Forum:Alliance Fleet in ME3

In the first Mass Effect, before your final showdown with a corrupted Saren Arterius, Shepard is given the choice of sending the Alliance fleet in to save the Council on the dreadnought Destiny Ascension from the Geth Assault (Paragon), leave the council to its demise (Renegade), or focus all firepower upon Sovereign (Neutral). As my fellow Paragon players have likely chosen to save the Council at the expense of many Alliance marines' lives and ships, thus securing a lofty seat in Citadel Space, this obviously leaves the Alliance military with diminished resources at the end of the battle. To that note, I question what inflections this will impose upon ME3. Will Shepard have less time to assimilate his galactic army? How significantly will this affect the human population's survival? Will the Council be even more neglectful to their plight, despite Captain Anderson's/Ambassador Udina's efforts? In addition, for Renegade and/or Neutral players who decided that a renewed or all-human Council to be more suitable than the previous, what will that do to the final chapter in this epic trilogy?

Two years after the battle with Saren and Sovereign, in ME2, we see the results of the Council depending on our previous decisions. From a Paragon perspective, having saved the Council and assigned Captain Anderson as the human representative, I've seen that while Anderson backs Shepard 100% (despite his distance at your allying with Cerberus), he doesn't seem motivated to aid him/her in any way, other than to offer words of comfort and encouragement. The Council is even less forthcoming, simply offering to reinstate Shepard as a Spectre. Aside from these examples, a news broadcast can be heard on either Illium or the Citadel with regards to the aforementioned final fight and honors the sacrifices made by the human fleet. I know not what the other alignment options grant from ME to ME2, but I can imagine they're similar enough.

So, back to the point at hand: What are your thoughts as to the impacts these choices (all Renegade, Paragon, and Neutral variations) from the first of the series will have on the Alliance fleet and its fate in the last?--Kentasko 23:35, February 8, 2011 (UTC)