History Heartwarming / MassEffectAndromeda

* Meta example: [[Characters/MassEffectGarrusVakarian Garrus]], [[Characters/MassEffectLiaraTSoni Liara]] and [[Characters/MassEffectTaliZorah Tali]] are the only characters who can be recruited into the party during all three ''Mass Effect'' trilogy games. Now that we've moved on, Liara appears as a voice-only cameo... But both Brandon Keener and Ash Sroka have roles in the game, one in Alec Ryder's memories as the elder [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=va6aRkTimIg Castis Vakarian]] and the other as turian colonist [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o_FqzCx4DQg Darket Tiervan]]. Six hundred years and millions of lightyears later, Shepard's three most loyal followers are still with us.

-->''Alec:''' Worried about your old man, eh? Don't worry, I won't tell anyone!

* After you've completed Liam's loyalty mission and saved Prodromos from a Roekaar invasion, Liam organizes a surprise for Ryder on Eos: a soccer game, played amongst the settlers. Liam wanted to show Ryder what kind of impact they and their team had on the settlers, that despite all the difficulties and hardships they have finally built a lasting home on Eos, and can finally get to do something to simple and pointless as playing a game of soccer.

** It then devolves into a [[SugarWiki/FunnyMoments hilarious moment]] when Peebee asks for help cleaning up her room, with everyone immediately bailing out with amusingly flimsy excuses (a lit stove, ice-making, reports, an angaran holiday, helping Liam make ice.).

* Meta example: [[Characters/MassEffectGarrusVakarian Garrus]], [[Characters/MassEffectLiaraTSoni Liara]] and [[Characters/MassEffectTaliZorah Tali]] are the only characters who can be recruited into the party during all three ''Mass Effect'' trilogy games. Now that we've moved on, Liara appears as a voice-only cameo... But both Brandon Keener and Ash Sroka also have minor roles somewhere in the Andromeda galaxy. Six hundred years and millions of lightyears later, Shepard's three most loyal followers are still with us.

** It then devolves into a [[SugarWiki/FunnyMoments hilarious moment]] when Peebee asks for help cleaning up her room, with everyone immediately bailing out with amusingly flimsy excuses (a lit stove, ice-making, reports, and an angaran holiday).

** It then devolves into a [[CrowningMomentOfFunny hilarious moment]] when Peebee asks for help cleaning up her room, with everyone immediately bailing out with amusingly flimsy excuses (a lit stove, ice-making, reports, and an angaran holiday).

* As you progress in Alec Ryder's memories, you find out that [[spoiler:he was friends with Garrus' father from their time on the Citadel. That's pretty cool, but it could also mean that the Ryder twins knew and were friends with Garrus himself, giving them a connection to Commander Shepard and potential scenes of Ryder/Garrus friendship moments]].

* If the player doesn't romance Gil, he still ends up fathering a child with Jill, deciding to form a family with her. Ryder gets to be godfather/"Auntie Ryder."

-->'''Ryder:''' Whatever happens, I'm here for the both of you, I care about Sid, because I care about you.

** Jaal's romance in general is full of sweet moments. When first professing his love to Ryder, he states that they "make his heart sing", and is overjoyed when Ryder reciprocates. In the sex scene, he asks that wherever they go, they take him with them. Jaal eventually refers to Ryder as "darling one", showing just how much they mean to him.

** Jaal's romance is full of sweet moments. When first professing his love to Ryder, he states that they "make his heart sing", and is overjoyed when Ryder reciprocates. In the sex scene, he asks that wherever they go, they take him with them. Jaal eventually refers to Ryder as "darling one", showing just how much they mean to him.

** Jaal's romance is full of sweet moments. When first professing his feelings to Ryder, he states that they "make his heart sing", and is overjoyed when Ryder reciprocates. In the sex scene, he asks that wherever they go, they take him with them. Jaal eventually refers to Ryder as "darling one", displaying just how much they mean to him.

* Sid's reaction to Vetra and Ryder being in a relationship is pretty adorable, including her making the pun that "Pathfinder Ryder found the Path to Vetra's heart" (to get the pun out of way the early).

* The conclusion of the Movie Night side quest. It's well worth all the hoops you have to jump through to see the entire crew of the ''Tempest'' bonding and relaxing together.

* Peebee and Jaal's conversation on the Nomad can result in a sweet moment where they start getting along, after Peebee stresses the asari are ''not'' like the kett. Peebee will even state she likes Jaal, which becomes more heartwarming since if she's in the Nomad with Liam, she admits she finds the angara as a whole uninteresting.

* If the player doesn't romance Gil, he still ends up fathering a child with Jill, deciding to form a family with her. Ryder gets to be godfather / "Auntie Ryder."

* While exploring the turian arc you can come across an absolutely [[SickeninglySweethearts adorable]] message from the turian pathfinder, Macen, to his lover Avitus stating that he got permission for Avitus to oversee the activation of his stasis pod because he wanted the last thing he saw in the Milky Way to be his face.

** After the baby's mother reveals that he has been born safely, one of your squadmates expresses relief.

* While exploring the Turian arc you can come across an absolutely [[SickeninglySweethearts adorable]] message from the turian pathfinder, Macen, to his lover Avitus stating that he got permission for Avitus to oversee the activation of his stasis pod because he wanted the last thing he saw in the Milky Way to be his face.
* If you raise the viability of all settlements to 100%, Ryder will be told to go back to Habitat 7. Once there [[spoiler:The ''Tempest'' will receive a communication from every settlement cheering. Ryder is then informed that they are terraforming the planet the hard way without Remnant tech, and have renamed the planet Ryder-1 as a thank you for all they have done for them.]]
* Kallo and Gil spend the first part of the game bickering back and forth about Gil's modifications to ''The Tempest'', which upset Kallo because he worked on the original project and sees it as ruining what he and his team put so much effort into. If you tell him to allow Gil to make his modifications (so that the ship can deal with the Scourge and other dangers Kallo's team couldn't have anticipated), after some thought Kallo will [[spoiler: turn over the original ship specs (which he knew from memory) over to Gil. Upon seeing them, Gil is struck by the beauty of the design, and he and Kallo finally start to bond over their love of the ship]].

* After completing the main story and his loyalty missions Drack will tell Ryder to meet him for a surprise on the Nexus. [[spoiler:When Ryder arrives he reveals he is going to be a great grandfather as Kesh has given birth to a clutch of Krogan children. They name Ryder as one of the godparents.]]
** [[spoiler:What's better is ALL of the children survived childbirth despite the genophage, even after gene modification done during the trip to Andromeda, results in a 96% infant mortality rate.]]

** Before the first mission on Habitat 7, if Ryder speaks to Cora they will talk about feeling like old time explorers who used maps that read "here be dragons" in the unknown, and Ryder jokes about something so outstanding in Andromeda. Later during the romance scene if the player chooses to forgo the sex scene Ryder and Cora spend the night star gazing. When Cora points out a constellation that looks like a dragon, Ryder instead says that the constellation reminds him of her.
* After you've completed Liam's loyalty mission and saved Prodromos from a Roekaar invasion, Liam organizes a surprise for Ryder on Eos: a soccer game, played among the settlers. Liam wanted to show Ryder what kind of impact they and their team had on the settlers, that despite all the difficulties and hardships they have finally built a lasting home on Eos, and can finally get to do something to simple and pointless as playing a game of soccer.

* If the player doesn't romance Gil, he will still ends up fathering a child with Jill, deciding to form a family with her. Ryder gets to be godfather / "Auntie Ryder".
* Sid's reaction to Vetra and Ryder being in a relationship is pretty adorable. Including her making the pun that "Pathfinder Ryder found the Path to Vetra's heart" (to get the pun out of way the early).

** After Vetra's loyalty mission Ryder can have this Thermal Nuclear Heartwarming dialog;
*** [[spoiler:In response to Vetra's frustration over Sid trying to break out of the nest]]
-->Vetra:"But what if she gets herself in another mess, what if she gets hurt?"
-->Ryder:"Whatever happens I'm here for the both of you, I care about Sid, because I care about you."

** When meeting Jaal's mother, Ryder has the opportunity to hug her, having noticed that angara love hugging. Which is sweet on its own, but gains an extra layer of heartwarming coming from Ryder, who lost their own mother years ago.

* If you complete Peebee's loyalty mission, she will conduct a meeting to the entire squad and express her apology for being distant towards the rest of the team and promises to be more involved in general. This shows that despite her free spirited nature, she does care about the rest of the squad like a family.
** It then devolves into a [[CrowningMomentOfFunny hilarious moment]] when [=PeeBee=] asks for help cleaning up her room, with everyone immediately bailing out with amusingly flimsy excuses (a lit stove, ice-making, reports, and an angaran holiday).

--> '''Peebee/Ryder:''' (while melding) I love you.

** After they meld for the first time Peebee sends him an email. The email itself is an amusing request for more sex but the address line reads "To: You, From: Yours"
* After [[spoiler: Ryder and the other Pathfinders disobey direct orders and investigate Meridian]], Ryder comms Director Tann, who chides them for disobeying his order... and then admits that it was the wrong order, that Ryder did the correct thing, that Ryder has been an excellent Pathfinder, and that the Nexus will stand behind them in the future. It's a surprisingly [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold decent]] moment for someone who's been very prickly and judgmental towards Ryder up to this point.

** [[spoiler:Not just the Quarians, but also the Volus, Elcor, Hanar and Drell. That means that most of the sentient organic species from the Milky Way have a chance of survival.]]
* After the mission to hunt down the Archon, Lexi voices concerns about SAM's capabilities, particularly the ability to stop Ryder's heart (done in order to defeat the Kett restraining field). You can choose to state that you trust SAM and know that he would never deliberately hurt you.

-->'''Vetra:''' Sometimes I wonder what Sid and I'd be like if we'd had a better home life. Maybe we wouldn't have grown up to be so...difficult.

--> '''Drack:''' *chuckles* You woulda turned out so much worse...maybe a better shot, though.
** While on the Nomad, one piece of dialogue between them has Vetra having some doubts about the Initiative.

* Drack and Peebee bond as well, with both of them realizing they have a lot in common. During one of their Nomad conversations, Peebee [[OOCIsSeriousBusiness drops all kidding]] and makes a heartfelt plea to Drack not to die any time soon. Drack, just as serious, just says "You got it, kid".

* The first time Ryder meets Drack, he's understandably not too keen on seeing someone from the Initiative. If Vetra's there, she'll stand up for Ryder, at which point Drack relents, because if Ryder's with Vetra, "they're okay". It's one of the first signs that despite his grouchy outer exterior, Drack's anything but your typical krogan.

* If you romance Liam, after the final battle he asks Sara how she is feeling. If you chose the emotional response she answers with a question of her own which he responds with the idea of marriage. Sara can only get a FlatWhat of surprise out before Liam gives a BigDamnKiss.
* If a romanced Ryder says that he doesn't want kids, Gil is 100% behind them, saying it doesn't matter why, if it's not right for Ryder, it's not right for them. Despite seeming on board with having kids not a minute ago, if the man he loves isn't on board, neither is he.

* Take Jaal along to [[spoiler:Meridian's core, and he'll have a B.S.O.D. on learning about the angara's origin. That's not the heartwarming part, the heartwarming part is that Ryder and their teammate will declare their support for Jaal, even as he's struggling to comprehend it all. For example, with Drak:]]

* Drack's reaction to the reveal about [[spoiler:the angara? Nothing. To him, "the angara are the angara". The reveal doesn't change anything.]]

* If Ryder romances Jaal his truemother Sahuna goes out of her way to make them feel welcome to the family, including trying to learn to bake pie (which the angara apparently have never heard of before) so she can give Ryder a taste of home when they come to visit. Especially sweet given that human-angara relations are tense for most of the game - Sahuna mentions in an email that some people will object to their relationship with Jaal for this reason, but that Ryder should pay those people no mind.
* As you progress in Alec Ryder's memories, you find out that [[spoiler: he was friends with Garrus' father from their time on the Citadel. That's pretty cool, but it could also mean that the Ryder twins knew and were friends with Garrus himself, giving them a connection to Commander Shepard and potential scenes of Ryder/Garrus friendship moments]].