I have already beaten the game twice, but both times I have been unable to save Anderson. The first time I realized it was because

I didn't have at least 4000+ effective military strength, but after returning to the scene on the Citadel with 5000+, the Illusive Man still makes me shoot Anderson, which leads to his death shortly after.

Are there specific dialogue options I have to make during this scene? Does a Renegade/Paragon quick time show up that I'm just missing? I have only tried picking the Paragon options.

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"Saving" Anderson means preventing the Ilusive Man from shooting him a second time. There's no way to avoid his eventual death.

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In the collector's strategy guide it talks about saving Anderson if your ems is between 4000-4999. But I haven't been able to do this and the guide is vague on how to save him. As I have 3122 ems at the end of the game, doing everything possible in single player.

You need to have maxed out your Reputation meter with Both Renegade and Paragon the Only way to do this,is to be playing on a second playthrough.

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You need to get at least 95% of your galaxy readiness. Without it, Shepard will not survive and Anderson will not live.

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