How To Deal With Helena Blake In Mass Effect
In the first mass effect In the game, Commander Shepard’s primary goal is to stop Saren and his geth army. However, this is an RPG, so there are a lot of side quests as well. In these optional missions, Shepard can help different people in the galaxy.
One of the more morally questionable people the hero can help is called Helena Blake. She is part of an organization involved in many criminal activities. She’s not the worst part of it, however, since she’s working with two people who are crueler than her. In the “Hostile Takeover” mission, she wants you to get rid of her. Here’s everything you need to know to complete the quest.
Talk to Helena Blake
This quest becomes available after Shepard becomes a Specter, and there are two ways to trigger it. You can Either decode a C-Sec computer or speak to Helena Blake.
Either way, you will eventually have to meet up with Blake to start the job. she is in the presidium area of the citadel. More precisely, she is in the financial district, near the Emporium.
In conversation with her, she asks you to do so eliminate their two business partners involved in slavery and drug trafficking. You can request more information from the Investigate tab. After that you can accept or decline a job.
Of course you’ll want to accept it, but even if you reject her mission, she’ll still give you the information you need in case you change your mind.
Visit the base on Klensal
It doesn’t matter which of Helena’s associates you attack first.
For one of the crime bosses you have to Go to the Dis system in the Hades Gamma Cluster. There, look for a planet with the name Klensal.
After landing on the planet, make your way to a place called Syndicate Hideout.
The place doesn’t offer a warm welcome as there is several troops outside, including two snipers. If you stay in the Mako, wiping them all out is easy.
After dealing with them, you can go down into the mine. Make your way through the first few doors and make sure your allies can get through them too, as they sometimes get stuck.
Eventually you will reach the main room where all the enemies are waiting. The first set of crates offers good cover, and you can shoot through the middle.
However, Watch out for the enemies up close that burden you. Make sure you take them out as soon as possible to avoid becoming a victim of their shotguns. You also have to be on the lookout for snipers trying to take you out.
When you have deleted most of them, Go to the back of the room, since the crime boss is probably hiding there. once you kill him You can loot and leave the base.
Visit the base on Mavigon
The second crime boss has entrenched himself within the Han system of the Gemini Sigma cluster. The planet they reside on is called mavigon
once there, Go to the Syndicate Hideout icon on the map. It takes a little effort to reach it as it is on a steep mountain. You need to use the Mako’s Boost ability to get there.
This base has better protection than the last one three big towers to defend yourself. Take them out and go inside.
Unfortunately – but not surprisingly – things don’t get any easier once you enter the hideout. The place contains many jerks, with the krogan being the most problematic. There are some snipers that can also give you trouble.
Luckily the building has plenty of cover. So, after defeating the krogan, it Perhaps it’s best to crouch down and pick the rest from afar.
If you Kill them all, loot the place and leave.
Find and deal with Helena Blake
Now that the two crime bosses are down, you must Reunion with Helena Blake. However, she is not in the same place as before when She is now at her own base. It is located in Fortuna system of the Horsehead Nebula. The planet you are looking for is called amaranthine.
After touching down on the surface, Go to Engineering Outpost. There is no base defense as Blake wants your meeting to be peaceful. To that end, if you go inside, there will be no shooting. Instead of this, Helena is here to speak to you.
She thanks you for wiping out her staff and allowing her to take over.
Her first answer doesn’t really matter because regardless of what you say, she will claim that her group will no longer engage in serious crimes. but Your second choice of dialogue determines the ending the search. Here are your choices and consequences:
| language choice | consequences |
|---|---|
| “Walk Away” (requires charm points) or “Disband” (requires intimidation points) | You convince them to disband their criminal group and you can move freely in their base. |
| “You are under arrest” | She orders her troops to attack. After shooting through a purple barrier, kill it and all of its allies. |
| “Then we’ll be fine” or “You better stay clean” | She gives you your payment and you exit the building. |
Whichever way you take the mission comes to an end.