What did you do today in ME?

Excellent. Keep up the good work.
If you're curious who else can die, checkout this playthrough.

Its too bad there wasn't an interrupt for Shepard to return the favor, but then again, ME3 was lacking in renegade interrupts
Ha. You might be the only one that has posted that.
I usually bring Ashley/Kaidan for extra dialogue they have on the shuttle. If Garrus is taken along with Ashley/Kaidan, he will overrule their dialogue.
This is another scene I like to of had an interrupt or at least some harsh dialogue

I think the game suffers in general from Liara syndrome.. but it's not just Liara. As a Jackmancer, I'll say that about her too. All of this works better in romance, but not as well as alternative scenes.

Same goes for the pouting and drama surrounding the VS on Mars. Or Miranda's ass. Or Tali the closetalker.

That's one reason I wanted to use that backoff mod.. it looks like it tones down some things and puts it back in your hands. Not sure how though.

I really agree. That's why from now on, when I play a Shepard that wouldn't accept being punched (had none so far, but my next Shep will be like this), she'll unfortunately perish during the SM I also like the atmosphere during Grissom a lot more without Jack around, even if she's one of my favourite characters. The romance punch was a great one though, I enjoyed it a lot.

Well take my second reason I wrote, I like Grissom more without her
In my next run a lot folks will die because my Shepard won't accept the auto-friendship with Garrus or Tali, or... EVERYONE. Muahaha. Oh I look forward to that I might skip talking to Liara as well.

Yes!

You need to keep Kal'Reegar alive in Tali's recruitment mission and take Veetor's omni-tool instead of letting Cerberus interrogate him.

thanks iM3gtr and rascoth. I always save Reegar and give Veetor back to Tali. I didn't know (after over 600 hours ) that you could talk to these guys when you talk to the admirals (?).

Started a new ME1 playthrough by importing Karen Shepard, my level 55 Soldier (Shock Trooper), into a new game +.

Decided to go with the Explorer armour from Devlon Industries for this run. I know it doesn't have the best stats, but I prefer to switch it up on each playthrough, and I like the way it looks. I have matching sets for squad mates, too - I always liked that we could do that in ME1, before catsuits and cheerleader outfits came into the series.

On the bridge, Joker's raged that Nihlus' praise of his "incredible" pilot skills wasn't enthusiastic enough, to the amusement of Shepard and Kaidan. Then, before heading to the mission briefing with Captain Anderson and Nihlus, Shepard took a moment to salvage some excess equipment acquired on her previous assignment - you can never have too much Omni-Gel, after all.

On the way to the briefing, she spoke to Navigator Pressly, Cpl Jenkins, and Dr Chakwas, who all expressed varying levels of skepticism over the nature of the supposed "shakedown run" mission, and the presence of Nihlus the Council Spectre agent. Jenkins was so "wound up" that Shepard told him to cool down lest he get himself killed. He also described growing up on Eden Prime - the colony they were headed towards - and Shepard couldn't help but think of her home colony of Mindoir, which was attacked by slavers resulting in the deaths of the rest of her family. Jenkins suggested Shepard would make a good Spectre agent herself, following her heroic defense of Elysium during the Skyllian Blitz.

Apparently the Council agreed, because one of the two bombshells that Anderson and Nihlus dropped on Shepard during the briefing was that she was in fact being considered for membership in the Spectres. The other was the discovery of a working 50K year old Prothean beacon on Eden Prime. After some discussion on the mission, the Protheans, and the beacon, the briefing was interrupted by transmission that the Eden Prime was under attack, making things much more complicated.

Shepard, Kaidan, and Jenkins landed on Eden Prime, with Nihlus scouting further ahead. Shepard's concerns about Jenkins turned out to be correct, unfortunately. He was killed by a couple of recon drones after stepping out into the open, despite the presence of nearby rock formations to use as cover. (In fact, the whole area looked like it had been designed as a tutorial for new recruits on how to properly make use of cover )

Shepard and Kaidan met up with Ashley, a soldier from the Eden Prime garrison. She'd been battling some Geth who had impaled a colonist on a strange looking spike for some reason. Ashley filled them in on the Geth attack, and led them to the beacon dig site. The beacon had been moved, and Ashley suggested checking the scientists' camp site, while Nihlus radioed to say he was investigating a space port further ahead.

At the camp, the squad found more of the "Dragon's Teeth" spikes, which were being used to people into husks. They defeated the husks and located Dr Warren and her assistant Manuel, who informed them that the beacon had been moved to the spaceport that Nihlus was investigating. The attack had clearly had an effect on Manuel, who was raving like some sort of doomsday cultist.

At the spaceport, they were attacked by more Geth and husks, and witnessed a huge, ominous looking spaceship rising up into the sky over the colony, accompanied by a loud, mind shattering noise. The team rescued some farmers who were hidden in a cabin near the spaceport, who gave them more info on the attack, the huge ship that had just blasted off, and that "horrible noise" it made, which "made it almost impossible to think."

Once at the spaceport, they found the body of Nihlus, and the one dock worker who had survived the attack, Powell. He claimed that Nihlus had been shot in the back by another Turian named Saren, and that the two had seemed to know each other. After laying on a guilt trip - Powell had been running a smuggling ring, stealing from the marines who died trying to defend the colony - the team made their way to the beacon, battling more Geth along the way. Saren was attempting to destroy the colony to cover up all evidence of the attack, so Shepard disabled the explosive charges while Ashley and Kaidan provided cover. The squad them mopped up the remaining Geth forces and secured the spaceport.

While arranging for pickup, Kaidan inadvertently activated the beacon. Shepard was lifted up into the air and saw a series of horrific and confusing images flashing through her mind, before the beacon exploded and she collapsed to the ground. She woke up hours later in the Normandy med bay, and was debriefed by Anderson on what she saw. He informed her that they were headed to the Citadel to give the Council a report on what happened; they were bound to be displeased about the destruction of the beacon, the death of Nihlus, and the accusations against Saren, who turned out to be a fellow Spectre agent. Shepard checked in with Ashley and Kaidan, then got ready to face the music on the Citadel.

After taking in the spectacular view the the Citadel, and the flagship Destiny Ascension, the ground team from Eden Prime met up with Anderson and Ambassador Udina in the human embassy. Udina was outraged at the attack on Eden Prime and demanded that the Council take action, but they insisted that the accusations against Saren would be dealt with at a later hearing. Shepard had some time to kill before the hearing, so she decided to get "the lay of the land" and see if there was anything further she could learn on the Citadel that might help with the investigation into Saren's activities.

Up next: exploring the Citadel (Exposition! Exposition everywhere!)

Reached level 56 during the Eden Prime mission.

Okay, I am really mad at the quarians right now!
They are attacking the geth. Again. During the war with the Reapers. How crazy can they get? It seems that Admiral Koris, the only sane voice from back when I met them all during Tali's trial, wasn't successful in pushing for peace. Too bad. And now the quarians are trapped in their home system because of a geth dreadnought that's broadcasting a Reaper signal, which boosts up all geth. If I don't do anything a lot of innocent civilians die... I'll try to deactivate this signal, and maybe then I can appeal to them to leave the geth alone.
Damn, why couldn't they hold back in a time like this? Maybe if Tali was alive, or Legion, they'd... ugh, doesn't help to think like that.
Well on to better news then. I met Samara and Jacob! Both are alive and fine, even though the circumstances I met them under were far from good. One of Samara's daughters was turned into one of these creatures the Reapers make... sad story.
And Jacob and his fellow ex-Cerberus friends were found by Cerberus. Fortunately we could evacuate almost everyone. There were even kids there, and this whole thing could've been a lot worse, but luck was on our side. Jacob found someone among those people. I'm happy for him. Having someone like that might be the very best thing that can happen during a time like this. Once I dealt with the quarian-geth situation I hope I can meet both Samara and Jacob on the Citadel to hang out a little.
We'll see. For now, the dreadnought has taken priority.
See ya!

Some screenies:

Yes, the guy having the argument in the mirror (and later the same guy who runs over the Turian in the skycar) is Elias Kelham's lawyer. 

Most of the videos is probably just stuff the developers put in for fun or as a joke, and possibly to show just how much information the Shadow Broker has, even if most of it is just fluff. 

The Krogan stuff is probably just a 'Meanwhile, back on Tuchanka' kind of thing. I don't recall seeing Urdnot Torsk on Tuchanka, but there he is. 

The Aria thing is mostly just Aria being Aria, the ultimate power broker on Omega. 

Emily Wong is just 'hey, remember her?' kind of thing, most likely. I wouldn't read too much into it.

Udina, Bailey, and Anderson is probably just to show they are all up to things when Shepard is not around. 


Or maybe I am off base on all of this, who knows.