On the effects of mass.

[cmzero]

I'm doing this exercise again, but this time I'm giving you some advance notice: these are my Mass Effect characters. Refrain from asking about actual Mass Effect events (especially as I haven't played ME2 through yet and do not want to be hit with spoilers), but feel free to tailor your questions to your knowledge of the ME universe in general (

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[westmarked]

Favorite and least favorite alien race?

[cmzero]

Dara: All races have their good and bad qualities. To say one is "good" or "bad" is racist talk.

Cole: I'll say elcor for favorite, just because I've never met a rude one. Or one that makes a habit of telling humans how we're a "young, inexperienced race that has so much to learn." Least favorite is a no-brainer: batarans. (Geth aren't a race.)

Brit: Favorite is krogans, honestly. They got a collective bad draw in life, then were used and dropped by a bunch of assholes. Oh how I can relate. Least favorite are the volus, bunch of scheming little snotballs.

Zaku: Asari are best. Friendly, social, and gorgeous. I'm with Cole on the batarans for least favorite; is there such thing as a good bataran? I've never met one.

[westmarked]

What training has each one undergone (class) and how does it reflect on their personality?

[cmzero]

Dara [Soldier] had no biotic skill and couldn't get her head around computers, but through her parent's encouragement she trained physically, and when she signed up, the Alliance was happy to keep her in shape. She sees things as ideals and hates complicated decisions. Also, seeing her opponents face-to-face on the front lines, as well as experiencing frequent losses on her own side, has given her an aversion to taking the violent approach

[westmarked]

Is Zaku related in any way to Duo Maxwell?

[cmzero]

Unlikely; Zaku's colony is a lot farther from Earth. :P

[westmarked]

Also:

They aren't in the same canon, but assume for a moment that they are. Each is paired with another in succession for a series of missions. Which pairings would work and which wouldn't?

[cmzero]

Dara and Cole: This will depend a lot on who is designated as team lead. Dara will ultimately defer to Cole's decisions should the Council put him in charge; she respects their authority more than her own qualms about going in guns blazing rather than talking the opposition down. Cole has no such respect; if it looks like Dara does her "we come in peace" shtick is going bad, he will pull the trigger, no matter what Dara told him before they entered the room. Which is the point where Dara will go back the Council to the effect of "I can't work with this man anymore

[westmarked]

Once you've finished playing though the game at least once and will know, what's the hardest decision each character had (will have) to make? How would making that decision and seeing the results of it change them in the future (i.e. the next game)?

[cmzero]

I have finished my first run (with Dara) so here's what I've got. (I'll try to be vague for the readers who haven't played yet