The YMIR is the first challenge in the game, but as long as you've read your codex and learned what guns and powers work against which type of protection, be it kinetic barriers, shields or armor, he can be brought down with only minimal losses. Retreating at full speed, we see the Quarians trying to fend off a heavy YMIR Mech, to no avail, as they are one by one shot down by his heavy weapons. While the plan was for our team to make a frontal assault on the rest of the mechs and provide a distraction while the Quarian team extracts Veetor, Tali informs us that they went ahead of us and plan to take him away before we get there.

As a sole survivor of the Collectors stack, the Quarian Veetor is a great asset for our investigation, and while we don't reach a conclusion with his Quarian brethren, we agree that we need to find him first before we decide who gets to take him away. In an open conflict with Cerberus, The Quarians quickly draw guns, but fortunately for them, more than for us, Shepard and Tali's relationship helps calm the situation. The Quarians are here to retrieve one of their own, a Quarian that came to Freedom's Progress to complete his Pilgrimage. Pushing through the LOKI and FENRIS Mechs, we eventually run into a group of Quarians, and to our surprise, an old friend, Tali'Zorah. While the robots should have identified Shepard and his team as friendly parties, the machines suddenly spark to life and open fire. The only thing left behind is the dormant security mechs, but as we proceed further to the heart of the human colony, the machines begin to awaken. No gunshot or explosion marks on the walls, no damage to the building structure or interiors, but there are no colonists to be found either. There's no sign of a disturbance, of a struggle, a fight. The photos are in their frames and the dinner plates are on the tables, awaiting the colonists. The hollow buildings echo soundly as our N7 armors trudge across their floors, disturbing the perfectly serene setting.Įverything is in its place.

The human colony that we find on the planet is a deserted community, with no one left in the base, but with no signs to their disappearance either. We then find ourselves smack down on the planet, as the Mako part present in the first game has been completely cut out and we no longer have to waste our time crossing a terrain that would make the Paris-Dakar rally hide in shame.

With Cerberus believing in both the Reaper and the Collectors menace, The Illusive Man sends us to the last colony to cease its radio communications, Freedom's Progress in order to investigate the happening. In yesterday's first look at Mass Effect 2, we paused the tale just as the prologue ended and we were about to be sent on our first mission.

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