Helena Blake

Helena Blake is described as a 'person of interest' by C-Sec. She can be found waiting outside the Emporium on the Citadel Presidium after Commander Shepard has been made a Spectre.

The well-spoken Blake accosts Shepard as the commander passes by, claiming to have a business proposition. She makes little secret of the fact she is part of a criminal syndicate, but her two partners have overstepped the mark. They are dealing in the biotic drug called 'red sand' and Blake (a biotic herself) finds them distasteful. She offers to pay Shepard for removing them on her behalf. Shepard can agree straight away, earning Renegade points, or refuse - Blake gives the commander the co-ordinates anyway, asking if Shepard's conscience can stomach letting these two criminals live. Shepard can also threaten to arrest Blake for her obvious criminal interests, but Blake laughs it off, saying she has excellent legal representation.

If Shepard eliminates the two crime bosses (as part of UNC: Hostile Takeover), the commander can then head to Amaranthine in the Farinata system to meet Blake at her hideout, and receive a reward. She thanks Shepard for the help and promises the syndicate will restrict its activities from now on. Shepard can accept her word and leave, or try to arrest Blake again.

If the commander has a high Charm or Intimidate score, Blake is given the chance to walk away from the syndicate, but she refuses. She tells Shepard she would die before going to prison, and she's certainly prepared to kill before she'll go there. Finally she tells her goons to "neutralise the Spectre", and is killed in the firefight.