To the Citadel

Immediately after your escape from the Mars research facility, you’re contacted by Admiral Hackett. The information you managed to obtain yielded impressive results.

Most notably, the information revealed plans for a Prothean device that seems to be capable of massive amounts of damage.

However, with little else to go on, your initial mission remains: reach the Citadel and speak with the Council to enlist the help of the other Citadel Space planets.

You have nowhere else to go at the moment, and there is the matter of your third squad member’s current critical condition after his or her encounter with the Cerberus synthetic.

Upon landing at the Citadel, you’re greeted by a familiar friend.Captain Bailey of C-Sec has been recently promoted to commander and is happy to see you back on the Citadel. Commander Bailey suggests you stop by the Huerta Memorial Hospital to check on the condition of your injured comrade.

HUERTA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL

RECRUIT A DOCTOR

Upon arriving at the hospital, you run into two doctors: Dr. Michel and Dr. Chakwas. Regardless of who you speak with first, your conversation is directed to Dr. Chakwas. Here you have a critical decision to make. You can either recruit Dr. Chakwas for the Normandy or, despite her pleading, ask her to stay at the Citadel and aid in the efforts.

If you choose to recruit her, she’ll go to the Normandy and you’ll gain a few points of Reputation and the aid of an old trusted friend on the Normandy.

However, if you choose to recruit Dr. Michel, you’ll gain Reputation points for asking Dr. Chakwas to remain behind (you must do this first before recruiting Dr. Michel); you’ll also trigger a Paragon/Renegade decision and gain a few bonus Reputation points for recruiting Dr. Michel to join you.

Better yet, by asking Dr. Chakwas to remain behind, you’ll acquire a new war asset for your Galaxy at War rating.

VISIT YOUR INJURED SQUAD MEMBER

Once you’ve recruited a doctor, visit your squad member’s room to give him or her some words of encouragement. Neither Ashley nor Kaidan will respond, as their injuries are pretty severe, but you’ll get a dialogue choice that can result in positive Reputation point gains.

Give your fallen member a pep talk (or a commander’s cold, hard speech), then exit the room. Now that you’ve visited your squad member and recruited a doctor, you can return to the Citadel Embassies.

CITADEL EMBASSY

QUEST PICKUP—SHRIKE ABYSSAL: PROTHEAN OBELISK

At any point during your visit to the Citadel, walk up to the trio (turian, human, and volus) in the far left corner of the Embassies.

You’ll overhear the volus diplomat speaking about a Prothean Obelisk and you’ll pick up a new mission in the Shrike Abyssal.

For information on how to complete this quest, go to the “Hub Mission” chapter and search for the “Shrike Abyssal: Prothean Obelisk” mission (See Hub Missions Section).

VISIT COMMANDER BAILEY

Prior to speaking with the Council, stop by Commander Bailey’s office to speak with him for a bit. When you arrive, you interrupt a conversation between him and Alliance News Network reporter Khalisah al-Jilani.

Bailey doesn’t have the brightest outlook on things, but this conversation can serve two purposes:

(1) You can gain Paragon/Renegade points, depending on how sternly you steer the conversation, and (2) you’ll possibility trigger a conversation with Khalisah later.

SPEAK TO KHALISAH AL-JILANI

After speaking with Commander Bailey for the first time, exit his office and approach the elevator. There, next to Avina, the Citadel VI (virtual intelligence), you’ll find Khalisah. She’s eager for an interview, so stop and speak with her.

Early into the conversation, you’ll be given the chance to trigger a Renegade interrupt (two, actually, if you take the first). However, if you ignore this choice, you can later take a Paragon decision. If you do, you’ll acquire Khalisah as a war asset as well.