ME3 SQUADMATE VERSE. i’m mostly adjusting the timeline for miranda a bit, and redoing part of her arc in ME3 (since bioware fuckin nerfed her...) miranda was one of the last crew mates to leave the normandy before it was turned over to the alliance. but, once she left, she quickly became a target for the illusive man and cerberus as a whole. in the six months between ME2 and ME3, miranda’s kept moving from station to station, planet to planet, using her cerberus intel and favors she’s been owed by others to remain mostly out of sight. her contact with her sister has been limited, given her constant moving around and the possibility that she could accidentally lead cerberus, or her father, to oriana. regardless, she’s kept updates on her sister, as well as most of the old normandy crew.
there have been a few run - ins with the illusive man’s men, but nothing she couldn’t handle. after the reapers hit earth, the first thing miranda does is check on oriana. for this verse, oriana has not yet disappeared, and miranda and her are still in contact. miranda puts in more measures to ensure oriana’s safety. using her contacts, and the small access she still has to cerberus databases, she sees the uptick in cerberus activity and begins feeding the alliance intel on the organization. after the PRIORITY: PALAVEN mission, miranda meets up with shepard on the citadel, similar to the game. given that, at the moment, oriana is still safe, miranda decides to join up with shepard and use shepard’s access to resources, as well as her own information on cerberus, to try and uncover more about the illusive man’s intentions and plans. at some point, oriana is taken by their father, and miranda loses contact with her. on edge, miranda still asks for access to alliance resources, not willing to tell shepard why just yet. using those, she still discovers her father’s facility on horizon. right before PRIORITY: THESSIA, miranda disappears to track her sister and her father down, knowing shepard is dealing with the reapers elsewhere, and taking it upon herself to put her father down and rescue her sister. the horizon mission plays out as usual. after surviving horizon, she returns to the normandy.
