Butyeah - we all like Pokemon and we all like Mass Effect, which got me thinking: which Pokemon would make the best squadmates on the Normandy? Unfortunately, I instantly encountered a major logistical issue here. With 898 designs and counting, there are simply too many Pokemon for me to evaluate each and every one of them, so I inverted the parameters to posit a new thesis: what kind of Pokemon trainer would each major Mass Effect companion be? After years of vigorous research conducted within the cold confines of disinterested isolation, I have unwavering conviction in the conclusions I have drawn. All of this, of course, was done in the name of science.
Once a day, every day, Wrex and his Rampardos have a headbutt-off, which Wrex usually wins. After this, he has a roundhouse-kick-off with his Stonjourner and wins again. Once he emerges victorious from his grapple-off with Golem, he immediately trounces Tyranitar in a smash-big-rock-off and proceeds to defeat Rhyperior in a Megahorn-off using his non-existent nose. He ends the day by exchanging blows with Onix for 15 hours straight.
Grunt has no Pokemon - he is the Pokemon. Also, he beats Thane, Kaidan, and Tali to become the strongest trainer on the Normandy so far, despite the fact he does not, in fact, know what a Pokemon is.
He does admittedly break this size rule with his main partner, Mewtwo, but only on account of the fact that they are both ruthless, nihilistic, morally questionable super geniuses who are incapable of considering any situation from a perspective that does not immediately further their own selfish goals. After that he has a Reuniclus, a Kartana, a Honedge, and a Rotom. He also has a Chatot, who he occasionally (read: every hour of every day) sings songs with.
Legion is interested in robot Pokemon because while they are inherently synthetic, they also evidently have a soul. Its best mate is Metagross, with whom it spends an inordinate amount of time discussing the joys of optimistic nihilism.
EDI, as a result of her superior intellect and ruthless efficiency, purports to use a team that is exclusively made up of Steel-type Legendary Pokemon: Dialga, Zacian, Zamazenta, Cobalion, Registeel, and Solgaleo. In reality, EDI is the only person on this entire list who realises the existence of the PC system, and so she changes her team all the time just like any other Pokemon trainer in the history of ever. It is absurd how almost every character in Mass Effect is simultaneously exceptionally gifted and a complete moron.
After a tense competition between all of the Normandy's squadmates, Grunt quickly becomes the first ever Pokemon trainer to win a tournament without using any Pokemon. In light of this highly scientific conclusion, I hereby declare the need for a petition with the motion that Urdnot Grunt be added as an officially recognised Legendary Pokemon in Gen 9. Cheers.
This mod acts much like a third party trainer program or using console commands but does not require any third party software to use. Highlights include, infinite ammo, soldier class weapons for all characters, allows you to add paragon level, renegade level, credits, talent points, resources, experience points, etc.
Specialist Samantha Traynor is the Comm Specialist aboard the Alliance Normandy SR-2, serving in a similar role to that of her predecessor, Yeoman Kelly Chambers. She is a potential romance option for a female Commander Shepard.
Her parents were originally from London, but they preferred the freedom of colony life. Samantha spent some time in England when she attended Oxford University. Her parents didn't have money for sending her to a university, but she was able to pursue her studies as the Alliance offered her full scholarship after seeing her aptitude scores. She has a strong British RP (Received Pronunciation) accent. Samantha later reveals that she was visiting her parents on her birth planet, Horizon, when the Collectors attacked. Aside from her duties as Comm Specialist, she also notifies Shepard about e-mails and vid calls through the QEC.
Shepard first meets Traynor when she comes up to the Commander's cabin after the meeting with the Council. She apologizes for interrupting Shepard's conversation with Liara, after which Liara leaves. She is rather flustered on giving her first report to the Commander, and Shepard can choose to be kind or strictly professional. Traynor gives the Commander a brief tour of the Alliance-retrofitted Normandy and directs them to speak with Admiral Hackett on the QEC.
Immediately after the turian primarch's rescue from Menae, Traynor relays to Shepard that the Normandy's comm systems are going haywire, directing the Commander to the source of the problem: Deck Three. She tries to restart the systems, but something's blocking her, and she also reports that EDI's offline.
When everything's sorted out moments later, Traynor informs Shepard that Grissom Academy has sent a distress signal. A turian transport ship reported that it had responded to the signal, but Traynor is suspicious about the turian transmission since it is similar to one used by Cerberus to lure Shepard to a Collector Ship. Shepard can congratulate her on the discovery and choose to evacuate the Academy.
Once Javik has been recruited, Traynor expresses sympathy for the relatively frequently attacked colonists of Eden Prime. She notifies Shepard that while he doesn't need a translator himself, Javik has shared a Prothean language tutorial program intended for servant races being inducted into the empire, noting the "charming cultural clue."
After the krogan female's retrieval from Sur'Kesh, Traynor is challenged with integrating datafeeds for the war summit, or integrating data from the Alliance war effort as well as the Crucible construction project, if Shepard decides to delay checking in on her. EDI compliments her abilities over the radio, claiming that the accuracy of the ship's War Room data is a direct result of her work. Traynor reports no problems in settling in, though she remarks she's still getting used to living on an active ship.
In the lab, Samantha claims they'd hoard everything, but living in the Normandy is apparently like "living out of a shoe box", in her words. Shepard can either assure her she'll get used to it, or callously remind her she's just running with just a skeleton crew, though whichever the case Traynor claims she's not complaining. They hoarded tech because they had no budget, but in the Normandy, for comparison, Traynor simply asks EDI to upgrade the ship's combat data analysis time by using technology from Ariake Technologies, and the AI speedily complies, impressing Shepard. Traynor proceeds to say that she is enjoying her new duties and if she can get the tech she needs, she is quite happy "living out of a shoe box."
If Shepard tries to be friendly with Traynor by engaging her in conversations, she may send an email entitled "Game night?" sometime during the war, and the Commander can invite her up to the cabin whenever convenient. Traynor brings along her holographic chess set and challenges the Spectre to a game, which Shepard loses horribly by subjecting the game pieces to real-world rules, not board ones. At this line of thinking Samantha is reminded of a joke regarding the Commander: "What's the difference between Commander Shepard and a krogan? One is an unstoppable juggernaut of head-butting destruction..."
...and Shepard supplies a witty reply if the Commander isn't attempting to woo her. Traynor is impressed if the punchline refers to her, claiming it's better than the "number of testicles" original, and happily offers a rematch. Otherwise, she snarks about the Commander feeling defensive if Shepard jokingly pulls rank regarding the matter of performance reviews. In any event, Shepard congratulates her for adjusting to life outside the lab.
After the attempted Cerberus coup, Traynor draws Shepard's attention to some Cerberus scientists who are on the run from their own organization. She suggests that Shepard find them and recruit them for the war effort. Shepard can choose to rescue the scientists.
Traynor frequently converses with Diana Allers on the communicator, sometimes regarding her new stories for the Alliance News Network, other times on issues like why female reporters have to look feminine.
After the fall of Thessia, a frustrated Shepard asks the assembled crew in the War Room if they know of any lead on where Cerberus is hiding. EDI glances at Traynor, who tentatively reveals how she tracked Kai Leng's shuttle and managed to extrapolate his destination: the Iera system, home to Horizon and Sanctuary. She reports all signal activity being actively blocked in that region of space, and deems it worth checking out. Shepard can either praise her for the effort or ignore it while being focused on Kai Leng.
Traynor is later seen in the cockpit with Joker when the Normandy receives orders from Admiral Hackett to disengage upon the Crucible's activation. Assuming the Normandy crew survives the crash landing, Traynor will be present along with the others at Shepard's memorial, honoring the fallen.
While Shepard is on the heels of the clone attempting to take the Normandy, Traynor is first seen exiting the ship, angered that Commander Shepard just fired her for 'conduct unbecoming' or 'fraternization' if romanced, not knowing that the Shepard who fired her was a clone. When she sees the real Commander Shepard approach, she yells at them about barely leaving her enough time to "grab [her] toothbrush". Shepard either proves their identity by identifying the model of toothbrush Traynor uses or pointing out that a disciplinary hearing is needed before any firing is done, also wondering why the only thing Traynor would grab when leaving is a toothbrush. If a female Shepard is romantically involved, she is given an option of convincing Traynor that she still loves her via shutting her up with a kiss.
Afterward, Shepard and the squad will unsuccessfully attempt to open the airlock to the Normandy and then ask Traynor if she knows of an alternate entrance, given her extensive knowledge of the ship. She opens a panel and explains that there was an emergency hatch used for evacuations but it could only be opened from the inside. A squad member mentions that a biotic field could open it from the outside but nobody has the required precision to do so. Traynor then holds up her toothbrush, which uses small mass effect fields to operate. Later, when the squad is crawling in through the emergency exit, Shepard comments on how very skeptical he/she would be if someone had told him/her that a toothbrush would save the Normandy.
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