History TearJerker / MassEffectAndromeda

* More like fridge tear jerker here, but there is only one race from the Milky Way Galaxy that is not part of the Andromeda Initiative: the batarians. Not only are they not part of the Initiative, the only mentioning that they get is an insignificant solar system named after one of their explorers. Since slavery is mentioned as being part of their culture, many would have jumped at the chance to join the Initiative to get away from that. While the krogan [[spoiler: and possibly the quarians]] will get a second chance in Andromeda, the batarians are most likely doomed, regardless of whether or not Shepard succeeded in stopping the Reapers, since they almost completely wiped out in the beginning of the Reaper invasion.

* What happens to Danny Messer. Initially a bright-eyed defrostee, ready and willing to take on Eos, he's attacked by everything the planet throws at him; the bugs, the Remnant, the kett. Eventually, he decides he's fed up of it, and transfers to Kadara. It's eventually possible to find him at The Paradise on Elaaden, completely drunk.

-->''Mommy says I have to be brave. I don't want to be brave I want to be a farmer'' (sic)

-->''Mommy says I have to be brave. I don't want to be brave I want to be a farmer'' (sic)
* In a meta sense: The sudden news that EA has frozen the series and downgraded the team to a support role is a ''crushing'' blow for fans, since it means that there will not likely to be any new content in the forseeable future. Compounding that is that literally the day before, the team [[HopeSpot rolled out a new patch]] that fixed a lot of gameplay issues AND added a much-requested new weapon to the single and multiplayer, and left a lot of fans hopeful that DLC would be announced soon.

** It can get worse: She's nothing but friendly towards Ryder, aside from when what happens to her sisters comes up. If you manage to screw up looking for evidence on Knight's deeds (which takes some doing), she along with the others in the room ''will'' turn on Ryder and cannot be talked down. It's enough to make you feel like an utter bastard for having screwed up so badly.

* You can talk to a young turian woman who is a part of an anti-AI group and find that her reason for hating AI is absolutely heartbreaking. She used to live on the citadel with her two young sisters when the geth attacked and the little girls were found [[AdultFear impaled together on a geth spike while they walked to school.]] You'd have to be heartless to blame her for hating all AI after hearing that.

** If Vetra and Peebee are on the Nomad together, Vetra will admit that she's bothered by some of Peebee's tales of her wild and rebellious youth, since Vetra didn't get to have any sort of fun in her childhood.

* The entire plight of the angara, on Voeld and in general. [[spoiler: They don't remember a time without way against the Kett and they've lost all their historical records and stories except for a handful of stories and myths. They don't even know how first contact with the Kett went. Voeld's missions are filled with sacrifice, massacres, loss, vengeance and desperation. And thats before you consider what the Kett actually are.]]

* During your trip around Elaaden, you will eventually come upon an anomaly which is a clue to [spoiler] the Turian Arc's situation. Unfortunately it comes in the form of several jettisoned stasis pods which you have the scan. Each contains their own sad story of Turians who died never seeing the galaxy they had finally reached. You get to discover one Turian with cardiac problems who insisted on taking the journey anyway but died from said health problems being triggered by the arcs emergency, an old man, a female turian who went into a coma in her pod and [i]starved[/i] to death and even a dead Turian child. The game then twists the knife by letting you find one pod that is still active, only to discover that the inhabitant is dead inside just like the others.[/spoiler]

* Avitus Rix holds on to the hope Pathfinder Macen is still alive because he's second in the succession and had Macen died, the Turian SAM would've passed to him. He is also Macen's lover. It turns out Macen IS dead - he died as SAM was transferring to Avitus. Which broke SAM and halted the process. Avitus is freaked out to discover this, unwilling to take SAM over without Ryder convincing him that it's what Macen wanted.

* Bring Jaal along on the mission to [[spoiler:what Ryder thinks is Meridian, and he gets a unique cutscene on learning about the angaran origin, where he goes right to the verge of a HeroicBSOD. He doesn't succumb, but he's definitely in a state of shock, even feeling the need to try and get in touch with the Moshae for support.]]

* Bit of a Fridge Tearjerker, but the Quarians that joined the Initiative not only gave up on the idea of ever seeing their homeworld again, but they left just years before Rannoch was reclaimed from the geth. [[spoiler: Or they missed the extermination of their people by the geth, and the whole Reaper war, so might be a push.]]

--> '''Ryder''': Respect on deck.

** Between conversations you can have with the Moshae and the few angara on Aya who remember first contact with the Kett, it gets even more depressing. These are an open, emotional people, who were excited to make first contact, particularly after the damage done to their culture and worlds by the Scourge. [[WeComeInPeaceShootToKill The Kett lulled them into a false sense of security and trust before turning on them.]] Now imagine how amazing it would have been if the Initiative could have arrived and met the angara without that betrayal souring things. [[spoiler: Of course, the outlaws on Kadara might have ruined it for us anyway.]]

* The entire plight of the [[spoiler: Angaran's on Voeld and in general. They don't remember a time without way against the Kett and they've lost all their historical records and stories except for a handful of stories and myths. They don't even know how first contact with the Kett went. Voeld's missions are filled with sacrifice, massacres, loss, vengeance and desperation. And thats before you consider what the Kett actually are.]]

* The entire plight of the [[spoiler: Angaran's on Voeld and in general. They don't remember a time without way against the Kett and they've lost all their historical records and stories except for a handful of stories and myths. They don't even know how first contact with the Kett went. Voeld's missions are filled with sacrifice, massacres, loss, vengeance and desperation. And thats before you consider the FridgeLogic behind what the Kett actually are.]]

-->'''Peebee:''' ''(audibly tearful)'' Let's... go shoot many things.

* The last audio log unlocked on Alec Ryder's computer. [[spoiler: There's a series of transmissions sent from the Milky Way during the Reaper invasion. One of them is from Liara, who says she's with a brave crew trying to find a weapon that will help them defeat the Reapers, but if they don't, to remember them and tell the Andromeda settlers about the Milky Way and what they were. Then she signs off, on behalf of the Normandy SR-2.]]

* The first team meeting after colonizing Eos. Rider's inexperience clearly shows, and Cora is the only one who actually acknowledges their authority. It's clear they're insecure.

* The first team meeting after colonizing Eos. Rider's inexperience clearly shows, and Cora is the only one who actually acknowledges teir authority. It's clear they're insecure.

* Avitus Rix holds on to the hope Pathfinder Macen is still alive because he's second in the succession and had Macen died, the Turian SAM would've passed to him. He is also Macen's lover. It turns out Macen IS dead - he died as SAM was transferring to Avitus. Which broke SAM and halted the process. Avitus is freaked out to discover this, unwilling to take SAM over without Ryder convincing him that it's what Macen wanted.

* Avitus Rix holds on to the hope Pathfinder Macen is still alive because he's second in the succession and had Macen died, the Turian SAM would've passed to him. He is also Macen's lover. It turns out Macen IS dead - he died as SAM was transferring to Avitus.

%%* Alright boys and girls... who wants to add in what ways the Hellus cluster, and by extension the Andromada galaxy itself is so depressing?