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Part 39 of the walkthrough of Mass Effect 2 for the PC.
Transcript
00:01Lord!
00:03Bring up a barrier!
00:05Fire!
00:09Get off that fire!
00:11Get off that fire!
00:12Get off that fire!
00:13Attack!
00:27How about this?
00:30This should take the heat off!
01:00This should take the heat off!
01:05Done for the moment!
01:30Let us know!
01:32Let us know!
01:35Let us know.
01:40Let us know!
01:42Let us know!
01:43Labs likely through there. Can smell antiseptic, hint of dead flesh.
01:59Great. Sounds fun.
02:13Active console. May contain useful data. One moment. Genetic sequences. Hormone mutagens still steady. Protein chains, live tissue, clone tissue. Very thorough. Standard treatment factors. Avoiding scorched earth immunosuppressants to alter hormone levels. Good.
02:43Hate to see that.
02:47Most people wouldn't be so casual about developing a sterility plague, Morden.
02:51Not developing. Modifying. Much more difficult. Working within confines of existing genophage. A hundred times the complexity.
02:58Errors unacceptable. Could cause total sterility. Malignant tumors. Could even reduce effectiveness. Worse than doing nothing.
03:05Had to keep Krogan population stable. One in one thousand. Perfect target. Optimal growth. Like gardening.
03:13You're saying you were working just as hard to keep their population from falling?
03:18Yes. Could have eradicated Krogan. Not difficult. Increased mutation to degrade genetic structure further. Chose not to.
03:25Rachni extinction. Tragic. Didn't want to repeat. All life precious. Universe demands diversity.
03:31What was it like working on the Genophage Modification Project?
03:39Best years of my life. Wake up with ideas. Talk over breakfast. Experiments all morning.
03:44Statistical analysis in afternoon. Run new simulations during dinner. Set data runs to cook overnight.
03:49Laughter. Ego. Argument. Passion. Galaxy's biggest problem. Massive resources thrown at us. Got anything we wanted.
03:56Sounds like you were pretty important. How'd you go from that to running a clinic on Omega?
04:03Wanted to heal people. Good use of last decade. Something easy. No ethical concerns.
04:09Understand rationale for modified Genophage. Right choice. Still.
04:14Hard to sleep some nights.
04:19Do you keep in touch with your old team members?
04:21No. All changed with deployment. Made test drop on isolated Krogan clan. Hit rest of Tuchanka when results were positive.
04:28End of project. Separate ways. Watching it end. Watching birth rates drop. Personal. Private. Not appropriate for team.
04:38We're not gonna find Malin staring at consuls. Come on.
04:47Neutralized. All hostiles.
04:51Neutralized. All hostiles.
04:52Neutralized. All hostiles.
04:53Reginalized.
05:00vent Drink.
05:02选雪.
05:14The Republic of theиля.
05:15Dead Krogan, female. Tumors indicate experimentation. No restraint marks. Volunteer.
05:30Sterile werelock female willing to risk procedures. Hoped for cure. Pointless. Pointless waste of life.
05:38I didn't expect you to be disturbed by the sight of a dead Krogan.
05:41What? Why? Because of genophage work? Irrelevant. No. Causative. Never experimented on live, Krogan. Never killed with medicine. Her death, not my work. Only reaction to it.
05:55Goal was to stabilize population. Never wanted this. Can see it logically. But still unnecessary. Foolish. Waste of life. Hate to see it.
06:05I didn't think you'd had much direct contact with things like this. Did you come to Tchanka after dropping your plague?
06:13Yearly recon missions. Water, tissue samples. Ensure no mistakes. Superiors offered to carry it on. Refused. Need to see it in person. Need to look. Need to see. Accept it as necessary.
06:26See small picture. Remind myself why I run a clinic on Omega.
06:35Rest, young mother. Find your gods. Find someplace better.
06:42I didn't expect spirituality from you, Morden.
06:44Genophage Modification Project altered millions of lives. Then saw results. Ego, humility, juxtaposition, frailty of life, size of universe. Explored religions after work completed. Different races. No answers. Many questions.
07:00Sounds like you were trying to deal with your guilty conscience. The doctor killed millions.
07:04Modified Genophage Project great in scope. Scientifically brilliant. But ethically difficult.
07:12Krogan reaction visceral. Tragic. Not guilty. But responsible. Trained as doctor. Genophage affects fertility. Doesn't kill. Still.
07:22Cause this. Hard to see big picture behind pile of corpses.
07:26Can you really just rationalize it all away? How do you justify it?
07:30Wheel of life. Popular Solarian concept. Similar to human Hinduism in focus on reincarnation.
07:39Appealing to see life as endless. Fix mistakes in next life. Learn. Adapt. Improve. Refuse to believe life ends here.
07:49Too wasteful. Have more to offer. Mistakes to fix. Cannot end here. Could do so much more.
07:57If you need this much soul searching to get over it, maybe the Genophage was wrong.
08:03Had to be done. Brachni, Wars, Krogan rebellions all pointed to Krogan aggression.
08:07So many simulations. Effects of Krogan population increase. All pointed to war. Extinction.
08:14Genophage or genocide. Save galaxy from Krogan. Save Krogan from galaxy.
08:21You could have cured the Genophage instead. Brought hope to the Krogan. They'd have rejoiced.
08:25Assumes human reaction. Krogan stimulus response different. Harsh environment. Take chance to fight.
08:31Flee. Would have caused chaos on Tuchanka. Victor would have war economy. Bloodthirsty army.
08:37Galactic expansion only logical outcome. More war. Genophage saved lives. War would have ended.
08:43So you're willing to sterilize a species based on the evidence of a few simulations?
08:52Yes. Millions of data points. Years of arguments. Countless scenarios.
08:57All noted Krogan fragmentation as dangerous. No unified culture to support repopulation.
09:02Would have been war. Turians and humans destroying Krogan utterly.
09:06Genophage was better. Saved lives.
09:09Look at the dead woman, Morden. It doesn't look like you saved her.
09:19No. It doesn't. Worked with available data. Only options. No other possible.
09:27Doesn't matter.
09:27Don't matter.
09:57Let's go.
10:27We can use this.
10:57We can use this.
11:27We can use this.
11:29We can use this.
11:31We can use this.
11:33We can use this.
11:34We can use this.
11:35We can use this.
11:36We can use this.
11:37We can use this.
11:38You scout told us to watch for you.
11:39We've taken out the guards.
11:41Get back to Erdnot.
11:42I can't.
11:43The werelock did things to me.
11:46Drugs.
11:47Injections.
11:48Said I was sacrificing for the good of all Krogan.
11:53Experiments to cure the genophage.
11:56Everything's blurry.
11:58Hard to think.
12:00I have to stay.
12:02Morden.
12:03Can you get him back on his feet?
12:05Stems maybe?
12:06Something to bolster his immune system?
12:08You don't understand.
12:10I'm not too sick to leave.
12:12I have to stay.
12:14They're curing the genophage.
12:16They're gonna make it all better.
12:19They have to keep doing the tests.
12:21Caution Shepard.
12:23Patient unstable.
12:24Susceptible.
12:25Brainwashed.
12:26Why do you want them to keep doing the tests?
12:29This is my fault.
12:31I got caught.
12:33Wasn't strong enough.
12:35Not good enough.
12:37This is the best I can do.
12:40This is all I can do.
12:43I'm not big enough to have a real shot with the females.
12:46I'll never have kids of my own.
12:49But if I help undo the genophage, then I mattered.
12:55Millions of children will be born.
12:57Werelock children.
12:58They're going to destroy the other clans.
13:01But...
13:02No.
13:03No.
13:04They said I was helping Erdnaut.
13:06If you want to help Erdnaut, you need to get back there.
13:09But it would take a real badass to make it back to camp while injured.
13:12I can do it.
13:14You?
13:15I said a badass, not some scout whining like a quarian with a tummy.
13:20I can do it.
13:22I'm up.
13:23And I'm going to the female camp.
13:26Damn right you are.
13:27Get back there and show them what you're worth.
13:29Go.
13:30Go.
13:31Game Over.
13:32Time's 8th.
13:33Game Over.
13:34años Tracksers.
13:35Game Over time.
13:36Hangover.
13:37importe woody.
13:38All enemies accounted for.
13:39All enemies accounted for.
13:57Shepard, I'm detecting crates ahead that are holding unstable materials.
14:01A misplaced shot could cause a significant explosion.
14:04Or a well-placed shot. Explosives useful. Burn through krogan armor.
14:09Incoming.
14:22Next!
14:24Fire in the hole! Try a real match.
14:37Just a thing to help. Deploying incineration tank.
14:42Fire in the hole! Try a real match.
14:47Just a thing to help. Deploying incineration tank.
14:52Deploying incineration tank.
15:04The misplaced.
15:09Let's go.
15:39This should take the heat off.
15:53Neutralized.
16:09Enemies in front.
16:32Enemies in front.
16:40Enemies in front.
16:46Enemies in front.
16:52No!
16:54Damn snipers!
16:56Attack!
17:00Attack!
17:17Throwing up a barrier!
17:30Build is clear!
18:00Throwing up a barrier!
19:30No evidence of torture.
19:32Don't understand.
19:34For such a smart man, Professor, you always had trouble seeing evidence that disagreed with your preconceptions.
19:40How long will it take you to admit that I'm here because I wish to be here?
19:43He wasn't kidnapped. He came here voluntarily to cure the genophage.
19:51Impossible. Whole team agreed. Project necessary.
19:54How was I supposed to disagree with the great Dr. Solas? I was your student. I looked up to you.
20:00Experiments performed here. Live subjects, prisoners, torture and executions. You're doing?
20:04We've already got the blood of millions on our hands, Doctor. If it takes a bit more to put things right, I can deal with that.
20:11You honestly think the experiments you did here are justified?
20:14We committed cultural genocide. Nothing I do will ever be justified. The experiments are monstrous because I was taught to be a monster.
20:22Morden, did you ever perform experiments like this?
20:26No. Never taught you this, Malan.
20:29So your hands are clean. What does it matter if the ground is stained with the blood of millions?
20:33You taught me that the end justified the means.
20:36I will undo what we did, Professor. The only way I know how.
20:39What happens if the genophage is cured and the Krogan expand again? That'll be on your head.
20:46We justified this atrocity by saying the Krogan would cause havoc and war if their population recovered.
20:52But look at the galaxy. Batarian attacks in the Traverse. Geth attacks in the Citadel. Is this a more peaceful universe?
20:58The assault on your Eden Prime might never have happened if we had let the Krogan recover. You'll never know.
21:05How would a Krogan population explosion have done anything to stop Saren and the Geth?
21:08An increased Krogan population would have forced the Council to take steps, likely involving colony rights in the Traverse.
21:17The Turian fleets would be vigilant for any military activity in the area. They might have stopped the Geth at Eden Prime.
21:23Supposition. Impossible to be certain.
21:25Don't you see? We tried to play God and we failed. We only made things worse. And I'm going to fix it!
21:33You talked about killing, but the genophage isn't lethal. It only affects fertility rates.
21:37Krogan fight over fertile females. They become mercenaries or pirates because they see no alternative.
21:43They would be thriving in a cultural renaissance now had we not decided that this is what they deserved.
21:48Inaccurate. Krogan population resulted in war. Simulations were clear.
21:54Why work with Clan Werelock? And how did you access the genophage data?
21:59The data was easy to obtain. We all still had clearance. We were heroes. All I had to do was ask.
22:04As for the Werelock, they were the only clan with both the resources and the commitment.
22:08Erdnaut has a larger camp than Werelock. Why not use them?
22:11Erdnaut Rex is too soft. He wasn't willing to do the experiments I needed.
22:16It's Erdnaut's loss and Werelock's gain. Their clan will be the first to recover from the crime we committed.
22:24Meelin clearly doesn't need rescue. What do you want to do?
22:28Have to end this.
22:29You can't face the truth, can you? Can't admit that your brilliant mind led you to commit an atrocity!
22:36Unacceptable experiments. Unacceptable goals. Won't change. No choice. Have to kill you.
22:44Wait. You don't need to do this, Morton. You're not a murderer.
22:51No. Not a murderer. Thank you, Shepard.
22:55Finished, Meelin. Get out. No Werelock left. Project over.
23:04What if he talks to more Krogan? Tells the public about the Modified Genophage Project?
23:08Special tasks group good at covering tracks. No proof. Werelock willingness to work with Salarian? Unusual.
23:15Other Krogan will kill him.
23:17Aren't you worried that he'll start his research again?
23:20No. Locking this unit. Special tasks group can cut access to old data.
23:24Could start from scratch. Decades of work, though. Didn't teach you everything I knew.
23:30You hurt the Professor. Get out before he changes his mind.
23:34Where am I supposed to go, Professor?
23:36Don't care. Try Omega. Can always use another clinic.
23:39The Krogan didn't deserve what we did to them, Professor. The Genophage needs to end.
23:44Not like this.
23:46Apologies, Commander. Misunderstood mission parameters. No kidnapping. My mistake. Thank you.
23:53Don't worry about me, Morton. How are you doing?
23:56Should have killed him. Wanted to. Easier than listening. Easier for him, too. Experiments indicate how far he's fallen.
24:03Expected it from Krogan. Not one of mine.
24:06Maybe you'll remember that the next time you're discussing the ethics of the Genophage.
24:09Yes. So many variables. Stress responses. Impossible to truly predict. Something to think about.
24:17Malon's research. Only Lucent. Could destroy it. Closure. Security.
24:22Still valuable, though.
24:24If you think it could be useful, why not hang on to it?
24:27Worked for years to create modified Genophage. Should destroy this.
24:30Malon's work could cure Genophage. Don't know. Effects on Krogan. Effects on Galaxy. Too many variables. Too many variables.
24:36Keep the data. Better to have it, not need it.
24:43Point taken, Shepard. Capturing data. Wiping. Local copy.
24:49Still years away from cure. But closer than starting from scratch.
24:53Done. Ready to go. Ready to be off, Tuchanka. Anywhere else. Maybe somewhere sunny.
25:00Let's get out of here.
25:06Out of here.
25:11Out of here.
25:12Kind of.
25:13Out of here.
25:14ifier
25:15Care
25:16Quiet
25:16.
25:17cam