Ok, Admiral Hacket has a cool voice and everything, but he pissed me off in the first game.
Me: Ok, looks like I got my sidequests done, now I'll just head off to Noveria and continue the storyline so-
Joker: Incoming message, patching it through
Hacket: Shepard, I need you to go to the opposite side of the galaxy and take out another batch of lunatic pirates or something, because you're the only competent soldier in the entire goddamn Alliance. Cool? Cool.
Me: FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU-
Yes, I know you can just NOT do them, but I'm one of those people that absolutely MUST complete every damn sidequest.