i don’t know how many people know this but clearly not everyone reads up on easter eggs like it’s a goddamn profession so
the citadel council in mass effect is shaped like a reaper (or like a leviathan)
and the citadel is located in the serpent nebula which looks like this
And what really overcooks my pasta? The Reapers probably didn’t do the station design. The keepers are the ones who constantly build and improve the station. I’m sure somebody’s tried to improve that chamber before – it’s obviously a good spot for Important Meetings, but all those little side-cubbies are a security risk. Too easy for assassins to hide out in, no clear sight-lines for firing, etc. But we know why no new designs ever took. One of the randos on the Citadel in the first game complains that the keepers won’t let the newcomers put in new bulkheads without “fixing” them to comply with whatever the keepers’ design is.
The keepers. Who were probably an intelligent, independent species before the Reapers fucked with them. Who, with the help of a handful of dying Prothean scientists, were the linchpin of this cycle’s resistance, because they stopped responding to the Reapers’ signal. Did the Protheans really do that? Or did they just give the keepers an excuse?
This, Recruits, is a 20-kilo ferrous slug. Feel the weight! Every five seconds, the main gun on an Everest-class dreadnought accelerates one to one-point-three percent of light speed. It impacts with the force of a 38-kiloton bomb. That is three times the yield of the city-buster dropped on Hiroshima back on Earth That means: Sir Isaac Newton is the deadliest son-of-a-bitch in space!
There’s only so much fight in a person. Only so much death you can take before you–
Before your friend picks you up, dusts you off, and tells you you’re the best damn soldier he’s ever met. Every fight we’ve seen could’ve been our last. Every bullet we dodged could’ve been the one. Odds don’t matter anymore. This fight has always been ours to finish.
I want you to know that no matter what happens, you’ve been a champion to the krogan people, a friend of Clan Urdnot, and a sister to me. To every krogan born after this day, the name “Shepard” will mean “hero”.
Had to be me. Someone else might’ve gotten it wrong.
I’ve never been part of a team. I’m learning the virtues of facing death with others at your side.
Thank you, Shepard. You gave me purpose. Now let’s find something big to kill.
Our scepticism was misplaced. Thank you.
Thank you, Commander. For letting the last voice of the Protheans speak. It has been a privilege.
Almost thought you weren’t going to make it, Shepard. Glad I was wrong.
Shepard, when this mess is over, drinks are on me. Be safe out there.
You know, I’m not sure that I’ve been wrong about Cerberus … but I’ve been wrong about you. I need you to know that I’ll never doubt you again. I’ve got your back.
It’s been an honour serving with you, Shepard.
Getting you to the ground alive is a responsibility I wouldn’t trust to anyone else.
I came on this ship firmly believing humanity was on its own in the galaxy. Shepard brought all these aliens on board, and there’s no way we could have accomplished what we did without them. I am proud to say I’d die for any member of this crew, regardless of what world they were born on.
This wasn’t a victory by a single fleet, a single army, or even a single species. If this war has taught us anything, it is that we are at our strongest when we work together.
Can’t wait to see what the hell you make us do next. It’s been a good ride.
You did good, child. You did good. I’m proud of you.
Captain-Radioactive-Mentality 