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Loyalty Mission for Talana Veltano

Summary: Veltano informs Shepard that according to her old contacts, the FireFly's distress Beacon has been detected close to her home colony. She also says that the Aenetra colony has recently come under attack from humans that have gone beserk. She requests that they go and investgate as she is worried for her family and curious as to finding out about her human parents.

Location: Aenetra Colony world, Desert world. Enemies: Berserk Humans, mutations, Varren.

Rundown: The Normandy lands at the colony just as it's under attack, the colony is only small as it's a farming colony. The attack consists of five waves of beserk humans with some tech experts. After the attack is repelled a Turian will approach asking Shepard who the hell they are. Talana will cry out 'father' and hug him. The Turian ,Acturas, will explain what is happening and that the humans are coming from what they have identified as the wreckage of the Firefly.

Shepard can chose to switch the 2nd Teammate at this point. They can stock up on supplies, then tell Acturas they are ready to go to the wreckage. The shuttle drops them off at the wreckage and Shepard heads in immediately they are attacked by more beserk humans. After the fight, Talana will say that these can't be the original crew as they are in their mid 20s and there are more than the original crew, she suspects this may be a Terra Nova movement.

Moving throughout the ship you can find recordings of different members of the crew. They will talk about how they are stranded here and how the condition of the Captian is deteriating. They will say he is starting to think about attacking the nearby colony, the general consenus is that he needs to be put into stasis for the crew's safety. Talana will make the comment of "This still doesn't explain where these guys came from." Then a Berserk Human will enter and try to attack, she will shoot him and then say "Hang on... I killed that guy back at the colony!!" Shepard will take a scan and send it to EDI. It will turn out that the attackers are clones. Talana will then suggest going to the medical bay. When you finally get their it will turn out that the crew are clones of the deceased crew and the Captain has gone insane with paranoia. Shepard will then say they need to get to the bridge.

On their way up they will be attacked by failed clones called mutations. Before entering the bridge, Talana will hack into the camera's to see what to expect. She'll then trail off as she realises the clones attacked once more and took her father hostage. The Captain will speak to you via comms saying Shepard is to come in unarmed or Acturas dies. You can chose to obey or go in guns blazing, this results in Acturas' death and means you won't earn loyalty, you will get punched by Talana and she will refuse to talk to you.

If you go in peacefully, Shepard can try to talk the Captain down with charm or intimidate options. Eventually he will demand the Turian's presence (Talana), she will enter and remove her helmet. The Captain will call her Amalta, much to her confusion. It will turn out the Captain is Talana's biological father and believed the Turians had killed her and Amalta (Talana's mother). Both Shep and Talana can talk the Captain down, (high scores required), if all else fails Talana will draw her pistol and shoot the Captain.

Alternaive appearance: Her armour will change to a silvery colour and she will add the logo of the Firefly onto her armour. She will also now have her helmet off out on missions.

Back on the Normandy: Obviously if Acturas dies, Talana will not speak to you, repeated attempts will result in her saying "Now you asked for it." Shepard will then wake up in the medbay with bruises and Chakwas advising that they stay away from Veltano and a comment from Joker that he has video of the incident and that he needs a pay raise. The door to her living space will now be locked.

If Talana shot the Captain she will express surprise that she didn't feel anything about shooting her real father. Shep can comment that it's not all about blood and that he had no real bond to her.

If you talked the Captain down, Talana will be glad things were resolved peacefully and that her family are safe. She will also wonder if the Captain will recover.

Talana will then say that she found a datachip on the Captain's body or that he handed it to her. She's not sure if she wants to watch it and asks Shepard to open it for her. It will be video of Talana moments after she was born, it's revealed her real name is Karla Stewart but she'll say her name is Talana Veltano now and has been for over twenty years. The video will then cut to a wedding video of her parents. Talana will start to cry and turn off the video, saying "how they looked so happy" and that part of her wished they were still around. Shepard can chose to comfort her and if Shepard is male, flirt a little.

If Shepard is renegade, Talana will politely turn him down, saying that she makes it a rule not to date people she would usually kill on moral grounds.

If Shepard is Paragon, She will be surprised and ask why he is interested in her. Shepard can say that Talana is just as attractive as the other ladies, yet he finds her more special than them. She'll blush and mention how she's never got this sort of attention before. Talana will then give Shepard a kiss.

(Cue first blonde love interest!)