User blog comment:Legionwrex/Your first ME2 Scuicide Mission./@comment-99.142.5.142-20120211153050

My first playthrough of ME2, I didn't follow the collectors through the Omega-4 relay. I went around and finished up the other missions first. Didn't know the game would continue after the final mission. Had just assumed it would be like Mass Effect 1 and it just end after the final battle. As a result, the crew of the Normandy died. Legion was my tech specialists, Garrus my 1st Fire team. That went well. Then I had Grunt lead the 2nd fire team, Samara as the biotic specialists, Mordin died in the fire fight. I took Garrus and Miranda to fight the final battle.

It caught me by surprise when Mordin died. I had done all the loyalty missions, had enough paragon to settle the disputes without loosing any loyalty. From then on, unless I was intentionally trying to screw up the suicide mission, I always sent Mordin back to escort the crew back to the ship. He just never seems to survive otherwise.