User blog comment:James12708/Why Exactly is Sheperd on Earth if Arrival Wasn't Completed/@comment-4973403-20121203023412

I too was under the impression that Arrival was canon, whether it was played or not. Was this something changed with the Extended Ending? Heck either way, I never cared for Shepard working for Cerberus, so I'm glad that he turned the Normandy 2 over to the Alliance.