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Did you read the thing I wrote about the ratings earlier in this thread?
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I'll admit I had a bit of trouble finding it. I didn't really think your post relating to it was anywhere other than the first page, and I only just recently thought to check the second page. I pretty much found it about 20 minutes ago, and it pretty much makes sense now that I've actually read it. :p

[quote=von_das]
I like the backstory on the whole. My main question is "why Cerberus?" I was under impression they largely kept a low profile at this time, though I suppose one of their operations may have ran afoul of the turians. Would he even know what that group was?
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Well, when he first ran into the base he noticed the symbol, but didn't know what it was. It wasn't until after he was discharged and did some research that he found out who they were. The outcome of the mission already made him feel sour about them, but the more he did his research, the more his disdain for Cerberus grew. The Turian government and Cerberus didn't really have a particular sour relation, at least none noteworthy enough to instigate active hostilities; the Turian military just had intel that there was a potential terrorist operation on the planet that Serris was deployed on, and they didn't find out until later that it was Cerberus.

[quote=von_das]
The abilities all seem to check out well enough! It's possible to diversify them a bit to replace some of the skills with equipment, contacts or personality traits, but it works this way too. I'm curious about the Biotics flaw, though - it's interesting, but do you have some explanation in mind for why he would be so susceptible? Some kind of physiological quirk? A birth defect affecting his brain, perhaps? An allergy? :P
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I realize some of the abilities may seem kinda redundant, I just didn't want my character to seem OP. I'll switch one or two of them out for an informant, or a sniper rifle or something.

As for the biotic deficiency, I honestly just wanted to give my character an obvious flaw that could easily affect him in combat. If there were to be any explanation, I would say that the planet he was on during his deployment had small amounts of element zero contained in dust particles, and his prolonged exposure to it affected his tolerance to biotics. Now that I think about it, with how many biotics there are in Mass Effect, I may have to either buff my character's combat abilities or soften up his vulnerability to biotics to keep him from being nearly useless in combat.