Mass-effect – What are the names on the wall in the Crew Deck

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On floor 3 of my ship I noticed a large wall display with an Alliance logo and a bunch of names, and some empty name plaques. What are these names? Is this a memorial of people killed by my decisions?

I note Ashley Williams is on the list, and when I started the game I picked her as the one that died in this save. I didn't import an ME 2 file and no one has yet died due to my decisions in game.

Best Answer

Yes, this is a memorial plaque to the crew members who have been lost.

If you're particularly careless/heartless, the list can get pretty full, apparently (as LessPop_MoreFizz linked in chat):

full memorial plaque

Many names on this list coincide to fallen soldiers whose dog tags you picked up during the Mass Effect 2 Normandy SR-1 crash site assignment.

Single Player

War Assets are the part of Galaxy at War you collect in Single Player. Simply purchase War Assets with in game money to earn varying amounts of readiness, rated by Military Strength. The wiki pages list the Military Strength of the various war assets. Some assets require certain conditions to be earned.

War Assets are not Readiness, but instead their effect (Military Strength) is multiplied by Readiness.

Multiplayer

Playing Multiplayer earns you various rewards that increase Galactic Readiness, such as Promoting a character to level 20 or simply completing missions.

Failure (any mission of any level): 3% Readiness
Bronze Mission (success): 4% Readiness

Mass Effect: Infiltrator

This iOS game will help you increase Galactic Readiness if you link the games. From EA's press release, via Cult of Mac:

Inspired by the deep and immersive Mass Effect 3 universe, in Infiltrator players will help to free prisoners from a hostile Cerberus base and will receive rewards for collecting evidence of Cerberus’ crimes along the way. Every completed rescue and intelligence discovery in Infiltrator will increase a player’s Galactic Readiness rating directly through the Galaxy at War system in Mass Effect 3.

It's now available for Android as well: North America and everywhere else.

Mass Effect Datapad

Datapad is a free iOS app that will allow you to monitor your Galactic Readiness and a minigame which will allow you to slowly increase it. From the Galactic Readiness map you can send select 3 different mission points within each sector which can earn up to a 1% readiness boost for that sector only. It takes anywhere from 1 hour to 6 hours to earn a point. You can increase this by getting various power-ups based on points earned playing.

Mass-effect – What are all the possible power combinations for detonation

I found this list of biotic and tech combos on the Bioware forums.

Biotic Combos

Singularity --> Warp, Throw, Shockwave, Charge, Nova, Cluster Grenade, Reave
Stasis --> Warp, Throw, Shockwave, Charge, Nova, Cluster Grenade, Reave
Pull --> Warp, Throw, Shockwave, Charge, Nova, Cluster Grenade, Reave
Warp --> Throw, Shockwave, Charge, Nova, Cluster Grenade, Reave
Lift Grenade --> Warp, Throw, Shockwave, Charge, Nova, Cluster Grenade, Reave
Shockwave (only with Rank 6 Lifting Shockwave evolution) --> Warp, Throw, Charge, Nova, Cluster Grenade, Reave
Reave --> Warp, Throw, Shockwave, Charge, Nova, Cluster Grenade

Tech Combos

FIRE EXPLOSION - Can be set up by: Incinerate, Carnage, Inferno Grenade, Incendiary Ammo

Can be detonated with any Biotic/Tech/Combat powers that can deal direct damage (except for the powers that are used to set up the combo).
Effect: Enemies effected by any of the fire based powers, cause an AoE fire explosion, once they are killed by a direct damage power. The effect is similar to blowing up Pyros with Overload in ME2.
Note: Enemy MUST be killed by the second power, in order to cause a Fire Explosion. E.G. it will not work, if an enemy is hit by Incinerate --> Overload, and still has HP left after that. So, in this case, Overload would have to do sufficient damage to outright kill a burning enemy, in order to cause a Fire Explosion.

CRYO EXPLOSION - Can be set up by: Cryo Blast, Cryo Ammo

Can be detonated with any Biotic/Tech/Combat powers that can deal direct damage.
Effect: Frozen enemies killed by damage based powers, cause an AoE cryo explosion, freezing any enemy that is nearby.
Note: Same as Fire Explosion, frozen enemies MUST be killed by the second power in order to trigger Cryo Explosion.

TECH BURST - Can be set up by: Overload, Energy Drain, Disruptor Ammo, Sabotage

Can be detonated by any Biotic/Tech/Combat powers that can deal direct damage (except for the powers that are used to set up the combo).
Effect: Enemies effected by electricity based powers, discharge multiple electricity bolts to nearby enemies, when hit with direct damage powers. Effect is similar to Overload's Chain Overload upgrade.
Note: Unlike Fire & Cryo Explosion combos, this one doesn't require an enemy to be killed by the second power. E.G. enemy hit by Overload --> Incinerate will produce Tech Burst, whether he is killed by Incinerate or not.