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Liara and Feron (I think the Illusive Man employed Feron to help Liara). The Shadow Broker had Shepard and was going to give him/her to the collectors. Regardless, the RP would have us as N7 Operatives and we settled on it being between ME1 and ME2 (The first 5 minutes on the Normandy doesn't count, so it's the 2 year gap). That means our possible enemies are Collectors, Geth, Gangs, Shadow Broker, Cerberus, Mercs, and Traitors. Are there any other enemies that we can face?

If we're N7 though, since it's supposed to be a Human Race, we would all have to be Human. Unless we're doing Post ME2, and then we can do Non-Official N7 all races. Then we can also fight Reapers. Thoughts?

I would think about S.P.E.C.T.R.E.S. but you said the characters wouldnt be all that big at the time. If it was a Mercenary group then we could have All races listed. But that would mean actual Missions would come from who? On the other hand it COULD be like Shepards team. N7 operatives contract outside assistance for a time?

Shepard was N7, Spectre, a Commander in the Alliance, and the Captain of the most elite frigate in the galaxy. We could technically....

Do another N7 Leader with various teammates (STG, Spectre, Asari Commando) so long as that N7 isn't overdone. The ship that they're on also can't be another Normandy. It has to be a more downgraded version. And of course, we wouldn't have an A.I.

No AI is a given. N7 and the Council wouldnt allow it anyway since Cerberus did it anyway during ME2. Buuuttt... I wana be an Asari Commando =D

I wouldn't mind being a Turian Spectre. Someone has to make up for Nihlus' Early Death and Saren's Betrayal. Don't think I could be an STG. I think Xanatos would fit that role better. Then again.... I could be a Krogan, lol. Personally, I want to be a Female Turian Spectre. I like the female Turians.

I was very excited to see the Female Turians but to be honest I kind of expected more. The Model seems a bit... odd but I guess as an Alien its to be expected.

lol, what do you mean? She looks like a Turian but with a clear female structure. Krogan's are the disappointing ones. The only female krogan I saw was covered head to toe.

I was just slightly disapointed. X.x

lol, so Fox! *Grabs and shakes* What do you want in the RP? Specifically, what would you like to have in it? There must be some things.

How about an N7 Collaboration, set-up to fight the collectors and the investigate the reapors in the abesnce of Shephered by Admiral Anderson?

So a group of N7 Operatives fighting the collectors and investigating reapers. Investigating Collectors I can go with if it's during ME2 but directly fighting them. And the Reapers are off the table if it's not anything near ME3. Reapers were excused as myth and the Alliance didn't do anything about it. The same for the Council. The Collectors, we can do investigating but...

Ugh, I feel like I'm turning down ideas too much, but I'm trying to remain true to the lore.

Doesn't mean Anderson can't set up a small team and a ship to continue looking into what Shepard and co had uncovered. Square of against Cerberus adn Blue Suns and so on, and maybe invent our own enemies.

Invent our own enemies? O.o

If you invent your own enemies, and such, you take away needing to affect the main plot of Mass Effect because you have created your own, with your own goals and consequences.

Originally posted by Phoenix3068
Ugh, I feel like I'm turning down ideas too much, but I'm trying to remain true to the lore.

You can remain true to the canon and still have creative control on what happens, you don't have to take reports and back story so straight faced, there can be more too it, things can happen in different ways so long as it has the same net result. It is not that hard to stay true to something and still create your own experience that feels like it can affect the galaxy, even if the effect it has is merely something that someone else did, doesn't mean it cannot be us doing it.

If this is going to be so plot limiting, I may back out.

Irritation level high, tolerance level dropping. Is it so bad to want to make an rp that stays true to what happened and doesn't try to just put us in the shoes of what someone else did. Preferably, I would like to not touch the games at all and do a prequel that touches on a Cerberus Offensive against Batarian pirates or an aftermath of Mass Effect 3; The Krogan are trying to take their revenge wit Wreav at the head and the council races have to fight back. I would even love to do what fox said with mercenaries or do another frigate with its own leader. I just don't want to mess with content that's already been established namely; killing off Shepard in our own way, taking someones place on what they did in game, or making something happen at a time that contradicts the info from the game (Dealing with Reapers directly 2 years before they even arrive). Ugh.. Headache. If someone else wants to lead it, they can do whatever they want with it. Maybe I'm just the problem and I shouldn't be a part of it.

Not at all :0 if you set it up we'll go for it how ever we can, and the great thing about Unhosted is that no one person is incharge of the plot. Otherwise, this is/will be a Hosted game.

And Phoe, please don't be so hard on yourself.

Heres an idea, remember that the survivors of the Normandy would have reported that strange rock-ship beam thing, maybe we are a team that are investigating that initially, but the trail runs cold, and then we are given other assignments.

We could always tie that in with a character flaw that leads to a huge battle. From there, it could give us a functional antagonist. Would you be okay if I turned it into a...

Multi-Species investigation turned battle for survival/escape? Just for the beginning at least.

That is what i was trying to get to something akin to that anyway... yay I am cool with that. In terms of creating our own enemies, it's a big galaxy, and there is more in there than merc groups on Omega and the Shadow broker's spies, pirates etc. there is plenty we can still work with.

Sorry, I throw so much at you.

I have a good idea for an unhosted roleplay but I am not sure if I could be a unhosted rp? It sounds silly........