Maeko Matsuo

Captain Maeko Matsuo is head of the ERCS security forces at Port Hanshan on Noveria. She is one of the officers who confronts Commander Shepard upon the Normandy's arrival.

Unlike Kaira Stirling, Matsuo is quite level-headed and accommodating, but she stands firm when asking Shepard to disarm and only backs off when Gianna Parasini confirms the commander's Spectre status. Matsuo seems to be one of the few uncorrupted officials at Port Hanshan; Lorak Qui'in says she has no idea some of her officers are on the take from Administrator Anoleis.

When Shepard and the squad fight off the geth that Matriarch Benezia left to guard the garage, Matsuo rushes her guards to the garage and demands to know what's going on. She can't believe that there are geth on Noveria. Matsuo tells Shepard that if the geth were packed in Benezia's cargo, there could be dozens of them and warns the commander to be careful. The captain then leaves, saying that if word gets out about the geth, there might be an investor panic.