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** The music ''constantly'' playing while you explore will drive you to madness.
** The music ''constantly'' playing while you explore will drive you to madness.
*** ''So'' worth it when you get to the solar system and try to probe Uranus.
*** ''So'' worth it when you get to the solar system and try to probe Uranus.
{{quote| '''EDI''': [[What the Hell, Hero?|Really, Commander?]]...Probing Uranus.}}
{{quote|'''EDI''': [[What the Hell, Hero?|Really, Commander?]]...Probing Uranus.}}
** If you do something to enemies (such as [[Kill It with Fire|set them on fire]]), they will let out a scream that goes on for about thirty seconds before they shut up.
** If you do something to enemies (such as [[Kill It with Fire|set them on fire]]), they will let out a scream that goes on for about thirty seconds before they shut up.
** '''Assuming control. Shepard, if I must tear you apart, I will. This hurts you.''' During combat, [[Boss in Mook Clothing]] [[Big Bad]] Harbinger is painfully able to spray comments about you and your teammates at about the same rate as his weapon.
** '''Assuming control. Shepard, if I must tear you apart, I will. This hurts you.''' During combat, [[Boss in Mook Clothing]] [[Big Bad]] Harbinger is painfully able to spray comments about you and your teammates at about the same rate as his weapon.
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* [[Take That]]: Tela Vasir, at the cheapness of Vanguards.
* [[Take That]]: Tela Vasir, at the cheapness of Vanguards.
* [[Tear Jerker]]: There a couple moments in some of the characters' loyalty missions. But the big one is at the end of the Project Overlord DLC. {{spoiler|By the time Shepard has made it to the final boss, he/she has learned that Dr. Archer's exploited his autistic brother by integrating him with a VI, trapping him in a reality of perpetual suffering. After defeating the final boss, Shepard chews Archer out for what has happened to David, who now lives '''physically''' plugged into the facility's computer system.}}
* [[Tear Jerker]]: There a couple moments in some of the characters' loyalty missions. But the big one is at the end of the Project Overlord DLC. {{spoiler|By the time Shepard has made it to the final boss, he/she has learned that Dr. Archer's exploited his autistic brother by integrating him with a VI, trapping him in a reality of perpetual suffering. After defeating the final boss, Shepard chews Archer out for what has happened to David, who now lives '''physically''' plugged into the facility's computer system.}}
{{quote| '''Shepard:''' {{spoiler|So you'd sacrifice your own brother's happiness for your own ambitions!?}}<br />
{{quote|'''Shepard:''' {{spoiler|So you'd sacrifice your own brother's happiness for your own ambitions!?}}
{{spoiler|(''Archer looks David, who has just shed a tear, in the eye.'')}}<br />
{{spoiler|(''Archer looks David, who has just shed a tear, in the eye.'')}}
'''David:''' {{spoiler|The square root of 906.01 is...}}<br />
'''David:''' {{spoiler|The square root of 906.01 is...}}
'''Archer:''' {{spoiler|...30.1... What I've done to David is unethical. If he dies, it's unforgivable.}} }}
'''Archer:''' {{spoiler|...30.1... What I've done to David is unethical. If he dies, it's unforgivable.}} }}
* [[That One Boss]]:
* [[That One Boss]]:
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* [[Values Dissonance]]: A lot of Legion's dialogue involves it explaining how the geth operate in terms both Shepard and the player can understand. During its loyalty quest, Legion will agree with Renegade Shepard's point that organic and synthetic moral values are fundamentally different when the other teammate questions the moral ramifications of rewriting the programming of the heretics, explaining that organics are individuals and that consensus takes time and effort whereas there are no individuals among synthetics and that communication between them is instantaneous. Legion will even go as far as saying that it would be racist to think otherwise.
* [[Values Dissonance]]: A lot of Legion's dialogue involves it explaining how the geth operate in terms both Shepard and the player can understand. During its loyalty quest, Legion will agree with Renegade Shepard's point that organic and synthetic moral values are fundamentally different when the other teammate questions the moral ramifications of rewriting the programming of the heretics, explaining that organics are individuals and that consensus takes time and effort whereas there are no individuals among synthetics and that communication between them is instantaneous. Legion will even go as far as saying that it would be racist to think otherwise.
** While there are a lot of differences between the geth and organic life, it is still possible to find common ground. The following quote can be [[Values Resonance]] for a lot of people:
** While there are a lot of differences between the geth and organic life, it is still possible to find common ground. The following quote can be [[Values Resonance]] for a lot of people:
{{quote| '''Legion:''' The geth believe all intelligent life must [[wikipedia:Self-determination|self-determinate]].}}
{{quote|'''Legion:''' The geth believe all intelligent life must [[wikipedia:Self-determination|self-determinate]].}}


'''Morinth'''
'''Morinth'''