UPDATED (If Hades Nexus: Prothean Sphere mission is completed)Īlliance scientists analyzing a Prothean Sphere recovered from the Hades Nexus gathered useful data from their research. The Prothean artifact known as the Obelisk of Karza is inscribed with specific, technical terms and measurements-useful in decrypting the blueprints to the Crucible. UPDATED (If Hades Nexus: Obelisk of Karza mission is completed) Prothean Data Drives discovered by Sonax Industries have been turned over to Alliance engineers.
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After a brave, but brief, battle, the core of the Alliance Engineering Corps was wiped out by their traitorous alien "allies." The last reports from the AEC were little more than officers screaming about rachni flooding into their barracks, scything through unsuspecting scientists. Due to the staggering amount of raw materials required, the AEC has been given unprecedented emergency funding for any Alliance resources that will not interfere with the deployment of troops. While the bulk of the AEC has active wartime duties, their brightest are helping build a device of Prothean origin recovered on Mars. I could see them, but not act on them.The Alliance Engineering Corps cuts roads through mountains and builds bases on asteroids. I had played an entire game on insanity and kept the negative conversation replies, but it was still not enough to enable the final choices. Warning, I think that this is a bug, the initial reputation of Sheppard is maintained and even though I ended the game and played a new one to get my reputation 100% 'bad' I could not get to the reputation that allows the final option in conversation that gets the illusive man to shoot himself. Additionally, after finishing a game, you will be reset to the helm of the ship just before the point of no return, before the assault on the illusive man's base. After you finish the game, watch all the credits, there is another scene. It was the most effective tool in dealing with all opfor, including turrets who are very useful in turning on their engineers who set them up. Before that, the best optional power was something that allowed you to basically gain control of either organics or synthetics as an ally for a short duration. These two powers were those that aria has and upon successful retake of omega, become avail. The omega DLC confers also an additional 2 powers avail as an option in med bay - lash and flare. Before you do that get the multi-player readiness up to 100% and you can also boost your readiness via the omega DLC. This is when you assault the cerebus base. I have played several times and there is a point of no return. So in order to get the best ending, ensure you have as high a rating as possible in order to gain the ending you desire. I would venture a guess is that when you hit the point of no return, i.e., right before the assault on the Cerberus headquarters, your War Assets are then calculated for your ending. While Galactic Readiness waits until Priority Earth (the actual final mission
So the answer for War Assets is right before the Priority: Cerberus Headquarters (the point of no return). Readiness rating determines if the Crucible, depending on the solution chosen, destroys all forces fighting on Earth indiscriminately, or selectively targets the Reapers. When Sword attacks the Reaper fleet above Earth, it acts as a distraction to allow Hammer to land on Earth and engage the Reapers on the ground to aid Admiral Anderson's resistance forces.ĭepending on the number of War Assets gathered and their combined military effectiveness rating, Sword and Hammer will either take heavy losses during the battle or be able to hold their own. Sword consists of all allied fleets and starships, and Hammer consists of all ground forces. When the mission Priority: Earth is started, all gathered War Assets combine into two different groups, codenamed Sword and Hammer. If asking about Readiness, then according to this Mass Effect Wiki Article: