History Awesome / MassEffectAndromeda

* Less we forget the

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*** [[Spoiler: I Know you read it, but I don't you think understand the Mind Melting awsomeness, that is the Pathfinder Reunion Tour. ]]

* 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.]]

* A mission on Elaaden to settle a krogan dispute ends up with Ryder having to fight a Wraith. Only before the fight starts there's a complication: The captured Wraith has brought two friends. So Ryder has to end up fighting ''three'' Wraiths at once. [[note]]Technically, there are two krogan in the arena with you, but they're not much help.[[/note]]

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

** [[spoiler:If you saved the 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.]]

* 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 will grow even bigger in a DLC or sequel.]]

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

** [[spoiler: The pathfinders you've saved through the game returning the favor to save the Hyperion.]]

** Throughout the course of this segment you get to experience what it's like to basically be one of the hero's squadmates. Remembering 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 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 Mosahe. 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.]]
* 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.]]

** [[spoiler: ''The entire squad'' helping out in the final battle with the Archon.]]

* 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 Mosahe. 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.]]

** Then, the Krogan under a year turn their settlement of New Tuchanka into a thriving, self-sustaining settlement ''without'' outside resources like the Exiles on Kadara who already had the hard work done for them by the Angara. By the time of Ryder's arrival at New Tuchanka, the settlement is so far ahead, the Krogan have regular free time, ''something none of the other Initiative colonies have even with Ryder's help.''
*** And best of all, that is thanks to many of the Krogan having spent their time doing R&D on the Nexus during transit have decided MySpeciesDothProtestTooMuch, and decided to become a race specializing in BadassBookworm.

** Then during the rebellion on the Nexus, the leadership tried to use the Krogan against civilians, who decided ScrewTheRulesIHaveStandards, and left as part of the exile. They settled on Elaaden, a barren wasteland planet that's basically a {{Literature/Dune}} {{Expy}}, that happens to be rich in mineral wealth including Element Zero, Iron, and Silicon.

** Since the Krogan weren't being put in cold storage, they worked as the Nexus' engineering staff, maintaining it during the transit across Dark Space thanks to their longevity. During this time, Clan Nakmor and the other Krogan spent the time engaging in research and development, even working a partial solution to their genophage problem, as well as developing a massive R&D structure inside the clans for future settlements.

* Despite consisting of a mostly civilian crew with little or none combat experience Ryder and the group manage to hold their own very well against the hostile aliens known as Kett when first encountering them.

** Indeed unlike Nihilus, 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 defiant spirit of the angara, nearly a century of kett occupation in the cluster, and there entire civilization nearly destroyed by the arrival of the Scourge. And they fight on, even on hostile worlds that humans would struggle to live on without aid. While many angara have gone astray, such as the Roekaar embracing single minded xenophoebia, the mainstream angara fight on with grit and determination.

--> ''':The Cardinal''' "I stand on the shoulders of his greatness. As they do. As, one day, you will."

--> '''[[spoiler''':The Cardinal]] "I stand on the shoulders of his greatness. As they do. As, one day, you will."

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GkQ8wUluk6M Ryder confronting [[spoiler:The Cardinal]]]].

* 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''

* The defiant spirit of the angara, nearly a century of kett occupation in the cluster, and there entire civilization nearly destroyed by the arrival of the Scourage. And they fight on, even on hostile worlds that humans would struggle to live on without aid. While many angara have gone astray, such as the Roekaar embracing single minded xenophoebia, the mainstream angara fight on with grit and determination.

*** And best of all, that is thanks to many of the Krogan having spent their time doing R&D on the Nexus during transit have decided MySpeciesDothProtestTooMuch, and decided to become a race specializing in BadassBookworm.

*** And best of all, that is thanks to many of the Krogan having spent their time doing R&D on the Nexus during transit have decided MySpeciesDothProtestTooMuch, and decided to become [[Badass Bookworms BadassBookworm]].

*** And best of all, that is thanks to many of the Krogan having spent their time doing R&D on the Nexus during transit have decided MySpeciesDothProtestToMuch, and decided to become BadassBookworms.