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Commander Shepard has received word that a salarian reconnaissance team on Virmire has information about Saren. The message was unclear and the Council fears the team is in danger.
Acquisition:
This mission is acquired after the completion of two of the first three plot worlds: Therum, Noveria, or Feros.
When asked, Anderson will say that he has never even heard of Virmire before the Council passed the information to Shepard.
Mass Effect 2 Consequences:
If you spared Rana Thanoptis, she reappears in Dossier: The Warlord as a scientist complicit again in less-than-ethical tasks. There's no option to kill her there.
The squadmate who survived Virmire won't return as a squadmate. Ashley/Kaidan only makes a small appearance at the mission on Horizon, refusing any offers to join your team despite romantic entanglements if there's any.
Mass Effect 3 Consequences:
Rana Thanoptis' cameo concludes in an email newsletter. She has been indoctrinated all along and has killed herself.
The Virmire survivor once more becomes available as a squadmate for one mission before being sidelined to the Huerta Memorial Hospital. Intervening events and decisions will result in them either dead, sent to Admiral Hackett as a War Asset, or reinstated as a permanent squadmate choice for the rest of the game.
Mass Effect is a 2007 action role-playing video game developed by BioWare. Mass Effect is set within the Milky Way galaxy in the year 2183 where interstellar travel is possible through the use of mass transit devices called Mass Relays, a technology believed to have been built by an extinct alien race known as the Protheans. A conglomerate body of governments known as the Citadel Council controls a large percentage of the galaxy and is responsible for maintaining law and order among races of the galactic community. Races that belong to the Citadel Council include humans, asari, salarians, and turians. Other alien races seen in the game include the reptilian krogan, the environmental suited quarians, and a hostile race of networked artificial intelligences called geth. Humanity is represented by the Systems Alliance, an organized body that joined the galactic community in 2157.
Commander Shepard has received word that a salarian reconnaissance team on Virmire has information about Saren. The message was unclear and the Council fears the team is in danger.
Acquisition:
This mission is acquired after the completion of two of the first three plot worlds: Therum, Noveria, or Feros.
When asked, Anderson will say that he has never even heard of Virmire before the Council passed the information to Shepard.
Mass Effect 2 Consequences:
If you spared Rana Thanoptis, she reappears in Dossier: The Warlord as a scientist complicit again in less-than-ethical tasks. There's no option to kill her there.
The squadmate who survived Virmire won't return as a squadmate. Ashley/Kaidan only makes a small appearance at the mission on Horizon, refusing any offers to join your team despite romantic entanglements if there's any.
Mass Effect 3 Consequences:
Rana Thanoptis' cameo concludes in an email newsletter. She has been indoctrinated all along and has killed herself.
The Virmire survivor once more becomes available as a squadmate for one mission before being sidelined to the Huerta Memorial Hospital. Intervening events and decisions will result in them either dead, sent to Admiral Hackett as a War Asset, or reinstated as a permanent squadmate choice for the rest of the game.
Mass Effect is a 2007 action role-playing video game developed by BioWare. Mass Effect is set within the Milky Way galaxy in the year 2183 where interstellar travel is possible through the use of mass transit devices called Mass Relays, a technology believed to have been built by an extinct alien race known as the Protheans. A conglomerate body of governments known as the Citadel Council controls a large percentage of the galaxy and is responsible for maintaining law and order among races of the galactic community. Races that belong to the Citadel Council include humans, asari, salarians, and turians. Other alien races seen in the game include the reptilian krogan, the environmental suited quarians, and a hostile race of networked artificial intelligences called geth. Humanity is represented by the Systems Alliance, an organized body that joined the galactic community in 2157.
