The Video Archive is a chamber on the Shadow Broker Base where the Shadow Broker keeps archived video clips of observed people all over the galaxy. Commander Shepard can view these surveillance footage at their leisure following Liara T'Soni's takeover of the base.
Layout[]
The room is located behind the Intel Center's main console, reachable through some stairs and a footway. It consists of a waiting lounge at one end and the archive itself on the other end. Feron relaxes on a sofa in the lounge, and ambient music in the room can be changed through a datapad at the table beside him. The archive is on a raised circular platform where videos are displayed on a screen and can be zoomed in if necessary.
All surveillance footage have audio, but are unintelligible, requiring context cues to understand what's transpiring on the screen. The Broker's Info Drone identifies the videos as they are presented. Clips are presented in batches, with more revealed in subsequent visits to the archive.
Clips[]
- Aria T'Loak:
- On Omega above Harrot's Emporium overseeing the execution of a Blue Suns mercenary.
- Sitting in her booth at the Afterlife Club.
- Observing a car bombing while a Blue Suns mercenary passes by.
- Emily Wong:
- In the Dark Star Lounge, dancing with a female human and an asari.
- Interviewing a hanar while two hovercars are burning behind her.
- Sitting at a table and speaking with two turians in the Palaven business which is next to the Dark Star Lounge at the Level 28 of the Zakera Ward.
- Donnel Udina:
- Captain Armando Bailey:
- Sitting and looking out a window on the Citadel. There are also some bottles or flasks next to him.
- Talking with two subordinates.
- Walking out of the Zakera Cafe with a female C-Sec officer, holding a gun in his right hand.
- David Anderson:
- Captain Preitor Gavorn:
- Khalisah al-Jilani:
- Matriarch Aethyta:
- Jacob Taylor:
- Doing sit-ups in the armory aboard the Normandy SR-2, shirtless.
- Conversing with Miranda on the Lazarus Research Station.
- Elias Kelham:
- Running over a turian in his hover car on Omega.
- Giving a datapad to Captain Armando Bailey.
- Wiping his hands as an unconscious turian is dragged away.
- Miranda Lawson:
- Conversing with Jacob on the Lazarus Research Station.
- Legion:
- Landing aboard the Derelict Reaper and deactivating a drone.
- Garrus Vakarian:
- Attacking an Eclipse merc and another person with his squad. While the Info Drone says that Garrus is on Omega, the place looks like the warehouse on the Citadel.
- Keeper #20:
- Walking past a dead Blood Pack krogan.
- Working in Zakera Ward, finding and disposing of the surveillance camera observing it.
- Trapped in an access shaft.
- Jack:
- Thane Krios
- Fred Mazzei
- Urdnot Torsk
- Pushing a salarian into the varren fight pit.
- Chasing pyjaks.
- With Fortack, executing a human with an M-451 Firestorm in Fortack's lab.
- Grunt
- Punching an Eclipse Trooper on Illium.
- Samara
- Pursuing a female Blue Suns mercenary, using biotics to ensnare the merc's getaway hovercar.
Cut Content[]
At least three additional videos were cut during development. Their exact content remains unknown, but they are described as depicting Detective Anaya on Illium, Tali'Zorah on Haestrom, and Mordin Solus on Sur'Kesh.[1]