Bourne said:
Amnestic said:
Loop Stricken said:
Amnestic said:
Well Soldier being default - yes, I can see that. But the Council dying?
I gotta question the defaultness of that, at least.
Like you, I was also surprised. But apparently, yes. I'm
right now going to postulate that he decided to save more lives by not risking the Alliance fleet to save the Council. And for neutrality's sake
(as if a Paragon/Renegade siding was mentioned, I have forgotten it), the fact that the majority of lives were human presumably won't enter into it.
As a Spectre sworn to defend the Council and the races (
all of them) that fall under that banner, I'd like to think Shepard saved the Council.
But maybe it's just because I preferred running with my alien teammates rather than xenophobic cow Ashley and whinyboy Kaiden.
My character loved his alien mercenaries however the Council was irritating. He would have no qualms with Garrus as a Spectre and a Turian Council member.
Upon replaying it, I felt a lot more sympathy towards the Council. Yeah, they stonewalled you on the Reapers but that's because all they had was one Spectre's word and head-visions to go on. Bear in mind these Councillors hold trillions of lives and likely hundreds of planets under their domain. It's not as if they can make decisions lightly.
They needed evidence, and not once did Shepard offer them any. He offered hearsay and postulations and what may as well have counted for dreams. While you as the player had plenty of informaton on the Reapers - such as the conversation you had with Sovereign on Virmire - the Council didn't. I couldn't blame them for not listening to me.
Although I do have to wonder if the Asari council member could have done that mind-merge thingy with Shepard to get said information.
Loop Stricken said:
Yes, but the needs of the many and all that.
And huzzah! I'm not the only person who thought that of those two. When the opportunity came, I wanted them BOTH to die.
Not sure on the numbers, but I like to think that saving the Council
was for the needs of the many. Human soldier lives may have been lost saving them, but in the long run it'll offer better, stronger leadership.
That's also why I twigged Ambassador Udina for a place on the Council rather than Captain (or is it 'Admiral' now?) Anderson. He's better at playing politics.
I normally kill Ashley when I get the opportunity. If you haven't helped Wrex out before Virmine she can shoot him without even the slightest provocation or signal from Shepard. She kills Wrex, Shepard's one true love.
On a sidenote: I want Lorik Qui'in to come back. He was always a cool Turian. Especially his "Let me go? Do humans consider conversation to be some form of imprisonment?" line.