#mass effect one

[manicpixiedreamsaren]

tragic middle aged man strikes again

[stormikins]

ME1 Systems

This list was made to not only catalogue where missions were, but to also make note of all the collectibles that you can scan for.

*this list was based off of Legendary Edition, but it should still be applicable for the OG trilogy(?)

The formatting is as follows:

>System Cluster -System name Planets Missions

*if there are multiple asteroid belts in a system, Asteroid belt 1 refers to the belt closest to the star.

*Cardinal directions are used to describe where the collectible is in belts, and so north is the top of the screen, east is right, etc.

A ME3 list will be coming soon! And if people are interested I can document all the discovery blurbs you get from scanning non-minerals: insignias, writings, etc. (hell, I might do it anyways but its nice to know I'm not shouting into the void)

If you find any discrepancies or have any questions let me know!

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>Argos Rho: 

-Gorgon’s scannable planets: None

*note: only unlocked after UNC: Listening Post Theta and Alpha

Mission - UNC: Depot Sigma-23

-Hydra’s scannable planets:

Canrum (planet 4, turian insignia)

Metgos (planet 2, mission - UNC: Distress Call)

Syba (planet 5, gas deposit)

-Phoenix’s scannable planets:

Carbonaceous Asteroid (first belt, north of star; prothean data disk)

Patashi (planet 1, rare element)

Tuntau (planet 3, mission - Wrex: Family Armor)

Vebinok (planet 4, light metal)

>Armstrong Nebula: 

-Gagarin’s scannable planets: 

Antirumgon (planet 5, light metal)

Junthor (planet 1, matriarch’s writing)

Rayingri (planet 3, mission - Geth Incursion)

-Hong’s scannable planets:

Casbin (planet 2, mission - Geth Incursion)

Matar (planet 3, Matriarch’s Writings)

Treagir (planet 5, light metal)

-Tereshkova’s scannable planets:

Asteroid belt (east of star, medallion)

Anitbaar (planet 1, mission - Geth Incursion)

Patamalrus (planet 2, heavy metal)

Thegeuse (planet 4, heavy metal)

-Vamshi’s scannable planets: Completed

Pregel (planet 2, turian insignia)

Maji (planet 1, mission - Geth Incursion)

-Grissom’s scannable planets:

*Note: only unlocked after wiping out all four Geth outposts

Asteroid belt 2 (north east of star, rare element)

Benda (planet 1, medallion)

Solcrum (moon of planet 3, mission - Geth Incursion)

Zagerux (planet 2, light metal)

>Artemis Tau:

-Knossos’ scannable planets:

Asteroid belt 1 (northwest of star, heavy metal)

Asteroid belt 2 (north of star, medallion)

Archanes (planet 5, gas deposit)

Therum (planet 2, mission - Find Liara T’Soni)

-Athen’s scannable planets:

Circe (planet 4, gas deposit)

Pharos (planet 5, turian insignia) 

Proteus (planet 2, gas deposit)

-Sparta’s scannable planets:

Asteroid Belt 1 (north of star, prothean data disk) 

Alsages (planet 5, rare element)

Edulos (planet 2, mission - UNC: Missing Marines)

Ontamalca (planet 4, gas deposit)

-Macedon’s scannable planets:

Asteroid Belt (north of star, light metal)

Fargeluse (planet 4, gas deposit)

Porolan (planet 2, matriarch’s writings)

Sharjila (planet 1, mission - UNC: Asari Diplomacy)

>Attican Beta:

-Hercules’ scannable planets:

Eletania (planet 3, mission - UNC: Lost Module)

Syided (planet 2, medallion)

Zarorus (planet 4, heavy metal)

-Thesus’ scannable planets:

Quana (planet 4, light metal)

Sharring (planet 3, prothean data disk)

>Exodus Cluster:

-Asgard’s scannable planets: None

-Utopia’s scannable planets: None

>Gemini Sigma:

-Han’s scannable planets:

Mavigon (planet 3, mission -  UNC: Hostile Takeover)

Paravin (planet 1, matriarch’s writing)

Patatanlis (planet 5, light metal)

-Ming’s scannable planets:

Altanorch (planet 3, medallion)

Parag (planet 2, light metal)

>Hades Gamma Cluster:

-Antaeus’ scannable planets:

Edmos (planet 2, gas deposit)

Ploba (planet 3, matriarch’s writing)

Trebin (planet 4, mission - UNC: Missing Survey Team)

Vemal (planet 5, rare element)

-Cacus’ scannable planets:

Chohe (planet 2, mission - UNC: Besieged Base (Paragon Mission))

Faringor (planet 4, rare element)

Zayarter (planet 1, heavy metal)

-Dis’ scannable planets:

Klensal (planet 3, mission - UNC: Hostile Takeover)

Metallic Asteroid (northeast of star, light metal)

Nearrum (planet 2, light metal)

Rayasha (planet 5, turian insignia)

-Farinata’s scannable planets:

Asteroid belt 1 (northeast of star, light metal)

Juntauma (planet 2, prothean data disk)

Nepneu (planet 3, rare element)

Mission - UNC: Hostage

-Plutus' scannable planets:

Clocrolis (planet 3, rare element)

Mingito (planet 1, rare element)

Nonuel (planet 4, mission - UNC: The Negotiation (Renegade Mission))

>Hawking Eta:

-Century’s scannable planets:

Asteroid belt (north of star, heavy metal

Canctra (planet 3, light metal)

Presrop (moon of planet 2, mission - UNC: Major Kyle/Strange Transmission)

Tharopto (planet 4, medallion)

>Horse Head Nebula:

-Fortuna’s scannable planets:

Amaranthine (planet 3, UNC: Hostile Takeover *note unlocked after crime bosses are dead)

Magnalis (planet 1, turian insignia)

Therumlon (planet 2, rare element)

-Pax’s scannable planets: 

Noveria (planet 2, mission - Noveria: Geth Interest)

Veles (planet 4, matriarch’s writings)

-Strenuus’ scannable systems: 

Antitarra (planet 2, gas deposit)

Xawin (planet 4, mission - UNC: Privateers) 

Yunthori (planet 1, medallion)

>Kepler Verge:

-Newton’s scannable planets:

Juncro (planet 3, gas deposit)

Klencory (planet 2, matriarch’s writings)

Ontarom (planet 1, mission - UNC: Dead Scientists)

-Herschel’s scannable planets:

Asteroid belt (north west of star, heavy metal)

Mission - Garrus Doctor Saleon

>Maroon Sea Cluster:

-Capsian’s scannable planets:

Asteroid belt: UNC: Derelict Freighter

Antida (planet 4, turian insignia)

Clotanca (planet 1, heavy metal)

Farnuri (planet 2, heavy metal)

-Matano’s scannables: 

Asteroid belt 1 (east of star, heavy metal)

Asteroid belt 2 (northwest of star, prothean data disc)

Chasca (planet 2, mission - Investigate Samples (from Feros))

Supay (planet 5, light metal)

-Vostok’s scannable planets: 

Asteroid belt (north east of star, heavy metal)

Nodacrux (planet 2, mission - Investigate Facility (from Feros))

Pataiton (planet 4, matriarch’s writings)

>Styx Theta:

-Acheron’s scannable planets:

Asteroid belt (north of star, turian insignia)

Altahe (planet 2, mission - UNC: Listening Post Theta)

Grosalgen (planet 3, light metal)

-Erebus’ scannable planets: 

Nepmos (planet 1, mission - UNC: Listening Post Alpha)

Quaji (planet 2, heavy metal)

Wermani (planet 3, prothean data disc)

>Voyager Cluster:

-Amazon’s scannables: 

Agebinium (planet 1, mission - UNC: Espionage Probe)

Sonedma (planet 3, rare element)

Sybin (planet 4, turian insignia)

Tremar (planet 5, gas deposit)

-Columbia’s scannables: 

Onraheter (planet 3, rare element)

Gromar (planet 4, medallion)

Nephron (planet 2, UNC: HADES Dogs)

-Yangtze’s scannables: 

Alrumter (planet 4, prothean data disk)

Binthu (planet 2 UNC: Cerberus)

Dregir (planet 3, light metal)

Parajiri (planet 5, rare element)

[nagaapologist]

playing mass effect one for the first time and wowowowowowie… i want to romance garrus (?) or tali

[watchingtheearthrise]

So I’m playing the first Mass Effect, right? And I’m currently on Therum driving my little sand buggy around and oh my god the controls are so sensitive. I breathe on my controller and this thing is taking 90 degree turns.

So I’m just imagining my Shepard—this young woman with so many battles under her belt and enough survivor’s guilt to fill the damn Normandy—owning zero licenses in piloting pretty much anything that’s mechanical and moves. She’s trying to get this thing to steer while Kaiden and Garrus are being tossed around in the back, screaming at her to slow down as she’s yelling at them to sit down and put the fucking seatbelts back on.

[fictionisthebetterreality]

Thoughts(TM) on Mass Effect, in no particular order or preference.

- What did they do to Ashley??? Why did she go from kick-ass takes-no-shit-soldier to... kick-ass-takes-no-shit-soldier with eyeshadow and lipstick and a fringe and hair to her shoulders which probably somehow breaks regulations?? That shit would be getting in her eyes when she was trying to shoot, if it wasn't getting ripped out by a rabid husk first... just no.

- While we are talking about this - WHY did they make us suffer the dress(tm) every time woman Shepherd had to dress 'fancy'? First, that is the ugliest effing dress I've ever seen in my life, not to mention out of character for my (and I'm sure a lot of others) Shepherd, who would have been in a suit at the most, or something nicer than that (no, literally, anything would have been better).

+ Garrus... where to even start? Possibly the best developed character in the whole damn game. I adore Garrus. Would kill for him die for him etc. The friendship between him and Shepherd was so lovely and a really nice highlight of all the games. Except for when Shepherd tries to set him up at the bar. Bit weird.

+ Liara... love of my life, light of my life etc etc. Second only to Garrus and only because the romance scene I had ('will you be my girlfriend' in the presidium commons, not sure if there are any others) was so dry and stale compared to the rest of their cutscenes I hated it. But the chemistry between these two across all three games was amazing, and made their relationship (should you choose to accept it) all the more realistic and believable.

- The endings of ME3. Need I say more. -100/10.

+ The 'fight' scene with James at the start of ME3 was so cute. Loved the option of telling him off at the end for the nicknames. Tbh the recurring options throughout the game of whether to respond 'friendly' or 'professional' was a nice touch.

+ Also - the fling/relationship between James and Ashley was equally cute.

+ Anderson and Shepherd?? Maximum cuteness. Especially the 'I'm proud of you' moment at the end. Really focused in on the parent/daughter relationship.

+ The symmetry/comparison of Earth/Palaven/Thessia worlds burning and being ravaged by the reapers... the hurt/comfort of 'I understand exactly how you feel' 'i thought i understood how you felt but this is so much worse??'

+ The party... the party!! Ahhhh the only complaint I had was the prompt to dance disguised as talk... but thats just personal preference. The photo at the end - SO CUTE. Also, Traynor reciting the elements of the periodic table while drunk and dancing was probably one of my favourite moments of the whole game.

+ Joker and EDI. 10/10. Perfect pairing.

- Jacob in ME2. Literally the most bland, boring character I'd ever experienced. Specifically chose him for the mission at the end of ME2 cause it was pretty obvious it would end in death.

+ Tbh, all the other characters I loved to varying degrees. Thane, Samara, Javik, I could probably take or leave. The rest- their stories were all so complex. Hated Miranda at the start, was genuinely upset by her death at the end. Jack's character development was insane. Barely touched Wrex in ME1, thought he was a throw away character (boy was I wrong). Probably the best element of this game is the characters and relationships. Love-hated the death of a character in ME1. That was Kaiden for me, and it fitted so well into the storyline generally it really gave so much depth to Shepherds backstory.

- Samara.... did someone put eight-zero-zero-eight into a calculator while they were having a meeting about her?? Did she put her costume into the dryer when it was line-dry material?? Please TRY and make it less obvious who you are catering to, here. Also upset there was no option to stop her killing her daughter, just...stand by and watch, I guess.

+ ME3 acknowledging and showing the effects of constant war on Shepherd with the nightmares. Enjoyed that you could play it cool/fake it when asked or genuinely respond and say what was wrong. Although, I did notice that for the 'survivor' backstory on Azure, pretty sure it changed from 'Threshermaw attack' in ME1 to 'Cerburus' in ME3. Might've missed something there, tho.

+ Honestly, just the dialogue in ME3. Esp. the mid-fight chatter among teams Mako and Hammerhead in the clone mission. 10/10, apart from the occasional cut-scene dialogue we didn't get enough interaction between characters. Enjoyed it a lot, really put a lot more personality into everyone.

+ Aria... 100/10. Really nice deviation from the 'classic' asari we see elsewhere. Also, her whole appearance and personality were matched so seamlessly, I love it. Felt like it gave my Shepherd an opportunity to play the bad guy a bit more away from her crew. Although would have been nice to get a warning that you can't get back to Omega in ME3 once the mission is completed... I never did find her couch. Saying that, it was a shame she was never made to appear in the final fight cutscene.

+ The ring from EDI... literally the best gift ever. Shepherd is forever keeping it on her tags. Forever.

+-Kinda loved and hated the whole going-to-the-room-the-person-is-in-for-a-chat. The elevator got old pretty quick. A nice touch being able to invite people up to your cabin and meet up on the citadel (although again, at some points it felt like I was at the citadel meeting people more than I was out there saving the galaxy. Shepherd is a popular woman, but more missions to compensate, or mission-related/style meetings could have been nice).

[erin-rose-24]

who do you let die on Virmire in mass effect one also if you participate please reblog

Ashley

Kaidan

Voting ended onApr 18, 2023

[mendellyill]

Something I've always wanted from the first mass effect game was for a sole survivor Shepard to talk to Ashley about losing her whole squad to something entirely outside of her control. That conversation would be so powerful and help flesh out both characters really well and I'm so sad it's not in there.

[crqstalite]

❝ i love you, shepard. ❞