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It covers most of the story of ''[[Mass Effect 2]]'' in the bizarro verse of the preceding fic, with Tali'Zorah aboard the new Normandy under Shepard's command as they set out to save the galaxy, and joined by Matriarch Aethyta. In between their missions for Cerberus, the crew must also investigate a virus that was planted aboard the Normandy, which leads to the discovery of a horrible experiment by rogue quarians involving placing human brains into geth platforms in a continuation of the work of Tali's father. Oh yeah, and all this in the midst of a developing romance between Tali and Shepard.

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* [[Abnormal Ammo]]: Shepard's crew gets hold of a weapon that fires ice-bullets, which was used to kill everyone on a Cerberus derelict, and turns out to be {{spoiler|a weapon of the quarian Black Guard, a very elite black-ops unit that answers to Admiral Daro'Xen}}.

* [[BFG]]: Aethyta's shotgun, which can kill a Krogan with a single headshot, as well as the Cain, which Shepard uses to {{spoiler|blow the Thresher Maw on Tuchanka to bits}}.

* [[Big Bad]]: {{spoiler|Admiral Daro'Xen and Hvenna'Tor}}

* [[Cool Old Lady]]: Matriarch Aethyta and Nehalennia.

* [[Curb Stomp Battle]]: Aethyta vs. Rasha. Rasha didn't have a chance.

* [[Deadpan Snarker]]: Most of the crew, but especially {{spoiler|Legion}}.

* [[Distaff Counterpart]]: {{spoiler|While Shepard is in recovery after the encounter with the Geth with Prazza's Brain, he has a dream or a possible plane-trip to an [[Alternate Universe]] where he meets up with Female Shepard, who tells him about Tali's attraction to him and has her own relationship with Garrus. She also loves the metal band "Burzum," which the regular Shepard hates}}.

* [[The Ditz]]: Slab Bulkhead and Douglas Falkner, who were abducted by the Big Bad's people precisely because of their stupidity {{spoiler|so that their brains could better be used to control the geth they were being installed into}}.

* [[Everyone Can See It]]: Pretty much the entire Normandy is aware of Shepard and Tali's attraction for each other.

* [[Fantastic Racism]]: The Council does not like the "furries" of the [[Star Fox|Lylat System]] (particularly [[Jerkass|Councilor Velarn]]), such that the system is under Council embargo. The ship that Tali finds in a shipyard on Nos Astra in Chapter 2, the one banned from Citadel space with an "attack on sight" order due to coming from a mass relay under embargo, is strongly implied to be Fox's Arwing.

* [[If I Can't Have You]]: {{spoiler|Daro'Xen utterly fucking ''loses it'' when Shepard turns her down, and tries to kill both him and Tali -- along with the rest of the crew -- by ''blowing up Eta Carinae''}}.

* [[Mama Bear]]: Aethyta is one of these for Grunt, and takes her job very seriously.

* [[Your Head Asplode]]: Aethyta's shotgun is capable of doing this to Krogan.

* [[You're Insane!]]: And Shepard isn't shy about telling {{spoiler|Daro'Xen}} so:

 

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