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With the excellent work of giftfish and others at discovering how to add new emails, codex entries, conditionals, and war assets to the game, I've decided to officially try my hat at mod-making (well, apart from previous texture mods like giving James N7 armor or doing the texture work for Getorex's Miranda's "Ashley Suit") and attempt to create a new ME3 mod that would add a number of new email/war asset content to the game - the Massive Email & War Asset Mod, aka MEWAM.In this first post of the thread, you'll find a list of all the types of new emails and war assets that I'm developing and adding with MEWAM (which will be edited each time I add/change content for the mod):This was the basis for me starting this mod, as I absolutely hated that Kal'Reegar got impersonally killed off via email near the end of ME3 (all that great character work in ME2... flushed down the toilet). In listening to dialogue between Shepard and Primarch Victus at the end of the game, I realized that there should no reason why Kal'Reegar and his Migrant Fleet Marines should be killed off if Wrex was leading the krogan, as he would make sure that the turians got proper krogan support in the battles for Pavalen (unlike if Wreav was leader, where Victus says that he couldn't/didn't send the turians enough support). So I've decided to do a little re-editing where if Wrex is the krogan leader, then Reegar and his marines will get enough support from krogans and turians during their mission that THEY WON'T DIE, along with becoming war assets.Includes:- a new email variant of the ANN article "Quarian Marines" regarding Kal'Reegar and his marines surviving on Pavalen- a new Normandy email from Kal'Reegar to Shepard- a new war asset, "Kal'Reegar"- a new war asset, "Migrant Fleet Marines"In order to receive this portion of the mod, the quarians need to be alive (either by choosing their side at the end of the Rannoch war or by choosing peace between the quarians and geth) AND Wrex needs to be the krogan leader (so that Pavalen receives additional krogan support). If Wreav is the krogan leader instead or if Shepard loses Clan Urdnot support in the game, then the original ANN email will still appear as normal and both Reegar and his marines will still die.For those people like myself who contributed to that now famous Google document detailing every single flaw and error in that wretched novel 'Mass Effect: Deception,' it's time to face an inevitable truth... BioWare and Del Rey isn't going to do jacksh*t about releasing a corrected version of the novelWhich means, folks, Deception can be officially written off as non-canon. But that leaves a little problem for whatever happened to our resident humans still left aboard the Migrant Fleet, Gillian Grayson and Hendel Mitra. So, I'm having them return to the Alliance following the end of the Rannoch conflict and becoming war assets.Includes:- a new Normandy email from the quarian ship Idenna detailing the return of Gillian and Hendel to the Alliance- a new war asset, "Gillian Grayson"- a new war asset, "Hendel Mitra"- a new Shadow Broker terminal email featuring a dialogue exchange between Kahlee Sanders, Jack, and Gillian (and possibly Hendel)In order to receive this portion of the mod, the player will need both the quarians alive (either by choosing their side at the end of the Rannoch war or by choosing peace between the quarians/geth) AND the completion of the Grissom Academy Evacuation mission (so that Kahlee and the Grissom students are alive).Just a personal addition for me - EA has apparently pulled support for their ME: Infiltrator iOS game (since the game no longer seems to work anymore on a number of iOS), meaning its Cerberus Escapees war asset is now near worthless if no one can play the game that grants it. However, I rather liked the Randall Ezno character from that game and thought that he should have appeared in some capacity in the main game (given how much anti-Cerberus the story of ME3 is). So with that in mind, I'm planning on adding the character into ME3 as a new war asset.Includes:- a new Spectre Terminal request to release Ezno from Alliance custody- a new war asset, "Randall Ezno" (if he is released)- an asset upgrade for "Randall Ezno" war asset if all Ceberus-based side missions are completed- a new ANN article email if the condition for Ezno's asset upgrade are met- a new Shadow Broker Terminal email if the condition for Ezno's asset upgrade are metIn order to receive these new emails/war asset, the player must first complete the Ex-Cerberus Scientists mission and the N7:Ceberus Lab side mission, then check the Spectre terminal on the Citadel. On the terminal, there will be a new email requesting Spectre approval to release Randall Ezno from C-Sec confinement and accept his help in taking down Cerberus - if this request is approved, Randall becomes a new war asset(from MEHEM v0.4)I've received permission from both MrFob and frypan that I could use a number of the new emails they made for the v0.4 of MEHEM and include them here as separate emails from that mod. The emails I plan on including from MEHEM are:- "FCC News Broadcast" (the 'Emily Wong is alive' email)- "Your Destiny" (Sha'ira's email)- "Hey Shepard" (Gianna Parasini's email)- Gianna Parasini's Spectre Terminal request (send liquor to Crucible project)- "CC: Timecapsules" (Liara's time-capsules plan)- "Final Project Update" (Kahlee Sanders's email).I will say upfront, I have done a bit of rewrites/edits to these emails, mostly to improve the grammar, characterization, and changes relating to other war assets/emails.Along with her MEHEM email, the player will also receive Gianna as a war asset, along with an asset upgraded based on her Spectre terminal request for sending her liquor at the Crucible project.Includes:- a new war asset, "Gianna Parasini"- an asset upgrade for "Gianna Parasini" war asset if Shepard sends her liquor for her Spectre Terminal requestThis is the prothean sphere found on Eletania in ME1, that you needed the trinket from Shi'ara in order to activate it (these plot flags have been constantly imported throughout the ME series, but curiously was never used at all). So I decided to use those ME1 import flags and include the Eletania artifact as a new war asset, if a player's Shepard had found the artifact on Eletania and used Shi'ara's trinket to activate it.Includes:- a new war asset, "Eletania Artifact"This is the Prothean relic that was found at the end of the Project Firewalker DLC for ME2 and then kept in Shepard's cabin (which kinda begs the question, what the hell ever happened to it in ME3...). So I've decided to include the Firewalker relic as a new war asset, provided that Shepard completed the final mission of the ME2 Firewalker DLC and found the prothean sphere.Includes:- a new war asset, "Prothean Relic"This email/asset brings back Corporal Toombs and the mercenary squad that he formed back in ME2 to hunt down Cerberus, provided that he survived ME1 either by being persuaded to not kill Dr Wayne or if Shepard killed the scientist instead.Includes:- a new Normandy email from Toombs to Shepard- a new war asset, "Toombs Merc Squad"This is a new email and war asset that's based on two side missions from ME1 - stopping Major Kyle and his biotic commune in "UNC: Major Kyle" and saving Chairman Burns from biotic terrorists in "UNC: Hostage". If both Chairman Burns and Major Kyle are still alive by ME3 (meaning that Kyle surrendered and Burns was saved from the terrorists), then Shepard will receive an ANN article detailing that groups of former Alliance L2 biotics are returning back into the Alliance to lend their aid in the war and features a quote from Kyle calling on those former radical L2 biotics to return, in addition to receiving those biotics as a new war asset (there's also an additional asset upgrade available at the Spectre terminal).Includes:- a new ANN article email on the return of former Alliance biotics- a new war asset, "Biotic Platoon"- a new Spectre Terminal request to authorize the release of additional reparations to L2 biotics- an asset update for "Biotic Platoon" war asset, if the Spectre requested is approvedSomething I was slightly disappointed with was how ME3 handled Shepard's background - the game acknowledged the Spacer history (a brief mention of Shepard's mom in the main game, plus a call between Shepard and his/her mother in the Citadel DLC), but Earthborn and Colonist kinda got jack. I always thought that at least for Earthborn, the Tenth Street Reds gang should have had some mention via email or whatever, so I reintroduced them back into ME3 by a new email from Finch and request to release several high-ranking members of the Reds from C-Sec custody - if the request is fulfilled, then the Reds become a new war asset for Shepard. HOWEVER, don't think that releasing an anti-alien gang like the Reds won't have repercussions down the line... if they are released, you may hear of an attack on the turians later, which may reduce the number of one of the turian war assets...Includes:- a new Normandy email from Finch to Shepard- a new Spectre Terminal request where Shepard can release high-rank members of the Reds- a new war asset, "Tenth Street Reds"- a new Normandy ANN article email on a Reds assault on turian engineer and medical ships (if the Reds are released)- a negative asset upgrade for the "Turian Engineering Corps" war asset (if the Reds are released)This asset is based of an unused war asset that never made it into the game - originally there was going to be a war asset based on a Facebook element, but since Bioware never introduced a Facebook aspect for ME3, this asset went unused. So I've reintroduced it into the game, but it now requires that the Old Council was saved in ME1 and that the Salarian Councilor was saved from Kai Leng in ME3 (either by Thane or Kirrahe).Includes:- a new war asset, "Allied Reinforcements"An asset upgrade for the Alliance First Fleet war asset, this is based on the player having completed the "N7: Lost Operative" assignment in ME2 and if the player chose to upload the Cerberus operative's data to either the Alliance or the Normandy (however, if the player sent the data to Cerberus, this asset upgrade will not be available).Includes:- an asset upgrade to the "Alliance First Fleet" war assetAn upgrade for Dr. Gavin Archer's war asset, this new asset upgrade is found on the planet Aite (the same planet where Project Overlord took place) and is received if Shepard had found all 6 Cerberus data packets required for the Data Hound Achievement during the Overlord DLC in ME2. Note: The player's Shepard is required to have found all 6 data packets himself or herself during their ME2 playthrough, not just receiving the Data Hound Achievement on the player's profile.Includes:- an asset upgrade to the "Dr. Gavin Archer" war assetThis is a new NEGATIVE war asset upgrade (yeah, bet you didn't expect that in this mod), which lowers the Asari Science Team asset rating by 20 points if Rana Thanoptis was spared in ME1 and is awarded upon reading the ANN article email about her suicide.Includes:- a negative asset upgrade for "Asari Science Team" war assetFor those who don't know, hidden within the game data are several elements of a cut Daro'Xen sidequest, nearly all of which are unusable due to a lack of additional content (audio, animation, scene data, etc). However, two elements I found to be interesting were a curious Shadow Broker terminal email from Xen to Professor T'Kisha (asari scentist working on the Crucible) and a Spectre Terminal request from Xen for additional funds to develop a semi-AI viral weapon that could be used against the Reapers. So I decided to do a couple re-edits to those two messages and use them to create a new war asset upgrade for Xen. BUT... there is another condition for this content to appear... Gianna Parasini must have been acquired and her Spectre Terminal request completed in order for Xen's SB email and Spectre Terminal request to appear.Includes:- a new Shadow Broker Terminal email of a message from Xen to Professor T'Kisha- a new Spectre Terminal request to approve additional funds to Xen and T'Kisha for AI experiments- a new asset upgrade for the Admiral Xen war assetIn order to receive these new emails/war asset, the player must have the quarians alive (either by choosing their side at the end of the Rannoch war or by choosing peace between the quarians/geth) AND Gianna Parasini must be alive and acquired as a war asset AND the player must have approved Gianna's Spectre Terminal request to send liquor to the Crucible project.(requires Omega DLC)If Helena Blake survived the events of ME1 (either by Shepard accepting her bribe or Shepard persuading her to dismember her syndicate), then she will send Shepard an email on the completion of the Omega DLC, along with becoming a new war asset.Includes:- a new Normandy email from Helena Blake to Shepard- a new war asset, "Helena Blake"(requires Omega DLC)Based on an unused war asset (which was previously from when the Omega mission content was part of the base game, before it got cut out to be DLC), this new war asset is awarded upon completing the Omega DLC and then using the Normandy to land on the Omega station.Includes:- a new war asset, "Element Zero Caches"(requires Omega DLC)Based on an unused war asset (which I believe was previously from when the Omega mission content was part of the base game, before it got cut out to be DLC), this new war asset is found on a planet within the Omega Nebula. Special note, though: if Helena Blake is alive during ME3, then she will include the exact coordinates for the Flotilla in her email to Shepard following the completion of the Omega DLC.Includes:- a new war asset, "Cerberus Flotilla"(requires Omega DLC)Another negative asset upgrade, if Shepard completed the ME2 assignment "Omega: Packages for Ish" by giving Ish both data packages from the Citadel and Illium, then Ish will still be around by the time of ME3 and continuing to sell secrets on Omega and Aria to numerous groups, including Cerberus. Thanks to this, Cerberus is able to attack and sabotage several ships of Omega's Element Zero shipments to the Alliance, reducing the GAW points of the Omega DLC war asset, Omega Eezo Hoard.Includes:- a new email to Shepard from Bray about Ish selling secrets on Omega- an negative asset upgrade for both the "Omega Eezo Hoard" war assetThanks to Kinkojiro, I was able to find the pool bools for the ME1 DLC "Pinnacle Station", a DLC that I'm sure many of us who played ME1 wish we kinda never had lolHowever, I did want to provide a little reward for those players who managed to complete this annoying DLC, so I'm reintroducing Admiral Ahern back into ME3 with a new email to Shepard and as a war asset. Additionally, there is now a new credit salvage asset to be found on Intai'sei worth 100,000 credits (to kinda make up for the lose of Shepard's ME1 apartment, lol) - due note that this means that the previous asset found on that planet (Kakliosaur Fossil) is now located on a new planet.Includes:- a new Normandy email from Ahern to Shepard- a new war asset, "Admiral Tadius Ahern"- a new credit salvage asset worth 100,000 credits, found on Intai'sei(corrected from original game)This was something that always bugged the hell out of me in the vanilla game - if Major Kirrahe was kept alive in ME1, he later promises to bring in more STG support to aid Shepard in ME3, but the only way to get the "Salarian Special Tasks Group" asset was to have Kirrahe dead and replaced by Lt. Tolan (and honestly, why the hell would that a**hole send Shepard any STG support after making it clear that he doesn't trust Shepard at all?). This mod corrects that issue by making it so that Salarian STG asset linked to Kirrahe being alive, meaning:- if Kirrahe is alive, you received both Kirrahe and Salarian Special Task Group war assets- if Kirrahe is dead, you receive neither asset (obviously, lol)Correcting Kirrahe's war asset image to reflect his ME3 appearance (as opposed to the original image, which used his ME1 appearance).A relatively minor edit, I'm making Balak into his own war asset, as opposed to being an asset upgrade for the Batarian Fleet war asset like the vanilla game. I've also replaced his previous GAW image with the one used for the Batarians codex entry (because, A. the codex image does display Balak, and B. the Batarians codex image is an infinitely more badass shot of Balak than his GAW image lol).Working with fellow user Kinkojiro, I'll be opening up several new systems that were present in the game's data files, but were never available to the player. These include:- Omega Nebula (available upon completion of Omega DLC)- Rosetta Nebula- Serpent Nebula (can now explore beyond the Citadel)- Phoenix MassingAvailable if the player both completed Kasumi's loyalty mission in ME2 and if the ME3 sidequest "Hanar Diplomat" is completed, Kasumi will then send an email to Shepard following the Hanar Diplomat quest pointing Shepard back to Bekenstein, where she has uncovered a sizable stash of credits once belonging to former crime-boss Donovan Hock (aka the guy you blew up at the end of Kasumi's LM, lol).Includes:- a new Normandy email from Kasumi to Shepard- a new credit salvage asset worth 150,000 credits, found on Bekenstein(rewritten)Decided to rewrite Leng's email to Shepard that comes after the Thessia mission, to try and make it sound more in line with how the character was established in the novel Retribution (and less like a taunting, whining bully, lol). Additionally, there are several variants of Leng's email based on whether Shepard romanced an alien love interest - Tali, Garrus, Liara, or Thane (there's also two versions of the "Thane" email variant, based on whether he died or survived due to ThaneMod).Just something a little extra for Shepard's who romance one of the game's love interests, upon locking-in a romance that LI will send Shepard a short little email message, which are based on their messages from the ME:Datapad app. The LIs that will send an email include: Tali, Garrus, Liara, Kaidan, Ashley, Jack, Miranda, Steve, and Samantha.(after Priority: Sur'kesh)Just a little email from Veetor'Nara, the quirky quarian from ME2, that gives a little bit of forshadowing for the later quarian/geth conflict in the game. Due note, you'll only receive this email if Veetor was sent back to the Migrant Fleet at the end of the Freedom's Progress mission in ME2 (if he was sent to Ceberus instead, he won't send the email).(after Priority: Mars mission)A short email from Anderson based on his message in the ME:Datapad app, just gives a little more sense of urgency to Shepard's mission.(romance variant)Something that slightly bothered me in the vanilla game was how Tali's email to Shepard after the final Rannoch mission always read somewhat impersonal for a Shepard who romanced Tali. So I went and created a romance-variant of that email for Shepards who have Tali as their LI (slightly based on a reference made by Javik, of all people lol).(after Chronos Station mission)A brief email from Bailey on the Reapers attack on the Citadel while Shepard is busy at Chronos Station, again to add a sense of urgency and tension for Shepard's final mission on Earth.(if genophage cure is sabotaged)If Shepard sabotages the genophage cure, he/she will later receive a mysterious one-sentence email from an unknown sender at the Normandy email terminal. However, Shepard will only receive the email if a certain krogan is the leader of Clan Urdnot...In the game's data files, there exists an unused email to Shepard from Daniel Abrams (Mordin's assistant on Omega), who briefly mentions both the Ceberus invasion of Omega and Aria looking for revenge. Bioware never used Daniel's email in the game mainly because it carries some redundant info with Aria's email, but I've decided to rewrite a few things here and there and include his email in the mod. Note: Daniel will only send the email if he was saved from the batarians in ME2 during Mordin's recruitment mission.Adds the Collector Assault Rifle to the single-player game (which surprisingly was all set up under the Coalesced to work for SP, lol) by adding it to Spectre Office store on the Citadel, along with an email from Joker about the rifle and where to acquire it.