- Mass Effect
- "My god. What happened here?" Richard L. Jenkins
- "Wasn't expecting to find the Geth here. The situation's bad." Nihlus Kryik
- "It... it wants me to stop you, but... I--I won't. I... I won't!" Fai Dan
- "So be it. If this is the fate you feel I deserve, then I will not resist." Shiala, if you choose to execute her
- "This...this will likely be the last time you hear from me. Cerberus is hunting me now. I need to go into hiding before they find me." Admiral Kahoku
- "What? No, please!" Chorban, if you choose to kill him
- "Who's the real terrorist here?" Ka'hairal Balak, if you choose to go after him and outright kill him.
- "Just kill me. Get it over with." Ka'hairal Balak, if you choose to wound him first before killing him.
- "You talk the talk. Let's see if you can walk after I break your legs" Kaira Stirling, if you choose to fight her
- "Well I don't need a gun to rip you apart!" Kaira Stirling, alternate line.
- "Anoleis, if I don't report in, the Board will figure it out! Put the weapon d—" Gianna Parisini, if you rat her out to Anoleis
- "I said, I'm not losing this job!" Anoleis, if you rat Gianna out to him
- "No light? They always said there would be - ah..." Matriarch Benezia
- "No more talk, Shepard. I have to do this my way." Urdnot Wrex, if Ashley decides to kill him.
- "You bastard / bitch." Urdnot Wrex, if you signal for Ashley to kill him.
- "This base can't be destroyed. I won't allow it." Urdnot Wrex, if you kill him yourself.
- "It's all right, Commander. I don't regret a thing." either Kaidan or Ashley
- "They...closed the channel." the captain of the Destiny Ascension, if you abandon the Council to die
- "Goodbye, Shepard. Thank you." Saren Arterius, if you can convince him to commit suicide.
- "I am Sovereign, and this station IS MINE!" Sovereign
- Mass Effect 2
- "It can't be! Stealth systems are engaged, there's no way a Geth ship could possibly—" Navigator Pressly
- "The Normandy's lost! Going down with the ship won't change that!" Commander Shepard, although s/he gets resurrected later.
- "The Normandy's dead! Just like us if we stay here!" Commander Shepard, alternate dialogue. Also resurrected later.
- "Miranda? But, you were—!" Wilson. (Miranda: "—Dead?")
- "Like I thought. Kill them all!" The Batarian hostage-taker, in the Renegade playthrough.
- "If you want something done properly... alright, let's see you handle this, Archangel! Go!" Jaroth.
- "Watch my back. I'll deal with Archangel!" Garm
- "ARCHANGEL! YOU THINK YOU CAN SCREW WITH THE BLUE SUNS?! THIS ENDS NOW!" Tarak
- "I do the hard things civil governments are unwilling to! This is for the good of the galaxy!" Warden Kuril
- "I've got nothing more to say to you. If you—!" Eclipse Mercenary, in the event of a Renegade interrupt. (Shepard: "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... Who...?" Nassana Dantius, right before Thane kills her.
- "Screw that, bastard, and screw you!" Elnora, in the event of a Renegade interrupt
- "Screw that, bitch!" Elnora, if your Shepard is female and you take the Renegade Interrupt.
- "Jacob!" Ronald Taylor, if you decide not to have him arrested.
- "Half a clip? You've seen the mad ones, Jacob. This won't stop them." Ronald Taylor, if you choose to give him a pistol.
- "See, the human cannot hit a simple target!" The Weyrloc Clanspeaker, in the event of a Renegade interrupt
- "You can't face the truth, can you? You can't admit that your brilliant mind led you to create an atrocity—!" Maelon, on Mordin's loyalty mission... unless a Paragon interrupt is used
- "Your head's valuable whether you're alive or dead!" Gatatog Uvenk
- "An ill wind blows upon Wasea, captain of the Eclipse sisters! After me!" Niftu "Biotic god" Cal, if you let him go after Wasea.
- "At least I can take pleasure in turning your head into a pulpy mass!" Wasea, if you kill her early in the fight
- "And they call me a monster!" Morinth, if killed in Samara's loyalty mission
- "You will regret your choice." Samara, if killed in her loyalty mission
- "Jona, if you get this, be strong for Daddy. Mommy loves you very much!" a quarian researcher on the Alarei
- "Make sure Han'Gerrel and Daro'Xen see the data. They must -" Admiral Rael'Zorah
- "Zaeed, please! I'm gonna die here, man, do something!" Vido Santiago, in Zaeed's loyalty mission, Renegade path.
- "SHEPARD!!!" Zaeed Massani, if left to die on his loyalty mission
- "Don't you dare judge me. Don't...you..." Tela Vasir
- "No. We cannot." Dr. Amanda Kenson
- "All you had to do was stay asleep. None of this had to happen." Dr. Amanda Kenson, if you take the Renegade interrupt
- (During the Suicide Mission)
- "Got it!" Whoever was sent through the ventilation shaft, excluding Legion
- "Complete." Legion, if he was sent through the ventilation shaft
- "There were too many. Lost my shields. Suit ruptures... too many... Keelah se'lai." Tali'Zorah
- "Sorry, Shepard. Tell them... I held the line." Mordin Solus
- "Too many... Tore me up. How'd you talk me into this? Heh... I wasn't supposed to care." Jack
- "Too many of them...I knew I'd get hit on this job. I was too happy...too happy with you." Jack, if male Shepard pursued a romance with her.
- "Gave them hell, but... Shields dropped. Good fight, Shepard. Good fight." Grunt
- "Barriers overwhelmed. Auto-saving. Archival upload commencing. No carrier. No carrier. No carrier. No—" Legion
- "Figured it might end something like this." Zaeed Massani
- "At least I got the others through..." Samara
- "There were too many, but I got them through. You guys finish up for me, all right?" Jacob Taylor
- "Sorry, Shepard. Won't be with you at the end. Snipe one for me, would you?" Garrus Vakarian
- "There were too many. Shields couldn't hold up." Thane Krios
- "I hear it, a sea. You look beautiful, my siha." Thane Krios, if female Shepard pursued a romance with him.
- "Sorry, Shep ... There were too many of them ... I did what I could." Kasumi Goto
- "Joker - tell them. You've got to warn them. More are coming... Joker - go." Commander Shepard, if you get the worst ending.
- Mass Effect 3
- "You want to see how a human dies? At ramming speed." Emily Wong, in the promotional twitter feed.
- "You can't help me." The little boy on Earth
- "Orders?" Dr. Eva Core
- "You may be delayed." Zymandis (the indoctrinated hanar diplomat).
- "Got it! Upload's disabled. Looks like we're in the... wait, he's got some kind of failsafe. Get down!" Kasumi Goto, if she wasn't loyal in Mass Effect 2. Maybe.
- "Thanks, Shepard. Honor to work with you." Jondum Bau, if Kasumi died or was not recruited in Mass Effect 2 and you choose to save the hanar homeworld.
- "It was good seeing you again, Commander." General Septimus Oraka, if you choose to order his assassination
- "Victory... at any cost." Lieutenant Tarquin Victus
- "It's Kalros!" Urdnot Wreav OR Jorgul Thurak, depending on if Wrex is still alive.
- "My xenoscience studies range from urban to agrarian, I am the very model of—" Mordin Solus, if he cures the genophage.
- "Genophage cured. Krogan freed. New beginning... for all of us." Mordin Solus, alternate
- "No, not... Not ready..." Mordin Solus, if you shoot him in the back.
- "For eternity." Padok Wiks, if he cures the genophage.
- "Of course you do. And somewhere deep in the fabric of reality, that choice will be remembered for eternity." Padok Wiks, if you shoot him in the back.
- "Then...we embrace the silence." The Rachni Queen, if you leave her to die
- "KILL THEM! KILL THEM ALL!" The Rachni Breeder, if you leave her to die
- "My turn." Grunt, if he wasn't loyal to you in Mass Effect 2.
- "Time to die." Urdnot Dagg, if Grunt died or was not recruited in Mass Effect 2.
- "I mean Udina. He's staging a coup! He's got the other councilors with him right now to hand over to Cerberus!" Councilor Valern, if both Thane and Kirrahe died in previous games.
- "I mean Udina. He's staging a coup. The other councilors are walking into a trap." Councilor Esheel, if both Thane and Kirrahe died in previous games, and the original Council died.
- "We flushed out the assassin...now get him." Major Kirrahe, if he sacrifices himself to save the Salarian Councilor.
- "I had to take a stand, Shepard. You taught me that." Ashley Williams, if you can't talk her down from defending Udina.
- "So were... you. I hope the Reapers... send you to hell." Ashley Williams, if you neglected her. Her response to Shepard saying, "He (Udina) was with Cerberus."
- "Man couldn't defend himself. Shepard... I..." Kaidan Alenko, if you can't talk him down from defending Udina.
- "Better... better than killing the wrong man." Kaidan Alenko, if you neglected him. His response to Shepard saying he stood up for the wrong man.
- "To hell with this!" Councilor Donnel Udina
- "We don't have time to debate this. We're dead if we stay out here. I'm overriding the lock." Councilor Donnel Udina, if you cannot talk Ashley/Kaidan into standing down.
- "Kolyat...you speak as the priests do...you've been spending time with them..." Thane Krios
- "Shepard... did I help?" Conrad Verner, if you didn't do Jenna's sidequest in the first game.
- "Hell of a fight, Shepard. Should've seen it." Zaeed Messani, if he wasn't loyal to you in Mass Effect 2.
- "I am the highest ranking military officer left in the Hegemony, and I can't save my people. But I can end you." Ka'hairal Balak, if you choose to kill him.
- "God be with you, Commander. He was never with me." Dr. Gavin Archer, if he is Driven to Suicide.
- "We...are NOT...your slaves!" Rila
- "My daughters. You were all so much stronger than I believed." Samara, if you don't take the Paragon interrupt.
- "Isn't losing my family enough?" Falere, if you take the Renegade interrupt.
- "Then I go to join my sister." Falere, if Samara died in Mass Effect 2 and you take the Renegade interrupt.
- "Tell Jona his father made it to the homeworld." Dorn'Hazt vas Rannoch
- "Do what I could not. Save my people from themselves." Admiral Zaal'Koris vas Qwib Qwib, if you choose to save his crew.
- "Finish your war...we will be waiting." The Reaper Destroyer on Rannoch
- "Shepard-Commander. I must go to them. I'm sorry. It's the only way. Thank you." Legion, if you choose the geth over the quarians.
- "Shepard-Commander. Our skepticism was misplaced. Thank you." Legion's geth VI replacement, if you choose the geth over the quarians.
- "Tali'Zorah... does this... unit... have..." Legion, if you choose the quarians over the geth.
- "No. We will not let you decide our fate. Uploading the code." Legion, if you choose the quarians over the geth and Tali is dead.
- "We were correct to distrust organics. Uploading the code. The Geth VI, if you choose the quarians over the geth.
- "I know, Tali. But thank you. Keelah se'lai." Legion, if you save both the quarians and the geth.
- "Denied. All ships, full barrage!" Admiral Han'Gerrel vas Neema, if you choose the geth over the quarians.
- "Escape pods not responding. All hands, prepare for impact." Captain Kar'Danna vas Rayya, if you choose the geth over the quarians.
- "I'm sorry." Tali'Zorah vas Normandy, if you choose the geth over the quarians.
- "No! No..." Admiral Shala'Raan vs Tonbay, if Tali died in Mass Effect 2 and you choose the geth over the quarians.
- "I know... what... you... did... Shepard!" Urdnot Wrex, if you sabotaged the genophage cure.
- "Where's Shepard? Did s/he make it—Oh, god! A Reaper!" Lieutenant Kurin
- "Hadley, do you have the data?" Dr Garret Bryson, Leviathan
- "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!! [...] Turn back. The darkness cannot be breached." Derek Hadley, before falling into a vegetative state.
- "Turn back!" The fake Dr Garneau, Leviathan
- "But... this is murder..." 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?" Shepard Clone, if you kill him/her, Citadel
- "For what?" Shepard Clone, if you offer to save his/her life, Citadel
- "Admit it Commander, you'll miss me." Maya Brooks, if you don't take the Paragon Interrupt, Citadel
- "Now put down the gun and step aside. Oriana has already been through enough. Henry Lawson, if you don't convince him to let Oriana go.
- "What?" Henry Lawson, alternate.
- "Alright. Take her. But I want out alive. Deal?" Henry Lawson, if you convince him to let Oriana go.
- "Let me go!" Oriana Lawson, if Miranda died in Mass Effect 2 and you don't take the Renegade interrupt.
- "Good...I just...wish...we could've..." Miranda Lawson, if you don't warn her about Kai Leng.
- "Finish this. You...promise...me..." Miranda Lawson, if romanced in 2.
- "Even if you win, you're too late to stop what's coming!" Kai Leng
- "Damn it, I'm hit!" Steve Cortez, if you didn't romance/become friendly with him.
- "Where's the air support? We need--" An asari officer on Earth
- "There...Earth. I wish you could see it like I do, Shepard. It's so... perfect." The Illusive Man
- "I tried, Shepard." The Illusive Man, if you can convince him to commit suicide.
- "You did good, son/child. You did good. I'm proud of you." Admiral David Anderson
- "Let's get this over with." Commander Shepard, in the "Control", "Synthesize", and low-EMS "Destroy" endings of the Extended Cut.
- "I fight for freedom. Mine and everyone's. I fight for the right to choose our own fate. And if I die, I'll die knowing that I did everything I could to stop you. And I'll die free." Commander Shepard, if you choose the Extended Cut "Refusal" Ending.
- Mass Effect: Andromeda:
- "There's still hope for your mother..." Alec Ryder
- "I thank you too. I see you begin to understand the gift the kett bring to all Andromeda." The Cardinal, if you kill her after freeing the captive angara
- "No!" The Cardinal, if you destroy the exaltation facility
- "I'll take those terms." Sloane Kelly, if you don't save her from Reyes
- "Noooooo..." Araone, if you let Drack drop him
- "Please, I don't want to die." Kalinda, if you shoot her
- "I couldn't leave my people— I had to try. And now, I think it's over. From one Pathfinder to another... farewell. Raeka out." Pathfinder Raeka, if you save Drack's scouts instead of her
- "All hands brace! And it's been an honor to ser—" Captain Nozomi Dunn, if you didn't recruit all the Pathfinders
- "This is not the end! I still have the network!" The Archon
- Mass Effect: Revelation:
- "You humans have a lot to learn about my people. A pity you won't live to tell them." Skarr
- "You need me. You need my research. My expertise. Without me you'll never understand it. Never figure out how to unlock its power. I'm essential to the project!" Shu Qian
- "You're not going to throw away three years of groundwork just so you can have the satisfaction of shooting me." Edan Had'dah, right before learning that Saren is a very patient man.
- Mass Effect: Ascension:
- "We're almost out of time. We can't wait for the others." Golo
- Mass Effect Inquisition:
- "Nobody decides my fate but me! Nobody!" Executor Pallin
- Mass Effect Evolution:
- "Desolas!" Ben Hislop
- "Leave me Jack, I'm done for. Save Ben." Eva Coré
- "What... are you saying, Saren?" Desolas Arterius
- Mass Effect Invasion:
- "Petrovsky, what are you going to do?" Colonel Ashe
- Mass Effect Homeworlds:
- "That Citadel VI said there's a med clinic in the upper wards. Go for it. It's your only chance. I think... I'll just sit here a while." Keenah'Breizh vas Honorata
- Mass Effect Foundation:
- "You found a way to survive here alone. You were even able to track me to Roth's place and sneak in. Somehow, I think you can manage to find a way off this rock. Without me. Good luck, boy." Brooks the mercenary
- "Finish what you started, boy!" Vyrnnus
- "Little bird, I'll always love you. Nothing can change that. But you have to live. Please go—" Keiji Okuda
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