Objective 1: Locate the Planet with Ruins

Captain on Deck

As the Normandy ’s new captain, your first duty is to speak with the ship’s crew through the intercom. The dialogue choices you make during this pep talk can earn you morality points.

Select the upper options to advance along an uplifting, Paragon line of speech, emphasizing cooperation with other alien races. Or pick the lower ones to take on a more xenophobic Renegade tone.

Investigate the Normandy as you see fit to obtain additional Codex entries through dialogue and inspection.

Refer to the maps and tables at the start of this walkthrough segment to learn where to find each character and Codex inspection point.

You may also want to pay a visit to the Normandy ’s Requisitions Officer at the engineering level to view his wares.

New items are now available, thanks to the manufacturer’s licenses you purchased during your stay at the Citadel.

When you’re ready to get on with your primary mission, return to the command deck level and head to the combat information center.

Approach the galaxy map and press [E] or [Enter] to open it up. You could never view the map before; only the ship’s captain has clearance to set new courses for the Normandy .

Your first look at the galaxy map may be a bit daunting, but don’t worry: we’ll lead you straight to where you need to go. Your viewpoint begins centered on the Citadel, as the Normandy still rests at dock with the station.

Press the right mouse button to zoom out to the system view , from which you may see all planets and celestial bodies of note in the system. Only the Citadel is shown, as it’s the only location of note in the Widow system.

Press the right mouse button a second time to zoom out to the full-scale cluster view of the galaxy. From this perspective, you have a clear view of all of the known clusters of systems that populate the Milky Way.

Highlight any cluster to bring up its name, along with a red line that appears to link your current location to the cluster you’ve targeted.

This line represents the path the Normandy will travel through the galaxy to reach the highlighted cluster via mass relays .

Captain Anderson and Admiral Udina advised you to explore the Artemis Tau cluster in search of Matriarch Benezia’s daughter, Liara T’Soni.

Highlight that cluster (labeled on the galaxy map as "Liara’s Dig Site") and press the left mouse button to zoom in for a look at the systems it contains.

Because you have no further information on where Liara might be, you’d normally search each and every system to track her down.

Your only lead is a hint from Captain Anderson to look for a planet that features Prothean ruins.

Let’s make this easy: Liara is on the planet Therum within the Knossos system. Target that system and press the left mouse button to initiate a FTL mass relay jump there.

The Normandy exits the Citadel space dock and speeds off toward Knossos.

When you’ve reached the Knossos system, can view and examine each of its planetary bodies via orbital sensor sweeps. Target any planet and press the left mouse button to zoom in and call up its overview description.

Planet Therum’s overview provides the clue you seek: it describes several Prothean ruins dotted across the planet’s surface. Dr. T’Soni must be conducting her research in Prothean culture here.

When you’re ready to begin your search for the Matriarch’s daughter, click on the Land button at the bottom of the planet description to deploy your squad onto Therum’s surface.