Will Aria be in Andromeda?

She can't be (unless there's either more than one of her or her secret to being the crime overboss in Citadel Space is that she can traverse space and time without any thought - which is unlikely)

I'd love someone like her (but with a kind of redemption ark - "Start looking out for the people" (not: Stop being a criminal! I'd rather have a criminal I know in charge who will look out for the little guy than an unknown who couldn't care less who gets caught in the crossfire if things get hot!) or something like that!), but it's unlikely (after all unless they pull a fast one on us: We know all the squadmates...I don't think they are doing a Loghain again (secret companion and all that!))

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No, none of that matters because the player has influence over these events, so technically the Initiative can launch AFTER arrival and BEFORE Lotsb, or before the two, or after the two, or anything mixing these scenarios.

Bioware have already stated that they won't contradict player choice, so they can't touch that.

They launched before 2186 and that's all that matters to us, anything that happens relating Shepard won't influence Andromeda, it's a simple as that. None of your crew that could die, none of the NPCs that you encounter in ME2 (because they can still be there at the end of the game) or ME3 will appear.

Your only hope is a NPC in ME1 that CANNOT die under any circumstances and has no involvement in later games. Like Samesh Bhatia, for example (he got tired of his restaurant and decided to go to another galaxy ).

I thought this was crystal clear by now.

Nah, it wasn't me misreading it but I made a typo in my original post. I meant to write 2186, not 2185.

People should stop clinging on to the past. you get a little easter egg here and there, a nod to an original trilogy character. for all intents and purposes this is a NEW STORY. and people need to get over it and accept that.

Aria in Andromeda? No. Got more than enough asari already in Andromeda. Don't need another one.

1) She can't be because of ME3

2) So she could sit on a couch in a new galaxy and tell you how badass she is but then once anyone steps to her she runs away and cries until new-Shepard fixes her problems?

I'll never understand people's fascination with her.

I agree. Why is it so hard for people to let go?

They leave between ME2 and ME3 so anyone who's in ME1 and ME2 but not in ME3 could potentially be in Andromeda

No more jokes.

Yep never liked her even in ME 2.