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* [[Hot Amazon]]: Especially [http://www.lecourtierdelombre.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/Ashley_1_scan_Mass_Effect_3.jpg her redesign]{{Dead link}} for ''[[Mass Effect 3]]''.

** [https://web.archive.org/web/20130517052741/http://images.pcworld.com/news/graphics/168882-mass-effect-redemption-2_original.jpg Redemption well and truly earned].

* [[Action Girl]]: She doesn't hesitate to get into a scrap.

'''Tali:''' I know... well, no, not that I know... it's just that... well... it's not normally like this... I mean, wow... when did it get so hot in here? }}

** [[The Nicknamer|James]] nicknames her 'Sparks' in ''Mass Effect 3''.

'''Shepard:''' Uh-huh. }}

* [[Apologetic Attacker]]: {{spoiler|She ''really'' doesn't want to kill Legion, and tells it before it dies that yes, it really does have a soul. She then mourns him later.}}.

* [[Appropriated Appellation]]: During her loyalty quest , {{spoiler|the Admiralty board has Tali's ship name changed from "vas Neema" to "vas Normandy,", in the belief that being associated with a human ship (and having a human captain represent her instead of a quarian) would hurt her chances of avoiding exile. After you earn Tali's loyalty (especially if you proved the admirals wrong and got Tali acquitted without the evidence), she decides to let the name stick.}}.

* [[Badass]]: Just how [[Badass]] is Tali? Let us count the ways...

** {{spoiler|[[Four-Star Badass]]: If she's exonerated in her trial in ''Mass Effect 2'', the other admirals elect to have her fill her deceased father's vacant position}}.

** {{spoiler|[[Authority Equals Asskicking]]: Though only technically. She's an Admiral in the third game, but aside from making a few deals on the Citadel and voting against going to war with the geth, she doesn't really do any admiral stuff.}}.

*** {{spoiler|[[Asskicking Equals Authority]]: The reason she's promoted to the position of Admiral is because she knows more about kicking geth ass than any other living quarian.}}.

* [[Battle Couple]]: withWith Shepard if romanced in ''Mass Effect 2''.

'''Garrus:''' Remind me not to get on your bad side. }}

** In ''[[Mass Effect 3]]'', her response to {{spoiler|viewing the Illusive Man's plan to emotionally manipulate a vulnerable Shepard (after being resurrected by the Lazarus Project, and being cut off from all his friends and allies) into working with Cerberus}} shows she can be quite frightening when she is well and truly angry.

* [[Bizarre Alien Biology]]: Quarians are one of only two species(the other being turians) that have a [[wikipedia:Chirality (chemistry)|dextro-amino acid based biology]]. As such, they can't consume any food or drink made for levo-amino acid biologies(humans, asari, salarian, krogan, etc.) without, at the least, not getting any nourishment from it; or at the most, having a fatal allergic reaction.

** {{spoiler|Or you can make it worse by handing over the incriminating evidence during her trial. Doing this will turn her father into a [[Complete Monster]] in the eyes of the quarian people.}}.

** {{spoiler|Let the geth destroy the quarians in the third game. She commits suicide.}}.

*** {{spoiler|Even if the geth and quarians make peace, she mourns everyone who died. Including Legion, to her own astonishment.}}.

* [[But I Would Really Enjoy It]]: Tali is initially reluctant to sleep with Shepard, because their mutually [[Bizarre Alien Biology|Bizarre Alien Biologies]] would result in anything from allergic reaction, to drastic illness, to death for her. She ''assures'' you that this does not coincide with her desires.

* [[Can't Have Sex Ever]]: She works ''HARD'' to subvert this. {{spoiler|Shadow broker's file reveals she once had [[A Date with Rosie Palms|"nerve stimulation" implants]], had them removed/turned off reinstalled, she finally had it installed and upgraded}}.

* [[Can't Hold Her Liquor]]: After the Horizon mission in ''Mass Effect 3'', you can find her in the ''Normandy'' lounge getting hammered. Then if you go go down to the cargo bay to talk to Javik, you walk in on her drunk-dialing him.

* [[Character Development]]: Tali is more mature in the sequel. Also, see [[Vocal Evolution]] below.

* [[Chekhov's Gun]]: You know that knife strapped to her boot that we never see her using? It can come up in one very important moment in ''Mass Effect 3'' - : {{spoiler|stabbing Legion if you pick the quarians over the geth.}}.

* [[Cooldown Hug]]: [[Video Game Caring Potential|Shepard has the option of giving this to her after]] {{spoiler|she finds her father's dead body.}}.

** {{spoiler|In ''Lair of Thethe Shadow Broker'', it is revealed in her suit program registry log that she has repeatedly installed, uninstalled, reinstalled and finally upgraded a "nerve stim" program, [[A Date with Rosie Palms|if you know what I mean.]]}}.

** And to continue Lair goodness, {{spoiler|the same log as the 'nerve stim' program reveals she downloaded a video on 'Human Courtship and Mating'.}}.

*** It should be noted that she downloads the vid regardless of whether Shepard is male [[Les Yay|or female]].

** {{spoiler|Subverted when a picture of her without a suit is shown in the third game. Although her hair '''could''' be a deep shade of purple, matching her choice in clothing. It's... [[Lens Flare|kinda hard to tell.]]}}.

'''Tali:''' So ''you'' ordered the listening devices and tracking beacons that are all over this ship? }}

** Alternately, if neither she nor Garrus is romanced by Shepard, this is her reaction when {{spoiler|Shepard walks in on her and Garrus together}}...}}

* {{spoiler|[[Driven to Suicide]]: In ''Mass Effect 3'', if you can't get the geth and the quarians to work together, choosing the geth side means she has to watch the entire fleet get blown out of the sky. She walks off a cliff to her death.}}.

'''Tali:''' [[Sesquipedalian Loquaciousness|Emergency.]] [[Insistent Terminology|Induction.]] [[Crowning Moment of Funny|Port.]] }}

** She also hates Cerberus and makes it clear that she's only there [[Undying Loyalty|because Shepard is.]].

* [[Even Heroes Have Heroes]]: Towards Shepard. Upped in the sequel. [[Up to Eleven|BIG time.]]].

* [[Even the Girls Want Her]]: She became a love interest in the second game, and her fanbase rejoiced. Except for the ones who were disappointed she wasn't a love interest for Female Shepard.

* [[Everyone Can See It]]: Her feelings for Male Shep. Kelly, Kasumi, Liara, and {{spoiler|Javik}} can all comment on it.

* {{spoiler|[[The Exile]]:}} In ''[[Mass Effect 2]]'', {{spoiler|one outcome of her loyalty mission is that she can be permanently exiled from the Migrant Fleet. But she still has a home on the Normandy.}}.

* {{spoiler|[[Four-Star Badass]]: Admiral, to be exact, in ''Mass Effect 3''}}.

* {{spoiler|[[Green-Skinned Space Babe]]}}: {{spoiler|You finally get to see Tali sans suit in ''[[Mass Effect 3]]'' if you romance her ''and'' help the Quarians reclaim their homeworld.}}.

'''Tali''': [[Covert Pervert|Hmm...]] }}

'''Shepard''': ''Thank you'', EDI. }}

'''Tali''': [[Insistent Terminology|Emmeeerrrgency]] [[Memetic Mutation|induction]] [[Crowning Moment of Funny|port.]] .}}

* [[It's Quiet... Too Quiet]]: She has trouble sleeping on the ''Normandy'' because the ship is so quiet. Justified, though;: the ships in the Migrant Fleet are frequently bought used or are remnants from the Geth Uprising, so the engines, life support, and so on make noise when they're working. On the Migrant Fleet, a ship that isn't noisy is a ''' ''very bad thing'' '''.

* [[I Want My Beloved to Be Happy]]: [[Tear Jerker|She initially refuses Shepard's advances because she believes that he'll be hurt by their relationship.]].

* [[Just Friends]]: [[Revision|Retroactively with male!Shep from the first game.]].

{{quote|'''Ken:''' Don't get me wrong, it's a beautiful bucket... The whole suit is lovely, quite snug in all the right places...

'''Tali:''' You ''know'' I can hear you! }}

* [[Lost Forever]]: like Garrus, link up with her in ''Mass Effect 2'' or forever hold your peace.

* [[Noble Bigot]]: Make no mistake—asmistake: as selfless and heroic as Tali is, she ''hates'' synthetic lifeforms. And she's one of the more ''open-minded'' quarians. Of course, this is a [[Justified Trope]] given her situation. Her people were driven off their home planet and nearly genocided by their own created AI race, and the geth later {{spoiler|kill her father as well.}}. The fact that the quarians started it aside, Tali has more than a few reasons to be distrustful of if not hostile towards, say, {{spoiler|Legion.}}. Later, thanks to [[Character Development]], the aforementioned open-mindedness pays off. {{spoiler|Legion, the player's choice can make her be more friendly to Legion, sparking a friendly [[Not So Different]] situation in the third game to resolve the whole quarian/geth conflict. Doing so factors in to the potential for reconciliation between the Geth and Quarians.}}.

* [[Odd Friendship]]: In ''Mass Effect 3'', it seems that she and Legion have been in communication, and it's clear that they develop a strange fondness for one another even after the other admirals lead the quarians back into war with the geth.

* [[Only Sane Man]]: Behind Jacob {{spoiler|and Legion}}, Tali is one of the more sensible crewmembers on the Normandy, [[Noble Bigot|though she still has her issues.]]. {{spoiler|[[Character Development|At least until MassEffect3.''Mass Effect 3'']]}}.

* [[Optional Party Member]]: Just like Thane, Samara, Grunt, Zaeed, Kasumi and {{spoiler|Legion}}, you can complete [[Mass Effect 2|the second game]] without her. [[Plot Tailored to the Party|Doing this will come back to haunt you, though...]]

* {{spoiler|[[Pair the Spares]]: If your Male Shepard does not romance Tali in ''[[Mass Effect 3]]'', she will end up with Garrus}}.

** {{spoiler|When you consider that Garrus is essentially a ''Paragade'' Shepard, it makes sense that she's attracted to those qualities.}}.

* {{spoiler|1=[[Plotline Death]]: can suffer this in ''ME2Mass Effect 2'', at which point she does not appear in ''ME3Mass Effect 3''. Can also suffer this in ''ME3Mass Effect 3'', depending on your choices during the re-ignited quarian/geth war.}}.

* [[Rank Up]]: {{spoiler|She is an Admiral in the third game.}}.

* {{spoiler|[[Reasonable Authority Figure]]: Technically becomes this in ''[[Mass Effect 3]]'', even if her position as an admiral is mostly ceremonial. She's still very helpful if you want to broker peace between the quarians and geth.}}.

* [[Reassignment Backfire]]: {{spoiler|When the Admiralty Board accuses her of treason, they officially change her ship from the ''Neema'' to the ''Normandy'', in hopes of publicly ostracizing her from the fleet and under the impression that Shepard would do a substandard job of defending her.}}.

** Is done in reverse as well when she saves Shepard in the third game-... that is, {{spoiler|if you side with the quarians in their conflict with the geth.}}. Also happens on the Geth Dreadnought, where Tali saves Shepard from falling to his/her death when the elevator is damaged by a rocket.

* [[Set a Mook to Kill a Mook]]: She can hack synthetic enemies and get them to kill each other. This includes [[Giant Mook|Geth Primes,]], [[Spider Tank|Geth Armatures,]], [[Mini-Mecha|Atlas Mechs]], and [[More Dakka|all types of turrets.]]. Like most powers, it was nerfed heavily in the second game (it was considered overpowered in the first due to almost half of the game's enemies being synthetic), but was buffed again in the third.

* [[Shoot the Dog]]: {{spoiler|If you can't broker peace between the quarians and the geth, then you must choose one of the two. If you choose the quarians, then Legion will knock Shepard down, strangle him/her, and hold him/her over the edge of a cliff. Tali then stabs it. In Legion's final moments, Tali tells it that she's sorry and that it does have a soul.}}.

* {{spoiler|[[Sins of Our Fathers]]: Her character quest in the sequel centers around her being held responsible for her father's geth experimentations.}}.

* [[Terrified of Germs]]: Though not as terrified as most of her race, if her behavior towards male!Shep is any indicator. (Eithereither that or [[If It's You It's Okay]], though with germs as the feared entity instead of, you know, gay.).

* [[Took a Level in Badass]]: At the beginning of the first game, she is a teenager in over her head, on the run from a few thugs. Come the third game—threegame (three years, more or less, in-universe—anduniverse) and she is {{spoiler|''an Admiral of the Fleet.''}}.

'''Shepard''': You were worried. }}

** {{spoiler|''Partially'' subverted. Close-ups do give you some view of her eyes and nose behind the mask. She looks rather human. And somehow, ''that just makes it all the more sadistic.''}}.

*** If you romance her in ''Mass Effect 3'', you get [http://masseffect.wikia.com/wiki/File:Taliface.png a photo of her unmasked]. {{spoiler|She actually looks very close to human, with some dark lines along her neck and three-fingered hands. She even has human-like hair}}.

*** {{spoiler|And glowing eyes. The dark lines are also not exclusive to the neck, she has some on her forehead too, linking to her eyebrows.}}.

* [[Underestimating Badassery]]: The Shadow Broker in ''Mass Effect 2'' has a unique comment for each potential party member about how valuable eliminating them and Shepard would be. But Tali? ''He's surprised Liara brought her along'', what with her botched research mission on Haestrom. Though he could just be trying to press her [[Berserk Button]].

* [[Violently Protective Girlfriend]]: Gets a hint of this in the third game provided Shepard romancer her, especially if she {{spoiler|kills Legion.}}. Also, she has four very simple words to say once {{spoiler|the files at the Cerberus Base reveal how The Illusive Man manipulated Shepard into seeing Cerberus as sympathetic.}}.

** Well, she also reacts that way when she finds out Shepard is working for Cerberus, has a functional AI on board, or recruits {{spoiler|Legion}}.

** In the first game, Shepard can call her out on her attempts to justify the quarians' attempted genocide of the geth when the geth became sentient (an action that led to the civil war that resulted in the quarians fleeing their homeworld).

** Not as much as Garrus, but she tries, to the point of trying to emulate Shepard's [[Nice Job Breaking It, Hero|nice job with the mining laser]] back on Therum with demolition charges. We'll just assume she forgot about how [[Fridge Logic|that kind of blew up in Shepard's face when s/he tried it.]].

** Another example: Whenwhen trying to help a fellow quarian on Illium who sold herself into indentured servitude to pay off stock market debts, Tali will follow Shepard's lead if you try to charm/intimidate a Synthetic Insights rep into buying her contract, offering increased business with the Migrant Fleet if you use Charm, and threatening to park said Migrant Fleet on top of Synthetic Insight's headquarters if you use Intimidate.

*** In ''Mass Effect 3'', she'll state flat-out that {{spoiler|the only reason she took the Admiral position}} was because she thought Shepard would do the same thing in her position.

* [[Why Did It Have to Be Snakes?|Why Did It Have To Be Spiders?]]: If she is [http://youtu.be/ZIQ-iGF1t-4 brought along] for the rachni sidequest in ''Mass Effect 3'', she makes it clear she does not like crawlies. By freaking out when attacked by swarmers and screaming "Spiders ''spiders spiders '''spiiiiiiiiiders!!'''''" A later conversation with Garrus reveals she's felt this way since day one. If you have the ''Mass Effect: Datapad'' iOS app, she even sends you an email on the subject.

** [[Fridge Brilliance|Which makes sense if you brought her with you to Noveria in the first game.]]. She was particularly vulnerable to rachni acid attacks back then, {{spoiler|and that was ''before'' the Reapers [[It Got Worse|made husks out of them]] }}.

** Which gets a [[Call Back]] in ''Mass Effect 3''.

* [[You Can't Go Home Again]]: In the sequel, {{spoiler|Tali can be exiled from the Flotilla for treason.}}.

** {{spoiler|This doesn't stop the Admirals from calling on her during their assault on the geth in ''Mass Effect 3'', but she admits she's their "dirty secret". It also keeps you from making peace between the two sides, as she must be an Admiral for that.}}.

* [[You Don't Want to Die a Virgin, Do You?]]: Seems to be her motivation to "find a way before the last fight"."

** Ironically, a Thresher Maw ''Hammer'' is exactly the solution to defeat a Reaper on Tuchanka in ''Mass Effect 3'', by [[Summon Bigger Fish|summoning Kalros]].

** In a subversion, the constant arms race had made it an unequipable piece of junk, and is only valuable for personal reasons.

* [[Anti-Hero]]: [[Sliding Scale of Anti-Heroes|Type]] [[Black and Grey Morality|IV]] or [[Sociopathic Hero|V]] in the original [[Your Mileage May Vary|depending on your view]]; {{spoiler|moves up the scale to [[Good Is Not Nice|Type III]] in the sequel if he survives.}}.

* [[Asskicking Equals Authority]]: He is a krogan, and thus tends to equate ass-kicking with respect. He may even [[Discussed Trope|discuss this]] with various other crewmembers, by asking them if they could beat Shepard in a fight. <ref>Kaidan dismisses the question with how he'd realistically never have to fight his superior officer; Wrex decides that that's why Shepard is his superior officer, and why s/he would win. Tali asks if Krogan size up ''everyone'' for a fight, to which he replies yes.</ref>

** {{spoiler|In ''Mass Effect 2'', assuming he survived the first game, he is in the process of reforming and uniting Krogan society through sheer force of personality (and ass kicking, when necessary).}}.

{{quote|'''Wrex:''': {{spoiler|Speak when spoken to, [[Jerkass|Uvenk]]. [[Crowning Moment of Awesome|I'll drag your clan to glory whether you like it or not]].}}.}}

* [[Badass]]: {{spoiler|MOFO ICED A THRESHER MAW ON FOOT IN HIS RITE OF PASSAGE. A feat nobody else would pull for hundreds of years afterwards.<ref>Shepard can get in on doing that ''Mass Effect 2''.</ref>}}

** Especially once you consider that, even though ''Mass Effect'' takes place in the future, Wrex would have been born when Earth still had ''Vikings''.

* [[Berserk Button]]: Any mention of destroying the krogan's chances of curing the genophage will provoke a violent reaction. {{spoiler|It can get Wrex killed in the first game unless you can talk him down, and he will die in the third game if you sabotage the cure.}}.

* [[The Big Guy]]: Type 1 in the first ''Mass Effect'', [[Character Development|shifts to]] Class 5 if he survives to the sequel.

* [[Blood Brothers|Blood Brother/Blood Sister]]: He declares Shepard to be his if {{spoiler|Shepard saves Eve and cures the genophage.}}. To him, the krogan have no greater friend, no greater hero, than the commander.

* [[Bruiser with a Soft Center]]: Not so much in the first game, but played straight from the second game onward.

* [[Cutscene Incompetence]]: {{spoiler|1=Ashley kills him with one shot from a rifle in ME1''Mass Effect 1'', and Shepard can kill him with a pistol in ME3.''Mass Effect 3''}}.

* [[Death Glare]]: Displays a great one in ''Mass Effect 3'' when the Salarian Dalatrass insults the Krogan. The look on his face makes it clear that he wants nothing more than to pull out a shotgun and leave a large hole in the Normandy's bulkhead where she was standing.

* {{spoiler|[[Despair Event Horizon]]: Betray him by sabotaging the genophage cure and he'll completely lose it. He'll withdraw krogan support, leave the galaxy to burn, and tries to gun you down with a shotgun to boot. As far as he's concerned, if his species is going to go extinct, humanity can join them.}}.

* [[Dirty Old Man]]: In ME3''Mass Effect 3'', according to Eve, he's a bit... enthusiastic about fertile Krogan females.

* [[Driven to Suicide]]: A possibility, if you make a certain series of decisions. In ME3''Mass Effect 3'', if you {{spoiler|sabotage the genophage cure, Wrex will come after you, conveniently forgetting his biotics and shields... Suicide by Shepard.}}.

* [[Face Heel Turn]]: {{spoiler|Seriously considers one during Virmire. If you're unable to talk him out of it, Ashley kills him to protect you.}}.

** {{spoiler|If you sabotaged the genophage cure in ''Mass Effect 3'', he will return later on, having found out, and tries to kill Shepard no matter what. He also calls off all his support for the war. Notably, he only does this after you yourself arguably cross the [[Moral Event Horizon]].}}.

* [[Friendly Enemy]]: He mentions having one in an asari named Aleena {{spoiler|who is strongly hinted to be a past life for Aria T'Loak in ''Mass Effect 2''}}.

'''Wrex''': Of course he is. You're with ''Shepard''. How could he be alive? }}

* [[Good Is Not Nice]]: {{spoiler|As krogan overlord, he institutes many reforms to help his species... and if he has to go against tradition or bust heads for it to work, so be it}}.

'''Wrex:''' Oh.... It must've been painful then. }}

* [[Jerk with a Heart of Gold]]: {{spoiler|Gives Shepard a very warm greeting as the krogan overlord. From a grizzled old cynic like him, that really means something. He even invites Grunt to be part of the clan. As warlord, he does everything in his power to aid his people, [[Good Is Not Nice|whether they like it or not]].}}.

{{quote|'''Wrex:''' {{spoiler|Shepard! My friend!}}!}}

** {{spoiler|1=Despite disliking salarians in general, he honestly comes to respect Mordin in ME3''Mass Effect 3'', affectionately nicknaming him "Pyjak."}}.

** {{spoiler|After Mordin sacrifices himself to cure the genophage, Wrex says that he'll honour him by naming one of the newborn children after him. Maybe one of the girls.}}.

* [[The McCoy]]: To Dalatrass Linron's [[The Spock]] and Primarch Adrien Victus's [[The Kirk]], in ''Mass Effect 3''.

** According to [[Word of God]], they called him Wrex after a Tyrannosaurus Rex, which still comes from "king.". This also leads to an amusing [[Continuity Nod]] in the second game, where Data on Grunt's extranet searches reveal that he [[Wiki Walk|went from searching about Wrex to reading about dinosaurs]].

* [[My Friends and Zoidberg]]: Invoked in ''Mass Effect 3'' if you bring Liara and Garrus along to Sur'kesh, he's deeply happy she's there... oh, and Garrus too.

* [[Odd Friendship]]: With Shepard. Dialogue in ''Mass Effect 3'' indicates that he's deeply fond of Liara... [[My Friends and Zoidberg|and Garrus]], in his own way.

* [[Proud Warrior Race Guy]]: [[My Species Doth Protest Too Much|Deconstructed]];: he knows full well that the krogan people are too attached to their short-sighted warrior traditions to save themselves from extinction. In the sequels, he reconstructs the trope by seizing power of Clan Urdnot and working to return the krogan to a proud warrior race instead of a race of thugs for hire.

* [[Red Oni, Blue Oni]]: Plays the red to Eve's blue {{spoiler|as leaders of the Krogan.}}.

* [[Revenge Before Reason]]: {{spoiler|1=In ME3''Mass Effect 3'', if you betray his friendship and sabotage the genophage cure, he will come after you on a [[Roaring Rampage of Revenge]]. However, [[Series Continuity Error|he will "conveniently" forget his barriers and biotics]].}}.

* [[Royal Blood]]: To a degree;: his father was an overlord of the Urdnot clan. {{spoiler|In the sequel, if he survived Virmire, Wrex is now overlord of the krogan homeworld.}}.

* [[Royals Who Actually Do Something]]: Wrex used to have a tribe of his own, though he fled Tuchanka after a fight with his father. {{spoiler|In the sequel, he's become the overlord of most of the krogan clans.}}.

* [[Slave to PR]]: He executes a gang leader against your orders because he was hired by the Broker to personally kill him. He even gives you the bounty if you don't bring him along and beat him to the punch -... he won't take credit or payment for something he didn't do.

** Arguable even in the first game. Wrex was willing to {{spoiler|fight Shepard if it meant a chance to cure his people.}}. He's certainly not the most moral party member, but someone who cares that much for his people shouldn't be called a sociopath.

"Wrex." }}

** When Wrex joyfully bounds out of his "throne" to greet Shepard with unabashed happiness in ''Mass Effect 2'', [[Crowning Moment of Heartwarming|it's fairly startling]].

* [[Too Dumb to Live]]: What he thinks of anyone that goes up against Shepard. Which {{spoiler|makes you wonder what that says about ''him'' when he does this on Virmire. [[Played With]] in that he likely knew he had no chance at actually "winning", but was doing it as a matter of principle or honor rather than tactics. Thankfully, the player has three ways of talking him out of it.}}.

** {{spoiler|The same logic also applies to his confrontation with Shepard in ''Mass Effect 3'' if the cure is sabotaged, though there it might have been blind fury rather than any other reason.}}.

* [[Uncomfortable Elevator Moment]]: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vOg-nLWe71w Wrex seems to really like the elevators.].

** If he's taken to Noveria, and Shepard spares the rachni queen. As he reminds you, millions of his ancestors died to defeat the rachni the first time.

** If you deleted Maelon's research, he has some choice words for you in the last game -... it takes rescuing Eve and following him to the Shroud before he's willing to call you a friend again.

** {{spoiler|If you betray his trust by sabotaging the genophage cure, he tries to kill you. On the same occasion, he also calls you out for your actions during the Citadel coup if you killed the VS - *and* for the turian bomb on Tuchanka if you let it go off. It's a bit of a low point for Shepard, all in all.}}.

{{quote|'''Wrex''': {{spoiler|What's the matter? Ashley not around to do your dirty work? Oh right, you killed her too! And it's time you found out how that feels!}}!}}