Mass Effect 3 Citadel DLC: All Citadel Archives incl. Indiana Jones Arc & all Shepard's backgrounds 

"A bullet is a bullet" That would basically be humanity's response to aliens.

"And you're the first bird I've met." Funny considering these may well have been the first words ever uttered by a human to an alien race.

Holy shit I love that it recognized both you and Kaiden's Spectre status. Its the little things, man.

It's disappointing that your squadmates don't have comments for these. Wrex and Garrus' comments about the Krogan rebellion would've been really interesting.

2:11 Slarian and Turian Lieutenant: "this is the biological equivalent of a nuclear bomb, lets think this through" Turian officer: "fuck you, genophage go whoosh"

it would be cool if they had one showing a salarian ship crashing on earth in 1947

I love the bravado of the turian officer in the first clip, when in fact after the First Contact War ended, the turians were (maybe not publically, but still) VERY impressed with the performance of the humans against them, especially given the relative inferiority of their equipment against the turians; they said that it was the first actually decent fight (and one that they had to exert any *actual* effort in) that the Turian Hierarchy had had since the Krogan Rebellions had ended over a millennium (in the ME timeframe) ago. It's also why the rest of the Citadel races are so scared of Humanity; despite having only *3%* of their entire population enlisted in the military at any one time (whereas ALL turians, EVERY SINGLE ONE, either have or actively ARE serving)-- they still managed to give the turians hell (and the Council races are terrified of what might happen if Humanity is provoked enough to mobilize in VERY large numbers). And despite their military being relatively small compared to the militaries of the *OTHER* Council races, the Systems Alliance has more than been able to hold its own against other, larger, more established armed forces (specifically, the Batarian Hegemony)-- this is largely considered to be so due to the Alliance's emphasis on maneuver warfare, flexibility in combat (human officers are given MUCH more latitude to act on their own initiative in combat, in stark contrast to, say, the turians), and development and usage of new and novel technologies and tactics, such as VI and drone support, and fighting by striking at key elements of an enemy, rather than trying to grind them down by sheer attrition (an Alliance Commander will use every trick in the book to win, and if none of those work, they'll throw the book out and invent new ones...which usually get added to aforementioned book later)-- especially the last one; as an example, before the Alliance showed up, not one Council race, NOT ONE, not even the militarism personified *turians*, had EVER even come up with the remotest concept of a dedicated space fighter carrier; as soon as they saw the humans using one, they couldn't move to copy the concept fast enough-- as of ME, carriers are an integral part of ALL Council fleets.

Wow... Colonist/Sole Survivor has got to be the saddest Shep background ever, I did that with one Shepard and she was obssessed with saving and keeping everyone alive

so councilors... about the Ark of the Covenant... can we have it back?

I wish there had been a cameo with the Ark of the Covenant, some mysterious Human stealing the Ark and leaving a note that only read "It Belongs in a Museum!"

Man, gotta love Garrus' dialogue about 'not being a very good Turian' judging by this stuff you could approximate a more accurate translation of 'I'm actually not a complete psychopath when it comes to military matters"

1:59 they knew good and well about the reaper threat. Still aint did shit smh

1:52 The knew about the Reapers. And they did nothing. They denied that the Reapers even exist. The Council gambled on Shepard being wrong and just stuck their heads in the sand. SERIOUSLY?! WHY ARE THESE PEOPLE IN CHARGE?! DID THEY JUST SAY WHATEVER THE PEOPLE WANTED TO HEAR?!

Never realized that it was Saren speaking at 0:10 I legit got chills.

The fact that it notices Kaidan as well made me smile

This whole time for the Ark one, i had no idea you needed to step back! O_O

i found the genophage one really interesting, the game always gave off the impression everyone (except the krogan) sorta agreed with it... guess not :P

#1 - That's Saren's brother on the right.

That was pretty enlightening to see the AI being terminated when they desired an appeal.

I honestly got emotional when I saw Shepard in the archives. I was like damn we’ve come so far 😭

Thank you for including all three psychological backgrounds and military backgrounds. It was interesting to hear what they had to say about each option

Turian generals were such glory-hunting, warmongering ass holes. Even their own men say what they're doing is wrong. Also it's a shame the characters/squad mates didn't comment on any of these things. Can you imagine Wrex or Grunt being there for the Genophage/Krogan Rebellion archive entries?

Turians when asked about the first contact war: "Honestly, it was a mistake on both human and turians as a species. We should have handled it better but hindsight is 20/20 and we should move on as one unit to make us stronger." Turians during the first contact war: "I can't wait to take this mass effect relay on a trip to your planet so we can **enslave** your species and make you **watch** as we **force you** to regret ever activating it."

The Ark of the Covenant is a special golden box that Moses used to safely store the Ten Commandments in. It made a very well known appearance in the first Indiana Jones movie and opening the thing melted off all the Nazi's faces.

lol when I listened to the "first spectre" file in my game, I was like: The first spectre was a salarian? 0.o

Such a great call back to the intro of the first game. Still wish they had the ceremony of naming Shep Spectre. The music still gives me chills.

It is huge but it’s a good thing, since it’s the last one. And I’ll be posing all romances, all meetings with companions, and some of the funny/interesting things I come across. I don’t know how many saves I have exactly, but it’s a big number.

turian: "when we conquer your Earth I look forward to teaching you" yeeeah, good luck with that, if u wanna conquer Earth then u need to go to Australia as well to conquer it....the country where everything wants to kill u. Its pretty much a second Tuchanka.

This is funny because when we go on one of your mass effect video in France, there is a pub for Nerf with Garrus's French voice actor So...Garrus who talking about guns just before Mass Effect Compilation. That sound like a good things

I never knew about the arc showing up. That's a fun Easter egg

SO the earth religious artifact was the Ark of the CovenanT?

The Ark of the Covenant has returned to its rightful home. Oh come on. You didn't think that something that could kill anyone who touched it except a specific minority could be anything but Reaper tech, did you? Where better, then, for it to go, than the Citadel, which is the ultimate Reaper construct?

I like that system recognized Kaiden as well

Georgio Tsoulakos called it! Aliens DID do a lot on early Earth. Take that, anti-alien... blind people!

yeah, the companions made the game great, I loved the bond between garrus and shepard, liara's near blind loyalty to shepard, everything was brilliant with them each character was truly unique, maybe we didn't like some of them for our own reasons but that was what made it so great.

Part 2: Apart from the mechanics of how they work, EDI and Legion are most definitely NOT constrained to a single task - EDI developed the ability to self-modify her programming, becoming far more than an electronic warefare suite (which is all she was ever intended to be), and if the Geth couldn't think beyond their programming, they would have all died when the Quarians turned on them. EDI/Legion are both conscious, self-aware beings (i.e. Alive). (continued. . .)

The fact they have the kaiden detail is amazing!

I think the colonist background fits better with the Ruthless personality. And the Earth-born, with the survivor one... But that's just my opinion :)

2:00 I always liked this retcon. You can also use it to justify why the Crucible is always completed, no matter how badly you play ME3!

Anyone else curious about an AI species existing centuries back the Council had wiped out in these records?

2:00 the voice says "Commander Shepard and Spectre Alenko". Why does it say Spectre Alenko and not Major Alenko, or Spectre Shepard instead of Commander Shepard ? Where is the logic

Seeing the AIs being murdered in cold blood was sickening.

“I was there on Akuze!”

One thing I'm wondering about though: Why does spacer background show a quarian lifeship? ^^

Yes, because I forgot to step back to show the arc in the other video.

Indeed >.< . I usually choose this background for my Shepards,so emotional. I wish Bioware could do a DLC that would allow us to play our Shepard's background. I would love to see the Solo Survivor,too.

1:14 And my opinion of the council lowed just a little bit more.

The hubris of a turian, the human do be kinda right though, at the end of the day a bullet is a bullet, a spear is a spear, doesn’t matter how much more advanced you are if your opponent uses their weapons better than you

"When we conquer your Earth." So about that.

Every play through i do sole survivor and colonist. Its provides a depth to Shepard that is un matched. Learning that cerberus was behind the thresher maw attack that killed you whole squad is so crazy, you whole family and friends died... but you survive, all your men die, but you survive. It shows shep is a survivor who can take on anything and live, but has a deep desire to save everyone he or she can because every time something goes down, they've lost many ppl. Its perfect to have a damaged shep, and overcome all of that.

Damn even after all those years, them top men are still the Top Men

Well, it could easily be because Citadel Races are pretty damned stagnant once they hit Citadel stage, the Reaper tech only jumps you ahead so far.

Has anyone wondered how the turians and the human could so easily understand each other during the First Contact War?

4:17 What kind of ship is that supposed to be? Appears to be quarian and human ships mashed together.

The turian genophage one rubbed me so wrong. It was 1 guy as per usual "This is genocide" At least the turian who did it didnt justify it like mordin. He simply didnt care

Top. Men.

hackett rank is fleet admiral. He is commander in chief of alliance military. This promotion was given to him after battle of citadel in ME 1

In the Archives, there's a scene where your entire crew lines up and fires at the enemy to cover Shepard- then, someone who is on Shepard's team says a snappy one-liner. Can anyone tell me what Ashley says if it's her?

It's funny how in the first archive the human calls the turian "bird". That's something I read only on the books, never heard in the game!

You do realize the ark isn't from Indiana Jones, right? Not even the design is. It's been a thing for thousands of years. It's only la reference to Indiana Jones because it's in a vault l

1:18 It's scary how every race in ME treated synthetic life with so much hatred. This was just murder.

SUBTITTTLEEEEESSSSS D:

How does the Turian understand the Human in the first archive footage? I mean, I know the ME universe has translators and stuff, but surely no Human would own one at this point and neither would these translators be able to translate english.

So the council really did accept that there was a reaper threat. but CHOSE TOO DO NOTHING to avoid galactic panic. Jesus christ how did I miss that.

Also, further explanation was given in the ME: Evolution comic where it shows that TIM had already gotten in contact with reaper tech before even becoming TIM

I think it was the companions & the story of growing up with them that really made this series that amazing Sure the main story & the battles were alot of fun but if it was for the companions you made & befriend or even romanced it may not have been as breath taking & intriguing as it was

Don't look, Shepard! Keep your eyes shut!

3:33 - The Arc of the Covenant?

0:14 they don't look like birds, they look like cats

“Oh we were only acting on their violation for activating the mass relay! We never meant any more offense!” *Clip Plays* “Mhwahaha!!!! I can’t wait until we conquer your planet, filthy human!!!!” -_- I mean, everything’s fine between Turian and humans in my game now, but really? And they wondered why there was such a grudge.

1:12 Yet another point against Hologram Kid's asinine argument. Dear Mac Walters, Why am I not allowed to bring this up as a rebuttal during the ending?

Just playing through this dlc again & this video confirms the hologram for Shepard’s Spectre submission changes based on the background. My colonist Shep really loved seeing that image of all the dead bodies at Mindoir & reminder of his dead family again as he goes to confront his clone. 😐

„Enlisted at the age of 18” Modern-day militaries: haha, fool, recruitment age set to 17 “What!” Miltitary: Scratch that, 16!

Was..that the Ark of The Covenant?

Or maybe someone just found it in the warehouse :D

0:33 if you'll have possibility, check salarian's face ;)

so they could record all these events but Shepard couldn't record his conversation with Sovereign or Harbinger? Or even the talk with Vigil?

If the council hadn't stolen the ark of the covenant, we could have used it to stop the reapers

"You used civilians as bait" "Yes." "Congratulations. You're the first Spectre."

There´s so much potential for prequels...

Part 5: There's much more to being alive than flesh; it's the mind that really counts (not the brain, the MIND specifically). As long as any entity is conscious/self-aware, it's alive; it may not be life 'as we know it' but it's still, nonetheless, alive. Incidentally, I would strongly recommend watching the Star Trek episode “The Measure of a Man”; it's the one where a Federation court decides whether or not Data (an android) is legally alive, and, as such, is very relevant to this topic.

So. This means Indiana Jones existed in the Mass Effect universe? Okay, my personal headcanon is that Shepard is a descendant of Indie.

oh yeah, lol I forgot that conversation. This makes more sense now.

You realize the krogan were trying to do things peaceful but the Salarians and the asari weren't listing to them

Yeah they do, it was one of the first to come out it's called the Extended Cut DLC.

3:28 When I saw that one I was like wtf?

wow the first spector put thirty peoples lives in danger your taxes dollars at work

I like putting the Colonist Background with the Ruthless profile, Batarians destroyed your home and so you take revenge on Torfan. Maybe you sacrifice Kate Bowman to kill Balak, or maybe you wait three years to kill Balak on the Citadel. Maybe you don't even try to warn the three thousand Batarians when you destroy the relay ("THAT'S FOR TERRA NOVA!"), and people call Ashley a racist🤣

The Council apparently had... TOP... MEN.

If I was Shepard hearing about the turians occupying Earth I would be clenching my fist.

That's awesome it also detected Alenko.

Part 1: AIs are "just 0s and 1s" in much the same way as humans are "just neurons" - the fundamentals may be simple, but it's the complexity of the whole that's important. Besides, binary computation is by no means the only method by which a synthetic being could function: EDI, for example, is a Quantum Computer and as such doesn't use binary; there are also Neural Network systems which already exist today, and research into organic computing is currently underway. (continued. . .)

The religious artifact was the Ark of the Covenant if you didn't know

2:02 Ah yes, Reapers...

It's being examined by top men. TOP men.

Looking back, I wish they respected pre-established lore a little bit more. Enough to at least address how a human and turian can speak to each other. All I’m left to assume is that they somehow found a way to quickly create and force a translator on this heroic SOB.

According to the wiki, the Genophage was deployed in 710 c.e.

Reminded me of the "Animatrix" episode, when the machines tried to prevent to prevent a war by offering their cooperation....

Those sneaky Aliens XD

"Also Specter Alenko"... I would fucking mad if I was Kaidan xD