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Hard Target Achievement in Mass Effect 3

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Call down an orbital strike.

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King fiShiZ
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King fiShiZ
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Posted on 08 March 12 at 11:01, Edited on 12 March 12 at 10:02
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Location: Perseus Veil -> Tikkun - > Planet Rannoch
Mission: 8. Priority Mission: Rannoch, Destroy Reaper Base
Achievement missable: no, Story Mission


Hint: if you chose the Quarian you get +615 War Assents, the Geth Fleet will be destroyed and you get Tali as a Squadmember. If you chose the Geth you get +600 war Assets, the Quarians will be completely wiped out and Tali commit suicide.

If you have a ME2 Import: There is also a possibility that both. For that you need to have Tali and Legion loyal, and Tali cant be exiled. Then you need to save Admiral Zal Koris over the crew of his ship, take out the fighters, side with Admiral Han Gerrel when he is arguing with Admiral Ran on the Normandy over the radio about their portions of the fleet, Side with Tali when Admiral Xen wants to use some of the fleet to go through a Geth debris field for tech instead of saving escape pods. With those things done, you'll want to side with Legion and then when given the blue and red options, pick one of those to persuade the Admiral Han Gerrel to stop for a minute.

Misfit119: If you let Legion die then Tali has no real attachment to the VI and you're more or less screwed out of the best end to this. If you didn't complete either of their loyalty missions then you're more or less screwed out of the best end to this. Basically ME3 rewards those who did a 100% perfect run and kind of punishes those who didn't.

1. Video: Playthrough with Geth Ending
2. Video: Quarian Ending
ThePigsGoMoo On my playthrough, I initially chose to support the quarians but then was given an option to [Warn the fleet]. This ended the fighting and gave me +525 Quarian support and +750 Geth support plus Tali as a crewmember.
Posted by ThePigsGoMoo on 09 Mar 12 17:20:55
plethomacademia Do you need to have the real Legion for saving both to work? I did everything listed, but had the VI Legion and couldn't save both.
Posted by plethomacademia on 10 Mar 12 04:03:54
King fiShiZ Hmm, then there is more, what i posted worked for me. I update the Info when i find more
Posted by King fiShiZ on 10 Mar 12 08:51:54
Hirsute Dave You can side with Admiral Raan and still get both fleets. I'll have to check but I think you get more engineers to work on the Crucible instead.

I just wish it hadn't taken me half an hour to take out the Destroyer - I haven't raged that hard for a while >:(
Posted by Hirsute Dave on 10 Mar 12 14:58:15
Misfit119 Things from Mass Effect 2 have an impact on this as well. If you let Legion die then Tali has no real attachment to the VI and you're more or less screwed out of the best end to this. If you didn't complete either of their loyalty missions then you're more or less screwed out of the best end to this. Basically ME3 rewards those who did a 100% perfect run and kind of punishes those who didn't.
Posted by Misfit119 on 11 Mar 12 17:27:04
King fiShiZ thanks, added
Posted by King fiShiZ on 11 Mar 12 18:06:01
Gamer In Denial did all of this and it didnt work, but didnt import save, maybe thats it.
Posted by Gamer In Denial on 12 Mar 12 02:41:16
King fiShiZ updated
Posted by King fiShiZ on 12 Mar 12 10:02:52
Sonic Grunge So let me get this right: I can get both fleets, because:
1. I did Tali's loyalty mission in ME2
2. I did legions loyalty mission in ME2
3. I've saved Zal Koris.
4. I sided with Gerrel after saving Koris

I'm going to do the fighter base mission next, then I have to side with Tali after that? Then I should be able to get them both, yes?
Posted by Sonic Grunge on 28 Mar 12 09:52:30