Liara Mourns the Dead

Liara Mourns the Dead

This mod expands the conversation between Shepard and Liara that occurs after the attempted Cerberus Coup. Liara will discuss Kaidan, Ashley and/or Thane, depending on who died during the Coup and on Virmire.

In the vanilla game, this conversation appears only if Kaidan or Ashley died confronting Shepard during the coup. It will now trigger for all players. If the Virmire Survivor was talked down and sided with Shepard against Udina, Liara will instead discuss the squadmate who died on Virmire. She will also talk about Thane (if he died as a result of saving the Salarian Councillor).

This is not cut content, this was constructed with borrowed (some from the vanilla version of this scene, some from elsewhere) and carefully spliced lines to flesh out an interesting scene that many players will never otherwise see. Please see the video tab for the full scene.

A note on Virmire

This mod assumes that Liara met both Kaidan and Ashley prior to Virmire, and that one of them died on Virmire.

The vanilla game makes it possible to recruit Liara after Virmire, but this is not recorded in any way in the game save, and there are other places in Mass Effect 3 where Liara talks as if she knew the person who died on Virmire. This mod follows that pattern.

The Virmire Savior mod series allows for Kaidan and Ashley to survive, but there is no sensible way to restructure this scene without that death, considering its primary purpose is to talk about that death. If you install both, this scene will act like one of them is dead anyway.

Language

This mod is for English language audio only. It involves heavy use of repurposed and spliced lines from other areas of the game which I cannot replicate (and may not be replicable) for other languages.

If you play with English audio and subtitles in another language, this is supported, but please note that most translation is currently automated and likely contains errors. If you can submit a more accurate translation, I would be grateful to receive and integrate this into the mod with full credit. Please do not release standalone translation mods, I would prefer to host all languages together on the main mod.

With thanks to MajorKirrahe89 for improved Polish translation.

WIth thanks to BomjMaslinow for improved Russian translation.

With thanks to eurstone for improved French translation.

Installation

Download the . 7z file.

Import the . 7z file into ME3Tweaks Mod Manager.

Apply the mod to the game.

Play the game.

You can install this mod at any point before returning to the Normandy after the Cerberus coup, as long as you have not installed texture mods (using MEM - Mass Effect Modder).