Tell me of YOUR Commander Shepard (Again!)

[BlindChance]

Hey all! This is my 500th Post! I know, crazy? Right? No. It's not.

Way back when, I asked you to Tell me of YOUR Commander Shepard [http://www.escapistmagazine.com/forums/read/9.163262-Tell-me-of-YOUR-Commander-Shepard?page=1]. And you guys did! Lots of you did. And then I put it in fun graphs. So I figured to celebrate my 500th post, and with Mass Effect 3 due out this year, I'd do it again. So! Let's get to it. Tell ME of the Shepard you consider to be 'canonical' for your games, the one you'll first be taking across into Mass Effect 3.

This time, with all on the line, I'm going to go all out on the questions. You don't need to answer ALL of them. Only the first section is 'compulsory'. (Like I can MAKE you answer all of them. Answer whatever you want, really, but I'd like if if you at least answered the first four.) After that, answer whatever you want to or not. Don't have time to do it all, then don't do it all.

Have fun! (Oh, and yes, spoilers for Mass Effect 1 & 2 will be all over these questions.)

Spoiler: Section 1: Allegedly Compulsory

1. Male or female?
2. Which class?
3. Mostly paragon, or renegade? EDIT: If you switched from one to the other in game one to two, tell me! All data is good.
4. What first name did they have?

Spoiler: Section 2: Totally optional

5. Who did you romance in Mass Effect? If you didn't romance anyone, say 'No-one'.
6. Who did you romance in Mass Effect 2? If you didn't romance anyone, say 'No-one'.
7. In Mass Effect, did you kill or save the Rachni Queen?
8. In Mass Effect , did Urdnot Wrex live, or die?
9. In Mass Effect , did Ashley Williams die, or did Kaidan Alenko?
10. In Mass Effect, did you save the council? And if you didn't, were they replaced by a human council, or a new alien council?
11. By Mass Effect 2, did Anderson or Udina become a Councillor?
12. In Mass Effect 2, who died in Morinth's apartment? Morinth, or Samara?
13. In Mass Effect 2, did you brainwash, or destroy, the hostile Geth?
14. In Mass Effect 2, did you save, or destroy, the Collector base?
15. In Mass Effect 2, did Kelly Chambers live, or die?
16. In Mass Effect 2, did Jacob Taylor live, or die?
17. In Mass Effect 2, did Miranda Lawson live, or die?
18. In Mass Effect 2, did Mordin Solus live, or die?
19. In Mass Effect 2, did Garrus Vakarian live, or die?
20. In Mass Effect 2, did Grunt live, die, or was he never 'born' from the tank?
21. In Mass Effect 2, did Jack live, or die?
23. In Mass Effect 2, did Zaeed Massani live, die or was he not recruited?
24. In Mass Effect 2, did Kasumi Goto live, die or was she not recruited?
25. In Mass Effect 2, did Samara live, die in Morinth's apartment, or in the suicide mission?
26. In Mass Effect 2, did Morinth live, die in Morinth's apartment, or in the suicide mission?
27. In Mass Effect 2, did Tali'Zorah vas Neema/Normandy live, or die?
28. In Mass Effect 2, did Thane Krios live, or die?
29. In Mass Effect 2, did Legion continue to operate after the final mission, was he destroyed in it, or was he never reactivated by Shepard?

Spoiler: And finally, a personal question, also optional

30. Are you personally male or female?

 

[Daystar Clarion]

Well I have two that I consider canonical (alternate universe).

Aiden Shepard is an colonial war hero paragon soldier, he romanced Liara in the first game and Tali in the second. Wrex survived and he chose Kaidan to stay behind on Virmire. He released the Rachni queen, saved the council and chose Anderson to to represent humanity. He killed Morinth, and brainwashed the Geth. Everybody survived the suicide mission and he destroyed the Collector base.


Faye Shepard is an Earth born, sole survivor renegade sentinel, she romanced Kaidan in the first game and Garrus in the second. Wrex survived and she chose Ashley to stay behind on Virmire. She killed the Rachni queen, did not save the council, and chose Anderson to lead the new human council. She killed Morinth and killed the Geth. Everybody survived the suicide mission and she did not destroy the Collector base.


I am male.

 

[Kahunaburger]

1.Female
2.Vanguard
3.Paragade
4.German
6. M-22 Eviscerator
14. BOOM.
15-29. Nobody dies on my watch!
30. Male

 

[ZeroMachine]

Hm.... Interesting.

Alright, here goes:

Spoiler

1. and 30. I'm a dude playing a dude.
2. Infiltrator.
3. Mostly Paragon, though he tended to be a bit more Renegade in the second one.
4. Adrian. Just think it sounded cool.
5. Liara.
6. Miranda. For the record, I didn't enjoy either romance. I hate BioWare's romance writing...
7. I saved it.
8. You kidding? That ************ lived. Became my bro when I showed up on his planet.
9. Ashley died.
10. They died. The Reapers are my priority, not politicians. Anderson took over.
11. See 10.
12. Morinth did.
13. I... forget. It's been months.
14. Wait, ship or base? 'Cause I destroyed the base.
15.-28. Everyone lived but Morinth. On my first playthrough, without walkthroughs, too! Yay
29. He lived on after I activated him.

 

[BlindChance]

Well I have two that I consider canonical (alternate universe).

Aiden Shepard ...

Faye Shepard

Which one will you choose to play first in ME3?

 

[L3m0n_L1m3]

1. Female.
2. Soldier/Infiltrator.
3. Paragon.
4. Sarah.
5. Kaidan.
6. No one.
7. Save.
8. Live.
9. Ash died.
10. Saved.
11. Anderson.
12. Morinth.
13. Brainwash.
14. Destroy.
15-25. Lived.
26. Died in apartment.
27-29. Lived.
30. Male.

 

[BlindChance]

Spoiler

14. Wait, ship or base? 'Cause I destroyed the base.

Ah, base. I meant base. Correcting.

 

[MiracleOfSound]

Mine is sexy and has a great manly jawline.

He also made the sexies with Miranda.

 

[BlindChance]

Also, only fair.

Spoiler: Section 1: Allegedly Compulsory

1. Female
2. Engineer.
3. Paragon.
4. Chloe.

Spoiler: Section 2: Totally optional

5. Kaidan.
6. No-one.
7. Saved the Rachni Queen.
8. Wrex lived.
9. Ashley Williams died.
10. Saved the council.
11. Anderson became councillor.
12. Morinth died in her apartment.
13. The Geth were brainwashed.
14. The Collector Base was destroyed.
15. Kelly Chambers died.
16-29. Everyone else lived.

Spoiler: And finally, a personal question, also optional

30. I'm male.

 

[A-D.]

1. Female
2. Adept
3. Renegade
4. Kazumi
5. No-one
6. No-one
7. Saved the Rachni Queen
8. Wrex lived
9. Kaidan was left behind on Virmire
10. Saved the Council
11. Anderson became Councilor
12. Morinth died
13. Brainwashed the Geth
14. Destroyed the Collector Base
15-29. Everyone survived, except Morinth obviously
30. Screw You ;P

Yes im a Renegade with Paragon Choices. I hope your mind was blown at that revelation. Honestly, i just take a tactical Approach as to what is the best outcome to it.

 

[Valate_v1legacy]

1. Female
2. Soldier
3. Paragon
4. Val
5. Liara
6. Noone
7. save
8. Wrex lived
9. Kaidan died.
10. saved the council
11. Anderson became a councilor
12. Morinth died
13. Brainwashed Geth
14. Destroyed the collector base
15-29. Everyone survived except Morinth and Jack.

 

[Phlakes]

Zebulon Shepard, a male Soldier in 1, Vanguard in 2, straight Paragon except with the reporter, romanced Ashley in 1 and Kelly in 2. Saved the Rachni Queen, kept Wrex, killed Kaidan, saved the council, Anderson became Councillor, killed Morinth, brainwashed Geth, destroyed Collector base, saved everyone in the suicide mission.

 

[Daystar Clarion]

Well I have two that I consider canonical (alternate universe).

Aiden Shepard ...

Faye Shepard

Which one will you choose to play first in ME3?

I typically play Aiden first.

 

[BlindChance]

Yes im a Renegade with Paragon Choices. I hope your mind was blown at that revelation. Honestly, i just take a tactical Approach as to what is the best outcome to it.

You are the most fascinating kind of Shepard.

 

[Dalek Caan]

1. Male.
2. Soldier.
3. Mostly paragon.
4. Christopher.
5. No one.
6. Tali.
7. Saved the Rachni Queen?
8. Urdnot Wrex lived.
9. Kaidan Alenko?
10. Saved the council
11. Anderson.
12. Morinth.
13. Brainwash.
14. Destroy.
15. Live.
16. Live.

From 17 to 29 everyone lived.

30. Male.

 

[Platypus540]

1 and 30. Male, male
2. Soldier
3. Almost completely paragon in both games, probably about 10+ times more paragon than renegade
4. Edward (I just noticed that that rhymes)
5. Ashley
6. no-one (This could actually make ME3 less awkward when I meet Ashley again)
7. Saved the queen
8. Wrex lived
9. Ashley lived (see 5)
10 and 11. I let the council die, Andersen leads the new, predominantly human council.
12. Samara can be the one who dies? I actually had no idea.
13. I brainwashed the Geth- I want them on my side in ME3, so the more the merrier
14. I reluctantly saved it. (I wanted the knowledge from keeping it, but I don't trust the Illusive Man at all.)
15. Kelly died.
16. Jacob lived.
17. Miranda lived.
18. Mordin died. It sucked, he was awesome. (maybe I can save him on a second playthrough as another character.)
19. Garrus lived, like a boss.
20. Grunt lived, but is still not as cool as Wrex.
21. Jack died, and no one gave a damn.
23 and 24. Not recruited, and you forgot 22.
25. Samara lived.
26. Morinth died in the apartment.
27. Tali lived.
28. Thane lived, like a boss. (Thane was f*cking BADASS)
29. Legion 'lived'.

 

[Not-here-anymore]

Male
Soldier
Paragon (mostly)
Isaac
Liara
No-one/Liara (Lair of the shadow broker)
Saved
Wrex died (sadly. Curse my lack of charm points!)
Ash died
Council saved
Anderson became councillor
Samara was recruited
Geth 'brainwashed'. I think
Collector base went boom
Everyone survived, although I never got Kasumi's DLC

And I, personally, am in possession of a Y chromosome

 

[BlindChance]

Also, yes, there is no question 22.

It knows what it did.

 

[putowtin]

This is from my first play thru for Mass Effect 1 & 2 (my control playthru)
1. Male
2. Soldier
3. Paragon
4. Dos Santos
5. Liara
6. Liara
7. Saved
8. Lived
9. Ash Died
10. Saved
11. Anderson
12. Samara
13. Brainwash
14. Destroy
15-23 Live
24. Not Recruited
25. Live
26. Died in Apartment
27-29 Live
30. Female

 

[Stormpigeon]

SPOILERS

Imhotep Shepherd, Male Soldier War Hero.
Gets roughly 4 paragon points to every renegade.

He romanced Ashley, although had I known what a big racist jerkhole she was before telling Liara it wasn't happening would have gone the other way.
Romanced Miranda in 2.
Wrex died, due to a failed attempt to persuade him to help me.
Rachni died. Bring back the extinct zerg? No thanks.
Kaiden died. And I'm happy he did.
The council died, but not because they were ordered to. They were replaced by a new alien council.
Anderson became councilor.
Morinth died. Replace Samara with her equally strong daughter, but with less experience and random tendencies to murder people? No thanks.
Destroyed the base
Destroyed the Geth. Too risky to allow them to survive. What if they can reverse the process?
Legion was reactivated, but died in the final mission. He was the only one to do so. I did not have any DLC, so no Zaeed or Kasumi.
Kelly survived.

I am male.