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Hey everyone!

I'm currently drafting up the v1.0 release of Spectre Expansion Mod. For those new to the mod, it involves the expansion of the Spectre Terminal with new mails and authorisations, as well as an expanded galaxy map that adds planets from the canon such as the Yahg homeworld, text adventures set on different planets and many other changes in addition to these. I am rather early in my draft, but so far I have the following changes and additions planned or complete:

- Planet rewrites for the entire Sol system to account for the Reaper War.
- Titan added to the Sol system.
- Fal system added; system was tied to a cut corporation from Mass Effect 1 called the Fal 3 Manufactory.
- A new Spectre Authorisation
- Several Shadow Broker dossiers designed to close some small plot holes surrounding Cerberus.
- Bug fixes.

However, that is all I know to add. So I thought I'd turn to the mod users to see what kind of content they want for the first full release of Spectre. Do you want more worlds, more text adventures, more mails? Or is there something else that you feel would be necessary.

Please, let me know what kind of content you want to see in Spectre v1.0 and I'll do my best to answer any suggestions and attempt to find some way to do so.

Let me know in the comment section below :)

EDIT: I've been told about a reddit post to this article that left some people baffled as they couldn't find the mod's main page. I'm unsure why not as there is a link a few centimetres above the article, but I've rewritten this to account for those who haven't viewed the main page.

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  1. DesoPL
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    First good job with the mod.

    About ideas.

    1: Maybe investigation about adjutans?

    2: What confuses me allways in ME3, was abandoing dark energy plot. Maybe add it?

    3: Doisser about Kaidan / Ashley becoming spectres?

    4: Possible recruitment of Charn, Balak captain if we spared him?

    5: Kate Bowman and people of Terra Nova as war assets?

    6: Shadow Broker tech and biotic teams as war assets?

    7: Citadel volunteer army after Cerberus Coup? I know militia is happening, but army could be diffrent war resource, and making it little more professional soldiers.
    1. whoKnowsW3
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      Just so others do not need to search what the "Dark Energy plot" (point 2) is about: Mass Effect 2 - dark energy plot
  2. stainglasshart
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    I know I've said something like this before, but closure for Joker about his sister. If she isn't rescued, then can he find out what happened to her and get some resolution?
    1. Tydeous
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      It's something I considered, but I ended up leaning away from it because it feels like something that should be seen ingame rather than via mail. I'll think it over again though, thanks for the suggestion!
    2. stainglasshart
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      Okay, I'm just sad he'll never know.
    3. Sunegami
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      I second this. Joker needs to know!
    4. whoKnowsW3
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      I'd assume that Shep doesn't get (to know) all the personal messages of his/her crew members...
  3. dejlaix
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    Could it be possible to add a system for Mindoir? I know we don't have a location in the game (Nor, I think, do we actually have a location for Torfan) and for those of us who play Colonist and/or Ruthless, it would be nice to see them existing somewhere. Maybe rescue some people off Mindoir off-screen, or have Mindoir bypassed by the Reapers because there doesn't seem to be any technology or something.
    1. Tydeous
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      Akuze, Mindoir and Torfan have been places I've considered adding for a long time. It's a good suggestion, but so far I'm unsure where I would place them for now. I may add these, if I can work it out. Thanks for the suggestion!
  4. oldsledneck
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    I'm a big fan of the Spectre mod and now use it in all my playthroughs. I like all of the suggestions already here. My take would be maybe some more tie-ins back to ME2 as Shepard was a Spectre previously,and forward to Andromeda. perhaps even a trackable blood line going back to Shepard. And any content involving more tracking down the Quarians and any other of the Milky Way species. While not very good at writing/modifying code, I am an experienced writer, and would be thrilled to write any content that might be used in Quests/fan based DLC. Let me know if I can be of assistance. Again Thank You and keep up the great work!
    1. Tydeous
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      Always great to hear from a fan!

      Could you explain a little about what you mean by a bloodline to Shepard, and about tracking other species? :)

      If you're interested in writing, feel free to contact me on the ME3Tweaks discord. I'm listed as Sil there.
  5. Lelouch00L
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    Hello, first of all congratulations for your mod and your incredible work. I do not know if it's in your projects but I think it would be interesting to add some links with Andromeda. I have two points in mind about this:

    1) Kallo specifies that the Tempest has been tested in Nemean Abyss, that could perhaps result in technologies to recover?

    2) We know that the Geth have observed the Andromeda galaxy via a device of three relays assembled together in the margin of the Veil. Maybe integrate it to the map?

    I do not have much experience in modding but I can help you to find other ideas and writing some scenarios if needed :)
    1. Tydeous
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      Thanks for your kind words!

      These are good suggestions, but I won't be doing number 2. There is good reason for this, but I can't really say for the moment. :)

      However, I will be providing several links to Andromeda content. I'm a big fan of the books Mass Effect: Initiation and Mass Effect: Annihilation, so I've decided to add the following for these:

      - Hephaestus Station to the Caleston Rift; this is where the Quarian Ark was constructed in Annihilation.
      - Quiet Eddy added to Pamyat; this planetoid is where a major battle scene of Initiation was set.
      - Shadow Broker mail discussing how the UNIN (human nations that refused to join the Alliance) have acted during the war
      - Shadow Broker dossier on the Initiation incident at Quiet Eddy, if you scan the planet.
  6. Feregorn
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    For me, I would like to see more new/restored systems/planets, if possible, more/new missions/assignments with the "forgotten" alien races and even more in-game depictions of the Reaper invasion/war happening in the background. But it's been a very good work so far already, and I've been following the mod's progress with excitement ever since I found out about it! ;)
    1. Tydeous
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      Good to hear from you again!

      I'll be noting down these suggestions. Is there any particular forgotten alien races that you would be interested in seeing fleshed out via new missions/assignments?
    2. Feregorn
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      From my side, I would like more mentions/occurences of the raloi, yahrg, some more mundane stuff from the Protheans, and maybe some of the old extinct races, notably Inusannon, zeioph, etc, as space archeology, although mentioned casually in the games and despite being a super cool concept, has not been explored much by the game story itself.

      Maybe after some of the text-based missions with archaeological interest, the player could discover some long-lost artifacts/weapons/etc that could be used in the war against the Reapers? There is already one mention of such a planetary gun that killed a reaper in-game from such an old race, maybe other stuff could be found that would show the player some new cool 2d artworks or even new 3d weapon models or armors? The possibilities are endless and I don't want to overdo it with some rampart fantasies... xD
    3. Tydeous
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      I did want to do something more with the Raloi. In fact, I had two separate ideas that I've been torn about delving into for a long time. I'll see if I can decide upon one of those to add ^^.

      The other ideas I'll consider, but the likelihood of new weapons/armours is very slim due to a lack of model artists.
    4. Feregorn
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      Yay! From my side , I wrote above I would definitely like to see also more of those old/extinct races. But I know that not everything is possible. However, if you need some help in the modeling side I could probably offer some, if you guys could provide me with the ME exported assets. I have had some experiences within W3 modding if you check my profile ;)
    5. dejlaix
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      I'd like to see someone find more ruins from the Insunnanon, something similiar to Ilos, some world that's never interested anyone very much, doesn't seem important, and we get there before the Reapers do and find something that adds a War asset and new information... Something we can actually beat Ceberus to because Liara IS a very good information broker.
    6. Tydeous
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      @Feregorn

      I'll consider that about the models ^^. But as I don't know how to import anything, I'll have to weigh up whether I'll have the time to do it and also learn how to do it. We'll see though!

      @dejlaix & Feregorn

      I'll see what I can conjure up about the Inusannon. But no promises. :)