History FamousLastWords / MassEffect

*** "[[Creator/GilbertAndSullivan My xenoscience studies range from urban to agrarian,]] [[KilledMidSentence I am the very model of-]]" [[spoiler:Mordin, alternate, if you heard him sing in ''Mass Effect 2''.]]

*** "Of course you do, and somewhere deep in the fabric of reality, that choice will be remembered for eternity." [[spoiler:Padok, if you shoot him in the back. Unlike Mordin, he is unable to summon enough strength to struggle to the console]]

** "I mean [[spoiler:Udina,]] he's staging a coup. He’s got the other Councilors now to hand over to Cerberus." [[spoiler:Councilor Valern, if both Thane and Kirrahe are dead.]]
** "I mean [[spoiler:Udina,]] he's staging a coup. The other Councilors are headed for a trap." [[spoiler:Councilor Esheel, if both Thane and Kirrahe are dead along with the original Council.]]
** "We flushed out the assassin... now get him." [[spoiler:Major Kirrahe, if he sacrifices himself to save the Salarian Councilor.]]

** "[[spoiler:Kolyat]]... you speak as the priests do... you've been spending time with them." [[spoiler:Thane Krios.]]

** "Even if you win, you're too late to stop what's coming!" [[spoiler:Operative Kai Leng. After his defeat, he tries one more time to kill Shepard, but is ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice by the Commander.]]

** "I've got nothing more to say to you. If you-" [[spoiler:A random [[{{Mook}} Eclipse Trooper]], in the event of a Renegade interrupt.]] (Shepard: "[[BondOneLiner How about 'goodbye'?]]")
** "Dammit. Check the other entrances. You... stay put. When I'm finished dealing with this nuisance, you and I are going to... [[KilledMidSentence who--?]]" [[spoiler:Nassana Dantius, right before Thane kills her.]]

** "[[spoiler:Tali]], if you are listening... ''[pants]'' ...then I-I am dead. ''[pants]'' [[spoiler:The Geth have gone active, ''[pants]'' I don't have much time, their main hub will be on the bridge, you'll need to destroy it to stop their VI processes from forming new neural links.]] Make sure Han'Gerrel and Daro'Xen see the data, [[KilledMidSentence they must-]]" [[spoiler:Admiral Rael'Zorah, Tali's father, whose last words are found recorded on an ApocalypticLog.]]

** "Don't you ''dare'' judge me. Don't... you..." [[spoiler:Tela Vasir]], ''Lair of the Shadow Broker''.

** "[[spoiler:Jacob is showing no signs of brain activity, there's nothing more we can do for him, he wouldn't want to be kept alive by machines, so we're going to disconnect the life support. Doctor Smith is worried about Julia's reaction, though, she can't seem to let Jacob go. The stress is making her implants flare up, causing intense migraines, it'll probably be easier for everyone if we don't tell her until after we shut the life support down, give her a chance to-]][[KilledMidSentence Julia, what are you doing here, why are you-]]''[argh]'' [[spoiler:MSV ''Worthington'' Captain]]

** "[[spoiler:[[EtTuBrute I know...what...you...did...Shepard.]]]]" [[spoiler:Urdnot Wrex, if you sabotaged the genophage cure. He is then [[DestinationDefenstration shot out of a window]], (possibly yelling if Shepard is the one who makes the killing shot) as he falls to his death.]]

** "It's...some kind of creature. Our field teams have been tracking it. That artifact came in from our researcher, Garneau. There's an audio message, if you want to-GAAAH!! [...] [[CreepyMonotone Turn back. The darkness cannot be breached.]]" [[spoiler:Derek Hadley, before falling into a vegetative state]], ''Leviathan''.

** "But...this is murder..." [[spoiler:Cerberus General Oleg Petrovsky, if Aria decides to kill him and isn't stopped]], ''Omega''.
** "Look at you, what makes you so damned special, why you and not me?" [[spoiler:The Shepard clone, if you immediately [[DisneyVillainDeath kick him/her off the ''Normandy'' cargo hold]]]], ''Citadel''.
*** "[[DrivenToSuicide For what?]]" [[spoiler:The clone, if you offer to save his/her life. They immediately let go of the ledge.]]

** "Now put down the gun and step aside, [[spoiler:Oriana]] has already been through enough. [[spoiler:Henry Lawson, if you don't convince him to let his daughter go. Oriana, trying to escape, winds up pushing them both out the window behind them.]]

*** "Alright, take her, but I want out alive, deal?" [[spoiler:Henry Lawson, if you convince him to let Oriana go. Miranda then uses her biotics to shove him out the window.]]

** "Good...I just...wish...we could've..." [[spoiler:Miranda Lawson, if you don't do enough to prepare her for Kai Leng.]]
*** "Finish this, you...''promise''...me..." [[spoiler:Miranda, if romanced in ''2'' and was not ready for Kai Leng.]]

*** "There...Earth. I wish you could see it like I do, Shepard, it's so...perfect." [[spoiler:The Illusive Man, if shot by Shepard.]]
** "You did good, son/child, you did good...[[SoProudOfYou I'm...proud of you.]]" [[spoiler:Admiral David Edward Anderson, bleeding out from Shepard's gunshot while briefly controlled by the Illusve Man.]]

** "We are under attack, taking heavy casualties, I repeat, heavy casualties, we can’t -- ''[screams]'' --[[KilledMidSentenceneed evac, they came out of nowhere, we need]]--" [[spoiler:An Alliance Marine on Eden Prime before being shot by Geth.]]

** "We are under attack, taking heavy casualties, I repeat, heavy casualties, we can’t -- ''[screams]'' [[KilledMidSentence --need evac, they came out of nowhere, we need]]--" [[spoiler:An Alliance Marine on Eden Prime before being shot by Geth.]]

** "Come on, through here, we're almost at the... [[OhCrap Miranda?]] [[KilledMidSentence But you were-]]" [[spoiler:Wilson, who is shot in the throat by Miranda for his treason against Cerberus.]] (Miranda: "-Dead?")

** "Dammit. Check the other entrances. You... stay put. When I'm finished dealing with this nuisance, you and I are going to... who--?" [[spoiler:Nassana Dantius, right before Thane kills her.]]

** "Got it, upload's disabled, looks like we're in the... Wait, he's got some kind of failsafe, get down!" [[spoiler:Kasumi Goto, if she wasn't loyal in ''Mass Effect 2''. [[UncertainDoom Maybe]].]]
** "Thanks, Shepard, honor to work with you." [[spoiler:Spectre Agent Jondum Bau, if Kasumi is absent and you choose to save the Hanar homeworld.]]

** "Shepard, I...I... ''[sobs]''" [[spoiler:Kelly Chambers, if you press on her for giving the Illusive Man crew reports. Out of guilt and trauma from her Collector abduction, she [[DrivenToSuicide ingests a cyanide pill]] from her Cerberus days.]]
** "[[HeroicSacrifice Victory...at any cost.]]" [[spoiler:Lieutenant Tarquin Victus, who jumps on the Cerberus-primed Turian bomb on Tuchanka to defuse it himself. He is killed when he successfully disarms it, only for it to fall on him.]]

** "For...eternity." [[spoiler:Padok Wiks, if Mordin is dead and he cures the genophage.]]

** "[[FaceDeathWithDignity Then...we embrace the silence.]]" [[spoiler:The Rachni Queen, if you leave her to die.]]
** "KILL THEM, KILL THEM ALL!" [[spoiler:The Rachni Breeder, if you leave her to die.]]

** "We flushed out the assassin...now get him." [[spoiler:Major Kirrahe, if he sacrifices himself to save the Salarian Councilor.]]
** "Had to take a stand, Shepard, you taught me that." [[spoiler:Lieutenant Commander Ashley Madeline Williams, if you can't talk her down from defending Udina.]]
*** "So were ''you.'' I hope the Reapers... ''send you to hell.''" [[spoiler:Ashley, if you neglected her. Her response to Shepard saying, "[Udina] was with Cerberus."]]
** "Man...couldn't defend himself. ''[pants]'' Shepard...I...I...I..." [[spoiler:Major Kaidan Alenko, if you can't talk him down from defending Udina.]]

*** "We don't have time to debate this, we're dead if we stay out here, I'm overriding the lock." [[spoiler:Udina, if you cannot talk Ashley/Kaidan into standing down.]]
** "[[spoiler:Kolyat]]...you speak as the priests do...you've been spending time with them." [[spoiler:Thane Krios.]]
** "Shepard...did I help?" [[spoiler:Conrad Verner, who expires from his Cerberus contact's gunshot if you didn't do Jenna's sidequest in the first game. Shepard's response is that he did.]]

** "We...are ''not''...your slaves!" [[spoiler:Rila.]]

** "[[ThisCannotBe Can't be,]] [[KilledMidSentence stealth systems are engaged, there's no way a Geth ship could possibly-]]" [[spoiler:Navigator Charles Pressly, first ''Normandy'' casualty in the Collector attack.]]
** "The ''Normandy'''s lost, going down with the ship won't change that." [[spoiler:[[PlayerCharacter Lieutenant Commander Shepard]], Paragon dialogue. Later spaced by further strikes and suffocates, although [[BackFromTheDead resurrected later]].]]

** "Dammit. Check the other entrances. You... stay put. When I'm finished dealing with this nuisance, you and I are going to... who-" [[spoiler:Nassana Dantius, right before Thane kills her.]]

** "Everything's gone to hell since we smuggled that filthy creature off-world, first a Justicar shows up...now you. At least I can take pleasure in turning your head into a pulpy mass!" [[spoiler:Captain Wasea, if you kill her early in the fight.]]

** "You can't face the truth, can you? [[KilledMidSentence You can't admit that your brilliant mind led you to create an atrocity-]]" [[spoiler:Maelon, on Mordin's loyalty mission... unless a Paragon interrupt is used.]]

** "[[spoiler:Tali]], if you are listening... ''[pants]'' ...then I-I am dead. ''[pants]'' [[spoiler:The Geth have gone active, ''[pants]'' I don't have much time, their main hub will be on the bridge, you'll need to destroy it to stop their VI processes from forming new neural links.]] Make sure Han'Gerrel and Daro'Xen see the data, [[KilledMidSentence they must-]]" [[spoiler:Admiral Rael'Zorah, Tali's father's ApocalypticLog.]]

** "[[HeroicSacrifice Victory...at any cost.]]" [[spoiler:Lieutenant Tarquin Victus, who jumps on the Cerberus-primed Turian bomb on Tuchanka to defuse it himself.]]
** "It's Kalros!" [[spoiler:Urdnot Wreav OR Jorgal Thurak, depending on if Wrex is still alive.]]
** "Genophage cured, Krogan freed, new beginning...for all of us." [[spoiler:Dr. Mordin Solus, if he cures the genophage. With no way out of the severely damaged Shroud tower, he is vaporized by additional explosions that bring it down.]]

*** "Not yet...''[coughs]'' not yet... ''[coughs]'' no...''[grunting]'' not...''[coughs, inhales]'' not ready." [[spoiler:Mordin, if you shoot him in the back. He bleeds out struggling to reach the Shroud's computer console to spread the cure properly]]

** "Then...we embrace the silence." [[spoiler:The Rachni Queen, if you leave her to die.]]

** "I mean [[spoiler:Udina,]] he's staging a coup, he’s got the other Councilors now to hand over to Cerberus." [[spoiler:Councilor Valern, if both Thane and Kirrahe are dead.]]
** "I mean [[spoiler:Udina,]] he's staging a coup, the other Councilors are headed for a trap." [[spoiler:Councilor Esheel, if both Thane and Kirrahe are dead along with the original Council.]]

*** "So were ''you...''I hope the Reapers...''send you to hell.''" [[spoiler:Ashley, if you neglected her. Her response to Shepard saying, "[Udina] was with Cerberus."]]

** "Shepard...did I help?" [[spoiler:Conrad Verner, who expires from his Cerberus contact's gunshot if you didn't do Jenna's sidequest in the first game. Shepard's response is he did.]]
** "Hell of a fight, Shepard, should've seen it." [[spoiler:Zaeed Messani, if he wasn't loyal to you in ''Mass Effect 2''.]]
** "We were a proud race, a beautiful race, have you seen what the Reapers have done to us? I am trapped on this Citadel, our warships only know the locations of Reaper forces because I've tapped Council transmissions. I am the highest-ranking military officer left in the Hegemony, I can't save my people, but I can end ''you''." [[spoiler:Captain Ka'hairal Balak, if you choose to kill him; Shepard turns around, whips his pistol away, and uses it to execute him.]]

*** "[[spoiler:Tali'Zorah]]...does...this...[[spoiler:unit]]...have..." [[spoiler:Legion, if you choose the quarians over the geth. He was stabbed by Tali's boot knife.]]
*** "No, we will not let you decide our fate. Uploading the code." [[spoiler:Legion, if Tali is dead, same decision. He is executeed by shotgun from Admiral Raan.]]
*** "We were correct to distrust organics. Uploading the code. [[spoiler:The Geth VI, same decision.]]

** "[[DrivenToSuicide No...no...]]" [[spoiler:Admiral Shala'Raan vs Tonbay, if Tali is dead, same decision. She [[AteHerGun blows her head off with a sidearm]].]]
** "[[spoiler:[[EtTuBrute I know...what...you...did...Shepard.]]]]" [[spoiler:Urdnot Wrex, if you sabotaged the genophage cure. He is then [[DestinationDefenstration shot out of a window]], possibly yelling as he falls to his death.]]

*** "Do you really? So serious, admit it, some part of you liked having me around looking up to the legend, we had some laughs, and who knows, maybe we'll have more someday, you know you'll miss me." [[spoiler:Brooks, if you don't take the Paragon interrupt after choosing to lock her up.]]
** "Now put down the gun and step aside, [[spoiler:Oriana]] has already been through enough. [[spoiler:Henry Lawson, if you don't convince him to let his daughter go.]]
*** "What?" [[spoiler:Henry Lawson, alternate.]]
*** "Alright, take her, but I want out alive, deal?" [[spoiler:Henry Lawson, if you convince him to let Oriana go.]]

*** "Finish this, you...''promise''...me..." [[spoiler:Miranda, if romanced in ''2''.]]

** "Where's the air support? [[KilledMidSentence We need-]]" [[spoiler:An Asari officer on Earth.]]

** "That’s not going to happen, open fire, open fire!" [[spoiler:Dr. Ross, chief ExoGeni facility Thorian researcher, if you try to arrest her.]]

*** "Saren is a master manipulator, [[spoiler:the Conduit is just a distraction from his real plan to attack the Citadel.]]" [[spoiler:Valern, alternate line.]]

*** "Only you have seen the Reapers, and then only in visions, [[spoiler:we won't invade the Terminus Systems because of a dream]]." [[spoiler:Tevos, alternate line.]]
*** "Your style served you well in the Traverse, Commander, we recognize that, but [[spoiler:Ilos]] requires a deft touch, we have the situation under control. [[spoiler:Tevos, alternate line.]]

** "[[HopeSpot It's the Alliance, open a comm channel]]! This is the [[spoiler:''Ascension'']], we are taking heavy damage, GARDIAN defenses are overwhelmed, kinetic barriers are offline." [[spoiler:Matriarch Lidanya, commander of the ''Destiny Ascension'', if the Council is left to die. The Alliance reinforcements [[CavalryBetrayal ignore the distress call]] and head straight for Sovereign, and the Geth forces destroy the ''Ascension''.]]

** "Shepard, this is [[spoiler:Admiral Kahoku]], I found out who set that trap for my men, the ones killed by the thresher maw - damn, I hope you get this message - [[spoiler:it was a group called Cerberus, an Alliance black ops organization, top secret, highest-level security clearance, they vanished a few months ago, dropped right off the grid, nobody knew where they went or what they were up to. They've gone completely rogue, Shepard, they're conducting illegal genetic experiments, trying to create some kind of supersoldier.]] I don't have any proof, but I found the coordinates for one of their research worlds, I'm uploading them with this message. They're completely out of control, somebody needs to stop them. I've done my part, now it's up to you. This is... This is probably the last you'll hear from me, Cerberus is after me now, I need to disappear before they find me." [[spoiler:Rear Admiral Kahoku, who is later found by Cerberus' agents and killed. You find his dead body in one of the Cerberus research bases.]]

** "They've escaped containment, clever bastards, [[WhatMeasureIsANonHuman we treated them like animals, we should've treated them like POWs]]. They're spreading, boarding the supply ships and sending them to random destinations, they'll be all over the cluster in a week. General, if you recover this message, my advice is...[[spoiler:screw the Rachni, they're too smart, use one of the other projects, Flores signing off...for the final time.]]" [[spoiler:[[WellIntentionedExtermist Cerberus]] Major Elena Flores]]

** "I wasn't expecting to find the Geth here. The situation's bad." [[spoiler:Spectre Agent Nihlus Kryik, before being shot in the back by Saren.]]

** "See how it is? [[spoiler:You write letters and everyone ignores you, force is the only thing people appreciate, so how about if I kill Chairman Burns and finish this charade?]]" [[spoiler:The [[FromCamouflageToCriminal biotic terrorist leader]] holding Burns hostage, if you immediately choose brute force.]]

*** "You had your chance, some L2s are nearly crippled from side effects of the implants, but you voted against reparations!" [[spoiler:The leader, if not persuaded to let Burns go, Renegade line.]]

** "So be it. If this is the fate you feel I deserve, then I will not resist." [[spoiler:Shiala, if you choose to execute her.]]

** "Got it! Upload's disabled. Looks like we're in the... wait, he's got some kind of failsafe, get down!" [[spoiler:Kasumi Goto, if she wasn't loyal in ''Mass Effect 2''. [[UncertainDoom Maybe]].]]

*** "My xenoscience studies range from urban to agrarian, [[KilledMidSentence I am the very model of-]]" [[spoiler:Mordin, alternate, if you heard him sing in ''Mass Effect 2''.]]

** "[[TemptingFate You're not the only one who can stand up for humanity, I'll show you!]]" [[spoiler:Conrad Verner, if you blow him off. A news report later states he got killed attacking Turians.]]

** "We are under attack, taking heavy casualties, I repeat, heavy casualties, we can’t-''[screams]''[[KilledMidSentence -need evac, they came out of nowhere, we need-]]" [[spoiler:An Alliance Marine on Eden Prime before being shot by Geth.]]

** "I wasn't expecting to find the Geth here, the situation's bad." [[spoiler:Spectre Agent Nihlus Kryik, before being shot in the back by Saren.]]

** "That was smart, Doc, now if Garrus comes around, you stay smart, keep your mouth shut or we’ll-Who are you?!" [[spoiler:A Fist thug, taking Dr. Michel hostage upon seeing Shepard, before being shot by Garrus.]]
** "Stop right there, don’t come any closer." [[spoiler:A warehouse worker in FIst's employ, if not convinced to stand down. Same goes for his buddy below, gunned down by Shepard's squad.]]

** "They’ll be here[[spoiler:, where’s the evidence?]]" [[spoiler:A Turian assassin sent by Saren to secure Tali's evidence of his crimes. Killed with the other assassins by her and Shepard's squad.]]
** "Only if you’re willing to die happy." [[spoiler:The Krogan blackmailer, if you can't comvince him ti let Dr. Michel's clinic go, Paragon non-persuasion dialogue]]

** "You may attempt to disarm the self-destruct mechanism before it activates, I will enjoy defeating you before [[TakingYouWithMe we are both destroyed.]]" [[spoiler:The rogue AI you've been tracking on the Citadel.]]