What did you do today in ME?

Ahmed Shepard:
1. Took a cab to Liara's apartment on Illium. When Ahmed arrived, he saw that it was now a crime scene. A Spectre named Tela Vasir told him that someone had tried to assassinate Liara and she was gone. After some snooping, Ahmed found a data drive that showed Liara had found some information on the Shadow Broker and was going to Barria Frontiers in the Dracon Trade Center.

2. When Vasir and Shepard arrived at the Trade Center, it was immediately bombed. Shepard went up to go find Liara, and soon encountered the Shadow Broker's private merc band. shepard soon reunited with Liara, and Liara told him that Vasir was responsible for the attack and was trying to get the data from Liara. Vasir ran and Ahmed gave chase.

3. Vasir eventually took a car, and Shepard and Liara gave chase in a cab. Ahmed managed to cause Vasir to crash. After getting ambushed by more mercs in a parking lot, Ahmed gave pursued Vasir again and finally caught up to her. Desperate, Vasir grabbed a hostage. Ahmed was angry, and shot through the hostage, hitting Vasir and causing her to drop the hostage. After a long fight, Ahmed finally dropped Vasir for good. Liara used the data to track down the Shadow Broker's (and Feron's) location.

4. The Shadow Broker was on a ship flying in the middle of a constant storm. Ahmed and Liara, along with Morinth (posing as Samara) skirted along the top of the ship, looking for a way in. The Shadow Broker's mercs tried to stop them all along the way, culminating in a big battle while Ahmed fought to defend a hatch while Liara's bypass program worked to unlock it.

5. Inside, they found more Shadow Broker mercs waiting for them. The mercs fared as well as the mercs outside (they all died). Ahmed and Liara found Feron strapped in to a chair that would occasionally torture him with electrical shocks. The chair was hooked up to the information network, meaning that they had to shut down the network to free him. The off switch was in central operations where the Shadow Broker was located.

6. Ahmed and Liara finally met face to face with the Shadow Broker. The Shadow Broker was of a species Ahmed did not recognize, but Liara deduced was a Yahg, a pre-spaceflight species that had murdered the Citadel Council's first contact team about a year ago. Ahmed was not pleased to learn that the Shadow Broker suspected that 'Samara' was actually Morinth.

7. After a brief fight, Ahmed and Liara killed the Shadow Broker and cut off the network, freeing Feron. However, sensing an opportunity, Liara took control of the network and assumed the mantle of Shadow Broker. Ahmed used a terminal and got a weapon upgrade.

Oooh, I didn't know you can mix those drinks! I shall try this soon! Honestly, I think Devlon is the Shepard I made drunk the most so far. Poor bugger
I have no idea about other places and if there's another instance of this effect. I guess you can drink at Dark Star too? I'll just get Devlon more drunk next time I'm there

Continued a bit more today as well.
"Hi Alec,
we picked up another addition for the team. We headed to Purgatory, a prison ship located in the Hourglass Nebula. The Illusive Man had negotiated for the release of someone called Jack, a strong biotic. And obviously, a criminal.
When we arrived, the warden of the ship, a turian named Kuril, welcomed us and after a little hassle (they wanted us to give up our guns), showed us where to go to pick up Jack. This prison wasn't too pleasant. We've seen the guards torture a prisoner, until I stepped in and asked if this was really necessary. They let go of him.
When we reached our destination, Kuril suddenly announced over the speakers that I'd be a very valuable prisoner and tried to capture us. His guards were no match for us and we then hurried to find Jack. Jack was still in cryo, so I released her. Yes, her. I had expected a man with that name, but it was a woman with a shaved head, covered in tattoos. She looked small, but immediately showed what kind of biotic power we were talking about. It was pretty amazing to watch this. She left behind 3 large broken mechs and escaped.
We followed her, and saw how all hell had broken loose. Getting Jack out of cryo also had released the other prisoners, which was actually an advantage for us because they started fighting the guards. We got through the prison ship in one piece and even settled the score with that bloody warden. We had to fight him, and I definitely won't be sad he's gone.
With that over, our path to Jack was clear. I shot another guard behind her before he could do any harm and thought Jack would appreciate what I did. She didn't, because she had seen our ship flying Cerberus colours and accused me of being a part of them. Never ever, but how could she know. I tried to convince her that I'm only temporarily working with them, and asked her to come with us. Purgatory was going down anyway, so she agreed if I'd give her access to Cerberus's databases on the Normandy. I was fine with that. She seemed to hate Cerberus, so she could be an ally.
Back on our ship there was some tension between Jack and Miranda, and Jack went off to settle in on the lower deck.
I gave her some time and talked with the others. I learned that Mordin was involved with updating the genophage. He told me he delibaretly didn't tell me last time we chatted, when he said he and his team had studied the genophage. Now he confessed they found that the krogan were adapting to it. And that they had to keep them in check once more. I always thought the genophage was a mistake, but when I said that Mordin reminded me of everything the krogan had done, or what they could potentially do if the genophage didn't keep them in check.
I don't know. Yes, they were in the wrong during the rebellions, and I still remember everything we read about that time in school, but the Council, the turians and the salarians were just as much at fault as them. What they did was conniving. But I don't know. Perhaps Mordin is right. Would there be another krogan rebellion? Too many krogan overrunning the galaxy? I don't know. I'd love to know what you'd think about it. But it doesn't matter anyway. The genophage is still doing its job, no matter our opinion.
I paid Jack a visit just now and she thanked me for letting her look at the files. She's just a liiiittle crazy and full of revenge, but I think we might get along just fine if she hates Cerberus that much. And she even told me why she does. She was raised in a Cerberus research facility and was able to escape when she was still a kid. I can imagine what kind of research they did. Some sick experiments for sure... not even kids are safe from them. Fucking bastards.

-Dee"

One death in the section shortly before reaching Kuril. It was a dumb death too, because I was down to the last guy, and in cover where he didn't even get me the whole time, but once I turned the camera in an angle to look at him and target him, he shoots me. This game sometimes reaaaally makes me rage. Had to re-do the whole section
Did some stuff for Firewalker too, but mostly to collect EXP if I missed some for another level and to advance squadmate talk

Same.  Fortunately, I can separate my Shepard enjoying a drink from me not having any ever.  I've let him do what I won't.

Thanks for the Kaidan pics.  I do appreciate them!

I do enjoy the occasional drink, but I'm nowhere that level. Maybe a beer twice a year Then again that's the fun in roleplaying, even if it's weird as hell sometimes. And I know I haven't been too kind to Devlon, so he is a "Drowning My Sorrows" kind of guy

That's hilarious and I need to do it soon

"Alec... I did something terrible today. Twice.
Fucking Zaeed. Fucking Vido. Fucking mercs, all of them.
I told you how Zaeed abandoned his mission to join us? So I wanted to help him liberate this refinery on Zorya.
It was a surprise though, because Zaeed actually knew the Blue Suns leader there. The founder of the Blue Suns, Vido Santiago. And Zaeed was the founder too. Crazy shit, right?
Vido betrayed him at some point, 20 years ago, and Zaeed wanted to get him ever since.
We met Vido and some of his men, and Zaeed recklessly shot at a gas pipe next to Vido, setting it on fire and slightly burning him in the process. Then he broke a valve to set off a chain reaction to try and burn the remaining Blue Suns. What he bloody did was setting the refinery on fire. Idiot.
We needed to act fast, but Zaeed gave me an ultimatum. I don't go after Vido with him, and he would leave. I didn't want to do this. I wanted to help the workers inside, who were trapped. The smoke, those screams, Alec. Just like on Mindoir.
Fuck. Alec, I gave in. We need everyone for this mission, and the one other thing that shot through my mind was this batarian fuck Balak. Him I let go. I know the Alliance didn't catch him. And I couldn't catch him because I was frigging dead. He's still doing God knows what to people, because I just had to save the day for a handful of people instead of putting a bullet in his damn head.
I decided to stop Vido. So he couldn't do any harm to others anymore. And we actually did catch the bastard, Zaeed burning him alive. I just stood there and watched. How did it get this far? How could I let this happen? I don't do this to innocent people, and yet...
I had drinks. Too many of 'em. I even lost count. But it felt so good. I didn't think about the workers or Vido anymore. Bloody asshole.
I went to see Jack. You know? Just to chat. I talked quite a bit with her lately and she told me about all the fucked up things she's done. Also, she's really pretty.
Shit, I had sex with her. I didn't mean for it to happen, but we somehow ended up talking about why I always came to chat with her. She wanted to know. And she's the one who asked me if this is just about sex. I should've said no, because it's true. I'm not interested in her like that. But of course I'm a weak, pathetic twat. I wanted it.
I barely made it back to my cabin in time. Had to throw up. Think I ruined the floor. I'm hammered.
Fuck man, look at me. What a loser. I should be glad you're dead so you won't fucking ever see me like that. I feel so ashamed.
You know what's funny? Ironic, even? I got a sweet e-mail from Kate Bowman just today. They're all alive and well and celebrating the anniversary of Terra Nova being saved. Shepard, the bloody saviour. I'm happy for them, but what about the others that aren't so lucky?
Alec... tell me, what's the best solution, hm? The end always justifies the means? Save the few and don't think of the rest who might get hurt?
God, man. I need sleep. I'm fucking done for today.

I'm so sorry."

Pics here:


No deaths this time, wee. And I maxed the passive to Agent
It was tough for me to go through with this whole "stop Vido" thing, because it was hard on Devlon, who is generally a Paragon-y character. I love this Shep and I hate to see him like that, but it needed to happen
I haven't ever done Renegade sex with Jack seriously, only to check the scene in my first run, then I reloaded. But now - the drama! I'm lovehating it, hahaha.

Short bonus video because it was way too funny and I adore Kasumi

Yeah, it's sad for Jack (I'm sorry, Jack! I love you! ). It really was quite tough to go through with it. Funny how fictional characters can make you feel so bad (or happy other times ).
I got EDI's message after the 3rd drink, and it seems to repeat after 3 more times again.

I'll ditto this comment. I really enjoyed that read, fraggle.

Jeph Shepard:

- My journal was clear, except for one thing. Hackett's mission. I was on my own with this one. Not sure why since I'd parted ways with TIM but there it was. He'd been good to me over the years and he certainly hadn't treated me as anything less than an elite Alliance marine even while working with Cerberus. So, fine, I'd infiltrate a batarian base to find his friend. She seemed to believe she'd found something out about the Reapers so it made it worth my while to go. If I survived it, I was taking this ship to Earth and facing whatever consequences there were to be had for my recent association.
- Let me just say that humans stand out on the Batarian Hegemony. If we're there, we're slaves. If we're not slaves, they'll kill us. Infiltration is a hell of a thing. I did overhear that there were humans in the system and that an artifact had been found. Might have been linked with Dr. Kenson and why she was taken prisoner. Batarian logs said Kenson was caught smuggling engine parts and guidance systems in, which is very peculiar. Then I listened in on her interrogation. She said the Reapers were coming to this system's relay and that destroying it was the only way to stop them. Could it be? Did they have an alternate relay to use in the event that they lost access to the Citadel? Even if they did, how could Kenson possibly know?
- Only way to find out was the bust her out of there. That's exactly what I did. She was able to hack the security system to allow us to get to a shuttle and make our way out. She did say she had proof that the relay in this system, which she called the Alpha Relay, would allow the Reapers access to every relay in the galaxy. Not sure why this one was different and that no one had noticed, unless it worked somewhat like the Omega 4 relay and required a special code. Her plan was to rig an engine to an asteroid and hurl it into the relay, destroying it. The problem was that the resulting explosion would likely wipe out the entire system. Kenson had told the batarians it needed to be done but I can understand why they wouldn't agree with her, especially since knowledge of the Reapers was limited at best.
- She said the evidence came from a Reaper artifact called Object Rho which was at her project's base. A red flag immediately went up. Could this artifact be affecting the minds of those around it? No one was entirely sure how indoctrination came about. Reapers themselves did it, even ones that were dead like the derelict, but could other technology do the same? She did mention it gave her a vision and that really had me concerned. She claimed to have taken precautions against indoctrination, but was that even possible? She said she'd show me and I'd understand. I had no love for batarians. They were slavers and that didn't sit right with me. Still, killing the 300,000 in residence in this system didn't appeal to me.
- When we got to the base, there was a countdown to Reaper arrival, which was 51 hours away. When she brought me to the room with Object Rho I saw an enormous object that was just sitting out in the open, exuding dark energy. I knew then that she was indoctrinated, as were the others in this base. It sent me a vision of their coming that hit me almost as hard as the Prothean beacon on Eden Prime, sending me to my knees. She pulled a gun on me. She didn't want this project to go forward anymore. She wanted the Reapers to come, deluded into believing that we just didn't understand them. While I was fighting off Kenson's forces, a voice that definitely belonged to Harbinger spoke to me. Eventually, I was overwhelmed. Last thing I heard Kenson say was that I should be patched up because they wanted me alive. The Collectors had been after me, too, but I had no idea why. What could the Reapers want with me?
- I escaped captivity and heard a log saying I'd been sedated for two days. Shit, that gave me almost no time. Log also said the sedatives had stopped working on me. Very strange. With less than two hours to spare, I fought my way to the engine control. It told me it would result in 304,942 deaths if I continued, but I had no choice. Tried to send out a warning to the batarians for all the good it might do but Kenson blocked me. She also planned to destroy the asteroid by blowing its eezo core so that it couldn't destroy the relay. In the end, I had to shoot Kenson to stop her. A detonator she'd set off knocked me out for a bit. When I woke I had to move my ass. If I were going to survive I had to reach a comm tower outside to get the Normandy here.
- Made it but Harbinger made an appearance. We had a chat. I told him we'd find a way to kill him.

- Then Harbinger went away and the Normandy showed up. I ran on board and we hightailed it out of there and through the relay just moments before the asteroid hit it.

- I was in the med bay when I saw Hackett on board having a chat with Dr. Chakwas. I wondered if her ending up with Cerberus was an accident. Could she - or even Joker - have been here on an undercover mission? Had word gotten out that Cerberus was reviving me and the Alliance, or at least Hackett, decided to have someone both keep an eye on my and have my back? In any case, Hackett wanted to know what was going on. Why I'd destroyed the system. I told him and he believed me, not even questioning Kenson's death. He also told me I'd need to return to Earth eventually to deal with my actions but that he was going to make the Alliance Council fight hard if they wanted to railroad me. I said I'd turn myself in and that's exactly what I intended to do.

- At this point, I told my crew what I was doing. No one present was Cerberus anymore but there would be consequences for having willingly joined them. I offered to drop them off wherever they wanted. In the end, the ship was damn empty when we hit Earth, with only Joker, Chakwas, Donnelly, Daniels and myself on board. EDI could run the entire ship without a crew so their lack didn't affect us. We all turned ourselves in, knowing we'd done what was necessary and willing to defend our actions.

Well, here is what Eurydice Shepard did and will do.

Completed Overlord and saved David Archer. Wish I had the chance to shoot his brother for doing that with him, but there will always be Gelix, right?
Did the personal mission with that litte cutie pie japanese with kleptomania Kasumi and let her keep the greybox.
It seems she have a obsession with the thing.

Recruited a baby Krogan supersoldier with the mentality of a 15 year old kid and a convict that also have huge grudges about... well, life in general.
What am I, a ex-dead spectre turned into a psychologist and babysitter?

Meet my mirror in the form of a mercenary called Zaeed Massani. According to Joker the only difference between us is he accept money to do jobs, while I work for free. Must be in the wrong profession I guess, usually I have to rob, steal and shake people for money.
I think I'm listening Kasumi too much, even ships overrun by geth or researchers turned into husks don't scape my not so-legal activities.
If I see a safe or wallet, I HAVE TO HAVE IT.



Fineshed Miranda personal quest about the safety of her sister, only to discover that the problem was daddy issues.
Good lord, I'm really a psychologist, hun?
Heck, everyone curses Jacob, but at least the guy solved this a long time ago.

I'm planing not to recruit Thane, Samara and Tali, will go to the Omega-4 relay with the original 8 plus Legion. Never did a run like this before, do you belive that? It pains me because I like Samara arc A LOT (I always had a fall for greek and Shakespeare tragedies).
I romanced Liara in the first ME1, still thinking if I should talk to her or not on Illium. If Ashley is upset by Shepard not contacting her, it's also fair I'm too with Liara for not talking to me after I regained conscience or not?
Hey, she is the most famous broker in the galaxy, don't think for a second she doesn't know what is happening to me.
And the bitch don't even sent me at least a hello card.

Also, since things are strange around here I think I would spend some time with Jacob "delicacies", if you know what I mean.
Since he will not be upset with me if I find someone else in the future, what's better than that?

You do not need to run out of ammo to trigger the Normandy arriving. It will also arrive after you kill enough of the spawning Cannibals.

Jeph Shepard, still CO of the Normandy despite a higher ranking officer being on board (well, until Dr. Core took him out), Spacer/Sentinel/Butcher:

- In the Embassy Ward, I saw my least favorite reporter. Bitching, as usual, rather than doing something like Emily Wong. When Emily showed up, she wanted to uncover some dirt to make things better. Al-Jilani? "Blah blah, not getting my way and I'm telling!" Useless. Even this Allers person wants to drum up support for the war.
- Went to the Council meeting. After years of ignoring me, they can no longer pretend the Reapers aren't real. But they still remain unhelpful, refusing to unite our forces to stop the threat, not even willing to look at the blueprints Liara and I brought to them. In Udina's officer (damn that backstabber for getting the position he wanted), the turian councilor showed up. He said that if I rescued the turian primarch off of Menae, it would almost certainly give me the support of the Turian Hierarchy. I had little choice in the matter. In any case, those chose to uphold my Spectre status and said resources would me made available to me - like a Black Widow for 250,000 credits rather than on the house?
- On the way out, I talked to that damn reporter. I could see the primary issue here was that she was scared. If the best humanity had to offer - myself - fled Earth, what hope was there? I realized I could use this fear to my advantage and get her to keep harassing the Council and making sure they didn't forget Earth. Again, this wasn't about what I wanted but about what was necessary. I guess six months locked up taught me some patience.

Melody Shepard, Colonist/Sole Survivor/Infiltrator, ME3 Insanity:

My original plan was to play some more Leviathan, but I ended up pratting around in the Armax Arena with the Javelin. This playthrough would be going a lot more quickly if I just stuck to the story; on the other hand, games are for fun, and the Arena is fun for me, so ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

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