History Awesome / MassEffectAndromeda

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GkQ8wUluk6M Ryder confronting The Cardinal]].
--> '''The Cardinal''' I stand on the shoulders of his greatness. As they do. As, one day, you will.
--> ''' Ryder''': Except I am gonna [[PrecisionFStrike fuck your shit up]]. How's that for great?

-->"We didn't voyage across Dark Space to be made Great."

-->"You don't get to decide what's "great".

-->'''Ryder:''' Warlord Ryder does have a nice ring to it.
-->'''Gren:''' Ha. Spoken like a true krogan!

** Remember how in Mass Effect 3, one of the biggest complaints was that your war assets had no real presence during the final mission? They very much make up for it here, where countless characters you've met and helped throughout your journey return to spit in the Archon's face in one climatic battle. Specific examples listed below.

--> ''' Ryder''': Everyone in Heleus has earned some fucking payback.

---> '''Vetra''': Those are some badass salarians!

--> '''Raeka''': You hear that, Archon. There's '''TWO''' Pathfinders after you now!

* The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pyZw_oqk7Q8 2016 N7 day trailer]] is finally here and looks [[IncrediblyLamePun stellar]].

** As divisive as the choice of song was, there's something to [[Music/JohnnyCash the man in black's]] [[BadassBaritone baritone]] reverberating with the refrain, just as the N7 explorer walks toward the screen, gun in hand.

** Indeed unlike Nihlus, he survives the mission totally unscathed, and is the one who finally saves the day. [[spoiler:It's ''your'' bad luck that gets him killed.]]

* The ending of Jaal's loyalty mission: [[spoiler:Ryder and Jaal confront an apparently unarmed Akksul in front of an army of Roekaar. Akksul attempts to goad Ryder into martyring him, but Jaal convinces Ryder not to take the bait and gives a rousing speech to the assembled Roekaar about how Ryder has done much to help the Initiative and has the full approval of the Moshae. Akksul then pulls out a pistol and fires at Jaal in a final attempt to get Ryder to shoot him. If Ryder doesn't shoot Akksul, Jaal dodges the bullet by moving his head very slightly, giving him a rather nifty scar. Jaal then just walks away, as Akksul has proven himself a hypocrite in front of his followers by attempting to murder another angara in cold blood.]]

* If you bring Drack to [[spoiler:what appears to be]] Meridian, when you kill the kett Ascendant waiting outside the development tower, Drack neatly sums up the player's feelings at that point:

* The final mission, of course. [[spoiler: After playing as your twin to reconnect SAM and save your life, you and all the allies you've gathered take on the Kett armada by using the Scourge to tie up the Kett warships on the advice that Alec gave his children.]]
** Remember how in Mass Effect 3, one of the biggest complaints was that your war assets had no real presence during the final mission? [[spoiler: They very much make up for it here, where countless characters you've met and helped throughout your journey return to spit in the Archon's face in one climatic battle. Specific examples listed below.]]
** [[spoiler: The whole thing STARTS with the Tempest emerging from FTL against the Kett armada, accompanied by a fleet of Remnant dreadnoughts and fighters, all at Ryder's command.]]
** [[spoiler: The Nomad gets to participate, in that you deploy in it out of the Tempest to the surface. You then proceed to chase the Archon's ship down a ravine. The Kett ground forces apparently begin to set up ahead when suddenly, in comes the Nexus militia, the Exile faction you chose, the Angaran Resistance and the Krogan in fighters and shuttles, and their leaders vow to protect the Hyperion and handle the Kett, allowing you to push forward.]]
** [[spoiler: Tiran Kandros, either Sloane Kelly or Reyes Vidal, and possibly Evfra personally descend to the surface of Meridian to help you push towards the entrance to the Remnant facility.]]
** [[spoiler:If you saved Drack's scouts, Birtak and a few of the other scouts decide to repay their debt by helping you battle through a few waves of kett. Later, offscreen, they find themselves cornered and think it's the end, only to be rescued by none other than the cowboy hat-wearing merchant from the outpost on Havarl.]]
** [[spoiler: Though not partaking in the battle themselves, you can catch radio chatter between Nakmor Kesh, Suvi, and the Nexus science team running operations and analysis and protection of the Hyperion once it goes down.]]
** [[spoiler: You can at one point also hear Vorn over the radio having a riotous time gassing the kett with more plant pods.]]
** [[spoiler: When you get to the door of the facility, a kett fighter nearly lands a hit on you but is shot down by none other than the Salarian pathfinder, accompanied by the Moshae using bioelectric shields.]]
** [[spoiler: This can potentially be followed up by Avitus Rix engaging in a dogfight with some kett fighters pulling his best [[Film/TheForceAwakens Poe Dameron]] impression, taking them out as if he was on a nice saturday morning drive.]]
** [[spoiler: THEN Asari Pathfinder Sarissa Theris or Vederia Damali create a barrier that destroys 3 kett fighters with their bare hands.]]
** [[spoiler: Jaal's cousins will also arrive to participate if you completed his loyalty mission, as will Kalinda if you spared her during Peebee's loyalty mission.]]
** [[spoiler: Depending on your story choices, you can also get assistance from Annea's raider band, the Voeld AI, and the Prodromos militia.]]
** [[spoiler: Your squadmates also rally whatever help they can. Cora and the Asari pathfinder bring squads of Asari commandos, Drack and Morda bring krogan warriors, Vetra brings mercenaries and arms, and Jaal rallies the ENTIRE ANGARAN RACE. Liam's Angaran contact, Verand, provides technical support.]]
** [[spoiler: The pathfinders you've saved through the game return the favor by working together to save the Hyperion and, if you have all 3 present, the life of Captain Dunn.]]
** [[spoiler: And the reason Captain Dunn needs saving? The ''Hyperion'' is critically damaged, and is going in. Dunn orders all hands to the cryo pods, and redirects all power to the inertial dampeners in the cryo bays. Regardless of what the Pathfinders do at this point, [[GoingDownWithTheShip Dunn chooses to ride it out in the Captain's Chair]] to ensure that [[TheMenFirst her passengers and crew make it.]]]]
** [[spoiler: ''The entire squad'' helping out in the final battle with the Archon.]]

* After all is said and done, you can hang out in [[spoiler: Meridian]]. Talking to a technician there will reveal this tantalizing detail that, for fans of the original trilogy, is VERY exciting news: [[spoiler: The Quarian ark is out there, and it also has Volus, Elcor, Hanar and Drell aboard. But something has apparently gone terribly wrong. With luck, the Milky Way family of races in Andromeda will grow even bigger in a DLC or sequel.]]
* [[spoiler: All four Pathfinders going rogue and ducking the Kett fleet, to give Ryder just a CHANCE at reviving the golden worlds.]]
** [[spoiler: Needless to say the risk payed off, and when the Kett chose to start shooting at the all powerful macguffin with their BFG Warships....It was a bad day for the Kett.]]

* Ark Paarchero has to awaken a skeleton crew to aid Pathfinder Raeka on her mission while Ryder [[spoiler:is getting the Archon's relic for Meridian.]] Thanks to a lack of time, she only gets the captain of the ark (and her second-in-command), a tinkering tech, and a history teacher. They [[spoiler: rig up explosives and manage to EMP the Archon's flagship to save the Ark and Ryder both.]]

** And considering the timeline for the games, this may not be just some LeaningOnTheFourthWall fanservice. That may really well be Commander Shepard speaking, in-universe, to the Andromeda crew. [[note]] The Andromeda Ark Ships departed Earth around the same time as the events of MassEffect2 [[/note]]

** Ryder's little ScrewYouElves moment is pretty good, in a small, understated way. Sarissa starts on the WhenYouWereInDiapers spiel, and Scott / Sara's response is short but sweet.

** Throughout the course of this segment you get to experience what it's like to basically be one of the hero's squadmates. Remember playing as Shepard and rampaging through enemies only to look back and see your squad stuck way behind you (or perhaps one or both of them down and needing to be revived) and muttering under your breath about why can't they keep up? Now you find yourself in their shoes, 100ft behind Alec, sprinting desperately to keep up as he smashes through the Kett like they aren't even there.

--> '''The Cardinal''' "I stand on the shoulders of his greatness. As they do. As, one day, you will."
--> ''' Ryder''': "Except I am gonna [[PrecisionFStrike fuck your shit up]]. How's that for great?"

--> ''' Ryder''': "Everyone in Heleus has earned some fucking payback."

* Though it clearly hurts Cora, there's a lot of satisfaction to be had in refusing to allow Sarissa to remain the asari Pathfinder after learning that she abandoned Matriarch Ishara, her predecessor, in the name of recovering data that the kett proceeded to hunt the asari ark down until dumb luck got Ryder to find and rescue them in time. And, if you enjoy saying [[ScrewYouElves Screw You, Asari!]] when any of them start in on the "the asari were spacefaring when humans were still mired in the Crusades" and such, it's pretty satisfying to see that the humans not just rescued the asari ark, but have done a better job at being "the Pathfinder" than this asari commando with centuries of experience.

* While it takes some dirty tricks to get it, Reyes taking over Kadara port is almost universally hailed. Kandros is glad that the traitorous mutineer Sloane has been put down, even Evfra is happy that an angaaran (puppet she may be though) is in charge of Kadara again. The best part - Reyes never demands any sort of “protection fee” from the Initiative outpost you establish. He says that the trade between Kadara and everyone else is more than enough “payment”.

* Detailed in the Nightmare Fuel page is discovering a Fiend on Eos, followed by having a major kett attack start on you after it barges in on you. At this point you've only got a few levels under your belt, tops, and may not even have more than the guns from Habitat-7 - but when you beat the ambush and stand over the corpses, you not only feel like a badass - you feel like you've extracted much-needed justice for Resilience. Then you can go and finish what they started.

* The reveal trailer ''alone'' has some seriously AwesomeMoments in it:

** As divisive as the choice of song was, there's something to [[Music/JohnnyCash the man in black's]] [[BadAssBaritone baritone]] reverberating with the refrain, just as the N7 explorer walks toward the screen, gun in hand.

--> '''Raeka''': You hear that, Archon. There's '''TWO''' Pathfinders after you now!

* Lest we forget events prior, [[spoiler: All four Pathfinders going rogue and ducking the Kett fleet, to give Ryder just a CHANCE at reviving the golden worlds.]]

* The Andromeda Initiative's simple EXISTENCE is one, if nothing else than for what it means to the Reapers and their cycle of extermination. It means that regardless of whether or not Shepard and co. succeeded in stopping the Reapers, the Initiative has ensured that the people of the Milky Way WILL endure. They escaped the harvest, and have gone where the Reapers cannot follow. To use [[IronicEcho Harbinger's own words]]: "THEY HAVE FAILED. [[TakeAThirdOption WE FOUND ANOTHER WAY]]."

** [[spoiler: When you get to the door of the facility, a kett fighter nearly lands a hit on you but is shot down by none other than the Salarian pathfinder, accompanied by Moshae Sjevfa, with a battlerifle.]]

* The Andromeda Initiative's simple EXISTENCE is one, if nothing else than for what it means to the Reapers and their cycle of extermination. It means that regardless of whether or not Shepard and co. succeeded in stopping the Reapers, the Initiative has ensured that the people of the Milky Way WILL endure. They escaped the harvest, and have gone where the Reapers cannot follow. To use [[IronicEcho Harbinger's own words]] "THEY HAVE FAILED. [[TakeAThirdOption WE FOUND ANOTHER WAY]]."

** [[spoiler: Needless to say the risk payed off, and when the Kett chose to start shooting at the all powerful macguffin with their BFG Warships....It was a bad day for the Kett.]]

** [[spoiler: This can potentially be followed up by Avitus Rix engaging in a dogfight with some kett fighters pulling his best [[TheForceAwakens Po]] impression, taking them out as if he was on a nice saturday morning drive.]]

** [[spoiler: When you get to the door of the facility, a kett fighter nearly lands a hit on you but is shot down by none other than the Salarian pathfinder, accompanied by Moshae Sjevfa.]]
** [[spoiler: This can potentially be followed up by Avitus Riix engaging in a dogfight with some kett fighters and the Asari pathfinder destroying a few more with a massive biotic barrier.]]

* Shortly after meeting up with Alec Ryder on Habitat 7, you get to see then and there, why he's both the pathfinder and an N7. The man is a bonafide [[OneManArmy killing machine]], sweeping the area of all enemy forces with little to no effort involved. As soon as you make the rendezvous, the rest of the mission plays like a reverse escort mission, where '''he''' escorts ''you'', mowing through Kett with a mix of combat, biotics, and tech while displaying almost no effort.

** The krogan do get OvershadowedByAwesome once the humans of Ark Hyperion show up. While all other arks, and to a certain extent the Nexus are barely clinging to life after encountering the Scourge, Hyperion is the only one that ''makes it to its golden world'' with minimal casualties, immediately neutralizes the threat it faces, and successfully rendezvous and docks with the Nexus. And although their Pathfinder dies like most other initial pathfinders, their ''backup'' gets to work and can establish at least three viable outposts, and make ''successful first contact'' with a new species. So, the Hyperion humans end up accomplishing way more than any other group did, including the krogan on Elaaden.

*** [[spoiler: I Know you read it, but I don't you think understand the Mind Melting awesomeness, that is the Pathfinder Reunion Tour.]]
*** [[spoiler: Selarion Pathfinder, with some Angaran help, is destrying Kett Fighters with a battlerifle.]]
*** [[spoiler: Turian Pathfinder Avitus Rix, is pulling his best [[TheForceAwakens Po]] impression, taking out Kett Fighters, as if he was on a nice saturday morning drive.]]
*** [[spoiler: Asari Pathfinder Sarissa Theris..... 3 Kett Fighters with her bare hands, biotics, BUT HER BARE HANDS]]

** [[spoilers: Needless to say the risk payed off, and when the Kett chose to start shooting at the all powerful macguffin with their BFG Warships....It was a bad day for the Kett.]]

** [[spoilers: Needless to say the risk payed off, and when the Kett chose to start shooting at the all powerful macguffin with their BFG Warships.... It was a bad day for the Kett.]]