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Part 20 of the walkthrough of Mass Effect 3 for the PC.
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00:00I admire your bravery. You're now the savior of your entire race.
00:05The transmutative agent that propels a species to a new stage of evolution.
00:09Many will fear that.
00:11Ah, Commander, we were just...
00:14Are you okay?
00:16I'm fine, Rex. You can relax.
00:19Can't be too careful. Or put any faith in Salarian, Doctorus.
00:24This one is different.
00:26Is he? What's that?
00:30A blood test. Nothing as painful as tissue sampling.
00:35Don't remind me. I think you enjoyed doing that.
00:39Commander, please explain to him my only goal is to ensure her health is stable.
00:44He was your inside source, Rex. You can trust him.
00:48Salarians have minds like a maze. You never know when they're leading you into a trap.
00:53Then we're in the same trap. By helping you, my career in STG is almost certainly over.
01:01Why do it?
01:02Every species has their role to play. Centuries from now, the Krogan could be the pinnacle of galactic evolution.
01:09Even I don't believe that. But I want my people to.
01:13Then let him work, Rex.
01:16Just keep her safe. Our females have endured enough.
01:21Of course. Now if that's settled, I have work to do before he changes his mind.
01:25So you're the one who told Rex about me.
01:32I had no choice.
01:33But you went against your own government.
01:36They were wrong to hide you.
01:38I couldn't watch your entire species go extinct while the solution was being held prisoner in my laboratory.
01:42Your people fear my kind. That will never change.
01:47It has to. Fear has never contributed anything to the galaxy except more fear.
01:52The cycle must be broken.
01:54Besides, you deserve better than being treated as an experiment.
02:00Thank you for saving my life, Commander.
02:03I didn't think that Krogan had any allies left in the galaxy.
02:07We owe a lot to you. Even if most people have forgotten that.
02:10They can be forgiven. Our actions have hardly inspired friendship.
02:15Part of being friends is knowing each other's name.
02:17I feel bad that I don't know yours.
02:20I surrendered it the day I became a shaman of the female clan.
02:24I belong to my sisters now.
02:26But perhaps one day, when this is over, you can know it.
02:32I didn't realize the Krogan had female shamans.
02:36Wisdom comes from pain.
02:37And the Genophage has made us very wives.
02:41Rather than surrender to despair, a few of us chose to preserve the ancient ways.
02:47We safeguard our culture, our knowledge, our secrets.
02:51So when our children live again, the Krogan will flourish.
02:55How were you initiated?
02:56You're locked in a cave for seven days with just enough food to last.
03:03On the 8th, you'll starve.
03:05What does that prove?
03:06Your resolve.
03:08Every acolyte is given a chance.
03:10You either claw your way out through the rock with your bare hands.
03:14Or you die.
03:16How did you make it out alive?
03:17I started digging the wrong way.
03:21I was in complete darkness.
03:23Nothing other than my own heartbeat to sustain me.
03:26What happened?
03:28I found this.
03:31A simple crystal, but it became my chisel.
03:35Take it as a reminder, Commander.
03:37In the darkest hour, there is always a way out.
03:40What do you think of Rex?
03:44When he's not trying to sire half of T'Chunka, he's the best thing that's happened to the Krogan.
03:49But I won't tell him that.
03:51His head's big enough already.
03:53Literally.
03:55He's turned into a strong leader.
03:57I know in his heart, Rex wants what's best for us.
04:00Though not all the other clans see it that way.
04:05Why would the other clans give Rex trouble?
04:08You'd think they'd want a better future.
04:09It's not in the nature of our males to cooperate.
04:13They've evolved to be selfish.
04:14Their only concern is survival.
04:17Rex is different.
04:18He's a mutant.
04:20And that, you can tell him.
04:22Do you think Rex will want revenge for the Genophage?
04:25Some clans will expect it.
04:27But I hope Rex resists.
04:29He understands the cycle of violence must end if Krogan are ever to have a voice in galactic politics.
04:35Still, he's just one Krogan.
04:37And if enough clans demand it, he may not be able to stop them.
04:40If you don't mind me asking, what's it been like living with the Genophage?
04:47I knew sisters who couldn't bear the shame of being infertile.
04:51They would wander off into the wastelands, hoping a Thresher Maw would kill them and end their torment.
04:57Did the thought ever cross your mind?
05:01Yes.
05:02After my first stillborn.
05:06What kept you from ending your own life?
05:08When my child didn't draw breath, that's when my life truly began.
05:13The Genophage forces us to live on hope alone.
05:16There is nothing else.
05:18There is no reason to exist other than the hope that the next day will bring change.
05:23And if it doesn't, there is always a next.
05:28How do you think things will change after the Genophage is cured?
05:31Our species will find its balance again.
05:34Females will help shape the future, like in the ancient days,
05:38before we were just pawns of power-hungry males.
05:41Most seem hell-bent on shooting anything that looks at them wrong.
05:46What else is there for them to do?
05:49Because of the Genophage, they become wandering killers,
05:52seeking targets to justify their existence.
05:55Excuses to earn them honor.
06:00How has Paddock Wicks been treating you?
06:02Better than Krogan males do.
06:04He's not like a typical Salarian.
06:07How so?
06:08Most are arrogant.
06:09I was reminding us they uplifted our race.
06:12He's a deep thinker.
06:14We've had talks about philosophy, religion, evolution.
06:18His hopes for a Krogan future have given me hope.
06:22Do you trust him?
06:23The other Salarians would rather have let me die.
06:26Wicks stood up to them.
06:28He demanded medical treatment for my sisters and me.
06:31I doubt he has any friends left on Sir Cash.
06:37How did you get involved in Malan's experiments?
06:39The other females and I volunteered.
06:42We heard Malan was trying to cure the Genophage for Clan Werelock.
06:46Aren't they a rival clan?
06:47Rivalries are the invention of the males.
06:50Under their rule, T'Chanka has laid in ruins for over a thousand years.
06:54It's time females took back our place in society and resurrected our future.
07:00Malan was our best hope.
07:01Would you go to Malan again?
07:06Absolutely.
07:07It only takes one candle to light a fire, and then the darkness is no more.
07:12I'm sorry none of the other females survived.
07:16I know.
07:17The youngest one, Kern, was the last to go.
07:21But she knew she would enter the void free of this curse, and then smile when she looked
07:26down upon the children of T'Chanka.
07:29Her spirit will be the midwife to my firstborn.
07:32I found Malan's lab.
07:36It looked like a dungeon.
07:37His experiments were brutal.
07:39We learned that too late.
07:41He meant well, but his methods grew more barbaric as he went.
07:44We finally escaped into the rubble.
07:47Eventually, a Salarian team found us.
07:50They saved our lives.
07:52We were so sick.
07:53Thanks for talking to me.
07:59It's my pleasure, Commander.
08:01I've only met a few humans in my time.
08:04I'm glad for the opportunity.
08:14Commander, Eve's blood tests are in good order.
08:17Malan's notes have been invaluable in restoring her health.
08:21I'm glad I saved them.
08:22You quite possibly saved her life, too.
08:26You mentioned the Shroud before.
08:28What can you tell me about it?
08:30Somewhere along the line, the Krogan got it in their head that a nuclear war might be fun.
08:34Sometimes it is.
08:36The radiation thinned to T'Chanka's atmosphere.
08:38Temperatures rose dramatically.
08:40The Shroud provides a layer of atmospheric particles to block the solar heat and maintain
08:45a livable climate.
08:46Salarian ingenuity at work.
08:50How did your people get involved?
08:52Giant, ravenous insects.
08:54The Rachni.
08:55They were devouring half the galaxy.
08:57So we uplifted the Krogan to stop them.
08:59Reasonable, given the situation.
09:01But a textbook example of how meddling with evolution leads to unintended consequences.
09:06What did the uplift get us?
09:07This present mess.
09:08Years ago, I spared the Rachni Queen.
09:12Yes.
09:12SDG has a file on your mission to Novaria.
09:15One wonders what unintended consequences that may have.
09:18Too many outcomes to track.
09:20How have you been getting along with Eve?
09:25She tried to kill me at first.
09:26Krogan don't react well to Salarians doing medical tests on them.
09:30Once that was cleared up, we've formed something of a cross-species-relational bond.
09:34You mean your friends now?
09:39It's more an agreement not to kill each other.
09:41Species take time to evolve.
09:43So do friendships.
09:45Though I still haven't learned her real name yet.
09:47Have you?
09:48She said it's a secret.
09:50Baffling custom.
09:51I suppose Eve will have to do for now.
09:54Though one wonders how other Krogan would get her attention.
09:57Excuse me, Krogan of female persuasion.
09:59Do you have a moment?
10:00I'm curious.
10:05Why do this for a problem that doesn't even affect you?
10:08But it does.
10:09The willful extinction of another species benefits no one.
10:12We all lose eventually.
10:14The Krogan may lack beauty, perhaps even brains.
10:16But so did your ancestors.
10:18And mine.
10:19Every species has a fatal flaw.
10:21A flaw that is theirs alone to overcome.
10:24We cannot deny them the opportunity to evolve.
10:30So you'll put your own life on the line for the Krogan?
10:32For the larger principle, yes.
10:34I've spent my career planning which species deserve uplift and which do not.
10:39But no one ever asked if we had earned the right to make those plans.
10:43We are not the originator.
10:46Who do you think decides what the plan is?
10:48The question of the hour.
10:50The very reason religions are invented.
10:52Unfortunately, at this hour, the answer seems to be the Reapers.
10:57But even they evolved for some purpose.
10:59And by some design.
11:01Have you had any luck finding answers?
11:03There have been hints.
11:05Like finding an artist's signature in a painting.
11:08The way the pattern in a Tanvorian Mulwich's feathers resemble the galactic spire.
11:13That's almost showing off.
11:15But none of it constitutes proof.
11:17Just intuition.
11:18Most scientists I meet don't feel that way.
11:21Then they're blind.
11:21So much grandeur in creation.
11:24It can't be an accident.
11:28How is this cure going to work?
11:30I'm hoping it will inspire a resurgence in Krogan sex.
11:34I've always wondered how they made it.
11:44Not what I meant.
11:45No, but you were probably thinking it.
11:47And now's our chance.
11:49In the interest of science, how do Krogan mate?
11:53Very clumsily.
11:54And there we have it.
11:55Could be worth writing a paper someday.
11:57Now as to your question.
11:59We can extract the DNA that renders immunity from her tissue to produce a viable mutagen.
12:04In turn, this mutagen will alter the gland function across the whole Krogan species.
12:08Large and presumably irritable infants will soon follow.
12:11Anyone ever tell you you're a bit odd?
12:18It's the odd ones, the mutations, who move life forward.
12:22They expand the possibilities.
12:23On that, Morden, Solace, and I agreed.
12:25Morden could be pretty unusual, too.
12:29A side effect of our work.
12:31It often decides the fate of millions, even billions of lives.
12:34No mind is immune to the pressure.
12:36We all fracture in different ways.
12:39Morden's conscience haunted him.
12:41Malan crossed the line into barbaric experiments.
12:44And myself, I went searching for whatever gods created the rules for this unfortunate universe.
12:49I knew an STG scientist named Morden Solace.
12:55Have you heard of him?
12:57Indeed.
12:57I once punched him in the face.
13:00You what?
13:00He was still an STG at the time.
13:02I postulated there was more to evolution than just random mutation.
13:06Morden disagreed.
13:07We argued, we drank, then argued some more.
13:10Soon enough, a good fracas seemed the best way to settle things.
13:14To what?
13:15He got a black eye.
13:16I broke a few fingers.
13:17We called it even and went back to drinking.
13:21So the two of you were friends?
13:23Some weeks, yes.
13:24Some weeks we didn't speak to each other.
13:26There were tremendous stresses for those involved in genophage research.
13:30My side of it was all theoretical.
13:32His side...
13:33Well, he went to Tachanka.
13:35He saw its effects up close.
13:37He was never the same after that.
13:39I now understand.
13:43I'm sorry to say Morden died.
13:46I know.
13:47STG is aware of your mission through the Omega-4 relay.
13:50For Morden's sake, I hope he finally found the grace he deserved.
14:00Thanks.
14:01I appreciate your help in this.
14:02And I appreciate the chance to witness this moment in history, Commander.
14:06We're charting a new course in evolution.
14:08And I'll see you next time out.
14:25Well, it's…
14:27to ready, I get back to this whole team.
14:27Let's see.
16:02Faster than light jump successful.
16:56Signal confirmed.
17:16Evasion successful.
17:20Evasion successful.
17:50I love you.
18:20I found something.
18:50I found something.
19:20I found something.
19:50I found something.
20:20I found something.
20:50I found something.
21:20I found something.
21:50I found something.
22:20I found something.
22:50I found something.
23:20I found something.
23:50I found something.
24:19Yes, sir.
24:20But the Reapers seem unaware of our presence.
24:22You might get the jump on them.
24:24All right, set her down.
24:26Let's save this platoon.
24:27Okay, did you say, this is Commander Shepard, this is Commander Shepard, Alliance Navy.
24:36Okay, this is Commander Shepard, this is Commander Shepard, this is Commander Shepard, this is Commander Shepard, Alliance Navy.
24:47This is Commander Shepard, this is Commander Shepard, this is Commander Shepard, this is Commander Shepard, this is Commander Shepard, this is Commander Shepard, this is Lieutenant Tarquin Victus of the 9th platoon. We're pinned by Reaper Harvesters and taking heavy casualties. Also there are pockets of my men scattered along the crash trajectory.
25:00Lieutenant, Lieutenant, I need you to fire a flare, I need you to fire a flare so I can find your position.
25:10Got it.
25:10Things get worse by the minute. My men are dying.
25:16This sounds bad. Let's move.
25:20Looks worse than I feared.
25:34A secretorian mission on Tchanka is especially odd. Thoughts?
25:38Maps of the area list no important resources.
25:41Thanks.
26:06Quiet. Hostiles.
26:08Kill them quickly. We do not want reinforcements.
26:11I don't know.
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