Poll: Who will lead the crew against the Reapers in Mass Effect 3?

[Hectix777]

*WARNING: HYPOTHETICAL SCENARIO, POST WITH CARE*

Now before you go," Shepard ya retard," lemme explain. Since ME1&2 have both been out long enough for everyone to play them, I can do this without spoilers. As we all know, in ME 2 there was/is a possibility that Shepard could die in the final mission. After the mission is over, and if Shepard dies, Joker (Normandy's pilot) reports in to the Illusive Man and becomes enacting CO. If you're going,"huh?" right now allow me to unconfuse you: in the military the highest ranks of a company are CO and XO below he CO. Should the CO be discharged from active duty due to injury, illness, emergency, or breaking the law, all power and rank is turned over to the XO and he is made acting-Commanding Officer. So in a sense, Joker is now in charge of the Normandy and the crew, if Shepard dies that is. So I'm left asking myself," is Joker going to be the leader in ME 3?" it's not impossible. In ME 2 we saw him run and fire an assault rifle with some upgrades he got from Cerberus, giving him an exoskeleton or more upgrades could turn him to an effective a fighter as Shepard was.

So I'm asking this: if Shepard dies in Mass Effect 2, who is the commander in ME 3?

The character would have to match the following criteria in order to qualify for Shepard's job:
1) They must have appeared in each Mass Effect game in the console series
2) They must have some type of leadership&combat experience
3) They can't be a new character, we won't let them retcon what happened in ME 1&2
4) They must have some renown or be famous in the galaxy
5) They must be a character we would actually like to play as and are comfortable with


With the rules now known, here are our choices:

Joker- Now acting CO of the Normandy and crew and capable pilot/fighter despite his Vrolik's syndrome. He was one of Shepard's oldest and closest friends and has been with him throughout the entire journey. He's determined as Hell to show how much better he is than everyone despite the Vrolik's

Anders- Shepard's former CO and now sits as representative for humanity on the galactic council. Having former leadership&direct combat experience, renowned as heroic and decorated soldier, Anders is second candidate after Shepard to lead the galaxy against the Reapers

Wrex- now leader of his Krogan clan and (maybe by this time) Tuchanka, Wrex has an army of zealous and bloodthirsty warriors ready for the war to end all wars. Wrex shows himself to be exactly what you expect of a Krogan, while also holding a somewhat superior behavior and intelligence to the average Krogan with his ideas of how to cope with the Krogan Genophage. Wrex is a zealous general, fighter, and leader, and devoted to what could be the war to end all wars.

Liara- Liara, now the Shadow Broker, is arguably the most powerful being in the galaxy. With credits, soldiers, ships, and weapons at her disposal against the Reapers. Liara is also known for being a respected archeologist and information dealer before accepting her new position. She is also determined to finish what her lost love started.(if you romanced her)

Williams/Kaidan- both are Alliance soldiers who witnessed the Reaper first hand and disappointed at Shepard when they heard who he was working for. But now that their best friend/love has died and the world about to end, they feel the call to duty to finish what their commander started.

Aragon from Lord of the Rings- do i really have to say anything about him?

Go ahead and vote 'n' post, I may add other candidates later on.

 

[Cheesus333]

I hate to burst your well-thought out bubble, but Bioware have said that you can't import a save in which Shepard dies. It would ruin the idea of it being his trilogy.

Sorry about that.

 

[Kryzantine]

JOKER!

No, but in all seriousness, Shepard has already been brought back from the dead once, it's only a matter of a few scientists that defected from Cerberus to the Alliance or something getting a hold of him and using the same technique to do it again.

 

[Hectix777]

I hate to burst your well-thought out bubble, but Bioware have said that you can't import a save in which Shepard dies. It would ruin the idea of it being his trilogy.

Sorry about that.

So it's gonna be retconned? That's bs, what about all the stuff the player did in ME1&2 that's all gonna go to waste or are they going to have to replay the final mission.

 

[Elamdri]

Now before you go," Shepard ya retard," lemme explain. Since ME1&2 have both been out long enough for everyone to play them, I can do this without spoilers. As we all know, in ME 2 there was/is a possibility that Shepard could die in the final mission. After the mission is over, and if Shepard dies, Joker (Normandy's pilot) reports in to the Illusive Man and becomes enacting CO. If you're going,"huh?" right now allow me to unconfuse you: in the military the highest ranks of a company are CO and XO below he CO. Should the CO be discharged from active duty due to injury, illness, emergency, or breaking the law, all power and rank is turned over to the XO and he is made acting-Commanding Officer. So in a sense, Joker is now in charge of the Normandy and the crew, if Shepard dies that is. So I'm left asking myself," is Joker going to be the leader in ME 3?" it's not impossible. In ME 2 we saw him run and fire an assault rifle with some upgrades he got from Cerberus, giving him an exoskeleton or more upgrades could turn him to an effective a fighter as Shepard was.

So I'm asking this: if Shepard dies in Mass Effect 2, who is the commander in ME 3?

The character would have to match the following criteria in order to qualify for Shepard's job:
1) They must have appeared in each Mass Effect game in the console series
2) They must have some type of leadership&combat experience
3) They can't be a new character, we won't let them retcon what happened in ME 1&2
4) They must have some renown or be famous in the galaxy
5) They must be a character we would actually like to play as and are comfortable with


With the rules now known, here are our choices:

Joker- Now acting CO of the Normandy and crew and capable pilot/fighter despite his Vrolik's syndrome. He was one of Shepard's oldest and closest friends and has been with him throughout the entire journey. He's determined as Hell to show how much better he is than everyone despite the Vrolik's

Anders- Shepard's former CO and now sits as representative for humanity on the galactic council. Having former leadership&direct combat experience, renowned as heroic and decorated soldier, Anders is second candidate after Shepard to lead the galaxy against the Reapers

Wrex- now leader of his Krogan clan and (maybe by this time) Tuchanka, Wrex has an army of zealous and bloodthirsty warriors ready for the war to end all wars. Wrex shows himself to be exactly what you expect of a Krogan, while also holding a somewhat superior behavior and intelligence to the average Krogan with his ideas of how to cope with the Krogan Genophage. Wrex is a zealous general, fighter, and leader, and devoted to what could be the war to end all wars.

Liara- Liara, now the Shadow Broker, is arguably the most powerful being in the galaxy. With credits, soldiers, ships, and weapons at her disposal against the Reapers. Liara is also known for being a respected archeologist and information dealer before accepting her new position. She is also determined to finish what her lost love started.(if you romanced her)

Williams/Kaidan- both are Alliance soldiers who witnessed the Repaer first hand and disappointed at Shepard when they heard who he was working for. But now that their best friend/love has died and the world about to end, they feel the call to duty to finish what their commander started.

Go ahead and vote 'n' post, I may add other candidates later on.

You can't import a save if Shepard died in 2, Shepard lives by default in the story, it's cannon. His death in 2 was just to punish poor players. If he died, you'll just load up a new, generic Shepard in 3, with preset choices from the last 2 games.

 

[Baradiel]

Thats a very good question, one I've wondered about.

I can't imagine it being Joker. He's a pilot. He hasn't had much (if any) ground experience. Also, regardless of any upgrades, his brittle bone disease would make him more of a liability in combat.

"Shields are down-AH! My Legs!"

Anderson is quite old now, near retirement age. He's a possiblity, but unlikely.

Anyway, skipping the rest because I've though of something else.

What if Shepard is resurrected again? Theres loads of problems with this.

Firstly, Cerberus could do it because of their near-limitless funds. Now, they're fighting Shepard. They'll want him to stay dead.

Secondly, he fell into space next to a massive exploding space station. The body will be difficult to find.

Thirdly, thats a bit of a shit way for Bioware to do it. They've already brought him back. Don't go superhero-resurrection style on us, Bioware!

 

[Bara_no_Hime]

A couple of things.

First, Wrex might be dead as well.

Secondly, I think you mean "Anderson" not Anders. Anders is the mage from DA2.

Third, what Cheesus333 said.

 

[Shock and Awe]

I think Anderson would probably do it best, seeing as he was almost a spectre and he already has more combat experience than the lot of them.

 

[Hectix777]

JOKER!

No, but in all seriousness, Shepard has already been brought back from the dead once, it's only a matter of a few scientists that defected from Cerberus to the Alliance or something getting a hold of him and using the same technique to do it again.

Yeah, but it took 2 years and a boat load of credits, even if someone ponied up the cash and triple the necessary staff to bring him back, it would take between a few months and a few years and the Reapers are here now. Waiting for a new Shepard is a luxury the universe does not have.

 

[Elamdri]

I hate to burst your well-thought out bubble, but Bioware have said that you can't import a save in which Shepard dies. It would ruin the idea of it being his trilogy.

Sorry about that.

So it's gonna be retconned? That's bs, what about all the stuff the player did in ME1&2 that's all gonna go to waste or are they going to have to replay the final mission.

No, it's not going to be retconned. They said at the LAUNCH of Mass Effect 2 that you couldn't import Shepard if he died. The ending of Mass Effect 2 where Shepard dies is not cannon, it's just something interesting that they put in the game to punish players who rushed through.

 

[jakko12345]

even though Shepard couldn't even figuratively be dead for the start of 3, Joker would be the best. Just get him some biotic implants n shit and he'll be over whatever that condition he has in no time.

And while we're on topic, why has Joker even still got that condition? If they can entirely rebuild Shepard from the ground up, why wouldn't they fix the pilot of one of the most important ships in the entire galaxy?

 

[Hectix777]

A couple of things.

First, Wrex might be dead as well.

Secondly, I think you mean "Anderson" not Anders. Anders is the mage from DA2.

Third, what Cheesus333 said.

Thanks I'll try and fix that

 

[Moonlight Butterfly]

I hate to burst your well-thought out bubble, but Bioware have said that you can't import a save in which Shepard dies. It would ruin the idea of it being his trilogy.

Sorry about that.

So it's gonna be retconned? That's bs, what about all the stuff the player did in ME1&2 that's all gonna go to waste or are they going to have to replay the final mission.

Well, technically they aren't retconning, you just weren't good enough at the game (that sounds harsh but it's kind of true sorry)...You can't load in a file where Shep is dead in ME3 they have already said that.

 

[HerbertTheHamster]

Conrad Verner, obviously.

 

[Baradiel]

You can't import a save if Shepard died in 2, Shepard lives by default in the story, it's cannon. His death in 2 was just to punish poor players. If he died, you'll just load up a new, generic Shepard in 3, with preset choices from the last 2 games.

/End thread, right there. That is literally the thread dead.

Unless... the OP turns this thread into a 'What if?' thread. If Sheps died in the canon, who would lead the galaxy?

 

[Cheesus333]

I hate to burst your well-thought out bubble, but Bioware have said that you can't import a save in which Shepard dies. It would ruin the idea of it being his trilogy.

Sorry about that.

So it's gonna be retconned? That's bs, what about all the stuff the player did in ME1&2 that's all gonna go to waste or are they going to have to replay the final mission.

It won't be every decision that they 'edit' [footnote]But then again, this is Bioware - head-stitchers extraordinaire[/footnote], just the last mission. If Shepard survives, you can port it over. If he dies, you can't use that save file.

But the saves you do port - all your decisions will be carried over. Everyone who's dead will stay dead - if you shot Wrex in the face on Virmire, don't expect to see him waddling around the SR-2.

 

[Hectix777]

Conrad Verner, obviously.

Who?

 

[Onyx Oblivion]

Anders from DA2.

He'll arrive via magic.

Reapers will have to deal with magic. And magic makes the impossible...possible.

 

[NinjaDeathSlap]

I know it doesn't work like that but everyones already said that so I'll go with Joker. Just for the added humiliation of the entire Reaper fleet getting it's ass wooped by a guy with brittle bones.
Also, Seth Green is a god among men.