Challenge Details

Week 15: Epilogue
I. The Pale Blue Dot

"This is Admiral Hackett on a planet-wide dispatch.

We failed. The catalyst didn't fire and has been destroyed; the Citadel has been moved. Admiral Anderson and Commander Shepard are MIA, and presumed killed or captured.

The Reapers have decimated our fleets and thwarted all our efforts. We don't have the necessary strength to mount a second offensive.

Earth is lost. I repeat, Earth is lost.

Stay and fight if you will. To all the others, you can try to board the few ships we still have in orbit; encrypted coordinates for pick-up places will be transmitted at the end of this broadcast.

Take what you can, and escape. The order forbidding the opening of mass relays with unkown points of exit has been lifted. Should you take one, you are urged not to linger in its exit system, as the Reapers will most likely be notified of anyone activating mass relays.

Do not rely on technology, all our systems are to be considered compromised.

Do not attempt to use communication equipment, as it might be used to track you down.

Go in hiding and stay hidden. Pray for us all, and don't forget where you came from.

N7 base in Rio, this is a private dispatch for you.

Doctor T'Soni will be there shortly to catch a transport out. She is being pursued by heavy, unified Reaper forces.

It is imperative Dr T'Soni and the package she is carrying make it off the planet; she might be carrying the only hope for the future.

Dispatch your best operatives to ensure she leaves Earth. All other priorities are rescinded. Let the future know it was us humans who gave them their best chance."

Conditions:

• Combat Collectors on Rio
• Hardcore difficulty: On Platinum, Mission successful and Liara must extract; armoured compartments not allowed, but missiles are allowed on any wave;
• Insanity difficulty: On Platinum, mission successful and Liara must extract; armoured compartments not allowed, and missiles allowed only on objective waves and extraction.

Note: the series' ending if you needed more than one try to complete 14.2 :)