Mass Effect 3/Quotes

"Two million dead in the first day, another 7 million by the end of the first week, every defense annihilated, all our forces on the run. Regrouping... Somewhere... Reports are coming in from other major cities. It's a well-coordinated attack, and so far it's been damned effective. Don't know what they are, what they want, or where they came from... Only one thing is certain: If Shepard doesn't bring help soon, there won't be an Earth left to save."

—Major Coats aka "Big Ben", Mass Effect 3 announcement trailer

Unnamed Alliance Admiral: We need a plan to stop them.

Shepard: We fight or we die! That's the plan.

Shepard: I know a thing or two about killing Reapers.

Garrus: Go out there and give them hell. You were born to do this.

In 2157, humanity discovered it was not alone in the Universe.



Thirty years later, they found a peaceful place among dozens of galactic species.

But this idyllic future is overshadowed by a dark past;

Reapers, a sentient race of machines responsible for cleansing the galaxy of all organic life every 50,000 years, are about to return.

The leaders of the Galaxy are paralyzed by indecision, unable to accept the legend of the Reapers as fact.

But one soldier has seen the legend come to life.

And now, the fate of the galaxy depends on him.^[1]

—Mass Effect 3 Opening Scroll

Shepard: I've had enough of your tabloid journalism!

Khalisah: Ha! You want some? / Not this time, you military thug! (punch)

Shepard: Gah!

Khalisah: On second thought, never mind. I don't have any more questions for you.

Shepard: Why me? Why put me in charge of all this?
Hackett: Shepard, let me tell you something that I've learned the hard way. You can pay a soldier to fire a gun. You can pay him to charge the enemy and take a hill. But you can't pay him to believe.
Shepard: ...I don't follow, sir.
Hackett: When you went up against Sovereign, there was no good reason to believe you'd win. But your crew didn't seem to care -- they went along anyway. Your trip through the Omega 4 relay? That was a suicide mission if there ever was one. Yet there your crew was, standing beside you, proud to serve. With all you're facing out there, one thing impresses me most: you inspire confidence. I know everything hasn't gone as well as you'd hoped. Every war has its disagreements, so to speak. But... Your crew has done things no one else would even try -- simply because you asked them to. Why? Because they believed in you. Their leader. That's what I need now.

What's the difference between Commander Shepard and a krogan? One is a headbutting juggernaut of mass destruction - the other has four testicles.

—Alliance joke

Twitter: I loved 98% of ME3..but something has to be up w/ ending..too much talent at BW for that business. Keep my saves?
Bioware: We're keeping our saves, that's for sure.

Twitter: Mass Effect 3 was brilliant, the whole series was, but while this probably won't be answered, is that really how Shepard ends?
Bioware: We can't saaaaay!

Twitter: I still want to believe you guys are sneaky trolls and have something going on you don't tell us yet. Can I get a cryptic reply?

Bioware: The sun, it shines.

Shepard: How are you even getting drunk?
Tali: Verrrry carefully. Turian brandy, triple-filterrred, and introduced into my suit through an emergency induction port.

Shepard: ...That's a straw, Tali.

Tali: Emeeeergency induction port.

Tali: When do we get to stop reacting to our parents and start living for ourselves?

Shepard: The answer to that one's at the bottom of that glass.

Tali: I might need some help with the induction straw. Port. You know.

1. ↑ "her" if you're FemShep