User blog comment:Suparockr/List of Plotholes throughout the series/@comment-2249774-20120723213353/@comment-2249774-20120725013039

Any and every so-called plot hole in a fictional story that hasn't been explicitly explained can be argued down by saying "well this is possible because we don't have enough info". I'm just saying, we know it's in Shepard's ear and while possibly POSSIBLE it seems really unlikely that they would have gotten their armor and helmet, no matter what you were wearing, burned off, that their earpiece would be fine.