Kaidan Alenko Full Romance - Extended Cut

thrusters check navigation check internal emissions sync engaged all systems online drift just under 1500k 1500 is good your captain will be pleased i hate that guy nilas gave you a compliment so you hate him you remember to zip up your jumpsuit on the way out of the bathroom that's good i just jumped us halfway across the galaxy and hit a target the size of a pinhead so that's incredible besides spectres are trouble i don't like having them on board call me paranoid you're paranoid the council helped fund this project they have a right to send someone to keep an eye on their investment yeah that is the official story but only an idiot believes the official story and they don't send specters on shakedown runs so there's more going on here than the captain's letting up joker status report just cleared the mass relay captain stealth system's engaged everything looks solid good find a calm buoy and link us into the network i want mission report relayed back to alliance brass before we reach in prime aye aye captain better brace yourself sir i think nihilus is headed your way he's already here lieutenant tell commander shepard to meet me in the calm room for a debriefing you get that commander he sounds angry something must have gone wrong with the mission captain always sounds like that when he's talking to me can't possibly imagine why we should be getting close to eden captain we got a problem what's wrong joker transmission from eden prime sir you better see this bring it up on screen get down we are under attack taking heavy casualties and repeat heavy casualties they came out of nowhere we need everything cuts out after that no calm traffic at all just goes dead there's nothing reverse and hold it 38.5 status report 17 minutes out captain no other alliance ships in the area take us in joker fast and quiet this mission just got a lot more complicated a small strike team can move quickly without drawing attention it's our best chance to secure the beacon grab your gear and meet us in the cargo hold telelenko and jenkins to suit up commander you're going in engaging stealth systems somebody was doing some serious digging here captain your team's the muscle in this operation commander go in heavy and head straight for the dig site what about survivors captain helping survivors is a secondary objective the beacon's your top priority approaching drop point one niles you're coming with us i move faster on my own niles will scout out ahead he'll feed you status reports throughout the mission otherwise i want radio silence we've got us back captain the mission's yours now shepard good luck we are approaching from point two [Music] rip right through his shields we'll see that he receives a proper service once the mission is complete but i need you to stay focused this is the dig site the beacon was right here it must have been moved by who our side of the gas hard to say maybe we'll know more after we check out the research camp you think anyone got out of here alive if they were lucky maybe hiding up in the camp it's just on the top of this ridge up the ramps normandy the beacon is secure amazing actual working prothean technology unbelievable it wasn't doing anything like that when they dug it up something must have activated it roger normandy standing by [Music] [Music] no don't [Music] doctor dr chakwas i think she's waking up you had us worried there shepherd how are you feeling minor throbbing nothing serious how long was i out about 15 hours something happened down there with the beacon i think it's my fault i must have triggered some kind of security field when i approached it you had to push me out of the way you had no way to know what would happen actually we don't even know if that's what set it off unfortunately we'll never get the chance to find out the beacon exploded a system overload maybe the blast knocked you cold williams and i had to carry you back here to the ship i appreciate it physically you're fine but i detected some unusual brain activity abnormal beta waves i also noticed an increase in your rapid eye movement science typically associated with intense streaming i saw i'm not sure what i saw death destruction nothing truly clear [Music] hmm i better add this to my report it may oh captain anderson how's our exo holding up doctor well all the readings look normal i'd say the command is going to be fine glad to hear it shepard i need to speak with you in private aye captain i'll be in the mess if you need me commander i'm glad to see you're okay losing jenkins was hard on the crew and i'm glad we didn't lose you too things were pretty rough down there yeah you never get used to seeing dead civilians it doesn't seem right somehow but at least you stop sarin from wiping out the whole colony i couldn't have done it without you we're marines we stick together and i'm just sorry that we lost jenkins yeah i wish i could have done something to save him i was there you did everything right it was just bad luck it's been a hell of a shakedown cruz our first mission ends with one specter killing another the citadel council is not going to be happy about that probably use it to lever more concessions out of the alliance you've got a good grasp of the situation you a career man yeah a lot of biotics are we're not restricted but we sure don't go undocumented may as well get a paycheck for it besides my father served we made him proud when i enlisted eventually but is that why you're here because of your family i was a regular navy brat i got a little more noteworthy than the folks expected oh that's right the blitz i imagine that brought you any posts in the fleet word is we're heading for the citadel ma'am can you uh tell me why the captain hopes the ambassador can get an audience with the council tell them what saren's been up to makes sense they'd probably like to know he's not working for them anymore whatever happens we'll be ready how well do you know the lieutenant i'd never worked with him before this mission but he has an impressive service record over a dozen special commendations tends to keep to himself though maybe because of the headaches it's not easy being an l2 what does that have to do with it well most biotics now use the l3 implants lieutenant alenko was wired with the old l2 configuration sometimes there are complications what kind of complications severe mental disabilities insanity crippling physical pain there's a long list of horrific side effects caden's lucky he just gets migraines big place that your professional opinion sir this isn't a station it's a city there must be millions here it can't be possible to track everyone coming and going this makes jump zero look like a porta john and it's the largest deep space station the alliance has jump zero is big but this is a whole nother scale look at the wart arms how do they keep all that mass from flying apart the council represents more races than i thought no wonder they're careful with newcomers they probably just want to keep everything running it has to be hard keeping all these cultures working together or maybe they just don't like humans why not we've got oceans beautiful women's emotion called love according to the old vids we have everything they want when you put it that way there's no reason no one like you i mean us humans you don't take much shore leave do you lt all right laugh it up chief i appreciate the thought olenko but we're on duty here ah i'll walk drag ma'am anything you need commander what's your opinion on the last mission i don't see how it could have done things any better at least not without getting to eden prime sooner and we were on the scene faster than any other alliance ship could have been we'll talk another time lieutenant commander commander do you have a minute i always make time for my officers off the record i think there's something wrong here this sarin is looking for records on some kind of galactic extinction but we can't get back up from the council sorry commander there's writing on the wall here but someone isn't reading it the council doesn't want to believe anything's wrong i'd call it human nature but i hear you it just seems like a group that's been around as long as the council should see this coming it's funny we finally get out here and the final frontier was already settled and the residents don't even seem impressed by the view or the dangers well well you're a romantic did you sign on for the dream alenko secure a man's future in space [Music] yeah i read a lot of those books when i was a kid where the hero goes to space to prove himself worthy of a woman he loves or you know for justice and maybe i was a romantic in the beginning but i thought about it after brain camp uh sorry biotic acclimation and temperance training i'm not looking for the dream i just want to do some good see what's out here sorry if i got too informal protocol wasn't a big focus back in bot tell me about it biotic acclimation and temperance didn't last past the airlock to the kids they hauled in it was brain camp sorry all day and is unkind we were encouraged to commit to an evaluation of our abilities so an understanding of biotics could be compiled there are worse results of accidental exposure to element zero in the womb beats the brain tumors some kids grew up with [Music] is there some question about how you were exposed my mother was downwind of a transport crash it was before there were human biotics a little after the discovery of the martian ruins it only gets iffy around 63 when kinetics was running out of first gen subjects until then they'd relied on accidentals a bunch of guys in suit show up at your door after school and next thing you know you're out on jump zero jump zero is gagarin station right what's it like yeah that's the official name biggest and farthest facility we had for decades right on the termination shock the outer edge of the solar system it's where they did all the goose chase ftl research before we caught on to using mass effect fields it was a sterile research platform when i was there there were other kids in the same boat right at least you weren't alone out there that's true we did have a little circle that would get together every night before lights out we didn't have much to do though it was a research platform then and kinetics kept jump zero off the extra net to prevent leaks and you must have had plenty of time to get to know each other yeah we'd sit around in a bowl every night after dinner play cards or network games there was this girl named rana who had a little circle grow up around her she was from turkey her family was very rich but she was smart and charming as hell beautiful but not stuck up about it like you i guess sounds like she was special to you she was maybe she felt the same but things never felt together training you know you know of any intentional exposures for certain no one knows doesn't mean they didn't happen as big as the exposures were it was hard to track down accidentals it was different then no one knew the potential so there wasn't a lot of regulation anything kinetics did was gold i'm not saying they intentionally detonated drives over our outposts but in retrospect they were damn quick on the scene jump zero's a long way from home what was it like the grand gateway to humanity looks a lot better in the vids anyway this was supposed to be a casual debrief not a bull session about stuff that happened years ago i wanted to get to know you a little better that's all thanks for the talk kaden well you're welcome man you uh make a habit of getting this personal with everyone no no i don't we'll talk again later i'll uh i'll need some time to process that commander but yeah i'd like that anything you need commander what's your opinion on the last mission doctor to sony she seems nice enough i mean if you like the bookish sort any intentions there lieutenant none commander i prefer adventurous women we'll talk later kaden i'd like that do you have some time to talk now commander of course have a seat we've played it pretty close to the book so far but we're a long way from backup we've got some tough calls to make i'm just saying try to leave yourself a way out i've seen what cutting corners can do and i'd hate to have that happen to you shepard commander that's not the appropriate way to address your commanding officer lieutenant sorry ma'am maybe i got a bad signal and if you're a maybe there's someone else you'd rather confide in ma'am all right alenko off the record permission to speak candidly cross my heart and hope to die what are you talking about uh doctor to sony ma'am there's a lower deck rumor that she's uh interested in you he's more than a source of prothean data she's a very interesting lady not to my uh tastes but uh i never claimed to be big on alien culture [Music] my relationship with dr disoni is professional all right only a rumor but you don't have to spend your off-duty time with me not if you don't want to look there's nothing between liara and me what's the real issue here caden you're right sorry it wasn't uh liara's not my main concern i'm not questioning any decision you've made shepard let me be clear about that it's just my experience that once someone lets something slide it tends to pick up speed you get my meaning talk to me caden you got a little black rain cloud sitting over your head i'll try to keep the deck dry you know the records about the biotic training out on jump zero they're all classified because the alliance made mistakes after first contact kinetics was set up to track element zero exposures and develop implants for humans once we had an embassy on the citadel kinetics could bring in experts instead of taking it slow is there some reason we couldn't learn it on our own they didn't know where to start well it took a couple of years to even link biotics and ezo forget trying to get the kids to move stuff they had trouble just helping them not break their own limbs and their choice of teachers didn't help much the only experts would have to be aliens dead on turians actually that's why kinetics kept it a secret they were afraid of what people back home would think asking the turians for help when we just fought a war with them the asari would have been more acceptable than the turians yes but the company didn't go through the citadel it would have made earth look weak so they discreetly hired some turian mercenaries i'm sure kinetics did what they thought was best it wasn't best for us they brought in an ex-military turian named commander vernus to introduce himself he liked to say i was the hell of the dreadnought that killed your father i told him my dad wasn't in the war he'd retired to vancouver my family had an inland home that matured to new beachfront verna sat it in for me after that he cut corners pushed hard i mean you either came out of superman or iraq a lot of kids snapped a few died the point of all this i guess is that when you cut corners it's not always obvious who pays for it so why are you telling me this is there something i can do to help you get over it i'm 32 shepard you don't serve as long as i have without coming to terms with yourself you also learn that if someone is special to you you help them try to keep them from making mistakes special huh if i'm out of line just say the word you're not out of lying caden but there are regs i get you shepard i don't make a habit of complicating the chain of command just think about what i said just trying to get a sense of where the crew's at thoughts i've wasted enough your time for now commander we'll have time for personal debriefings later we'll talk later kaden i'd like that i get the feeling you want to ask me something commander maybe we could pick up where we left off you were telling me about your interest in the protheans actually i think i was talking about my interest in you and making a fool of myself in the process as i said i am not used to dealing with people especially humans i did not really know much about your species when we first met shepard i found it hard to take humanity seriously your kind always seemed so rushed and high strung we don't have the luxury of time and asari can live for a thousand years we're lucky if we hit 150. that is true at first i thought that was a weakness of your species after spending time with you and your crew however i think it may actually be an advantage you humans are creatures of action you pursue your goals with an almost indomitable determination it is an admirable trait but also an intimidating one you're scared of us unfortunately the rest of the galaxy sees humanity as something of a bully you run over anyone in your path to get what you want it is up to people like you to change their minds shepard i'm doing the best i can liara there is a reason the council chose you to become a specter they saw something special in you the best of what humanity has to offer i looked into your history i know what you did during the blitz it was a remarkable display of courage and heroism you didn't need to go behind my back i would have told you whatever you wanted to know i apologize commander after our last conversation i was afraid i would say something stupid again i wanted to know more about you to understand what made you into the woman you are there is something compelling about you shepard are you sure you're interested in me or is it my visions of the protheans i admit your connection to the protheans had something to do with my initial interest but it has grown beyond that you intrigued me shepard but i was not sure if it was appropriate to act on my feelings i thought there might already be a relationship between you and lieutenant elenco i care about cayden a lot i thought so still i feel as if there is also some attraction between us shepard i'm not interested in you in that way liara this is very embarrassing for me commander please let's talk about something else i should go goodbye commander commander do you have a few minutes to talk one-on-one sure i was just watching some mail from home oh before i go we saw kaden in a news vid about the normandy he's cute later sis let's pretend this never happened are you interested in the lieutenant chief no ma'am and anyway scuttlebutt says he's already sweet in someone see how it is you write letters and everyone ignores you force is the only thing people appreciate so how about if i kill chairman burns and finish the charade please i was trying to help you people let's not do anything we're all gonna regret why not what have we got to lose since the chairman here decided that we didn't get reparations we've got nothing left to live for but i've changed my mind seeing you all it's clear that you all deserve you had your chance some l2s are nearly crippled from side effects of the implants but you voted against reparations think about this burns is the one man who can help you yes if you release me i can take another look at the reparations request what we're supposed to trust you i'm an l2 like you trust me the commander can make sure that burns follows through sure you promise us freedom and say everything will be fine but as soon as we surrender you'll double-cross us i'm not promising to let you go all i'm saying is that burns will take another look right burns absolutely i had no idea that the l2 biotics were this desperate if i'd known the reparations will come for whatever it's worth i promise that you're right i don't want to die maybe something will happen this time we surrender thank you commander i thought i was dead when they took me i'll see to it that the reparations discussion is reopened i didn't know they were so desperate a fifth fleet cruiser will be by shortly to pick you and the prisoners up we haven't had time together since our last chat a lot was said when we talked he seemed decisive then lieutenant why so hesitant now i don't want to distract you too much the deeper we get into this mess the bigger it seems i'm just looking for an ear that a briefing wasn't the right place to say how ridiculous this is it seems like every other race in the galaxy is wrapped up in their own problems they don't want to see what's coming wanting to believe everything will be fine sounds like human nature to me yeah i guess some things carry across species well enough i should remember that after what happened with furnace i think you'd carry a grudge over the crap you took from vernus before i met vernis i knew as much as any other civilian aliens were weird superior and tried to tell us what to do i mean it's only been 26 years since first contact it's not a lot of time to understand them it was vernis who made me see how human aliens are they're not different or special they're jerks and saints just like us hell by the time i got payback i didn't even want it anymore i don't see you snapping very easily what finally did it he heard rana broke her arm she reached for a glass of water instead of pulling it biotically she just wanted to drink without getting a nosebleed you know like an idiot i stood up didn't know what i was gonna do just something and vernis lost it beat the crap out of me he kept shouting how they should have bombed us back to the stone age that's when the knife came up a military issue talent right in my face i cut loose full biotic kick right in the teeth almost as strong as i can manage now but at 17 that's something you wanted to help a girl you cared for that's a noble thing maybe my intentions were noble but i i lost control i killed him shepard snapped his neck they probably could have saved him if they got him to an infirmary quick enough but they don't caused a stir when they shipped him home bot training was shut down kinetics folded a couple of years later that's funny i'm not sure which of us got the worst of what happened was rana all right rana yeah yeah she was fine we never really uh we stopped talking after that tell me what happened rama had a gentle heart she loved everyone furnace terrified her we all protected her from it and everyone everyone loved her but after what i did to him she was terrified of me too anyway this is um i had a point here aliens are individuals just because one's an ass doesn't mean they all are so yeah i hated that turian but but he wasn't a turian to me he was furnace so that's why you're so self-controlled i'm no more disciplined than any other biotic shepherd this is all ancient history i'm over it you agonize over doing the right thing you never let yourself lose control because ronna spurned you after vern has died that's all right maybe you have a point maybe but i'm okay you don't have to worry about me fully functional human being i won't be a burden on you on the crew okay you're a strong man talking about this doesn't make you a whiner and it doesn't make you immature it makes you human all right but it's embarrassing you have to tell me that you're right i might need to loosen up a little i'll try glad you'll be here when it's over shepherd i'm uh i'm looking forward to some shore leave just trying to get a sense of where the crew is at thoughts i've wasted enough of your time for now commander we'll have time for personal debriefings later what's your opinion on the last mission killing saren's uh what was benazi anyway second in command advisor anyway it should set him back a bit i'm sure dr disoni's hurting the poor kid having to kill her own mom any opinion on the rack knife off the record if we had the option i'd have soon have left it to the council we weren't out here during the rakhine war i'm not sure we have any business getting involved we'll talk later caden i'd like that [Music] i have given you the cipher dressed as it was given to saren the ancestral memories of the protheans are part of you now what just happened are you okay i saw something it still didn't make any sense you have been given a great gift the experience of an entire people it will take time for your mind to process this information anything you need commander just trying to get a sense of where the crew's at thoughts i've wasted enough of your time for now commander we'll have time for personal debriefings later what's your opinion on the last mission i'm glad there aren't many aliens like the thorian i don't think my stomach could take it out of a deal you worked out with john though if i ever get a speeding ticket i want you to be my advocate we'll talk later cayden i'd like that reading a signal must be our solarity check out those defense towers drop the mako we'll go in hot and take them out i'll get you in underneath their radar commander got a clean drop commander [Music] stay out of range and continue evasive maneuvers until i bring those aaa towers down well this is it don't do anything stupid while i'm gone lt you too commander we'll be fine you'll see yeah i just good luck is there something you want to say chief i don't know it's just weird going under someone else's command i've got used to working with you all of you don't worry we'll see you on the other side i know i it's been an honor serving with you commander it doesn't matter if we're not in the same unit we are still a team watch each other's backs keep your eyes open and fight like i know you can we'll all come out of this in one piece you bet commander bomb is in position we're all set here commander can you read me the nuke is almost ready get to the rendezvous point williams negative commander the guests have us pin down on the aa tower you've taken heavy casualties we'll never make the rendezvous point in time get them out of their joker now negative it's too hot can't risk it we'll hold them off as long as we can it's okay commander i need a couple of minutes to finish arming the bomb go get them and meet me back here up to the aa tower move damn yes they're sending it heads up just bought them headed to your location it's already here there's death pouring out all over the bomb side can you hold them off there's too many i don't think we can survive until you get here i'm activating the bomb elenka what are you doing i'm just making sure this bomb goes off no matter what it's done commander go get williams and get the hell out of here screw that we can handle ourselves go back and get alenko alenko radio joker and tell him to meet us at the bomb site yes commander i you know it's the right choice lt i'm sorry ash i had to make a choice i understand commander i don't regret a thing [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music] ah all right everybody hang on [Music] i can't believe that ash didn't make it how could we just leave her down there williams knew the risks going in she gave her life to save the rest of us but why me why not her i'm sorry caiden i'd never leave you behind i couldn't you know that i know and i am grateful but ash died because of me because of us it wasn't your fault it wasn't my fault the only one to blame here is saren yes ma'am i'm we'll get it done anything you need commander i wanted to see how you're dealing with ash's death dealing ma'am sorry for anything i said back there adrenaline i understand i don't like losing people either i've served for years but never lost a soldier under my command not to hostile action anyway if you don't mind my asking how did you deal with the losses on elysium it was my job to get everyone out safe i failed i vowed not to let that happen again same here i'll remember her and i'll do better for her yeah i guess that's all we can do thanks for the advice ma'am what's your opinion on the last mission input hell i don't know we're fighting giant machines from outside the galaxy should i be afraid of them or in all of them anything so old so intelligent yeah they've been around a while so were the turians we gave them a boot in the ass i think we're gonna need a bigger boot committer we'll talk later caden i'd like that commander are you all right i'm sure there's a way to appeal we're under alliance authority after all not the council official channels are closed they were quite clear about that closed and we're supposed to accept that so where do you think the best view will be when the reapers roll through if we have to sit it out may as well get a good seat we're out of the game for now i need you to be there while i figure things out you know you can count on me or any other crew commander come on caden i can get a salute from anyone on this ship sometimes i need a shoulder yeah i always leave a way out you know that i'm here for you but we're in a rough spot and the last thing i want to do is muddy things like it's all that clear to start with are we the pride of the fleet or not are we valued agents or just peons can't just pull out a good old-fashioned it'll be all right can you it's that easy huh okay then everything will be fine shepard you'll figure it out that wasn't so hard no was it i could get used to it i guess we have some down time to figure out what we are sorry to interrupt commander got a message from captain anderson are you spying on us joker no ma'am just knew you were on the ship and figured i'd pass the message on the captain said to meet him at flux that club down in the wards well i guess you better go then i'm glad you came i heard that that pulled me off the mission just like when they forced you to give up the normandy i know i'm sorry i wanted to warn you but there was no way to get a message to you before you docked i know you're pissed off right now but you can't give up they all think this is over but we both know it's not you have to go to islands you have to stop sarin from using the conduit there's only one ship that can get me into the terminus systems undetected and she's grounded citadel controls locked out all the normandy's systems but if we override the ambassador's orders we can get them to bring the normandy back online you can be indeterminate systems before anyone even knows you're gone if we steal the normandy you're the one left holding the bag and if sarin finds the conduit life as we know it is over the reapers will destroy us humans are sorry everybody so i'll do whatever it takes to get you on the normandy and off this station stealing the normandy is mutiny what if the crew won't help me the normandy's your ship now commander her crew will follow you to the ends of the galaxy we both know that i won't forget this captain i promise i can unlock the normandy from one of the consoles in the citadel control center you'll have a few minutes before anyone realizes what happens that is a restricted area patrolled by armed guards how are you going to get in leave that to me just make sure you're in the normandy when the systems come back online you're going to get yourself killed there has to be another way ambassador udina issued the lockdown order if i can hack into the computer in his office maybe i can override it he's not going to let you waltz into his office and use his computer hopefully he won't be there if he is i'll just have to think of something udina won't let this slide captain you'll be charged with treason a capital offense we don't have a lot of options i break into the ambassador's computer or i take my chances with the patrols in citadel control you'll have a better chance if you go after the ambassador's computer i was hoping the ambassador has made this person you ready to get the hell off this station commander let's do it i'll take care of the lockdown you get down to the normandy and tell joker to stand by anderson what are you doing here i didn't [Music] [Music] [Applause] let's go get us out of here joker now commander you probably shouldn't call me that i probably shouldn't even be wearing this uniform yeah a hell of a thing we broke our oath to defend the alliance so we can keep it what happens if this doesn't work out shepard we mutinied stole a prototype warship if they wanted to get technical they could throw in kidnapping we're a hell of an example of humanity's best and brightest huh keep reminding myself we're doing the right thing i don't believe me yet well if i didn't think you were doing the right thing i wouldn't be here it'll really hit the fan when we get to hylos if things don't go well i want you to know wow i've enjoyed serving under you caden you stopped being a subordinate a long time ago don't you think it's time to act like it battlefield flirting is one thing chevron there are rags against fraternization huh i suppose breach of protocol will be pretty far down the list of charges at our courts marshall you know what you're right about everything i think about losing you and i can't stand it the galaxy will just keep going everything even the reapers will come around again but you and i we are important right now and this is what will never happen again us shepard you make me feel human bunk here tonight caden with me is that an order commander i'm not looking for a pet caden i'd have gone elsewhere for that i'm glad you didn't this can't change anything shepard this is a good crew the finest i've served with i don't want to mess it up [Music] [Music] it's been a long time since i've met a woman bridge to commander shepard we're five minutes out from the mu relay you're a sweetheart caden joker's waiting for you on the bridge i swear though if anything happens to you take care shepherd [Music] go [Music] [Music] [Music] captain anderson we found them they're in here [Music] take it easy it's over you're safe now where's the commander [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] disengaging ftl drives emission sinks active board is green we are running silent we're wasting our time four days searching up and down this sector and we haven't found any sign of geth activity three ships went missing here in the past month something happened to him my money's on slavers the terminus system is crawling with them picking up something on the long-range scanner unidentified vessel looks like a cruiser it doesn't match any known signatures cruiser is changing course now on intercept trajectory can't be stealth systems are engaged there's no way a death shift could possibly it's not the gaff brace verbatim maneuvers [Music] somebody get that fire out wow [Music] shepard distress beacon is ready for launch will the alliance get here in time the alliance won't abandon us we just need to hold on get everyone onto the escape shuttles joker's still in the cockpit he won't abandon ships i'm not leaving either i need you to get the crew onto the evac shuttles i'll take care of joker commander go now everybody in go go come on joker we have to get out of here no i won't abandon the normandy i can still save her the normandy's lost going down with the ship won't change that yeah okay help me up [Music] so watch the arms [Music] uh [Music] uh uh [Music] i know this isn't the best time but i'm sick of stumbling around when i don't know what's going on fair enough i'll give you the quick version you and your ship were attacked and destroyed you were killed dead as dead can be when they brought you here our scientists spent the last two years putting you back together you've been comatose or worse that whole time welcome back to your life this doesn't look like an alliance facility it is i can't say much more than that for now the alliance officially declared you killed in action the whole galaxy thinks you're dead and if we don't get to those shuttles they'll be right were there any other survivors from the normandy i'll tell you what you help me finish off these mechs and i'll play 20 questions with you all day okay i promised i'd answer your questions what do you want to know the last thing i remember is the normandy blowing up did anyone else make it just about everybody survived a few servicemen from the lower decks didn't get out navigator presley was killed by an explosion but everyone else including the non-alliance crew the asari liara and the quarian they all made it out alive do you know what any of them are doing now i don't know commander it's been two years they've moved on left the alliance could be anywhere they were my team they knew i was alive they'd come back maybe you can track them down after we get off the station if we get off the station keep your list i want people i trust the ones who help me stop sarin and the geth that was two years ago commander most of them have moved on or their allegiances have changed where's caden alenko he's still with the alliance promoted i believe his file is surprisingly well classified what happened to staff lieutenant elinco after the normandy was destroyed staff commander olenko is still with the alliance but he's working on a special mission it's classified i can't say anymore not while you're working with cerberus i'm sorry shepard i think we have them horizon one of our colonies in the terminus systems just went silent if it isn't under attack it soon will be has morden delivered the countermeasure for the seeker swarms not yet let's hope he works well under pressure there's something else you should know one of your former crew caden alenko is stationed on horizon last i knew caden was alliance why is he out in the terminus systems officially it's an outreach program to improve alliance relation with the colonies but they're up to something and if they sent commander elenco it must be big i suggest you take it up with him the collectors just happened to pick a colony with one of my former crew i don't buy it it shouldn't be a surprise the collectors are interested in you especially if they're working for the reapers they might be going after him to get to you we should send a message to the citadel the alliance can give us reinforcements not until you investigate i don't want the alliance getting in our way once you have the situation under control i'll send the message personally send the coordinates we'll head straight there this is the most warning we've ever had shepard good luck lilith we've got a problem still can't calibrate the targeting matrix those defense towers are useless if we don't figure it out sorry commander getting our comm systems back online takes priority yeah okay surprised people haven't tried to blame that one on me too people out here don't trust the alliance it's nothing personal what is that get everyone to the safe house i'll cover you run hurry ah [Music] [Music] damn it it's the alliance's fault they stationed that commander olenco here and built those defense towers it made us a target tell me more about this alliance rep commander alenko heard he was some kind of hero or something that made nothing to me though but rather he stayed back in council space any idea what he was doing on horizon supposed to be helping us get the defense towers up and running i got the feeling he was here for something else spying on us maybe [Applause] [Music] no don't let him get away there's nothing we can do they're gone the colonies in there they took eagan and salmon and lilith do something i didn't want it to end this way i did what i could more than most shepherd shepherd wait i know that name sure i remember you you're some type of big alliance hero commander shepard captain of the normandy the first human specter savior of the citadel you're in the presence of a legend deland and a ghost all the good people we lost and you get left behind figures screw this i'm done with you alliance types i thought you were dead shepard we all did it's been too long caden have you been is that all you have to say you show up after two years and just act like nothing happened thought we had something shepherd something real i loved you thinking you were dead tore me apart how could you put me through that why didn't you try to contact me why didn't you let me know you were alive i'm sorry cayden i was clinically dead took two years to bring me back so much time has passed you've moved on i don't want to reopen old wounds i did move on at least i thought i did but now we've got reports about you and cerberus reports you mean you already knew alliance intel thought cerberus might be behind the missing human colonies i got a tip this colony might be the next one to get hit anderson stonewalled me but there were rumors that you weren't dead that you were working for the enemy building the defense towers was just a cover story the alliance sent you here to investigate me didn't they i was here for cerberus you were just a rumor i wanted to believe you were alive but i never expected anything like this you turned your back on everything we believed in you betrayed the alliance you betrayed me caden you know me you know i'd only do this for the right reason you saw it yourself the collectors are targeting human colonies and they're working with the reapers i want to believe you shepard but i don't trust cerberus they could be using the threat of a reaper to manipulate you what if they're behind it what if they're working with the collectors demikaden you're so focused on cerberus that you're ignoring the real threat you're letting how you feel about their history get in the way of the facts maybe or maybe you feel like you owe cerberus because they saved you maybe you're the one who's not thinking straight you've changed but i still know where my loyalties lie i'm an alliance soldier always will be i've got to report back to the citadel they can decide if they believe your story or not so long [Music] goodbye shepard and be careful joker send the shuttle to pick us up i've had enough of this colony caden said the alliance got a tip about me and cerberus was that you i may have let it slip that you were alive and with cerberus you risked the lives of my friend my crew and that entire colony just to lure the collectors there a calculated risk i suspected that collectors were looking for you or people connected to you now i know for certain i told you i wouldn't sit and wait while the reapers and collectors gather strength besides they would have hit another colony eventually and without a way to predict which one they would have abducted everyone we have to make sure they don't abduct anyone else i want the collector's stock for that very reason that's why we're doing this shepard i'm devoting all resources to finding a way through the omega-4 relay we have to hit them where they live your team will need to be strong as will their resolve there's no looking back the same goes for you can i assume you've put your past relationships behind you none of your damn business if it affects the mission better you should leave it behind i saw the reports on horizon commander what you did was amazing the report mentioned that kadenalenko was there how did that go we've been through a lot i wish we could have had more time together hey commander it's uh pretty crazy the people you can run into out here huh i mean it was probably a setup or something but it was still good to see caden staff commander elenco wasn't it yeah we talked it was nice but things have changed we let it go oh good because i was not looking forward to your mood if that went bad there's a reason i don't date crew commander so so okay please confirm destination shepard the reaper iff is online but there is a chance that the normandy may not survive the omega-4 relay once we are on route we are committed the collectors took my people time to go get them back you got it commander plotting a course for the omega 4 relay eta about two hours i'll let you know when we arrived [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] commander you're not supposed to call me that anymore james not supposed to salute you either we gotta go the defense committee wants to see you sounds important what's going on couldn't say just told me they needed you now anderson admiral you look good shepard maybe a little soft around the edges how are you holding up since being relieved from duty it's not so bad once you get used to the hot food and soft beds we'll get it sorted out what's going on why is everyone in such a hurry admiral hackett's mobilizing the fleets i'm guessing words made it to alliance command something big's headed our way the reapers we don't know not for certain what else could it be if i knew that you know we're not ready if it is them not by a long shot tell that to the defense committee unless we're planning to talk the reapers to death the committee is a waste of time they're just scared none of them have seen what you've seen you face down oven alias spoke to one that blew the damn thing up you've seen how they harvest us what they plan to do to us you know more about this enemy than anyone that way they grounded me took away my ship you know that's not true when you blew up the batarian relay hundreds of thousands of batarians died it was that or let the reapers walk through our back door i'd know that shepard and so does the committee it wasn't for that you'd have been court-martialed and left the right la brigg that in your good word yeah i trust you chef and so does the committee i'm just a soldier anderson i'm no politician i don't need you to be either i just need you to do whatever the hell it takes to help us stop the wreakings [Music] they're expecting you to admiral [Music] good luck in there shepard [Music] anderson shepard cayden how'd it go in there major okay i think hard to know i'm just waiting for orders now major you hadn't heard no hadn't sorry shepherd it's been wow that's okay just glad i bumped into you caden yeah me too admiral come on [Music] you know the commander i used to admiral anderson shepard what's the situation we were hoping you would tell us the reports coming in are unlike anything we've seen all colonies have gone dark we've lost contact with everything beyond the soul relay whatever this is it's incomprehensibly powerful you brought me here to confirm what you already know the reapers are here then how do we stop them stop them this isn't about strategy or tactics this is about survival the reapers are more advanced than we are more powerful more intelligent they don't fear us and they'll never take pity on us must be some way if we're gonna have any chance at surviving this we have to stand together that's it that's our plan admiral we've lost contact with luna base the moon it couldn't be that close already while they get past our defenses sir uk headquarters has a visual [Music] [Applause] uh why haven't we heard from admiral hackett what do we do the only thing we can we fight or we die we should get to the normandy oh my god [Music] oh shepard come on get up here take this we've got to get moving this is admiral anderson report it anyone major lanco is that you what's your status i can't raise the normal you'll have the content we'll meet you at the landing zone hand us enough [Music] [Music] three minutes you're in trouble about time [Music] let's go [Music] welcome aboard shepard thanks shepard come on [Music] i'm not going you saw those men back there there's a million more like them and they need a leader we're in this fight together anderson it's a fight we can't win not without help we need every species and all their ships to even have a chance at defeating the reapers talk to the council convince them to help us what if they won't listen then make them listen now go that's an order i don't take orders from you anymore remember consider yourself reinstated commander you know what you have to do i'll be back for you and i'll bring every fleet i can good luck you too shepard [Music] [Music] [Music] holy [ __ ] they're executing them those guys were cerberus weren't they sure look like it servers what are they doing here on mars good question you don't know i'm not with them anymore caden if that's what you're asking it wasn't but you have to admit it's a bit uh convenient shepherd i need a straight answer don't me this is business do you know anything about why cerberus is here what makes you think i know what they're up to you work for them for god's sakes how am i not supposed to think that we join forces to take down the collectors that's it there's more to it they rebuilt you from the ground up they give you a ship resources let me be clear i've had no contact with cerberus since i destroyed the collector base and i have no idea why they're here now or what they want commander shepard's been under constant surveillance since coming back to earth no way they've communicated since sorry shepard you of all people should know what i'm about please trust me i do i'm sorry i didn't mean the reapers is the only thing we should be focused on it's not your fault but what if we're wrong what if there's no way to stop them what if these are our last days and we spend them scurrying around trying to solve a problem we can't fix come on liara i know i shouldn't think that way i don't know how you do it you've always stayed focused even in the worst situations when there's so much at stake i just think about what i'd lose if i fail that's a terrible burden we'll stop them liara together looks like they've made it to the archives and i doubt they'll just send us a tram can you override it the archives are on a separate network we're completely locked out not if we can find a short-range communicator helmet to helmet and and we convince them that we're on their side tell them the alliance forces have been taken care of good idea see what you can find what the major has become very capable that he has shepard i found something what have you got he's got a transmitter in his helmet if i can my god looks like a husk yeah not quite they've definitely done something to him and by they you mean cerberus they did this to their own guy is this what they did to you how can you compare me to him shepard i don't know what you are or who not since cerberus rebuilt you for all i know you could be their puppet controlled by the elusive man himself caden don't try to explain it i don't think i'd understand anyway i just want to know is the person that i followed to hell and back the person that i loved are you still in there somewhere they didn't change me caden or how i feel about you but words won't convince you will they probably not i didn't think so you were always stubborn me come on let's see what cerberus is up to maybe we'll both get some answers hello this is delta team anybody there where the hell have you been never mind what's your status we're at the tram station waiting for extraction all hostile's terminated roger that echo team will ride over and secure the station think they bought it they didn't they'll figure it out soon enough we should get in position flank them when they get off the tram good thinking major she's getting away i got this one normandy's on route they'll be here soon we need the data oh [Music] him go orders dispose of him [Music] [Music] grab that thing bring it with us shepard we got reaper signatures in orbit [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music] [Music] needs medical attention we have to leave the soul system i know the citadel is our best chance we can find help there get us to the citadel joker roger that hold on see what you and eddie can learn from that thing commander i'm receiving a signal over the secondary qec i believe it's admiral hackett [Music] [Music] is extracting data from the cerberus machine we'll have details to present to the council by the time we reach the citadel and caden i've done what i can for him but we need to get him to a medical facility soon the admiral's right it's going to get worse isn't it unless we stop the reapers yeah [Music] i've looked at the data this weapon could be the answer if we can build it i get the sense you don't quite believe it though you didn't see what they did to earth how is one weapon supposed to stop them what are our options you know we can't win this conventionally [Music] commander [Music] isn't it worth trying at least i'm gonna check on caden make sure we're ready to present our findings to the council i'm sure the council will see the need to help it'll be a hell of a short war if they don't barely got a pulse here move him out where are you taking him where to memorial best care in the citadel we're not going with we need to see the council right looks like they might be coming to see you commander shepard got worried you were arriving captain bailey good to see you again yeah you too though it's commander now congratulations um thanks now half my job is dealing with political [ __ ] and escorting dignitaries around no offense none taken so you're here to bring us to the council i'm here to tell you the council is expecting you but they are dealing with their own problems with the war and everything uh they apologize for the inconvenience and blah blah blah blah meet them here at adina's office they'll be ready soon enough all right you might have time to go by the medical center if you want to check on progress over there thanks i might do that you go on ahead i'll head up to adina's office one of my men can show you the way i heard you escaped earth in the normandy and that someone was critically injured i came as fast as i could we had a run in with a cerberus synthetic on mars caden took the worst of it how is he doing very well all things considered i'm impressed with major alenko's resilience as well as dr michelle's expertise i wish i could have been there to help on mars i assume your ear about major alenko how is kaden doing the head drama was severe but we reduced the swelling quickly these types of injury can go either way he hasn't regained consciousness yet but his vitals are strong so i'm optimistic you can go see him if you like it's just under all kin god it's hard seeing you like this [Music] don't know if you can hear me but since you can't tell me to get the hell out either i want to take my chances don't die kayden you've got to fight we need you in this seeing you in action again reminding me you're a hell of a soldier the alliance could sure use you i could use you you need anything doc let me know [Music] come on caden fight [Music] and that's an order they are can i help you i've been forwarding the turian counselor information on the prothean device it can't be built without council support but he's not budging until their primark is safe i know are you all right i didn't get what you'd call a good night's rest there's more to it than that isn't there what's really bothering you caden almost died on mars people around me have a tendency to get hurt or worse caden's a soldier he knows the risks as do you and he's a fighter he'll pull through i hope you're right don't blame yourself commander i'd like an answer major the galaxy has need of exceptional soldiers like you no more than ever you'll have it soon counselor i promise i look forward to it shepard udina hey shepherd hey you you just missed snack time actually that's probably a good thing thanks for coming no problem what did udina want still thinking about the spectre position it was a big honor a huge responsibility just need to be sure i got you this wow thanks shepard that's really great just a little pick-me-up maybe when i'm out we can crack it open and celebrate i am so ready to get out of here shepard you can't tell them i'm tied to this bed by medical red tape i'm in daca doc says i'm good to go but then she always finds just one more test to run you doing okay my implant got a little rattled so doc just wants me to keep the biotics offline for a bit it's really no big deal need me to break you out i'll let you know i'm glad you asked me to come it's good to see you're gonna be okay thanks you almost died on my watch it was horrible to see and i care about what happens to you me too that means a lot shepard [Music] so i just want to make sure after mars after horizon you and me we're good we've been through hell together at each other's backs that kind of bond is hard to break no not just that you're my commander sure but you listen too when i told you about how rana broke my heart you didn't judge me you knew i needed that we went through ash's death together yeah we did so what do you say are we good we're good it was great to have you back on the normandy thanks i'm really glad you came by talking like this just reminds me how much i like you we're good together feel like we've cleared the air yeah you know i'm i'm not sure that i've been wrong about cerberus but i've been wrong about you i should let you get back to the normandy i wish i could come with you take care of yourself kayden we need you at 100 will do thanks for coming bye something else you've been injured sure you weren't right back in the thick of it are you kidding i want to kick the reapers straight to hell cerberus too people know death say their lives flash before their eyes well the future flashed for me the anguish that the families the children it made me determined to live i need to do something shepard to save at least a few lives give me the update major major yeah congrats there's obviously been a lot going on anderson asked me to take over a spec ops program first special operations biotics division we're recruiting the most talented human biotics from around the galaxy what's the focus covert high-risk missions turn it down at first i mean teaching i prefer to get my hands dirty anderson can be pretty persuasive yeah bit of a hard ass but you can't argue with this kind of experience wooden take no said it had to be me with your history you're the perfect choice true human biotics are we're different freaks even most people in the galaxy still see us that way but accepting it embracing it can be the difference between success and sitting at home in your pj's taking red sand you said your implant got rattled everything good uh the medical gibberish was a bit more impressive but that's what i took away rattled found a great doc at hq that's fascinated by the l2 implant kind of her pet project the headaches are as bad as ever but she's got me on a regimen of acupuncture and meds and some nasty tasting concoction won't tell me what it is but my biotics are stronger than ever maybe some things get better with age or maybe you have are you flirting with me commander wait wait don't tell me let me live in the illusion where's your family are they safe my family my parents live in vancouver but dad's family owns an orchard in the bc interior they were headed out there on a shuttle the day of the attack heard from them no not yet but i hope [Applause] i'm hoping dad's alliance training has kept them safe must be killing them not knowing where i am are we gonna be able to get past what happened on horizon i'd like to shepherd as friends as more than friends i mean i don't know i just like having you in my life so how do we fix it maybe you should just know that i'm not seeing anyone and that i still care caden hey look there's a war on and maybe you and me will never happen but i needed you to know that because that's how we'll get past horizon i should probably get going thanks for coming by take care cayden hello again commander here to see our patient how is kaden doing stable there's no evidence of cognitive impairment from sukun kashin but multiple shoulder fractures are still on the mend bed rest under observation is all that's needed now i'm sure a visit would be welcomed keep up the good work doctor you too commander hey shepherd if you came to spring me you're late i'm getting out soon good to hear maybe you already saw the vet but i accepted houdina's offer spector kadenalenko that's a big deal only the second human specter it's humbling udina thinks they may have a pretty big ceremony even with the war and he says a celebration will give folks something hopeful to latch on to are you ready to take on that responsibility you set the bar pretty high but i'll do my best it's strange on mars i should have died the promotion from anderson specter status these are terrible days but i've been lucky you're perfect for the job on eden prime i could see there was something special about you you're a good soldier that means a lot i'm happy i want to serve i thought you might want to join the normandy yeah i have thought about that i just need to get out of here first though take care of some things i've been trying to locate my old spec op squads my students from biotics division any luck no probably one underground but they'll turn up if they were easy to find they wouldn't be doing their jobs well let me know when you're out take care spectrolenko stay safe commander what's that noise get down go servers took out the shuttle everyone back to the elevator shefford what's going on shepard's blocking our escape she's with cerberus just hang on i got this everyone calm down i can explain this game come on shepard gun drawn on a counselor kinda looks bad we don't have time to negotiate you've been fooled all of you odin is behind this attack the solarian councilor confirmed it please you have no proof you'll never do there are cerberus soldiers in the elevator shaft behind us if you open that door they'll kill you all we've mistrusted shepard before and it did not help us we don't have time to debate this we're dead if we stay out here i'm overriding the luck i better not regret this you won't step away from the console to hell with this he's got a gun yeah i'm good the door bailey made it as fast as we could shepherd looks like you uh took care of things something's not right you said cerberus was targeting us where did their soldiers cerberus was right here but they beat feet into the keeper tunnels when they figured out we were coming sorry counselor i'll say it plain shepherd just saved the lodia and you have saved my life twice now shepard i owe you both a personal debt and one on behalf of palaven you don't owe me anything counselor times like this we all stand together commander do you have any idea why the elusive man would do this no i don't but i plan to find out all right people principles are evacuated we got a tunnel and a million more places to secure move it caden hey i wondered where you went what's up i'm trying to wrap my head around what just happened you sound angry not angry just not every day you have an armed standoff with so many love how it all went down it's got me i don't know okay talk to me let's have it if i hadn't backed down first i feel like you would have taken me out i trusted you and i knew you'd come around that's all that matters main thing is we stopped the coup and cerberus is off the citadel now but sometimes the way a thing goes down does matter shepard later when you have to live with yourself knowing that you acted with integrity and it matters you're talking about udina you think he would have come in quietly caden he gave you no choice you had to take the shot you acted with integrity i saw the whole thing all right thanks look shepard there's uh it's another reason i'm here hacker offered me a position but i turn it down in a second if there was a chance to join you in the normandy again couldn't imagine meeting the reapers without you thank you commander and shepard i need you to know that i'll never doubt you again i get you back good to know welcome aboard major aye aye ma'am so servers wanted to go into politics huh nice job shutting those [ __ ] down didn't you used to work for those [ __ ] something about leather seats i worked for servers when they were vigilantes helping the helpless now they're a little too mainstream and evil the important thing is that you kicked their asses and kaden's back he even remembered the first rule of serving on the normandy don't shoot the commander go easy on kaden he's been through a lot yeah like drawing a gun on a superior officer nearly getting the council killed that's not gonna look good on the yearly performance review are you in caden okay the last time he saw that body it wasn't exactly pleasant i have informed him of the situation he is taking it well good shepherd hell of a day medina loses his mind the citadel almost falls and you almost had to put down a friend got a little tense there i heard what happened if it had come down to it could you have pulled the trigger i don't see how we start killing our friends and war turns into murder but it doesn't always give us the easy way out does it at least caden didn't have to join ash let's hope she's looking out for us this was her fight too all seem so calm from here are people going through hell in a million different ways out there and i want to be fighting alongside them but i want to be here you know sure thinking of anyone specific i heard from my mom shepard my dad is um he's m.i.a he's presumed tell me what happened dad's family owns an orchard in the bc interior they were headed out there on a shuttle the day of the attack he left mom at the orchard and reported for active duty it's all we know but it's uh it's enough alone in this now in all this i feel for you caiden and i'm glad you told me there's strength and camaraderie in empathy thanks you're right i don't know how you do it shepherd keeping it all together like you do earth is always in the back of my mind haunting me i get that i do and my students well wherever they are i know they're kicking ass on earth or somewhere you know when this war is over there's gonna be one hell of a reunion party hell yeah dancing in the streets hugging and crying my mom's always wanted to travel off planet i think i'll take her thanks for coming by good to have you back hey i bumped into edie in the hall scared the [ __ ] out of me you could have warned me she looks good though getting settled not much you went back left earth in a hurry just the close on my back and a few things i've picked up on the citadel kind of like it living lean cerberus and cut corners rebuilding this place there's a whole lot of credits in here can't wait to get back out there being the son of adrian victor is a lot to live up to it's a big military name on palaven wars expected to run in the victus blood i think it's commendable to follow in a parent's footsteps commander any further intel on that cerberus bomb we're all in the dark here my gut tells me there's more to this thing your gut i mean turian's on tachanka it's odd pretty damn odd the bombs in the kelpeck valley eh how populated is that region since cerber says this bomb might be dangerous to ignore i've got some work for the council i should finish commander i've got radio chatter coming in from krogan forces planetside sounds like they started sweeping out the remaining servers troops hate to be the guy who told the krogan about that surprise package did you get out all right it sounds like it got ugly down there the turians took a lot of casualties joker the primark son included understood commander joker you can spend your whole life making up for your mistakes at least the guy went out in a place of glory we still talking about the primark son don't worry lola i'm not going anywhere i'm getting tired of seeing people die you know shepard this reminds me of vermeyer of ash yeah i was thinking about her too it's been a long time but it's still you know she'd give us a hard time about talking like this yeah she sure would that's the thing you can have all the tech knowledge experience but if the failure is mechanical you're stuck poor kid commander just walked in pretty brave hey shepard invictus yeah that was something he will be remembered written up as a hero durians don't forget something like that i hope his dad is proud we're lucky that krogan didn't find out about the bomb earlier probably would have walked out on the summit damn brave what the lieutenant did didn't really have a choice still brave maybe we could talk later [Music] i heard something i um tripped sorry that was a rough mission the reapers are an ingenious and ruthless enemy poor reela and genius and ruthless the worst kind huh never met a real ardot yakshi not that i know of anyway i think i dodged a bullet there seriously i think i would have been a goner good to see you got it you're clear to board you okay commander better now if you can eat that would be appreciated searching for any mention of your recruits is not a complicated protocol major trying to find out what happened to your people yeah edie make this scope galaxy wide if i can find just one squad that may lead me to the others good luck kaden thanks shepard i'll let you know what happens i will establish the routine now edie out by the way shepard it's been good having tally around she's a good hank but wait don't tell her i said that case it's some kind of corian insult but the geth i certainly could have lived happily without coming face to face with another one of those got a few things on my plate i'm okay watch out for more minds [Music] hey there you are are you flirting with me if you have to ask i'm clearly out of practice well when we've got time you'll have to let me practice you know i've just been sitting here thinking uh-oh okay hit me with it so those cerberus scientists they were good people what do you mean i mean dr cole and her team they seem like like good people knowing that what do we do and what if they're more like them trapped inside cerberus struggling to get out tell me what you think we should do i don't know shepard these are the hard calls i mean the decision to sacrifice the one for the many the choice to leave someone behind until you're in that moment so yeah you know i don't know anyone that comes forward like these people we help no matter what that's the best we can do i know sometimes the best we can do won't feel like enough but it's all we've got so the scientists that put you back together that saved your life they were good people they were professionals i didn't know them all and the elusive man was he a good person once ever well he gave me what i needed to stop the collectors right exactly but so you never saw this coming from him from him sorry i'm not sure what i want you to say here i guess i'm just looking for some sort of insight on the elusive man something back then he wanted the best for humanity and he had resources to spare but then it became humanity first and at any cost and that's that's a very different thing but this no i never saw this coming from him okay well thanks shepard i'm glad we could talk about this meanwhile you should find a way to take your mind off things i know joker did ask me to give him some poker tipsy keeps losing his shirt to james good luck with that joker has a terrible poker face great well i like a challenge sarah you bet [Music] hey if you get a moment we should head out to the citadel for a snack i know a place that uh still has steak [Music] i should get back to this report i'll catch you later shepard surprised this place can still get supplies for a menu like this maybe it's better if we don't ask how or where i'm glad we're taking the time to do this i could use a sanity check things have been pretty crazy you know my life flashed in front of my eyes on mars and there weren't enough moments like this with people i care about how are you feeling these days feeling up to whatever the reapers reaper's throwing me and grateful that i convinced you to sit down for half a second and relax [Music] yeah i think it's a good time for us to have a heart-to-heart what are you drinking if you're trying to butter me up it might take a nice steak sandwich too so shot a whiskey and a good old canadian lager you think they have it more likely to have batarian shard wine at my parents place in vancouver drank more than a few beers on their balcony looking over english bay yeah beautiful view you know what though i feel good about our chances yeah yeah lets me sleep better at night you're not sleeping kayden maybe a little restless the war isn't the only thing keeping me up at night i wonder about us us i love you shepard i always have i want to understand what this is between us to make it real that's what i want what do you want i can't bury what i feel for you anymore and i don't want to and that makes me so happy and then our benefits to that happiness [Music] but more on that later later we need to get back to the normandy asap ah yeah too late our drinks are here and i'm gonna take my time what'd you call it a sanity check um sanity check [Music] good news i've tracked on some of the people i was looking for the recruits you taught hmm found j-squad black ops they're hold up making a stand in the midwest in chicago i think you said connected them with anderson so they can help the resistance it's a relief hope more turn up hey there hey kaden just checking in i'm glad say you uh you left without waking me didn't have the heart well thanks but next time uh wake me what the hell shepard what just happened actually don't tell me i've got work to do and i i can't be distracted i was plugged into the virtual world of the geth consensus saw their history perched a reaper infection crap now i'll be obsessing about how that works instead of doing my spectre division expense report you're welcome you know entering the geth consensus is gonna be the best chapter in your autobiography ready for the next mission whatever you got got the flush [Music] full house got it on the river [ __ ] thought you were bluffing on the flush good for you cannon lieutenant yes sir major elenco sir hey commander shepard i deal you in but vega just cleaned me out oh come on that really is deep as your pockets go no sentimental crap stowed away investments i got some land on the sunshine coast i could put up i'll pass that was quite the negotiation you've pulled off and having both the quarians and the geth on our side that's a very good thing totally took down a reaper yep sure did yes you did hell yeah and you know i'm just gonna have to go with you on trusting the gas i hope it works out now let's talk later eden prime this is where it all began where the prothean beacon gave you the vision that warned us about the reapers we lost a lot of good people when sarah and the gas hit this place yes and now with cerberus here eden prime's colonists are under attack again seems like more than just three years ago a lot of memories here jenkins on that damn geth recondrome and nihilus guess we've got a lot of people to remember down here even if we're not fighting gas this time not a lot of other people have had my back from the beginning thanks for coming i wasn't gonna miss this one i hope my enthusiasm doesn't seem unprofessional i can't stop grinning vanessa took you to this temple i was just a child i thought it was a history lesson but now maybe there was more to it what do you mean i went digging through her old files she had heavily encrypted records on this place some dating back centuries i still can't crack most of them whatever's going on it's well hidden i remember your mother she fought indoctrination and this brings all those memories back what if thessia faces the same fate not for long we'll find the catalyst and save this here you're right commander we were just talking to liara she's a strong one i'd say her world's just been completely rocked completely adams and i were just remembering novaria and the terrible way her mother died lyara seemed so together afterward couldn't have been easy for weeks she told me stories about her mother yeah me too i have a feeling she'll be okay yeah hope so and don't worry about kai lang now that we've seen his dirty moves next time he's getting his ass kicked count on it can you feel a shepherd feel the quickening elusive man better say his prayers tonight because we are coming for him murderous [ __ ] oh yeah tide is turning i feel it after what i saw down there i have never been more filled with rage sanctuary elusive man's obviously crazy but bring him on cases like this i don't mind killing crazy looks familiar i've been studying this ship it's crew there was a normandy before this one you died in an attack something like that but then you were resurrected to fight the rebus maybe you and i have a thing or two in common but you have something else the reasons you fight are still alive the friendships of the people around you and more you and the human soldier are joined you could say that i'm not your pheromones are is this why you wish to continue living for their affection without that affection all i have in my life is death and that's not enough welcome to dgs mineral works all guests need to sign in at reception pretty damn calm so i'm commander shepard of the alliance you just had reaper troops attacking your front door are they still there i've taken care of them for now i see that will be all that will be we have no dr garneau do you need to see a doctor how about i just go in and look around no the excess elevator is broken and now we're done step away step away you don't belong here oh this doesn't seem right come on let's look around carefully damn it commander over here you won't believe this what have you got that wasn't garner this is looks like he's been dead for a while so leviathan can have bryson killed can take over this colony and he can use them as puppets huh anything else useful encrypted data and a personal log with eight missed calls from a dr anne bryson and bryson who who are you what are you doing here i'm commander shepard you all right i think so i feel like i feel strange but all right cortez what's your situation can you bring the shuttle affirmative strangest thing a couple of minutes ago the reaper forces broke off and left reaper what's a reaper what year do you think this is 21.76 2176 was 10 years ago what let's arrange for these people to be evacuated into temporary quarantine no memory of the last 10 years they'll have a lot of catching up to do [Music] so leviathan has the power to take down a reaper and the ability to indoctrinate do you think it might be a reaper if it is a reaper then i want to know what it's up to how long has it been out here and more importantly why edie did we get anything from garno's notes yes they suggest that garno created a way to block the artifact's mind-affecting properties the artifact seems to be the key agreed when i head back to bryson's office i want you there yes commander i want to know just what the hell these artifacts really are and what they can do they're powerful and dangerous that's for sure we've got one sitting right in the middle of the citadel have you ever seen anything like that shepard but it feels good to help those people get their lives back 10 years is a lot lost time let's make sure we never let time just slip by us okay so a reaper goes rogue and kills one of its own and that's what we're looking at here right bryson really was onto something big amazing a lot of smart people in this galaxy i'm a lucky guy to work with so many of them cortez what's the status on the probe we launched tracking it now commander i've confirmed that leviathan's signal originates from this planet heard how uh anne helped us locate it it's pretty spooky stuff makes you wonder what exactly is down there dr bryson classified leviathan as a reaper killer it appears it doesn't wish to be found it doesn't have a choice we're here absolutely but then what and say it is a reaper that we really want its help nobody says we have to be friends with it but if this thing has the rest of the reapers worry then we need its help systems everyone all right a little banged up but fine status shuttle's a mess commander that pulse knocked it right out of the air we're not going anywhere could we get the normandy down here same thing would happen to her and the landing won't be as pretty i televised it has some sort of defenses in place and we are getting out of here until we find it so how do we do that well you might be able to use a mech looks like it's free for diving a diving mech it's a tritone model military crate repurposed for deep sea exploration as long as the sea water hasn't corroded you should be good to go well that's what we have to do let's get started shepard perhaps you are unaware of the degree of risk are we seriously proposing first we'll need to restore power to get that cargo door open how looks like we are these old ballard class ships are equipped with exterior power sockets they use them for emergency repairs you can strip the cells from the shuttle and use those for juice hang on i'll get you started all right commander let's get you out of there and i'll do a systems check shepard i gotta say i'm not too crazy about this plan we've come too far to stop now the way home is through leviathan okay seals check out oxygen pressure is nominal systems aren't go it's as ready as i can make it let's go look jefford i'll be fine closing hatch engaging systems ready testing calmly commencing dive in three two one uh [Music] [Music] oh um talk to me uh damn it we got a reaper inbound [Music] shepherd can you hear me she's freezing you okay yeah yeah i'm fine hell of a headache better do that again i've got ann bryson on the com good put her through commander you feeling better yes thank you i'm doing fine what happened we found it in we found leviathan was it worth it i don't know we proved he can't hide anymore that it's a part of this war just like us sounds like an amazing story one for the history books well i look forward to hearing all about it my father would appreciate this knowing the truth is out there in the meantime admiral hackett has asked me to join his scientific team we all have a part to play i should get to it take care and thanks for all your help shepherd out nice to have everyone back on dry land so to speak you scared the hell out of me with those risky stun shepard i mean i guess it's also part of what i love about you you know whenever we discover something amazing like that i wonder what else might be out there or even right under our noses can you hear me you okay i'm fine might need a little backup it's good to hear your voice joker told me what happened i'm on foot but not far excuse me who is this you're on an unsecured channel and you're putting commander shepard in danger who is this hang on joker mentioned staff analyst brooks yes that's her everybody play knight seems like you're having a bad day shepard you could say that landing pad's over there but it's behind the lock gate let's look for a control panel nice outfit ah control panel right so what happened you fell through the fish tank we'll talk about it later such a shame it's one of my favorites we'll talk about it later stand back uh just a minute can you open the gate please leave well i could have done that nice to see you in action on the car lot it was uh pretty hot why thank you what would i do without you you'll never find out [Music] you're looking radiant commander as in beautiful or as in causing invisible damage why can't it be both ow my heart nice oh speaking of can you see my exit wound the mandy gel is supposed to match skin pigmentation but it never does just smile and wave brooks did i ever tell you about my casino run-in with the vorcha mafia 5 000 credits and a bottle of whiskey actually never mind did the elusive man send you no he abandoned me when he heard what he wanted you so what's your point in trying to kill us because i don't have her memories i'd never fool my supposed friends the ones who abandoned their duty to join the cult of shepherd like you major elenko i would have picked the other one on vermeyer ashley something you're just a pale imitation of the real thing go i'll cover you bro never agree to hide behind when you need one this is shepherd we need i don't know are you sure you got them all the other me can't be far keep up the pressure and we'll try to surround her let's move look at you what makes you so damn special why you and not me jeffer we have you thanks is surely always like this come on maybe we can take some actual time off no explosions or anything just us that sounds fantastic [Music] [Music] nice view but this place it's just so not what i'm used to which is i grew up on the beach on the pacific so you know water sand real air you miss it yeah and the people so what's her name no no i stopped fraternizing when i joined the military the two don't seem to go well together hasn't stopped you from being a shameless flirt yeah well that's just my way i don't mean anything by it lola uh-huh i'm not getting between you and cayden am i not even remotely [Music] hey shepard i'm starving what do you got we're heading out caden well just end it back here anyway am i right trust me let me impress you oh no really come on you want me to sit there and watch you cook you're not watching me cook you're helping me drink beer now sit your ass down what are we having canadian delicacy of some sort uh sure exactly we have uh beef we have bacon we have beer the foods of my people wish me luck you like to cook shepherd roommate on arcturus taught me he said eating cafeteria crap 24 7 was bad for morale is there anything you're bad at where'd you learn to cook glasses at jump zero believe it or not young biotics who can't cook for themselves risks starving did you pass you're burning the garlic sorry i guess i'm distracted bye i wonder so we have hot sauce right this was great what is it over well what do you suggest i think we need to find a way to burn off these calories don't you this is quite the apartment seriously you see that waterfall and that hot tub looks like something i might want to check out later without you and this was admiral anderson's place in my dreams i have a place just like this overlooking the pacific i could never live in a place like this i'd worry about breaking the furniture absolutely biotics are impressive i'm not saying they aren't you're just saying that they're not that impressive i'm not saying anything i'm just saying oh [ __ ] no it's fine i'm sure no one here is insulted only a little maybe i'm just saying what i'm trying to say is i mean check out these guns biotics can't give you this kind of fine instrument the peak physical form that you see before you okay you work for it i get that i mean it check me out is there more to your argument come on in closer don't be shy yeah don't be shy hey what's going on here everyone playing nice of course shepard james was just explaining how physical conditioning trumps biotics really you go in there james come on lola you have to go with me on this one biotics are strong but unpredictable all that cooling down shepard where did you find this guy a person can improve their physique but biotics they are what they are and what about our poor friends stuffed with vlog implants wait what you're not talking about me are you i mean i may be l too but i've worked very hard and now i can read really that's no that's a bit strange okay okay maybe it's not conditioning exactly maybe it's just the condition of one james baker hey liara check it out this guy here never has to cool down in fact the hotter the better way we're still talking about combat right hilarious just hush and do some silence kasumi just looking oh goddess i'm gonna have to go with james on this one oh thanks shepard biotics are a little intangible when there's an example of physical excellence standing in front of you nice wow did you really just say that don't worry kaden your kind of physical excellence is still my kind of physical excellence check it out i can also roll my tongue oh my that's shepard if that's your decision i support you always james please stop doing that hey anybody to do anything uh food run change the music check on ice i need you to relax and have a good time okay you're the boss except when you're not and uh in that case find me later when you were younger you ever just throw people around for fun people you know people things stuff pets cars whatever of course not oh yeah as a kid all the time all the time shepard what's up just demonstrating a little physical supremacy but can you do that with a drink and a snack in each hand sure ah wow why is kaden lapping you don't act so surprised jacob is showing you up how come what do you mean this is my thing baby you seem a little slow tonight james well nobody's perfect how's it going on your end okay now let's find a more fun way to get sweaty come on let's dance hey everyone come over here for a minute let's get a photo to remember this arrange yourselves on the sofa an excellent suggestion shepard great idea i want a copy make way make way thanks for coming everyone here's to us ready glyph of course if you could all please direct your attention this way okay everyone say normandy oh what a night but look who's here [Music] good morning uh is it morning it is be so nice to lie here all day with you let's see if anyone else is up now that was a great time there's coffee who wants coffee i want coffee more coffee am i being too loud [Music] [Music] [Music] i guess we better get back to it at least we threw one hell of a party probably the last one you are you will find a way to win not and when you do i'll be waiting yeah greatest challenge of my life and the greatest reward it's been a good ride [Music] the best [Music] [Music] [Music] ah can't sleep either no making yourself crazy with this won't help okay i need to just take five minutes a quick drink and then i'll go shepherd you know that you've done everything you could right i hope so i keep running the numbers to see if i've missed something you don't have to take this all on yourself look to your crew to the talented people fighting by your side [Music] what you've accomplished since the reapers arrive is [Music] it's just nothing short of amazing it's it's gonna be [Music] it's gonna be what it is [Music] what are you thinking about right now uh the good times and the hard times has been an unforgettable few years i'll never forget that first night we bunked together yeah of course not i mean i was uh pretty spectacular if i remember right mm-hmm [Music] you're exactly what i need right now okay [Music] i lied i i didn't come here for a quick drink [Music] you mean a lot to me kate i love you i've always loved you through all these years through through everything i'm the luckiest man alive [Music] hey hey hey where are you going all right kate [Music] uh what's up are we gonna make it kaden we're ready you've put the people together the vision and what you've done shepard is build hope i'm glad i inspire that in you but sometimes you're right give us hope and a fighting chance hell the reapers better watch themselves shepard that console has not been fully scrubbed it contains data you may find interesting what am i looking at project lazarus your reconstruction it can't be done it's not a matter of resources it's always a matter of resources we're not losing shepard sir shepard is clinically brain dead after that much trauma that long with no oxygen we cannot overcome nature operative lawson disagrees she is now in charge of project lazarus i didn't realize it was that bad i thought you were just on life support clinically brain dead looks like what was it like i mean if you remember or how do you feel i'm still me i doubt i'd have been able to turn against cerberus otherwise i don't remember anything maybe they really just fixed me or maybe i'm just a high-tech vi that thinks it's commander shepard but i don't know you're real enough for me [Music] tissue regeneration is proceeding the helmet kept the brain intact for whatever good that will do lawson will find a way sir shepard's an alliance soldier as far as she knows we're a terrorist organization i'm not looking for a dance partner we need shepard and shepard needs resources she'll work with us he knew you well every instinct i had told me not to trust cerberus but i needed their help so i played along you were trying to protect humanity you didn't have a choice project lazarus is reporting neurological activity they're requesting more funding granted get me our potential recruits file shepard will be up soon we need a crew our existing forces should be more than sufficient no we need sympathetic faces i need shepard invested tap kelly chambers and recruit donnelly i imagine miss daniels will follow we want some old friends as well contact dr chakwas and send me the psych profile on shepherd's pilot along with a bottle of 47 this year red he used those people as a shield you never saw what cerberus really was how's that door coming edie we are clear to proceed [Music] what is this thing this is the human proto-reaper shepherd destroyed what's left of it i'm surprised cerberus recovered that much from the base i wish i could help you're here now cerberus is actively using the surviving pieces the central core analogous to the heart is largely intact i believe cerberus is using it for a power source hey shepard i was rough so relieved to see you in one piece ready to head home home back to earth oh yeah i'm ready about time about freaking time and if the reapers mess with anything i left behind i'm going to be so pissed see you topside shepard hey kaden hey there you are you ready absolutely for anything bring it on antibiotics division your students more than ready eager that's youth for you guess we're old soldiers hey shepard yeah i guess we are calm rides in arms we know the score we know this says goodbye and this is over i'm gonna be waiting for you you better show up don't get me wrong i'm gonna fight like hell for the chance to hold you again but listen there's things i want to say and looking back i i have a few regrets but not many that's pretty damn amazing right messed up kid that i was never would have dreamed of the life i've had and i owe a lot of that to you you know it's been quite a ride it sure has but how are you doing scared damn straight i'm scared but that fear is gonna keep me alive long enough to strike these bastards right through the heart yeah exactly so take care major i can't lose you again well i should find the rest of my squad yeah you know i've never been to london from here on in it's a straight shot a straight shot with reapers trying to crush us along the way we just need to get a handful of troops through only a handful we knew this was going to be a gamble at best can't think of anyone else i'd rather do this with nobody's doing this alone [Music] normandy do you cut me i need an evac right now [Music] come on [Music] shopper you got to get out of here yeah that's not going to happen don't argue with me caden don't leave me behind no matter what happens i love you always i love you too be careful [Music] [Music] god they're all gone [Music] so [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Music] and while we still have many challenges ahead of us we can face them together [Music] and we will honor those who died to give us that future [Music] [Music] [Music] you

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