Changes: Project Base

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The asteroid 157-Golgotha, location of Object Rho and the Project Base

Location: Milky Way / Viper Nebula / Bahak

Project Base is an installation secretly built by a Systems Alliance deep-cover research team on the asteroid 157-Golgotha in the Bahak system.

“The chances of surviving are… slim.” — Spoilers for Mass Effect 2 follow.

Mass Effect 2

The research team, led by Dr. Amanda Kenson, built Project Base around a Reaper artifact they discovered embedded in the asteroid. The team's original intent was to study the artifact, dubbed "Object Rho", but when visions emitted by the artifact convinced them that a Reaper invasion was imminent, they started what they called "the Project". The researchers believed the Reapers planned to use the Alpha Relay to strike anywhere in the galaxy; in order to prevent this, the relay had to be destroyed. To that end, Dr. Kenson and her team obtained scrap engines and navigation technology through sources on Omega and installed them into the asteroid. Once complete, the team could send the asteroid hurtling into the Alpha Relay with the press of a button.

Sometime during their study of the artifact the entire team was indoctrinated. Eager to witness the Reapers' arrival, the team no longer wished to complete "the Project" and launch the asteroid.

After Dr. Kenson's capture by batarian forces during a scouting mission, Commander Shepard rescues her. Upon returning Kenson to Project Base with less than two days before the Reapers arrive, Shepard realizes that Kenson and her team have been indoctrinated by Object Rho. Although Shepard fights tenaciously against wave after wave of Project Guards, Engineers, Elites, Pyros, and a YMIR Mech, eventually either the Commander is overwhelmed by the Guards, or the Reaper artifact unleashes a wave of energy which knocks Shepard out. Shepard awakens two days later with only a few hours remaining to initiate the Project. Despite the research team's heavy opposition and an attempt by Dr. Kenson to overheat the Base's fusion core and destroy the Project's propulsion systems, Shepard manages to activate the Project and escapes the Bahak system moments before the Alpha Relay is struck and destroyed by the asteroid, taking the entire system with it.

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+[[File:Arrival Project Base.png|right|250px|The asteroid 157-Golgotha, location of Object Rho and the Project Base]]
 '''Location:''' [[Milky Way]] / [[Viper Nebula]] / [[Bahak]]
-[[Project Base]] is an installation secretly built by a [[Systems Alliance]] deep-cover research team on an [[asteroid]] in the [[Bahak]] system.
+[[Project Base]] is an installation secretly built by a [[Systems Alliance]] deep-cover research team on the [[asteroid]] 157-Golgotha in the [[Bahak]] system.
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+== Mass Effect 2 ==
-The research team, led by [[Dr. Amanda Kenson]], built Project Base around a [[Reaper]] artifact they discovered embedded in the asteroid. The team's original intent was to study the artifact, dubbed "Object Rho", but when they learned from visions emitted by the artifact that a Reaper invasion was imminent, they started what they called "the Project". The Reapers' plan was to use the [[Alpha Relay]] to strike anywhere in the galaxy; in order to prevent this, the relay had to be destroyed. To that end, Dr. Kenson and her team obtained scrap engines and navigation technology through sources on [[Omega]] and installed them into the asteroid. Once complete, the team could send the asteroid hurtling into the Alpha Relay with the press of a button.
+The research team, led by [[Dr. Amanda Kenson]], built Project Base around a [[Reaper]] artifact they discovered embedded in the asteroid. The team's original intent was to study the artifact, dubbed "[[Object Rho]]", but when visions emitted by the artifact convinced them that a Reaper invasion was imminent, they started what they called "the Project". The researchers believed the Reapers planned to use the [[Alpha Relay]] to strike anywhere in the galaxy; in order to prevent this, the relay had to be destroyed. To that end, Dr. Kenson and her team obtained scrap engines and navigation technology through sources on [[Omega]] and installed them into the asteroid. Once complete, the team could send the asteroid hurtling into the Alpha Relay with the press of a button.
-Sometime during their study of the artifact, however, the entire team was [[indoctrination|indoctrinated]]. Now eager to witness the Reapers' arrival, the team no longer planned to complete "the Project" and launch the asteroid.
+Sometime during their study of the artifact the entire team was [[indoctrination|indoctrinated]]. Eager to witness the Reapers' arrival, the team no longer wished to complete "the Project" and launch the asteroid.
-After Dr. Kenson was captured by [[batarian]] forces during a smuggling run, [[Commander Shepard]] was dispatched to rescue her. Upon returning Kenson to Project Base with less than two days before the Reapers arrived, Shepard realized that Kenson and her team had been indoctrinated by Object Rho. Although Shepard fought tenaciously against wave after wave of [[Project Guard]]s, [[Project Engineer|Engineers]], [[Project Elite|Elites]], [[Project Pyro|Pyros]], and a [[YMIR Mech]], eventually either the Commander overwhelmed by the Guards, or the Reaper artifact unleashed a wave of energy which knocked Shepard out. Shepard awoke days later, with only a few hours remaining to initiate the Project. Despite the research team's heavy opposition and an attempt by Dr. Kenson to overheat the Base's fusion core and destroy the Project's propulsion systems, Shepard manages to activate the Project and escapes the Bahak system moments before the Alpha Relay is struck by the asteroid.
+After Dr. Kenson's capture by [[batarian]] forces during a scouting mission, [[Commander Shepard]] rescues her. Upon [[Arrival (assignment)#Project Base|returning Kenson to Project Base]] with less than two days before the Reapers arrive, Shepard realizes that Kenson and her team have been indoctrinated by Object Rho. Although Shepard fights tenaciously against wave after wave of [[Project Guard]]s, [[Project Engineer|Engineers]], [[Project Elite|Elites]], [[Project Pyro|Pyros]], and a [[YMIR Mech]], eventually either the Commander is overwhelmed by the Guards, or the Reaper artifact unleashes a wave of energy which knocks Shepard out. Shepard awakens two days later with only a few hours remaining to initiate the Project. Despite the research team's heavy opposition and an attempt by Dr. Kenson to overheat the Base's fusion core and destroy the Project's propulsion systems, Shepard manages to activate the Project and escapes the Bahak system moments before the Alpha Relay is struck and destroyed by the asteroid, taking the entire system with it.
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