Checkmate - The Samantha Traynor Discussion Thread

Liara's LI content is good. Even better if you have that consistency from ME and ME2 (LotS). That being said, Sam's LI material, for saying that she's a single-game romance option, is absolutely golden. Definitely worth exploring.

A very interesting and refreshing character she is. I like her style of communication, her behavior. And I respected her greatly after Thessia mission. My whole crew (exept for Javik and Sam) turned into idiots: MISSION FAILED, we don't know how to finish the device, but the whole crew thinks only about how to comfort Liara, instead of doing something /thinking some strategy/what to do next? We are screwed as we don't know what to do!
Javik talked sense about failed mission only and only thanks to Sam Shep could track down that sword-asshole.
Sam did her job, Period. Others are just a bunch of idiots. "Oh, poor Liara, what to say to comform her?". To hell with that Liara who couldn't do her job and now whine like a child (others lost their home too, you know).
I prefer Sam instead of Kelly. Intelligent, funny,knows how to do her job even worked only in the lab, never serverd on the military ship. She is a great character and I am really glad she was introduced in ME3.

Samantha Traynor is my favorite LI and also top 3 character in the Mass Effect universe(s).
Well written, satisfying arc, hilarious toothbrush saving DLC antics, smart, funny, caring, passionate for her work, cute as hell and a beautiful voice I could listen to for hours.

On top of that her voice actress, Alix Wilton Regan, seems like a very lovely person too.

Hoping for a Traynor reappearance in the new Mass Effect game or that Alix gets a main role, maybe even voicing the players female protagonist

• Is it true that her face is a computer generated one and not directly based on some face model/actress?
• Please repost or relink your Traynor art works and fave images. (Many don’t work anymore)
• Other than DeviantArt and google image search, where can I find more Traynor images and fan art?

I just finished my first official Traynor romance run, and modified my canon Shepard to include her. I quite enjoyed all of her interactions, and was pleasantly surprised that, even without Citadel DLC, and despite what I've read over the years, Samantha seemed to have quite a bit of dialogue to uncover.

It may have already been mentioned (I may have missed it), but I liked getting a piece of unintentional romance content while getting ready for the Cerberus Headquarters mission. I always choose to nudge Joker and EDI into a relationship, so there is this exchange where Joker, worried about EDI, asks Shepard to "keep her safe" during the mission. Shepard replies "same to you" to Joker. It is supposed to be referencing the Normandy, but with my Shepard in a relationship with Samantha, I gladly interpreted this as an additional romance line. Shepard protects EDI on the ground, and Joker safeguards Samantha in the air.

AWR, my avatar, did an excellent job.

What I like is throughout the game she grows a backbone. By the time the fleets head to earth, she wouldn't hesitate going on the front lines to face the enemy.

Yes. If the trilogy were to be remade, it wouldn't be hard to have her in all 3 games.

So long as she doesn’t remove Kelly (also should be in all three games) I’d be all for it.

I just finished ME3 romancing Samantha. This is her in a flashback as Shepard is shooting the tube

Haven't finished my mShep play trough yet, let alone my femshep/Sam one.
Is there actual shower/bath steam or a classy nude model in MELE or the same old underwear > shower/bath scenes as in the OG Trilogy?

Thanks, despite the bad news.

Shame was hoping they'd fix things like that too.

I doubt her character already existed during ME2's development, however I wouldn't rule it out that they took a generic ME2 character design like the above and used is as a base for her character model in ME3. That Lady certainly has some similarities and keep in mind ME2 was orange/brownish overall color tone vs a very blue ME3.


Btw for those newer fans of Traynor, as I found out going back in this very own thread, her face is made by a good old face code in ME3 721.58D.S42.B8V.FMP.1BW.A8F.7G1.CB7.IH7.2F6.816.

and I crushed on her "generic" face (and smooth, sensual, sexy voice) , AI has already beat me...

I hate the Horizon missions in ME2 and ME3 with a passion (mainly due the Praetorian and Banshee/Brutes fights) and the VS stupid behavior.
Well at least this gives the ME2 mission some additional meaning even though my bro/femsheps don't know it yet