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Because s/he's just THAT awesome. And Khalisa Al-Jilani is gonna wise up sooner or later and realize live interviews in person are bad ideas, especially when you're Khalisa Al-Jilani.

* This could be how Shepard defeats the Reapers. Project a giant Shepard Hologram next to every Reaper in the Galaxy.

'''Shepard:''' I've had enough of your horrific reaping! *punches Reapers to death* }}

* Surreally supported by trailers showing an (apparently holographic) Omni Tool display being used as a melee weapon.

** But Shepard will still kick her ass.

*** Or better yet, she gets punched out by one of your squadmates.

'''Shepard:''' ...[[Not Me This Time|what?]] }}

*** For a xenophobe, she's really [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tMbCmODlKT4 hypocritical...]

** Also, Legion ''NEEDS'' to say something about how the Reapers desire [[Memetic Mutation|COMPLETE]][[This Is Sparta|...]][[Hey, It's That Voice!|GALACTIC]][[This Is Sparta|...]][[Resident Evil 5|SATURATION]].

** No...have Legion glitch out. Then we'd get this.

 

== EDI will get a [[Crowning Moment of Awesome]] in ''Mass Effect 3''. ==

== Refund Guy will finally be told where to get his refund, and lo and behold it will be the correct place this time. ==

But just as he grabs the door handle, the entire building will collapse under a Reaper's stomp attack.

* He does show up, and you can support him to finally get him his refund... of fifteen credits.

 

* '''Nakama''': Unite the entire galaxy against the Reaper threat.

** As awesome at that would be, not everyone outside of Japan knows what that word means. I say we call it '''United and Ready''' instead, [[Call Back|calling back]] to a line from Paragon Shepard when talking to Sovereign in ''ME1''.

* '''[[Assassin's Creed|Requiescat in Pace]]''': Kill 5 enemies in a row with the omni-blade.

** Alternatively: '''[[Dragon Age|What are Grey Wardens doing here?]]'''

** Joker would need hospitalization if he was in a romance with fem!Shepard even without brittle bone disease.

* He's not. But he does romance EDI.

 

== EDI will get a robo-body in ''Mass Effect 3'', and there will be a love triangle between her, Joker and Legion. ==

*** PC: [[Dragon Age|Morrigan]]. Who knows where the Eluvian leads...?

*** I rather think having the Master Chief, of all people, be on your side (and by default, Cortana, a highly advanced AI that actually wants to save all humans rather than kill them all) would be a tad bit of a game-breaker. The game would pretty much go thusly:

'''Master Chief:''' Done. Anything else you want me to kill? }}

** A Collector, just for the awesomeness and the fact that there was a geth team mate in ME2 and the geth were the primary antagonists in ME like the Collectors are in 2.

*** A Collector teammate would fit with the [[My Species Doth Protest Too Much]] theme that [[BioWare]] has been doing with teammates in general. Would be different to explain how one can exist, though, unless they pull a Legion and say that the Collectors you've been fighting in ME2 are a rogue faction serving the Reapers, while most of them are independent and hiding elsewhere. That, however, doesn't fit with what we know about their origins...

*** Or the Collector teammate could be the [[Last of His Kind]] and by extent the last Prothean and depending on which ending the player went with in ''ME2'', it was either not present at the Collector Base (Renegade Ending) or manage to escape(Paragon Ending). But whatever ending the player went with its still a Squadmate. This Troper pictures it being [[The Stoic]] and will give a "[[Just Following Orders]]" response to any question regarding what the Collectors did in ''ME2''. And if they bring back Loyalty Mission in Mass Effect 3 it's Loyalty Mission will be it having Sheperd help it investigating rumors of sightings of Collectors on several worlds in the vain hope that its not the last. As the investigation continues each rumor is proven false and the Collector starts to express fear that it might actually be the last, but at the end of the Loyalty Mission where they find another Collector at a Cerberus base where its [[Brainwashed and Crazy]] and Sheperd and the Collector have to kill it. The Collector then expresses sorrow that it is now the last of its kind, the player is then given the option to comfort it with a "[[You Are Not Alone]]" speech or tell it to [[Quit Your Whining|stop whining]].

'''The Collector:''' My race is dead. I am... alone in the universe. }}

** I love this idea. The Collector could be simply following Shepard out of a need for a purpose. It just does what it's told like an ant drone. It searching for more of it's race will it's desperate need for a place in the universe. A paragon Shep will help it feel at home with his squad and renegade Shep will teach it to become an obedient little pet.

** EDI. Legion and Tali will construct a humanoid "platform" for her to upload herself to or remotely control for away missions.

** Harbinger. The ultimate mind screw: Harbinger's activities in ''ME2'' were actually very unpopular in the general Reaper population and were barely tolerated. On the other hand, Harbinger advocated using mankind to create the next generation of Reapers, and this convinced the others to delay Armageddon. With his project's failure, the usual harvest will continue, and Harbinger goes along with it. However, he still thinks he can salvage his project, and will try and sabotage the invasion as much as possible to give himself time. This naturally earns him the ire and wrath of the rest of his kind and he is destroyed, forcing him to upload his mind into his last working Human-Reaper hybrid prototype: a man-sized android. With nowhere else to go, he joins Shepard.

'''Shepard:''' ...''Stop'' that. }}

*** If Shepard is male, Harbinger takes a female body. If Shepard is female, Harbinger takes a male body. Either way, Harbinger becomes a romantic option. Both forms have the same voice.

*** If Thane's Loyalty quest was successful, then Kolyat becomes a supercop. If the mission is failed or is ignored, Kolyat is well on his to becoming an elite assassin. Either way, he'll probably be a crack shot.

*** Am I the only one who thinks they could sneak in a [[Kingdom Hearts]] joke if Kolyat becomes a squadmate?

'''Kolyat:''' [[Actor Allusion|Yeah, perfectly.]] }}

*** He messes up his first hit. We don't really see any indication that Kolyat's got any actual combat skill.

* Zaeed: Depending on your actions in ME2's finale, Zaeed's contract will be cut because the suicide mission wasn't finished the way the Illusive Man wanted it. He may or may not go after Shepard or Cerberus in revenge.

** If Shepard went Paragon in Zaeed's Loyalty Mission, but didn't gain his loyalty at the end, or if you leave him to die on his loyalty mission. I can totally see him trying to get revenge.

'''Zaeed:''' A stubborn enough person can survive anything. }}

** He actually apparently turned against Cerberus after another deal with them fell through.

*** Well considering Legion is just a program, barring him unable to send his program back to a hub or terminal, it could come back... as itself in a new platform. With a full set of N7 armor and look like a walking piece of Shepard's armor. Or... it comes back as Shepard's armor directly.

**** Legion and his 1183s program were considered "Lost" during the suicide mission

***** In the suicide mission you can save everybody - people will only die if you are far behind on upgrades or make stupid decisions like putting Jacob for the tech or having Thane as the fire team leader.

***** Well, they said that all Geth programs have archived backups, so they could return, just without most of their memories of Shepard and the team.

*** The decision to save or fight Saren was unaddressed in [[Mass Effect 2]], whereas a lot of the other choices (rachni queen, Shiala, Parasini) were incorporated. If Saren returns inn-full, that decision could affect what happens.

*** This would allow them to do an awesome [[Shout-Out]]:

'''Agent''': If you seek to take the fight to the evil ships from beyond Galaxy's End, you will need an ally that knows those monsters. (slowly pulls back a curtain)<br />

'''Saren''': [[Pirates Of The Carribean|So tell me, Commander - what's become of my ship?]] (*om nom nom) }}

The developers underestimated how important it was. [http://www.gamefront.com/casey-hudson-makes-official-statement-on-mass-effect-3-ending/ Here]'s what the team lead had to say about the ending:

 

 

This isn't a defense of having a dark or ambiguous ending; it's pretty clear the ending is intended to be neither of those things. If there is one thing the rest of the game as a whole shows, this team is ''very'' good at anticipating and directing how we as players will respond emotionally to a given scene. Shooting for an inspiring, uplifting ending and mostly getting anger and confusion is failing at that about as completely as you can. Even most people who like the ending seem to enjoy the darkness or ambiguity of it.