Ambassador choice

Yeah, it was an understandable outburst, I just wish Ryder could have responded. Bioware loves to give NPCs the last word in arguments with the player.

Yeah, you're right about all that. The series has always been fairly human-centric. It's not the end of the world, but I would consider it a flaw. I think scifi is more interesting when it isn't human-centric, which isn't to say there shouldn't be humans in it. Playing the story as a human is enough for me.

But self-admiration like "Oh, humanity is so diverse and resilient and adaptive!" that you find in both the original trilogy and ME:A makes it obvious it was written by humans so it makes me annoyed on a meta-level.

I had a tough time picking between Raeka and the Moshae.

Morda... no way. I don't trust her and like someone else said, I've given the Krogan significant leverage already. I don't need a hot temper in the seat of ambassador. She's fine right where she's at, leading New Tuchanka

August Bradley - I don't see him as a viable pick. I think he's well suited to the role he's in. He doesn't seem like he has a knack for political skills. While that might be argued as someone you want, but in my opinion it's really not in this instance. He's gruff and to the point and that clashes with the emotional-based Angaran. He even says he doesn't get involved with other people's grief. He wouldn't be a good ambassador to deal with the Angaran, nor do I think he's suited to be potentially the first high powered face future races meet with outside of Heleus.

Raeka - A decent choice among what we are offered. She's level headed and very intelligent. She cares about the people of the Initiative and presumably the Angaran when she meets them and she unquestioningly has Ryder's back. However, I think she's best suited as Pathfinder. It's part of the reason why I saved her because she's well suited to her current role and the best choice going forward in that role as we branch from Heleus.

Moshae - While she isn't a Milky Way race, we have spent time together and formed a very strong alliance and friendship. We already have the Milky Way races in power in the Andromeda Initiative so it is important to give the Angaran a voice and position within the scope of that to let them know they are as much a part of this as anyway. That doesn't even factor the fact that Andromeda is THEIR galaxy. Heleus has been their home far longer than ours and we could use her help going forward as we ultimately leave Heleus and encounter more races. She's a proven leader and icon for the Angaran people who can additionally sway more people from their race that might still be on the fence about the Initiative.

In the end this might just be a placeholder decision like Anderson/Udina in ME1. I'm hoping not. Hopefully Bioware learned from that decision and can make this carry more weight. I certainly felt the weight of it as I made it.