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Part 25 of the walkthrough of Mass Effect 2 for the PC.
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00:00...promotions because of discrimination against exo-suit-wearing employees, genetic...
00:05Hello, Commander Shepard. Liara will be pleased to see you.
00:09You're Liara's assistant?
00:11Yes. Liara relies upon me to acquire useful intelligence.
00:15I don't have her network of contacts, but I supply her with supplemental data.
00:20It's really an honor to work with her.
00:23What's Liara's reputation here on Illium?
00:25She is greatly respected.
00:27In a few short years, she's amassed a sizable network of connections.
00:31She could have even more political power than she already wields, if she weren't so focused on her personal goals.
00:37But I believe she should tell you about that, not me.
00:40I'll talk to you later.
00:41Of course, Commander.
00:48Have you faced an Asari commando unit before?
00:52Few humans have.
00:54I'll make it simple.
00:56Either you pay me, or I flay you alive.
01:00With my mind.
01:03Shepard!
01:04Nyxeris, hold my calls.
01:08Shepard.
01:09My sources said you were alive, but I never believed.
01:22It's very good to see you.
01:24It's good to see you too, Liara.
01:26How are you doing?
01:30I'm doing well.
01:31I've been working as an information broker.
01:33It's paid the bill since you, well, for the past two years.
01:38And now you're back, gunning for the collectors with Cerberus.
01:43If you know that, then you know that I could use your help.
01:47I can't, Shepard.
01:49I'm sorry.
01:50I have commitments here.
01:52Things I need to take care of.
01:54What kind of things do you need to take care of?
01:56Are you in trouble?
01:57No.
01:58No trouble.
01:59But it's been a long two years.
02:01I had things to do while you were gone.
02:04I have debts to repay.
02:07Listen, if you want to help, I need someone with hacking expertise.
02:12Someone I can trust.
02:15If you could disable security at key points around Ilium,
02:19you could get me information I need.
02:21That would help me a great deal.
02:24What's this all about, Liara?
02:25Can't you just talk to me?
02:27Don't you think I want to, Shepard?
02:29This isn't because I don't trust you.
02:31This is Ilium.
02:32Anything I say is probably being recorded.
02:35If it'll help you, I'll take care of it.
02:37When you hack one, a server will open somewhere nearby for a short time.
02:42You can download data from there, if you hurry.
02:45Thank you, Shepard.
02:46This may help me pay a great debt.
02:49There's an Asari named Samara here on Ilium.
02:51Do you know where I could find her?
02:53Samara?
02:54Yes.
02:54She arrived recently and registered with tracking officer Dara.
02:58You can find Dara at the transportation hub.
03:03Why would Samara have to register with a tracking officer?
03:06Is she a criminal?
03:08No.
03:09In fact, she's quite the opposite.
03:11Samara is a Justicar,
03:12one of an ancient sect of Asari warriors.
03:15Dara can tell you more.
03:16I'm looking for Thane Krios.
03:21He's supposed to be here on Ilium.
03:23The assassin?
03:24Yes.
03:25He arrived here a few days ago.
03:27My sources tell me he may be targeting a corporate executive,
03:30Nisana Dantius.
03:32He contacted a woman named Serena.
03:35Serena has an office in the cargo transfer levels.
03:38Perhaps she can tell you where Krios is.
03:42That was all just off the top of your head?
03:44I'm a very good information broker, Shepard.
03:47The world of intrigue isn't that different from a dig site.
03:50Except that the dead bodies still smell.
03:53Thanks for the help.
03:54That's all I needed to know.
03:56Of course.
03:56If there's anything else I can help you with, let me know.
04:00How's your own work going?
04:01Everyone needs information, Shepard.
04:04You want to know why I don't drop everything to join you?
04:08I need to get that data.
04:10It should be about friendship.
04:12Or trust.
04:13But that's not the way it works on Ilium.
04:15Let me know when you hacked those terminals.
04:17Give me that.
04:19And I can talk to you.
04:24If it'll help you, I'll take care of it.
04:26When you hacked one,
04:27a server will open somewhere nearby for a short time.
04:30You can download data from there, if you hurry.
04:34Thank you, Shepard.
04:35This may help me pay a great debt.
04:39I'll talk to you later, Liara.
04:45The Council thought that Blasto,
04:47the first Anarch Spector,
04:49would play by the rules.
04:51This one has forgotten whether its heatsink is over capacity.
04:55It wonders whether...
04:56Are you shorting prefabs?
04:58Why not?
05:01I did it after Eden Prime.
05:03Paid for new exosuits for my kids.
05:06You're insane.
05:09Pardon me, I'm on a call.
05:13Blasto, the jellyfish tanks available for extranet purchase this fall from Ilium Entertainment.
05:18How can you short sell on prefabs after these human colony attacks?
05:39They're going to see a ton of business.
05:42A ton of immediate charity business.
05:45You're almost under free.
05:46I need minimal heat increase.
05:49And speed.
05:51I have extremely high performance requirements.
05:55Supervisor.
05:57By the stars, your skin looks amazing.
05:59You're not using biotics to touch things up, are you?
06:02Actually, I just tried Exeter.
06:08I'm going to have that asshole arrested.
06:12Watch yourself if you go in there.
06:14Some human is causing trouble.
06:16He's demanding that I sign the place over to him.
06:18I'll be careful.
06:19Or you could kill him.
06:21You know, legally.
06:22In self-defense.
06:23I'd make a really good witness.
06:25Failing that, I'm hooking up security cameras now.
06:28If he or anybody else causes trouble, I'll have their asses arrested.
06:46So then he says...
06:48Oh, it's okay.
06:49Our amino acids are all different.
06:51So it's not like we can get diseases or anything if we go natural.
06:55I'm telling you, this is why you shouldn't date humans.
06:58So then, I had to explain about Gros Mishi's fluid contact.
07:01Completely killed the mood.
07:03Not to mention that you're a quarian.
07:05How could he be so insensitive?
07:14Ms. Lawson, I'm glad you've made it.
07:16We've had a complication.
07:18What happened?
07:19Is Ariana all right?
07:21She's fine.
07:22But you listed a man named Niket as your trusted source?
07:25He contacted me, warning that your father has sent Eclipse mercenaries to make a sweep.
07:29He suggested that the mercs might be watching for you personally.
07:33He's offered to escort Ariana's family to the terminal instead.
07:36You didn't mention anything about Niket.
07:38He's a friend.
07:40He and I go back a long way.
07:42Do you want to bring in any of your other alien contacts, Ms. Lawson?
07:45No.
07:46You and Niket are the only two I trust on this.
07:48What information do you have about the mercenaries?
07:50I've confirmed that they're Eclipse, and that they're working for an organization Ms. Lawson warned us about.
07:55I could try to alert the authorities, but so far they've done nothing illegal.
07:59You made the right decision.
08:01We'll handle this ourselves.
08:03It's your sister, Miranda.
08:04What do you want to do?
08:06Lantea, we'll follow Niket's suggestion.
08:09Shepard and I will take the car and draw their attention.
08:11Have Niket escort the family to the shuttle.
08:14Give him full access to the family's itinerary, just to be safe.
08:18Understood, Ms. Lawson.
08:19So the plan is for us to get shot down by Eclipse while your sister gets to safety?
08:23Eclipse will be under orders to take my sister alive.
08:26They won't risk anything that could kill us.
08:29I doubt Eclipse will send all their people just to stop you.
08:32Do you want to give Niket any backup?
08:34Niket can take care of himself.
08:36Besides, any armed backup just draws attention to him.
08:39I'm ready whenever you are, Miranda.
08:43Thank you, Shepard.
08:44I appreciate this.
08:46I hadn't planned on Eclipse,
08:47but they never planned on you.
09:17Damn it.
09:19Eclipse mercenary gunships.
09:21They'll be dropping troops into cargo areas.
09:40Put us down in that cover behind them.
09:41Let's hope they really do want to take us alive.
09:53Hold fire.
09:54I said hold fire, damn it!
10:01I got this.
10:03Since you're not firing yet, I trust you know who I am.
10:13Yeah, they said you'd be in the car.
10:15You're the bitch that kidnapped our boss's little girl.
10:19Kidnapped?
10:20This doesn't involve you.
10:21I suggest you take your men and go.
10:23Think you've got it all lined up, huh?
10:25Captain Inyala's already moving in on the kid.
10:27She knows about Niket.
10:29He won't be helping you.
10:31What do you mean Niket won't be helping us?
10:34Nothing you need to worry about.
10:36Nobody's going to get killed unless you do something stupid.
10:39You walk away now, the girl goes back to her father,
10:41and everybody's happy.
10:43Everybody but my sister.
10:45And me.
10:47Should we be talking to Captain Inyala about this?
10:49You don't want to talk to the Captain.
10:51Captain, she's not as polite as I am.
10:58She's the best commando I've ever seen.
11:00I've seen her tear people in half with her biotics.
11:03And she's getting paid a lot to stop you.
11:06She gets in my way, she'll never have a chance to spend it.
11:09Wait, Miranda.
11:10You said she was your twin sister.
11:12That what she told you?
11:13No, this crazy bitch kidnapped our boss's baby daughter.
11:19He's been looking for her for more than a decade.
11:22It's complicated, Shepard.
11:23We share the same DNA, just not the same birthday.
11:26You took a baby from the richest guy in the galaxy, lady.
11:29I don't know what your damage is,
11:31but you're not getting away with it.
11:33You're not getting Miranda's sister.
11:37If you push this, it'll go badly for you.
11:40Captain Inyala ordered us to give you one chance to walk away.
11:45This whole time we've been talking, my men have been lining up shots.
11:49When I say the word, we unleash hell on your squad.
11:53So I suggest you walk away nicely, unless you want things to get ugly.
11:59Works for me.
12:01Damn it!
12:01Then I'll pack it down.
12:03Tell Captain Inyala to send backup.
12:05Kill them all!
12:09Punch for the drone!
12:11That one hit!
12:12Let's try a little fire!
12:14Back shot!
12:23I can take you.
12:31I can take you.
12:32This will put them down.
12:34Up now, combat drone!
12:35Let's go.
13:05Good work.
13:28Come on, we need to get to the catch.
13:33There's no machine!
13:35Get out of here.
14:04We're in...
14:12...dinky.
14:20Hang on, I've got one of their radios.
14:22I'll patch us in, see if I can get an idea of what we're up against.
14:24Shepard, I think I owe you an explanation.
14:29Ariana is my twin, genetically.
14:31Exactly. But my father grew her when I was a teenager. She was meant to replace me. I couldn't let my father do to her what he did to me. So I rescued her. She's almost a woman now.
14:44Why didn't you tell me that we were saving a kid?
14:47She's not a child. She'll be 19 this year. But, well, it didn't seem relevant at the time, I suppose. There are people who'd use her against me. I'm very protective when it comes to Orianna.
14:58I'm sorry I didn't trust you sooner. You deserved to know.
15:02I can understand choosing to go your own way. But you stole a young child from her father.
15:06If you knew my father, you would understand. I wasn't the first one he made. I was only the first one he kept.
15:12I was brought up with no friends, pushed to meet impossible demands. I wasn't a daughter to him. I was... I don't know what I was.
15:21Orianna has had a normal life. I made the right decision.
15:24If Eclipse knows where Orianna is, they'll be moving in on her soon. We need to hurry.
15:30Agreed. I'm a bit worried by what the Merc said.
15:33If they've got to Niket somehow, this is going to be harder than I'd planned.
15:36According to the specs I reviewed, we'll need to cut through the cargo processing yard to get to Orianna.
15:41Can you tell me anything about the cargo processing yard?
15:44We'll be moving through conveyor systems. There'll be a lot of movement. Finding targets won't be easy. We'll need to stay sharp.
15:50And these cargo transports carry hazardous materials. So watch what you shoot at.
15:56I hope your friend can be trusted.
15:58Absolutely. Niket is one of my oldest friends. I guess you could say he was my only real friend.
16:04He's the only person I didn't cut ties with when I left my father.
16:07Is there a chance your father could be using Niket to get to you?
16:10I'm sure he's tried, but Niket's one of the few people who understands what my father is really like.
16:15I trusted him with my life when I ran from my father, Shepard. He won't betray me now.
16:20Let's go find Niket and Orianna.
16:22Right.
16:40They're on the far side of the conveyor line. Time your shot.
16:43They're being destroyed.
17:04Right.
17:05So let's go.
17:07I'm standing on a cliff!
17:19Do it, Eclipse!
17:22Consideration rate!
17:37We need a medic!
17:44Nothing is true!
17:47I need support!
17:50I'm on it!
17:52I am hiding!
17:54They got combat to right here!
17:57This is Inyala! Keep the bitch back! The cat is nearing the transport terminal!
18:27I can't tell you what it is!
18:31Don't get scared!
18:34Do it!
18:35I can't tell you all the crimes!
18:40That's the thing!
18:43I can't tell you what I'm doing!
18:47You can't tell us!
18:50I can't tell you what I'm doing!
18:53This looks interesting.
19:23Here we go, Aileen.
19:45I don't care how many men you will lose, just stall them, damn it!
19:53Enemy throne!
20:00Light him up!
20:03Headshot!
20:13That was hit!
20:16Get out!
20:21Trouble ahead!
20:24Not there!
20:28I'm gonna kill you all!
20:34Stand down!
20:36Moving to cover!
20:42Night-night!
20:55Divert everyone except my guard from the kit. I'll handle him and the kit personally.
21:01Dammit, I'm not letting her get Oriana.