User blog comment:ExSturminator01/Mass Effect 3 Predictions based on ME2 hints/@comment-1325644-20100210013711

I disagree with much of the sixth paragraph. I personally doubt that Ashley / Kaiden or for that matter Liara will return. Ashley / Kaiden was quite angry with Shepard for his / her working with Cerberus. I personally think that the Council will finally get off their asses in ME3 once incontrovertible evidence of the Reapers' existence arises. Apart from that, the first half of your speculation seems quite logical. As for the crew from ME2: it is my opinion--and hope--that said crew will be the same for ME3. It seems logical that Shepard and his team have little time to prepare for the Reaper invasion, so spending large amounts of time recruiting a new team seems improbable. Additionally (this is but wild and empty speculation), I hope that the romance from ME2 has a more meaningful effect upon that of ME3. For example, I chose Tali, for I had always liked her in ME1. I hope that the 'special something' between herself and Shepard in ME2 is--how to say this?--'retained' and 'improved upon'.