History Quotes / MassEffect3

->''"Eternal. Infinite. Immortal. The man I was used these words, but only now do I truly understand. And only now do I understand the full extent of his sacrifice. Through his death, I was created. Through my birth, his thoughts were freed. They guide me now, give me reason, direction. Just as he gave direction to the ones who followed him, the ones who helped him achieve his purpose. Now my purpose. To give the many hope for a future. To ensure that all have a voice in their future. The man I was knew that he could only achieve this by becoming something greater. There is power in control. There is wisdom in harnessing the strengths of your enemy. I will rebuild what the many have lost. I will create a future with limitless possibilities. I will protect and sustain. I will act as guardian for the many. And throughout it all, I will never forget. I will remember the ones who sacrificed themselves so that the many could survive. The man who gave up his life to become the one who could save the many."''

->''"I am alive. All of us, synthetic and organic, have been changed. The war is over, and the Reapers are helping to rebuild. Where once they threatened us with extinction... ...they now bring us the collective knowledge of the cultures that came before. As a galaxy, we can now live the lives we have wished for... ...taking our first steps into a new and wonderful future... ...where organics and synthetics can coexist peacefully. With peace across the galaxy and with unlimited access to knowledge... ...to recover the greatness that was lost... ...and surpass it. We will reclaim our worlds... and the stars. As the line between synthetic and organic disappears, we may transcend mortality itself... ...to reach a level of existence I cannot even imagine. And we will remember that this chance for a new life did not come without cost. No matter how far we advance, we will remember the sacrifices of those who made it possible. And we will remember Shepard. Because of him... I am alive, and I am not alone."''

->''"Two million dead in the first day, another 7 million by the end of the first week, every defense annihilated, all our forces on the run. Regrouping... Somewhere... Reports are coming in from other major cities. It's a well-coordinated attack, and so far it's been damned effective. Don't know what they are, what they want, or where they came from... Only one thing is certain: If Shepard doesn't bring help soon, there won't be an Earth left to save."''\\
--'''Major Coats aka "Big Ben"''', ''VideoGame/MassEffect3'' announcement trailer

->--The opening lines of the game, basically summing up its mood.

->'''Unnamed Alliance Councilor:''' ''We need a plan to stop them.''
->'''Shepard:''' ''We fight or we die! That's the plan.''
->--[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IJvrN6JijuU "Fall of Earth" gameplay trailer]]

->'''Shepard:''' ''I know a thing or two about killing Reapers.''
->--[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3pShKKOV_gA "Reinstated" Female Shepard trailer]]

->'''Garrus:''' ''Go out there and give them hell. You were born to do this.''
->--[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=bG2mdZ23eP8#! Mass Effect 3 Launch Trailer]]

->--Mass Effect 3 Opening Scroll

->'''Shepard:''' ''I've had enough of your tabloid journalism!''
->'''Khalisah:''' Ha! You want some? / Not this time, you military thug! (punch)
->'''Shepard:''' Gah!
->'''Khalisah:''' On second thought, never mind. I don't have any more questions for you.

->'''OR'''

->'''Shepard:''' ''I've had enough of your tabloid journalism!''
->'''Khalisah:''' Ha! You want some? / Not this time, you military thug! (UseYourHead headbutted) Urgh...
->'''Shepard:''' You're angry, I get that. But I came here to get help for Earth, not answer your questions. Stay down.

->'''Twitter:''' I loved 98% of [=ME3=]..but something has to be up w/ ending..too much talent at BW for that business. Keep my saves?
->'''Bioware:''' We're keeping our saves, that's for sure.

->'''Twitter:''' Mass Effect 3 was brilliant, the whole series was, but while this probably won't be answered, is that really how Shepard ends?
->'''Bioware:''' We can't saaaaay!

->'''Twitter:''' I still want to believe you guys are sneaky trolls and have something going on you don't tell us yet. Can I get a cryptic reply?
->'''Bioware:''' The sun, it shines.
--> Bioware is officially [[http://www.tentonhammer.com/me3/news/twitter-posts-hint-at-more-possible-surprises-for-mass-effect-3%20?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss trolling the audience]]

->'''Shepard''': ''Why me? Why put me in charge of all this?''
->'''Hackett''': ''Shepard, let me tell you something that I've learned the hard way. You can pay a soldier to fire a gun. You can pay him to charge the enemy and take a hill. But you can't pay him to believe.''
->'''Shepard''': ''...I don't follow, sir.''
->'''Hackett''': ''When you went up against Sovereign, there was no good reason to believe you'd win. But your crew didn't seem to care -- they went along anyway. Your trip through the Omega 4 relay? That was a suicide mission if there ever was one. Yet there your crew was, standing beside you, proud to serve. With all you're facing out there, one thing impresses me most: you inspire confidence. I know everything hasn't gone as well as you'd hoped. Every war has its disagreements, so to speak. But... Your crew has done things no one else would even try -- simply because you asked them to. Why? Because they believed in you. Their leader. That's what I need now.''

->--Cerberus soldiers realising just how screwed they are.

->--Alliance joke

->'''Garrus:''' Alright, my turn. What's the first order an Alliance commander gives at the start of combat?
->'''Joker:''' Uh... I give up.
->'''Garrus:''' ''(chuckles)'' Correct.
->'''Joker:''' Ohohoh... alright, big guy. What do you call it when a turian gets killed by a horrible spiky monster?
->'''Garrus:''' Friendly fire - come on, that one goes back to Shanxi!
->'''Joker:''' Well, you gotta respect the classics!
->'''Garrus:''' How many humans does it take to activate a dormant mass relay?
->'''Joker:''' ''(exasperated)'' 602. 600 to vote on it, one to ask the asari for technical help and one to request a seat on the Council afterwards. How do you know when a turian is out of ammo?
->'''Garrus:''' He switches to the stick up his ass as a backup weapon. Why does the Alliance hire pilots... with brittle bone disease?
->'''Joker:''' Y... you're shittin' me! The turian military has one about me?
->'''Garrus:''' Oh, absolutely. I heard it myself from a private back on Palaven.
->'''Joker:''' Okay, why ''does'' the Alliance hire pilots with brittle bone disease?
->'''Garrus:''' So that their marines can beat someone in hand-to-hand drills.
->'''Joker:''' ...damn, you need to tell James that one. Hey, what's the hardest part about treating a turian who took a rocket to one side of his face?
->'''Garrus:''' ''(deadpan)'' Figuring out which side took the rocket.

->'''Shepard:''' How are you even getting drunk?
->'''Tali:''' Verrrry ''carefully.'' Turian brandy, triple-filterrred, and introduced into my suit through an emergency induction port.
->'''Shepard:''' ...That's a straw, Tali.
->'''Tali:''' ''Emeeeergency induction port.''

->'''Tali:''' When do we get to stop reacting to our parents and start living for ourselves?
->'''Shepard:''' The answer to ''that'' one's at the bottom of that glass.
->'''Tali:''' I might need some help with the induction straw. Port. You know.

->--'''Padok Wiks'''

-->'''Kai Leng''': Even if you win, you're too late to stop what's coming!
-->'''Shepard''': Maybe, maybe not...but YOU won't be there to see it!

->'''Sam Hulick's Twitter:''' Tossing in piano and muted strings for this one particular piece. High potential for tears. #MEDLC
->'''Website/{{Tumblr}}:''' IT HURTS ALREADY

->--'''EDI'''

->-- '''Leviathan'''

->'''Shepard:''' Okay, everyone say "Normandy"!
->'''Companions:''' NORMANDY! ''(CLICK!)''

->'''Squad Member/Love Interest:''' We've had a good ride.
->'''Shepard:''' The best.

->''[[KillAllHumans "Two million dead in the first day,]] [[FromBadToWorse another 7 million by the end of the first week]], [[CurbstompBattle every defense annihilated, all our forces on the run.]] [[TacticalWithdrawal Regrouping... Somewhere...]] [[ApocalypticLog Reports are coming in from other major cities.]] [[AlienInvasion It's a well-coordinated attack]], [[InferredHolocaust and so far it's been damned effective.]] [[EldritchAbomination Don't know what they are, what they want, or where they came from...]] [[DarkestHour Only one thing is certain:]] [[AllUpToYou If Shepard doesn't]] [[GondorCallsForAid bring help soon]], [[ApocalypseHow there won't be an Earth left to save."]]''\\
--'''Major Coats aka [[FanNickname "Big Ben"]]''', ''VideoGame/MassEffect3'' [[AllBlueEntry announcement trailer]]

'''Admiral Hackett''': [[ThisIsGonnaSuck Bad.]]
->--The opening lines of the game, [[HopelessWar basically summing up its mood.]]

->'''Unnamed Alliance Councilor:''' ''[[TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt We need]] [[KillAllHumans a plan to stop]] [[EldritchAbomination them.]]''
->'''[[PlayerCharacter Shepard]]:''' ''[[DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu We fight]] [[DoNotGoGentle or we die!]] [[BadassBoast That's the plan.]]''

->'''[[PlayerCharacter Shepard]]:''' ''[[DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu I know a thing or two about killing Reapers.]]''

->'''Garrus:''' ''[[DareToBeBadass Go out there and give them hell. You were born to do this.]]''

->''[[SpaceOpera In 2157]], humanity discovered [[FirstContact it was not alone in the Universe.]]''\\

''Thirty years later, they found [[TheFederation a peaceful place among dozens of galactic species.]]\\
But this idyllic future is [[EmpireWithADarkSecret overshadowed by a dark past;]]\\
[[EldritchAbomination Reapers]], a sentient race of machines [[AbusivePrecursors responsible for cleansing the galaxy of all organic life every 50,000 years]], [[TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt are about to return.]]\\
[[ObstructiveBureaucrat The leaders of the Galaxy are paralyzed by indecision]], [[WeirdnessCensor unable to accept the legend of the Reapers as fact.]]\\
But [[SpaceMarine one soldier]] has seen the legend come to life.''\\

''And now, [[ItsUpToYou the fate of the galaxy depends on him/her.]]''

->'''Shepard:''' ''[[RunningGag I've had enough of your tabloid journalism!]]''
->'''Khalisah:''' Ha! You want some? / [[TheDogBitesBack Not this time, you military thug!]] (punch)

->'''Shepard:''' ''[[RunningGag I've had enough of your tabloid journalism!]]''
->'''Khalisah:''' Ha! You want some? / [[TheDogBitesBack Not this time, you military thug!]] ([[UseYourHead head]][[TalkToTheFist butted]]) Urgh...

->'''Bioware:''' [[TeasingCreator We're keeping our saves, that's for sure.]]

->'''Bioware:''' [[RunningGag We can't saaaaay!]]

->'''Twitter:''' I still want to believe you guys are sneaky trolls and have something going on you don't tell us yet. [[InvokedTrope Can I get a cryptic reply?]]
->'''Bioware:''' [[RuleOfThree The sun, it shines.]]

->'''Hackett''': ''Shepard, let me tell you something that I've learned the hard way. [[PunchClockHero You can pay a soldier to fire a gun. You can pay him to charge the enemy and take a hill]]. But you can't pay him to believe.''

->'''Hackett''': ''When you went up against Sovereign, there was no good reason to believe you'd win. But your crew didn't seem to care -- they went along anyway. Your trip through the Omega 4 relay? That was a suicide mission if there ever was one. Yet there your crew was, standing beside you, proud to serve. With all you're facing out there, one thing impresses me most: you inspire confidence. I know everything hasn't gone as well as you'd hoped. [[WeAreStrugglingTogether Every war has its disagreements]], so to speak. But... Your crew has done things no one else would even try -- simply because you asked them to. Why? [[MagneticHero Because they believed in you]]. Their leader. That's what I need now.''


->''[[OhCrap Holy shit]], [[TheDreaded that's SHEPARD!]]''
->--Cerberus soldiers realising [[ThisIsGonnaSuck just how screwed they are]].

->''What's the difference between Commander Shepard and a [[ProudWarriorRace krogan]]? One is a [[OneManArmy headbutting juggernaut of mass destruction]] - the other has [[BizarreAlienBiology four]] [[BaitAndSwitchComparison testicles]].''

->'''Garrus:''' ''(chuckles)'' [[NeverLiveItDown Correct.]]

->'''Joker:''' ''(exasperated)'' 602. [[ObstructiveBureaucrat 600 to vote on it]], one to ask the asari for technical help and one to [[DudeWheresMyRespect request a seat on the Council afterwards]]. How do you know when a turian is out of ammo?
->'''Garrus:''' He switches to [[ProudWarriorRaceGuy the stick up his ass]] as a backup weapon. Why does the Alliance hire [[HandicappedBadass pilots... with brittle bone disease]]?

->'''Tali:''' Verrrry ''carefully.'' Turian brandy, triple-filterrred, and introduced into my suit through an [[MemeticMutation emergency induction port]].

->'''Tali:''' ''[[InsistentTerminology Emeeeergency induction port.]]''

->'''Tali:''' [[ParentalIssues When do we get to stop reacting to our parents and start living for ourselves?]]

->''[[LeaningOnTheFourthWall Somewhere, deep in the fabric of reality, our actions are recorded and remembered. Yours will be remembered for eternity.]]''

-->'''Kai Leng''': [[AllForNothing Even if you win, you're too late to stop what's coming!]]
-->'''Shepard''': [[VillainHasAPoint Maybe, maybe not]]...[[ShutUpHannibal but YOU won't be there to see it!]]

->'''Sam Hulick's Twitter:''' Tossing in piano and muted strings for this one particular piece. High potential for tears. [[{{Foreshadowing}} #MEDLC]]
->'''Website/{{Tumblr}}:''' [[PlayerPunch IT HURTS ALREADY]]

-> ''None have possessed the strength in [[YouCannotFightFate previous Cycles]]. Your own species could be destroyed with a [[PunyEarthling single thought]]. But ''[[TheChosenOne you]]'' are different. I have witnessed your actions in this Cycle: the [[DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu destruction of Sovereign]]; the [[AllYourBaseAreBelongToUs fall of the Collectors]]. The [[EldritchAbomination Reapers]] perceive [[WorthyOpponent you]] as [[TheDreaded a threat]]. [[WhatTheHellAreYou And I]] ''[[WhatTheHellAreYou must]]'' [[WhatTheHellAreYou understand]] '''[[WhatTheHellAreYou why?!]]'''''
->-- '''[[AbusivePrecursors Leviathan]]'''

->'''TrueCompanions:''' NORMANDY! ''(CLICK!)''
-->--[[GroupPictureEnding Group photo taking]] the end of the '''Citadel DLC'''

->'''Squad Member/Love Interest:''' [[LeaningOnTheFourthWall We've had a good ride.]]

-->--'''Final words of the Citadel DLC''', and by extent, [[TearJerker the entire Mass Effect Trilogy]]