The Topic says it all would you play a game not as Commander Shepard buy as another character in a lesser role as a part of Citadel Security, set during the first game or something of that effect...like Halo 3: ODST or maybe a character in the terminus system....

As long as it's on the 360 and not the iPhone then absolutely!

If it's made by the same guys with as much dedication. Sure.

If it has as much polish and fixed the bugs from mass effect then I would buy it. even if there were still bugs, I would still buy it because it  would be an interesting experience and give more insight on the citadel.

If it's good, sure.

Richard L. Jenkins Chronicles.  I would dig that.  A c-sec dude would be interesting if the story revolved around when the Citadel got fucked up in the first game.  I cannot elaborate any further than that, sadly.

As long as it is made by BioWare and not sholved off to some lesser developer. I enjoy the Mass Effect story lines, so if it was done well it would be an interesting game.

Not sure.  Life on the citadel seems kinda boring.    I guess you can deal with things like drugs and crime (maybe even go undercover to find out about the Shadow Broker)... but all that is kinda dwarfed by the main game where you are saving the freaking universe.

If there was a reason for it. Mass Effect is what it is because it's part of a massive overarching story. Bioware wouldn't put out something where you played some random dude unless it tied in with the story they are trying to tell.

Hellz yeah.

I could get down with that.

I thought this was about you playing Mass Effect and having to get birth a baby by cutting open a stomach.

I buy almost anything that Bioware makes.

If it had Firefight, sure.
 
I'd even buy a game called Half-Life: Blue Shift. Oh wait...

If it's done by Bioware, I'd be all over it.

Yeah sure

A retired Volus C-Sec officer returns to the scene after a group of gangsters led by his long lost evil brother return to wreck havok. Now, join Vikthar, as he takes up his assault rifle once more, to save the Citadel from petty criminals.

That actually sounds really cool, youd be like the guy who evacuated the council  or other survivors.  I dont know if they could make a full mass effect sized game out of it but it would be cool to be there while everything is just going to hell.

Maybe, but I doubt such a game would be made by Bioware and their craftsmanship is what draws me to their games.  Like Call of Duty: World at War, I'm not too interested in the in side stories not developed by the creators.  Are you familiar with Half-Life: Opposing Force?  It was a game set in the Half-Life universe that took place as the events of Half-Life proper were going on elsewhere.  It was an expansion developed by Gearbox and not Valve.  While, I won't speak to the quality of the game, I do know that I personally wasn't interested in it.  I wanted to play as Gordon Freeman as written by Valve, not a random soldier from some other studio.  
 
Maybe someday when Bioware makes the Mass Effect MMO, I can see it.  But, under the current market I'm not really interested in playing some unknown character who Shepard talked to in passing before going off and saving the universe.  
 
However, after saying all that, I do think I would accept a spin-off that featured any of the characters who aren't available as teammates in Mass Effect 2.  I know that Tali is a member of the new team, but beyond that I don't know what happens to those who survived.  Actually, that would be tricky come to think of it considering the potential fates of at least 3 characters from the first game. 

I'd love to see Bioware try some games with a more contained, personal storyline... but I don't think it's ever going to happen.

" I'd love to see Bioware try some games with a more contained, personal storyline... but I don't think it's ever going to happen. "

It'd be pretty cool to see a more FPS approach to Mass Effect and making it about C-Sec would be awesome.

Nah, maybe if it was a completely new environment with new characters. We've already seen a lot of C-sec and the Citadel in ME and we're bound to see even more in ME2.
 
I also reckon it would feel incredibly underwhelming when compared to the main storyline which is about, ye know, saving the entire galaxy from a giant fleet of genocidal space robots with the help of a team of the finest warriors in the galaxy!
Though I must say, the prequel novels were all very exciting and epic, but somehow managed to tell very personal stories with characters that you really cared about. So I have no doubt that the Bioware writers could pull it off.

" Nah, maybe if it was a completely new environment with new characters. We've already seen a lot of C-sec and the Citadel in ME and we're bound to see even more in ME2. "

" Not sure.  Life on the citadel seems kinda boring.    I guess you can deal with things like drugs and crime (maybe even go undercover to find out about the Shadow Broker)... but all that is kinda dwarfed by the main game where you are saving the freaking universe. "