Helena Blake

Helena Blake is a senior human member of a crime syndicate, and is described by C-Sec as 'a person of interest'. 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 claims her two partners have overstepped the mark: they are dealing in the biotic drug called 'red sand' and have engaged in the slave trade. She offers to pay Shepard for removing them on her behalf. Shepard can agree immediately, earning Renegade points, or refuse - Blake gives the commander the co-ordinates anyway, asking if Shepard's conscience can tolerate letting these two criminals live. Shepard can also threaten to arrest Blake for her obvious criminal interests, but Blake, unconcerned, responds that she has excellent legal representation.

Helena Blake is voiced by Jane Singer.

If Shepard eliminates the two crime bosses (as part of UNC: Hostile Takeover), the commander can then head to Amaranthine, in the Fortuna system, to meet Blake at her hideout, and receive a reward. She thanks Shepard for the help, and promises that the syndicate will restrict its activities to gambling and the smuggling of illegal technologies in the future. Shepard can accept her word and leave, or try to arrest Blake again. She tells Shepard she would rather die before going to prison, and that she is prepared to kill to avoid incarceration. Finally, she tells her goons to "neutralize the Spectre", and is killed in the firefight.

However, if the commander has a high Charm or Intimidate score, Blake is given the chance to walk away from the syndicate. She concedes that "those two idiots" have ruined her operation beyond any hope of repair, and agrees to disband her organisation permanently.

If Charm or Intimidate was used in the first game, Shepard will run into Blake on Omega in the Afterlife Club. She has retired from her life of crime and is working as a social worker.