Noveria: Espionage

When you first get to the Port Hanshan Mezzanine on Noveria, an asari named Mallene Callis will call you over. In talking with her you discover she works for the Armali Council and she is trying to obtain information from Binary Helix concerning their biotic engineering. She will give you a device that can inject monitoring viruses into the Binary Helix intranet. All this device needs is for you to take it close enough to one of the company's businessmen and keep him distracted while it does its thing.

Rafael Vargas, a salesman for Binary Helix, is found elsewhere in the bar. Callis will ask you to approach him as a potential customer and to distract him by talking business with him. She says he is a shrewd businessman and will be able to tell if you are wasting his time. However, he has a "tell" when he becomes distracted: he rubs the back of his neck.


 * Renegade route: agree to help Callis, talk to Vargas and watch for this "tell". When he does it, press him further on the issue to distract him. High Charm or Intimidate stats can help here. Keep him talking until the device beeps. Once it beeps, excuse yourself and return to Callis for your reward. Charm or Intimidate her for a larger payout and Renegade points.


 * Paragon route: agree to help Callis, but tell Vargas what she asked you to do. He will thank you, saying that knowing this will allow Binary Helix to feed the Armali Council false information, and leave. Return to Callis and either lie, saying the viruses have been uploaded, or tell her the truth that BH have been alerted. When she asks why you did this, tell her she's a criminal and that doing this is more of a punishment than an arrest or a slap on the wrist. Callis will hurry off, saying she has to go offworld before she's caught, earning Paragon points but no payout. Another option for Paragon points is to not agree to help Callis.  This will get you 8 points versus the 2 you will get if you help her and reveal the plan to Vargas.