Datamining the Trilogy (AKA Things That Were Cut)

I said "shock of the day". The Big Shock is that the game was well-written and well-thought out, if a bit linear, originally, with next to no plot holes outside of "how does Kai Leng, a well-known Cerberus Operative known FOR YEARS to have worked for Cerberus FOR YEARS, pass himself off as Kai Leng, the Friendly Neighbourhood Alliance Officer, to the VS?".

I sure as hell hope so.

Oh, and I forgot to thank you for inspiring my avatar with your sig =)

My point still stands. BW and it's writers are fucking idiots for missing this goddamn opportunity.

Updated OP with table of contents for Beta Script dump sections.
For those with reading incontinence, here are the actual dump files. So far all I've been posting came from the Test one.
The full script file was too large (even compressed with utmost violence, it didn't fit the forum's max file size), so it was split into two. Sorry for slightly douchebag delivery format (partitioned RAR inside of ZIP), but forum doesn't allow archives other than ZIP =(

And we're back to where we left off, the Citadel Coup.
Quote of the day:
"Be careful who you paint with that brush, Udina. You might find it shoved somewhere uncomfortable."

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<id>540406
<position>8161
<data>Hold on, Shepard. Maybe there's another way.


<id>540407
<position>8162
<data>Williams. If you will not defend us, your status here is at an end.


<id>540408
<position>8163
<data>That's all you've got? No attempts at negotiation, just threats?


<id>540409
<position>8164
<data>That's the surest sign of guilt I ever heard. What happened, Udina? You slept next to a Cerberus pod or something?


<id>540410
<position>8165
<data>Alien democracy won't save Earth from the Reapers, Williams. I will.


<id>540411
<position>8166
<data>{Udina pulls a gun. He aims at the salarian Councilor.}


<id>540420
<position>8167
<data>Shepard?



<id>540422
<position>8169
<data>Seriously? Now is the time you decide to talk about th--


<id>540423
<position>8170
<data>There's nothing you can say, Skipper. Just put down the gun.


<id>540511
<position>8207
<data>There's something I wanted to say to you, Ash. I've been thinking about it a lot.

OPTION A

<id>540512
<position>8208
<data>"Flow down, cold rivulet, to the sea/Thy tribute wave deliver/"


<id>540513
<position>8209
<data>"No more by thee my steps shall be/For ever and for ever."

REACTION

<id>540425
<position>8172
<data>Okay, Tennyson? Seriously? That has got to be the single last way I'd expect you to say good--

OPTION B

<id>540507
<position>8203
<data>I want you to know something, Ash. I've never felt about Liara the same way I feel about you.

REACTION

<id>540428
<position>8175
<data>That's... that's got to be the nicest thing I've ever heard you s--


<id>540429
<position>8176
<data> {Ashley relaxes a fraction as she's talking and Shepard shoots her in the head. Shepard turns to Udina, who is backing away.}
OPTION C

<id>540515
<position>8211
<data>I want you to know something, Ash. I'm glad I didn't leave you on Virmire.


<id>540516
<position>8212
<data>You serve with distinction and honor, even when the person you're defending doesn't deserve it.


<id>540517
<position>8213
<data>Seeing you now has made me question whether or not I was ever worth your loyalty.


WITH KAIDAN


<id>540430
<position>8177
<data>Shepard! You can't do this, Shepard! It's punishable by death! {Shepard shoots him in the chest.}


BACK TO JUMBLED LINES

<id>540474
<position>8178
<data>I parted ways with Cerberus even before the Reapers came on the scene.


<id>540475
<position>8179
<data>I parted ways with Cerberus when they allied with the Reapers.


<id>540477
<position>8180
<data>Be careful who you paint with that brush, Udina. You might find it shoved somewhere uncomfortable.


<id>540478
<position>8181
<data>You know me better than this, Ash.


<id>540479
<position>8182
<data>Udina orchestrated this coup. I've got evidence.


<id>540487
<position>8189
<data>Ash, all I want is for you to believe me.


<id>540488
<position>8190
<data>A lot of people never believed us. The Council, the Alliance, half the crew of the Normandy. But we were right.


<id>540489
<position>8191
<data>Don't become one of them, Ash. Don't shut me out. That's how they win.



<id>540491
<position>8193
<data>One promotion to Spectre and suddenly you have teeth, is that it?


<id>540492
<position>8194
<data>You haven't changed, Ash. You're still that girl who got her squad killed by geth on Eden Prime.


<id>540493
<position>8195
<data>If you want to bet on who's got better aim, better shields, better instincts -- you go right ahead.

The Dwait mansion (from the Thane/Kolyat/Bailey mission) was a front for researching... INDOCTRINATION DEVICES! To which Sheppy-kun is IMMUNE.

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<id>540899
<position>8322
<data>Ok. [Kolyat exits the panic room and talks to Shepard just outside of it]I got captured by Cerberus. They caught me snooping one day, when I discovered their research weapon and eventually caught me. They were interrogating me to see who I told when I heard there were intruders in the front yard. I heard gunfire and the guards were distracted so I was able to escape and hole myself in this panic room


<id>540900
<position>8323
<data>I didn't want anyone to get hurt. I just wanted to show Bailey I was good enough to be a real C-Sec Officer. I'm sorry for the problems I've caused Shepard. But you must help me out


<id>540901
<position>8324
<data>Cerberus is running this place now. I am pretty sure they killed Mr. Dwait and started to use his laboratories for their research weapon. They've been using the mansion to develop and test the weapon


<id>540902
<position>8325
<data>They are making a portable indoctrination device the research labs underneath the mansion. They tested it on me - the effects aren't as strong as a Reaper, but this is a dangerous potential weapon. You lose control, Shepard. I heard some of the guards talking about using it to recruit and make sure that Cerberus hostiles don't get in the way of their mission



STANDOFF WITH DWAIT

<id>540855
<position>8292
<data>Hurt? The only person who is getting hurt here is you.


<id>540856
<position>8293
<data>Well it should Shepard. [The Commander tries to use the indoctrination device on Shepard. Shepard stumbles for a moment but is ultimately not affected]. What? How is this possible?


<id>540857
<position>8294
<data>DIE SHEPARD!


<id>540858
<position>8295
<data>Why don't you stop this madness before you get hurt



<id>540859
<position>8296
<data>I know you're working on a portable indocterination device. It doesn't worry me.


<id>540860
<position>8297
<data>I told you I wasn't worried. Last chance to surrender before I kill you


<id>540868
<position>8305
<data>Last chance to surrender


<id>540869
<position>8306
<data>I'm going to enjoy this


<id>540884
<position>8307
<data>They once called me Dwait. Names don't matter. Only research.


<id>540885
<position>8308
<data>It frightens you doesn't it Shepard. To lose control. Indoctrination is the way to victory!


<id>540886
<position>8309
<data>You think Cerberus did this TO me? I volunteered. I wanted to see how it would work. I suggested it, Shepard.


<id>540887
<position>8310
<data>I didn't want to but he left me no choice. So, I suppose you are Francis Dwait


<id>540888
<position>8311
<data>You mean the indoctrination device


<id>540889
<position>8312
<data>How can you say that after having just been controlled by Cerberus?


<id>540890
<position>8313
<data>Then I have no choice but to make sure this research isn't ever repeated. [Shepard kills Dwait and then destroys the weapon and the computers with all the research]


<id>540891
<position>8314
<data>You are a radical and you disgust me. I would think someone who was just controlled using the device would understand that it's too powerful and dangerous


<id>540892
<position>8315
<data>Men like him deserve to die. The galaxy is a better place without him. So, you're Francis Dwait?

How we get the Jacob/Brynn and Horizon missions originally:

<id>542062
<position>8359
<data>{TEMP: After losing the Prothean and speaking with the Asari Councilor, a discouraged Shepard is confronted by Liara. She has some ideas on where they can get info on the Illusive Man. She sets up Jacob and Miranda's missions.}


Slightly different Diplomatic Relations scene with Dalatrass, Primarch and Wrex:

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<id>542404
<position>8383
<data>Am I to understand, Primarch? You propose enlisting the krogan?


<id>542405
<position>8384
<data>My world is burning, Dalatrass. The krogan were born for war.


<id>542406
<position>8385
<data>(off-screen) Correction...we were born to kill our enemies...



<id>542408
<position>8387
<data>And I see two of them standing right here.


<id>542409
<position>8388
<data>(nods) Shepard.


<id>542410
<position>8389
<data>I don't question the ability of krogan to wage war.


<id>542411
<position>8390
<data>I question whether they can be trusted, given our...history.


<id>542412
<position>8391
<data>(growls) We call that part genocide.



<id>542415
<position>8394
<data>(reluctant) Under the circumstances, I'm not opposed to a *temporary* krogan alliance.


<id>542416
<position>8395
<data>But after the threat has passed, so will our arrangement.


<id>542417
<position>8396
<data>Then I need immediate krogan reinforcements deployed to Palaven-


<id>542418
<position>8397
<data>Hold on a minute -- we're not just junkyard varren you unleash whenever you're in trouble.


<id>542419
<position>8398
<data>You're going to have to throw us a bone.


<id>542420
<position>8399
<data>(dramatic pause) A cure for the genophage.


<id>542421
<position>8400
<data>That's impossible! He goes too far!


<id>542422
<position>8401
<data>Need I remind you Commander that after they defeated the rachni they turned against us?


<id>542423
<position>8402
<data>It doesn't matter. Palaven is under attack *now* -- a cure could take years to formulate!


<id>542424
<position>8403
<data>My kind has suffered long enough. It's been over a thousand years - and I say it ends today!


<id>542425
<position>8404
<data>Even if we could cure it, it would take too long. Palaven needs reinforcements now!


<id>542426
<position>8405
<data>(unconcerned) Then I guess the turians will feel what it's like to go extinct.


<id>542427
<position>8406
<data>Wrong. I have information that says otherwise. The salarians - (points at Dalatrass)


<id>542428
<position>8407
<data>- have been poking around Tuchanka. One of their scientists was experimenting with our females, looking for a cure. Maelon was his name.


<id>542429
<position>8408
<data>I know nothing about that!


<id>542431
<position>8410
<data>Liar! I've been told Maelon succeeded!


<id>542432
<position>8411
<data>You know because you sent in a team to grab the females!


<id>542433
<position>8412
<data>Of course not! We've done nothing of the sort!


<id>542434
<position>8413
<data>Shepard, either I get the females back, or I walk.


<id>542435
<position>8414
<data>There will be no krogan army coming to the rescue - and no turian fleet to help you. Earth will be alone.


<id>542436
<position>8415
<data>The salarian is lying. This is surveillance footage from one of their laboratories.



<id>542438
<position>8417
<data>Those are krogan females! *Urdnot* females!


<id>542439
<position>8418
<data>(shocked) Where did you get that?


<id>542440
<position>8419
<data>The Salarian Union will not be bullied into appeasing an enemy!


<id>542441
<position>8420
<data>I haven't even started...


<id>542443
<position>8422
<data>He's right. We need krogan reinforcements.


<id>542444
<position>8423
<data>I can't trust the krogan. But you, Commander...


<id>542445
<position>8424
<data>You did save our team on Virmire years ago.


<id>542446
<position>8425
<data>You did assist our team on Virmire years ago.


<id>542447
<position>8426
<data>(doubtful) Yet your support of Cerberus...

Hackett's diary.

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<id>543330
<position>9058
<data>Admiral Hackett. November 20th, 2185.


<id>543331
<position>9059
<data>Shepard's plan to slow the Reapers was successful. Bought us a little time...


<id>543332
<position>9060
<data>I just hope it's enough.


<id>543333
<position>9061
<data>Reviewing the records of the Reaper attack on the Citadel.


<id>543334
<position>9062
<data>A single Reaper managed to wipe out nearly a fifth of our fleet.


<id>543335
<position>9063
<data>Now we're facing a whole armada.


<id>543336
<position>9064
<data>Goddamnit. We need more time.


<id>543337
<position>9065
<data>We've barely recovered from our frist fight with the Reapers. That was two years ago. Now we're facing their entire fleet.


<id>543338
<position>9066
<data>I'm not sure we're ready for this.


<id>543339
<position>9067
<data>I don't know if this is a war we can win


<id>543340
<position>9068
<data>We need something... something to stop them. Something more than brute force.


<id>543341
<position>9069
<data>If we're going to win this... God, if we're just going to survive... we need more than soldiers. Fleets. Guns.


<id>543342
<position>9070
<data>We need miracle.


<id>543343
<position>9071
<data>We need a plan.


<id>543344
<position>9072
<data>We need a game-changer.


<id>543345
<position>9073
<data>We need salvation.


<id>543346
<position>9074
<data>I don't know...


<id>543347
<position>9075
<data>Shepard found a way to stop them before...


<id>543348
<position>9076
<data>We found a way to stop them before...


<id>543349
<position>9077
<data>Now... we find a way to stop them. For good.


<id>543350
<position>9078
<data>We'll find a way to stop them this time.


<id>543351
<position>9079
<data>We'll do it again.


<id>543352
<position>9080
<data>We'll give those metal bastards a taste of hell.

And his address to the fleet.

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<id>543391
<position>9119
<data>Our worst fears have been realized.


<id>543392
<position>9120
<data>The Reapers have reached our galaxy.


<id>543393
<position>9121
<data>We've had no contact with them. Received no warnings. Their intentions are not known.


<id>543394
<position>9122
<data>But we have to assume the worst.


<id>543395
<position>9123
<data>We have to prepare for war. A war that will define our very existence.


<id>543396
<position>9124
<data>The Reapers will show us no mercy. We must give them no quarter.


<id>543397
<position>9125
<data>They will terrorize our populations. We must stand fast in the face of that terror.


<id>543398
<position>9126
<data>They will advance until our last city falls. But we will not fall.


<id>543399
<position>9127
<data>We will prevail.


<id>543400
<position>9128
<data>And all of humanity will be defined by our actions in the coming war.


<id>543401
<position>9129
<data>Stand fast. Stand strong. Stand together.


<id>543402
<position>9130
<data>Hackett, out.

A few choice words about the Geth Server mission:

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<id>543903
<position>9188
<data>What if we wipe the server, delete the geth from the outside? Maybe one of Xen's diagnostic suites...


<id>543906
<position>9189
<data>This isn't child's play. This isn't hacking into Project Overlord. This is the geth consensus, Shepard.

Found the lead-in to the Citadel Tribunal plotline that sets up the Citadel Coup plot:

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<id>545242
<position>9309
<data>Damn it, Shepard, what the hell happened?


<id>545243
<position>9310
<data>Eden Prime! It's all over the news! Thousands of people killed!


<id>545244
<position>9311
<data>They've got photos, Shepard! Everyone near the dig site is dead!


<id>545245
<position>9312
<data>Damn it, I don't... I've got to go. Just... I don't want to do this over a vid. Come by when you can.


<id>545246
<position>9313
<data>What are you talking about, Ash?


<id>545247
<position>9314
<data>What? The only people I killed were with Cerberus!


<id>545248
<position>9315
<data>It wasn't me!


<id>545249
<position>9316
<data>Okay, I'll... Yeah.

Anderson was the one that gave us the Grissom Academy mission =)

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<id>545022
<position>9252
<data>Shepard, it's Anderson. We've gotten word through emergency channels that Grissom Academy is in trouble.


<id>545279
<position>9321
<data>As you know, it's an Alliance school for gifted students. Reports are coming in that Cerberus attacked the Academy a short while ago and I need you to sort it out.


<id>545280
<position>9322
<data>Some of their students are world-class biotics -- if Cerberus indoctrinated them, we'd have a hell of a problem on our hands.


<id>545281
<position>9323
<data>And one more thing - the Academy's director, Kahlee Sanders, is an old friend. You might say she's the one that got away.


<id>545282
<position>9324
<data>If you could make sure she's safe, you'd put an old man's mind at ease. I appreciate it. Anderson out.

Oh, and in From Ashes, we were supposed to interact with Eden Prime's populace before we got to the actual shooty-killy section.

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<id>545991
<position>9398
<data>Commander Shepard? I... I was here when the geth attacked. I guess you saved my life.


<id>545992
<position>9399
<data>I'm Doctor Milgram. I was studying the Prothean ruins when Cerberus landed.


<id>545993
<position>9400
<data>They just started shooting. They killed hundreds, jammed communication.


<id>546002
<position>9401
<data>No, no, I'm Doctor Milgram. They made us wear these so the troopers would know we were authorized to be out.


<id>546003
<position>9402
<data>I'm an archaeologist. I was working at the Prothean dig site when Cerberus arrived.


<id>546004
<position>9403
<data>They ordered all of us on the dig team to keep working if we wanted to live.


<id>546013
<position>9404
<data>It's a silver sphere, several meters across.


<id>546014
<position>9405
<data>We think it's a stasis chamber. Whatever's inside dates back to the Prothean era.


<id>546015
<position>9406
<data>They told us to find a way to open it.


<id>546016
<position>9407
<data>We discovered how to. They'll have it open soon. And when we told them... they said it was time to cover their tracks.


<id>546017
<position>9408
<data>Shepard, you need to see this!


<id>546018
<position>9409
<data>Commander, gunships inbound!


<id>546019
<position>9410
<data>Shepard, there are Cerberus gunships approaching.


<id>546033
<position>9424
<data>We're just gonna let those colonists get killed?


<id>546034
<position>9425
<data>No. No, Commander.



<id>546036
<position>9427
<data>It's over outside the lab that way.


<id>546037
<position>9428
<data>They're probably running the algorithm to deactivate it now. If you want whatever's inside, you need to hurry.


<id>546038
<position>9429
<data>What about me? They're doing this because of me. Because I cooperated.

<id>546085
<position>9460
<data>What's your suggestion, Lieutenant? Engage multiple gunships while Cerberus leaves with the artifact?


<id>546086
<position>9461
<data>Doctor Milgram. The artifact.

The first real difference about Grissom Academy dialogue:

<id>546582
<position>9533
<data>Gillian Grayson was one of my best biotics. We lost her to those bastards.


MORE TO COME...

More on the Citadel Coup aftermath. Thane dying, Councillor Tevos hospitalized, Udina's motives explained!

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<string>
<id>551344
10263
<data>Shepard... the doctors say Thane is in the terminal stages of Kepral's Syndrome.

<string>
<id>551345
10264
<data>At its worst, Kepral's syndrome interferes with the ability of his blood to carry oxygen. And he lost a lot.

<string>
<id>551346
10265
<data>Now, they've given him transfusions, but frankly, there was a very limited supply of drell blood on the Citadel.

<string>
<id>551347
10266
<data>Thane slips in and out of consciousness, and the doctors say the outlook isn't good.

<string>
<id>551348
10267
<data>That's not going to work, Shepard. There's one other drell on the station with his blood type, and that drell is in with him now.

<string>
<id>551349
10268
<data>It's Kolyat Krios. His son.

<string>
<id>551350
10269
<data>He's inside now saying his goodbyes. I think you'd better say yours.

<string>
<id>551351
10270
<data>He's not gone yet. But it will be soon.

<string>
<id>551352
10271
<data>His son, that Kolyat kid, he's in there saying his goodbyes. You might want to say yours.

<string>
<id>551353
10272
<data>Well, the bullet was designed to shatter on impact, so it did that... in Thane.

<string>
<id>551354
10273
<data>One of the fragments punched through and hit the Councilor, but only a fragment. He saved her life.

<string>
<id>551355
10274
<data>Even so, she's got a small hole in what's basically her liver. She's on heavy drugs for pain and infection.

<string>
<id>551356
10275
<data>It wasn't so bad. The bullet shattered on impact, so all she got was a sliver from the whatsitcalled, ricochet.

<string>
<id>551357
10276
<data>Still enough to punch a hole in what's basically her liver, mind you. She's on some medication, don't know if she's conscious.

<string>
<id>551358
10277
<data>It was pretty bad. The bullet was designed to shatter on impact, so it cut a lot of holes in her.

<string>
<id>551359
10278
<data>They had to drain fluid from the sac around her heart, but she pulled through. She's on a lot of drugs now.

<string>
<id>551360
10279
<data>The other Council members are in the room with her. You can speak to them if you like.

<string>
<id>551361
10280
<data>No, he was dead on arrival. And I talked with the Council.

<string>
<id>551362
10281
<data>They're not going to press any charges. I played them the evidence we had, explained Udina's plan, and they're on board.

<string>
<id>551363
10282
<data>The Cerberus strike teams tried to keep it surgical. They were there to provide the appearance of terror, and to purge Udina's enemies.

<string>
<id>551364
10283
<data>From what we can tell, Udina thought he needed emergency powers to command the fleets to attack the Reapers on Earth.

<string>
<id>551365
10284
<data>I guess if you're obsessed enough, conspiring with Cerberus looks like the best of bad options.

<string>
<id>551366
10285
<data>Pardon me if I don't share his viewpoint. A lot of good people died today.

<string>
<id>551367
10286
<data>That's about the size of it. With how close he came... I don't even want to think about that.

<string>
<id>551368
10287
<data>Mostly. We surrounded that bunker and Udina's loyalists surrendered. There's pockets of resistance, but not many.

<string>
<id>551369
10288
<data>I'll let the guards know you're coming.

<string>
<id>551370
10289
<data>Sorry. Council's direct orders. They want to talk to you in person.

<string>
<id>551371
10290
<data>They seemed to think if it were a phone conversation, you might hang up or something.

Variations on the standoff at the end of the coup:

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<string>
<id>551511
10367
<data>{Thane grabs for the gun and they struggle. The gun goes off, shooting through Thane and hitting the asari Councilor.}

<string>
<id>551512
10368
<data>{Thane sinks to his knees. Shepard gets a clear shot.}

<string>
<id>551513
10369
<data>No!

<string>
<id>551514
10370
<data>{Ash interposes herself, and Udina's shot ricochets off her kinetic barrier and hits the asari Councilor.}

<string>
<id>551515
10371
<data>{Shepard shoots Udina in the chest two or three times. He staggers.}

<string>
<id>551516
10372
<data>{Ash grits her teeth and shoots Udina in the head. It's loud and final.}

<string>
<id>551517
10373
<data>Did I mention I hate politicians?

<string>
<id>551518
10374
<data>{Thane grabs Udina by the head, but Udina struggles. Thane has trouble.}

<string>
<id>551519
10375
<data>Unnh!

<string>
<id>551520
10376
<data>{Ash turns to aim at Thane and Shepard tackles her.}

<string>
<id>551521
10377
<data>{Udina pulls a gun in the struggle. It goes off, shooting through Thane and wounding the asari Councilor.}

<string>
<id>551522
10378
<data>{Thane looks *pissed*. He nails Udina in the throat.}

<string>
<id>551523
10379
<data>{Udina falls to the ground, dying. Thane feels his chest and his hand comes away bloody. He sinks. Shepard is still on Ash.}

<string>
<id>551524
10380
<data>{Udina dies. Ash stops struggling, and he and Ash get to their feet.}

<string>
<id>551525
10381
<data>{Shepard turns his attention to Ash's body. He kneels next to it.}

<string>
<id>551528
10382
<data>{Behind them, Udina's not dead yet. He gets to his knees, drawing a pistol.}

<string>
<id>551529
10383
<data>Shepard!

<string>
<id>551530
10384
<data>{Thane interposes himself as Udina shoots. The bullet goes through Thane and hits the asari Councilor.}

<string>
<id>551531
10385
<data>{Thane stumbles back and Shepard gets a clear shot.}

<string>
<id>551532
10386
<data>Look out!

<string>
<id>551533
10387
<data>Look out!

<string>
<id>551534
10388
<data>{Udina gets off a shot. It sparks off of Shepard's armor and hits the asari councilor.}

<string>
<id>551535
10389
<data>{Shepard shoots Udina's head, and he falls for good.}

<string>
<id>551536
10390
<data>{Shepard closes in on the Council with Udina, just before they reach an imposing bunker door. Kaidan glows menacingly with biotics, and they face off.}

The Kaidan version of the verbal standoff:

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<string>
<id>551683
10535
<data>Kaidan. It's over. It's over, he's gone. Let me show you why.

<string>
<id>551684
10536
<data>You're going to have to trust me, Kaidan.

<string>
<id>551685
10537
<data>I know what you're thinking. I held back the order when the Fifth Fleet could have saved the last Council.

<string>
<id>551686
10538
<data>I have to live with that decision every day. And that's why I'm not letting this Council get snuffed out by one power-hungry snake.

<string>
<id>551687
10539
<data>I know what you're thinking. I'm dangerous. I've had my brain scrambled by beacons and Cerberus and who knows what else.

<string>
<id>551688
10540
<data>But I didn't order the Fifth Fleet to save these clowns because I like them. I did it because the galaxy needs its leaders.

<string>
<id>551689
10541
<data>It needs symbols of hope. Like them. And like Spectres. So are you going to kill me or not?
<string>
<id>551714
10566
<data>I want you to know something, Kaidan. I've never met anyone like you.

<string>
<id>551715
10567
<data>You've got a warrior's soul and a lover's heart, and serving with you was my distinct honor.

At the bedside of the wounded Asari councillor:
Irissa version:

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<string>
<id>551844
10694
<data>[The new turian and salarian councilors wait by the bedside of the new asari councilor.]

<string>
<id>551845
10695
<data>Commander. It appears we owe you an apology.

<string>
<id>551846
10696
<data>We have taken the time to review your evidence against Councilor Udina, and the evidence is obvious to anyone with eyes.

<string>
<id>551847
10697
<data>Donnel Udina plotted to overthrow us, and Cerberus provided the thugs for his purge.

<string>
<id>551848
10698
<data>Yes, when Anderson stepped down, we lost more than we knew. Udina was aggressive politically, but we never expected this.

<string>
<id>551849
10699
<data>There's going to be heads rolling tomorrow. This was a colossal failure on every level of inteliigence and security.

<string>
<id>551850
10700
<data>Udina constantly rode roughshod over us. With him as a limiting factor, we could not put together an effective war strategy.

<string>
<id>551851
10701
<data>Esheel, your own military experience is hardly what I'd call extensive.

<string>
<id>551852
10702
<data>Indeed. That drell blocked most of the bullet that hit Councilor Irissa.

<string>
<id>551853
10703
<data>For which I am very grateful, but that is not why I wish to speak.

<string>
<id>551854
10704
<data>Indeed. The loss of Spectre Alenko will be deeply felt, but you had little alternative. Given the situation, you acted justly.

<string>
<id>551855
10705
<data>Indeed. The loss of Spectre Williams will be deeply felt, but you had little alternative. Given the situation, you acted justly.

<string>
<id>551856
10706
<data>Yes, yes, reassure your fellow soldier. It doesn't change the fact that this was a security failure on every level.

<string>
<id>551857
10707
<data>Everything Udina knew, we must assume Cerberus knows. And their information goes straight to the Reapers.

<string>
<id>551858
10708
<data>Yes, that could have ended badly. I think we're all glad the truth prevailed.

<string>
<id>551859
10709
<data>You make it sound like it wasn't a colossal disaster. This was an intelligence failure, a security failure--

<string>
<id>551860
10710
<data>Neither of you are getting to the point.

<string>
<id>551861
10711
<data>Humanity's Council representative is dead. Its fleets can provide zero military support. Public sentiment will soon be anti-human.

<string>
<id>551862
10712
<data>This is a chance to focus our fleets on the battles we must win -- foremost among them, Thessia.

<string>
<id>551866
10713
<data>This is the location of an artifact in a monastery on Thessia. It has been a secret except to the highest levels of our government.

<string>
<id>551867
10714
<data>The artifact may help the Prothean discover the nature of the Catalyst. A scientific team on Thessia will explain the details.

<string>
<id>551869
10715
<data>Exactly. So you see, Commander, the battle over Thessia will be most crucial.

<string>
<id>551870
10716
<data>We cannot win it outright. But without the knowledge to defeat the Reapers, no planet will be spared. No rescue will come. No hope will remain.

<string>
<id>551871
10717
<data>Then I will divert the Justice and Apex dreadnoughts and their attendant fleets to reinforce the asari at Thessia.

<string>
<id>551873
10718
<data>Commander, you have a deal.

Tevos version:

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<string>
<id>551874
10719
<data>[The original turian and salarian councilors wait by the bedside of the original asari councilor.]

<string>
<id>551875
10720
<data>Commander. Please come in quietly. Councilor Tevos is sleeping.

<string>
<id>551876
10721
<data>We have taken the time to review your evidence against Councilor Udina, and I would like to thank you.

<string>
<id>551877
10722
<data>Between that video and Commander Bailey's corroborating evidence, it is clear Udina attempted to overthrow us by violent means.

<string>
<id>551878
10723
<data>But at least this puts to rest the debate about throwing fleets at the humans' homeworld.

<string>
<id>551879
10724
<data>Yes, I'm amazed we made it through without it being worse.

<string>
<id>551880
10725
<data>At least that illegitimate inbred Udina is no longer a factor, nor his humans-first attitude.

<string>
<id>551881
10726
<data>Valern--

<string>
<id>551882
10727
<data>I will speak plainly. Udina is dead and his narrow-minded effort to sacrifice our fleets for Earth is dead with him.

<string>
<id>551883
10728
<data>We must concentrate on the battles we can win!

<string>
<id>551884
10729
<data>Please... you both speak the truth.

<string>
<id>551885
10730
<data>Councilor Tevos?

<string>
<id>551886
10731
<data>We must fight and sacrifice, but the war will not be won with starships alone.

<string>
<id>551887
10732
<data>Thessia will fall soon. You must go there. It is time the asari revealed a secret they have kept for centuries.

<string>
<id>551890
10733
<data>Take this. It is the location of an artifact in one of our monasteries. It may be the link to the Catalyst the Prothean seeks.

<string>
<id>551893
10734
<data>If you recall, the power of the beacon on Eden Prime was also hard to summarize to a... disbelieving audience.

<string>
<id>551895
10735
<data>If this is the case, I will divert the Justice and Apex dreadnoughts and their attendant fleets to reinforce the asari.

<string>
<id>551897
10736
<data>That, Commander, is worth waking up for.

What is this? Establishing Kai Leng as a credible villain? THIS IS MADNESS!

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<string>
<id>552729
10914
<data>This is Kai Leng. I'm authorizing a full sweep on the dig site.

<string>
<id>552730
10915
<data>Eliminate anyone who may have seen the Prothean artifact. Full burn protocol.

<string>
<id>552731
10916
<data>Gunships, soften the targets, then move to holding pattern for suppressive fire as needed.

<string>
<id>552732
10917
<data>Fire teams, I want no survivors.

At the Council Chambers, post-coup. Same thing as before, but this time no Councillors harmed:
New Council version:

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<string>
<id>553153
10969
<data>[After a fade to black and back, the new Council speak.]

<string>
<id>553154
10970
<data>We have reviewed the video in question and Commander Bailey corroborates your account.

<string>
<id>553155
10971
<data>C-SEC, under his command, is bringing a large force to the executive bunker to convince Udina's loyalists to surrender.

<string>
<id>553156
10972
<data>The evidence is obvious to anyone with eyes. Donnel Udina plotted to overthrow us, and Cerberus were his lackeys.

<string>
<id>553157
10973
<data>Yes, when Anderson stepped down, we lost more than we knew. But he is not alone in representing his species.

<string>
<id>553158
10974
<data>This sort of thing is not unknown to galactic history. What matters now is Cerberus must be defeated wherever they may be found.

<string>
<id>553159
10975
<data>Indeed. Are you all right?

<string>
<id>553160
10976
<data>Councilor... say what you have to say. I am irrelevant.

<string>
<id>553161
10977
<data>Indeed. The loss of Spectre Alenko will be deeply felt, but you had little alternative. Given the situation, you acted justly.

<string>
<id>553162
10978
<data>Indeed. The loss of Spectre Williams will be deeply felt, but you had little alternative. Given the situation, you acted justly.

<string>
<id>553163
10979
<data>Now, however, we must deal with the matter of the living.

<string>
<id>553164
10980
<data>Blunt, but true. Spectre, you agree as well?

<string>
<id>553165
10981
<data>Yeah. If I'd only known, things would have been different.

<string>
<id>553166
10982
<data>Yes, Councilor. I was ignorant of his plans. We all were.

<string>
<id>553167
10983
<data>Then the time has come.

<string>
<id>553168
10984
<data>Commander Shepard. Step forward.

<string>
<id>553169
10985
<data>This incident is possibly the worst galactic crime a human has ever committed, and it has cost humanity a Councilor.

<string>
<id>553170
10986
<data>But your actions bear out the truth -- yours is a race of individuals, as drawn to justice as they are to power.

<string>
<id>553171
10987
<data>Humans reach too far, as Udina did, but we cannot in good conscience deny that they are a powerful ally, as you are.

<string>
<id>553172
10988
<data>They will continue to have a voice in our deliberations, as their unexpected tactics may prove to be useful.

<string>
<id>553173
10989
<data>Will you, Commander Shepard, take the position of TEMP Lord Protector and serve TEMP Supreme Galactic Command as a specialist?

<string>
<id>-2146930474
10990
<data>-1

<string>
<id>553175
10991
<data>Then it is so. You will have full access to the commanders of the Citadel Fleet.

<string>
<id>553176
10992
<data>They, in turn, will be informed of your progress with the DEVICE and its capabilities.

<string>
<id>553177
10993
<data>I may be able to help. On my homeworld, there is a Prothean artifact that has a mental effect on those that touch it.

<string>
<id>-2146930470
10994
<data>-1

<string>
<id>553179
10995
<data>This position is not solely advisory. It is to insure that you have unfettered access to the commanders of the Citadel fleet.

<string>
<id>553180
10996
<data>Put simply, we want you at the table in our war room when we retake Thessia. Or Earth.

<string>
<id>553181
10997
<data>Yes. My homeworld has a Prothean artifact. It has mental effects on those who touch it.

<string>
<id>553182
10998
<data>We are not sure of its exact function, but the effect varies across species and it imparts information.

<string>
<id>553183
10999
<data>Its technology was clearly meant for a Prothean listener. Its messages seem to involve construction. It bears investigation.

<string>
<id>-2146930464
11000
<data>-1

<string>
<id>-2146930463
11001
<data>-1

<string>
<id>553186
11002
<data>We don't wish to over-promise what this artifact can do. But the Reapers are close to Thessia. The opportunity could soon be gone.

<string>
<id>553187
11003
<data>Councilors! The station is secure. Please accompany me to your chambers.

<string>
<id>553188
11004
<data>We must go, Commander. As must you. We will maintain communication as part of your new position.

<string>
<id>-2146930459
11005
<data>-1

<string>
<id>553190
11006
<data>A pity about Spectre Williams. She showed promise, but wasn't the best at, eh, defusing situations.

<string>
<id>553191
11007
<data>Williams, we will no longer require your services.

<string>
<id>553192
11008
<data>Am I getting canned?

<string>
<id>553193
11009
<data>Not permanently. You will be reassigned when a mission requiring your talents appears. In the meantime, you will wait.

<string>
<id>553194
11010
<data>{The Council leave.}

<string>
<id>553195
11011
<data>Wait? The galaxy is being shoved in a blender and he wants me to sit it out and eat bonbons?

<string>
<id>-2146930452
11012
<data>-1

<string>
<id>553197
11013
<data>Really. Now there's an offer I didn't expect.

<string>
<id>553198
11014
<data>All right. Meet you on the ship, and we'll see how this goes.

<string>
<id>553199
11015
<data>Then consider me reporting for duty, Commander. I'll get my things.

<string>
<id>-2146930448
11016
<data>-1

<string>
<id>553201
11017
<data>That's less funny than you think it is.

<string>
<id>553202
11018
<data>Now that's what I want to hear. Meet you there.

<string>
<id>-2146930445
11019
<data>-1

<string>
<id>553204
11020
<data>A pity about Spectre Alenko. He had potential, and power did not seem to corrupt him.

<string>
<id>553205
11021
<data>Alenko, we will no longer require your services.

<string>
<id>553206
11022
<data>I don't understand. Am I getting a new assignment?

<string>
<id>553207
11023
<data>Not for the moment. We will call upon you when the time is right, but for now, you are free to pursue your own agenda.

<string>
<id>553208
11024
<data>{The Council leave.}

<string>
<id>553209
11025
<data>Well, that felt suspiciously like getting fired.

<string>
<id>-2146930438
11026
<data>-1

<string>
<id>553211
11027
<data>Oh. A bunk.

<string>
<id>553212
11028
<data>Well, you picked the right time for the offer, Commander. I'll, um... I'll meet you there.

<string>
<id>553213
11029
<data>Then consider me reporting for duty, Commander. I'll get my things.

<string>
<id>-2146930434
11030
<data>-1

<string>
<id>553215
11031
<data>No, Commander. I'd rather be on a ship. With a fire team that I trust.

<string>
<id>553216
11032
<data>Aye-aye, Commander.

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<string>
<id>553217
11033
<data>[After a fade to black and back, the original Council speak.]

<string>
<id>553218
11034
<data>We have reviewed the video in question and Commander Bailey corroborates your account.

<string>
<id>553219
11035
<data>C-SEC, under his command, is bringing a large force to the executive bunker to convince Udina's loyalists to surrender.

<string>
<id>553220
11036
<data>The evidence is incontrovertible. Donnel Udina plotted to overthrow us by violent means.

<string>
<id>553221
11037
<data>Yes, when Anderson stepped down, we lost more than we knew. But we still have rather critical topics to discuss.

<string>
<id>553222
11038
<data>This sort of thing is not unknown to galactic history. What matters now is Cerberus must be defeated wherever they may be found.

<string>
<id>553223
11039
<data>Indeed. Are you all right?

<string>
<id>553224
11040
<data>Councilor... say what you have to say. I am irrelevant.

<string>
<id>553225
11041
<data>Indeed. The loss of Spectre Alenko will be deeply felt, but you had little alternative. Given the situation, you acted justly.

<string>
<id>553226
11042
<data>Indeed. The loss of Spectre Williams will be deeply felt, but you had little alternative. Given the situation, you acted justly.

<string>
<id>553227
11043
<data>Now, however, we must deal with the matter of the living.

<string>
<id>553228
11044
<data>Indeed. I believe we can all agree that the case against the deceased here is sealed to our satisfaction.

<string>
<id>553229
11045
<data>Yeah. If I'd known anything about this, things would have been different.

<string>
<id>553230
11046
<data>Yes, Councilor. I was ignorant of his plans. We all were.

<string>
<id>553231
11047
<data>Then we will deal with the matter at hand.

<string>
<id>553232
11048
<data>Commander Shepard. Step forward.

<string>
<id>553233
11049
<data>This incident was not the first time you have come to our aid, at both great effort and personal risk.

<string>
<id>553234
11050
<data>Even when we have not stood by you, you have stood by us.

<string>
<id>553235
11051
<data>We had expected humanity to take the role of a child on the galactic stage, instead, we found in you a parent and protector.

<string>
<id>553236
11052
<data>While we governed in peace, you prepared for war. You never lost focus on the galaxy's enemy, and we need that focus now.

<string>
<id>553237
11053
<data>Will you, Commander Shepard, take the position of TEMP Lord Protector and serve TEMP Supreme Galactic Command as a specialist?

<string>
<id>-2146930410
11054
<data>-1

<string>
<id>553239
11055
<data>Then it is so. You will have full access to the commanders of the Citadel Fleet.

<string>
<id>553240
11056
<data>They, in turn, will be informed of your progress with the DEVICE and its capabilities.

<string>
<id>553241
11057
<data>I may be able to help. There is a Prothean machine on Thessia that mentally contacts those who touch it.

<string>
<id>553242
11058
<data>The effect seems to vary across species. It is not dissimilar to the beacon you found on Eden Prime.

<string>
<id>-2146930405
11059
<data>-1

<string>
<id>553244
11060
<data>This position is not solely advisory. It is to insure that you have unfettered access to the commanders of the Citadel fleet.

<string>
<id>553245
11061
<data>Put simply, we want you at the table in our war room when we retake Thessia. Or Earth.

<string>
<id>553246
11062
<data>My homeworld has a Prothean artifact. It bears a number of structural similarities to the beacon on Eden Prime.

<string>
<id>553247
11063
<data>Its mental effect is much milder, however, and it seems to vary based on the species of those who touch it.

<string>
<id>553248
11064
<data>Its full function would obviously be intended for other Protheans. It may help your companion.

<string>
<id>-2146930399
11065
<data>-1

<string>
<id>-2146930398
11066
<data>-1

<string>
<id>553251
11067
<data>If you recall, the Prothean beacon you touched on Eden Prime was also hard to summarize to a disbelieving audience.

<string>
<id>553252
11068
<data>Councilors! The station is secure. Please accompany me to your chambers.

<string>
<id>553253
11069
<data>We must go, Commander. As must you. We will maintain communication as part of your new position.

<string>
<id>-2146930394
11070
<data>-1

<string>
<id>553255
11071
<data>A pity about Spectre Williams. She showed promise.

<string>
<id>553256
11072
<data>Williams, we will no longer require your services.

<string>
<id>553257
11073
<data>Am I getting canned?

<string>
<id>553258
11074
<data>No. You will be reassigned when we find a more suitable mission for your talents. But until then, your time is your own.

<string>
<id>553259
11075
<data>{The Council leave.}

<string>
<id>553260
11076
<data>"My time is my own?" I could totally slug that jerk.

<string>
<id>-2146930387
11077
<data>-1

<string>
<id>553262
11078
<data>Really. Hadn't quite expected that.

<string>
<id>553263
11079
<data>All right. Meet you on the ship, and we'll see how this goes.

<string>
<id>553264
11080
<data>Then consider me reporting for duty, Commander. I'll get my things.

<string>
<id>-2146930383
11081
<data>-1

<string>
<id>553266
11082
<data>The galaxy is on fire! Homeworlds are falling left and right, and they think I'm going to sit this one out?

<string>
<id>553267
11083
<data>Now that's more like it. Meet you there.

<string>
<id>-2146930380
11084
<data>-1

<string>
<id>553269
11085
<data>A pity about Spectre Alenko. He seemed an honest sort.

<string>
<id>553270
11086
<data>Alenko, we will no longer require your services.

<string>
<id>553271
11087
<data>I don't understand. Am I getting a new assignment?

<string>
<id>553272
11088
<data>Eventually. You may be asked to appear at trials regarding disloyal C-SEC officers. But for now, consider your time your own.

<string>
<id>553273
11089
<data>{The Council leave.}

<string>
<id>553274
11090
<data>Well, that didn't feel like a snub at all.

<string>
<id>-2146930373
11091
<data>-1

<string>
<id>553276
11092
<data>Oh. A bunk.

<string>
<id>553277
11093
<data>I'll meet you there, Commander.

<string>
<id>553278
11094
<data>Then consider me reporting for duty, Commander. I'll get my things.

<string>
<id>-2146930369
11095
<data>-1

<string>
<id>553280
11096
<data>I'd feel better if I knew I could help out somehow. I'm not going to be benched while the rest of the galaxy's getting devoured.

<string>
<id>553281
11097
<data>Aye-aye, Commander.

What to take away from all this?

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<string>
<id>553236
11052
<data>While we governed in peace, you prepared for war. You never lost focus on the galaxy's enemy, and we need that focus now.

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<data>Will you, Commander Shepard, take the position of TEMP Lord Protector and serve TEMP Supreme Galactic Command as a specialist?

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<data>This position is not solely advisory. It is to insure that you have unfettered access to the commanders of the Citadel fleet.

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<data>Put simply, we want you at the table in our war room when we retake Thessia. Or Earth.

Now, imagine the SPECTRE Induction from ME1 playing over this. I got goosebumps just from reading this text. Imagine how that would've worked with voiceovers. In the game. You know. You know, right?

No, that is stuff they CUT OUT after the Beta version leaked. And there's a LOT OF IT. This is the game we deserved, but not the game we received.

EDIT: Last piece for the night. Why the Crucible needs the Catalyst (remember, Javik is the Catalyst in this version).

Article:

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<data>That DEVICE has got a problem. It needs a Prothean to operate it, and ours doesn't remember how.</data>
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The Thessia artefact is merely an Eden Prime-like beacon. It's explained that the Eden Prime beacon was supposed to be used on Javik to counteract the side-effects of prolonged cryosleep (loss of memory), but since it was removed long before he was dug up, that was not an option and that is where the Thessia beacon came in, and they use it on Javik, and he goes "Aha, now I remember how the superweapon works" and that's where Kai Leng swoops in and abducts the guy. No Vendetta, no talking about cycles, no unwinnable boss battle, he just blows the temple to crap, trapping us inside, takes Javik and leaves. And yes, it looks like in that temple crush, when Shepard has to pick which squaddie dies and which lives, ANYONE CAN DIE. Yes, kids, even Liara.

Another important thing: the Cipher lets Shepard understand Prothean, but not speak it. Javik didn't have no memory-absorption ability in this version of the script, so they use broken communications to talk to him - Shepard can understand what he's saying clearly, Liara can speak Prothean on a "Me am frend. Me halp yoo." level. It's hilarious to no end specifically because it's logical. Until Javik learns Galactic Basic, there's no other way of talking to him =)

I'll post it soon as I find all the pieces of that scene, the ones I saw thus far are clearly missing portions of the dialogue wheel.

I wouldn't say they did it because they WANTED to make Javik DLC. I think it's the other way around, they made him DLC because he was no longer vitally important to the plot (just like Shale became DLC despite being a potential boon in the Orzammar/Deep Roads segment of DAO). Now, WHY they made him not be the Catalyst is a separate matter, one on which, I'm afraid, we'll never get a straight answer EVER.

Also, all of this is just from one script file of the three, and judging from the way things were done in the EC, the one where they put all the "we're not sure we're gonna implement this" ideas (like the one in EC that houses the "Oh, BTW, Harbinger is Reaper Number One" scenes). There's also a "we're totally not gonna implement this" file and a "this will probably go in the full game", but I'm leaving that for last =) They're all up for grabs earlier in this thread if you can't wait.

I also guess that once this is all over, I'll have to make a separate thread for "ostensibly, this is what ME3's original plot was before someone had a case of the Deus Ex".