posts, perhaps they make sense. Anyway, what do you think would have to happen were Ryder to decline Reyes' offer, though? That doesn't seems like something that ends well for any party involved...
Hey, a few head on spikes never killed anyone But I reckon the other shit Sloane does is pretty bad. I'm still not sure how many would really consider all of it clinically given the option and not just in a like/don't like this guy enough to help him fashion, but perhaps Reyes could get to talk about his motives/plans to induce that manner of thinking. Though if people started to really consider their options in the bolded part vein, there would probably be quite a call for a panic button or an option to kill them both before they are murdered All of that said, including the fact that I'd really support and love such diverging paths were they a thing, the gut reaction way has its pros too. There has been plenty of deciding what's better for the greater good of innocent villagers and this seems to shift focus on another things (aka the Mr. Sniper guy ploy), or making you think really really fast about your options...
Lol, what's to say, some people are really pretty delusional... or as impossibly casual as they come.

*sigh* I already miss Reyes. Maybe if I just rushed the post-Kadara stuff in order to meet him again during the final fight ASAP...

Figures those two options would be boring. But it’s good that the casual option exists in case someone is RPing a noncommittal fling.

I don’t think I’d be able to do a Sloane PT. Not because of Reyes even, but because Sloane just irks me too goddamn much. At least we should get some Kaetus content out of supporting her.

That’s a funny thing to ask. I wonder though, if someone hasn’t been hooked by the time Reyes winks at Ryder, is there any chance of him growing on you to a degree of romancing him? He seems such a divisive character, that I’d imagine it’s almost instantaneous if you decide to romance him. But maybe that was just my experience.

That would have to be something really nasty. Cheating on Ryder? Yet I don’t think Reyes would do that. They didn’t even have sex until after the High Noon, so he’s rather careful about doing such things right.

What else. It could be a situation where he’d put Ryder in a hard place between the interests of the Collective and the Initiative, like causing Ryder to be implicit in something detrimental towards the AI. Something that would make the Nexus question Ryder’s loyalties or suspect that she/he is corrupt. On the other hand, Reyes has got to be smart about the trouble he could land in such a situation, and I think he’d be cautious against doing anything like that.

What break-up worthy do you think he might do?

Haa, I should’ve included that in my perma-smile comic as the last panel. On a more serious note, I’m imagining a situation where Ryder turns a blind eye to Reyes doing something terrible, like a murder of someone less shitty than Sloane, out of love. Suppose it turned out Reyes was hired as an assassin by the Benefactor or something of such nature? And Ryder found out, and Reyes asked for a cover-up? Just an example, I really wouldn’t want Reyes to be Garson’s murderer, but something of similar nature.

As said, I think that exchange was one of the important moments for Reyes in his falling for Ryder. You can tell by the sharp turn of his head that he’s surprised to hear Ryder say something like that. Like Keema was able to tell, Reyes really is agonizing over having to keep his identity secret. And if Reyes is dumped, he says that “I tried to be [the man Ryder thought he was]”, meaning he didn’t take Ryder’s confidence in him lightly. So I don’t think it’s just Ryder being a love-struck fool (or only that ), it’s that Reyes genuinely is better than what Zia thinks.

Yeah, that would require Obsidian level branching, and BioWare does not do that.

You mean people aren’t utterly enthralled by the shady, Machiavellian spymaster-ish crime lord?

Hmm, true, it would be very similar to Revan. Not too many ways to resolve such a continuation gracefully, I suppose. And your second point is a fair one too; if there’s no Ryder, is there any point to having Reyes either?

Ooo, a new chapter, nice.  Is that art made in poser? Looks like Ryder got some, um, enhancements.  Oh, the drinks behind them are a nice touch. They're a stylish couple here.

for me it was also an instantaneous decision to romance him, but i had assumed his romance would be more of a 'fling' and then i could go back to romancing jaal, which i had been doing mostly out of curiosity. but by the time i got to the rooftop scene i realized there was no way this was gonna be just a fling for my ryder (sorry jaal lol). so the attraction was instantaneous, but the character also grew on me to the point where a fling turned into a full-blown exclusive romance

I understand this feeling completely. I keep all of his e-mails, and read and re-read them like a lovesick fool.


Ha-ha, yasss! I still love that comic the most.



She used to use Poser, although I'm not so sure she does any more. Hee. Just for laughs and nostalgia, here's one she made me years ago of my Exile Rain and Atton Rand (it's also the source of my icon over there).



In Poser? Or Daz 3D, I think (is that even still a thing)? The real answer is that if I truly knew how it was done, I would do it, too, and be an artist that spends all of my too much time doing that instead of gaming, reading, and writing.



Alas, no, I haven't quiet accepted orchid 's challenge for shuttle romance fic, yet. This was dirty dancing in Tartarus. Plus talking filthy, which I am new to, so, yeah (I have Reyes say 3 different words that I absolutely never use in fic). Don't feel obligated to read, guys, extremely NSFW: archiveofourown.org/works/11155875/chapters/26942586


Agreed! Clichés aside, killing Garson, even for money, just seems... too evil. I'm not sure I could imagine my Ryder being ok with that.


Agreed! I read a lot of fic that has the relationship concealed for "matters of safety" and I always feel like, "guys! That's BS." Reyes is low-key at the big finale, sure, but he winks, everyone sees it, and it can't be a secret why Ryder likes to visit Tartarus all the time. His real identity remains a secret. But I dont' think Reyes or Ryder find their relationship to be something that has to remain hidden. Especially as, what I took from the events on Meridian, Nexus exiles who run to aid the Initiative in battle are due a full pardon. Reyes probably states he's there as an agent for the Resistance, and as such, it wouldn't be so odd that he and Ryder are a thing.

That’s... kind of horrible.. as in the women’s literature "date the bad guy before nasty shit goes down and then end up penitently with your true love" horrible. I actually had no romance planned when Reyes appeared (I love the initial flirts with Vetra but only  because they’re make for great banter, not really looking to make anything out of them) and I was almost considering Ryder will be the one protagonist who can’t be bothered to find someone unless she noncanonically romances Jaal because I want to see what that romance scene fuss is about. Some way into Reyes content I just told myself, "well, he’s the kind of guy she wakes up next to and won’t even know how that happened" and immedietely found myself loving the idea, by the storage scene I was like "hell, that’s precisely it". Then High noon happened. Poor Ryder That said, I’m definitely in the "swayed" camp... _{a heart of stone is heart to impress after all...}

Hehe, this comment makes it obvious you haven’t played Dragon Age. You don’t want something like that to happen, believe me. Last time they brought a protagonist back as NPC they made them into a  moron, mostly unrecognizable to someone who went with them through a ten-year period of the game throwing all kind of nasty shit on them (as I’ve already mentioned above). And I did consider the wear and tear they suffered in that time and realized that was no excuse at all, only a brick applied to the head in some dark alley is. RIP, Hawke’s sentient mind.
I actually love the Remnant idea. Not that I’d enjoy that to be the end of Pathfinder Ryder, but if their options seem to be to vanish (trope!), lose themselves in convenient writing or become a horror element that brings something hopefully good to the further story, well, give me the last  one, (almost) no regrets. As for the retirement plan, I think that would depend on what would happen to Ryder’s mind with that transformation and how superficial Reyes is _{(If the answer to question one turned out to be be too dire, perhaps Ryder can guard the pet shop?)}

.. or it would turn into a big damn guilt trip fest that would make you hate your own family members. Those things are not usually handled with care... I agree that it would require some really special circumtances to happen though, unless the blame lies somewhere deep within the Collective, after all some of them stilll attempt to shoot Ryder dead despite direct orders (that would actually be a god way to start a quest that addresses internal trouble/coup attempt within the Collective itself. Driving a wedge between Reyes and Ryder seems like something somebody somewhere could profit from). But yeah, it would again be Reyes' trouble with someone else, or Ryder's trouble with someone else. In a way it seems that unless they get tired of their constant problems with someone else on their relationship's behalf, it's pretty hard to drive Reyes and Ryder apart...
The Nexus conflict seems like a better path, less possibly horrible family drama and they can still disapprove if they find out. Could go a variety of paths too, from high level messing from someone like Addison to some idealist out for crime lords, like Sid...

I don't know about too evil, self-serving perhaps, but we don't really know what kind of person Garson was and what's the Benefactor's deal precisely... maybe it would be excusable



I wonder what kind of hitman jobs the Collective would get in the first place. Heleus is such a peaceful place, you know


Think Reyes gets ever gets angry conducting his gangster business (unless he is very consious about how hot it looks, that is)? I’d say he’s the one to keep it calm (and chill ) in any circumstances, more like the kind that won’t look disturbed at all when he signals Mr. Sniper guy to shoot you because you looked at him shiftily, only getting angry in private.
Hmm, I actually don’t hear any snappiness between him and Keema but then maybe I don’t pay enough attention to voices. He’s got the right to get at least a little snappy when Keema goes merrilly on trumpeting his likes like that. What’s she trying to achieve with that anyway?
Agreed with you and tehprincessj there’s no need whatsoever to conceal their relationship, but that’s not what I was really trying to get at. It’s Reyes being readable in such matters, which is potentially lethal for business. Show you care for something and that’s where you’llbe vulnerable from that point on. I know that once it’s out they date the time will come anyway, but they knew even before anything happened between them. That’s worrying. Your potential enemies should not get such a good look into your cards sooner than necessary...
Well, Shepard can quote Machiavelli _{(which was very funny with my Earthborn "with little formal education", but it allowed me to rp her as someone of very ecclectic non-formal education, unversed in some common matters but then able to quote Machiavelli and Espronceda’s Cancion del Pirata on the spot... )}, so he shouldn’t probably be something forgotten in the future. Funny to imagine Reyes studying philosophy, taking notes

Or Vidalism? Nah, Reyesian School sounds better. Not sure if epicureanism wouldn’t be too strict though, all that restraint. I’d go with some more hardcore hedonism, or decadence altogether... (I’m sure lord Henry would go nuts about him)

Thank you! 


The minute I feel I can tackle m/m sexytime fic, I'm on it.  In the meantime, I hope somebody somewhere can write it for you. 

And I hear you about AO3. I think a lot of the organization is handled on tumblr and other sites. Since I'm not on any of them, my fic doesn't really get promoted the way I've seen other people's stuff do, and I always think, holy crap, how do so many people know to come read these people's stuff?


Ooh, I agree! 

Lol. That would be hilarious. After all Reyes has that CC face... But agreed, even if he looks down upon Sloane he's there for a date with Ryder, isn't he, so that should warrant some attention. But then again, the Andromeda Initiative possible clothes and underwear problem... he can't afford to stick out, after all where would a common smuggler have possibly stolen several high-class dark suits from?
Reyes a rookie in anything? Hehe, and I'm curious once again. Great job, tehprincessj nobody else got me to read smut before, not to mention read another smut afterwards.

On the other hand, he's just sitting there al lonely without anything to do, apparently. Perhpas he enjoys some random poking once in a while. It's damn strange no one ever notices the water isn't killing them anymore. Like they're all welcome, it was nothing, really. Reyes comments on some of the bigger side quests so why not on this rather important one is beyond me. The Collective guarding a suddenly non-toxic water pump would look dangerously much like the Outcasts, just saying.
By the way, since we're with the comments, any guesses why Reyes gives out the location of the Collective hideout just like that? Making Ryder get to know the team or seeking to settle the fake Charlatan matter out... or testing the extent of the Pathfinder's curiosity?

Well, I’ve seen posts by people who said Reyes almost charmed them away from their chosen LI, but I don’t know what they eventually chose when the time came. One great point about High noon, that one. Shit just goes down. People who want maximum fucking probably got pretty disappointed with Reyes though (muhehe). I stopped following the news as soon as they started to reveal the characters so I was blind about the LIs as well, it seems a bit boring to have things planned so far ahead, no surprise, and by the way what if things just went a  different way? Initially I even though the flirt options with Reyes were just for flavor, after all, no squad or crew? Naah, such things don't happen, unless they're either a joke-level fling or a case of prostitution (first two DAs have these).

Hehe, Liara and her cult But I guess that unless you'd have to fight your way through them all because they accidentally got indoctrinated, people would complain the point is predictable.. after all, everyone knows it really is Shepard all the time and what threat is great enough when the galaxy's got a horde of domesticated doomsday weaponry at its disposal? In MEA it would work without a hitch though. Plus it’s been quite some time since there was anything real upsetting in a BW game.

Pfft, there’s nothing wrong about an occasional murder, especially if the victim wears a lot of crimson and sports equipment... or messes with certain lovable crime lord’s plans. Can’t see why that would conflict with anyone being the ultimate healthy couple
I don’t know, since Ryder can seem to get pretty close with Vetra (not necessarily in any relationship sense) I’d see it as a pretty tough situation. Especially because there’s no direct connection, so Ryder can’t automatically expect much in a way of reparation, there would have to be a lot of preferences thought over. It might even be interesting if she’d cross the Collective’s plans is some relatively profitable but in the long run minor business, as it wouldn’t allow for any "if Sid doesn’t shut up, the Collective and therefore Reyes is ruined" type of justification... ruthless crime stuff right there, either way. But I’d really hate to be forced between Reyes and Vetra, that would be like the Virmire thing, but with me actually giving a fuck...

Hmm, I still can’t imagine Reyes intimidating someone angrily with all that smooth talker attitude of his... something calm and menacing, pehaps, but unless he’s a really good actor, I don’t think he could pull of anger convincingly. I’d say he only gets angry in private or about private matters (as in the Zia business. Ha, Reys throwing a fit, breaking a vase, slamming the door, now that would be a sight
Since Keema is angara, learning to be an expert on reading the new species would take some formidable brain power... very formidabble indeed. I always say working with her in whatever capacity is a bad call. Well, it works in reverse too, somebody could always kidnap Reyes to get to Ryder. Au unassuming small time smuggler would make a tempting target.. But since that was not the topic here, I actually wonder how Reyes would react were he in Sloane’s place, with Ryder actually harmed by the business (in a cutscene of course, how else)...

Oh, yeah, how could I forget that one, some real power of mind at work But maybe I'd put that one into the pragmatic category, since showing up drunk and then crashing your shuttle into an eiroch doesn't exactly inspire confidence in your business. Not all hedonistic, the talk was about a tinge, so it would by definition be quite subdued in favor of pragmatism, further restricting might render it downright invisible.. or perhaps that was the point, somehow? Of course a new way of thought is needed to encompass all that in its complexity.
_{(On a totally unworthy non-academic note, Reyes just sees like the type to have some good stories from when he didn't keep to his drinking maximum)}

You do that on purpose, don't you? You wait for me to log in and then you attack Well, neither did I. I used a particle weapon and a sword, who needs bullets in these lovng, friendship inducing surroundings? Surely there's no need to have anyone murdered, nope, the Collective must be full-time collecting info on latest loving trends and fluffiness of pink unicorns otherwise they're out of business

That strict? Even if they were well funded for performing the task? But then again, depends who could actually afford to have to Collective work for them. Save for the Benefactor or some such, no one really comes to mind. Perhaps the assassination business in more hypothetical than anything?

i don't really play many video games (i tend to watch let's plays on youtube more than actually playing them lol) so i don't have this problem. can you keep the saved data and install it again if needed?