Challenge Details



Name
Metal Geth Salarian (Snake? Snake!? Snaaaaaake!)
Subtitle
Week 4.1
Challenge Series
Tales from the Trenches
Bonus?
NO (this challenge is required for series completion)
Difficulty
Gold, Platinum
Challenge Type
Duo
Halls of Fame
Gold | Platinum
Description/Objectives

Week 4: Sur'Kesh
I. Metal Geth Salarian (Snake? Snake!? Snaaaaaaake!)

"Joker? Just heard amusing story. You like amusing stories, right? I thought this might entertain you."

"Suuuuuuure, sure Mordin. I can always do with more Salarian... humour."

"It seems that the jamming signals that Cerberus employed trying to get to the Krogan female on Sur'Kesh had some... unintended consequences. You see, there was a secret facility nearby. Very secret, not even I had known about it. Yes, Dalatrasses are getting better at these games. It seems that they were trying to extract useful information from a number of dormant Geth units, and..."

"Wait wait wait. Are you trying to say that you had Geth on your home planet?"

"Why not? Units dormant, well protected. Potential for useful discoveries great, outweighted risks. Until Cerberus showed up at least. Yes, unexpected variable. Perhaps Dalatrasses not as smart as they thought."

"Mordin?"

"What? Oh yes, my story. You see, the signal jammed the base's security protocols, and the Geth woke up. The base got sealed to contain the situation until reinforcements arrived. Only, it seems that a Spectre was inside the base, spying for the Council. Fascinating political intrigue, worthy of us Salarians, don't you think? Well, this Spectre managed to secure a comm line with the outside, and with the help of a Colonel and some other staff members, he managed to not only survive, but to also... extinguish the outbreak."

"That's the story? Mordin, you need to do some more study on human humour, I think."

"Ah, but I haven't mentioned the best part yet: it seems our Spectre got help from a unique, friendly Geth platform, one that employed optical camouflage."

"Aaaaand ...?"

"Well, that's it. Don't you find it highly amusing? No? Hmmmm, strange, thought I had figured human humour out better. Next time perhaps, next time. Oh, and here's a coincidence: the weapons they secured, their names both had to do with Earth-snakes... what are the chances? ... Why are you laughing now, Joker?"

"Snakes, eh? And tell me, was the Geth wielding a sword?"

"What? No, why?"

"Earth culture reference, Mordin. Too obscure even for you."

Conditions:

  • Mission successful vs Geth on Jade
  • On Gold, 5 Waves survived, 150 weapon kills;
  • On Platinum, 100 weapon kills;
Map
Jade
Enemy
Geth
Characters & Weapons
Salarian Engineer | Venom Shotgun
Geth Infiltrator | M-97 Viper