User blog comment:FridgeRaider88/Mass Effect 3 Squad Speculation (spoilers)/@comment-1900300-20110227043050

My 2 cents worth:

Liara: She needs to maintain the Shadow brokers network now. She will be in ME3 but not as a squadmate. morelike a mission giver as she passes you intel on the reapers activity. Also your romance will continue on in ME3

Garrus: Very likely, but i cant help but aggree with the Shadow Brokers assessment that Garrus' own leadship abilites are floundering under Shepard. If i were Shepard i would encourage him to fight the Reapers with his own team. Maybe even have him as a general of Shepards army to manage it while Shepard is busy. Or distracting the Reapers while Shepard covertly finds ways to destroy them. So maybe a mission giver for the turian forces.

Kaidan/Ashley: Possibly, but we will have to wait for more DLC regarding them. they wern't willing to leave the Alliance when they saw Shepard in Cerb gear. It may take a bit of convincing. After all, look at how much LOTSB changed things for one character. As LI they will be in the game, how much is unknown. Possible a mission giver for Alliance forces, but Anderson could do that to.

Miranda: She, like all previous squad members in ME2, could be dead. This makes it unlikely she is a squad member. Think Wrex in ME2. If he lived you spoke to him for a brief bit, then never saw him again. If not another character took his place. The problem is that Bioware cannot waste to much time and effort (voice recording, programming, animation) on a character that may not be there. So her role is unknown, possible a mission giver and repersentative for Cerberus. If she lived she will be in at same capacity, as a LI.

Jacob: will be in it as a LI. but has the same issue as miranda (could be dead).

Tali: Most likely a representaive of the Migrate Fleet. She will undoubtably return as a LI (if she survived).

Jack: A bit of a conundrum. She may not even like Shepard in one playthorugh while in another they are lovers. She returns in some capacity. Wouldn't even be surprised if she stays on for the action and the feeling that being with Shepard is the safest place. WAIT. . AWESOME IDEA. She takes over the merc bands in the Termius Systems (the blue suns are weak, you have killed Eclipse and Blood pack leader). You even could go on a mission to help her kill Aria and take over Omega. Come on that is an awesome idea. But yet again she will be a mere mission giver for the Terminus crims. better then nothing

Grunt: Could concievably stay with Shepard for the joy of fighting Reapers. Or leave to join his people. No guantees that he will appear again as he is not a love interest.

Thane: Even if thane is cured (which i do not want) he will want to spend his time repairing the relationship with his son. He is a LI so will appar in some compacity. I hope for him that he will die in a blase of glory. You know like "ill stay behind and give you time to get away."

Samara / Morinth: Unknown. Maybe as a representative for the asari Republics military. but other then that will probly leave forver.

Legion: A repersentative for the geth. But a squadmember? possibly. cant say for sure. Will definatly give you missions regarding the geths efforts to stop the Reapers.

Wrex: the represenative for the krogan military. Wreave will take his place of coarse if Wrex is dead.

No DLC characters will return. breaks my heart to say, since Zaeed was a lot of fun.