Checkmate - The Samantha Traynor Discussion Thread

Romancing Samantha

Here's all her romance dialogue


In the goodbye scene, if the top right dialogue is chosen, Samantha will mention a white picket fence

If the bottom right dialogue is chosen, this is the dialogue
femshep: We can pick out a china pattern when we kick the reapers off our planet. You ready? You and me Traynor.
Traynor: Damn right. You and me

I have not found a video that has that dialogue.

To get the game night message from Samantha, talk with her after the coup and she will mention about the ex-Cerberus scientists and mention she was on Horizon when the collectors attacked. She will only say that if a ME2 save was imported.  If its a default playthrough, she will she was on Horizon visiting her family on a university holiday


to get the above dialogue, here's what needs to be done

there are 3 ways to get it

1) Before doing the mission Tuchanka:Turian Platoon, do all other missions that are available or at least the ones you want to do. Complete Turian Platoon, then cure/sabotage the genophage, then go to the Citadel to stop the coup. DO NOT I repeat DO NOT do any other mission except those 2 after Turian Platoon

After Citadel coup, invite Sam up for the shower scene. Go to Tuchanka for the mission Tuchanka: Turian Bomb. If you have Kaidan/Ashley, you have extra dialogue with them as well on the shuttle after the mission. After talking with Hackett, talk with Sam and the dialogue from above will be mentioned

2) Another way is to do the Rachni mission, then the genophage and Citadel coup. The Turian Platoon and Bomb missions can be done anytime before going to Thessia

3) There is one other way to get the dialogue. Do Turian Platoon, Thessia, Sanctuary and then do Turian Bomb


Thanks to cap and gown for this. This is what you get if playing a renegade Shepard.

Just talked to Traynor and she mentioned preferring chess to most other strategy games. Instead of Shepard talking about playing with her sometime (the usual paragon response) this Shepard said she preferred something more exciting. To which Sam replied that it was true that lobbing grenades at a charging Krogan can't compare to chess, but it does result in fewer broken bones.


For those of you that want to play a full renegade femshep and romance Samantha here' s a couple of helpful hints

When Samantha mentions Grissom Academy, choose the top right dialogue. This will have Shepard say "good catch" and when Samantha brings up the ex-cerberus scientists mission pick the top right dialogue where she mentions her being on Horizon while the collectors attack. This will give you the choice of having a shower with her or to play chess

the renegade choice ignores Sam mentioning her being on Horizon and you end up playing chess with no choice of having a shower(I found that out the hard way)

If you're playing a default ME3 playthrough, she will not mention being on Horizon, but the player still needs to chose the top right dialogue.

The other time is before you attack TIM's base you tell Samantha you want to be alone. What this does is that you won't get the goodbye scene(the best in the game) with Samantha. You still get Sam in the flashback and holding the nameplate


This is what Samantha looks like if femshep says she wants to be alone. You can see the disappointment in her face



Here's 2 versions of MEHEM





heres the hot tub scene, both paragon and renegade in the Citadel dlc thanks to xAmilli0n for finding it


If you do the Citadel dlc right after the coup and shower scene, you only get the space-chess scene and not the hot tub. To get the hot tub scene you have to wait till after doing the Horizon mission.

If you don't do the two paragon interrupts in the dlc, the response is the same as if she is not your LI.


When Samantha is playing space chess, during the Citadel dlc, and choose the right dialogue option, stay silent, Samantha will loose the match. She falls to the floor and a moment later femshep will help her to her feet

T'Suzsa: Excellent match Traynor. Maybe we can play next time.
femshep: You know, the only reason why there'll be a next time is because you're fighting in this war.
Samantha: I know. And thanks.
There is no paragon interrupt

When you invite her up to the apartment

femshep: Glad you could make it.
Samantha: Better than watching T'Suzsa accepting the trophy.

After that, the scene plays out the same in the hot tub.


Here's all her scenes in the Citadel dlc


here is the hot tub scene if she isn't romanced



When you first talk with Samantha in the CIC, if you don't ask about where she grew up, she won't mention about her parents growing up in London or that she grew up in the Terminus systems. This will change the dialogue when she talks about the ex-Ceberus scientsts. Instead of her saying that it was Shepard saving her and her family, Traynor will say she was on Horizon visiting her family during a University holiday. This will have no effect on whether or not you can romance her.

Whilst not my preferred waifu, she's a decent one and character in general, and had my femshep go for her after her less than stellar 'mances with Kaidan and Jacob(lol) in the previous games.

I look forward to romance Sam with my next Shepard. Still gonna take a while, but I can't wait to do it!
My Shepard will be an ass to the crew, so thanks already about the hints which dialogue choices I need to pick, hehe.

Ok. I added her party dialogue.

This is what the scene looks like during the goodbye scene with Samantha using a flycam. Thanks to fishbone76

fishbone76.deviantart.com/art/Goodbye016-416919822

Here's another using the flycam during the hottub scene

Traynor VS Leng

from heather - shepard
heather-shepard.deviantart.com/art/Samantha-Traynor-Long-Hair-Mod-454883887

Samantha with the long hair mod. For more information about the mod, click on the link above

If interested, click here for the nude mod

Here's an interview with AWR, in french, done in March 2013. It starts at 2:13



Natsumi494, at Deviantart, was kind enough to translate it to english in this brief summary of the interview

Love Samantha, I say she was a worthy "replacement" for Kelly. Since Kelly got basically no content in ME3, I romanced Traynor. She's sweet, and she hits me in the feels near the end of the game.

They say there's one other weapon in the universe capable of destroying the Reapers, and that is Traynor's toothbrush.

If you want femshep to look like Samantha here's the face code

  721.58D.S42.B8V.FMP.1BW.A8F.7G1.CB7.IH7.2F6.816


from fishbone76
fishbone76.deviantart.com/art/ME3-Traynor-facecode-368259171

This is a screenshot from the low-ems MEHEM video


Here's the video

I could listen to Traynor's voice all day.