History Awesome / RenegadePeptuck

* Liara staring down ''Wrex'' and talking him into staying to defend the scientists.

** To elaborate: When Garrus needs to grab a guy to interrogate him, he [[spoiler: hijacks a C-Sec tank and blows up his car right after he gets out of it.]] When he needs to drop in on a mercenary hideout, he [[spoiler: crashes through the fucking wall with giant cargo hauler and kneecaps everyone.]] When the above mercenaries have six such hideouts, [[spoiler: well, he does it six times, to equal success everytime.]]
** And to cap it off? When he needs to return to the first hideout, [[spoiler: he crashes through the wall again. A different wall this time, with the first hole still clearly visible from his point of entry.]]
* One of the very best is at the end of the fifth chapter, where [[spoiler: Kane makes his triumphant return after a hundred and fifty years]] by cutting off the Council in the middle of one of their speeches by hijacking the holoprojector in the Council Chamber.
** The response to the above as well. Almost every review posted had some form of [[spoiler: "KANE LIVES!"]] written in their reviews.
* Jenkins gets one when he kills eight geth in about as many seconds, including a Destroyer, in close combat. [[spoiler: Then Saren kills him by scrambling his targeting and releasing the buzzers.]]

* Zaeed's approach to a warehouse full of mercenaries. [[spoiler: Blow open the door with a carbomb and then march inside piloting a freaking ''Wolverine'' with guns and grenade launchers blazing.]]
* Zaeed, in [[spoiler: his Wolverine mech]], attempts to grab [[spoiler: the Quarians for the Shadow Broker]]. Shepherd is in a Mexican Standoff with him and Jacob's men are too far away. And then [[spoiler: Alenko shows up, lifts his two-ton [=REV12=] in the air with his biotics, and then chucks him out of the room with his bare hands]]. BigDamnHeroes indeed.
* As [[MindRape disturbing as what happens afterward is]], the entire scene where the turian cruiser Valedictum [[spoiler: is utterly overpowered by the Scrin warship, which casually curbstomps it and takes over its crew]], serves as a stark and impressive display of just how ''powerful'' they are.

** Even better, they keep going like that for a while, dodging Scrin fire like madmen. Sadly, [[spoiler: they are killed by a Gunwalker, but not before they see a GDI Orca take out the Gunwalker. Their badassery is solidified when the last words of the C-Sec gunner are "We won" and the Orca Pilot calls them the "ballsiest C-Sec officers she'd ever seen."]]
--->[[spoiler: [[SugarWiki/HeartwarmingMoments I'm going to find out who those people were]], she promised. Goddamned heroes.]]
* Garrus Vakarian, the only turian so insane that the Scrin actually attach a qualifier to his designation labeling him as CrazyIsCool. Solidified when, as Shepard and Co are getting overwhelmed by a Corrupter, he [[spoiler: blows open a wall next to it, steps through while duel-wielding Werewolf submachineguns, blasts massive holes in the side of it, and chucks grenades into the creature's wounds before diving for cover.]]
** How awesome is Garrus? He does an UnflinchingWalk. ''Towards a [[spoiler: Scrin Battlemind]]. '''Ignoring aircars being thrown at him.''''' And he chooses to stand still and take the shot, ''even when he sees an aircar being thrown at him.'' It's either shoot or evade, and Garrus willingly chooses "shoot."

* The reveal of [[spoiler: ''Temple Prime'']] is pure [[DescriptionPorn starship porn]].
* James' reaction to a Ravager dropping down right next to him is to do what comes naturally. [[spoiler: Kick that ''pendejo'' in the face and shoulder check it into a wall before hopping on its back and blasting it point-blank with a shotgun]].

* Garrus Vakarian, the only turian so insane that the Scrin actually attach a qualifier to his designation labeling him as CrazyAwesome. Solidified when, as Shepard and Co are getting overwhelmed by a Corrupter, he [[spoiler: blows open a wall next to it, steps through while duel-wielding Werewolf submachineguns, blasts massive holes in the side of it, and chucks grenades into the creature's wounds before diving for cover.]]
** How CrazyAwesome is Garrus? He does an UnflinchingWalk. ''Towards a [[spoiler: Scrin Battlemind]]. '''Ignoring aircars being thrown at him.''''' And he chooses to stand still and take the shot, ''even when he sees an aircar being thrown at him.'' It's either shoot or evade, and Garrus willingly chooses "shoot."

** Even better, they keep going like that for a while, dodging Scrin fire like madmen. Sadly, [[spoiler: RealityEnsues, and they are killed by a Gunwalker, but not before they see a GDI Orca take out the Gunwalker. Their badassery is solidified when the last words of the C-Sec gunner are "We won" and the Orca Pilot calls them the "ballsiest C-Sec officers she'd ever seen."]]

--->[[spoiler: [[HeartwarmingMoments I'm going to find out who those people were]], she promised. Goddamned heroes.]]

* WordOfGod from chapter 7, on Garrus: "As you may have noticed, Garrus is a bit...different. This is kind of what happens when you take someone whose solution to uncontrolled crime and restrictive police procedure was to become Sniper Batman and give him free rein to prosecute crime his way - without providing the baseline sense of restraint that a police force would instill. You get, well, [[XMeetsY the unholy fusion]] of turian [[Series/TwentyFour Jack Bauer]] and the [[ThereWasADoor Kool-Aid Man.]]"

* James' reaction to a Ravager dropping down right next to him is to do what comes naturally. [[spoiler: Kick that ''pendejo'' in the face and shoulder check it into a wall before hopping on its back and blasting it point-blank with a shotgun]].

* The reveal of [[spoiler: ''Temple Prime'']] is pure [[DescriptionPorn starship porn]].

* Whenever Kaidan uses his superstrength, really. At one point he essentially beats the shit out of a Scrin Intruder by shoulder-checking it, blowing its head apart, body-slamming it, and stomping on its chest until its armor breaks and he can pump bullets into the prone body. Later, he saves a couple of civilians from a flying aircar by hitting it with a biotic pull and then ''punching it out of the way''.

** In addition to this, Kal'Reegar ends up taking a kinetic blast from the Battlemind, and is given up for dead. And then he gets up, has his suit tend to his wounds, and he walks back into the fray. "You can't kill me."

* For a while... the Scrin Battlemind has proven utterly impervious to all attacks. It has shrugged off railguns, mass accelerators, biotics, and other esoteric weapons, until finally it starts to wear down. But who delivers the killing blow? Shepard, the survivor of a previous Scrin attack? Garrus, who we've already mentioned is kind of all of the awesome? Kaiden, the Tiberium Mutant Biotic? Anderson, the grizzled old soldier? No. Udina- ''yes, THAT Udina''- takes a car and RAMS THE HELL OUT OF THE BATTLEMIND. He then shrugs it off and says "Old spacer trick- as long as you've got engines and the bow, you've still got one weapon. Figured it would work the same with aircars." Congratulations, Peptuck, for taking one of the most reviled and annoying characters in the Mass Effect universe, and with one action, made him utterly badass.

** To expand on this, the entire scene leading up to this moment has involved Shepard holding off Scrin warriors, first a Ravager that took an entire magazine of grenades to put down. Then a Corrupter shows up, and Shepard burns through another entire magazine and doesn't even do much more than annoy it because of its regeneration. Then, as she and Tali and Michel are trying to escape the unstoppable juggernaut, Kal'Reegar comes around the corner packing a four-barreled ''railgun'' so massive he needs a strength-assist frame to carry it, and blasts the Corrupter off its feet.

* WordOfGod from chapter 7, on Garrus: "As you may have noticed, Garrus is a bit...different. This is kind of what happens when you take someone whose solution to uncontrolled crime and restrictive police procedure was to become Sniper Batman and give him free reign to prosecute crime his way - without providing the baseline sense of restraint that a police force would instill. You get, well, [[XMeetsY the unholy fusion]] of turian [[Series/TwentyFour Jack Bauer]] and the [[ThereWasADoor Kool-Aid Man.]]"

* "Then Kal’Reegar came around the corner opposite the Scrin, having gained half his bodyweight in gun."

** Even better, they [[BeyondTheImpossible keep going like that for a while, dodging Scrin fire like madmen.]] Sadly, [[spoiler: RealityEnsues, and they are killed by a Gunwalker, but not before they see a GDI Orca take out the Gunwalker. Their badassery is solidified when the last words of the C-Sec gunner are "We won" and the Orca Pilot calls them the "ballsiest C-Sec officers she'd ever seen."]]

--->[[spoiler: [[HeartwarmingMoments I'm going to find out who those people were]], she promised. Goddamned heroes.]]

** Even better, they [[BeyondTheImpossible keep going like that for a while, dodging Scrin fire like madmen.]] Sadly, [[spoiler: RealityEnsues, and they are killed by a Gunwalker, but not before they see a GDI Orca take out the Gunwalker. Their badassery is solidified when the last words of the C-Sec gunner is "We won" and the Orca Pilot calls them the "ballsiest C-Sec officers she'd ever seen."]]
--->[[spoiler: I'm going to find out who those people were, she promised. Goddamned heroes.]]

--->[[spoiler :I'm going to find out who those people were, she promised. Goddamned heroes.]]

** Even better, they [[BeyondTheImpossible keep going like that for a while, dodging Scrin fire like madmen.]] Sadly, [[spoiler: RealityEnsues, and they are killed by a Gunwalker, but not before they see a GDI Orca take out the Gunwalker. Their badassery is solidified when the last words of the C-Sec gunner is "We won" and the Orca Pilot calls them the "ballsiest C-Sec officers she'd ever seen."
--->[[spoiler :I'm going to find out who those people were, she promised. [[ShoutOut Goddamned heroes]].]]

* Two random C-Sec officers in a tiny, lightly-armed aircar witness the Scrin opening fire on civilians. Do they take cover and call for backup? ''Hell no.'' They load some high explosive rounds and open fire on the Scrin in a display of lunatic bravery that gets the amazed approval of both Admiral Parker and Miranda Lawson.

* As [[MindRape disturbing as what happens afterward is]], the entire scene where the turian cruiser Valedictum [[spoiler: is utterly overpowered by the Scrin warship, which casually curbstomps it and takes over its crew]], serves as a stark and impressive display of just how ''powerful'' they are.

* Zaeed, in [[spoiler: his Wolverine mech]], attempts to grab [[spoiler: the Quarians for the Shadow Broker]]. Shepherd is in a Mexican Standoff with him and Jacob's men are too far away. And then [[spoiler: Alenko shows up, lifts his two-ton [=REV12=] in the air with his biotics, and then chucks him out of the room with his bare hands]]. BigDamnHeroes indeed.

* WordOfGod from chapter 7, on Garrus: "As you may have noticed, Garrus is a bit...different. This is kind of what happens when you take someone whose solution to uncontrolled crime and restrictive police procedure was to become Sniper Batman and give him free reign to prosecute crime his way - without providing the baseline sense of restraint that a police force would instill. You get, well, [[XMeetsY the unholy fusion]] of turian [[TwentyFour Jack Bauer]] and the [[ThereWasADoor Kool-Aid Man.]]"

* Zaeed, in [[spoiler: his Wolverine mech]], attempts to grab [[spoiler: the Quarians for the Shadow Broker]]. Shepherd is in a Mexican Standoff with him and Jacob's men are too far away. And then [[spoiler: Alenko shows up, lifts his two-ton [=REV12=] in the air with his biotics, and then chucks him out of the room with his bare hands]]. BigDamnHeroes indeed.

* [[spoiler: Zaeed attempts to grab the Quarians for Saren. Shepherd is in a Mexican Standoff with him and Jacob's men are too far away. And then Alenko shows up and effortlessly owns him. BigDamnHeroes indeed.]]

* Zaeed's approach to a warehouse full of mercenaries. [[spoiler: Blow open the door with a carbomb and then march inside piloting a freaking ''Wolverine'' with guns and grenade launchers blazing.]]