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** She reached the rank of Gunnery Chief before we meet her, although she says that she had 'crap assignments' until that point. Regardless, she reaches the rank of Lieutenant Commander by ''[[Mass Effect 3 (Video Game)|Mass Effect 3]]'', so she's managed to work past this.

* [[Ambiguously Brown]]: Confirmed by devs to be mostly Hispanic.

* {{spoiler|[[Asskicking Equals Authority]]}}: {{spoiler|She's made the second human Spectre in ''[[Mass Effect 3 (Video Game)|Mass Effect 3]]''}}.

* [[The Atoner]]: A lot of her actions are fueled by her desire to restore her family's good name.

** Given that her grandfather was branded [[The Quisling]] by ''Humanity'' for doing something so heinous as surrendering in order to ''save civilians'', its entirely possible that simply has trust issues and doesn't trust ''anyone''. Given her reaction to Shepard being involved with Cerberus in the second game and the fact she takes a long time to trust them again in the third, this might be the case. Ashley doesn't hate aliens, she just doesn't trust them to not let her down.

*** This also fits with her being religious. So far, her faith in God is because they are the only person who ''hasn't let her down''.

* [[First Girl Wins]]: If romanced.

* [[Friendly Sniper]]: She can use sniper rifles, though cutscenes always show her wielding assault rifles.

** She angrily berates a colonist in ME2 who insults Shepard, declaring that they're in the presence of a ''god''.

* [[Hidden Depths]]: Her views on human/alien interaction actually delve much deeper than simple racism. While she has trust issues, her views fall more along the line of "we shouldn't become too dependent on them."

* [[Hot Amazon]]: Especially [http://www.lecourtierdelombre.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/Ashley_1_scan_Mass_Effect_3.jpg her redesign] for ''[[Mass Effect 3 (Video Game)|Mass Effect 3]]''.

* [[Improbable Age]]: [[All There in the Manual|Supplementary material]] says she's 25 in the first game, which is really pushing the suspension of disbelief if she's a senior NCO.

* [[Overshadowed By Awesome|Overshadowed by Shepard]]: Much like Garrus, she is an extreme badass and a fine leader {{spoiler|and, in the third game, gets inducted as a Spectre}}. But when Shepard is around, there's no doubt who's the boss, or [[Authority Equals Asskicking|why]].

** Exemplified if Shepard is the one to kill {{spoiler|Udina}}, at which point s/he immediately takes total charge of the situation.

* [[Pet the Dog]]: If you talk to her after the Noveria mission she'll tell Shepard to go comfort Liara {{spoiler|since her mother was killed after succumbing to indoctrination}}. She also expresses a hope that having Tali be on their team will improve people's views of quarians during one of the game's many long elevator rides. As well, she takes the Virmire assignment of leading an assault force of salarians without complaint. In fact, the salarians come out of it with nothing but respect for her (especially if she doesn't survive).

* [[Pink Means Feminine]]: Argubly subverted.

*** Which is hypocritically hilarious if you use the alternative outfit for Ashley in combat (which is her skin-tight leather suit).

* [[Real Men Love Jesus|Real Women Love Jesus]]: Maybe. It's left deliberately ambigious what religious denomination she belongs to, save for that it's monotheistic.

* [[Redemption Equals Death]]: Potentially discussed; after learning about her family's backstory, Shepard can express concern that she hopes for an opportunity to fall on her proverbial sword in order to redeem her family name. {{spoiler|If she's the one left behind on Virmire, it has this effect.}}

** Not to mention news reports from the second game: {{spoiler|she's been awarded high honors by the salarian and turian governments for her willingness to give her life protecting aliens.}}

* [[Shut Up Kiss]]: Invoked in the third game if the romance was continued.

{{quote| '''Ashley''': Just shut up and kiss me.}}

{{quote| '''Shepard:''' That's a pretty pessimistic way of looking at things, Chief.<br />

'''Ashley:''' A pessimist is what an optimist calls a realist. }}

* [[Space Marine]]

* [[Straw Civilian]]: Holds this view of non-military folk, particularly politicians. Granted, most of the time [[Properly Paranoid|she seems to be right.]]

* [[Survivors Guilt]]

{{quote| '''James:''' You know the Commander?<br />

'''Ashley:''' [[Broken Pedestal|I used to]]. }}

* {{spoiler|[[Vasquez Always Dies]]: Potentially.}}

* [[Violently Protective Girlfriend]]: Comes into play if you romance her, especially if she {{spoiler|kills Wrex.}}

* [[Always Someone Better]]: It's heavily implied that Garrus feels somewhat [[Overshadowed By Awesome|inferior when compared]] to Shepard.

** Shepard can ''intentionally'' miss during a bottle shooting match in the third game. The look on Garrus' face that he's a ''better'' shot than Shepard speaks of how much of a win this is for him.

** Although by the third game, he seems have gotten quite a bit softer regardless. It might even be safe to label him as a Type II by that point.

* [[Asskicking Equals Authority]]: In the third game, he's one of the highest ranking officers in the entire turian military due to his prior experience fighting Reapers. Partly justified as the turian military (and turian society in general) is a self-described meritocracy and they don't have nearly as much problem rapidly promoting people as humans do.

* [[Getting Crap Past the Radar]]: Put a few clues together and you'll figure out one of the pieces on Garrus's visor soundtrack is from an in-universe ''porn movie.''

* [[Glass Cannon]]: Garrus can put out a ''lot'' of pain from an extreme distance, but for one of your "combat" characters, he is relatively fragile.

* [[Gut Feeling]]: Garrus often trusts these, which lends even more to his [[Cowboy Cop]] status.

* [[Headbutt of Love]]: Since turian mouths are structured very differently from humans and fluid exchange can lead to anaphylactic shock, this is how he shows affection for female Shepard during their [[Pre Climax Climax|romance scene]].

** With any Shepard who didn't romance him, after a poignant bonding moment in the third game he sarcastically wonders if Shepard is going to ''propose''. This happens to be the same moment in which, with a romancing Shepard, he ''does'' propose.

* [[He Who Fights Monsters]]: Lets his obsession with revenge get away with him in the second game; you can choose whether to stop him or encourage him.

* {{spoiler|[[Hollywood Kiss]]}}: Gives one to Shepard in ''3'' if they're in a romance during their Citadel outing. [[Crowning Moment of Heartwarming|And it's just as beautiful]] [[Fan Preferred Couple|as you would expect.]]

* [[Honor Before Reason]]: He often obsesses with seeing villains get their just desserts, regardless of whether pursuing them is the wisest course of action. He wrestles with himself over whether it's because of his pride, or because of his values in justice. If you take him down the Paragon path, he admits it was his pride that wanted him to hunt down Dr. "Heart" more than it was to seek justice.

** Although its also revealed that {{spoiler|he asked Mordin to use his STG clearance to pull some strings so the Salarian Medical Centre had clearance to pursue further research into the disease. He also donated his Cerberus pay to fund the project and get his mother onto one of the trials.}}

** In ''[[Mass Effect 3]]'' [[It Got Worse|it gets worse]], due to {{spoiler|the Reapers' invasion of Palaven}}. He worries constantly about his dad and sister during the course of the game, even praying for their safety at one point. {{spoiler|They do make it safely off the planet eventually, but Garrus' ill mother is never mentioned at all.}}

* [[If You Kill Him You Will Be Just Like Him]]: Used in a sidequest and potentially subverted. Though it's less about killing them, more about not being obsessed with killing them to self-destructive levels.

* [[I Can't Believe a Guy Like You Would Notice Me|I Never Knew You Had A Weakness For Men With Scars, Shepard]]: He's ''very'' surprised to hear that female Shepard is interested in him as a romance option. He doesn't mind as long as they can work things out, though.

* [[In the Blood]]

* [[It Got Worse]]: In the Lair of the Shadow Broker DLC for ''Mass Effect 2'', a file on him reveals {{spoiler|his mother is dying of a (currently) incurable disease and he and his sister aren't on very good terms.}}

* [[Knight in Sour Armor]]: In the second game he's become like this. He's frighteningly devoted to his ideals, but expresses a lot of disappointment about how little he's changed things for most of Omega's residents.

* [[The Lancer]]: Promoted to Lancer in the sequel. Aside from Miranda and Jacob he is the second to Shepard.

'''Tali''': *snickers* Oh, nothing.../(to a female Shepard romancing him): Watch yourself, Shepard. }}

* [[Oh Crap]]: Garrus explicitly says this [[Crowning Moment of Funny|when seeing two heavy mechs being airdropped]] and when seeing the elevator bomb on Sur'Kesh.

* [[Only Known By Their Nickname]]: Archangel is a nickname Omega's residents gave him for his good deeds.

* [[Optional Party Member]]: You can complete the first game without him.

* [[Sarcastic Devotee]]: Second only to Joker.

* [[Scars Are Forever]]: Even with advanced medical technology, he's still got the scars he received from the gunship when you meet up with him in ''ME3'', six months later. However, a side conversation with Dr. Chakwas suggests that this is his choice, as she thinks he [[Rule of Cool|likes them]].

{{quote| '''Joker''': What's the hard part about treating a turian who took a rocket to the face?<br />

'''Garrus''': Figuring out which side took the rocket. }}

* [[Undying Loyalty]]: There is probably NO ONE that Shepard can trust to have his/her back more in a firefight than Garrus. No matter what Shepard does, Garrus will always be willing to follow him/her to hell and back.

* [[We Help the Helpless]]: How he describes his unit's actions on Omega in Mass Effect 2.

** If you {{spoiler|fake the genophage cure and kill Wrex to gain salarian support}} in ''3'', you have the opportunity to confess what you did to him. He wearily admits that he *would* have chewed you out for it a few years ago, but with everything going to hell he might have done the same thing himself.

* [[What Would X Do|What Would Shepard Do?]]

* [[Bi the Way]]: He can only be romanced by a female Shepard in the first game, but he can be romanced by a Shepard of either gender in the third.

* [[Blessed With Suck]]: His L2 implants give him more oomph than the average biotic running the stabler and safer L3s, but he has to deal with frequent migraines. And he's one of the luckier ones in terms of side effects.

* [[Character Development]]:

** In the first game, he takes a bit of convincing to loosen up and let himself go more often. Come the third, he has to convince 'you'' to take a "sanity check" with him on the Citadel.

* [[Gay Option]]: In the third game.

* [[Good Looking Privates]]: [[Mr. Fanservice|Estrogen Brigade Bait]]. Say hello to the game's [[Love Interest]] for the female PC and male PC in ME3.

* [[Heterosexual Life Partners]]: If not romanced with Male Shepard. Shepard even calls Kaidan a brother to him.

* [[Ho Yay]]: With male Shepard. A ton. In the first game it was mostly left over from when he was meant to be a full-fleged [[Gay Option]]. The second game managed to take it [[Up to Eleven]] even though he only had two scenes. The third game made it canon.

* [[Semper Fi]]: A special operative, like all biotics, but still a Marine.

* [[Space Marine]]

* [[Suddenly Sexuality]]: Like Anders in ''[[Dragon Age II (Video Game)|Dragon Age II]]'', Kaidan will make advances towards a male Shepard in ''Mass Effect 3'' without even the slightest indication that he was interested in men beforehand.

* [[Took a Level In Badass]]: In ''ME3''.

{{quote| '''James:''' You know the Commander?<br />

'''Kaidan:''' [[Broken Pedestal|I used to]]. }}

* {{spoiler|[[You Shall Not Pass]]}}:

** In the first game, {{spoiler|at the same time as Ashley's. It's up to you whether he survives over her.}}

* [[Air Vent Escape]]: How she's reintroduced in 3. While being chased by a pair of Cerberus operatives.

* [[All of the Other Reindeer]]: Due to being a "pureblood."

** Softens up a least little in the third game. Like Garrus, she might even qualify as a Type II for that game.

* [[Arbitrary Skepticism]]: {{spoiler|In the third game, Liara seems to be in complete denial when Javik reveals that the Asari goddess Athame and her guide Lucen were actually Protheans. When Liara claims that it is impossible, he snarkily comments that it must be an amazing coincidence that the statues and artwork of their myths just happen to look exactly like ''him''.}}

* [[Bizarre Alien Biology]]: Asari reproduce by "melding", where they join their entire nervous system to their partner's and use the electrical impulses to randomize some of their own DNA for the offspring. Galactic science waffles on the subject, but it often turns out [[Lamarck Was Right]] - Aethyta had a krogan father, and notes that she seems to have "a bit of his mouth."

** The asari are the setting's only known telepaths, and they use it as part of the mating process. It's not only logical that asari daughters take after their parents psychologically, it's almost inevitable given the depth of the melding.

* [[Break the Cutie]]: {{spoiler|By the time of ''Mass Effect 2'', she's much less innocent and kind as she's had a rough couple of years by then.}}

** {{spoiler|Cranked [[Up to Eleven]] during the Fall of Thessia mission in the third game. She's a complete wreck even during the mission, to say nothing about after.}}

* [[Broken Pedestal]]: {{spoiler|After the fall of Thessia, she angrily calls out Javik for not even caring, that she's spent her entire life studying his people and feels like it was for nothing. He's a ''Prothean''... he was supposed to have all the ''answers''}}.

* [[Came Back Wrong]]: One of Liara's fears regarding {{spoiler|Shepard, after having handed the Commander's corpse over to Cerberus for the Lazarus Project. It also partly explains her initial, somewhat distant attitude on Illium.}}

* [[Captain Obvious]]: During parts of ''Lair of the Shadow Broker.'' Frequently lampshaded by Shepard.

* [[Character Development]]: In the first game, Liara T'Soni is a stuttering, bookish, nerdy girl. {{spoiler|In the sequel she has become a ruthless information trader, but her tough attitude is revealed to be a defense mechanism if you romanced her in the first game.}}

* [[Hot Blooded]]: Liara definitely comes across as this in the second and third game. {{spoiler|Matriarch Aethyta}}, her father, believes that this is because she's a quarter-krogan.

* [[Hot Scientist]]

* [[In Universe Catharsis]]: "Lair of the Shadow Broker" provides closure for Liara's two years of mourning, grief and pain.

* [[I Shall Taunt You]]: When confronting the Shadow Broker, she {{spoiler|brings up his status as the previous Broker's "pet", triggering his [[Berserk Button]].}} Judging by the files on him, {{spoiler|wherein the previous Broker warned him to watch his temper and that losing it costs him his better judgment, he would have been a far more dangerous opponent in the subsequent battle if Liara hadn't pissed him off.}}

* [[Revenge]]: Her primary goal, as of ''Mass Effect 2,'' is to track down and kill {{spoiler|the Shadow Broker}} for trying to {{spoiler|sell Shepard's body to the Collectors.}} The DLC "Lair of the Shadow Broker" lets you achieve that goal in spectacular [[Roaring Rampage of Revenge|Roaring Rampage]] style.

* [[Roaring Rampage of Rescue]]: "Lair of the Shadow Broker" is all about Liara rescuing Feron from the Broker after he was captured at the end of ''Redemption''. {{spoiler|Liara becoming the Shadow Broker is just an added perk.}}

* {{spoiler|[[Self Made Orphan]]}}: Potentially, if you make her fight alongside you to take down {{spoiler|her mother}} in the first game. This is actually ''suggested'' by a party member, though, since Liara would know more about {{spoiler|her mother}}, who's causing problems for everyone, than anyone else, and you have to fight {{spoiler|Liara's mother}} one way or another.

* [[She Who Fights Monsters]]: Played with. She becomes incredibly ruthless by the second game in her hunt for the Shadow Broker, even if [[Morality Chain|Paragon!Shep is continuously trying to pull her back.]] {{spoiler|Ultimately subverted, since while she does [[You Kill It You Bought It|kill and even take the place of the Shadow Broker]], she vows to only use the vast power to help Shepard fight the Reapers.}}

** Tali also mentioned being trained to survive away from the fleet, however.

** Tali is also a virgin when you first meet her.

** She does call you out about hooking up with another love interest - but then immediately apologizes for her outburst.

* [[Woman in White]]: Her preferred outfit in Mass Effect 2 and 3, reflecting her new [[Stoic]], [[Lady of War]] tendencies.

* [[When She Smiles]]: In the second and third games post-[[Break the Cutie]].

* [[The Ingenue]]: Shy, sweet, and easily flustered? Yep.

* {{spoiler|[[You Kill It You Bought It]]: After she and Shepard kill the Shadow Broker, she takes his place. She's at least the third person to hold the title.}}

* [[Youthful Freckles]]

* [[Bizarre Alien Biology]]: Quarians are one of only two species(the other being turians) that have a [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chirality_<!-- 28chemistry29 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. -->

* [[Breakout Character]]: Like Garrus, her plot relevance surged up like crazy in the sequel, even becoming a [[Love Interest]].

** To further the point, Kasumi introduces herself as a fan of Shepard. Tali clearly is. So just how did she take some of Kasumi's initial offers?

* [[Break the Cutie]]: She suffers an emotional breakdown while investigating her trial. You can potentially give her comfort by hugging her.

* [[Clingy Costume]]: Like all quarians.

* [[The Conscience]]: Acts as one of the voices of reason in the sequel... [[Fantastic Racism|except on the topic]] of [[Artificial Intelligence]].

* [[Covert Pervert]]: It's fairly obvious during the second game that Tali has secretly lusted after MaleShep since practically day one. And the second he shows '''any''' romantic interest in her, the first thing she makes clear is that she wants him to do the honors, so to speak.

** {{spoiler|In Lair of The 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.]]}}

* [[Gadgeteer Genius]]: The quarians' [[Planet of Hats|hat]], but Tali is especially so.

{{quote| '''Tali''': Give me some eezo and a circuit board and I'll have it making precision jumps.}}

* [[Hack Your Enemy]]

* [[Hartman Hips]]: The mandatory mentioning of them along with the character is virtually a meme.

'''Shepard''': Thats a ''straw'', Tali.<br />

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

* [[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.]]

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

* [[The Knights Who Say Squee]]: Towards Shepard. Upped in the sequel. [[Up to Eleven|BIG time.]]

* [[Matzo Fever]]: Since quarians are [[Ambiguously Jewish]]. "Tali" is actually a girls' name in Hebrew, according to [http://www.behindthename.com/name/tali Behind The Name].

** [[Hot Gypsy Woman]]: Unless you subscribe to the notion they're space gypsies.

** {{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 ''ME2'', at which point she does not appear in ''ME3''. Can also suffer this in ''ME3'', depending on your choices during the re-ignited quarian/geth war.}}

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

* [[Realistic Diction Is Unrealistic]]

* [[Sure Why Not]]: Like Garrus, got upgraded to a love interest in the sequel due to fan demand.

* [[Talking Lightbulb]]: What with being a quarian and all.

* [[Tertiary Sexual Characteristics]]: She wears purple.

* [[To Absent Friends]]: Regarding ''Miranda'' of all people, {{spoiler|if the latter doesn't survive Sanctuary in the third game}}.

{{quote| '''Tali''': He needs to die.}}

* [[Vocal Evolution]]: At the very beginning of the first game, Liz Sroka hasn't quite settled the nuances yet; Tali's voice is higher and has less of an accent. Her performance throughout the second game is uniform.

** And if you don't hug her during her loyalty mission, she remarks on how her father never used his "sick days" to show her his face...

** Comes across in the third game when she gets hammered on Turian Brandy and admits in a conversation with Shepard that one of the reasons she admires Miranda is because she ''never'' changed herself to please ''her'' father. Even if half the time she was a "Cerberus Cheerleader Bosh'tet".

*** If romanced she also comments that she's getting drunk with her boyfriend. Her ''human'' boyfriend.

{{quote| '''Tali''': My father would have ''hated'' you.}}

** 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).

* [[What Would X Do|What Would Shepard Do?]]:

** Hey, it still got Shepard what s/he wanted.

** Another example: When 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 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.

{{quote| '''Tali:''' Spiders, Shepard. Seriously. Spiders.}}

** [[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]] }}.

* [[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 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.}}

** {{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}}.

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

{{quote| '''Wrex''': My ancestors actually ''wore'' this piece of junk?}}

* [[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).}}

'''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}}

* [[Good Thing You Can Heal]]: Initially believed Shepard survived being Spaced due to having a redundant nervous system.

{{quote| '''Shepard:''' Yeah, humans don't have that.<br />

* [[Reasonable Authority Figure]]: About as reasonable of an authority figure as you can be for an entire species of [[Blood Knight|Blood Knights]].

* [[Red Eyes Take Warning]]: And red skin, and red guns...

* [[Revenge Before Reason]]: {{spoiler|1=In ME3, 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.}}

* [[Vitriolic Best Buds]]: With Garrus.

* [[Warrior Poet]]: To be fair, he mostly writes his poems with guns.

** 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.

* [[Guest Star Party Member]]: Despite being with you for at most a minute or two and dying right before the first fight, he is a fully functional squad member that can be issued orders and even has some skill points for you to assign despite never having an opportunity to use any abilities.

* [[Hero Worshipper]]: To Shepard. This is rarely a good sign for a character's mortality rate this early in the story.

* [[Naive Newcomer]]

* [[Leeroy Jenkins]]: [[Subverted Trope|Subverted]], actually, [[Meaningful Name|despite the name.]] He follows Shepard's orders to the letter, though in the end it still doesn't do him much good.

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