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  • 7 weeks ago
Part 52 of the walkthrough of Mass Effect 3 for the PC.
Transcript
00:00That door ahead looks like our way out of this mess.
00:30We've got more of those mutated Asari ahead.
00:37They really mean business, don't they?
00:43All right, let's get moving before more of them come back.
00:51There's a ramp here, Shepard. Might be our way through.
01:13I still can't face those things. My own people.
01:21No one ever said the Reapers played fair.
01:24They hoped to break our morale by turning our own kind against us.
01:28Above us!
01:45If you look at something like that, then you wonder where all the good in the universe is.
01:52Because it sure as ill.
01:55Head to the left. Sniper's on the balcony.
01:59Parasarius!
02:00I can't reach out.
02:02The End
02:06This is Specialist Kala.
02:10Specialist Jeneva was just killed by enemy fire!
02:13Kala Shepard.
02:17No sign of him yet.
02:23That cluster Neva was just killed by enemy fire.
02:27No sign of him yet.
02:29Wait, Shepard just arrived.
02:31Watch your head!
02:32How long can you hold out?
02:34Back here, as long as he's made.
02:37Can you really win the war?
02:40How to get to that temple, the Reapers of history.
02:43And let's do some damage!
02:48Feels like a kill zone.
02:53Nice shot!
03:08I think we're in the clear. Let's get out of here.
03:23Toward the Reaper! It's a way out of here!
03:26You suddenly feeling lucky to Sony?
03:28No choice!
03:29This nightmare never ends!
03:43To hell it won't.
03:44We get to this artifact and we can all wake up.
03:47The drinks will be on me.
03:49It's been so damn long, they're coming.
03:51We're trying to reach out to those Titans.
04:16You're looking at it!
04:18What about the rest of your squad?
04:20They're all dead!
04:22We tried catching through to the scientists, but...
04:24I'm all that's left.
04:26What about reinforcements?
04:28We had gunship or flying support,
04:30but things got too hot with that Reaper.
04:33They can't chance it.
04:34I know it's rough, but I don't see another way in without their help.
04:37Have I told you how much I hate this war?
04:41Talon Swarm, this is Outpost Tychus.
04:43Is anybody left on this frequency?
04:45We are in need of immediate air support.
04:48Commander Shepard is here.
04:50Copy, this is Talon 1. I'm on the way.
04:53Talon 5 inbound.
04:54Ground target's confirmed.
04:59Weapons are hot.
05:01Light up.
05:06Talon 1, watch the jamming.
05:09Target acquired.
05:11I'm hit.
05:13The stabilizer blew out.
05:15This is Talon 5.
05:24Whatever you're gonna do, you better do it now.
05:26Go, Commander.
05:27I'll cover you from here.
05:29Commander Shepard, I've got your back.
05:32Let's get you into the temple.
05:33Let's get you into the temple.
05:33Let's get you into the temple.
06:03That's it for the missiles.
06:07Switching to the gun.
06:09Next time we go to war, maybe the Alliance can spring for air support.
06:18Move!
06:19Now's our chance!
06:33Watch out, we're hostiles ahead.
06:43Hands up, more hostile standing our way.
06:52Bogey incoming, hang tight while I shake him.
06:54Go, go, go, go, go, go.
07:24Looks like a new thing that there was more than two.
07:38I hope that you find the hit for the end of the land.
07:42Keep your head down and give them everything you've got.
07:49Down five, bank position. Let's punch a hole.
07:54There he is.
08:09I'm in trouble. My shield's just a damage.
08:13Talon five going down.
08:15Repeat, Talon five.
08:16So much sacrifice. We have to make it worth something.
08:25Looks like we're in the clear. Let's get inside.
08:53If they'll let us in. Looks like a security lockdown.
08:57Let me take a look.
09:02It's military-grade encryption. I think I can override it.
09:06Wouldn't expect to have for a temple.
09:08Especially since few still follow the Affame doctrine.
09:11Hello? Is anyone there?
09:27Doesn't feel right. The scientist should be here.
09:30Take a look around. Maybe one of these artifacts is what we're looking for.
09:33What's this?
09:38The goddess Athene's shield.
09:40Legends say she used it to protect Thessia when the heavens grew angry.
09:43It could be the artifact, but without scientists to tell us it's hard to be certain.
09:48What about this one?
09:59A page from one of our earliest religious texts.
10:02The Affame Codex.
10:04I doubt this is it.
10:05It describes Lucene, a famous guide who taught our ancestors about the stars.
10:10The scientist's leaving just doesn't add up.
10:12There's too much at stake here.
10:14Another page from the Codex.
10:26Not very useful.
10:27It talks about Athene's guide granting us the gift of biotics as a reward for worshipping her.
10:39Could this be the artifact?
10:41I don't think so.
10:42That's a sculpture of Lucene, one of Athene's servants who walked among my ancestors, bestowing knowledge.
10:48If there's anything special about it, I can't tell.
10:51I know your government wanted to keep this artifact secret, but next time, leave instructions.
11:05Could this be the artifact?
11:06I don't think so.
11:08It's the goddess Athene's sword.
11:10Myths say she wielded it against the jealous gods who threatened our ancestors.
11:14Without knowing what we're looking for, I'd need more time to study it to know for sure.
11:24How about this?
11:25It's more from the Codex.
11:27Doesn't look promising.
11:28It describes how Athene taught our ancestors mathematics.
11:37Doesn't look useful.
11:38That's Janiri, Athene's guide who brought enlightenment to Thessia long ago.
11:42I see nothing out of the ordinary about it.
11:45It's starting to feel like we're missing something.
11:47What do you know about this?
11:53A fragment from the Codex.
11:54It's not what we need.
11:56It describes how Athene's guide, Janiri, gave my people seeds.
11:59He taught them the seasons so they could grow crops.
12:09What are we looking at here?
12:10A primitive rendition of the goddess Athene.
12:13She's speaking to her ancient Asari followers.
12:16But it doesn't get us anywhere.
12:17I don't think this is the artifact.
12:21I'm guessing these are the scientists.
12:30It's the goddess Athene again.
12:31Take a look at their thrones.
12:45What happened to them?
12:47They've been slit.
12:48The Reapers didn't do this.
12:50We're going to have to figure this out on our own.
12:53Who's that supposed to be?
12:55It's a theme.
12:56Her image became more like ours over time.
12:59Awful lot of trouble for a dead religion.
13:01I admit this does seem rather elaborate.
13:04Even by our standards.
13:06Though Athene does have great historical significance.
13:09We once believed our gods were separate from the world.
13:12Looking down on us.
13:21There is a universal energy.
13:23There's a Prothean beacon here.
13:26What?
13:28You're sure?
13:29It's not something you forget.
13:31But why hide it?
13:33From what you've told me about the one on Mars, these beacons are a motherload of information.
13:39Worth keeping quiet about.
13:41That can't be.
13:42I can't believe my people would keep this a secret.
13:45A beacon like this could explain why Asari are so advanced.
13:48You did say this temple was thousands of years old, Liara.
13:52That's a lot of time to study it.
13:54That doesn't make it true.
13:56But think about it.
13:57A scientific breakthrough every couple centuries and your people would be running the galaxy.
14:03Which they pretty much do.
14:04Well, if it is true, the Asari should have shared this knowledge.
14:08We might not have been in this mess if they had.
14:11You don't know that, Shepard.
14:12We don't know what's going on here.
14:14I know we don't have much time to find out.
14:18The few records I can access talk about tapping into Prothean data streams, reconstructing matrices, none of which I see here.
14:26Maybe that's the point.
14:28By the goddess.
14:36Literally.
14:37Look around.
14:38There must be more of these connections.
14:40Incredible.
14:42The beacon seems to think you're Prothean, Shepard.
14:45It must be the cipher you got back on Pharos years ago.
14:48Don't remind me.
14:55Keep searching.
14:56There have to be more connections nearby.
15:00Doesn't look like a connection.
15:03To think victory over the Reapers all comes down to this.
15:06Find what we need.
15:07I don't think that's it.
15:09Let's move on.
15:14I can't see.
15:17There.
15:17Another one.
15:24It seems...
15:26Feel that.
15:28The beacon's powering up.
15:30Doesn't look like we're done yet.
15:35I know you don't like the idea, Liara, but it looks to me like your people can think this beacon for giving them an edge.
15:41Our whole civilization.
15:43None of it's what I thought.
15:45That did it.
15:47I think we can access the beacon now.
16:01That did it.
16:03I think we can access the beacon now.
16:12We need to hurry.
16:13This place isn't going to...
16:15Lasted very long.
16:22Obtaining chronological marker.
16:25Hold.
16:26Timescape established.
16:27Post-Protean cycle confirmed.
16:28What are you?
16:30What are you?
16:30Reeper presence detected.
16:33This galactic cycle has already reached its extinction dynamics.
16:37Systems, shut him down.
16:39Not so fast.
16:40We need answers.
16:43To what question?
16:44The catalyst.
16:46We need to know what it is to finish the crucible.
16:47Is that a Prothean?
16:58I am the memory of one.
16:59I am called Vendetta.
17:01An advanced virtual construct of Patrick Van.
17:03Overseer of the project you refer to as Crucible.
17:06He died fighting the Reapers in the Battle of Tranvia 9.
17:09Your remaining time is also at an end.
17:12I see Protheans were an optimistic bunch.
17:17What happened to the Crucible in your time?
17:20Why didn't the Protheans deploy it?
17:22We were sabotaged from within.
17:24A splinter group argued we should dominate the Reapers rather than destroy them.
17:28It fractured our order of battle.
17:29Later we discovered the Separatists were indoctrinated.
17:33Sounds familiar.
17:34Our studies of past ages led us to believe that time is cyclical.
17:38Many patterns repeat.
17:40Like the Reaper attacks.
17:42And beyond.
17:42The same peaks of evolution.
17:44The same valleys of dissolution.
17:45The same conflicts are expressed in every cycle, but in a different manner.
17:50The repetition is too prevalent to be merely chance.
17:53We assume the Reapers were responsible for the pattern.
17:57Perhaps.
17:58Though I believe the Reapers are only servants of the pattern.
18:00They are not its master.
18:02So who is the master?
18:04Unknown.
18:05Its presence is inferred rather than observed.
18:07The only certainty is its intention.
18:10Galactic annihilation.
18:11You now stand at that precipice.
18:15There's still hope for this cycle.
18:17We need to know what the catalyst is.
18:18Trillions of lives are at risk.
18:21Trillions of lives are always at risk.
18:23But if the Reapers have arrived to end your cycle, this discussion is too late.
18:27We can break the cycle.
18:29We found your plans for the Crucible.
18:31We're building it right now.
18:33The Crucible is not of Othian design.
18:35It is the work of countless galactic cycles stretching back millions of years.
18:39Each cycle adds to it.
18:40Each improves upon it.
18:42Thus far, none have successfully defeated the Reapers with it.
18:46Then we'll be the first.
18:48Tell us what the catalyst is.
18:50If you wish to continue fighting, I will not hinder you.
18:53Though I deem your art of success remote.
18:55We'll take our chances.
18:57Very well.
18:58If you have followed the plans for the Crucible, I will interface with your systems and assist with the catalyst too.
19:04Indoctrinated presence detected.
19:05Activating security protocol.
19:17You.
19:19You killed the scientists.
19:22What do you want?
19:23Your attention.
19:25Someone would like to talk with you.
19:40Shepard.
19:40How did you find this place?
19:45The archives.
19:46Or did your Prothean expert miss that one?
19:49Show yourself.
19:50I promise I won't miss.
19:53Stick to your talents, Dr. Dasone.
19:55You've helped uncover the key to subjugating the Reapers.
19:59Or destroyed.
20:01Damage, Shepard.
20:03Destroying the Reapers gains us nothing.
20:05How about peace?
20:07They're just trying to control us.
20:09Think about it.
20:10If they wanted all organic life destroyed, they could do it.
20:15There would be nothing left.
20:16What the hell are you talking about?
20:18I know them, Shepard.
20:20I know how they think.
20:21I think you've gotten a little too close to the enemy.
20:26No.
20:27I'm saying they've got it right.
20:29Why kill when you can control?
20:32You've been spending too much time with the enemy.
20:34They're dragging you over to their side.
20:36Their way of thinking.
20:37No.
20:38I just see things differently.
20:42If you truly care about humanity, you'll stop fighting me.
20:45You'll join me.
20:47Don't ever question my intentions.
20:50I've sacrificed more for humanity than you'll ever know.
20:54And don't assume you know me.
20:57My methods for dealing with the Reapers are simply more refined than yours.
21:03You've forgotten everything you stood for.
21:06Cerberus was supposed to be humanity's sword, not a dagger in our back.
21:10Poetic.
21:11But as usual, you missed the point.
21:14The world is more gray than you care to admit.
21:18With the Prothean data in this beacon, I can end this conflict.
21:21Once and for all.
21:23You're either with me or against me.
21:25There's nothing gray about that.
21:27No, I suppose there isn't.
21:29Leng, the Commander has something I need.
21:33Please, relieve him of it.
21:35And then bring me the data.
21:37Understood.
21:38You're welcome.
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