The decision of who to save on Virmire is one of the most difficult and far-reaching choices players have to make during Mass Effect Legendary Edition, but a new mod enables both Ashley and Kaidan to survive that fateful mission. In the first Mass Effect, Commander Shepard is introduced to two of their many potential allies during a seemingly routine mission on Eden Prime at the start of the game: Mass Effect's biotically-enhanced Alliance Marine Kaidan Alenko and Gunnery Chief Ashley Williams. These two human teammates would follow Shepard on their investigation into rogue Spectre Saren’s involvement with the Reapers, and can even be romanced by the customizable hero under certain circumstances.
However, there is one major twist involving Kaidan and Ashley: only one of them will survive the events of the first Mass Effect game, and this is the first of many big narrative decisions players are faced with throughout the original Mass Effect trilogy. Shepard’s hunt for Saren and the Geth eventually takes their team to the tropical planet of Virmire, where Saren has built a base of operations. After a brief argument with their Krogan teammate Wrex over Saren’s secret plan to create an army of Krogan clones, Shepard and their crew set out to attack this base, and Mass Effect players can assign Kaidan or Ashley to the task of assisting Captain Kirrahe with the forward assault. Shepard and the other teammate then sneak into the base, with the latter staying behind to guard a makeshift bomb that will be used to destroy the facility from within. After a drastic turn of events, Shepard is forced to rescue one of these two squadmates, leaving the other to die as Saren’s base goes up in flames.
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