Mass Effect 32012

Commander Shepard - Male:
This place seems hard pressed for supplies. I think I saw some guys fighting over a thermal clip.

Conrad Verner:
A what?

Commander Shepard - Male:
A thermal clip. They keep weapons from overheating. Sorry, it was a joke.

Conrad Verner:
Wait, where did these thermal clips come from? I thought weapons cooled down.

Commander Shepard - Male:
They used to. After the Geth attack a few years back, we switched to thermal clips.

Conrad Verner:
Well, that sounds like a major step backward.

Commander Shepard - Male:
It lets the gun fire with more power, and soldiers can pop in a new clip instead of waiting for the gun to cool.

Conrad Verner:
Fine, sure. You can still wait for the gun to cool on its own though, right?

Commander Shepard - Male:
Well, no. The in-gun cooling tech was sacrificed to make room for the thermal clips.

Conrad Verner:
Okay that's just... you might as well be going back to limited ammunition.

Commander Shepard - Male:
It's not ammunition, Conrad.

Conrad Verner:
I just don't think it's a very good idea.

Commander Shepard - Male:
I'll be sure to let every military organization in the galaxy know that.