Purgatory

Location: Milky Way / Hourglass Nebula / Osun

Purgatory is a maximum security prison starship owned and run by the Blue Suns. There are about 30 blocks on Purgatory. In each block, there are many cells that are self-contained for their occupants and can be moved through use of mechanized claws. Purgatory is where Commander Shepard can recruit Jack, a dangerous and highly unstable biotic.

Mission


Upon arrival to the Purgatory, Shepard is informed that the "package" is being prepared. Warden Kuril indicates that Cerberus paid for Jack's release. Shepard is directed to the Outprocessing area of the ship. At that point, Warden Kuril betrays Shepard, explaining over the intercom that the Commander is "worth more as a prisoner than a customer" and sics the Blue Sun guards on Shepard's squad.

Shepard and the team manage to fight them off and then release Jack, who goes on a brutal rampage throughout the prison causing catastrophic damage. Eventually, when Shepard killed Kuril, the prison was already coming apart. In the aftermath, the Council sent rescue ships to save any guards or prisoners that survived in escape pods.

Message
After having to release all prisoners in order to rescue Jack, Shepard receives a message by someone called Billy, who promises to carve Shepard's name instead of his own into his next victim. Billy is the prisoner in the first holding cell you come across when you're on Purgatory. He is being beat up by a guard and you get the choice whether or not the 'interrogation' continues. He promises to find and kill Shepard because he got shot on his way out. This is the e-mail sent to Shepard, with no header.

Trivia

 * In Catholicism, Purgatory is a state in which a soul must endure final purification before being allowed to enter Heaven.
 * Purgatory's society and design bear a striking resemblance to Butcher Bay from Chronicles of Riddick: Escape from Butcher Bay.
 * Purgatory was originally supposed to be located in the Simak Cluster, but changed prior to the final release.