History Roleplay / MassEffectRelinquish

* [[CustomUniform Custom Armor:] James parades around in his old Cerberus Ajax Armor, despite cutting ties with the organization even before they dissolved ''thirty years ago.'' No one seems to care, as most people simply chalk it up to it being a collector's item. They're not far off.

* BlackAndGrayMorality: Neo-Cerberus is gray, Hades' Dogs are black.
* BloodBrothers: Rolfe's one and only true friend is Rakil, who would sail through hell itself for the man.
** James, Kyri and Varian, though Kyri is female. Though they bicker 24/7, each would put their life on the line for the others.

* BreakThemByTalking: Kyri teeters on this when she [[spoiler: calls Rolfe out harshly.]]

** Doc too, since even Neo-Cerberus' ''Eagle Squad'' is willing to explicitly work with the Alliance.
* TheChick: Kyri, Cerri, and Kiara are the only female characters aboard the Ragtag. And remember, Cerri and Kiara are Asari, an all-female race.

* CustomUniform: James parades around in his old Cerberus Ajax Armor, despite cutting ties with the organization even before they dissolved ''thirty years ago.'' No one seems to care, as most people simply chalk it up to it being a collector's item. They're not far off.

* ForTheEvulz: When you really boil it down, Teronus simply has a lust for power.
** Hades' Dogs claim to be protecting Humanity from the "evil Xeno threat". Uh-huh.

* HatesSmallTalk: Ethan.

* HonorBeforeReason: Doc once ran through enemy fire to aid a wounded soldier.
** [[spoiler: Assad nearly martyrs himself simply to help rescue Doc's men. Eagle-One puts a stop to it]]

* ItsASmallWorldAfterAll: Kyri says this of the galaxy when bumping into Grore again.

* TheLeader: Captain Assad, Doc and Eagle-One are the triumvirate for the Virmire group.
** For the DarkerAndEdgier version, Rolfe.

* LikeAnOldMarriedCouple: James and Kyri. [[spoiler: It's kinda cute, actually.]]
* LostColony: Virmire has been absorbed into Teronus' empire.

** Doc.
** Captain Assad.

--> '''Kyri:''' Hmm, maybe we'll talk later.

** Hades' Dogs as well, but they're assholes and we all know it.

** Let's see, we have a snarky, Ex-Cerberus HumanPopsicle, a Turian OldSoldier who's done mercenary work in every corner of the galaxy, an alcoholic, Quarian adrenaline junkie, a GentleGiant in Toreg, a {{Jerkass}} in Garz, a Geth RobotBuddy in Trojan, Rakil the Batarian and TheQuietOne, and TheComicallySerious Cerri, all headed by TheCaptain who doesn't realize that DrugsAreBad. [[spoiler: Actually he does, in fact he ''enjoys'' the thought of them eventually crippling his costumers.]]

** Arguably Cerri too.
* IOweYouMyLife: The reason Kyri follows Varian.

** James could fall into this trope too, considering his prime motivation for joining Rolfe [[spoiler:despite his total digust with the man]] is it gives him the best chance to combat Teronus, who is [[spoiler: mostly aiming for Human worlds.]]

* PsychoForHire: Hoyt.
* PunchClockVillain: You begin to feel Byrin, Teronus' right hand man, is this.

** The new addition of the Serenity, Ethan.

** The squadrons of Hades' Dogs, [[spoiler: who all get killed in the mines,]] could count as a RedShirtArmy

* RememberTheAlamo: Everyone over the age of 45 or so (including James, aged 31, being frozen and all that) has a history with the Reaper War.

* HundredPercentAdorationRating: For the most part, the citizens of the Terminus Empire support Teronus' ambitions.
* AbstractApotheosis: [[spoiler: Teronus is greed.]]
* ActionFilmQuietDramaScene: Mainly focusing on Teronus and his evil plans.
** Athena, minus the evil part. Mostly.
** The Council Game in its entirety.
* AdrenalineMakeover: Kyri now finds herself soaked in sweat and grease 24/7 after joining the Ragtag.

* AFormYouAreComfortableWith: Strangely played straight with Kyri, a Quarian; She tends to remove her facemask around James when on the Ragtag, to earn the former Cerberus operative's trust. Possibly due to the fact quarians look the most similar to Humans out of all the alien races.

* AlasPoorVillain: Subverted with Teronus. He's a complete, unrepentant douchebag.
* TheAlcoholic: Kyri. It's been stated in the OOC thread that she can drink more than ''Varian''.

* AllYourBaseAreBelongToUs: The Terminus Empire in a nutshell, with its rampage across a good chunk of the galaxy.

* AntiHero: There are far more of these than there are of TheParagon.
* AnythingThatMoves: Obviously Garz, though this also applies to Rolfe, and to a lesser extent Varian.
* AppliedPhlebotinum: Doc uses medical nanites to treat severe wounds, and most characters posses medi-gel which nearly instantaneously heals minor wounds.

* AttentionDeficitOohShiny: Kyri has ADH- Hey look, machinery!
* AvengingTheVillain: Hades' Dogs are a spin-off of Cerberus; their much more antagonistic side, compared to Neo-Cerberus.
* AwakeningTheSleepingGiant: The Terminus Empire outnumbers the ''Systems Alliance and Turian Hierarchy combined!'' That's what happens when you let billions of souls fend for themselves after the Reaper War...

** Teronus in particular; He's got a good chunk of the ''galaxy'' under his thumb!

* BenevolentBoss: Doc commonly asks the officers under him for their opinions on battle plans, and always listens to what they have to say.

* BigEgoHiddenDepths: [[spoiler: Varian]]
* BigGood: Arguably, Doc.

** '''James:''' ''"The hell? It's... open? Geez, why not stick a giant sign that says 'I'm a trap' on it too?"''

** Rolfe, if his "operations" are interfered with, ''flips his shit.''

** Kyri is extremely protective of all of her friends, especially James. [[spoiler: She has a crush on James.]]

* AlwaysABiggerFish: The qualms between the player characters are always overshadowed by the threat of Teronus, and to a lesser extent Hades' Dogs.

Started by a user named ''Confederated Southern States'' on the NationStates' ''Portal to the Multiverse'' forum, in late August 2013. Set thirty years after the ''Destroy'' ending of ''VideoGame/MassEffect3'', the galaxy is still trying to get on its feet. [[http://forum.nationstates.net/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=258603 Check it out here.]]

* GodIsDead: James plays the BlackSabbath song after surrendering himself to fate.

* TheChick: Kyri, Cerri and Kiara are the only female characters aboard the Ragtag. And remember, Cerri and Kiara are Asari, an all-female race.

* BigEgoHiddenDepths: [[Spoiler: Varian]]

* IAmWhoIAm: About everyone on the Ragtag feels this way.

* JerkassWoobie: Rolfe, despite his many flaws, gets handed shit on a silver platter constantly.

* AwakeningTheSleepingGiant: The Terminus Empire is the formation of all the starving, deprived citizens of the Terminus Systems/Attican Traverse wearing Blue Suns/Eclipse armor. They're mad, and a madman is spearheading it all...

* Foreshadowing:

** [[Spoiler: '''Kyri:''' "Uh oh, trouble's brewing. Well I'll be back guys, try not to kill yourselves."]] Think about it...

* ActionFilmQuietDramaScene: Mainly focusing on Teronus and his evil plans.

* AlasPoorVillain: Subverted with Teronus. He's a complete, unrepentant douchebag.

* AllYourBaseAreBelongToUs: The Terminus Empire in a nutshell, with its rampage across a good chunk of the galaxy.

* AStormIsComing: Oh, how much so.

* AwakeningTheSleepingGiant: The Terminus Empire is the formation of all the starving, deprived citizens of the Terminus Systems/Attican Traverse wearing Blue Suns/Eclipse armor. They're mad, and a madman is spearheading it all...

* BrokenFaceplate: Kyri gets this, but she doesn't die due to being in a pressurized location.

* Foreshadowing:

* PointOfNoReturn: When Rolfe [[spoiler: signs the Ragtag up with Neo-Cerberus, that's it; No going back for them.]]

** Forum Co-OP ''Old Vester.'' I know you're reading this, Vester.
** Especially ''Communist Androids''. Seriously.

** '''Kyri:''' Maybe I should stop drinking so much... nah.