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DISCLAIMER: Mass Effect 3: Ultimate Cut is a fan creation freely available for dissemination. It is not intended for

commercial uroses! nor is it affiliated "it# $io%are or Electronic Arts. &inions e'ressed #erein are mine and are

not intended to defame any t#ird arty. Any offence caused is unintentional and for "#ic# I aolo(ise in advance.

%AR)I)*: Ultimate Cut is brimmin( "it# Mass Effect 3 soilers. If you #ave not comleted t#e(ame! I recommend you do so before readin( on. &ccasional! mild rofanity. I also tend to ma+et#e very old,fas#ioned assumtion t#at Commander S#eard is male! so no offence intended tot#e ladies readin( t#is.-#is document describes a #yot#etical DLC t#at aends t#e e'istin( endin( of Mass Effect 3!

articularly in relation to Indoctrination -#eory.

I believe $io%ares intent "as to rovide an endin( oen to seculation! rat#er t#an ut a

definitive full sto on t#e trilo(y. -#is means t#ere is evidence and counter evidence deliberately

"eaved into t#e endin( t#at can suort or denounce eit#er ar(ument. /or t#e urose of

creatin( an endin( t#at does not 0ettison $io%ares ori(inal vision! I s#all interret t#e endin( as

bein( an #allucination brou(#t on by attemted Reaer indoctrination. If to be believed! #o"ever!Indoctrination -#eory creates a ve'in( narrative issue. Assumin( t#e Destroy otion si(nifies

S#eard a"a+enin( from indoctrination 1resumably near t#e Conduit in London! "it# t#e "ar

very muc# still in t#e balance2! "#at t#en 4o" could t#ey end S#eards story on a (alactic,level

cliff#an(er t#at "ill! accordin( toroducer /abrice Condominas! never be resolved

My sulemental endin(! tentatively titled Ultimate Cut! uses t#e Indoctrination -#eory as a

srin(board to conclude t#e story on a dramatically,satisfyin( note! "#ile also tryin( to resect

$io%ares artistic inte(rity and bein( as consistent as ossible "it# Mass Effects establis#ed lore.

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-#e se;uence ato t#e Citadel "it# t#e suosed Catalyst and its so,called solution to or(anic oom out into t#e

midst of t#e sace battle! as t#e li(#ts mottlin( t#e Citadel arms blin+ out from t#e ends to t#e

centre. -#e Crucible t#robs "it# a (leamin( blue li(#t. Returnin( to t#e c#ambers! S#eard faces

#is comrades! castin( #is eyes over eac# in turn.

S: Im (lad. -#at I died "it#,

A violent cras# of (lass and masonry! and t#en blac+ness. -#e "ards buc+le and imlode around

t#e core. A "#ite flas# and t#en a suernova,level blast t#at incinerates all in its "ay: Allied

/orces! Reaers! Eart#. S#eard commentates as "e see ima(es of future civilisations:

S: -#e Reaers are blo"n to oblivion! once and for all! but is t#e cost too #i(# %e #ave secured

eace for future cycles, a#! for t#e races of t#e future. $ut is it at t#e cost of our souls Am I

damned for "#at Ive done

S: &ur sacrifice "ill lay t#e (round"or+ for future eoles! nations and "orlds to t#rive under



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true freedom! a freedom t#at #as been denied or(anics for nearly a billion years. -#ose "#o

survived! on distant colonies: #umans! Asari! -urians! ro(an! Salarians. -#e onus is on t#em no"

to become teac#ers! to document our stru((le a(ainst t#e Reaers. Maybe our descendants "ill

remember us... or maybe t#ey "ill for(et and reeat our mista+es.

S: -#e Brot#eans "ere correct. -ime iscyclical. -#e universe is nearly fourteen billion years old

and defined by atterns t#at stretc# bac+ lon( before t#e Reaers. -#ey rose from or(anic

arro(ance, "ill our descendants create t#e Reaers all over a(ain! or ones 0ust li+e t#em Is my

decision ultimately futile! a raindro in a universe of indifference and reetition

S: I (uess it doesnt matter no". And! all in all! I am (lad. -#at I died "it# my family.

E)D CREDI-S.

S#eard "al+s a"ay from t#e Avatar! "#ose rotests fall on deaf ears.



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: Commander. -o not oerate t#e Crucible is folly. Statistically! you #ave no c#ance of defeatin(

t#e Reaers.

S: Imossible. Duly noted. o+er! if you #ave five minutes! Id li+e (et t#e 4ell off t#is station.

: Ro(er t#at! Commander.

S#eard sees an #allucination of t#e boy "#o runs off to"ards t#e elevators= S#eard follo"s #im.

Is t#is "#at t#e Reaers "ant /or S#eard to fi(#t t#em %it# t#e Citadel arms no" oen! o+er

brin(s t#e )ormandy to doc+ and collects S#eards team. -#e Commander uses all comm

c#annels to rally t#e forces before #eadin( into t#e final battle "it# t#e Reaers.

S: Everyone! t#is is Commander S#eard. I "ont lie to you. -#e Crucible is not an otion to defeat

t#e Reaers.

DIAL&*UE: -4E C&S- %AS -&& 4I*4

S: -#e Crucible "ould #ave created a Mass Effect field caable of sendin( t#e Citadel into

suernova. %ed all #ave been +illed! includin( everyone on Eart#. -#ere "as no "ay I could

ress t#e button.

arious reaction s#ots! s#o"in( solemn a(reement from #umans! but some dis(ust in non,

#umans. EMS: 4uman assets 57! )on,#uman assets ,57F

DIAL&*UE: I- DID)- %&R

S: -#e Crucible "as a dud. It #ad been lyin( in t#e bottom of a trenc# for fifty t#ousand years and

"#en it came to t#e moment of trut#! it 0ust "ouldnt s"itc# on. %e bet it all on t#e Crucible and

it didnt ay off. Im sorry.

arious reaction s#ots! lar(ely s#o"in( all races as crestfallen. *eneral EMS ,57F



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IAL&*UE: %EDE *&- %4A- I- -AES?S: 1I made a 0ud(ement call. I "ont sacrifice everyt#in( "e are to sto t#e Reaers < Its a blo" t#at

t#e Crucible didnt "or+ out.2 $ut I +no" "e #ave "#at it ta+es to beat t#em. @es! t#ey may be

more advanced t#an us! more rut#less. $ut t#eyre co"ards. -#eyve never been in a true dra(

do"n bra"l li+e t#is. Im tired of bein( us#ed around by t#e lay(round bully. Its time to unc#

t#at bully s;uare on t#e nose. %e can fi(#t bac+? Restores ne(atively imacted EMS! returns to

recedin( dialo(ue "#eelF

IAL&*UE: SCRE% -4E CRUCI$LE?S: 1&nly a lunatic "ould ta+e out all of #is allies to ta+e out t#e enemy. -#ats not #o" I do t#in(s

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