Onward to Feros
Ready to get a move on, Commander? View the galaxy map and select the Attican Beta cluster, which is marked with a "Feros" label.
Select the Theseus system, also marked by a "Feros" label. When you make your arrival, select planet Feros and choose to land there.
Unlike your recent trip to Noveria, no one contacts the Normandy while the ship approaches Feros.
Communications indeed seem to be down throughout the colony. No matter. Approach the airlock and select your squad mates, then step outside.
And… Action!
Exiting the Normandy, Commander Shepard and company see a man named David al Talaqani standing nearby. David greets the crew, saying he and the colony saw the Normandy land.
He goes on to say that someone named Fai Dan would like to speak to the Spectre. Question David about Fai Dan to learn that he’s the colony’s leader, and that he’d like Shepard’s help in repelling the geth.
David doesn’t get a chance to say much else, unfortunately; he soon becomes the target of a geth shock trooper’s deadly Carnage blast!
It seems the colony is in even worse straits than you’d been led to believe. Immediately seek cover and return fire on the nearby geth trooper and shock trooper.
Many more geth soldiers open fire from farther down the walkway to your right. Crouch down and press Shepard’s back against the walkway’s low wall, popping up to blast the geth.
Advance as necessary. You shouldn’t have much trouble against these foot soldiers so long as you’re careful to avoid the shock troopers’ potent Carnage attacks.
Stairwell Stalker
Secure the walkways near the Normandy, then cautiously move forward. Your radar soon becomes jammed—a geth stalker and a geth sapper lurk nearby.
Mark these enemies from range and fire on them before advancing up the stairs. These synthetic villains are quite agile, but you should have little trouble handling both of them.
Exploring Zhu’s Hope
Just beyond the stairwell, Shepard and crew encounter a number of entrenched colonists on high alert for geth activity. The entire place is a wreck and most of the colonists have little to say at the moment.
Make your way toward the west side of the area in search of the man David al Talaqani told you to speak with: the colonists’ leader, Fai Dan.
Have a look around as you go, speaking with colonists you see for a few odd bits of chatter.
Assignment Acquisition
If you’d like, decrypt the terminal inside the freighter to acquire an off-world assignment entitled Investigate Shipments.
You’ll be able to complete this optional task after you’ve finished your business here at Feros; see the Spectre Assignments portion of the guide for details.
Chatting with the Blakes
Pay a visit to another nearby bunker for a brief yet peculiar chat with an elderly couple, Hollis and Calantha Blake. The two harried colonists seem quite out of sorts; Calantha stumbles over her words more than once.
They explain they’re simply exhausted from the ordeal they’ve been through, but something isn’t quite right. The dialogue choices you make here can net you a handful of morality points.
Meeting Fai Dan
There’s little else to see or do around the campsite, so proceed to the compound’s west side and strike up a conversation with the colonists’ leader, Fai Dan.
The man seems grateful to see an actual officer amongst them, but the conversation doesn’t get very far. Multiple geth soldiers soon advance from the north.
You seem to have arrived just in time. The colonists are truly being overrun!
Immediately press Shepard’s back to the large, nearby stone and begin firing around the side. Lay down a wall of gunfire on the geth sniper and shock trooper in the northern passage.
Try to eliminate both targets from this vantage, and move up to the passage’s entry afterward.
Take to one side of the entryway and poke out to blast any synthetic that moves into view. No hoppers are present to disrupt your radar, so monitor the geth carefully and drop each hostile you see.
Advance into the passage when it’s safe to do so, sprinting from one bit of cover to the next as you work at clearing the area.
Snipers and shock troopers are the biggest threats you face, so you should have little trouble here.
Securing the Tower
Save your progress after securing the passage and following stairwell. A giant tower stands just ahead, but the structure is teeming with geth troopers, shock troopers, and even a few recon drones.
The geth are using this tower as staging ground for their assaults on Zhu’s Hope, and the colonists would certainly appreciate it if you manage to secure the structure.
Keep your distance and press Shepard’s back against the left-side wall, peeking out to fire on each hostile you sight. Fall back if necessary and just keep at it until the geth are no more.
Report Back to Fai Dan
Freeing the tower from the synthetics’ grip prompts a massive overhead geth dropship to quickly flee the scene. Wonder where it’s off to? No matter; you’ve succeeded in securing the tower.
Return to speak with Fai Dan, who’s grateful for your help. The colonists’ leader knows the geth will return eventually, but he can’t say why they’re attacking the colony.
Fai Dan informs Shepard that the main geth base is stationed at ExoGeni’s headquarters, a remote research facility that can only be accessed via a crumbling Prothean skyway.
The tone you take throughout this dialogue can earn you a few morality points.
Fai Dan’s second-in-command, Arcelia Martinez, stands nearby and jumps in on the conversation at various points as well.
She voices concern over more geth in some nearby tunnels, and Fai Dan concurs that the geth have an outpost there that the colonists would be relieved to see destroyed.
He also hints that the colony is suffering because of a lack of basic survival necessities: They’re running out of power, clean water, and food.
He asks Shepard to speak with colonists in charge of such mundane matters if the Spectre would like to help out.
If you’d like, Fai Dan and Arcelia can also tell you a bit about other matters related to life at the colony.
Question them thoroughly to learn that ExoGeni has been scouring the planet for valuable Prothean artifacts, articles worthy of research and investigation.
They think the geth must be conducting a similar type of search, albeit in a far more aggressive manner.
Unfortunately, Fai Dan says the colonists have failed to uncover anything of note so far. He has no idea what the geth might be after.
Ledra’s Wares
As with the rest of the colonists at Zhu’s Hope, conversation with Ledra is a bit unusual. Still, the salarian merchant has many interesting goods to sell.
Stop for a moment and browse his wares. Many trying battles await you here on Feros.