History Headscratchers / MassEffect2

* Ok, it's a silly matter to worry about, but why does a romanced Garrus only bring a single bottle of wine when he shows up in {{FemShep}}'s quarters? Considering how much of a big deal is made of Human's and Turian's MirrorChemistry, doesn't it mean only one of them would be able to drink it?

* Ok, it's a silly matter to worry about, but why does a romanced Garrus only bring a single bottle of wine when he shows up in FemShep's quarters? Considering how much of a big deal is made of Human's and Turian's MirrorChemistry, doesn't it mean only one of them would be able to drink it?

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* Ok, it's a silly matter to worry about, but why does romanced Garrus only bring a single bottle of wine when he shows up in Shepard's quarters? Considering how much of a big deal is made of Human's and Turian's MirrorChemistry, doesn't it mean only one of them would be able to drink it?

* At the beginning of Tali's loyalty mission when you go to the Flotilla and board the Rayya (if [[spoiler: you don't bring Legion]]), you're met by a security team and the captain of the Rayya, Kar'Danna vas Rayya, who warmly welcomes you. At one point Kar'Danna says of Tali's upcoming trial "Officially I'm to remain neutral, but I'm here if you need to talk." After re-watching the scene carefully, if you play as Male Shepard, there's close-up of Kar'Danna's head and he appears to wink at Tali. If you play as Female Shepard there's no close up and he doesn't wink. This and later dialogue indicate he and Tali seem to know each other, and Tali is a popular hero of the quarian people; is it possible that Kar'Danna has/had a crush on Tali? Is he jealous of Male Shepard?

* At the beginning of Tali's loyalty mission when you go to the Flotilla and board the Rayya (if [[spoiler: you don't bring Legion]]), you're met by a security team and the captain of the Rayya, Kar'Danna vas Rayya, who warmly welcomes you. At one point Kar'Danna says of Tali's upcoming trial "Officially I'm to remain neutral, but I'm here if you need to talk." After re-watching the scene carefully, if you play as MaleShep, there's close-up of Kar'Danna's head and he appears to wink at Tali. If you play as FemShep there's no close up and he doesn't wink. This and later dialogue indicate he and Tali seem to know each other, and Tali is a popular hero of the quarian people; is it possible that Kar'Danna has/had a crush on Tali? Is he jealous of MaleShep?

[[Does Kar'Danna have a crush on Tali'Zorah?]]

** The game is supposedly based on Turian mythology anyway. The "ardat-yakshi" in Galaxy of Fantasy could be something entirely different.

*** In ME3, we do. Plus, the Council have shown themselves to have very little actual teeth beyond the Spectres anyway. What are they going to do, send MORE to get killed by Shepard? I can imagine entire squads of them coming up short against Shepard, Garrus and Grunt.

*** There's NO evidence Sovereign was somehow less powerful than one Asari dreadnought. That's massively overstating things considering it's quite quickly crippled by Geth ships and Sovereign shrugs off entire fleets' worth of fire until its kinetic barriers go down. In ME3, it's even stated as fact that you need 3-4 dreadnoughts working together to even tax the barriers of a Reaper capital ship.

*** It still wasn't worth the potential risk of losing Shepard and two other squadmates. At the very least, Shepard would've been slightly better prepared. It's not like the Collectors were watching their every move - they waited until the squad accessed the mainframe and ''then'' attacked. From very far away. That mission wouldn't have went any differently, the Illusive Man is simply Cerberus through and through. Even when he claims to have your interests at heart, he's still ultimately using you. This is proven right in ME3, when it's discovered that yes, in fact, Cerberus IS as vile and underhanded as you always believed. They just carefully chose people for the Lazarus cell in ''VideoGame/MassEffect2'' to make Shepard ''think they weren't.''

*** The Hammerhead works on Mass Effect principles, not air cushions. That's how it's able to boost up to the Normandy at the end of missions. The Hammerhead is just an infantry fighting vehicle that isn't designed for protracted firefights. A few hits from a Geth Colossus results in heavy damage even on lower difficulties. Conversely the Mako isn't designed for mobility or speed, but can take an absolute pounding. In terms of combat applications the Mako is a better vehicle. The Hammerhead was just a prototype. I still wanted it during ME3, though - I hated the fact there were zero vehicle missions in the third game.

*** It still wasn't worth the potential risk of losing Shepard and two other squadmates. At the very least, Shepard would've been slightly better prepared. It's not like the Collectors were watching their every move - they waited until the squad accessed the mainframe and ''then'' attacked. From very far away. That mission wouldn't have went any differently, the Illusive Man is simply Cerberus through and through. Even when he claims to have your interests at heart, he's still ultimately using you. This is proven right in ME3, when it's discovered that yes, in fact, Cerberus IS as vile and underhanded as you always believed. They just carefully chose people for the Lazarus cell in ME2 to make Shepard ''think they weren't.''

*** While TIM's not an unattractive man by any means, if the report of his sex life is accurate, he's not getting that much tail based on looks and Martin Sheen's voice. He's in the Fiction 500; they're sleeping with him for his money. Alternatively, he could very well be blackmailing them. It's also possible there's Reaper-derived mind control technique involved; either indoctrinated them or (as we later see in ''VideoGame/MassEffect3'') he compelled them directly. [[note]] The Reaper tech he had implanted and Cerberus' messing around with true Reaper devices happens post-ME2. In the second game TIM is just as concerned with stopping the Reapers as Shepard is. By the third, he's come to believe (ie the Reapers want him to think so) that the Reapers can be controlled - and thus interferes with any attempt to defeat or destroy them.[[/note]]

* How comes the VS is the only one reacting anything close to normal when seeing their friend/lover comes BackFromTheDead and working with what was pretty much a racist [[Franchise/ResidentEvil Umbrella]]? More importantly, how comes none of the other ME1 squadmates shows any surprise or suspicion ''at all''?

** There's confirmation one way or the other, but the Illusive Man dos say that they left all of the important parts intact.

** Not that it's a very good South African accent, but that is what it's supposed to be.

* TIM's sexual habits, clothing choices and alcohol preferences are useless fluff. TIM probably ''leaked'' that info himself to the Broker, so the Broker would think he has deep intimate info and sit there feeling pleased with himself. Meanwhile, actually useful info about Cerberus operations remain completely hidden.
** On that note, it's possible the "regular sex with celebrities" info is either the Illusive Man having a little fun with the fake into he leaks or, if there's any truth to it, see above as to how he could be getting these women (to a degree that even Leonardo Di Caprio, Gene Simmons and Hugh Hefner would be incredulous at).

** The way I figured it was that was the information TIM ''let'' the Broker get a hold of. They're {{Worthy Opponent}}s in the information world, they probably dick with each other like this all the time. TIM probably has an equally trivial file on the Broker.

** Given how many sexual partners TIM seems to have, I'm inclined to think he's simply screwing with him. I know EvilIsSexy, but c'mon, seriously?! Even in-universe, everyone admits that his eyes are incredibly ''creepy''.
** While TIM's not an unattractive man by any means, he's not getting that much tail based on looks and Martin Sheen's voice. He's in the Fiction 500; they're sleeping with him for his money. Alternatively, he could very well be blackmailing them.
** I initially assumed he might have been using some sort of Reaper derived mind control technique. One figures he was going to try to be discreet and not want his face on the tabloids when he's banging 6 famous people a week. He's not traveling all over the galaxy to get laid every day, I would assume he's scheduling them to come to him. Perhaps he indoctrinated them or (as we later see in ''VideoGame/MassEffect3'') he compelled them directly.
*** The Reaper tech he had implanted and Cerberus' messing around with true Reaper devices happens post-ME2. In the second game TIM is just as concerned with stopping the Reapers as Shepard is. By the third, he's come to believe (ie the Reapers want him to think so) that the Reapers can be controlled - and thus interferes with any attempt to defeat or destroy them.
** It could be that TIM had been keeping these records himself and the Shadow Broker just had someone tap into his files for the information.

*** Awakened Collectors are just Creator/BioWare creating silly classes for multiplayer. Nobody actually thinks Alliance/Asari/Turian/Krogan/Quarian/Geth/Collector/Talon/Volus troops are actually running around battlefields ''together''. There's also the issue of Collectors being available as enemies...the same Collectors you exterminated in ME2.

*** Awakened Collectors are just BioWare creating silly classes for multiplayer. Nobody actually thinks Alliance/Asari/Turian/Krogan/Quarian/Geth/Collector/Talon/Volus troops are actually running around battlefields ''together''. There's also the issue of Collectors being available as enemies...the same Collectors you exterminated in ME2.

** And again, that wasn't the ''intent''. The intent was to ''free'' Tali of all charges and lay the blame (rightfully) at her father. What the migrant fleet does with it is their concern. And yes, I think it is justified to speculate, because choices like tha exist. Let's take Zaeed's Loyalty mission for example (admittedly, it's the most extreme I could think of). Letting the guy who betrayed him and tried to murder him escape also ''hurts him personally''. Now you might say that it involved letting people die, but again, covering for Rael involves whitewashing experimenting on live Geth. Hell, he even points out that killing Vido probably saves more lives than the workers.

** Legion. Avatar of the Geth. Awesome sniper. Incredibly guilty of game piracy. Alternatively, Shepard extends discretionary funds to his squad.