User blog comment:The Milkman/Share Your Shepard's Story/@comment-4950455-20120713102344/@comment-4950455-20120713215818

Yeah. Sadly, there just doesn't seem to be any way of keeping him alive except putting him in your squad or sending him back with the crew, and I didn't know that at the time.

Mass Effect 3 choices and rationales (these weren't done quite as blindly, since I didn't truly "finish" the playthrough until the Extended Cut came out):


 * I had never recruited Kasumi in the first place, so I sacrificed Jondum Bau to save the hanar homeworld. He was a Spectre; he knew the risks. (Salarians around me dead: 2 and counting).
 * Cured the genophage. This was ultimately a surprisingly tough decision, since, as much as I trust Wrex personally, there was no guarantee that his reforms would outlive him - should another krogan ever take over, they might go back to war. Ultimately, what settled me was finding the yahg on Sur'Kesh - it settled pretty clearly that I did not - and probably never would - trust the salarian government, whereas Wrex and the krogan seemed determined to actually learn from their mistakes. (Not-Mordin gave his life to spread the cure - salarians around me dead: 3. Fortunately, Kirrahe managed to survive the game).
 * Remained faithful to Tali. What do you take me for, anyway?
 * Saved Koris; ultimately, this was one case where the one mattered more then the many. (Although apparently I could still have passed the reputation check even if he had died, as it happens).
 * Made peace between the quarians and geth.
 * Ultimate ending decision: Destroy. I personally prefer Control, but as roleplayed thus far, this was the only logical decision for Jim Shepard. Synthesis was not an option, as it left the Reapers intact. Control placed far too much power into the hands of one person, something I had opposed throughout the trilogy. The fate of the geth and EDI was unfortunate, but sacrifices have to be made in war, and if that was what it took to permanently solve the problem, so be it.