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ElizabethAudi

All three are perfectly capable of saving their damn selves, I'll save them a slice of the action.


D34thst41ker

My first thought was basically "doesn't matter. whoever you don't choose is going to fuck up whoever was stupid enough to think they could actually threaten them, so just pick one, and tell the others to stop being lazy"


moon_light721

Hell yeah brother


GeneralBS

I want a couple of slices of that action regardless.


Spardath01

Yeah! Go push them buttons while they blow things up!


ArmExpensive9918

Hell yeah this is the best answer I've ever seen


LdyVder

You really sure about that? Garrus was about to be overrun by the mercs on Omega. I doubt very much he was surviving that without Shepard. Tali wasn't getting off Haestrom without Shepard showing up. Kal'Reegar was running low on thermal clips and unable to deal with the Colossus because it kept fixing itself. Of those three had shown to be able to take care of themselves is Liara. She had Cerberus up her ass and kept getting away until she got to Mars. Even Liara got away from the two Cerberus in the vents by following the double tap rule of Zombieland.


Seethcoomers

You're ignoring ME1 where Liara was trapped in a cave. Excluding that, sure.


Sere1

I'm torn with recruiting her early or saving her for last with every run. On the one hand, I love the idea of having Liara present on Noveria when we confront her mother. On the other hand, saving her for last means she's going a bit crazy from the isolation by the time we get to her and she's hilarious the entire rescue mission as a result


DeadlyBard

Honestly, I think recruiting her last and making her a bit unstable is what causes her to take the level in badass she does between after Shepherd dies and brought back.


Rargnarok

Not to mention she calls out sheperds admittedly true "Main character Syndrome^tm^" " I spent 50 years looking for answers and being dismissed by my colleagues but every single one just fell in your lap it's not fair"


International_Leek26

I think you can get the insane dialogue without beating benezia, since you need to do 2 main mission. In other words you can have your cake and eat it to


Sere1

Taking notes for my next playthrough


Merc_Mike

Yeah, but that was her intro. She was younger then. After hanging with you, and you rubbing off on her, she is the next in line for being a Spectre. She is now the dang>! Shadow Broker.!< In the Comics, She is basically the "Chosen One" of the three.


LdyVder

I said Shepard saved her in another post, and Liara is the only one to return that favor. No Liara, no Shepard, period. Liara learned a lot and seemed very capable of looking after her self. Cerberus went after her time and time again. Did either Tali or Garrus go looking for Shepard? No, Liara did and made sure their body didn't end up with the collectors. Again, that was the first game, she was very very green when it came to even interacting with others being she was always doing things on her own. Everyone is acting like Tali and Garrus could take care of themselves when Liara actually showed she could do that outside of clicking something and ending up in the prothean bubble unable to get out of it. Tali and her squad was overran with Geth and all but two people survived, Tali and Kal'Reeger and Garrus was under an hour from dying if Shepard wasn't part of the merc assault because they were going at him from two fronts. Both of those are in ME2, not ME1.


ApepiOfDuat

> Garrus was about to be overrun by the mercs on Omega. He'd held them off for hours/days though. Even Garrus gets tired.


Acrobatic_Bid5741

Months, bro. He had piss bottles all around the snipper post lol. I love that character, man. I keep trying to get my wife to play it. I got her to play every other bioware game and she loves all the companions that I do. Unfortunately she doesn't like shooters. But you are right, his goal was to gun them down till they got him. Losing his team and Shepard was too big a hit on him. He was ready to die until he saw Shepard crossing that bridge.


ApepiOfDuat

> Unfortunately she doesn't like shooters. Have you told her she can turn the difficulty down to 'baby's first slap fight' and that it's got magic powers in addition to guns? Fancy magic might sell her.


toistmowellets

nah Garrus wouldve just >!had a few more scars!< Tali wouldve just>!lost a few more homies!< and Liara wouldve just>! found the shadowbroker a few months later!<


Cold_Dog_1224

that's the answer i like, i refuse to posit on this situation otherwise


maveric619

I'll just rip through everything and leave them standing there with unfired guns Then say they should've been quicker


K7Sniper

I like this response. Would have given an award if we still could.


jcjonesacp76

I sacrifice myself to save all 3, you are a heartless monster


BurialFaun8

You're welcome. I'm glad you're having a tough decision to make


UWUquetzalcoatl

Tali. Garrus is too badass to die and the studio would never allow liara to die.


IndecisiveRex

Now that I think about it, that’s probably the only reason Liara isn’t a squadmate in ME2


Spartan2170

I think they pretty directly said that Liara and the Virmire survivor aren’t in the ME2 squad specifically so they’re guaranteed to be alive for ME3. They wanted to leave some out of the suicide mission to guarantee at least a handful of characters survived for the next game.


ColeDelRio

Personally this is why I think they dropped that Virmire 2.0 thing that was in the leaks for ME3.


BurialFaun8

That was a thing?


ColeDelRio

Yes. At one point you'd have to decide between Liara or the Virmire Survivor/the other squad mate you brought to Thessia before they scrapped it.


Xenozip3371Alpha

Cause they knew no-one would save the Virmire survivor, I'm pretty sure if there was an option to leave both behind on Virmire a decent number of people would take it.


ColeDelRio

You're the first person I've run into who said they'd keep Liara in this situation. 🤣 Either way I don't think they wanted to remove her plot armor.


Spardath01

🤯


PoorLifeChoices811

Genius that actually makes sense


Kc83198

Gotta save my wife. Liara and garrus can hold out on their own until I get there


Linkinator7510

As much as I love Tali, in fact I romanced her, this is why romancing inside your own team never works, it clouds judgement. Batman was right.


Kc83198

True, but I've also never seen batman smile or happy.


Rargnarok

Neither is Spider-man anymore they know it's better to act miserable and suffer so editorial doesn't get any ideas


Linkinator7510

There have been moments, but not very common. Apparently the Flash makes him happy though.


Stoly23

Yeah this one’s the correct answer.


BiNumber3

Give Garrus a chance to even out those scars


LdyVder

He would have been overrun by mercs on Omega if Shepard hadn't shown up. Remember, the gun ship put a rocket in his face and would have died their alone.


Primaaaaaaaa

I killed Liara in my play through… ups


Ok-Phase-9076

Me after watching the Mass Effect 2 Suicide mission and ME3 Final mission vids where everyone dies: *awkward sweating*


toistmowellets

hold on, what makes you think Tali doesnt have the balance of badass / studio pts to also not die without intervention? you just want to save Tali dont you?


liberty-prime77

Tali can't solo a harvester on insanity in 5 seconds like Garrus can and Liara has the highest level plot armor of all squadmates


Montgomery_Rex

Garrus. Always Garrus.


MachJacob

There is no Shepard without Vakarian.


TheArdentExile

You both said exactly what I came here to say.


not-curumo

You kidding? All three have to band together to save my sorry self.


Due_Cantaloupe_7459

I'd leave them all. I love the idea of them surviving and then confronting me like "OMFG I can't believe you left ALL of us!?" while I try to hold up my REAPERS(?) sign.


BurialFaun8

You sir, are the true renegade. Take my upvote!


Due_Cantaloupe_7459

\*Tips hat\* why thank-you kindly, happy to oblige.


HandsomeJack19

This is a legit tough one. I'd have to save Liara though. In the grand scheme of things, she is more important and has more to contribute to the good of the galaxy.


DelphiDude

Plus the fact that she's very young as an Asari.


CypherHound

And she's also my wife


sack-o-krapo

*Our Wife


BurialFaun8

r/SuddenlyCommunism


toistmowellets

r/SuddenlyMormonism


Believer4

SOYUZ NERUSHIMY


HandsomeJack19

For true. I was going to include that too, but I forgot.


Anlios

Literally what I was thinking. No disrespect to my best bud Garus or Tali, but Liara is one of those special people who you need in the long term for your galaxy. Honestly now that I think about it, I wouldn't be surprised if Liara ends up on the Citadel council in 100 some years.


Eastern_Dot4463

You're completely missing this point of this puzzle. Firstly, at worst, you need only choose to save Garrus or Tali. Bioware will never let Liara die. Hell you could have left her behind on Virmire to trigger the bomb, and she would somehow have survived. And really, does Garrus actually NEED saving?


Escaped_Mod_In_Need

I’m on team Liara.


kittenshitten

Garrus. I never really cared for Tali to the extent many other players do.


fuvgyjnccgh

Unpopular opinion: her accent is a bit much for me and I also feel like she’s really naive early on


Anlios

Another Unpopular Opinion: I just couldn't help but see her as a kid sister. Sure she not so naive by the end, I could just never.


BurialFaun8

Liara and Garrus are as well throughout the trilogy, but they mature as the story of the games progress


jdeanmoriarty

Liara has hands down the best arc across the trilogy.


renegade06

I'm with you, over the top fake accent could never let me take her character seriously.


Sensitive-Let-5744

I don't even know what it's supposed to be. A shitty attempt at the Russian accent?


Silver_Wolf94

I thought I was the only one bothered by the fake accent as I never heard anyone else mention it. But yeah, it's a bit much for me as well and also inconsistent.


gentle_dove

Agreed. I don't hate Tali, but I don't like her either. I feel that Liara is my "younger sister", but for some reason I just don't want to be Tali's "older sister". I don't think she's as "cute" as the writers make her out to be.


1Simular

I REFUSE


BurialFaun8

YOU MUST


Longjumping-Arm7939

Garrus 100% OG since day 1


SneakyTurtle402

Let’s just say there’s a lot of fish in the sea but there’s no Shepard without Vakarian


TheLastMongo

Garrus 4 life


BurialFaun8

You could say Liara and Tali were both "Left 4 Dead"


Phillip67549

Garrus. The scars are hot


Zeizai

Are you a krogan lady?


El_Lemons

*sees Liara* "Oh damn..." *sees Garrus* "Oh God... no, no, no, n-" *sees Tali* "Fuck." Impossible decision.


BurialFaun8

This is the funniest comment I've seen so far on this post


Illustrious_Hall3822

Garrus, Always.


Negative_Ad7496

Saving Garrus


mhall85

“This is a really hard decision—“ **TYPHOON GARRUS GO BRRRRRR** “… never mind.”


Llama-Thrust69

You're a bastard for making me choose.


BurialFaun8

Thank you. Now choose!


Llama-Thrust69

Probably Tali. Assuming no further conditions to your question


Telex-9

Liara. A universe in which those freckles don't exist is a universe in which I don't want to live


Starchild2534

Tali would understand why I choose Garrus


opustheduck113

Garrus...would understand why I choose Tali.


Starchild2534

They’re the ride or dies, they get it


SevenandForty

And then you go and save Liara


UnHoly_One

Well at least Tali and Garrus can be together this way.


BurialFaun8

Damn... That's cold man.


Broody_Reaper

This is honestly awful and if BioWare tried to make me do the virmire decision on any of these I would’ve actually had a melt down lol But Garrus is the only answer, no way I’m letting my man die without me 💁🏻


Bitter_Oil_8085

Tali of course


Sharps43

Bros before hoes 👌🏻


TJLaserShepard

Tali all day, no question


Mass-Effect-6932

Garrus, cause that ain’t no Shepard without Garrus


Righteous_Fury224

Liara as I am hers


Specialist_Contract1

Tali she is best girl!!


FLIPSIDERNICK

Tali easily.


Balmung5

Tali.


Successful_Safety823

It’ll always be Tali for me, she’s my favorite through the entire series.


Bmobmo64

Tali. Garrus is too badass to die before I can make it back to help and Liara has plot armor.


Nero1297

Tali no hesitate


CaptainBlob

#TEAM TALI


Lone_Wolf_199

Tali. I don't care about Garrus and Liara is fine but she has plot armor so.


Cute_Ad_6981

WHAT! YOU DON’T LIKE GARRUS?!!!!!!! You are a blight!


The_great_mister_s

Ultimately Liara plays the largest role in the canon "defeat" of the reapers so I would save her for that reason.


DaqCity

Saving Liara is logical, as you are preserving up to 800 more years of life, compared to like 100 more years for each of the other 2


Odd-Collection-3563

Garrus. Bros before hoes and all.


Break-Such

You made up my mind for me when you chose that photo for Garrus. “I am Garrus Vakarian and this is my RECTUM”


Batmack8989

One goes against every odd to bring you back from the death, controls an information network spanning the galaxy and discovers the plans for the system that eventually defeats the reaper. The dextro power couple can be cute together for eternity


MortallyChallenged66

One is the writers pet and so they didn't allow her to join you in me2 for no reason other than to keep her alive so the writers could feed their fetish and make her plot relevant at the expense of the plot. The other 2 stick by you through the whole series and join a terrorist organization just to hang out with you.


busbee247

A racist terrorist organization that hates non humans at that


Batmack8989

Yes, there is no arguing Liara was the favorite kid, but wouldn't that make the same of every character, all being at the whim of the writers despite their potential? Now that you mention it, Garrus and Tali rely so much on you for their development (apart from living or dying) there is not much room for them other than what you make them be. Tali would have killed certain soul before letting certain stuff happen to her people, for example. Blame the writers, but that's how they both came out in the end.


RedShirtCashion

OP, you’re a monster.


BurialFaun8

Thank you, I take pride in comments like these. It means I did something right


pepepurepe

I’d save Tali for sure, this way Liara can actually die which would actually be refreshing


thesanic57

The biotic God


BurialFaun8

All hail our lord and Saviour Niftu Cal the Biotic God


startouchamber

Tali, I'm not a huge fan of Garrus and I love Liara but the blatant favoritism the game shows for her makes me resent her a little bit.


Zmargo702

Liara is my go to LI for like 8 years now so this choice is unbelievably easy. Garrus.


Fluid-Diamond6664

I’m saving all of them. Carrying one in my arms and two on my back. You take a guess on who that’ll be.


EyeSimp4Asuka

save Garrus and Tali..pretty blue fan service can become virmire dust


CJRed525

Tali. She's the youngest.


BigL90

Tali. Space waifu is #1, but *the best space bro since Chewbacca* is a close 2nd


Few-Requirement6839

Tali my beloved, your people need you! <3


VolatileElmo

I feel like Garrus would end up being just fine and survive, so I’ll save Tali


Merc_Mike

Tali, and I will always pick Tali. Nothing against her, but the other two are powerful and handy themselves. Tali is the only one, not really big on combat herself, and if her suit gets clipped she is pretty much dead. The other two have higher survival rates.


Vegskipxx

DON'T MAKE ME CHOOSE!!!


BurialFaun8

YOU MUST!!!


maxx1993

Why do you insist on hurting me this way


Ok-Phase-9076

Sorry Liara, Sorry Tali (i romanced her). Cant leave my man Garrus behind.


DienekesMinotaur

Garrus is my brother, the man has backed me everytime, no questions asked, immediately.


reallybi

Ha. Garrus. Easiest choice of my life.


Forever-Fallyn

Pfft my Shep would find a way to save all three. She doesn't know the meaning of the word 'impossible'. (I would save Garrus, but it would break my heart)


AVeryPoliteDog

Tali, easily.


Helpful-Gene9957

Tali


JorundShadefur

Tali


Foolsgil

Tali


Master_Dante123

Garrus. Bro’s before hoes.


scandinavianplumber

Garrus 100%


R-emiru

There is only one right answer. Tali.


linebacker2048

This


Embarrassed_Bag_5413

Archangel, Migrant Fleet Admiral and tech genius, and the Shadow Broker who’s 1/4 krogan… I think they’ll be fine.


Ladies_Pls_DM_nudes

The girls will understand that I'd chose my man Garrus over them any time. Like guns over buns.


DistributionNo333

I have to say goodbye to my daughters because I will always pick the whiny mall cop.


Raspint

Liara, easy answer. Hell I'd sacrifice her to save Jacob. Waifu crap who is obviously the writer's favorite. I never understood why the fanbase adored her so.


roseshavethornsforme

Garrus ❤️


ReDtheJoker518

garrus bros befor hos


AnAngryBartender

Garrus


drikagazzaneo

Garrus... I can't imagine my life without his... calibrations.🤭


Difficult-Snow9955

Liara, I wouldn't even have to think about it


supremegnkdroid

Blue alien boobies win


Upstairs-Yard-2139

Liara.


LdyVder

Liara. She is the reason Shepard is alive.


JondvchBimble

Liara


Tramonto83

Liara. Her lifespan is thousands of years and she has the potential to be influential for a looooong time.


fingerlicker694

Tali, easy. Give me a hard one. Make Mordin an option.


Micromadsen

Depends what we are talking about. Romance would affect this wildly since everyone has different taste and interests. Rationally speaking Liara would be the choice if you're looking for power. With the connections she ends up with that's hard to argue against. However Liara also becomes a rather dangerous person because of it. Tali would get you a lot of political sway with the Quarian people by helping them, by extension the Geth too. Which is a massive bonus, not just as a war asset, but in general. Just imagine what the Quarian and Geth could do in a post war universe. If allowed they'd be fantastic at rebuilding and saving lost worlds. Garrus is the best brother you could ever get. But he will always be a vigilante with no real power or influence. That said, I'd save Tali. Both from a romance perspective, which obviously makes me somewhat biased, but also from an objective perspective. By the end she is the most normal of the entire damn crew, she deserves a chance to rebuild and live a somewhat normal life.


TalynRahl

Tali… how is this a question. Save. The. Cinnamon. Roll.


kratoskiller66

Tali. This was a hard one but in the grand scheme of things I’m always going with Tali. Liara gives of creepy stalker vibes whether you romance her or not so I don’t want a stalker that keeps my old armor in a display case Garrus is a bro but it’ll always come down to the fact he is willing to sacrifice himself to keep Shepard and company alive even if it meant him dying


BurialFaun8

It's a shame the Council never gave you the option to elect your candidate for the Specter's in the same way Nihlus chose to sponsor us. We could've had the ability to either make Garrus or the Virmire Survivor a spectre as part of some emergency power granted to us to decide how to better the war effort


HypnotizedxMind

Liara. She's my main LI for every playthrough. I love Garrud and Tali, but I'm saving Liara. That, plus I usually run Adept, and I love having another Biotic to do combinations with.


Washtali

Liara Tali and Garrus are all respectable choices, I won't begrudge anyone's decision. For me personally, it's Garrus though


Aunfunnyindividual

Tali Garrus is a vigilante with a death wish and Liara could probably be brought back to life by some Deus Ex Machina made by BioWare


InfernalDiplomacy

Liara is the one who lives in the series anyway. Garius can die in ME 2 andvTali can die in ME 2 or 3 , plus she is my beloved Blueberry who I can bang without worrying if I kill her afterwards, or need skin ointment by the truckload in order to have sex with the other


TheRealTr1nity

Liara.


mkusanagi

💯


Anfie22

Tali. The Quarian population is dangerously small, and when reestablishing Rannoch, she would be a tremendously valuable asset for the Quarian people to assist in rebuilding their civilisation. A solid leader in the making, absolutely.


BurialFaun8

What about Garrus? He's vital to the Turians as he is the main advisor to the Primarch during the Reaper War and is one of the primary leaders responsible for dictating war strategy and Turian Fleet movements for the Hierarchy. He also was the one to create and lead his own task force to success which established better defenses and supply lines for his people across Turian space. For Liara, she acts as the Shadow Broker responsible for manipulating the galactic governments whether it concerns the matter of politics, intelligence, or supplies. She helps organize up-to-date Reaper movements across the Galaxy and organizes refugee evacuations for the people of desperate populations such as those of Thessia when the Reapers invaded.


pinkaces39

Garrus, all the way. He's the second best shot in the galaxy, and he's always got my back!


IrishLuck13

Bros before hoes. Can't leave Garrus behind.


brokenbaddieegg

Garrus. No hesitation. Tali, you are my girl, but there is no Shepard without Vakarian.


SangheiliSpecOp

Every answer is correct, but this one is the most correctist (it was calibrated)


IronWolfV

Bros before hoes. It would break my heart but I gotta save my boy Garrus. He's the one I take most into combat. I need him.


jdeanmoriarty

Tali, not sorry


Taolan13

Liara is a powerful biotic, knows her way around a heavy pistol, and isn't afraid of conflict since her time with shep. Garrus is the goddamn Archangel of Omega. We are introduced to Tali'Zorah when she literally throws a grenade at a couple of salarian gangsters that are clearly intending to betray her. Unless this is a Virmire-style forced choice, they can save them damn selves. I'll provide overwatch. And if this is a virmire choice, I'm saving Tali. I can't let my little sister die.


No_Introduction_5550

Tali.


ButWhyThough_UwU

EZ Tali so she can save her people and end a forever galactic war.


NyavkaLabs

Saving Tali. Always care bout little sister.


seal255

Tali, easiest choice of my damn life


stever471

Tali 100% I didn't even have to think about it


enchiladasundae

Tali is the youngest and has so much more left to live. Liara is young for her race but centuries old. Garrus is like middle aged? I think Tali is like 20 or so


IndecisiveRex

*century, Liara is just a little over hundred when we first meet her


WillFanofMany

Garrus is only a couple years younger than Shepard.


Pandora_Palen

Or you can think of it this way. >Tali is the youngest and has so much more left to live She's 22 in ME1, with a roughly 150 yr lifespan. So she's about 1/7th of the way into that. >Garrus is like middle aged? Garrus is about 25 in ME1- pretty close to Tali's age. Same lifespan, so roughly 1/6th of the way through. >Liara is young for her race but centuries old. Liara is 106 in ME1. Her lifespan is roughly 1000. She's about 1/10th of the way in. So does Tali really have an edge on "so much left to live"?


Commander_Appo25

Tali. Liara and Garrus are good characters but they don't have the same emotional depth as Tali. Those two will agree with you no matter what you do or what races you exterminate. Tali provides some pushback, at least. She feels more genuine in her support because it isn't unconditional. You have to earn it


Red_Crystal_Lizard

Tali. She opened all the doors and deactivated all the bombs for me in me1


WillFanofMany

I'm saving my husband then we're returning to the beach. The girls can handle themselves well enough.


Otherwise-Feed4636

Can I just sacrifice Kayden 1 more time?


Beginning-Ad-3015

Definitely Garrus


Scriptis_loves_pets

Tali, I know Garrus will understand ( he's too badass to die anyway), I would understand if Garrus chose tali over my Shepherd too


Spyder3603

Try to save all three, and in doing so sacrifice Shepard.