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Looking good so far, but I'm going to HAVE to ask:

How many of your CO's OTHER crew did you lose on the way to your ship's 'present'? :D
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I'm going with them being plucked out from ME3 on the way from Eart to Mars at the start of the game. Hence why no non-earth personnel is present and why Miranda was vrought aboard - Shep will need a trusty XO and Kaidan at this point is so not it.