User blog comment:The Milkman/Extended Expectations/@comment-5124348-20120627014817/@comment-2228120-20120627151132

A good catch with the HAL parallel. And that part with Normandy arranging a superfast pickup was probably lamest. Like, Harbinger didn't bother to shoot it down? Come on. Wasn't the whole point of going to the beam on foot just exactly that smal fact that ships couldn't get close enough? Besides, would Shepard, at this point, risk the whole ship because of a single person? If Bioware hadn't tied their hands with having the teammates on board, I'd say that story-telling wise, it would be much better to leave the injured teammate behind, with the other defending him/her. Then, they could either both die, or be saved at the last moment by Shepard's decision, as we see those various soldiers.