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Mass Effect Legendary Edition – List Of Assignment Side Quests Guide

Mass Effect Legendary Edition is the long-awaited Mass Effect Trilogy collection, featuring a complete remaster of Mass Effect, Mass Effect 2 and Mass Effect 3. This includes all of the dlc downloadable content for each game too.

Below is a list of available assignment side quests for each game and how to complete them..

MASS EFFECT SIDE QUESTS

• Citadel: Asari Consort
• Citadel: Doctor Michel
• Citadel: Family Matter
• Citadel: Homecoming
• Citadel: I Remember Me
• Citadel: Jahleed’s Fears
• Citadel: Negotiator’s Request
• Citadel: Old Friends
• Citadel: Old, Unhappy, Far-Off Things
• Citadel: Our Own Worst Enemy
• Citadel: Planting A Bug
• Citadel: Presidium Prophet
• Citadel: Reporter’s Request
• Citadel: Rita’s Sister
• Citadel: Scan the Keepers
• Citadel: Schells the Gambler
• Citadel: Signal Tracking
• Citadel: The Fan
• Citadel: The Fourth Estate
• Citadel: Xeltan’s Complaint
• Feros: Data Recovery
• Feros: Geth in the Tunnels
• Feros: Power Cells
• Feros: Varren Meat
• Feros: Water Restoration
• Garrus: Find Dr. Saleon
• Noveria: Espionage
• Noveria: Smuggling
• Tali: Pilgrimage
• UNC: Asari Diplomacy
• UNC: Asari Writings
• UNC: Besieged Base
• UNC: Cerberus
• UNC: Colony of the Dead (Also known as “Investigate Samples”)
• UNC: Dead Scientist (Also known as “Doctor at Risk”)
• UNC: Depot Sigma-23
• UNC: Derelict Freighter
• UNC: Distress Call (Also known as “Unusual Readings”)
• UNC: Espionage Probe (Also known as “Investigate Shipments”)
• UNC: ExoGeni Facility (Also known as “Investigate Facility”)
• UNC: Geth Incursions
• UNC: Hades’ Dogs
• UNC: Hostage
• UNC: Hostile Takeover
• UNC: Listening Post Alpha
• UNC: Listening Post Theta
• UNC: Locate Signs of Battle
• UNC: Lost Freighter
• UNC: Lost Module
• UNC: Major Kyle (Also known as “Strange Transmission”)
• UNC: Missing Marines
• UNC: Missing Survey Team
• UNC: Privateers
• UNC: Prothean Data Discs
• UNC: Rogue VI
• UNC: Turian Insignias
• UNC: Valuable Minerals: Light Metals
• UNC: Valuable Minerals: Rare Metals
• UNC: Valuable Minerals: Gasses
• UNC: Valuable Minerals: Heavy Metals
• Virmire: Assisting Kirrahe’s Team
• Virmire: The Genophage
• Wrex: Family Armor
• X57: Bring Down the Sky
• X57: Missing Engineers
• X57: Avoid the Blasting Caps

MASS EFFECT 2 SIDE QUESTS

N7 SIDE QUESTS

• Abandoned Mine
• Abandoned Research Station
• Anomalous Weather Detected
• Archaeological Dig Site
• Blood Pack Base
• Blood Pack Communications Relay
• Blue Suns Base
• Captured Mining Facility
• Eclipse Smuggling Depot
• Endangered Research Station
• Hahne-Kedar Facility
• Imminent Ship Crash
• Javelin Missiles Launched
• Lost Operative
• Mining the Canyon
• MSV Estevanico
• MSV Strontium Mule
• Quarian Crash Site
• Wrecked Merchant Freighter

ILLIUM SIDE QUESTS

• The Assassin: Salarian Family Data
• Blue Rose of Illium
• Indentured Service
• The Justicar: Smuggling Evidence
• The Justicar: Stolen Goods Found
• Liara: System Hacking
• Liara: The Observer
• Medical Scans
• The Prodigal: Lost Locket Found
• Gianna Parasini

CITADEL SIDE QUESTS

• Crime in Progress
• Found Forged ID
• Krogan Sushi

NORMANDY SIDE QUESTS

• FBA Couplings
• Serrice Ice Brandy
• Special Ingredients

OMEGA SIDE QUESTS

• Archangel: Datapad Recovered
• Batarian Bartender
• Packages for Ish
• Struggling Quarian
• The Professor: Missing Assistant

TUCHANKA SIDE QUESTS

• Combustion Manifold
• Killing Pyjaks
• Old Blood: Missing Scout

MASS EFFECT 3 SIDE QUESTS

• N7: Cerberus Labs
• N7: Cerberus Attack
• N7: Cerberus Abductions
• N7: Cerberus Fighter Base
• N7: Fuel Reactors
• N7: Communication Hub
• Citadel: Alien Medi-Gel Formula
• Citadel: Asari Widow
• Citadel: Barla Von
• Citadel: Batarian Codes
• Citadel: Biotic Amp Interfaces
• Citadel: Cerberus Automated Turret Schematics
• Citadel: Cerberus Ciphers
• Citadel: Cerberus Retribution
• Citadel: Cerberus Turian Poison
• Citadel: Chemical Treatment
• Citadel: GX12 Thermal Pipe
• Citadel: Hanar Diplomat (Kasumi)
• Citadel: Heating Unit Stabilizers
• Citadel: Improved Power Grid
• Citadel: Inspirational Stories
• Citadel: Kaklisaur Fossil
• Citadel: Krogan Dying Message
• Citadel: Medical Supplies
• Citadel: Medi-Gel Sabotage
• Citadel: Reaper Code Fragments
• Citadel: Target Jamming Technology
• Citadel: Volus Ambassador (Zaeed)
• Citadel: Wounded Batarian
• Apien Crest: Banner of the First Regiment
• Arrae: Ex-Cerberus Scientists (Jacob)
• Aria: Blood Pack
• Aria: Blue Suns
• Aria: Eclipse
• Athena Nebula: Hesperia-Period Statue
• Attican Traverse: Krogan Team (Grunt)
• Benning: Evidence
• Dekuuna: Code of the Ancients
• Dekuuna: Elcor Extraction
• Grissom Academy: Emergency Evacuation (Jack)
• Hades Nexus: Obelisk of Karza
• Hades Nexus: Prothean Sphere
• Ismar Frontier: Prototype Components
• Irune: Book of Plenix
• Mesana: Distress Signal
• Kallini: Ardat-Yakshi Monastery (Samara)
• Kite’s Nest: Pillars of Strength
• Nimbus Cluster: Library of Asha
• Rannoch: Admiral Koris
• Rannoch: Geth Fighter Squadrons
• Shrike Abyssal: Prothean Obelisk
• Silean Nebula: Rings of Alune
• Tuchanka: Bomb
• Tuchanka: Turian Platoon
• Valhallan Threshold: Prothean Data Drives
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Mass Effect: Helena Blake and Hostile Takeover quest walkthrough

The original Mass Effect is absolutely full of side quests and side activities for players to participate in, as shown comprehensively in our ME1 Assignments List . One of the more challenging side quests in the game is UNC: Hostile Takeover , which sees Shepard do some dirty work for a woman called Helena Blake .

On this page, we run down the Hostile Takeover quest, including how to start it, where to go to beat it, and what the potential consequences are for the various options you have during and throughout the mission.

If you need more help with Mass Effect’s myriad choice-driven narratives, check out our in-depth Mass Effect trilogy choices & consequences guide , which covers all three games in detail.

How to start the Helena Blake Hostile Takeover mission

C-Sec is investigating a woman named Helena Blake. There's no hard evidence against her, but if these reports are correct, she's a powerful criminal element on the Citadel. She was last seen near the Emporium on the Presidium.

You’ll be able to start this quest as soon as Shepard obtains their Spectre status from the Citadel Council, quite early on in the game. From that point on, there’s a few different ways you can obtain the quest:

• You can hack a computer in the C-Sec Academy area in the Citadel Wards Access that’s between the Presidium and the Upper Wards. This is a difficult decryption, but doing so will give you a report that points you to Helena Blake.
• Easier, you can just find Helena Blake yourself - she’s hanging out near the Emporium in the Citadel Presidium’s Financial District - that’s near the Hanar shop and Barla Von’s office. She’ll even call Shepard over as they walk past!
• Finally, the quest will automatically trigger if you accidentally stumble upon any of the involved criminal bases while exploring uncharted worlds:

Once you speak to Helena Blake, she’ll reveal that she’s part of a criminal organization - but she wants her fellow Crime Bosses killed so she can take over the business. Blake says she wants to lead the illegal empire in a way that’s slightly less evil - though no less illegal.

Shepard has the option of accepting or refusing Blake’s offer. Whatever you choose, you will be given the coordinates to the bases ‘just in case’ you change your mind . 

How you answer Blake will net you Paragon or Renegade points, depending on if you agree to help her criminal aspirations or not. Paragon players fear not, though - you can still continue to use the coordinates, as there’s a Paragon path throughout the rest of this mission.

UNC: Hostile Takeover - breaking the syndicate

If you choose to continue with the quest, you’ll then need to head to two different bases. One is in the Gemini Sigma cluster’s Han system, on the planet Mavigon. The other is in the Hades Gamma cluster’s Dis system, on the planet Klensal. 

Both of the bases are packed with mercenaries and soldiers. Expect to face snipers, assault troops, and Krogan that’ll rush you head-on. Many of the enemies can use immunity to temporarily protect themselves, and some of them can also regenerate health even when gravely damaged.

Deciding the fate of Helena Blake

With both of the syndicate bases finished, your next destination is the Fortuna system in the Horse Head Nebula cluster. The planet Amaranthine is your ultimate destination.

On this planet, you’ll be able to pilot the Mako over to Helena Blake’s base. When you arrive, you won’t be attacked on sight - enter the base and Blake will be waiting for you, and will engage you in conversation. 

You have three options here:

• You can insist on arresting Blake. If you do this, Blake won’t allow herself to be taken alive and will attack. This leads to a combat encounter similar to the previous two syndicate bases, but slightly more difficult. Once the base is cleared, you can loot its contents. 
• You can use a high Charm or Intimidate stat to convince Helena Blake to disband the gang permanently. This will get you Paragon or Renegade points depending on which used, and nobody dies in this scenario. You can also still walk around the base and loot its lockers. Also, if you’re particularly blood and XP hungry, you can then open fire on Blake and her troops after this to fight them for the XP.
• Finally, you can accept Helena Blake’s reward. If you do this, you’ll be sent back outside with a bunch of credits. The door will lock behind you, so there’s no way back into the base. 

Beyond the various rewards, you can also think about how this impacts Mass Effect 2. If she’s alive, Helena Blake can appear in ME2 - though it’s ultimately a minor consequence that doesn’t impact the story in any significant way.

Regardless of what you choose, Blake will be in Omega’s Afterlife club in ME2. She’ll be part of a new criminal organization there, or if you persuaded her to give up a life of crime she’ll have a new, legal life doing good in the world. 

Collection Assignments

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This category comprises all of the collection assignments available in Mass Effect .

To add an article to this category, put [[Category:Collection Assignments]] at the end of that article.

All items (7)

• UNC: Asari Writings
• UNC: Collection Complete
• UNC: Locate Signs of Battle
• UNC: Prothean Data Discs

• UNC: Turian Insignias

• Mass Effect

• Pre-Service History 1
• Psychological Profile 2
• Paragon or Renegade? 3
• Tips and Tricks 4
• Infinite Paragon Points - Eletania 5
• Infinite Paragon and Renegade Points - Noveria 6

• Prologue: On the Normandy 7
• Eden Prime - Find the Beacon 8
• Prologue: Normandy After Eden Prime 9
• Citadel: Meet the Council 10
• Citadel: Meeting Garrus 11
• Citadel: Meeting Wrex 12
• Citadel: Expose Saren 13
• Normandy After the Citadel 14
• Citadel Exploration 15
• Therum: Refinery 16
• Therum: Liara's Dig Site 17
• Normandy After Therum 18
• Citadel After Therum 19
• Feros: Zhu's Hope 20
• Feros: ExoGeni Headquarters 21
• Feros: The Thorian 22
• Normandy After Feros 23
• Noveria: Port Hanshan 24
• Noveria: Peak 15 25
• Noveria: Rift Station 26
• Normandy After Noveria 27
• Virmire: Landing Zone 28
• Virmire: Base Approach 29
• Virmire: Base Entry and Labs 30
• Virmire: Base Main Level 31
• Race Against Time: Escape the Citadel 32
• Race Against Time: Ilos 33
• Race Against Time: Final Battle 34

• Asari Consort 35
• Scan the Keepers 36
• Jahleed's Fears 37
• Xeltan's Complaint 38
• Presidium Prophet 39
• Reporter's Request 40
• Doctor Michel 41
• Homecoming 42
• Rita's Sister 43
• Schells the Gambler 44
• Signal Tracking 45
• Missing Person - UNC: Privateers 47
• UNC: Hostile Takeover 48
• UNC: Missing Marines 49
• Mikhailovich Inspection 50
• Family Matter 51
• The Fourth Estate 52
• Planting a Bug 53
• Our Own Worst Enemy 54
• Negotiator's Request 55
• Data Recovery 56
• Geth in the Tunnels 57
• Water Restoration 58
• Power Cells 59
• Varren Meat 60
• Smuggling 61
• Espionage 62
• Wrex and the Genophage 63
• Assisting Kirrahe's Team 64
• I Remember Me 65
• Old, Unhappy, Far-Off Things 66
• Old Friends 67
• Tali and the Geth 68
• Garrus: Find Dr. Saleon 69
• Wrex: Family Armor 70
• UNC: Besieged Base 71
• UNC: The Negotiation 72
• Unusual Readings - UNC: Distress Call 73
• Strange Transmission - UNC: Major Kyle 74
• UNC: Asari Diplomacy 75
• UNC: Lost Module 76
• UNC: Rogue VI 77
• UNC: Hostage 78
• UNC: Cerberus 79
• UNC: Hades' Dogs 80
• UNC: Dead Scientists 81
• UNC: Geth Incursions 82
• UNC: Colony of the Dead 83
• UNC: Espionage Probe 84
• UNC: Lost Freighter 85
• UNC: Missing Survey Team 86
• UNC: ExoGeni Facility 87
• UNC: Derelict Freighter 88
• UNC: Listening Post Alpha 89
• UNC: Listening Post Theta 90
• UNC: Depot Sigma-23 91
• UNC: Asari Writings 92
• UNC: Locate Signs of Battle 93
• UNC: Prothean Data Discs 94
• UNC: Turian Insignias 95
• UNC: Valuable Materials 96
• X57: Avoid the Blasting Caps 97
• X57: Missing Engineers 98
• X57: Bring Down the Sky 99

• Save or Slaughter the Colonists of Zhu’s Hope 100
• Spare or Execute Shiala 101
• Kill or Spare the Rachni Queen 102
• Kill or Calm Wrex 103
• Keeping Captain Kirrahe Alive 104
• Save Ashley or Kaiden 105
• Save the Council or Not 106
• Anderson or Udina for Councilor 107

• How to Romance Ashley 108
• How to Recruit Ashley 109
• Best Ashley Build 110
• How to Recruit Garrus 111
• Best Garrus Build 112
• How to Romance Kaiden 113
• How to Recruit Kaiden 114
• Best Kaiden Build 115
• How to Romance Liara 116
• How to Recruit Liara 117
• Best Liara Build 118
• How to Recruit Tali 119
• Best Tali Build 120
• How to Recruit Wrex 121
• Best Wrex Build 122

• Soldier Talents 123
• Best Soldier Build 124
• Engineer Talents 125
• Best Engineer Build 126
• Adept Talents 127
• Best Adept Build 128
• Infiltrator Talents 129
• Best Infiltrator Build 130
• Sentinel Talents 131
• Best Sentinel Build 132
• Vanguard Talents 133
• Best Vanguard Build 134

• Basic Armor 135
• Combat Armor 136
• Tactical Armor 137
• Engineer 139
• Infiltrator 140
• Sentinel 141
• Soldier 142
• Vanguard 143
• Barrier 144
• Singularity 146
• Assault Training 150
• Fitness 151
• First Aid 152
• Medicine 153
• Intimidate 155
• Spectre Training 156
• Bastion 157
• Commando 158
• Nemesis 160
• Operative 161
• Shock Trooper 162
• Asari Scientist 163
• Krogan Battlemaster 164
• Quarian Machinist 165
• Turian Agent 166
• Damping 167
• Decryption 168
• Electronics 169
• Hacking 170
• Assault Rifles 171
• Pistols 172
• Shotguns 173
• Sniper Rifles 174

• Phoenix 176
• Gagarin 177
• Grissom 178
• Tereshkova 180
• Knossos 183
• Macedon 184
• Hercules 186
• Theseus 187
• Asteroid X57 188
• Antaeus 192
• Farinata 195
• Century 197
• Fortuna 198
• Strenuus 200
• Herschel 201
• Caspian 204
• Acheron 209
• Columbia 212
• Yangtze 213

• Roadmap 214
• Achievement List 215

Mass Effect 1 Legendary Edition

Assignments citadel, mikhailovich inspection.

This Assignment takes place during your second visit to the Citadel once you have completed any main mission off-world such as Liara’s Dig Site . This Assignment will never appear in the Journal.

(1 of 2) Return to the Citadel after completing a main mission

Return to the Citadel after completing a main mission (left), you’ll find Rear Admiral Mikailovich who wants to inspect the Normandy. (right)

How to Begin ¶

Once you’ve completed any main mission once you become a Spectre and leave the Citadel, return once more to find Rear Admiral Mikhailovich waiting for you at the Docking Bay. He’ll immediately begin a Snap Inspection of the Normandy, however you can outright refuse it and earn +2 Renegade . This is the least desirable outcome provided you have sufficient points in Charm/Intimidate as there are greater rewards to be had.

Normandy Inspection ¶

Once the Inspection begins in earnest, you’ll have to listen to the Rear Admiral scrutinize every part of the Normandy and the operations on it, at which point you’ll get some choices.

When discussing the CIC, you can respond with the following:

• Saying “It’s a Turian design.” (6 points of Charm ) will result in you defending Turian Logic and count towards your final Charm rating at the end.
• Saying “We’re trained for it.” (6 points of Intimidate ) will inform him that you’re not inexperienced and count towards your final Intimidate rating at the end.

When discussing the Drive Cores, you can respond with the following:

• Saying “It’s useful.” (5 points of Charm ) will result in you pointing out how useful the Normandy can be and count towards your final Charm rating at the end.
• Saying “Do you read history?” (5 points of Intimidate ) will insult him on his lack of knowledge and count towards your final Intimidate rating at the end.

When discussing your crew, you can respond with the following:

• Saying “They’re allies.” (7 points of Charm ) will result in you pointing out the benefits of your allies and count towards your final Charm rating at the end.
• Saying “That’s my choice to make.” (7 points of Intimidate ) will inform him that its you’re decision and count towards your final Intimidate rating at the end.

(1 of 3) You’ll get several Charm and Intimidate options for his questions

For your final remarks regarding the Normandy, you can respond with the following:

• Saying “We need to build bridges.” (9 points of Charm ) will result in you letting him know how good this makes the Alliance look to the other species and count towards your final Charm rating at the end.
• Saying “We need to kick ass.” (9 points of Intimidate ) will tell him that the Normandy’s innovation will catch the other species by surprise and count towards your final Intimidate rating at the end.

The final outcome is determined on your answers, for maximum morality points and XP, you want to a answer with Charm for all of the questions or Intimidate, doing so will earn +2 Paragon/Renegade along with some XP.

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Guide Information

• Publisher Electronic Arts
• Platforms, PC, PS4, XB One
• Genre Action RPG, Third-person shooter
• Guide Release 14 May 2021
• Last Updated 17 August 2021 Version History
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• Details on every Talent.
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