A turian squadmate in scuffed blue armor, a Legendary Edition still.
Turian armor, Legendary Edition still

Trilogie / Escouade

Normandy roster

Des coéquipiers qui peuvent vraiment partir

Virmire, la mission suicide et Rannoch effacent des gens. La loyauté est un drapeau de survie.

A Mass Effect squadmate is not a permanent party member. Virmire kills Ashley or Kaidan. Virmire can kill Wrex. The suicide mission can kill anyone you recruited in Mass Effect 2, and Shepard as well if fewer than two of them walk out. Mass Effect 3 then staffs whole arcs with whoever is left: Padok Wiks if Mordin is dead, a geth VI if Legion is dead, Wreav if Wrex is dead.

Legendary Edition includes Kasumi and Zaeed, so a full ME2 roster is twelve people, with Samara and Morinth sharing one slot.

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Who is worth a loyalty mission

In Mass Effect 2, loyalty is not a friendship meter for its own sake. It is a survival flag. A disloyal specialist dies in the role they were perfect for. A disloyal squadmate dies if you take them to the final fight. Disloyalty also subtracts one from a hold-the-line score. Do the missions. The two that also move Mass Effect 3's map are Tali: Treason and Legion: A House Divided.

Legion is recruited last, from the Reaper IFF. Wake him, refuse Cerberus, and run his loyalty before you do anything else. That outing is the one free mission before the crew is kidnapped. Every other loyalty should already be done.

Who is aboard
NameSpeciesGamesRole
Kaidan AlenkoHumanME1, ME3Sentinel
Ashley WilliamsHumanME1, ME3Soldier
Garrus VakarianTurianME1, ME2, ME3Marksman
Urdnot WrexKroganME1, ME3Battlemaster
Tali'ZorahQuarianME1, ME2, ME3Machinist
Liara T'SoniAsariME1, ME3Scientist
Miranda LawsonHumanME2, ME3Cerberus officer
Jacob TaylorHumanME2Cerberus operative
Mordin SolusSalarianME2, ME3Scientist
JackHumanME2, ME3Biotic
GruntKroganME2, ME3Tank-bred krogan
SamaraAsariME2Justicar
MorinthAsariME2Ardat-Yakshi
Thane KriosDrellME2, ME3Assassin
LegionGethME2, ME3Geth platform
Zaeed MassaniHumanME2, ME3Mercenary
Kasumi GotoHumanME2, ME3Thief
James VegaHumanME3Soldier
EDIAIME3Mobile platform
JavikProtheanME3Warrior

Open next: who among them can lock a romance; the suicide mission checklist; the import flags a death rewrites.

Questions the codex gets

Is Liara a squadmate in Mass Effect 2?

Not on the Normandy roster. She fights beside you inside Lair of the Shadow Broker. She returns as a regular squadmate on Mars in Mass Effect 3.

What happens if Wrex dies?

Wreav leads the krogan. You can still deal with the genophage, and you can lie to Wreav more easily. You cannot get Wrex's scenes back without reloading Virmire.

Does a disloyal Grunt matter in Mass Effect 3?

Yes. A loyal Grunt can survive the Aralakh Company fight against the rachni. A disloyal Grunt does not.