You cant really compare the two. they both have different skills. Trent is a skilled space pilot. Shepard is skilled at ground combat.
at least trent didnt die saving the galaxy
and thats bad how? he was a hero. its not like he didnt do anything and died in vain
Nomads are a lot like Reapers, mind control mumbo jumbo and they want to kill Humanity.
and trent killed said nomads without killing himself, which is a +1 in my book
All Trent had to do was shoot that nomad laser thing. Shepard had to fight a crap load of Reaper forces and had to give his life to save the galaxy and had a very hard choice to make. what choice to trent have to make? shoot the artifact laser? Shepard needed to make a choice in which he died in order to save the galaxy. also the reapers dont want just kill the humans like the nomads. they want to harvest them and their tech into making more reapers. The nomads plainly hate the humans and want them gone.