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And also the point of Shepard going around recuiting different allies around the galaxy is based on the fact that Shepard is something of an independent force. Shepard has worked for the Alliance, Ceberus and the Council, but in ME3 their is no indication he is working for any of them. The Normandy's Alliance now but the Alliance did put Shepard on trail for mass murder. And Shepard did flee that trial. Not consider innocent, actually escaped the trial. And the Alliance isnt chasing him down since they have bigger concerns. Ultimatly, Shepard is enough of a neutral force so that these groups joining him dont feel like the Alliance is mainipulating them to bring the galaxy under their control. As a former Spectre, it would make sense to see Shepard has someone after stability rather then someone having a bias view. but having an Alliance Admiral on board kinda blows that illusion