Mass Effect Legendary Edition | ME1 | Complete Kaidan Romance | Femshep

well what about shepard she grew up in the colonies she knows how tough life can be out there her parents were killed when slavers attacked mindor she saw her whole unit die on a cruise she could have some serious emotional scars every soldier has scars shepard's a survivor is that the kind of person we want protecting the galaxy that's the only kind of person who can protect the galaxy i'll make the call [Music] the arcturus prime relay is in range initiating transmission sequence we are connected calculating transit mass and destination [Music] relay is hot acquiring approach vector all stations secure for transit [Music] has begun [Music] [Applause] [Music] hitting the relay in three two one thrusters check navigation check internal emission 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 i think it's about time we told the commander what's really going on this mission is far more than a simple shakedown run i figured there was something you weren't telling us we're making a covert pickup on eden prime that's why we needed the stealth systems operational there must be a reason you didn't tell me about this sir this comes down from the top commander information strictly on a need-to-know basis a research team on eden prime unearthed some kind of beacon during an excavation it was prothean i thought the protheans vanished 50 000 years ago their legacy still remains the mass relays the citadel our ship drives it's all based on prothean technology this is big shepherd the last time humanity made a discovery like this it jumped our technology forward two hundred years but eden prime doesn't have the facilities to handle something like this we need to bring the beacon back to the citadel for proper study 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 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 beacons your top priority approaching drop point one the mission's yours now shepard good luck we are approaching drop point two [Music] we'll see that he receives a proper service once the mission is complete but i need you to stay focused three chief ashley williams of the 212. you the one who charged here ma'am are you wounded williams a few scrapes and burns nothing serious the others weren't so lucky oh man we were patrolling the perimeter when the attack hit we tried to get off a distress call but they cut off our communications i've been fighting for my life ever since where's the rest of your squad we tried to double back to the beacon but we walked into an ambush i don't think any of the others i think i'm the only one left this isn't your fault williams you couldn't have done anything to save them yes ma'am we held our position as long as we could until the death overwhelmed us the geth haven't been seen outside the veil in nearly 200 years why are they here now they must have come for the beacon the dig site is close just over that rise it might still be there we could use your help williams aye aye ma'am it's time for payback 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 looks like they hit the camp hard it's a good place for an ambush keep your guard up oh god there's still a lot what did the guest do to them [Music] saren this isn't your mission saren what are you doing here the council thought you could use some help on this one i wasn't expecting to find the geth here the situation's bad don't worry i've got it under control set the charges destroy the entire colony leave no evidence that we were here [Music] normandy the beacon is 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 no don't [Music] we identified the ship that touched down on eden prime the normandy a human alliance vessel it was under the command of captain anderson they managed to save the colony and the beacon one of the humans may have used this human must be eliminated dr chakwas i think she's waking up you had us worried there shepard 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's really 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 sounds like that beacon hit you pretty hard commander you said you needed to see me in private captain i won't lie to you shepard things look bad nilus is dead the beacon was destroyed and gether invading the council's going to want answers i didn't do anything wrong captain hopefully the council can see that i'll stand behind you and your report shepard you're a damned hero in my books that's not why i'm here it's sarin that other turian saren's a specter one of the best a living legend but if he's working with the gift it means he's gone rogue a rogue specter's trouble saren's dangerous and he hates humans why he thinks we're growing too fast taking over the galaxy a lot of aliens think that way most of them don't do anything about it but sarin has allied himself with the geth i don't know how i don't know why i only know it had something to do with that beacon you were there just before that beacon self-destructed did you see anything any clue that might tell us what saren was after just before i lost consciousness i had some kind of vision a vision a vision of what i saw synthetics geth maybe slaughtering people butchering them we need to report this to the council shepard what are we gonna tell them i had a bad dream we don't know what information was stored in that beacon lost prothean technology blueprints for some ancient weapon of mass destruction whatever it was sarah took it but i know saren i know his reputation is politics he believes humans are a blight on the galaxy this attack was an act of war he has the secrets from the beacon he is an army of death at his command and he won't stop until he's wiped humanity from the face of the galaxy i'll find some way to take him down it's not that easy he's a specter he can go anywhere do almost anything that's why we need the council on our side we prove saren's gone rogue and the council will revoke his specter status i'll contact the ambassador and see if he can get us an audience with the council he'll want to see us as soon as we reach the citadel we should be getting close head up to the bridge and tell joker to bring us into doc okay commander 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 stopped 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 i made him proud when i enlisted eventually but is that why you're here because of your family my family were homesteaders on mendoir i'm the only one left but i've moved beyond that oh that's right i imagine that bought you any post 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 seren'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 commander [Music] good timing commander i was just about to bring us into the citadel see that taxpayer money at work so [Music] look at the size of that ship the ascension flagship of the citadel fleet wow size isn't everything why so touchy joker i'm just saying you need firepower too look at that monster its main gun could rip through the barriers in any ship in the alliance fleet good thing is on our side then citadel control this is ssv normandy requesting permission to land stand by for clearance normandy clearance granted you may begin your approach transferring you to an alliance operator roger alliance tower in normandy this is alliance tower please proceed to dock 422 [Music] this is an outrage the council would step in if the geth attacked a taurian colony the turians don't found colonies on the borders of the terminus systems ambassador humanity was well aware of the risks when you went into the traverse what about saren you can't just ignore a rogue specter i demand action you don't get to make demands of a council ambassador citadel security is investigating your charges against sarin we will discuss the susek findings at the hearing not before captain anderson i see you brought half your crew with you just the ground team from eden prime in case you had any questions i have the mission reports i assume they're accurate they are sounds like you convinced the council to give us an audience they were not happy about it seren's their top agent they don't like him being accused of treason saren's a threat to every human colony out there he needs to be stopped the council has to listen to us settle down commander you've already done more than enough to jeopardize your candidacy for the specters the mission on eden prime was a chance to prove you could get the job done instead nihilus ended up dead and the beacon was destroyed that's saren's fault not hers then we better hope the c-sec investigation turns up evidence to support our accusations otherwise the council might use this as an excuse to keep you out of the specters come with me captain i want to go over a few things before the hearing shepard you and the others can meet us at the citadel tower top level i'll make sure you have clearance to get in and that's why i hate politicians 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 ward 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 this emotion called love according to the old vids we have everything they want when you put it that way there's no reason they wouldn't 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 elenko but we're on duty here uh i'll walk drag ma'am drink some dancing down below gambling up above good place to blow off some steam never been a real fan of clouds houdini is presenting the quarian's evidence to the council eden prime was a major victory the beacon has brought us one step closer to finding the conduit and one step closer to the return of the reapers you wanted proof there it is this evidence is irrefutable ambassador sarin will be stripped of his spectre status and all efforts will be made to bring him in to answer for his crimes i recognize the other voice the one speaking with saren matriarch benezia who is she matriarchs are powerful asari who have entered the final stage of their lives revered for their wisdom and experience they serve as guides and mentors to my people matriarch benezia is a powerful biotic and she had many followers she will make a formidable ally for saren i'm more interested in the reapers what do you know about them only what was extracted from the guest's memory core the reapers were an ancient race of machines that wiped out the protheans then they vanished the geth believe the reapers are gods and saren is the prophet for their return we think the conduit is the key to bringing them back saren's searching for it that's why he attacked eden prime do we even know what this conduit is sarin thinks it can bring back the reapers that's bad enough listen to what you're saying saren wants to bring back the machines that wiped out all life in the galaxy impossible it has to be where did the reapers go why did they vanish how come we found no trace of their existence if they were real we'd have found something i tried to warn you about saren and you refuse to face the truth don't make the same mistake again this is different you proved saren betrayed the council we all agree he's using the guest to search for the conduit but we don't really know why the reapers are obviously just a myth commander a convenient lie to cover seven's true purpose a legend he is using to bend the geth to his will fifty thousand years ago the reapers wiped out all galactic civilization if saren finds the conduit it will happen again cern is a rogue agent on the run for his life he no longer has the rights or resources of a specter the council has stripped him of his position that is not good enough you know he's hiding somewhere in the traverse send your fleet in a fleet cannot track down one man a citadel fleet could secure the entire region keep the gate from attacking any more of our colonies or it could trigger a war with the terminus systems we won't be dragged into a galactic confrontation over a few dozen human colonies every time humanity asks for help you ignore us shepherd's right i'm sick of this council and it's anti-human bull ambassador there is another solution a way to stop sarin that does not require fleets or armies no it's too soon humanity is not ready for the responsibilities that come with joining the spectres you don't have to send a fleet into the traverse and the ambassador gets his human specter everybody's happy commander shepard step forward [Music] [Music] it is the decision of the council that you be granted all the powers and privileges of the special tactics and reconnaissance branch of the city spectres aren't trained but chosen individuals forged in the fire of service and battle those whose actions elevate them above the rank and fire spectres are an ideal symbol the embodiment of courage determination and self-reliance they are the right hand of the council instruments of our will spectres bear a great burden they are protectors of galactic peace both our first and last line of defense the safety of the galaxy is theirs to uphold you are the first human specter commander this is a great accomplishment for you and your entire species i'm honored counselor [Music] we're sending you into the traverse after sarah he's a fugitive from justice so you are authorized to use any means necessary to apprehend or eliminate him any idea where to find him we will forward any relevant files to ambassador udina this meeting of the council is adjourned congratulations commander we've got a lot of work to do shepard you're going to need a ship a crew supplies you'll get access to special equipment and training now you should go down to the csec academy and speak to the spectre requisitions officer anderson come with me i'll need your help to set all this up i expected your ambassador to be more grateful he didn't even thank you until i find sarah and i haven't done anything come on right behind you commander i've got big news for you shepard captain anderson is stepping down as commanding officer of the normandy the ship is yours now she's quick and quiet and you know the crew perfect ship for a specter treat a well commander this isn't right the normandy belongs to you you needed your own ship a specter can't answer to anyone but the council and it's time for me to step down i won't let you down sir siren's gone don't even try to find him but we know what he's after the conduit he's got his guests scouring the traverse looking for clues we had reports of geth in the federal system shortly before our colony they are dropped out of contact and there have been sightings around novaria find out what sarin was after on pharaohs and novaria maybe you can figure out where the conduit is before he does the reapers are the real threat i'm with the council on this one shepherd i'm not sure they even exist but if they do exist the conduits the key to bringing them back stop sarin from getting the conduit and we stop the reapers from returning i'll stop him i heard what happened to captain anderson survives a hundred battles and gets taken down by backroom politics just watch your back commander things go bad on this mission you're next on their chopping block captain anderson should be the one in charge it's like i'm stealing the ship from him yeah the captain got screwed but it's not like you could have stopped it nobody's blaming you everyone on this ship's behind you commander 100 intercoms open you got anything you want to say to the crew now's the time this is commander shepard speaking we have our orders find sarin before he finds the conduit i won't lie to you crew this mission isn't going to be easy for too long our species has stood apart from the others now it's time for us to step up and do our part for the rest of the galaxy time to show them what humans are made of our enemy knows we're coming when we go into the traverse saren's followers will be waiting for us but we'll be ready for them too humanity needs to do this not just for our own sake but for the sake of every other species in citadel space saren must be stopped and i promise you all we will stop him well said commander captain will be proud the captain gave up everything so i could have this chance we can't fail yes ma'am 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 alinko secure a man's future in space 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 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 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 elements beats the brain tumors some kids grew up with 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 bunch of guys in suits 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 to 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 lakes you were all teenagers i'm sure you found other ways to occupy the time i'm not the sword who does that kind of thing commander not lightly anyway there was a girl i spent a lot of time with we kept our clothes on rana 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 ma'am 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 caden well you're welcome him 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 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 kayden's lucky he just gets migraines we've played it pretty close to the book so far but we're a long way from back up 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 man maybe i got a bad signal i mean 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 um interested in you is 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 you seem awfully worried about my personal affairs it's just that we don't have much down time these days i like being around you but i i don't want to take up your personal time 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 furnace to introduce himself he liked to say i was at the helm of the dreadnought that killed your father well 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 saturday for me after that he cut corners pushed hard i mean you either came out of superman or a wreck 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 shepherd 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 line caden but there are rags i get you shepard i don't make a habit of complicating the chain of command just think about what i said 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 no i don't want to review protocol i am unable to comply please contact your supervisor damn it tell me what i wander i'll blast your virtual ass into actual dust please contact your supervisor for a level 4 security exemption or make an appointment with stupid machine if there is nothing else please step aside there is a queue forming behind you for the use of this console exogeny corporation reminds all staff that the discharging of weapons while on company property is strictly forbidden welcome back research assistant elizabeth what can i do for you uh how do you know i'm lisbon your access card identifies you as elizabeth bainum is there something you require dr bainum what information was the last user attempting to access fetching data the previous user was attempting to access details on the study of subject species 37 the thorium what did you tell him i was unable to provide the previous user with any relevant data aside from lacking proper access there has been no new data available on species 37 all sensors monitoring the observation post at zoo's hope have been inactive for several cycles what does zoo's hope have to do with the thorium species 37 is located within the substructure of the zoo's hope outpost tell me everything you know about the thorium the thorium is a simple plant life form that exhibits a sentient behavior uncommon with other flora through dispersion and the eventual inhalation of spores it can affect and control other organisms including humans the zoo's hope control group has yielded interesting results before sensors went offline almost 85 percent of all test subjects were infected exogeny knew all along what would happen to those people it was deemed necessary to assess the true potential of species 37 that's why they were acting so strange we should contact joker joker come in joker damn it that field's blocking us we've gotta drop that shield and get back to the outpost vi what can you tell me about the guest ship and the field it's generating i have limited data on the get they have effectively blocked all sensors within the facility i have detected unusual power fluctuations but am unable to determine the source we need to find that ship let's get moving going to standby mode [Music] all right the door out will be open now we can head back and deal with the story and thing well that got the job done this was my kind of mission kill a bunch of guests and end things off with a huge crash are you reading anyone there normandy to shore party come on commander talk to me is that you joker what's going on over there we're in lockdown here commander something happened to the colonists they're banging on the hull trying to claw their way inside the ship they're freaking out they can't do any real damage we're on our way back just hold your position uh yeah okay well we'll just wait right here for you commander we're leaving let's rid this place of those damn synthetics before we go there you are we should get out of here i don't think this place is safe i need some answers you knew more about the thorium then you let on i i was afraid i wanted to stop the tests but they threatened me told me i'd be next when the geth attacked i stayed behind to send a message to colonial affairs i tried to tell them where to find the thorian but the power cut before i could send the message i i never meant for this to happen you did what you could i'll help them if you can tell me where to find the thorian the thorian is underneath zoo's hope but the entrance is blocked the colonists covered it with the freighter just before they get attacked but why are the geth after the thorium what could saren want with it well it does have unique mind control capabilities that's what exergenie was interested in normandy come in what is it joker we're getting a lot of gethcom chatter looks like they're headed your way thanks for the heads up joker you heard the man let's move out i'm coming with you i might be able to help undo the mess i helped create stop stop the rover you can't do this john everyone shut up uh let me think what's going on you won't get away with this get her out of here get away from her you son of a [ __ ] lisbeth damn it come come out where i can see you all of you shepherd damn it i knew it was too much to hope that geth would kill you i found some interesting facts about you in the exergenic database i know what happened on a cruise this doesn't have to end like that we can talk this out nobody needs to get hurt you don't understand it's not that easy communications are back up exogenous wants this place purged this is a human colony john you can't just repurpose us it's not just you there's something here far more valuable than a few colonists here after the one unique thing pharaohs has the thorian the what it's a telepathic life form living under zeus hope it's taking control of the colonists there exogeny knew all along you won't get away with this jong so you keep saying but nobody's gonna miss a few colonists i won't let you hurt these people anymore drop your weapon or be prepared to use it if if that's the way it has to be heck come on come on as if we don't have enough problems now we're shooting each other in the back it's my fault i knew what was going on and i didn't do anything don't you start you do good work and you know it so what now commander i'll deal with the thorian then make sure you're safe the colonists won't let you near the thorian they die first they're under its control what else am i supposed to do there's gotta be another way i think there is you could safely use a nerve agent to neutralize the colonists like a gas grenade releasing clouds of nerve gas doesn't seem like a particularly good idea it's not like it's weapons grade the insecticide we use in the grow labs contains trace amounts of tetraclopine a neuromuscular degenerator if their nervous systems are already weakened it may act as a paralyzing agent if we must consider it drop it in a concussion grenade sounds good i'll do what i can excellent thank you so much commander we'll stay out of your way until you clear a path good luck [Music] take them out what is that there's no way that's you infection or not no hitting the colonists even if the thorium makes them fire on us that's what the gas grenades are for you got it commander let's do this i tried to fight it but it gets in your head you can't imagine the pain you're supposed to be their leader these people trust me it wants me to stop you but i won't i won't [Music] okay by the numbers we just need to find fine what is that nothing's ever simple is it [Music] [Music] invaders your every step is a transgression a thousand feelers appraise you as meat good only to dig or decompose i speak for the old growth as i did for saren you are within and before the thorian it commands that you be in awe you gave something to saren something i need seren sought knowledge of those who are gone the old growth listened to flesh for the first time in the long cycle trades were made then cold ones began killing the flesh that would tend the next cycle flesh fairly given the old growth sees the air you push as lies it will listen no more i won't let you keep your thralls release them now no more will the thorian listen to those that scurry your lives are short but have gone on too long your blood will feed the ground [Music] i'm free i i suppose i should thank you for releasing me is everything all right are you hurt i am fine or i will be in time my name is shiala i serve i served matriarch benezia when she allied herself with saren so did i benezia foresaw the influence sarin would have she joined him to guide him down a gentler path but saren is compelling benezia lost her way are you saying saren can control minds benezia underestimated saren as i did we came to believe in his cause and his goals the strength of his influence is troubling typical of sorry meddling about time it bit you in the ass asari matriarchs are among the most intelligent and powerful beings in the galaxy how could one fall under saren's control saren has a vessel an enormous warship unlike anything i've ever seen he calls it sovereign it can dominate the minds of his followers they become indoctrinated to saren's will the process is subtle it can take days weeks but in the end it is absolute i was a willing slave when saren brought me to this world he needed my biotics to communicate with the thorian to learn its secrets saren offered me in trade i was sacrificed to secure an alliance between saren and the thorian seren's pretty quick to betray his own people he was quick to betray the thorian too after he had what he wanted he ordered the geth to destroy all evidence of his existence saren knows you are searching for the conduit he knows you're following his steps he attacked the thorian so you could not gain the cipher what's the cipher and why did saren need it the beacon on eden prime gave you visions but the visions are unclear confusing they were meant for a prothean mind to truly comprehend them you must think like a prothean he must understand their culture their history their very existence the thorian was here long before the protheans built this city it watched and studied them when they died it consumed them they became a part of it so the thorian taught saren to think like a prothean how the cipher is the very essence of being a prothean it cannot be described or explained it would be like describing color to a creature without eyes to understand you must have access to endemic ancestral memory a viewpoint spanning thousands of prothean generations i sense this ancestral memory the cipher when i meld it with a thorium our identities merged our minds intertwined such knowledge cannot be taught it simply exists i need that knowledge to stop saren there is a way i can transfer the knowledge from my mind to yours as i did with saren try to relax commander slow deep breaths let go of your physical shell reach out to grasp the threads that bind us one to another every action sends ripples across the galaxy every idea must touch another mind to live each emotion must mark another's spirit we are all connected every living being united in a single glorious existence open yourself to the universe commander embrace eternity i have given you the cipher just as it was given to seren 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 you look pretty rough we should get you back to the ship i'm sorry if you have suffered but there was no other way you needed the cipher in time it will help you understand the vision from the beacon commander commander exogenous should have told us about the thorium it would have made your job much easier you might have been able to capture it for study instead of destroying it the thorian liked to enslave minds anyone who studied it would have ended up as one of its thralls perhaps it's for the best then at least the colony was saved of course it was saved shepard would go to any lengths to help a human colony being human had nothing to do with it they were in trouble admirable but sometimes spectres have to make sacrifices i hope you're willing to do that when the time comes goodbye commander we will be waiting for your next report 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 sorry not sure where i stand you seem a bit uh distracted by someone all right alenko off the record permission to speak candidly cross my heart and hope to die what are you talking about uh dr tasoni ma'am there's a lower deck rumor that she's um interested in you as 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 you seem awfully worried about my personal affairs it's just that we don't have much downtime these days i like being around you but i i don't want to take up your personal time look there's nothing between liara and me what's the real issue here kaden no issue shepard at least not when you're around i'm just looking for an ear that a briefing wasn't the right place to say how ridiculous this is 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 vernus 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 that'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 hurt rana broke her arm she reached for a glass of water instead of pulling it biotically she just wanted a drink without getting a nosebleed you know like an idiot i stood up didn't know what i was going to do just something and vernis lost it beat the crap at him he kept shouting how they should have bombed us back to the stone age that's when the knife came up a military issue talon right in my face i cut loose full biotic kick right in the teeth almost as strong as i can manage now 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 didn'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 rana had a gentle heart she loved everyone furnace terrified her we all protected her from it 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 tyrion 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 and never let yourself lose control because rawness burned you after vernes 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 caden 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 had 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 shepard i'm uh i'm looking forward to some shore leave 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 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 one of my cousins has an agribusiness i was thinking of calling him maybe he can get some shipments into pharaohs i mean now that they're cut off from the company talk later caden approach control this is the ssv normal requesting a vector in the birth normandy arrival was not scheduled our defense grid is armed and tracking you stake your business citadel business we got a council spectre board be advised we will be confirming identification on arrival if confirmation cannot be established your vessel will be impounded what a fun bunch i think i'll take my next leave here what was that animals wind this place is in bad shape you do not know the privilege of being a mother there is power in creation to shape a life turn it toward happiness or despair her children were to be ours raised to hunt and slay saren's enemies i won't be moved by sympathy no matter who you bring into this confrontation liara is here because she wants to be not because i asked her to indeed what have you told her about me liara what could i say mother that you're insane evil should i explain how to kill you what could i say have you faced an asari commando unit before few humans have you won't look so smug with a hole in your head your insolence is a poor mask for your fear [Music] this is not over saren is unstoppable my mind is filled with his light everything is clear the rack and i didn't cooperate with you why should i i will not betray him you will you you must listen saren's still whispers in my mind i can fight his compulsions briefly but the indoctrination is strong why are you able to break free of his control now i sealed a part of my mind away from the indoctrination saving it for a moment when i could help destroy him it will not last long so you could turn on me again yes but it would not be my will shepard people are not themselves around sarah you come to idolize him worship him you would do anything for him the key is sovereign his flagship it is a dreadnought of incredible size and its power is extraordinary sovereign's not like other ships where did it come from [Music] i cannot say the guest did not build it its technology is far more advanced than that of any known species the longer you stay aboard the more saren's will seems correct you sit at his feet and smile as his words pour into you it is subtle at first i thought i was strong enough to resist instead i became a willing tool eager to serve he sent me here to find the location of the mu relay its position was lost thousands of years ago how does something that big go missing four thousand years ago a star nearby went supernova the shockwave propelled the relay out of its system but did not damage it its precise vector and speed are impossible to determine as millennia passed the nebula created by the nova enveloped the relay it is difficult to find any cold object in interstellar space particularly something swathed in hot dust and radiation someone on novaria found it two thousand years ago the rachni inhabited that region of our galaxy they discovered the relay the rachni can share memories across generations queens inherit the knowledge of their mothers i took the location of the relay from the queen's mind i was not gentle why does sarah need the new relay he believes it will lead him to the conduit i would tell you more if i could but saren did not share his counsel with me i was merely a servant to his cause how did the ratnai find it they searched patiently they are territorial creatures driven to close any possible way into their systems you can still make it right give me the information i was not myself but i should have been stronger i transcribed the data to an osd take it please knowing the relay's coordinates is not enough do you know where he planned to go from there saren wouldn't tell me his destination but you must find out quickly i transmitted the coordinates to him before you arrived you have to stop me i i can't his teeth are up my ear fingers on my spine you sh you should ah you should mother i don't leave fight him you've always made me proud liara die i cannot go on you will have to stop him shepard hold on we've got metagen maybe we can no he is still in my mind i am not entirely myself i never will be again mother good night little wing i will see you again with the dawn they always said there would be this one serves as our voice we cannot see not in these low spaces your musics are colorless musics what your way of communicating is strange flat it does not color the air when we speak one moves all we are the mother we sing for those left behind the children you thought silenced we are rock knight how are you speaking through her our kind sing through touching of thought we pluck the springs and the other understands she is weak to urging she has colors we have no names for but she is ending her music is bittersweet it is beautiful the children we birthed were stolen from us before they could learn to sing they are lost to silence and they're suffering they cannot be saved they will only cause harm as they are i don't understand why are your children killing people these needle men they stole our eggs from us they sought to turn our children into beasts of war claws with no songs of their own our elders are comfortable with silence children know only fear if no one sings to them fear has shattered their minds makes sense a baby left alone in a closet until he's 16 won't be sane if you're sure they can't be saved it is lamentable not necessary do what you must before you deal with our children we stand before you what will you sing will you release us are we to fade away once more commander those tanks on her enclosure their acid strong enough to dissolve any living creature they must have installed them for a reason they made a mistake they let the krogan go too far this is a chance for us to atone she has done nothing to us your companions hear the truth you have the power to free us or return our people to the silence of memory if i let you live would you attack other races again no we i do not know what happened in the war we only heard discordance songs the color of oily shadows we would seek a hidden place to teach our children harmony if they understand perhaps we would return are you a survivor from the war a clone we do not know we were only an egg hearing mother cry in our dreams at home from space hushed one voice after another it forced the singers to resonate with its own sour yellow note then we awoke in this place the last echo of those who came out from the singing planet the sky is silent i won't destroy your entire race you'll go free you will give us the chance to compose anew we will remember we will sing of your forgiveness to our children [Music] we're so close now when we deliver everything the council will have to mobilize around us if we can get the council on our side this could become a great opportunity for the alliance it's been a struggle but we've earned their respect now and you've been at the forefront all the way from a cruise i don't think anyone can stop you i don't think i've ever met a woman like you you haven't had the easiest life but i like the man it's made of you please commander you'll make me blush nope shepard i want to follow through with this it's tough keeping it separated from duty but when the mission's complete it'll be different i hope you feel the same man that sounds nice careful you'll distract me from saving the galaxy it'll take care of itself one of these days all night shepherd you are hard to step away from we'll get this done commander the sooner the better what's your opinion on the last mission killing seren's uh what was benezi anyway second in command advisor anyway it should set him back a bit i'm sure dr dasoni's hurting though poor kid having to kill her own mom any opinion on the rack knife off the record if we had the option i'd as 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 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 stay out of range and continue evasive maneuvers until i bring those aaa towers down i know the drill meet you at the camp once those towers are offline joke around so what are we supposed to do now stay put until we can come up with a plan are you in charge here what's the situation i'm captain kirahi third infiltration regiment stg you and your crew have just landed in the middle of a hot zone every aaa gun within 10 miles has been alerted to your presence what are we supposed to do in the meantime we stay put until the council sends the reinforcements we requested we are the reinforcements what you're all they sent i told the council to send a fleet we couldn't understand your transmission they sent me to investigate that is a repetition of our task i lost half my men investigating this place so what have you found it's aaron's base of operations he's set up a research facility here that's crawling with death and very well fortified is he here have you seen him no but his geth are everywhere and we've intercepted some calms referring to saren this is his facility there's no doubt about that what's sarin researching he's using the facility to breed an army of krogan how is that possible apparently saren has discovered a cure for the genophage what's so important about curing this genophage it was the solution to the krogan problem we introduced the genophage to the krogan population after the uprising to quell their numbers without it the krogan will quickly overrun the galaxy and these krogan follow saren bad enough but a krogan army he'd be almost unstoppable exactly my thoughts we must ensure that this facility and its secrets are destroyed destroyed i don't think so our people are dying this cure can save them if that cure leaves this planet the krogan will become unstoppable we can't make the same mistake again we are not a mistake is he going to be a problem we already have enough angry krogan to deal with he'll be fine i'll talk to him i'd appreciate that commander my men and i need to rethink our plan of attack can you give us some time go ahead captain i'll come back soon we won't be long commander in the meantime if you need any supplies you can talk to commander rentola he's in one of the tents nearby thank you for speaking with the krogan the assault on saren's base will be difficult enough as it is i assume that means you've come up with a plan of sorts we can convert our ship's drive system into a 20 kiloton ordinance crude but effective nice drop that nuke from orbit and seren can kiss his turian ass goodbye unfortunately the facility is too well fortified for that we'll need to place the bomb and where do we take the nuke and how do we get there the bomb must be taken to the far side of the facility your ship can drop it off but we'll need to infiltrate the base disable the aaa guns and pacify any ground forces first you want us to go in on foot we don't have enough men good i prefer a straight fight anyway it won't be that simple we just don't have the numbers to meet them head-on i'm going to divide my men into three teams and hit the front of the facility while we've got their attention you can sneak your shadow team in the back it's a good idea but your people are gonna get slaughtered we're tougher than we look commander but it's true i don't expect many of us will make it out alive and that makes what i'm going to ask even more difficult i need one of your men to accompany me to help coordinate the teams we'll need someone who knows alliance communication protocols i volunteer commander not so fast lt commander shepard will need you to arm the nuke i'll go with the solarians with all due respect gunnery chief it's not your place to decide why is it that whenever someone says with all due respect they really mean kiss my ass who would be better suited to the mission either of these two will do commander both seem willing to sacrifice their lives if necessary though if we are lucky such sacrifices won't be required williams you'll accompany the captain no heroics understood aye commander i will have the ordinance loaded onto the normandy and brief your crew on its detonation sequencing do you have any questions before we go commander the normandy's picking me up how will your teams escape the blast we will engage the geth as long as possible once the bomb is in place we will fall back to try and escape the blast radius if we move quickly we should be able to escape with acceptable casualties if not then our memories will live on as martyrs to a greater cause you talk like this is a suicide mission i won't lie to you commander there is a chance none of us will survive this assault even your team but we do what is necessary shadow seems clear enough what would the other teams be called igor malavai and jaeto they were the initial settlements on our first three colony worlds they are at the heart of solarian territory to this day these names will remind my men what they are fighting for they must have a personal stake in the fight if we are to have any chance of success i'm ready when you are captain excellent then if you'll excuse me i need to prepare my men 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 whatever happens everyone just keep shooting we go in hard hit him harder and we'll be the only damn thing that comes out the other side you bet commander you all know the mission and what is at stake i have come to trust each of you with my life but i have also heard murmurs of discontent i share your concerns we are trained for espionage we would be legends but the records are sealed glorying in battle is not our way think of our heroes a silent step who defeated a nation single shot or the ever alert who kept armies at bay with hidden bats these giants do not seem to give us solace here but they are not all that we are before the network there was the fleet before diplomacy there were soldiers our influence stopped the rachni but before that we held the line our influence stopped the krogan but before that we held the line our influence will stop staring in the battle today we will hold the line good luck commander i hope we will meet again commander look over here it's another beacon like the one on eden prime we eliminate this space and saren's gonna feel it foreign [Music] [Music] i get the feeling something bad is about to happen you are not sarin what is that some kind of vi interface rudimentary creatures of blood and flesh you touch my mind fumbling in ignorance incapable of understanding i don't think this is a vi there is a realm of existence so far beyond your own you cannot even imagine it i am beyond your comprehension i am sovereign sovereign isn't just some reaper ship sarin found it's an actual reaper reaper a label created by the protheans to give voice to their destruction in the end what they chose to call us is irrelevant we simply are the protheans vanished 50 000 years ago you couldn't have been there it's impossible organic life is nothing but a genetic mutation an accident your lives are measured in years and decades you wither and die we are eternal the pinnacle of evolution and existence before us you are nothing your extinction is inevitable we are the end of everything there is an entire galaxy of races united and ready to face you confidence born of ignorance the cycle cannot be broken cycle what cycle the pattern has repeated itself more times than you can fathom organic civilizations rise evolve advance and at the apex of their glory they are extinguished the protheans were not the first they did not create the citadel they did not forge the mass relays they merely found them the legacy of my kind why would you construct the mass relays then leave them for someone else to find your civilization of the is relays our technology by using it your society develops along the paths we desire we impose order on the chaos of organic evolution you exist because we allow it and you will end because we demand it they're harvesting us letting us advance to the level they need then wiping us out what do you want from us slaves resources my kind transcends your very understanding we are each a nation independent free of all weakness you cannot even grasp the nature of our existence where did you come from who built you we have no beginning we are infinite millions of years after your civilization has been eradicated and forgotten we will endure where are the rest of the reapers are you the last of your kind we are legion the time of our return is coming our numbers will darken the sky of every world you cannot escape you're not even alive not really you're just a machine and machines can be broken your words are as empty as your future i am the vanguard of your destruction this exchange is over hit me joker that ship's sovereign it's moving i don't know what you did down there but that thing just pulled a turn that would shear any of our ships in half it's coming your way and it's coming hard you need to wrap things up in there fast this console is shot orders commander let's head to the breeding facility joker can pick us up after we set the nuke 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 pinned down on the aa tower we've taken heavy casualties we'll never make the rendezvous point in time hold tight we're coming to get you negative just make sure that nuke is set we'll hold them 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 for sending can you hold them off [Music] there's too many i don't think we can survive until you get here i'm activating the bomb alenka 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] i applaud you shepherd my death were utterly convinced that solarians were the real threat an impressive diversion of course it was all for nothing i can't let you disrupt what i've accomplished here you can't possibly understand what's really at stake why are you doing this you've seen the vision from the beacon shepard you of all people should understand what the reapers are capable of they cannot be stopped do not admire yourself in pointless revolt do not sacrifice everything for the sake of petty freedoms the protheans tried to fight and they were utterly destroyed trillions dead but what if they had bowed before the invaders would the protheans still exist a submission not preferable to extinction do you really believe the reapers will let us live now you see why i never came forward with this to the council we organics are driven by emotion instead of logic we will fight even when we know we cannot win but if we work with the reapers if we make ourselves useful think how many lives can be spared once i understood this i joined soften though i was aware of the dangers i had hoped this facility could protect me you're afraid sovereign is influencing you you're afraid he's controlling your thoughts i've studied the effects of indoctrination the more control sovereign exerts the less capable the subject becomes that is my saving grace the sovereign needs me to find the conduit my mind is still my own for now but the transformation from allied servant can be subtle i will not let it happen to me why are the geth following sovereign they believe sovereign to be some kind of god the pinnacle of their own evolution but the reaction of their deity is most telling it is insulted sovereign does not desire the pitiful devotions together they are just tools and no amount of belief on their part will change that but as tools they are useful they will survive the coming invasion if organic life is to survive we must also prove if they're useful we must work with the reapers tell me why sovereign needs the conduit tell me what it is maybe we can find a way to stop them the conduit is the key to your destruction and my salvation sovereign needs my help to find it that is the only reason i have not been indoctrinated sovereigns manipulating you and you don't even know it you're already under its power no sovereign needs me if i find the conduit i've been promised a reprieve from the inevitable this is my only hope together we can stop sovereign we don't have to submit to the reapers we can beat them i no longer believe that shepard visions cannot be denied the reapers are too powerful the only hope of survival is to join with them sovereignty is a machine it thinks like a machine if i can prove my value i become a resource worth maintaining there is no other logical conclusion you were a specter you were sworn to defend the galaxy then you broke that bow to save yourself i'm not doing this for myself don't you see sovereign will succeed it is inevitable my way is the only way any of us will survive i'm forging an alliance between us and the reapers between organics and machines and in doing so i will save more lives than have ever existed but you would do my work you would do our entire civilization to complete annihilation and for that we must die [Music] so [Music] 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 caden 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 sarin yes ma'am i'm we'll get it done commander excuse me for interrupting but i have an idea i think the beacon you found in saren's base was similar to the one you found on eden prime it may have filled in the missing pieces of your vision i might be able to help you put all those pieces together you want to join our minds again don't you okay go ahead relax commander embrace eternity [Applause] incredible i i never thought the images would be so intense i need a moment to collect myself did the vision make any sense to you it's a distress call a message sent out across the prothean empire a warning against the reapers but the warning came too late what about the conduit there were other images locations places i recognized from my research i lost the conduit is on ilos that is why sarah needed to find the new relay it is the only way to get to ilos how come you never told us about ilos before the mu relay links to dozens of systems in hundreds of worlds how was i to know ilos was the one we wanted without the cipher the images in your visions were never clear only now do i recognize them as landmarks from islos we need to get to ilos forget it the mu relays inside the terminus systems alliance ships are not welcome there neither are specters the conduits on ilos that's where saren's heading i'll be waiting for him when he gets there saren will have his entire fleet orbiting ilos you will never make it down to the surface without reinforcements you must alert the council we need a fleet too i am sorry the joining is exhausting i should go to the medical bay and lie down for a moment we're done here dismissed commander there's a con buoy nearby i can link us in if you want to report back to the citadel council you know to warn him about sovereign set the link up joker they need to know patching it through commander shepard i'm pleased to see your mission on vermeyer was a success sarin is formidable enough without an army of krogan serving under him the krogan would have served sovereign a reaper yes we saw a mention of this on your report sovereign ascension machine a true artificial intelligence this news is quite alarming if it turns out to be accurate sovereign's a reaper saren admitted it he's playing you shepard seren still has contacts on the citadel you probably saw your earlier reports the ones talking about your vision and the reapers it's highly possible sarin is using false information to throw you off balance our own intelligence has never turned up any corroborating information sooner or later you're gonna have to take something i say on faith counselor try to see this from our perspective commander sarin is a threat we can recognize however as far as we know the reapers only exist in your visions our decisions affect trillions of lives we cannot act on the accusations of a single person even a specter not without solid evidence the council cannot take any official action here that is why we created the specters you have the authority to act as you see fit if you truly believe sovereign is the real threat you must take whatever steps are necessary to stop it and seren good luck commander from all of us 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 the hostile action anyway if you don't want my asking how did you deal with the losses on a cruise 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 commander confirmation on those reinforcements ambassador udino wants us to report back to the citadel the council is massing a joint species fleet to deal with sarin and his guest i knew they'd come around back to the citadel joker i want the normandy at the head of that fleet yes ma'am good job shepard thanks to you the council's finally taking real action against seven the ambassador is correct if saren is foolish enough to attack the citadel as you believe we will be ready for him patrols are stationed at every mass relay linking citadel space to the terminus systems you think a blockade is going to stop him he's on ilos looking for the conduit right now what are you doing about that ilos is only accessible to the mule relay deep inside the terminus systems commander if we send a fleet in there the only possible outcome is full-scale war now is the time for discretion commander saren's greatest weapon was secrecy exposed he is no longer a threat this is over one ship going into the terminus systems won't start a war i can be discreet you detonated a nuclear device on vermeyer i wouldn't call that discrete your style served you well in the traverse commander we recognize that but ilos requires a deft touch we have the situation under control secrecy isn't his greatest weapon the conduit is saren is a master manipulator the conduit is just a distraction from his real plan to attack the citadel sovereigns the real threat saren's just a servant of the reapers only you have seen the reapers and then only in visions we won't invade the terminus systems because of a dream if saren finds the conduit we're all screwed we have to go to ilos ambassador udina i get the sense commander shepherd isn't willing to let this go there are serious political implications here shepard humanities made great gains thanks to you but now you're becoming more trouble than you're worth you bastard you're selling us out it's just politics commander you've done your job now let me do mine we've locked out all the normandy's primary systems until further notice you're grounded are you insane after everything i have done you still don't believe me i think it's time for you and your team to leave commander this no longer concerns you the council can handle this with my help of course 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 what 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 lost the battle not the war i'll figure something out if i can be of any help let me know i hope i'm not out of line saying that you always this cautious with a sure thing 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 i'm sick of it too maybe we need to take a little initiative you have something up your sleeve shepard what am i saying when don't you that's what i love appreciate about you i think you need more practice appreciating me on the floor and give me 20 lieutenant finally a reason to look forward to physical training 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 shepherd i heard that they pulled me off the mission just like when they forced you to give up in normandy i know i'm sorry i wanted to warn you but there was no way to get a message to you before you died 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 ilos 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 back and if saren finds the conduit life as we know it is over the reapers will destroy us humans are sorry everybody you're the only one who can stop himself 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 happened that's a restricted area patrolled by armed guards how are you gonna get in leave that to me just make sure you're in the normandy when the systems come back online you're gonna 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 gonna 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 oh dina won't let this slide captain you'll be charged with treason 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 you'd say that the ambassador has made this personal 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] 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 they wanted to get technical they could throw in kidnapping or a hell of an example of humanity's best and brightest huh i don't know about the example part but as far as saving the galaxy how good our first timer is supposed to be fair enough it'll really hit the fan when we get to hilos if things don't go well i want you to know wow i've enjoyed serving under you caden i don't think i've had the pleasure of you serving under me don't you think it's time to rectify that ouch i walked right into that didn't i we could get drummed out of the service for fragilization of course we'll probably get the firing squad for mutiny 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 this is what will never happen again us shepard you make me feel human bunk here tonight cayden with me is that an order commander you make me feel like i could take on the universe and right now i kind of have to 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 know i don't think i have all my stress worked out yet joker's waiting for you on the bridge i swear though if anything happens to you take care shepherd foreign uh commander we've got company have their sensors picked us up yet stealth systems are engaged unless we get close enough for a visual they won't have any idea we're here picking up some strange readings from the planet's surface take us down joker lock in on the coordinates negative on that commander the nearest landing zone's two clicks away we'll never make it in time on foot get us something closer there is nowhere closer i've looked drop us in the mako you need at least 100 meters of open terrain to pull off a drop like that the most i can find near sarin is 20. 20 meters we'll never get in close enough for a drop we have to try find another landing zone there is no other landing zone the descent angle's too steep it's our only option it's not an option it's a suicide run we don't i can do it joker i can do it gear up and head down to the mako joker drop us right on top of that bastard you two keep moving inside now we have to get inside this bunker before saren finds the conduit there's no way we're getting past that door with brute force sarin found some way to open it there must be some kind of security override somewhere in this complex we'll have to find some way to get it up and running again come on sarah's already got a head start we have to go find him before he reaches the conduit unless he's already found it then we're just walking into a trap that's a chance we'll have to take hold on something's sounds like some kind of message but i don't recognize the language it's probably in frothian this recording must be 50 000 years old no wonder we can't understand it the message is all broken up but i recognize some of the words it's a warning against the reaper invasion incredible the cipher must have transferred an understanding of the prothean language into your mind not safe seek refuge outside the archives what's it saying can you make out anything useful odd reapers the citadel overwhelmed only hope act of desperation the conduit all is lost it said something about the conduit but it's too degraded to help we should go you cannot be stopped cannot be stopped what's happening it's a trap saren must have said an ambush i don't think saren's behind this whatever's down here is prothean right so it has to be on our side against the reapers don't get your hopes up the only thing we can depend on right now is ourselves you are not prothean but you are not machine either this eventuality was one of many that was anticipated this is why we sent our warning through the beacons looks like some kind of vi program pretty badly damaged i do not sense the taint of indoctrination upon any of you unlike the other that passed recently perhaps there is still hope wait a minute how come i can understand you why aren't you speaking the prothean language i have been monitoring your communication since you arrived at this facility i have translated my output into a format you will comprehend my name is vigil you are safe here for the moment but that is likely to change soon nowhere will be safe are you some kind of artificial intelligence program i am an advanced non-organic analysis system with personality imprints from quesadilla chief overseer of the ilos research facility why did you bring me here you must break a cycle that has continued for millions of years but to stop it you must understand or you will make the same mistakes we did the citadel is the heart of your civilization and the seat of government as it was with us and as it has been with every civilization that came before us but the citadel is a trap the station is actually an enormous mass relay one that links to dark space the empty void beyond the galaxy's horizon when the citadel relay is activated the reapers will pull through and all you know will be destroyed how come nobody ever noticed the citadel was an inactive mass relay the reapers are careful to keep the greatest secrets of the citadel hidden that is why they created a species of seemingly benign organic caretakers the keepers maintain the station's most basic functions they enable any species that discovers the citadel to use it without fully understanding the technology reliance on the keepers ensures no other species will ever discover the citadel's true nature not until the relay is activated and the reapers invade the reapers can wipe out the council and the entire citadel fleet in a single surprise attack that was our fate our leaders were dead before we even realized we were under attack the reapers seized control of the citadel and through it the mass relays communication and transportation across our empire were crippled each star system was isolated cut off from the others easy prey for the reaper fleets over the next decades the reapers systematically obliterated our people world by world system by system they methodically wiped us out the war was lost if you'd surrendered they might have let you live no offer of surrender was ever given our enemy had a single goal the extinction of all advanced organic life through the citadel the reapers had access to all our records maps census data information is power and they knew everything about us their fleets advanced across every single region of the galaxy some worlds were utterly destroyed others were conquered their populations enslaved these indoctrinated servants became sleeper agents under reaper control taken in as refugees by other protheans they betrayed them to the machines within a few centuries the reapers had killed or enslaved every prothean in the galaxy they were relentless brutal and absolutely thorough i don't understand where did the reapers go after they conquered your people our worlds were stripped bare harvested by the indoctrinated slaves everything of value all resources all technology was taken certain that all advanced organic life had been extinguished the reapers retreated back through the citadel relay into dark space sealing it behind them all evidence of the reaper invasion had been wiped away only their indoctrinated slaves were left behind abandoned mindless husks no longer capable of independent thought the indoctrinated soon starved or died of exposure the genocide of the protheans was complete do the reapers get out of this why do they keep repeating this pattern of genocide over and over the reapers are alien unknowable perhaps they need slaves or resources more likely they are driven by motives and goals organic beings cannot hope to comprehend in the end what does it matter your survival depends on stopping them not in understanding them you said you brought me here for a reason tell me what i need to do the conduit is the key before the reaper's attack we protheans were on the cusp of unlocking the mysteries behind mass relay technology ilos was a top-secret facility here researchers worked to create a small-scale version of a mass relay one that linked directly to the citadel the hub of the relay network the conduit's not a weapon it's a back door under the citadel how did you manage to stay hidden all official records of our project were destroyed in the initial attack on the citadel while the prothean empire came crashing down islands was spared we severed all communication with the outside and our facility went dark the personnel retreated underground into these archives to conserve resources everyone was put into cryogenic stasis i was programmed to monitor the facility and wake the staff when the danger had passed but the genocide of an entire species is a long slow process years past decades centuries the reapers persisted and my energy reserves were dwindling you should have fought we were a few hundred against a galactic invasion fleet our only hope was to remain undetected i began to disable the life support of non-essential personnel first support staff then security one by one their parts were shut down to conserve energy eventually only the stasis parts of the top scientists remained active even these were in danger of failing when the reapers finally retreated back through the citadel relay there were hundreds of stasis pods out there you just shut them down you killed them you were programmed to protect them not kill them this outcome was not completely unforeseen my actions were a result of contingency programming entered on my creation i bet they didn't tell the non-essential staff about this contingency i saved key personnel when the reapers retreated the top researchers were still alive my actions are the only reason any hope remains when the researchers woke they realized the prothean species was doomed there were only a dozen individuals left far too few to sustain a viable population yet they vowed to find some way to stop the reapers from returning a way to break the cycle forever and they knew the keepers were the key aren't they under the influence of the reapers the keepers are controlled by the citadel before each invasion a signal is sent through the station compelling the keepers to activate the citadel relay after decades of feverish study the scientists discovered a way to alter this signal using the conduit they gained access to the citadel and made the modifications this time when sovereign sent the signal to the citadel the keepers ignored it the reapers are trapped in dark space sarin can use the conduit to bypass all the citadel's external defenses correct and once inside he can transfer control of the station to sovereign sovereign will override the citadel systems and manually open the relay and the cycle of extinction will begin again is there any way we can stop them there's a data file in my console take a copy when you go when you reach the citadel's master control unit upload it to the station it will corrupt the citadel security protocols and give you temporary control of the station it might give you a chance against sovereign wait where's the citadel's master control unit i've never heard of anything like that through the conduit follow sarin he will lead you to your destination sirens get enough of a head start grab that data file and let's go the one you call saren has not reached the conduit not yet there is still hope if you hurry so many dead for a plan that accomplished nothing saren gets through the conduit the reapers arrive and the protheans fail keep it moving no intention of ending up like them there the condo it's incredible we don't have time to admire the view we have to get through that relay and these guests aren't going to make it easy on us [Music] activate the defenses seal the station arms aren't moving systems not responding abandon the citadel evacuate the council citadel control city out control do you copy [Music] critical failures detected across all monitored systems please begin emergency evacuation [Music] the presidium is experiencing severe system malfunctions across the entire level all non-emergency personnel must evacuate immediately give me a rundown of the damage we have lost all primary power to the level environmental controls are not responding class iii fires are burning in sectors two three six and seven civilian casualties are high i am also detecting numerous unauthorized synthetic life forms throughout the station they are believed to be hostile things approach with caution what happened to the council in accordance with standard emergency procedures the council has been evacuated to the destiny ascension what about captain anderson and ambassador udina what happened to them i have no information on the status of specific individuals once the current crisis has been resolved a complete accounting of casualties and survivors will begin where's sarin former spectre agent sarin arturius is nearing the vicinity of the council chamber a warrant has been issued for his arrest though citadel security is unable to respond at this time come on we need to stop sarin before it's too late please begin emergency evacuation procedures this is not a drill don't let the enemy ships inside the arms [Music] lock the elevator suit up we're going outside this will help foreign so okay [Music] [Music] so sure so [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] so i got that [Music] [Music] [Music] i was afraid you wouldn't make it in time shepard in time for what the final confrontation i think we both expected it would end like this you've lost you know that don't you in a few minutes sovereign will have full control of all the citadel systems the relay will open the reapers will return i've still got a few tricks up my sleeve you survived our encounter on vermeyer but i've changed since then improved sovereign has upgraded me you let sovereign implant you are you insane i suppose i should thank you shepard after vermeire i couldn't stop thinking about what you said about sovereign manipulating me about indoctrination the doubts began to eat away at me sovereign sensed my hesitation i was implanted to strengthen my resolve now my doubts are gone i believe in sovereign completely i understand that the reapers need organics join us and sovereign will find a place for you to [Music] sovereigns controlling you through your implants don't you see that the relationship is symbiotic organic and machine intertwined a union of flesh and steel the strengths of both the weaknesses of neither i am a vision of the future shepherd the evolution of all organic life this is our destiny join sovereign and experience a true rebirth sovereign hasn't won yet i can stop it from taking control of the station step aside and the invasion will never happen we can't stop it not forever you saw the visions you saw what happened to the protheans the reapers are too powerful some part of you must still realize this is wrong you can fight this maybe you're right maybe there is still a chance [Music] the implants sovereign is too strong i'm sorry it is too late for me it's not over yet you can still redeem yourself [Applause] [Music] [Music] vigils data file worked i've got control of all systems quick open the station's arms maybe the fleet can take sovereign down before he regains control of the station see if you can open a communications channel main drives offline kinetic barriers down 40 the council is on board i repeat the council is on board normandy to the citadel normandy to the citadel please tell me that's you commander you were expecting someone else we caught that distress call commander i'm sitting here in the endura sector with the entire arcturus fleet we can save the ascension just unlock the relays around the citadel we'll send the cavalry in you'd sacrifice human lives to save the council what have they ever done for your kind this is bigger than humanity sovereign's a threat to every organic species in the galaxy that's why you can't throw away reinforcements trying to save the council hold them back until the citadel arms open up and the human fleet can go after sovereign what's the order commander come in now to save the ascension or hold back [Music] [Music] opening the relays now joker we need to save the ascension no matter what the cost i hope the council appreciates this alliance ships move in save the destiny ascension commander we're picking up reinforcements it's the alliance thank the goddess [Music] so concentrate on sovereignty [Music] make sure he's dead [Music] he's dead [Music] yes this is our only chance take that monster down no matter what the cost [Music] [Music] and shields are down now's our chance get it with everything we got [Music] [Music] on my flight we're going in [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] ambassador captain commander shepard we have gathered here to recognize the enormous contributions of the alliance forces in the war against sovereign and the geth many humans lost their lives in the battle to save the citadel brave and courageous soldiers who willingly gave their lives so that we the council might live there is no greater sacrifice and we share your grief over the tragic loss of so many noble men and women the council also owes you a great personal debt commander one we can never repay you saved not just our lives but the lives of billions from sovereign and the reapers commander shepard your heroic and selfless actions serve as a symbol of everything humanity and the alliance stand for and though we cannot bring back those valiant soldiers who gave their lives to save ours we can honor their memories through our actions humanity has shown it is ready to stand as a defender and protector of the galaxy you have proved you are worthy to join our ranks and serve beside us on the citadel council councillor on behalf of humanity and the alliance we thank you for this prestigious honor and humbly accept we will need a list of potential candidates to fill humanity's seat on the council given all that has happened i am sure your recommendation will carry a great deal of weight commander do you support any particular candidate we need someone with the courage to stand up for what he believes in someone like captain anderson him you must be joking anderson prefers to let his fists do the talking only with you ambassador only with you are you sure about this commander the captain's a soldier another politician we've already got too many politicians on the citadel the captain would be perfect for this job i think it's an inspired choice the council would welcome him with open arms should he accept i'm honored counselor as humanity's representative i'll do everything in my power to help the council rebuild sovereign's defeat marks the beginning of a new era for both humanity and the council sovereign was only a vanguard the reaper fleet is still coming hundreds of ships maybe thousands and i'm gonna find some way to stop them shepherds write humanity is ready to do its part united with the rest of the council we have the strength to overcome any challenge when the reapers come we must stand side by side we must fight against them as one and together we will drive them back into dark space [Music] [Music] you

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