.3E.02. Merc Base & Archangel's Base

Walkthrough for the Merc Base and Archangel's Base missions in Mass Effect Legendary Edition. Includes item locations, enemy strategies, and mission objectives.

Head out of the club and to the southwest until you see the Blue Suns Driver when you have bought everything you need. Once in the base, you can speak to Jaroth, leader of Eclipse, for codex information about their merc band. Nab the datapad for an assignment you can turn in to Aria.

Hack the Friend of Foe ID of the Heavy Mech to make your life easier. There are some items you can obtain in this room as well. You can talk to Garm, the Blood Pack leader, for more codex info if you wish. There is a datapad you can hack with a good chunk of protection money in it. There are also several good items behind a door you must bypass - don't miss the Submachine Gun upgrade.

Special Scene: If you speak to Tarak with Zaeed on the team, you get a quick extra scene and can speak to Jentha for a Blue Suns codex update.

Items:

• Element Zero (500)
• Eezo Smuggling Accounts (4,000)
• 'Protection' Money Accounts (6,000)
• Medical Station
• Power Cells
• Blue Suns Weapon Shipment (Submachine Gun upgrade unlock)
• Blue Suns Gunrunning Accounts (4,000)
• Medical Station

When you've got all the items, talk to Cathka's Assistant to proceed with the mission. At the end of the conversation with Cathka, if you have at least 100 Renegade points, you can kill him with a Renegade Interrupt and stop the gunship from being completely repaired. Once you do that, you're immediately thrown into battle. The mercs think you're on their side until you start shooting at them.

Items:

• Med Kits
• Omni-tool Power Boost X-Mods (Tech Damage upgrade unlock)

At the end of Archangel's conversation, you may get a Renegade interrupt while holding the sniper. This kills one of the mechs you'll be facing.

Objective:

Keep Garrus alive

Enemies:

• LOKI Mech (Armor)
• Eclipse Troopers (Barrier)
• YMIR Mech (Shield, Armor)
• Jaroth (Shield, Armor)

Items:

• M-15 Vindicator Battle Rifle
• Med Kits
• Wall Safe (4000)

You can obtain the items during the battle or afterwards. If you have a good team, you can keep any enemies from entering the base. Just keep using powers and shooting from your perch. If you hacked the mech, focus entirely on the troopers, as they will focus on the mech. If you don't manage to keep everyone outside, then don't worry. Just make sure to counter them on the ground floor. Don't forget to grab the Vindicator, which is an assault rifle that you can use until the end of the game. It's not the most accurate weapon at this point in the game, and its heatsink capacity will always be fairly small, but your squad doesn't care about the heatsink amount, anyway.