What did you do today in ME?

Jarec Shepard:

- Landed on Ilos with Kaidan and Liara. Looking for the Conduit. Killed lots of geth. Found a Prothean VI that called itself Vigil. Learned that the Citadel and the relays are an elaborate trap laid by the Reapers. Works every time. The Conduit was a small relay the Protheans managed to create linking them the Citadel. It will allow access to a master control unit that can be overridden with a program provided by Vigil. That can be used to stop Sovereign from using the Citadel to bring the rest of the Reapers in from dark space where they reside. It's amazing to think but the Protheans provided key components to stopping the Reapers. They helped our cycle even when they couldn't save their own. They gave us hope.

- Made it through the Conduit and onto the Citadel, in the Presidium. Wrecked the Mako, something I almost thought impossible. Had to go outside the access the Council Chamber in order to find Saren. Fought geth and krogan along the way.

- Came face to face with Saren again. He was going to pay for Ash's death, as well as the deaths of so many others. I pulled out some crazy diplomatic skills I never knew I had. We never fought. Instead, Saren killed himself.

- Got control of the Citadel. Destiny Ascension, with the Council on board, was in trouble. The Alliance fleet could save them, at great cost. Liara seemed to be channeling Ash's ghost by telling me to sacrifice the Council. Kaidan, ever my Jiminy Cricket, suggested I save them. Despite the differences I've had with the Council, it would be rough going being leaderless. I chose to save them. This would also prove once and for all that humanity did not consider itself more important than any other species.

- The Council saw the sacrifices humanity made and offered us a seat. Other species have spent centuries without ever becoming part of the Council and humanity has done it in under 30 years. They asked my opinion on who should sit on the Council. That backstabber Udina was surprised when I didn't choose him. I thought a military man might help things so I went with Anderson.

- Over the next few weeks and months, the Council seemed to largely forget the Reapers were the real threat. They had me concentrate on the geth. But human ships were disappearing and that didn't seem like geth behavior.

- A race called the Collectors had been seen lately. One of their ships attacked the Normandy. I didn't survive.