What did you do today in ME?

More from my PV mod(and other mods) playthrough

Completed Leviathan.


One thing I like about the PV mod is being able to change the characters when talking to Leviathan

After the events on Noveria, Shep encountered even more Rachni attacking other regions in space. Like the hostile creatures on Noveria, these Rachni were beyond saving, and had to be taken down...

Horizon with PV mod



T'soni wearing another casual outfit

- Elly only wanted to follow Hackett's orders to prepare the Normandy for the final stretch, but events took a slightly different turn. Well, that seems normal at this point. But it's not every day that you fight your own clone (which of course was another Cerberus experiment). But that actually happened and Elly was not amused about it, but she, Kaidan and Wrex were able to get rid of the clone - that is, she got rid of herself in the end. Her sidekick was arrested in hopes she has some dirt on Cerberus.
- After these eventful times, there was finally some real shore leave. There were many many meet-ups, joyful times, smiles and laughter, but also remembering fallen friends. It all ended in a nice and loud party.
- Elly, Kaidan and EDI raided the Cerberus HQ and got what they needed, finally. The information on the Catalyst. And in the process, Kai Leng was so nice to show himself as well and Elly killed him. For Thane, for Thessia, and for everyone he ever murdered in cold blood...
- Since the Reapers had moved the Citadel to Earth, that's where they headed. And a battle with Reaper ground forces ensued... Somehow, Elly and her team made it. She made it. To the beam, up the Citadel, to the controls, and beyond. She changed the fate of everyone on that day by destroying the Reapers. The geth sadly got fried in the process, and her friend EDI... but for Elly, it was the only way. She couldn't bring herself to change everyone into... she didn't even know. And controlling the Reapers? Nah. This was a mad man's idea, one she didn't like. She would accept the weight of her choice and live with the guilt of sacrificing her allies. But she didn't have to do that alone.
Elly recovered from her wounds eventually, Kaidan by her side. She would never forget how their journey began, how his love was one of the things that kept her going in the final stages of the war. But now, they would focus on the future they would have. Settling down in Vancouver maybe? Getting some dogs, or cats. Or both? Marriage? The possibilities seemed vast. Endless. And they both knew they wanted to grow old together, without the sound of gunfire surrounding them...


Cloning business

Shore Leave fun

Cronos Station

London calling

I beat the clone on the first try this time! I could not remember my first Insanity run where I played Engineer class at all. But I think it might have been very tough back then
M. Shields was annoying this time. Tried twice, then didn't want to put up with his shenanigans anymore and switched to easypeasy mode

I am almost ready to deploy my next Shepard. It will be my most Renegade run to date I'm still planning some things, like who to kill off in ME2, mahaha!

I decided to try something I have never done in 1000+ hours of ME after talking with a co-worker who is a fellow ME fan. I brought up how jarring and poorly paced Liara's romance is particularly in ME3 where they didn't change the dialogue in many friendship scenes if you are in a romance with her. My co-worker suggested that the romance works better if you befriend her in ME1 but hold off on starting the romance until ME3. Which got my wheels turning on a new ME trilogy run and, a whole back story for a new femshep. Going to try and RP as Liara is the first time Shepard has been attracted to another "woman" so she slow walks the relationship while dealing with feelings she never considered before.

Introducing:


Artemis Shepard, Colonist, War hero
Soldier with Barrier as bonus power

Back story prior to ME1:

Artemis Shepard was born on April 11th 2154 on the farming colony of Mindior. She was exposed to element zero twice. First exposure was in utero, when her mother was close to an element zero "spill". The second exposure occurred when she was 15 while helping maintain farm equipment and the "eezo" core lost containment. Survived the slave raid on Mindoir in 2170 due in part to her biotics manifesting and rescue by an Alliance Patrol. Her parents, relatives, and boyfriend(first love) were killed in the attack. She used her inheritance and scholarship funds(for Mindoir survivors) to arrange private biotic training. The Asari Matron that Artemis hired discouraged her from getting a biotic implant and instead focus on developing her abilities naturally. As such Artemis has no telekinetic abilities, however she is able to manifest an incredibly strong personal barrier, and is able to enhance her natural strength using biotics as a form of "tactile telekinesis". At age 18 Artemis applied for the System Alliance Naval Academy. She was quickly accepted due to her biotic potential. Instructors at the academy encouraged Artemis to get a biotic implant, but she chose to forgo the procedure. In 2174 Artemis graduated the Naval Academy as a Second Lieutenant. Shortly after graduation while Artemis was taking leave on the colony of Elysium, it came under attack by slavers. Due to a desperate holding action lead by Artemis, the colony was able to hold off the slave raiders until Alliance forces arrived. The defense of the colony earned her the Star of Terra, promotion to First Lieutenant, and an appointment to the Interplanetary Combatives Training (ICT) program, or "N-school".
 

Haha, Mike, that clone is an evil abomination

I kinda wanted to maybe wait until the weekend to start the next Shepard, but I have no self control, so here we go

Meet Noah Shepard - Vanguard, Colonist, Ruthless

He's somewhat along the lines of broken mind, broken spirit due to the events on Mindoir, where he lost his entire family - mother, father and two sisters.
The trauma of his past led him to being obsessed with finding ways to learn how to grow strong enough to deal with any threats, as he never wanted to feel so helpless again. Due to a peaceful upbringing he was close to his family, especially his two younger sisters, who he loved dearly. He had no chance to save any of them, so in the present he likes to have the upper hand, obliterating any obstacle in his way. He goes to great lengths to achieve this.
He wants to help humanity play a bigger role, and he is wary of aliens, thus likes the idea of Cerberus later on when he hears about them. But even though he despises batarians for what they did and doesn't think too highly of aliens in general, he isn't completely anti-alien per se. He just doesn't trust them, so he will get along well with Ashley (who I will also romance for the first time throughout the trilogy).
His past made him tough, but also numb. He'll stop at almost nothing if it means to get the job done and does things that he believes are necessary. But he still wants to save innocent lives if the situation allows it.
He has been a lone wolf for years, never letting anyone close enough despite several liaisons, but Ashley will be the first person he cares for enough again to let her in.

Some first pics

Noah will be a Shotgun Vanguard (just like my first, oopsie ), and more of a basic Vanguard this time, leaving a trail of dead bodies with Novaguard in ME3 (I just know I will be the one dying a lot, especially in ME2 ).

I actually already played through Eden Prime and landed on the Citadel, but I guess I will do a bit more stuff before I post about it (it's getting quite late here anyway ).

I can't claim credit for her. It is a mod to replace default femshep in all 3 games, Jolene Custom Head Mesh. 

Thinking about doing a course correction in Mass Effect. I kinda want to change her name. I'm also thinking about making her a Soldier with one biotic talent in all three games, making her combat abilities more down to Earth compared to other characters, and possibly raising the stakes.

It's time for the PV mod playthrough.

Why does Anderson have a model of the SR2 on the table in his apartment? It has orange and black colors near the front like the Cerberus colors of yellow and black.


Meetups


Top score


Party time


Group photo


The above group photo is using the PV mod. Here's the group photo without the mod

The war is over. The Reapers have been defeated. It's been an absurd era for all of us, but we went and won. Not just to take Earth back, but to avenge everyone that the Catalyst and his dogs slaughtered - like Javik's countrymen. Countrytheans? I already voted that we put a statue of a geth platform next to the beam, fitted a plaque dedicated to the war dead. Speaking of dead, I dedicate this entry not only to all those who were on my shuttle who never made it out of their deployments, or to everyone I got to know who stood their ground like Englishmen and died in London (Susan Thorton, you tried so hard to hold Commander Shepard's flank by yourself... - I'll bury you where your brother said to.), but specifically to the AI Tay Halera, along with geth platforms Quiet, beepbopboop, Pybro, and Rain. I even ended up joining Hammer myself once everyone was deployed or shot down.

I know I gave Commander shit in the past for his ridiculous name, but it's really his Mum's fault. Hannah, if you're listening... you're terrible for naming your son that. Or maybe the bullying he inevitably experienced was formative and saved us all. I heard Admiral Zorah's recordings of his battle with the Destroyer. To think he was able to give a speech to end a three-century long war after doing that. Diana interviewed her, and what she said was a very diplomat-speak way of saying "Imagine you've been a xenophile since you were a teenager, then a hot alien saves your entire species and wins them back their home planet that they were exiled from while his species was still using steam locomotion. Of course I took my suit off, bosh'tet." Not that I understand the appeal of quarians. Give me a woman I can have kids with any day - sorry, Salian'Tes.

Not that I intend on giving Commander Shepard any kind of shit today. He's on a ventilator coughing up blood after being shot by Harbinger, limping onto the Citadel, firing the Crucible, then being buried in rubble from the Crucible's armour plating. He had me at getting shot by a fucking Reaper. I imagine that if he can never walk or fire a gun ever again, krogan will be lining up to be his bodyguards for the rest of his life. I know I would. Speaking of Shepard, I asked him a few questions off-the-record, and there was one thing he wanted me to tell everyone still stranded on Earth. "This is called a Victory Ring. EDI - the Normandy's AI - gave it to me not long before this battle. Neither of us knew that she would not survive the Crucible's activation. Don't let Tali see it if I'm unconscious when she comes back. I want to give it to her." Everything else he said, he said in confidence. I will not share it. We all know what he did to Kai Leng. Overwhelming firepower. No fair fight - no need to risk losing.

I think I had to see half of the friends I made doing shuttle runs die today. Some of them died before even landing - poor Urdnot Krech was so excited to see the home planet of the legendary Commander Shepard that his Battlemaster Grunt spoke so highly of, and he was picked off before he landed. Nobody's come out of this without scars, but Grunt says that I made Krech proud by plugging the gap he left. I don't know, I was just high as a kite on my own adrenaline the whole time - didn't really think about it. Just followed orders and shot things, threw a few frags here and there, prayed to the Lord whenever I had a moment to think. "It's okay. Humans fight better scared" as I told Wrex. I think there's a sect springing up that says that Commander Shepard is the Second Coming, but I don't think so. I think he's just the best the human species has to offer - not divine. A saint, for sure.

How fitting that a war that was won in no small part by a man who spread the superior aspects of human culture around the galaxy was won in the capital city of the kingdom that founded those "superior aspects", and spread them around the Earth. Is it any wonder what following the Heavenly Father's Word gets you? I think Grunt knows more about the Battle of Bamber Ridge and the British War on Slavery than most humans do - he certainly knew more than I did. Maybe the stories of humans wearing red diving into ice-cold water to save slaves reminds him of Commander. And then he pulled out his Garr action figure along with an old Hulk Hogan and had them stomp on a dead Brute. As in a Jiralhane from those early 21st century sci-fi games. A very big, philosophical, well-read child. If he could read English, I'd lend him my Bible. An actual one made of paper, natch. I had Ashley Williams sign it - she's actually very sweet despite her reputation among some elcor.

Sorry if you following my extranet posts expected my flippant, humorous rundowns. I need to pay my respects to the dead and pray for their departed souls. Oh Lord, may you accept the fallen into your Kingdom - may you honour the geth people for their selfless sacrifice, forgive the Protheans and all of us our sins, and may we all reunite one day. Amen. This is David Price, Extranet Shitlord turned shuttle pilot turned infantryman, signing off.