What did you do today in ME?

Jen Shepard recovered a Turian Primarch of Manae, along with an old Turian friend.

And then I reloaded an earlier save, went to Eden Prime and unthawed Javik, then recovered the two Turians again, just to see if Javik said anything related to the problem in the AI Core. He didn't.

Today was Overlord and Legion day! \o/

Jen Shepard wandered the Citadel like a lost tourist, then met with Dr. Bryson in his office, and then meet with Aria at Dock 42. Then it was off to scan a bunch of planets and raid a Cerberus Lab. Then it was back to the Citadel to return some things she found.

And with that done, Jackie, Erin, Kim, and Jen and ready to continue their journey into ME3. Jackie has gone the furthest (I think she is ready to cure the genophage); the other three are ready to start the war summit.

Jackie Shepard went to deliver the cure for the genophage. It took longer than expected when a Reaper Destroyer kept dropping Brutes to block her path. (No seriously, I think that was the most Brutes I have ever seen drop in at that last part. I wish I was recording because I would like to know the final Brute count.)

After a bad dream, it was off to Noveria where she liberated some fighters from Cerberus for the Alliance.

Then she went to the Citadel to see the Salarian councilor, and arrived just in time to stop a Cerberus coup, although her Drell boyfriend got stabbed by some nutjob with a sword. After stopping the coup and killing Udina, she stopped by the hospital in time to be with Thane while he died.

Kim Shepard met with diplomats. Wreav wants the genophage cured, and to do that he wanted some fertile Krogan females extracted from Sur'Kesh. The Salarian Dalatrass was unhappy about it, but she agreed to the arrangement. Cerberus attacked Sur'Kesh, but they made the mistake of attacking when Shepard was there. Shepard made sure they all died and the Krogan female was safe.

Then it was off to Tuchanka to kick Cerberus in the butt again, this time kicking them out of a giant Krogan ground-to-space cannon.

Next, Kim went to go investigate rumors of Rachni. She killed the last Rachni Queen, so more Rachni seemed impossible. But it turns out the Reapers had created their own Rachni breeder. She left it to die. Grunt made sure everyone got out safely.

Cerberus was attacking people on Benning, so Kim went to Benning and attacked Cerberus. Kim won (of course).

Cerberus was also attacking Grissom Academy and taking away some students. So Kim went to Grissom Academy and gave the academy a fresh coat of Cerberus Red paint. Jack helped a little.

John Shepard:

3.1 Recruited a krogan called Wrex. He was after Saren for betraying the Shadow Broker.

3.2 Met a fan. First time for everything. His name is Conrad Verner and he wanted my autograph.

3.3 Emily Wong wanted my help investigating corruption on the Citadel. I'm game. Confronted Fist. He told us about a quarian who had evidence about Saren. Once he told us where she was Wrex killed him. Turned some evidence here over to Wong.

3.4 Then we saved the quarian, Tali'Zorah. She had recovered information from a geth that implicated Saren as well as an asari matriarch, Benezia.

3.5 Helped Samesh Bhatia recover the body of his wife, a marine who had served alongside Ash.

3.6 The Council made me a Spectre.

3.7 I wrapped things up by helping Sha'ira with General Septimus and Xeltan. For my troubles she gave me a strange trinket she'd had for years.

3.8 Udina turned command of the Normandy over to me. Didn't know ambassadors had that kind of authority.

Today i tried downloading and installing some mods... but I'm still stuck with installing the 4k textures. Anyone know how to install them?

The search for Dr T'Soni led the Normandy to Therum in the Knossos system. It was a hellish planet - Tali joked that not even three centuries of homelessness could motivate the Quarians in a place like this, but as Kaidan pointed out that at least it was a "dry heat". Shepard was glad that her crew was getting along so well and keeping their sense of humour, despite the danger.

Speaking of danger, as the ground team made their way towards the Prothean ruins in the Mako, they were ambushed at various times by the Geth, which more or less confirmed the presence of Dr T'Soni on the planet. They just needed to get to her before Saren's forces did.

The tech abilities of Tali and Kaidan helped make short work of Geth, and the team made it to the Prothean ruins and found Liara T'Soni with little trouble. She had activated some ancient Prothean defence system to protect herself from the Geth, but had managed to get herself trapped in the process. She also warned Shepard that a Krogan was leading the Geth forces. Having fought a couple of Krogan bodyguards when taking down fist, Shepard knew how tough they could be. A Battlemaster working for Saren would likely be a challenge.

Shepard freed Liara with the help of a mining laser. On the way out they ran into more Geth led by the Krogan Liara had mentioned, but Tali's AI hacking and Kaidan's biotic abilities helped make short work of them. All of the chaos and explosions wasn't good for the structural integrity of the underground ruins, however, and the whole place started to collapse on their heads. They managed to get Liara out in time, and were extracted by the Normandy.

The crew gathered in the conference room to hear Liara's story. Her research into the Protheans had led her to the conclusion that they were not the first species to colonize the galaxy and then disappear suddenly. She claimed that a cycle of colonization and extinction had been going on for a long time, with galactic civilizations being wiped out at the height of their power every 50 thousand years or so. Shepard told Liara about her encounter with the Prothean beacon on Eden Prime. She had never heard of the Reapers, and was shocked by the revelation. She also seemed impressed by the fact that Shepard survived the encounter with her mind intact.

After the debrief, Shepard updated the Council. They expressed concerns about Liara's loyalties, but Shepard believed the Asari was being genuine. The Geth had been trying to kill her, after all. It could have been part of an elaborate ruse on Saren's part, but Shepard doubted it. She would keep an eye on Liara, but was willing to give her the benefit of the doubt until and unless given a reason not too. The Council also expressed disappointment at the destruction of the Prothean ruins, but agreed that the mission had to come first.

Well, finished my ME3 run (without DLC). That was pretty disappointing. I tried overlooking flaws before, but I can't blame anyone for being pissed off when this came out. lol. It really doesn't do justice to the story up to that point. And it's only a little over half the size of ME2 (I think I clocked around 24 hours).

Tempted to just play Skyrim SE now. But I do plan to play this one more time with DLC. I think I just need a break.

Kim Shepard went to go have a meeting with the Salarian Councilor, but ended up stopping a Cerberus coup and shooting Udina. All in a good day's work.

Meanwhile in another universe, Jen Shepard stopped Ceberus from abducting more students from Grissom Academy. Then she met with some diplomats, which somehow ended up with her going to extract some Krogan females from Su'Kesh, which in turn led her to stopping Cerberus from killing the female Krogan. All because the universe conspires to kill members of evil organizations by throwing them in front of Shepard.

Jen Shepard found some Cerberus troops that had taken over a giant Krogan ground-to-space cannon. She took it over and used to destroy a Cerberus cruiser.

Next she investigated reports of Rachni. She found Grunt and lots of Reaper-modified Rachni. She also found the Krogan Queen she had let go on Noveria. The Queen offered to help if she was released and Jen agreed that it was worth the risk. Aralakh Company got wiped out as a result, but at least Grunt made it out in one piece.

Then Jen went and fought Cerberus soldiers on Benning who were attacking civilians. She managed to hold Cerberus off long enough for some civilians to escape.