Kelly Chambers

Kelly Chambers is Shepard's Yeoman on the Normandy SR-2 in 2185. She is also a psychologist.

Kelly is voiced by Cara Pifko

Mass Effect 2
Kelly's primary job on the Normandy is to keep Commander Shepard abreast of new e-mails and pass on meeting requests from Shepard's squad mates. In addition, Kelly provides counselor support and monitors the psychological state of Shepard and the crew, offering input on mission outcomes and impressions on Shepard's team. Her abilities as a counselor and her impressions are influenced by her education where Kelly graduated with a psychology degree. In the Cerberus organization, she is identified as a member of the Lazarus Cell.

If Shepard asks her about Cerberus' notorious reputation, Kelly refutes the notion that she or the organization is anti-alien. While she does believe in the importance of Cerberus' agenda to benefit humankind, Kelly doesn't believe that it means they hate other species by default. Throughout her time on the Normandy SR-2, Kelly regards aliens with the same respect and compassion she feels for her fellow mankind, evidenced by her repeated displays of concern over Shepard's non-human companions.

She is initially identified and titled as "Yeoman Chambers", but if Shepard responds positively at her suggestion to call her "Kelly", she will be identified as such. Alternatively, as Shepard interacts more with her, she will be addressed as "Kelly Chambers" and will eventually be referred to as "Kelly", possibly to show a growing camaraderie between Shepard and the crewmates.

Romance
Kelly is a potential romance option for both male and female Shepard, though romancing her does not grant the Paramour achievement nor affects any relationship Shepard might have, whether it is with their current squad member or love interest from the first Mass Effect.

Shepard can flirt with Kelly anytime prior to the suicide mission, which eventually results in a private dinner at the Captain's Cabin, after which she offers to feed Shepard's fish. It is still possible to pursue a relationship with a squadmate after this point if the player is solely interested in having her feed Shepard's fish. If Kelly is among the crewmates saved from the Collector's base, and if Shepard currently has no existing romance partners, she will send a message on the terminal telling Shepard to use the intercom to invite her up into Captain's Cabin. This will not happen immediately after the game proper has finished. Take the Normandy to another star system first and then Shepard will receive a discreet message on their private terminal from Yeoman Kelly, saying she would like to meet the Commander privately and will wear something that is not exactly the recommended ship's uniform. If then Shepard goes into the Captain's Cabin, on the table right next to the terminal there will be the intercom option to call Kelly up (Shepard can do this repeatedly).

When Kelly is invited to Shepard's cabin, she will be seen sitting on the couch wearing an outfit similar to the ones worn by the dancers in Chora's Den and Afterlife. Shepard has three interaction options available; the first interaction is to have Kelly perform a series of dances, the second option is to have Kelly sit on Shepard's lap while the two caress each other, and the third and final option is to have Kelly and Shepard lie down together in bed, holding each other close with Shepard stroking Kelly's arm. Notably, among all the romance options, Kelly is the only person who will dance and change her outfit for Shepard.

One of the BioWare employees posted at BioWare forums that romance with Kelly is more or less an Easter Egg for players that refused to romance other characters.

Suicide Mission
After the Normandy crew is abducted by the Collectors, Shepard must decide whether to travel immediately through the Omega 4 Relay to rescue the crew and destroy the Collector Base or to delay the mission in order to prepare themselves better.

If Shepard chooses the latter option, the team arrives just in time to see Kelly and other crew members get dissolved into raw organic material &mdash; which Doctor Chakwas describes as paste &mdash; used to create the Human-Reaper. If Shepard chooses to go through the Omega 4 Relay immediately, then Lilith, a colonist from Horizon, is liquefied, but Shepard and the squad free Kelly and the rest of the crew just in time. After releasing them from their pods, Shepard can choose to assign a squad member to lead the survivors back to the Normandy.

If Shepard saves Kelly in the suicide mission, the Yeoman recalls the events of her imprisonment vividly, reminiscent of Thane's memory recollection.

Mass Effect 3
If Shepard had dinner with her and she survived the Collector's abduction in Mass Effect 2, she will be found at the back of Cargo Hold B in the Citadel's refugees camp.

Kelly is enthusiastic to see Shepard again after worrying about the Commander since the Reaper's invasion. She reveals her desertion from Cerberus, having observed their methods that goes against her conscience. She also politely declines Shepard's invitation to return to the Normandy due to the recurring nightmares of her abductions by the Collectors, preferring to stay on the Citadel to help the refugees instead.

When Shepard meets up with her again, Kelly apologizes while confessing to sending reports on Shepard and the crew to the Illusive Man during her time as Shepard's yeoman. If Shepard yells at her for this, she cries and ingests cyanide pills out of depression. Otherwise, Shepard assures her and tell her not to worry about it.

After the attack on the Citadel by Cerberus, if she was not told to change her identity, Kelly is nowhere to be found. Shepard finds out that she was killed by Cerberus by overhearing a refugee or the chatter between Donnelly and Daniels (if they're pardoned from the Spectre terminal). On the other hand, if Shepard insists that she change her identity, she dyes her hair blonde and changes her name to Felicia Hannigan, letting her survive the Cerberus attack. She thanks Shepard and reveals how close Cerberus came to lining her up with the others and shooting her. After this meeting with Kelly, she sends Shepard an e-mail revealing that she met up with her former colleagues who also changed their identities.

Even if Kelly dies as a result of one of the above situations, her name does not appear on the Normandy's Memorial Wall unless her death occurs during the Collectors' abduction.

Romance
Had Shepard invited Kelly to Shepard's cabin for dinner during the events of Mass Effect 2, the Commander may pursue Kelly if Shepard is not involved in a romantic relationship with any other character. Also, Kelly must have her identity changed to avoid being killed by Cerberus.

In one of Shepard's visits after the Cerberus attack on the Citadel, Kelly curiously asks if Shepard has anyone special to which the Commander can say that Kelly is the one. She expresses the same feeling, albeit, a little concern of their obligations. With a little coaxing, Kelly leads Shepard into a container. When they reappear moments later, she gives Shepard a picture of her from the time of their first meeting. The picture will then appear in the Captain's Cabin. In the following visits, Kelly will reminisce the times she was invited to Shepard's cabin, regretting about no longer having the dancer's outfit and wishing the war were over so that they can finally be together. Despite this, Kelly is not among those you can farewell during the London final mission.

E-mail: Defecting Cerberus engineers
Kelly Chambers