Sloane Kelly (Official Thread)

Sloane is my hero, that is all

Not "auto-resolved" but "un-resolved". Means, Sloan owns Kadara, Charlatan is still around and there is no outpost for AI.  suspect in that case nobody comes to aid you in the last fight.

Only thing I like in Sloane is how my Ryder was messing with her.

The book gives a new perspective and understanding about Sloane Kelly, after reading I can say she is one of my favorites and I feel kind of annoyed that everyone in game disagree (after I choose her) Anyway, I figured that the writers have a plan for her (if she lives) and Reyes for the next games.

But to hell with them! I am the Pathfinder and the choice is mine!

PS: I would love to have her as a LI option

Sloane switching sides is very much a visceral spur of the moment decision, though.  It's not calculated. She sees the Krogan being unleashed on a  people she's trying to negotiate with, and is forced in the miiddle of  a life-and-death battle to choose between 2 factions. (by Nakmor Morda of all). As it is put, "the side of the rebels fighting for  their right to be equals? Or the machiniations that unleashed a Krogan clan on its own people?"


Sloane is unwavered in her loyalty as being the chief of Security throughout the book, though.  There's no qualm about her personal position, only her perception of Tann and the Nexus crisis.


It's supposed to be irony that she ends up being the leader of a  mass band of  mutineers that she was initially intended to put down.

The conflict between Sloane and Reyes was one of the greatest points of the game. Although, I think that that especific scene, where you have to save her or not, isn't very well written. It's not very clear that what you will decide to do has an immediate consequence. I though that more things would happen, but there wasn't anything else. It was a short scene for a very important plot point.

Said that, I saved Sloane 1) because the first thing I thought was "My Ryder couldn't ever let someone die with a shot in the back, 2) I thought Reyes was absolutely dishonrable because of that, 3) Reyes is not worth of taking the power like that from someone "who built everything". Even if I didn't like Sloane very much and absolutely loved Reyes as a character, neither he or she is the best example of a good person.

My Ryder also romanced Reyes and I decided to let him go without shooting him.

Well, it's very likely that Reyes will return somehow if you let him escape as I did because it's a good opportunity to see him as the anti-hero he is. For players who romanced him and saved Sloane it's a brilliant opportunity to talk about feelings, to see if he's still worth of being loved or "saved", if he wants to be saved.

There are plenty opportunities to be explored in DLCs or in the next game for both him and Sloane and I hope that BioWare learns with its mistakes and use them to make a better story

I just want to drop here that modders have modified Sloane to a younger version and she looks SUPER pretty and badass:



Here's the link to the MOD.

I don't believe there is, but maybe someone can make a similar Ryder

She is. Much much more grey.

I guess that my following Ryders will have read the reports and will be nicer to her as a result.

Reyes is fancy and all, but... At the end of the day, he is just a guy you can't be sure if you can trust. Kelly is a grey character that got disillusioned with Tann's exceptional fuck ups in the leadership. Addison should've gotten Director, if not Kelly.

Killing me with that smile, Sloane. She's probably my favorite character in all the Mass Effect games. She's also my favorite Mass Effect character to write. Addison is a close second. Totally ship her with Addison after reading Uprising. I know...left field, but in my head it makes sense in the way Jack and Miranda make sense to me.

I thought she got the short end by the Initiative. Technically, both she and Addison were right, and that's a hard situation to be in having to make the choices that either one of them made. I don't like how Tann has treated her: Trying to hunt her down, and I still think that Reyes is mixed up in that assassination attempt. I can never justify letting her get shot in the back, or the idea that Tann might be using Ryder to do his dirty work. I also think that Addison was trying to spare her and/or make it up to her by using Kandros and hiring Exiles.

I picked Reyes, he's not a saint but at least he's willing to help.