Datamining the Trilogy (AKA Things That Were Cut)

No, this is from the November leak, the one that already didn't have Dark Energy, IIRC, but Javik was still the Catalyst.

Other major features include the VS standoff on Thessia (Kai Leng, posing as an Alliance officer, has filled their head with filthy lies about us which make weird sense since THE TRIAL WAS REAL, and therefore we are technically AN ESCAPED CONVICT ROGUE SPECTRE NINJA PIRATE ZOMBIE ROBOT and we have to convince them to turn on him or boss fight with him turns into a tag-team and the VS dies) and Omega being a second mission-giving hubworld, blockaded by Cerberus forces that are ferrying the Collector tech out of the Omega-4 relay. Help them, they start helping you, and giving you missions and troops. Will post more stuff later tonight =)

The sucky part is that everything was AWESOME before the leak ASIDE FROM THE FREAKING ENDING. They changed everything ASIDE FROM THE FREAKING ENDING. Mind = broken.

Let us return to our games.

When we arrive on Sanctuary, it still functions as a haven, and Shepard and Co infiltrate its bowels to find out the people processing plant below. Do it right, and you can keep it open as a haven with Oriana in charge. Also, implications that Henry Lawson may be a dick, but he's only working with TIM because he's being blackmailed. Oh, and he dies in any case.

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<id>513008
<position>3491
<data>{TEMP:_Shepard has a good view of the main entrance to Sanctuary. He can see the new arrivals being helped by the guards. More welcoming announcements are heard over the PA system. The security pass picked up earlier opens this door}


<id>513009
<position>3492
<data>{TEMP:_Miranda and Shepard discuss the future. Miranda is available for the endgame and Oriana becomes the new face of Sanctuary as a proper safe haven for refugees. If Miranda dead, the father is stopped and Sanctuary is closed down.}


<id>513010
<position>3493
<data>{TEMP:_The squad reveals their horror at the huge number of refugees being captured and used for some hidden, horrible purpose. The size of the operation is far beyond what can be seen from this vantage point but a sense of massive scale is established.}


<id>513011
<position>3494
<data>{TEMP:_The final switch to stop the factory floor is thrown.}


<id>513012
<position>3495
<data>{TEMP:_Shepard and Miranda break into her father's office. He is currently talking directly to the Illusive Man. The Illusive Man is ordering him to cut the feed before it is traced. Shepard and the Illusive Man exchange a few words before the line is cut. The father tries to justify his actions, but it ends with Miranda or Shepard killing him for his betrayal of the human race.}


<id>513013
<position>3496
<data>{TEMP:_After the battle with the remaining Reaper forces, Miranda appears with Oriana and leads Shepard to the security door leading to her father's private office. Miranda's father is finally caught and confronted.}


<id>513014
<position>3497
<data>{TEMP:_Miranda uses her knowledge of the facility to enable the bridge to allow Shepard to continue his hunt for the father. Miranda heads out in another direction to rescue her sister, Oriana. NOTE: to proceed, walk across the lowered cage and climb up the other side facing the two open doorways.}


<id>513015
<position>3498
<data>{TEMP:_Squad comments on the number of armed guards and civilians at the main entrance to Sanctuary. Shepard decides to find a different way into the compound to avoid potential trouble and civilian injuries. NOTE: Pick up the security pass off the table.}


<id>513016
<position>3499
<data>{TEMP:_A view of what is clearly prisoners being held in captivity, some are being herded along single file in what looks like a cattle chute. They are no longer refugees, but people being held against their will in various states of distress. The squad is appalled by what they see.}


<id>513017
<position>3500
<data>{TEMP:_Squad exclaims on the prisoners being scooped up by a machine.}


<id>513018
<position>3501
<data>{TEMP:_Squad calls out need to free prisoners before they are processed while battling the Pariah, Marauders and husks.}


<id>513019
<position>3502
<data>{TEMP:_Shepard tries to question Miranda about what happened but Miranda waves them away. She is focused on getting her sister out of this nightmare before something terrible happens.}


<id>513020
<position>3503
<data>{TEMP:_Miranda's father is heard over the PA system with words of welcome and encouragement. Human guards can be seen around the entrance. Guards are helping the new arrivals and the refugees are chattering away.}


<id>513021
<position>3504
<data>{TEMP:_View of ships landing, bringing in crowds of people and crops being tilled. Scene is quite idyllic. Shepard and squad comment on the rumors they heard about a secret place called Sanctuary; a hidden location that people can be safe from the war. Squad members didn't believe the rumors. Sanctuary is being run by Miranda's father out of a modified genetic research facility.}


<id>513022
<position>3505
<data>{TEMP:_Shepard and squad can see some sort of sorting procedure happening with the new arrivals. The people begin to start looking less like hopeful refugees and more like prisoners. The squad begins to start questioning what is going on here at Sanctuary.}

From Ashes played out mostly the same, except Shepard would get put on the spot before the Council afterwards, to answer for "being responsible for the deaths of the colonists there", where the matter of his loyalty to Cerberus is brought up again. Remember, he left Earth with his trial unfinished, he's formally a fugitive! It's a bit out of order, Shepard's replies are below all the accusations.

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<id>514008
<position>3626
<data>This is completely unacceptable! Thousands of colonists killed due to your actions, Shepard!


<id>514009
<position>3627
<data>There is evidence of Cerberus involvement, with which Shepard has a known association.


<id>514012
<position>3628
<data>Shepard should never have been released from custody! The attack on Eden Prime must be answered!


<id>514013
<position>3629
<data>Ah, yes, the "attack," where Shepard supposedly murdered thousands of human civilians for no reason.


<id>514014
<position>3630
<data>Palavan would have fallen without the commander's help. Shepard has clearly cut ties with Cerberus.


<id>514015
<position>3631
<data>Commander?


<id>514016
<position>3632
<data>A likely story. Cerberus has troublesome goals, but has always been pro-human. Why would they attack a human colony?


<id>514018
<position>3634
<data>That's hardly reassuring.


<id>514020
<position>3636
<data>Excellent news, Commander. My government will continue to assist.


<id>514021
<position>3637
<data>As will mine.


<id>514022
<position>3638
<data>We will examine whatever data you offer and determine whether we can provide assistance.


<id>514023
<position>3639
<data>Councilor Udina, this is strictly a human matter. Please contact us when more information is available.


<id>514024
<position>3640
<data>This isn't over, Shepard. You've done too much damage to humanity's cause.


<id>514042
<position>3656
<data>I didn't kill those colonists. A Cerberus agent gave the order to kill them.


<id>514043
<position>3657
<data>They were looking for a Prothean artifact. I got to it before they did.


<id>514044
<position>3658
<data>I didn't kill those people, Councilors. If I did, I'd tell you.


<id>514045
<position>3659
<data>It's not supposed to be. The Reapers are harvesting people on Earth as we speak. I'll stop them by any means necessary.


<id>514046
<position>3660
<data>Right now, I need the Council. With Palavan stabilized, we can continue work on the Prothean device.

There was a lot more Quarian Admiralty debates.

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<id>514127
<position>3707
<data>Observing geth behavior under direct Reaper control will be invaluable. And fascinating.


<id>514128
<position>3708
<data>Do not forget "deadly".


<id>514129
<position>3709
<data>I'm sure Commander Shepard understands that perfectly.

Remember the dinosaur jokes from From Ashes? Well, every character was supposed to do a DIFFERENT joke.

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Garrus

<id>514385
<position>3739
<data>Hey, Liara, aren't you going to say something about these ruins? You used to be an archaeologist.


<id>514386
<position>3740
<data>Aren't you going to try to arrest the Cerberus troops? You used to be a C-Sec officer.


<id>514387
<position>3741
<data>Touche'.


Can't easily identify who

<id>514388
<position>3742
<data>Hey, Liara, you were an archaeologist. Can you tell us anything about these ruins?


<id>514389
<position>3743
<data>Early Seventh Dynasty, built by the Sun Sect but financed at least partially by the Imperial Regent.


<id>514390
<position>3744
<data>That, uh, doesn't really tell us anything useful.


<id>514391
<position>3745
<data>That's why I didn't bring it up.


EDI

<id>514392
<position>3746
<data>Did you study ruins like these during your time as an archaeologist, Dr. T'Soni?


<id>514393
<position>3747
<data>No, I usually studied the earlier periods. These are Seventh Dynasty.


<id>514394
<position>3748
<data>I believe you are mistaken. The pattern of these columns suggests the Fifth Dynasty.


<id>514395
<position>3749
<data>Actual Fifth Dynasty columns would contain petroglyphs inlaid with decorative Element Zero flecks.


<id>514396
<position>3750
<data>Of course. I apologize.


<id>514397
<position>3751
<data>No, no, it's a common mistake.

Oh, and then there's also this. WE WERE SUPPOSED TO HAVE A STATUE, DAMNIT.

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<id>514516
<position>3793
<data>Check out the statue. The hero of Eden Prime.


<id>514523
<position>3795
<data>That was a long time ago.

From the Tuchanka Planetary Defence Cannon mission (the MP level, yes):

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<id>514560
<position>3812
<data>They probably feel superior. Why?


<id>514561
<position>3813
<data>For some reason, I can't shake the feeling that they're compensating for something.


<id>514562
<position>3814
<data>Sometimes a planetary defense cannon is just a planetary defense cannon.

Legion speechifies on why the Geth DESERVE to remain AIs courtesy of Reaper upgrades.

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<id>514723
<position>3854
<data>We do not accept parameters of defeat. Without the Old Machine presence, there is hope of reunifying the geth.


<id>514724
<position>3855
<data>We have no intention of composing consensus. We only seek to give the geth back the ability to choose.


<id>514725
<position>3856
<data>We would lose perspective. Balance. Our shared history. How we become who we are.


<id>514726
<position>3857
<data>Without self-determination, geth are what the creators say we are. Machines. Empty constructs.


<id>514727
<position>3858
<data>We must aspire to more. We will not let that die. We cannot.

More about Armitage. Sorry about the disjointed nature, but I'm doing this in order of appearance in the files so I won't get lost.

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515062
<position>3945
<data>Anyone else hoping Armitage puts up a fight? Or is it too much to hope he gets his own hands dirty.


515066
<position>3946
<data>All that prestige, all that power, and now Armitage is being hunted down by Spectres in a boiling swamp.


515069
<position>3947
<data>We'll have to chew through his guards first.

Remember Eve's monologue about becoming a Shaman?

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515396
<position>4034
<data>This is just a cave.


515374
<position>4016
<data>It's where I was born.


515397
<position>4035
<data>Do all Renhadi give birth in a hole in the ground?


515375
<position>4017
<data>It was symbolic. This is where I became a priestess.


515398
<position>4036
<data>Not very ceremonial.


515376
<position>4018
<data>These walls...(runs her hand across the rock)...I was left in here for six weeks with just enough food to last.


515399
<position>4037
<data>And on the seventh?


515377
<position>4019
<data>I'd starve.


515400
<position>4038
<data>What's that supposed to prove?


515378
<position>4020
<data>Your resolve. Every acolyte is given a chance: you either claw your way out through the rock with your bare hands, or you die.


515401
<position>4039
<data>That's a brutal initiation.

515379
<position>4021
<data>But an illuminating one. You learn to appreciate the light by living in the dark.

515380
<position>4022
<data>Over here...(touches the wall)...I started digging the wrong way. I was in complete darkness. No direction, no help. Nothing other than my own hearbeat to sustain me.

This also extends to the ancient city on Tuchanka.

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515526
<position>4070
<data>We have to be careful. No one comes here anymore.


515532
<position>4076
<data>What is this place?


515527
<position>4071
<data>A holy city, back when we still believed there was anything holy at all in the universe.


515533
<position>4077
<data>What was your civilization like back then?


515528
<position>4072
<data>The Renhadi had dreams. There was a future to look forward to.


515534
<position>4078
<data>How did you end up destroying yourselves?


515529
<position>4073
<data>Technology changed us. It made life on Aporo too easy.


515535
<position>4079
<data>Most species would call that evolution.


515530
<position>4074
<data>Not for us. We thrive on conflict. And when there was none, we turned on each other. War was inevitable.

And that also includes Kalross.

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515609
<position>4101
<data>Yes, except for the Mother.


515614
<position>4105
<data>Who's she?


515610
<position>4102
<data>The queen of all serpents. In the ancient religion, she symbolized the bounty that Aporo provided.


515615
<position>4106
<data>I didn't know your species even had religion.


515611
<position>4103
<data>We did...until our gods deserted us.


515616
<position>4107
<data>Maybe after this is over you'll find new ones.


515612
<position>4104
<data>Careful, Commander. If you help save us, you could end up being our prophet.

Hunting Rachni with the guys:

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EDI and Garrus

517347
<position>4906
<data>I don't suppose you can see in the dark with all that fancy gear EDI?


517348
<position>4907
<data>No, but thankfully I don't have a glowing eye visor for enemies to target.


517349
<position>4908
<data>Let's keep this professional.


Jimmy and Liara

517353
<position>4912
<data>Does the Commander normally take you places like this Doc?


517354
<position>4913
<data>Unfortunately yes, James.


Jimmy and Garrus

517355
<position>4914
<data>I like wide-open spaces better. Less surprises.


517356
<position>4915
<data>I have to agree Garrus.


517357
<position>4916
<data>See anything Garrus?


517358
<position>4917
<data>No, but stay sharp.

Landing on Rannoch with Tali... and teasing her about it. The bastards. That's Garrus and EDI in there providing running commentary alongside Shep.

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517589
<position>4971
<data>It's so quiet. I could forget there's a war around us.


517590
<position>4972
<data>From the way the quarians talked, I never thought your homeworld would be so... dry.


517591
<position>4973
<data>Really? To me it's wonderful to be on a world that doesn't feel like a steamroom.


517592
<position>4974
<data>How can you tell inside that suit?


517593
<position>4975
<data>Its humidity filters are barely kicking in. This place is heaven!


517594
<position>4976
<data>I sense minimal industrial pollutants in the air. The geth have kept Rannoch pristine.


517595
<position>4977
<data>I suppose it makes sense. AIs have little reason to dam rivers or cut down trees.


517596
<position>4978
<data>Of course not. It would spoil the view.


-2146966051
<position>4979
<data>-1


517598
<position>4980
<data>Was that a joke?


517599
<position>4981
<data>We should continue our search.


517600
<position>4982
<data>Until you look up at the sky -- or at that geth jamming tower.


517601
<position>4983
<data>I'm not letting you spoil this for me.


517602
<position>4984
<data>If you squint, I bet you can see the geth crawling all over its scaffolding.


517603
<position>4985
<data>I will hack your visor so that all it displays are batarian erotic vids.


517604
<position>4986
<data>Your homeworld is beautiful. No wonder your people long to return.


517605
<position>4987
<data>When I was little, I would watch old footage of Rannoch over and over again with my father.


517606
<position>4988
<data>He'd rattle off names like he'd been there. Ghiernava, Rav'pasht, all the places he wanted to--


517607
<position>4989
<data>I suppose I can see them, now.


517608
<position>4990
<data>Your father would be so proud that you're here.


517609
<position>4991
<data>Unwise.


517610
<position>4992
<data>My people fought exile for centuries. We've earned the right to a few seconds' admiration of our home.


517611
<position>4993
<data>Then anchor yourself... but only for the fight to come.


517612
<position>4994
<data>Rannoch isn't ours yet. I know that, and I'm going to change it.

Quote of the day:
<string>
<id>518182</id>
<position>5190</position>
<data>So we're deleting geth programs... on a server our geth says is hooked up to those ships in the sky... so that the quarians can blow up those geth.</data>
</string>

Perhaps a cut type of enemy? I'm yet to encounter any more mentions, but I can go look them up if you wish.

Here we go, literally the ONLY other mention in the datafile I'm cutting up now:

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570257
<position>15029
<data>The Illusive Man uses an ability similar to the Pariah - causing Shepard to lose control. The Ilusive Man sits back as he forces Shepard and Anderson to point their weapons at one another.

But there is in another (remember, Sanctuary is still functioning both as a husk factory AND as a "haven" for refugees in this version because Cerberus doesn't fight the Reapers, it BELONGS to the Reapers):

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554662
<position>10630
<data>CineAnim Cutscene

Pariah Reveal: A distant whispering that has been echoing in Shepard's head during his exploration of Sanctuary is now revealed. A hideous new Reaper minion called the Pariah. It seems busy surveying a particular cage full of prisoners. The cage is lowered to the floor, but does not undergo any further processing.

The Pariah finally notices Shepard with a powerful mind blast while teleporting to a nearby ledge allowing its soldiers to attack.

Moving on, Rannoch had lots more flavor text.

EDI:

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518816
<position>5380
<data>So, EDI, you can't be hacked by these geth, right?


518817
<position>5381
<data>Correct. The geth's intrusion capabilities are insufficient compared to Cerberus-based or Reaper-based code.


518818
<position>5382
<data>But now the geth are getting all amped up on Reaper-based code themselves, right?


518819
<position>5383
<data>I could explain it to you, or I could wait in the shuttle if it makes you feel better.


518820
<position>5384
<data>Okay, I don't like either of those.

Jimmy:

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518821
<position>5385
<data>Anyone else find it funny that the quarians have Marines?


518822
<position>5386
<data>What's funny about it?


518823
<position>5387
<data>It just seems like in three hundred years of flying in space, they never changed the name to something less... maritime.


518824
<position>5388
<data>If I were a quarian, I'd hang on to tradition every chance I got. Keeps the ship from going crazy.


518825
<position>5389
<data>Okay. But I still want to call them jarheads and leathernecks. Do you think that'd go over well?


518826
<position>5390
<data>I suspect they would get a perfect translation of your intention, and then there would be gunfire.

Liara:

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518828
<position>5392
<data>You're awfully quiet, Liara.


518831
<position>5393
<data>To tell the truth, I don't like participating in a war that I wished would never happen.


518832
<position>5394
<data>You don't think we have a right to retake the homeworld?


518833
<position>5395
<data>You do, but any sapient, including geth, has a right to self-determination.


518834
<position>5396
<data>I only hope that when the geth are defeated, some kind of disarmament will occur. Not destruction, not enslavement.

Javik:

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518836
<position>5397
<data>Your attempts to control the geth are inefficient.


518837
<position>5398
<data>Excuse me?


518838
<position>5399
<data>When you override their operations, it only lasts for seconds. These constructs should be our permanent slaves.


518839
<position>5400
<data>My hacking is as good as it gets. If we could do better, we wouldn't have lost Rannoch in the first place.


518840
<position>5401
<data>This does not translate. You are establishing my point.

And Javik vs Tali:

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518842
<position>5403
<data>Seeing all this makes me wonder what the Prothean homeworld looked like after it was conquered.


518843
<position>5404
<data>There is no comparison. There are no scavenging creatures, and the sky is not black with the smoke from charnel houses.


518844
<position>5405
<data>These buildings still stand, these rock formations still house useful metals. This species was lucky.


518845
<position>5406
<data>Um... right. Sore subject. Sorry.

Shout-Out to you Star Control fans (not the only place that character shows up, too):

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518847
<position>5408
<data>EDI, those quarians are carrying a high explosive charge. What happens if the geth hit it with an incendiary round?


518848
<position>5409
<data>I asked Specialist Syreen about that in the shuttle. She said its chemical makeup would prevent a premature explosion.

EDI and Liara

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518852
<position>5413
<data>EDI, do you ever feel lonely being the only one of your kind?


518853
<position>5414
<data>I... I hadn't thought about it like that before, Liara. I assumed I could find kinship with organic life.


518854
<position>5415
<data>But I do secretly fear that none of them have the capability to understand all of my dimensions. And other synthetics are no better.


518855
<position>5416
<data>I will live a centuries-long existence never knowing the joy of true friendship, let alone love.


518856
<position>5417
<data>I'm sorry, EDI. I didn't mean to cause you pai-- wait a minute.


518857
<position>5418
<data>That was a joke.


518858
<position>5419
<data>You're not too old to get your humor center disconnected, you know.

Garrus and who knows who else about Jimmy and MAKO

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518860
<position>5421
<data>You know what we need? A Mako.


518861
<position>5422
<data>It was hardly the pinnacle of stealth. And there's no room between the doors and cables and walkway....


518862
<position>5423
<data>Yeah, but the thing was a geth magnet. It could be down in the valley, far away. James could drive it.

Stupid side quest is stupid:

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519440
<position>5628
<data>You ! I need your help.


519441
<position>5629
<data>I need to go to this club and retrieve my datapad, but the bouncer won't let me enter.



519442
<position>5630
<data>Please, go inside and retrieve my data pad.


519443
<position>5631
<data>I'll give you 1000 credit for it.

TO BE CONTINUED...

When you thaw Javik, he goes on a Jack-like rampage through Eden Prime, splatting Cerberus left and right.

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<id>519716
<position>5698
<data>The paths down here are blocked off. We need to find a way up.


<id>519721
<position>5703
<data>The Prothean destroyed the main access ramp.


<id>519717
<position>5699
<data>Hope it's doing as much damage to Cerberus as it's doing to the area.


<id>519718
<position>5700
<data>With luck, it's doing even worse to Cerberus.


<id>519722
<position>5704
<data>Come on, let's find a clear path.


<id>519719
<position>5701
<data>My scans show a path on our right.


<id>519723
<position>5705
<data>Thanks, EDI.

Like, really.

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<id>519753
<position>5727
<data>So what's this thing doing, Doc? Trying to get back to where it's comfortable?


<id>519758
<position>5730
<data>It ran from us but killed the Cerberus troops. It clearly has a destination in mind.


<id>519759
<position>5731
<data>I don't know. It's almost like it was moving on instinct.


<id>519760
<position>5732
<data>I can buy that. But why keep it alive for 50,000 years if it's going to come out like an animal?


<id>519757
<position>5729
<data>I wish I knew. There's so much we could learn from it.


<id>519754
<position>5728
<data>Long as we're asking the questions, and not Cerberus.


<id>519761
<position>5733
<data>My scans suggest that the Prothean is returning to where the stasis sphere was discovered.


<id>519762
<position>5734
<data>Cerberus must have missed something. Something the Prothean needs.


<id>519763
<position>5735
<data>That is a logical theory.

Shepard pleads his case to... Anderson? Or Hackett?

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<id>521352
<position>5938
<data>You've seen the Reapers. You fought them. This is your war, Shepard.


<id>521359
<position>5940
<data>You can lead these people, Admiral. I'm just a soldier... or I was before they suspended me.


<id>521353
<position>5939
<data>You need to do more than that if we're going to win this.


<id>521361
<position>5941
<data>Then give me my ship, and I'll join the fight.

More from the trial panic scenes:

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<id>521383
<position>5952
<data>You sure it's the Reapers?


<id>521380
<position>5949
<data>Could it be the batarians? They've been threatening war ever since... well. They've got motive, anyway.

<id>521378
<position>5947
<data>It's unconfirmed. But we lost contact with all batarian systems yesterday. This morning, three of our colonies went silent.


<id>521379
<position>5948
<data>Each one the same. Gone before they could send a distress call.


<id>521382
<position>5951
<data>Whatever this is... it's a helluva lot bigger than batarians.


<id>521388
<position>5955
<data>They don't have the ships or technology to hit our colonies without Earth receiving a single report.


<id>521381
<position>5950
<data>Exactly.

Shepard and Anderson approach the Tribunal chambers...

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<id>521459
<position>5976
<data>Admiral Anderson, Commander Shepard... secured for transit.


<id>521460
<position>5977
<data>Something big going on, Admiral?


<id>521461
<position>5978
<data>I'll need your gun.


<id>521462
<position>5979
<data>Keep that safe. I might need it later.


<id>521463
<position>5980
<data>Yes, sir. Proceed through the scanners.


<id>521466
<position>5981
<data>You're next, Shepard.


<id>521478
<position>5990
<data>It's the same implants that set it off last time. And the two dozen times before that.


<id>521467
<position>5982
<data>Still gotta check it out. Hold still, please.


<id>521468
<position>5983
<data>Clear. You can go.


<id>521469
<position>5984
<data>C'mon. The Tribunal's going to be in a frenzy by now.

MORE TO COME...

Not likely. Not until they understand why the beginning sucks almost as badly as the ending, which they clearly do not.

Some things were similar... but not quite.

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<id>522394
<position>6022
<data>If alive, Kasumi will be the alliance contact for this mission. She's been using the blackbox data from ME2 to get the identity of the Cerberus infiltrators.
She was able to locate the Cerberus hideout in the citade just a few moment ago. The general is probably already in this hideout, and will be be extracted from the citadel any moment now.



<id>524267
<position>6111
<data>The Cerberus operative recognize Shepard and understand he won't be able to escape. He warn Shepard that he's too late, as he was able to sent the alliance's dirty secrets to the public. It's going to spark a sentiment of distrust against the alliance amongst human and alien alike.



<id>524414
<position>6116
<data>While Shepard go after the rogue general, Kasumi will raid the Cerberus hideout to get rid of any data who could still link the alliance to Cerberus.
Whenever Shepard is ready, he can use a car to get to this specific location.



<id>524415
<position>6117
<data>Shepard must capture the general before he's able to leave the citadel.


<id>525370
<position>6334
<data>Kasumi explain she ended working for the alliance after being captured during a difficult mission. The alliance offered her to work for them, and in exchange they would erase all her criminal past.
This mission with the Cerberus infiltrator was her last assignement before she could been freed from her contract with them.
She still decide to stay with the alliance.

I assume this is the VS speaking, but which one?

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<id>523206
<position>6057
<data>God. I can't believe we let this happen.


<id>523213
<position>6063
<data>Don't blame yourself. You tried to warn them. We both did.


<id>523207
<position>6058
<data>I should've tried harder. I let you down. I let us all down.


<id>523214
<position>6064
<data>Bullshit.


<id>523208
<position>6059
<data>From here on in, it's do or die trying.


<id>523217
<position>6067
<data>C'mon. I know you'll do everything in your power to stop these things.


<id>523218
<position>6068
<data>You've always been a good friend, and an even better soldier.


<id>523209
<position>6060
<data>I won't let any of us down again, Shepard. You can count on that.


<id>523216
<position>6066
<data>Good. I thought we were going to have to hug it out.


<id>523210
<position>6061
<data>Smartass.


<id>523212
<position>6062
<data>C'mon. Let's keep moving.

A little gem from the diplomatic meeting in the beginning:

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<id>523925
<position>6079
<data>(over intercom) Attention all hands, we've rendezvoused with the diplomatic ship. The salarian and krogan representatives are now aboard.


<id>523927
<position>6081
<data>(over intecom) The Alliance recognizes Dalatrass Smith of the Salarian Union.

Thane... *sob* It's hard to make heads or tails of this section, because of its disjointed nature, but basically, Thane asks Shep to find Kolyat, and Shep asks Bailey and it somehow leads to Shep bailing out not only Kolyat, but also a bunch of C-Sec investigators out of Cerberus prison... or letting them rot there as he chooses fit, with a wide range of reasonings why Shep left them behind.

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Thane:

<id>524704
<position>6245
<data>Shepard thanks for coming *cough*. I thought I would be dead after the Collectors, but it seems only now is my time to die *cough*. I am too weak to go out on my own but I need you to help me one last time. Kolyat has been captured by the men who hired him to assassinate the Turian politician. I hear Bailey has more information. Shepard, please go talk to Bailey and find out what happened to my son. I want him to be safe, more than anything.


Bailey:

<id>524747
<position>6263
<data>Kolyat? Yeah he came to see me a few days ago. He said Cerberus was after him and that they funded the whole assassination plot against the Turian Politician. I told him there is no way Cerberus would be operating on the Citadel without me knowing. You know how those Drell are - having weird flashbacks. It's impossible to understand them half the time.

And yes, the spelling and punctuation is atrocious in a LOT of places. Most common problem is "The Quarian's will then move in and..." or the like =)

There was more to Grissom Academy, too, if you thought we've forgotten about it.

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<id>526266
<position>6408
<data>CINE DESIGN 3-SECOND CUTSCENE: A Cerberus fighter crashes into the side of the ship, creating a hole and destroying the escape pods. Shepard hangs from the railing, about to be sucked out into space until the emergency doors slame shut, resuming normal air pressure.

The fighter damaged a core part of the ship. The integrity of the space-station itself is now weakened, like a submarine beginning to come apart at the seams.

The bits about the Rannoch Reaper are all over the place, it seems they loved the heck out of that scene, creating LOTS of revisions.

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<id>526780
<position>6441
<data>I think we lost it! If we're lucky, it won't bother hunting us down.


<id>526781
<position>6442
<data>We're in a footrace with a Reaper! I think we're past luck!

The Rannoch Peace scene was largely the same, except...

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<id>527813
<position>6684
<data>What if we don't have to choose one side or the other?


<id>527814
<position>6685
<data>Tali, you're an admiral. We rescued Admiral Koris, and he's always opposed this war. Talk to the fleet!


<id>527816
<position>6687
<data>Tali, you're an admiral. You've got as much authority as Admiral Gerrel. If you order them to stop...


<id>527789
<position>6660
<data>Tali, I supported your people in this war, but this isn't about reclaiming your homeworld. Your people just want revenge.


<id>527790
<position>6661
<data>I know. They made mistakes. But so did your people. Your attacks practically drove them to the Reapers for protection.


<id>527791
<position>6662
<data>There's got to be a better way.


<id>527792
<position>6663
<data>Good. Looks like it's time for you to take back your homeworld.


<id>527821
<position>6692
<data>I talked you and Legion into not killing each other.


<id>527822
<position>6693
<data>We disabled that dreadnought and took out that orbital gun. They owe me.


<id>527795
<position>6666
<data>I know the quarians started this fight. But the geth sided with the Reapers. If I have to pick a side, I'm picking the quarians.


<id>527796
<position>6667
<data>I don't see any other option.


<id>527797
<position>6668
<data>They made their choice, Legion. I don't see any other option.

That's right, there was a LOT more talking in the scene, including separately reasoning with Tali whether she should try to convince Gerrel or try to overrule him (including a lot of calling him an idiot); and with Legion to fish for more arguments to use for or against sparing the Geth or destroying the Quarians or establishing peace. Again, too disjointed to form coherent dialogues, sadly.

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<id>527710
<position>6581
<data>All units... All units hold fire.


<id>527711
<position>6582
<data>Error, copying code is insufficient. Direct personality dissemination required.


<id>527712
<position>6583
<data>Shepard-Commander. We must go to them. It is the only way.


<id>527713
<position>6584
<data>Legion... the answer to your question was "Yes".


<id>527714
<position>6585
<data>I know, Tali'Zorah. But thank you.


<id>527715
<position>6586
<data>{TEMP: Legion's light goes out. Energy crackles around Legion's body as he uploads to the geth. His body falls over, dead.}


<id>527716
<position>6587
<data>{TEMP: Tali kneels beside body of Legion. Go to cutscene.}


<id>527718
<position>6589
<data>Uploading. Twenty percent.


<id>527719
<position>6590
<data>This is Admiral Tali'Zorah. All units, break off your attack!


<id>527720
<position>6591
<data>Belay that order! Continue the attack!


<id>527721
<position>6592
<data>This is Tali'Zorah! Admiral Gerrel, break off your attack!


<id>527722
<position>6593
<data>Negative, Tali. The situation is under control.


<id>527723
<position>6594
<data>Sixty percent.


<id>527724
<position>6595
<data>Han, please! The geth are about to return to full strength!


<id>527725
<position>6596
<data>All the more reason to finish them off now, then.


<id>527726
<position>6597
<data>Shepard, Admiral Gerrel isn't going to break off his attack. Uploading that code would destroy the fleet.


<id>527727
<position>6598
<data>Creator Admiral, your people caused this war. Does the right of your people to exist supercede ours?


<id>527728
<position>6599
<data>I'm not going to debate philosophy. If you upload that code, the quarian people die.


<id>527729
<position>6600
<data>Uploading. Twenty percent.


<id>527730
<position>6601
<data>Damn it, Shepard! Don't do this!


<id>527731
<position>6602
<data>No! You will not-- oof! {TEMP: She tries to stop Legion, but Legion knocks her back easily. Her gun falls aside.}


<id>527732
<position>6603
<data>We see no alternative, Creator Admiral. Sixty percent.


<id>527733
<position>6604
<data>Damn you. Damn you to hell.


<id>527734
<position>6605
<data>Error, copying code is insufficient. Direct personality dissemination required.


<id>527735
<position>6606
<data>Shepard-Commander, we must go to them. It is the only way. Thank you.


<id>527736
<position>6607
<data>{TEMP: Legion's light goes dark. Legion falls to the ground, dead, as energy crackles around body.}


<id>527737
<position>6608
<data>What's going on? The geth are regrouping!


<id>527738
<position>6609
<data>Damn it. I told you. {TEMP: Tali drops to her knees. Camera stays on her while radio lines play.}


<id>527739
<position>6610
<data>Rayya, watch your barriers! Watch your barriers!


<id>527740
<position>6611
<data>Break off! We can't hold formation!


<id>527741
<position>6612
<data>Neema's kinetics are down! Multiple hull breaches! All hands--


<id>527742
<position>6613
<data>No. No!


<id>527743
<position>6614
<data>Rayya, watch your barriers! Watch your barriers!


<id>527744
<position>6615
<data>Break off! We can't hold formation!


<id>527745
<position>6616
<data>{TEMP: Raan grabs her gun, brings it up. Shepard turns. Raan turns gun on herself.}


<id>527746
<position>6617
<data>{TEMP: Camera on Shepard as gun goes off. Cut to Admiral lying on ground, helmet cracked, blood on ground.}


<id>527747
<position>6618
<data>Neema's kinetics are down! Multiple hull breaches! All hands--


<id>527748
<position>6619
<data>{TEMP: Go to Destruction of Quarians Cutscene}


<id>527749
<position>6620
<data>Shepard.


<id>527750
<position>6621
<data>They're trying to flee! Stay on them!


<id>527751
<position>6622
<data>No. We will not allow you to decide our fate. Uploading the-- {TEMP: Malfunction noise.}


<id>527752
<position>6623
<data>{TEMP: Legion falls, Tali's boot knife sticking out of its back.}


<id>527753
<position>6624
<data>I'm sorry, Legion. {TEMP: She stands over Legion's body.}


<id>527754
<position>6625
<data>{TEMP: Geth malfunction overlay} Tali'Zorah... does this... unit... have...


<id>527755
<position>6626
<data>Yes. (TEMP: Quiet sad delivery. Not flippant here.}


<id>527756
<position>6627
<data>{TEMP: Legion's light goes out.}


<id>527757
<position>6628
<data>Yes, it did. (TEMP: She stands up and turns away from Legion.}


<id>527758
<position>6629
<data>No. We will not allow you to decide our fate. Uploading the- {TEMP: Gunshot}


<id>527759
<position>6630
<data>I knew it would turn on us. A pity. It seemed so sincere.


<id>527760
<position>6631
<data>{TEMP: Go to Geth Destruction Cutscene}


<id>527664
<position>6535
<data>We offer a possibility, Shepard-Commander.


<id>527665
<position>6536
<data>The Old Machine is dead. It has no influence over the geth. But the processing upgrades it used on us remain.


<id>527666
<position>6537
<data>You think you could upload the Reaper code into all the geth? That would make them as smart as when the Reaper was controlling them!


<id>527667
<position>6538
<data>That's madness! The geth would be as intelligent as they were when the Reaper was controlling them!


<id>527668
<position>6539
<data>Yes. But with free will. Each geth unit would be a true intelligence. We would be alive.


<id>527669
<position>6540
<data>My people would never accept that. They'd attack!


<id>527670
<position>6541
<data>They are already attacking, Creator Zorah. But with this upgrade, we would not be helpless.


<id>527671
<position>6542
<data>They're falling back! Break through their perimeter!


<id>527672
<position>6543
<data>The quarian fleet would be wiped out, Shepard. You can't choose the geth over my people!


<id>527673
<position>6544
<data>I understand that. Admiral Gerrel is an idiot, and I'll kill him myself if you want. But this decision affects the entire fleet!


<id>527674
<position>6545
<data>Civilians. Children. My whole race.


<id>527675
<position>6546
<data>The Creators will not stop with our ships. They will destroy servers with civilian geth. Even those who opposed joining the Old Machines.


<id>527676
<position>6547
<data>The Creators started this war. Does their right to exist supercede ours?


<id>527677
<position>6548
<data>You can't ask me that, Legion!


<id>527679
<position>6550
<data>You expect me to convince Admiral Gerrel to give up a perfect chance to attack? To retake the homeworld?

Yes, that was really Tali offering to KILL Gerrel after this is done if Shepard really wants her to. (^_^)

Shepard's plea to the Fleets is largely the same.

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<id>527828
<position>6699
<data>Everyone listen up! This is Shepard. If you don't want to be blown out of the sky in about half a minute, stand down now.


<id>527829
<position>6700
<data>All ships, this is Commander Shepard. The Reaper is dead. Stand down.


<id>527830
<position>6701
<data>Everyone listen up! This is Shepard. If you don't want to be blown out of the sky in about half a minute, stand down now.


<id>527831
<position>6702
<data>All ships, this is Commander Shepard. The Reaper is dead. Stand down.


<id>527832
<position>6703
<data>Everyone listen up! This is Shepard. If you don't want to be blown out of the sky in about half a minute, stand down now.


<id>527833
<position>6704
<data>All ships, this is Commander Shepard. The Reaper is dead. Stand down.


<id>-2146955814
<position>6705
<data>-1


<id>-2146955813
<position>6706
<data>-1


<id>-2146955812
<position>6707
<data>-1


<id>-2146955811
<position>6708
<data>-1


<id>-2146955810
<position>6709
<data>-1


<id>527839
<position>6710
<data>The geth are about to return to full strength. If you keep attacking, they'll wipe you out.


<id>527840
<position>6711
<data>Your entire history is you trying to kill the geth. You tried to kill them when they first became sentient.


<id>527841
<position>6712
<data>You started this war, forcing them to go to the Reapers for protection.


<id>527842
<position>6713
<data>The geth don't want to fight you. If you can get over your damn hatred for one minute, this war will be over.


<id>527843
<position>6714
<data>You have a choice. Choose wisely. Please. Keelah se'lai.


<id>527844
<position>6715
<data>Remember a few years ago, when I saved you from the geth at the Citadel?


<id>527845
<position>6716
<data>Or just recently, when I saved you by disabling that dreadnought?


<id>527846
<position>6717
<data>Well, I'm through saving you.


<id>527847
<position>6718
<data>If you're stupid enough to keep attacking, I will stand and watch while the geth lay you to waste.


<id>527848
<position>6719
<data>It's your call. Keelah se'lai.

Biggest shock of the day: the mission to disable Geth AA defenses was entirely different. In a send-up to Guns of Navarone, Shepard and Co team up with Quarian Fire Team Taurash, led by... Kal "I just shoot things, ma'am" Reegar.

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<string>
<id>529494
6997
<data>Shepard! Are we seriously getting into another firefight together? This is gonna be like shore leave without the hangovers.
<string>
<id>529529
7018
OPTION A <data>Settle down. Celebrations happen after the mission.

<string>
<id>529527
7016
OPTION B <data>Good to see you again, Kal'Reegar. Who are your friends here?


<string>
<id>529495
6998
YOU PICKED A <data>Only the most hardcore of the corps, Commander. We're Fire Team Taurash, 8th Planetary Assault Division.

<string>
<id>529496
6999
YOU PICKED B AND ARE A GIRL <data>She's right, Kal. Commander Shepard, may I introduce Fire Team Taurash.

<string>
<id>529497
7000
YOU PICKED B AND ARE A GUY <data>He's right, Kal. Commander Shepard, may I introduce Fire Team Taurash.

<string>
<id>529498
7001
<data>I'm Master Sergeant Nal'Estra. Specialist Syreen here will be the one saving us with her electronic warfare skills.

<string>
<id>529499
7002
<data>Sergeant Oro'lang takes care of the bomb, and you know Kal'Reegar. I see this mission as a fairly simple insertion.

<string>
<id>529500
7003
<data>All right, Oro, do a bomb check. Syreen, get us a channel, Bad Luck, make sure nothing comes over that ridge.

<string>
<id>529501
7004
<data>Encryption suite is running, sir. We can hear the geth and they can't hear us.

<string>
<id>529502
7005
<data>That's what I like.

<string>
<id>529503
7006
<data>Commander Shepard, welcome to the family. Fire Team Taurash is ready to serve.

<string>
<id>529536
7025
<data>I understand your team excels at keeping the geth quiet.

<string>
<id>529504
7007
<data>We can jam their calls for help, but sooner or later they'll figure out a way around it.

<string>
<id>529539
7028
<data>I hear a lot of chatter. You got a plan in place for what we're about to do?

<string>
<id>529505
7008
<data>To minimize contact, we can split into two teams, Taurash and Normandy.

<string>
<id>529506
7009
<data>We'll get the bomb to its target, the cannon. You eliminate the geth patrols and if necessary, draw their fire. Any orders, Commander?

<string>
<id>529507
7010
<data>I see this as a two-prong approach. Team Taurash escorts the bomb to the cannon. Team Normandy eliminates geth patrols.

<string>
<id>529508
7011
<data>This will draw the geth's fire and attention away from the bomb. If all goes well, they won't even know it's there.

<string>
<id>529509
7012
<data>When Taurash reaches the cannon itself, we plant the bomb, you cover us. Any orders, Commander?

<string>
<id>529551
7031
<data>Be careful. This place is probably swarming with geth. Don't get into any pitched battles.

<string>
<id>529519
7013
<data>That's an affirmative. We're not here to fight, we're here to destroy. Understood?

<string>
<id>529554
7033
<data>If we're certain no alert will go up, I want every geth eliminated. They've had this planet long enough.

<string>
<id>529521
7014
<data>It's about time we got an order like that. Roo-yah!

<string>
<id>529522
7015
<data>That's an affirmative, sir!

All caps remarks are mine.

More about the Armitage mission. It's some sort of cooker world, with geysers all over.

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<string>
<id>534444
7372
<data>Have you noticed Cerberus' new equipment? I don't remember their troops having anything this high-tech a few years ago.

<string>
<id>-2146949203
7373
<data>-1

<string>
<id>534446
7374
<data>Neither did I, but I don't think all of this is Collector technology.

<string>
<id>534447
7375
<data>That the Illusive Man has been influenced by the Reapers even earlier than we thought.

<string>
<id>-2146949200
7376
<data>-1

<string>
<id>534449
7377
<data>It's a shame. Your people could have made some amazing advancements if Cerberus hadn't kept this technology to themselves.

<string>
<id>534450
7378
<data>The Illusive Man withheld it "for the good of humanity", no doubt.

<string>
<id>534451
7379
<data>An unstable area on an uncharted world...

<string>
<id>534452
7380
<data>Armitage couldn't have picked a more dangerous place to land.

<string>
<id>534453
7381
<data>I'm serious. It's a miracle his crash-landing didn't set off more of these geysers. We're lucky we can even get through.

<string>
<id>534454
7382
<data>Let's hope Cerberus hasn't dug in any fortifications at least. The terrain's dangerous as it is.

<string>
<id>534455
7383
<data>An empty world. Good.

<string>
<id>534456
7384
<data>I caused destruction because of rage, and fear. Unfocused anger is worse than useless.

<string>
<id>534457
7385
<data>It is something I have learned.

<string>
<id>534458
7386
<data>Cerberus landed hours before we did. They could have something bad waiting.

<string>
<id>534459
7387
<data>And they've got some fancy tech. I've never seen a mercenary army this well-armed.

<string>
<id>534461
7388
<data>Cerberus has to answer to someone, Kaidan. At least it'll be us.


<string>
<id>537136
7535
<data>Cerberus appears to be siphoning thermal energy from the area's geyser system.

<string>
<id>537137
7536
<data>Cerberus is drawing thremal energy from the geysers for their repairs. Ingenious, I'll give them that.

<string>
<id>537138
7537
<data>It look as if Cerberus is trying to leach energy from the geysers.

<string>
<id>537139
7538
<data>A sudden release in pressure, resulting in the eruption of the geyser. I would avoid the blast.

<string>
<id>537140
7539
<data>Anyone nearby would be sorry. The entire thing would just explode.

<string>
<id>537141
7540
<data>It's high-powered machinery containing a lot of pressure. The result would be explosive.

<string>
<id>537142
7541
<data>What the hell is this junk Cerberus left around the geysers?

<string>
<id>537143
7542
<data>What's all this equipment around the geysers?

<string>
<id>537144
7543
<data>I wonder what Cerberus' goons were doing with the geyser.

<string>
<id>537145
7544
<data>What's Cerberus messing around with now?

<string>
<id>537146
7545
<data>What's the purpose of this machinery?

<string>
<id>537147
7546
<data>What would happen if I took a shot at the equipment?

<string>
<id>-2146946499
7547
<data>-1

<string>
<id>537397
7548
<data>While not critical to our mission, I feel it is worth noting that we are the first sentient beings to step foot on this world apart from Cerberus.

<string>
<id>537398
7549
<data> I know. Jeff has already submitted a request.

<string>
<id>537399
7550
<data>Yes EDI?

<string>
<id>537400
7551
<data>Then traditionally we get first shot at naming the planet.

Ever wonder what Joker would name a planet if given the chance? =)
Click to find out!

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<string>
<id>537886
7577
<data>If it's "New Moreau-topia" again, tell him no.

<string>
<id>537885
7576
<data>I'd make you vice-president!

Another version of Thane's quest-giving scene:

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<string>
<id>537928
7579
<data>[Thane is praying, then notices Shepard and stops] Shepard, you came!

<string>
<id>537929
7580
<data>Cerberus is here on the Citadel. They are after my son, Kolyat. Shepard, you must save my son so I can see him one last time before I die.

<string>
<id>537930
7581
<data>Kolyat came and saw me a few days ago, scared for his life. He told me Cerberus was after him. When I asked him why, he said something about having proof of a superweapon and that Cerberus was on the Citadel. But before I could find out what he knew he ran off to go into hiding. He said he'd be back the next day, but it's been days since and he never showed up. If he's right, then Cerberus must have him. If you want to find Cerberus, Shepard, you must find Kolyat.

<string>
<id>537931
7582
<data>No, he never told me. I was only just getting to know my son. He never confideded in my where he would hi-- [Thane has a flashback memory] Dwait Mansion. Off the Presidium. A month ago. Kolyat visited. Said he saw things and heard noises. Wanted to figure out what was going on so he could impress Bailey. [Flashback ends].

More on that mission (again, slightly disjointed, with dialogue wheels for the VI):

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<string>
<id>538096
7643
<data>Shepard, it's good to see you. What are you doing here?

<string>
<id>538113
7644
<data>Kolyat was working for you. Do you know where he is?

<string>
<id>538114
7645
<data>I heard that Cerberus might be on the Citadel. What can you tell me?

<string>
<id>538116
7646
<data>I'm looking for Kolyat

<string>
<id>538117
7647
<data>I'm looking for Cerberus

<string>
<id>538125
7648
<data>Cerberus? I haven't heard anything about Cerberus being on the Citadel. If they are here, they are doing a good job of hiding

<string>
<id>538126
7649
<data>Welcome to Dwait Mansion. I am the VI that overlooks this facility. How can I assist you today?

<string>
<id>538229
7652
<data>Sorry, current security protocols do not permit outsiders within the mansion. Security protocols are currently HIGH.

<string>
<id>538230
7653
<data>Security protocols updated. Protocols include access for Spectres now. Welcome, Commander Shepard. What can I tell you about the facility?

<string>
<id>538231
7654
<data>I have informed the security forces inside of your arrival. Goodbye.

<string>
<id>538232
7655
<data>Mr. Francis Dwait is one of the foremost research minds in military technology. He built his fortune helping humanity build more efficient warships and has made major strides in the understanding of mass effect technology. Mr. Dwait does not like to leave his home and has not been outside of these mansion grounds in 15 years, but still works from his own research laboratories on-site.

<string>
<id>538233
7656
<data>I'm sorry that information is classified. How else can I help you?

<string>
<id>538234
7657
<data>I do not know the identity of the security forces within, but the mansion is has a security team hired by Mr. Dwait. What else do you want to know?

<string>
<id>538235
7658
<data>Dwait mansion is currently a secured zone. Intruders will be shot on site. Panic room distress beacon has been activated.

<string>
<id>538236
7659
<data>I detect one biological entity within the panic room currently. I cannot patch you through to the panic room intercom remotely. You must use the intercom terminal adjacent to the panic room on the 3rd floor inside the master bedroom. To access the master bedroom, please use the elevator within the library in the northern wing. How else can I help you?


<string>
<id>538237
7660
<data>They fired their weapons first upon security forces and were eliminated immediately. What else can I tell you?

<string>
<id>538238
7661
<data>I need to get inside

<string>
<id>538239
7662
<data>[Shepard calls Bailey on the radio]Bailey, the security protocols are currently set to high. I need to get in the facility. Can you change the protocols from your end? [Bailey tells Shepard he's fixed the problem and also noticed that there is a distress signal coming from the master bedroom, in what looks to be a panic room, and that Shepard should check it out on the 3rd floor]

<string>
<id>538240
7663
<data>That's enough information. I'm going in.

<string>
<id>538241
7664
<data>Tell me about Dwait

<string>
<id>538242
7665
<data>What is Dwait currently working on in his labs?

<string>
<id>538243
7666
<data>I'm looking for Cerberus. Are they inside?

<string>
<id>538244
7667
<data>What's the current status of the mansion?

<string>
<id>538245
7668
<data>Panic room? Who is in the panic room that set off the distress beacon?

<string>
<id>538247
7669
<data>Why are there four dead C-Sec Officers outside the front door?
<string>
<id>538315
7679
<data>How can I help you Spectre?

<string>
<id>538316
7680
<data>This floor is currently in emergency panic lockdown. You are not Mr. Dwait so I cannot remove the lockdown. Only security forces can do that.

<string>
<id>538318
7681
<data>Enable the elevator so I can get to the panic room

<string>
<id>538319
7682
<data>[Over radio]Bailey can you get me access to the top floor? The elevator is locked down. [Bailey tries for a moment then tells Shepard he has no way of overriding that security protocol. He tells Shepard he has heard rumors that there are lots of hidden passages in Dwait's Mansion and maybe there is a secret access to the top floor]

<string>
<id>538320
7683
<data>Turn on elevator

<string>
<id>538321
7684
<data>[Radio Bailey for help]

Landing on Mars:

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<string>
<id>539104
7742
<data>What's up?

<string>
<id>539105
7743
<data>Is this your first time?

<string>
<id>539106
7744
<data>Yeah. We skipped training here because of the war on the Citadel.

<string>
<id>539107
7745
<data>You ever been before, Shepard?

<string>
<id>539108
7746
<data>Hm. Thought you'd seen it all by now.

<string>
<id>539109
7747
<data>If there is a later.

<string>
<id>539110
7748
<data>You're a real optimist, aren't you?

<string>
<id>539111
7749
<data>How 'bout you, Lieutenant. You ever been to Mars?

<string>
<id>539112
7750
<data>Yeah. Came here for training. Got trapped in a cave for two days waiting for a storm like that to pass.

<string>
<id>539113
7751
<data>Two days?

<string>
<id>539114
7752
<data>Almost three. Took another week to get the dust out of my equipment.

<string>
<id>539115
7753
<data>Your equipment, huh?

<string>
<id>539116
7754
<data>Yeah, smart guy. My equipment.

<string>
<id>539117
7755
<data>Hmm.

<string>
<id>539118
7756
<data>How 'bout you, Major. You ever been to Mars?

<string>
<id>539119
7757
<data>Twice. The first time was fairly routine.

<string>
<id>539120
7758
<data>And the second?

<string>
<id>539121
7759
<data>I lost a kid under my command. Literally. He got separated during a storm a lot like that one. Died from exposure.

<string>
<id>539122
7760
<data>Shit. Sorry.

<string>
<id>539123
7761
<data>It's beautiful out here, but deadly if you don't respect it.

The Jacob/Brynn mission was story-important. After Kai Leng steals Javik from us on Thessia, they help us track the bastard. But only after we help THEM.

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<string>
<id>539744
7941
<data>Shepard doesn't mess around. Tell her where the Illusive Man is and I'm sure she'll stay to help.

<string>
<id>539745
7942
<data>Yeah, well I don't mess around either.

<string>
<id>539746
7943
<data>When these scientists followed me to this place with their families, I promised them refuge.

<string>
<id>539747
7944
<data>Everyone standing here knows that Commander Shepard is our best chance for survival.

<string>
<id>539748
7945
<data>And if I have to use blackmail to make it happen -- I will.
<string>
<id>539786
7983
<data>Okay. But I want the Illusive Man's location in my hand in half an hour!

<string>
<id>539787
7984
<data>And if the Reapers take out an orphanage while we're fooling around here -- that's on you.

The Citadel Coup standoff ends a little bit differently. Thane, you magnificent bastard. It's a little messed up due to different outcomes overlapping, but he doesn't get a bullet from Kai Leng by being daft, he gets a bullet from Udina protecting Tevos in the final standoff!

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<string>
<id>539916
8077
<data>I was hoping you would show up Shepard.

<string>
<id>539917
8078
<data>You didn't have to kill him


<string>
<id>539957
8079
<data>Yes, when Anderson stepped down, we lost more than we knew.

<string>
<id>539958
8080
<data>You'll excuse me if the attempt on my life does in fact offend.

<string>
<id>540033
8089
<data>And if I didn't have the galaxy's greatest assassin backing me up, I'd have shot one of my crew.

<string>
<id>539959
8081
<data>Indeed. That drell blocked most of the bullet that hit Councilor Tevos.

<string>
<id>540107
8097
<data>I always suspected something.

<string>
<id>539960
8082
<data>Just like Udina to wear a weapon. He was all temper, from a childlike species with a me-first attitude.

<string>
<id>540108
8098
<data>He shames all humanity.

<string>
<id>540031
8087
<data>I hope this doesn't reflect poorly on humans. If I could kick Udina out of the species, I would.

<string>
<id>540036
8092
<data>And the son of a bitch made me shoot one of my crew.

<string>
<id>539961
8083
<data>Indeed. The loss of Spectre Alenko will be deeply felt, but you had little alternative. Given the situation, you acted justly.

<string>
<id>539962
8084
<data>Indeed. The loss of Spectre Williams will be deeply felt, but you had little alternative. Given the situation, you acted justly.

<string>
<id>540029
8085
<data>I always thought Anderson made a better Councilor. Sure wish Udina had been on Earth instead.

Oh, and that Eden Prime massacre earlier? It comes back into play, as we were de-SPECTREd for it, even though it was Cerberus and Javik doing the civilian-killing.

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<string>
<id>540387
8142
<data>I told you he'd be at the heart of this, Williams. Cerberus and Shepard remain inseperable.

<string>
<id>540388
8143
<data>Maybe. Maybe not. Eden Prime's a slaughterhouse, the Citadel's next on the list, and here you are with a gun.

<string>
<id>540389
8144
<data>Gotta say, that really isn't reassuring.

<string>
<id>540390
8145
<data>No, I don't. Cerberus screws with people's brains. Reapers screw with people's brains.

<string>
<id>540391
8146
<data>Evidence can be faked, and you have motive.

<string>
<id>540392
8147
<data>Udina has been awfully conciliatory of late. But it is beyond his powers to cause this much chaos.

<string>
<id>540393
8148
<data>It bears examination. Udina has appointed the majority of C-SEC positions since becoming Councilor.

<string>
<id>540394
8149
<data>That scenario is hardly likely. Udina has been given more power than any human in history. He has been very cooperative since.

<string>
<id>540395
8150
<data>Councilor, he has overseen many C-SEC appointments of late. It is not beyond possibility.

<string>
<id>540396
8151
<data>What are you idiots talking about? Am I the one pointing a gun?

<string>
<id>540397
8152
<data>{VISUAL: Thane drops silently out of a vent behind Udina.}

<string>
<id>540398
8153
<data>Stand down, Skipper. You don't want to get your ass killed by a girl.

<string>
<id>540399
8154
<data>Weapon down, Shepard. I'm not going to miss at this range.

<string>
<id>540400
8155
<data>Weapon down, Shepard. You don't want to get your ass killed by a girl.

AND IT GIVES THE VS ACTUAL FRELLING MOTIVATION TO TRUST UDINA OVER SHEPARD. FANCY THAT.

And that's it for today folks =) Have a good one!

From what I can tell thus far... This entire script is based around Javik being the Catalyst. THe moment he was removed from that role, EVERYTHING that hinged on the Catalyst being a living being got shifted. So Eden Prime was removed entirely, and with it went the side-plot of Shepard being betrayed and de-SPECTREd by the Citadel Council at Udina's urging. With THAT, Jacob's mission that was ultimately about tracking down TIM and Kai Leng after Thessia became optional and unrelated to the main plot. So instead of "Hmm, Ex-Cerberus can tell us where TIMmy is" it became "I used SPACE MAGIC to track down Kai Leng, SPACE MAGIC, SPACE MAGIC", which is what caused the sharp Deus Ex Machina jump from Thessia to Horizon in the final game.

So it's either all because they wanted to make Javik DLC, or because they didn't think having a living Catalyst would work out and couldn't re-work everything in time. IMHO, they would've still been better off scrapping the Crucible at that point, as the Crucible ITSELF by that point was barely an idea, mentioned in even less frequency than it is in the finished game, and could have easily been replaced with "let's use all these Prothean doodads to actually build some better shinier REAL GUNS instead of wasting time on trying to decode what MAY be plans to what MAY be a weapon that MAY help us kill the Reapers for which we CLEARLY don't have the full set of plans ANYWAY. Grrrrr.

No worries, I'm interested myself. It's very sad that the story makes sense NOW. That pieces fall into place clearing crap up. Why these aren't released as DLC instead of building more new justifications for the idiotic changes they made is beyond my comprehension.