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  • 7/5/2025
Part 12 of the walkthrough of Mass Effect for the PC.
Transcript
00:00I'll be right back.
00:30I appreciate that.
01:00My name is Admiral Cahoku. It's about time the Alliance got one of our own in with the Spectres. We need people like you to deal with our...problems.
01:10Is something wrong, Admiral?
01:12I'm getting stonewool by bureaucratic assholes. Nothing new.
01:16Maybe you can help me, Shepard. One of my recon teams was investigating some strange activity out in the Traverse.
01:23We lost contact yesterday. Now I can't get clearance to check it out. Suddenly it's a restricted area.
01:29But that doesn't apply to you, Shepard. Spectres can go anywhere they want. You could find out why my team dropped out of contact.
01:37I'll find them, Admiral.
01:39I appreciate that, Commander. I was running out of options.
01:43I'm gonna stay here and see if I can find anything out through official channels. Won't hold my breath, though.
01:51I'll upload the info on where my team was last seen to your ships. Maybe you can get some answers.
01:56No. I just want to ask a couple of questions.
02:06Or a few questions, let me know in the comments.
02:09I don't know. I'll get them in the comments.
02:14It's time and be in the comments.
02:18Let me know.
02:23It's time to get to my friends.
02:28BIRDS CHIRP
02:58BIRDS CHIRP
03:28BIRDS CHIRP
03:58BIRDS CHIRP
04:04BIRDS CHIRP
04:06BIRDS CHIRP
04:10BIRDS CHIRP
04:13PH dumb
04:13Let's go.
04:43Hey there. Oh, you're not C-Sec, are you? Did you want something?
04:56What were you trying to explain to the officer before?
04:59My colleague is trying to kill me, and I thought we were friends.
05:07How do you know he wants you dead?
05:10He's changed. He won't talk to me at work anymore, and he started following me.
05:17Yesterday, he followed me all the way home, just waiting for a chance.
05:22I don't care what anyone thinks. He wants me gone. I know it.
05:29Is there something I can do? Talk to your friend, maybe?
05:33Would you? That's all I want. Someone to talk to him.
05:38Tell him to leave me alone.
05:40He thinks he can just push me around, but you'll show him, won't you?
05:49Just tell me where he is, and I'll go find him.
05:51Oh, right. Well, he wanted to meet with me down in the wards near the markets.
05:56He said he just wanted to talk, but I know better.
06:01His name's Shorban. He's a Salarian. You shouldn't have any trouble. He's just a scientist.
06:07Shorban. That's the guy who asked us to scan the Keepers.
06:11The Keepers? Well, even more reason to go after him. That's against regulations.
06:17I better look into this right away. Find out what he's up to.
06:25Anything's possible with Shorban these days.
06:28Well, good luck.
06:47Hello, Commander.
06:53Hello, Commander.
07:17Hello, Commander.
07:47Commander, I wasn't expecting to see you again. Is there something you want?
08:07You can start by telling me the truth, Shorban.
08:09I'm not sure what you're referring to. My experiments are...
08:13We're not buying it. Jaleed told us you've been after him.
08:16You... spoke with Jaleed? Then you know about the data?
08:21No, but you're gonna tell me. Everything.
08:25You boys can go.
08:25Keep talking.
08:37Keep talking.
08:38The company we work for developed an experimental procedure for use in medical scanners.
08:44Jaleed and I saw even more potential, so we stole the plans and secretly developed a tool to scan the Keepers.
08:49Can you imagine? Can you imagine? A tool that can actually get readings from the Keepers?
08:55What's so special about that?
08:57The Keepers are almost impossible to scan, and you can't capture them or get samples.
09:02They just self-destruct.
09:04After centuries here, we still don't know anything about them.
09:07Don't you see? We were the first to scan them, ever.
09:13You've seen it yourself, Commander. You know we can do it.
09:19Why are you trying to kill your partner?
09:21I'm not trying to kill him.
09:23Jaleed's job was to disseminate our initial findings.
09:25But he decided to keep the data for himself.
09:29Maybe to sell it. I don't know.
09:31So you're just trying to get back what Jaleed already stole.
09:35We lost our heads.
09:37We just couldn't let an opportunity like this pass us by.
09:40Commander, if you'll just continue gathering data for me, imagine what we might learn.
09:46And you'll stand to make a bit of a profit yourself, remember?
09:50I suppose a little scanning here and there won't hurt anyone?
09:53Very good.
09:53Maybe if you wouldn't mind speaking with Jaleed.
09:57The data you're gathering for me is useless if Jaleed won't help me analyze it.
10:01I'll go have a chat with him right now.
10:04And happy scanning, Commander.
10:23I'll go have a chat with Jaleed.
10:25I'll go have a chat with Jaleed.
10:27I'll go have a chat with Jaleed.
10:28I'll go have a chat with Jaleed.
10:29I'll go have a chat with Jaleed.
10:30I'll go have a chat with Jaleed.
10:31I'll go have a chat with Jaleed.
10:32I'll go have a chat with Jaleed.
10:33I'll go have a chat with Jaleed.
10:34I'll go have a chat with Jaleed.
10:35I'll go have a chat with Jaleed.
10:36I'll go have a chat with Jaleed.
10:37I'll go have a chat with Jaleed.
10:38I'll go have a chat with Jaleed.
10:39I'll go have a chat with Jaleed.
10:40I'll go have a chat with Jaleed.
10:41I'll go have a chat with Jaleed.
10:42I'm not sure what's going on.
10:45I'm not sure what's going on.
10:48I'm not sure what's going on.
10:51I'm not sure what's going on.
10:54I'm not sure what's going on.
10:57Hello again. Did you have any luck finding Shorban?
11:01I found out you've been lying to me, Jalit.
11:04Lying? Why would I lie to you?
11:08What about the keeper data?
11:10Uh, he told you?
11:13I didn't mean for any of this to happen.
11:16I was afraid Shorban would kill me to get the data, so I...
11:20Well, I was hoping you'd take care of him.
11:27I'm scanning the keepers for Shorban, but you two need to stop fighting.
11:31You're... you're helping us? But... well, if you say so.
11:40Well, if Shorban can forgive and forget, then so can I.
11:44I appreciate the help, Commander.
11:46I better go get that data analyzed.
11:48My saiyaka.
11:50I'm not sure.
11:51I'll go get that data analyzed.
11:55The last one is analyzed.
11:58I'll do my туis.
12:01That's fine.
12:02We'll be analyzed.
12:03The last three years, we will kill him.
12:05I'll try again.
12:06I'm not sure if we want one of my flaws.
12:09I'll be analyzed.
12:10I don't know.
14:41I've got big news for you, Shepard. Captain Anderson is stepping down as commending officer of the Normandy. The ship is yours now.
14:48She's quick and quiet, and you know the crew. Perfect ship for a Spectre. Treat her well, Commander.
14:55I'll take good care of her, sir.
14:57I know you will, Commander.
15:01I want the truth. Why are you stepping down, sir?
15:05You needed your own ship. A Spectre can't answer to anyone but the Council. And it's time for me to step down.
15:13Come clean with me, Captain. You owe me that much.
15:15I was in your shoes twenty years ago, Shepard. They were considering me for the Spectres.
15:22What happened?
15:23I failed. I couldn't make the cut. It's not something I'm proud of. Ask me later and I'll tell you the whole story.
15:29For now, all you need to know is, I was sent on a mission with Saren, and he made sure the Council rejected me.
15:36I had my shot. It came and went.
15:38Now you have a chance to make up for my mistakes.
15:42What kind of leads do we have?
15:44Saren's gone. Don't even try to find him. But we know what he's after. The Conduit.
15:50He's got us Geth scouring the Traverse looking for clues.
15:53We had reports of Geth in the Pharos system shortly before our colony there dropped out of contact, and there have been sightings around Noveria.
16:01Find out what Saren was after on Pharos and Noveria. Maybe you can figure out where the Conduit is before he does.
16:07The Reapers are the real threat.
16:10I'm with the Council on this one, Shepard. I'm not sure they even exist.
16:15But if they do exist, the Conduit's the key to bringing them back.
16:20Stop Saren from getting the Conduit, and we stop the Reapers from returning.
16:26I'll stop him.
16:29We have one more lead. Matriarch Benezia, the other voice in that recording?
16:34She has a daughter, a scientist who specializes in the Protheans.
16:39We don't know if she's involved, but it might be a good idea to try and find her.
16:43See what she knows. Her name's Liara, Dr. Liara Tessoni.
16:48We have reports she was exploring an archaeological dig on one of the Uncharted Worlds in the Artemis Tau Cluster.
16:54The colonists on Pharos might still be alive.
17:02It's your decision, Commander. You're a specter now. You don't answer to us.
17:07But your actions still reflect on humanity as a whole. You make a mess, and I get stuck cleaning it up.
17:13I'll try not to make things any harder on you, Ambassador.
17:16Glad to hear it, Commander. Remember, you were a human long before you were a specter.
17:21I have a meeting to get to. Captain Anderson can answer any questions you might have.
17:26Yes, Commander?
17:35How are you holding up?
17:37Honestly, this isn't how I pictured my career coming to an end.
17:42Pushing papers really isn't my thing.
17:44But you're the one who can stop Saren.
17:46I believe in you, Shepard.
17:48If that means I have to step aside, so be it.
17:52Tell me what happened with you and Saren 20 years ago.
17:54It's close to 20 years ago now.
17:57Ambassador Goyle was our representative here on the Citadel.
18:01Like Udina, she wanted to get a human into the specters.
18:05She chose me.
18:07The Council sent Saren to keep an eye on me, and evaluate my performance.
18:11Just like they sent Nihilus to keep tabs on you.
18:15I think I deserve the whole story.
18:17We had intel on a rogue scientist being funded by Batarian interests.
18:21He was trying to set up a facility to develop illegal AI technology out in the Verge.
18:26Alliance Intel had done all the work.
18:28But the Council wanted a specter involved.
18:30We compromised.
18:32I was assigned to help Saren in his investigation.
18:35We tracked the scientist to a refining facility on Kamala.
18:37He was hidden away somewhere inside, protected by an army of Batarian mercenaries.
18:43The plan was simple.
18:44Sneak into the plant.
18:46Capture the scientist.
18:47Sneak back out.
18:48Quick, quiet, and a minimum of bloodshed.
18:52I'm guessing things didn't go as planned.
18:54Saren and I split up to cover more ground.
18:57Then about halfway through the mission, there was a massive explosion in the refinery core.
19:01Officially it was ruled an accident, but I think Saren detonated it on purpose.
19:05To draw off the enemy guards.
19:08How many casualties?
19:09The explosion tore the refinery to shreds.
19:12The whole place was on fire.
19:14Black chemical clouds poured out into the atmosphere.
19:17Nobody inside survived.
19:19There was a camp for the workers and their families nearby.
19:23Between the fires and the toxic fumes, the final death count was over 500.
19:27Mostly civilians.
19:28Saren didn't care.
19:30The target was eliminated.
19:31Mission accomplished.
19:33And I ended up taking the blame.
19:35That ended all talk of me joining the Spectres.
19:38Saren caused the explosion.
19:40How'd he pin it on you?
19:42In his report, Saren accused me of blowing his cover.
19:46He said it was my fault the guards were ready for us.
19:48He claimed that's why it turned into a massacre.
19:51Saren's report was all the proof the Council needed to kill my chances of becoming a Spectre.
19:55Why'd you let him get away with it?
19:58Who do you think the Council was going to listen to?
20:01Me?
20:01Or their best agent?
20:03I had a bad feeling about him right from the start.
20:06I should have been more careful.
20:08Maybe I could have stopped things before they got out of hand.
20:10Don't blame yourself, Captain.
20:13I don't.
20:14I blame Saren.
20:15I think he wanted things to go bad.
20:18He was looking for an excuse to blow that refinery.
20:21Maybe he just likes the violence.
20:23Maybe he was just trying to make me look bad to keep humans out of the Spectres.
20:26If so, he pulled it off.
20:28The only thing I care about is stopping Saren.
20:32You're right, Commander.
20:34It's no good living in the past.
20:38Any extra intel you can give me on our colony at Pharos?
20:42The entire planet used to be one giant Prothean city.
20:45Mostly ruins now.
20:47But some of the infrastructure is still intact.
20:50The colony tried to build on what the Protheans left behind.
20:53We lost all contact with them when the Geth attacked.
20:55What do you know about the Artemis Tau Cluster?
21:00Not much.
21:01I've never been there myself.
21:03A handful of systems with a few small, unchartered worlds, but no real colonies.
21:08Might not be easy finding Dr. Tassoni out there.
21:11My advice is to look for the world with the Prothean ruins.
21:17What can you tell me about Noveria?
21:20Noveria's trouble.
21:21Always has been.
21:22The whole planet's basically a center for corporations to conduct illegal research.
21:28Watch your back there, Shepard.
21:30Spectres are about the only form of citadel authority Noveria respects.
21:34But they aren't popular.
21:40I should go.
21:42I'll be here if you need anything.
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