7. Mass Effect Story Walkthrough - UNC Missions Part 1Update notes

UNC MISSIONS PART 1

We will now start two uncharted world missions: one that is useful for weapon achievement grinding and another one for specializing your class.

U1: UNC: Lost Module

Use the Galaxy Map and select the Attican Beta cluster where the Feros icon is and travel to the Hercules system. Admiral Hackett will ask you to recover a lost probe module. Move the map cursor to the left and select Eletania, the ringed-planet. Once you land in the Mako you will unlock:

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Eletania Map

Open the map via cn_start and move the cursor to the right and set the Downed Recon Probe marker as your destination by pressing cn_A, then press cn_B twice to exit the menu. Travel to the probe at the back of the small mountain, following the flashing white arrow on the minimap on the bottom right of the screen, and interact with it. Now we have to hunt some space monkeys.

Open the map again and you will see four new crosses showing the locations of the Pyjack colonies: one to the south, another NE, a third N and a fourth to the NW above the debris icon. The module is located in the N icon, which you can reach by passing through the valley south of the third and fourth locations; the valley's south entrance is almost in the middle of the map. The red arrows on the map shown above gives driving directions for the Mako.

Before proceeding with the objective, you can use these areas to kill the Pyjacks, which have low health and don't fight back, in order to grind out the weapon-based achievements.

1) Make a manual save near one of the monkey colonies

2) Kill the 10 Pyjacks there then reload your manual save, repeating this step until you have obtained 150 kills with each weapon. This is quicker than driving to the other three colonies.

In order to save your achievement progress, which is linked to your gamer profile and not the chronological order of your current saved game, return back to the Normandy via the Mako (using cn_X) to get an auto-save (say after 5 reloads, i.e. 50 kills), then reload your manual save and repeat the process; if you exit the game before saving then your progress is lost.

Sniper

If you're untrained with any weapon (i.e. you can't zoom in for better aiming, such as the sniper rifle), get very close to each monkey, stop and press cn_LS to crouch before firing to improve your chance at hitting them. However, be careful of the Level 1 Hazard meter that starts to increase when you leave the Mako. When it's filled you will start to slowly lose health despite having shields, so return to the Mako when the meter reaches 75% or so, then leave the vehicle again when it quickly goes back down to zero to resume taking out the Pyjacks.

Alternatively, you can restore lost health with medi-gel if you still need to obtain the First Aid achievement, whereby reloading your manual save will immediately reset the medi-gel quantity and cooldown. During the course of this, you will unlock

and if you persevere with this procedure (around an hour for an untrained sniper, becoming easier and quicker with the pistol, shotgun, and rifle) you will also unlock

Proceed to the Pyjak Monkey Colony NNW of the probe (NE of the debris icon), using the valley entrance in the middle of the map to get there. Go up the ramp and use the door console to enter the Mine structure. Turn left and move forward through the crate area, opening containers for loot as you go. When you reach the end go through the door on the right (the one on the left has an Easy Decryption loot crate) and kill (Renegade) or search (Paragon) the Monkey at the back of the room. Manually save your game here, since you will now face a large Geth ambush.

Go back to the large cavern with the crates and engage the Geth, which includes Snipers at the back and two Destroyers that will charge you when close. Stand back in cover, use AI hacking and other tech powers if available, along with the plasma cells scattered around the area. When finished, exit the mine to end the assignment.

You can now return back to the Normandy via the Mako. However, if you have the trinket from the Consort Sha'ira after completing assignments C4 then C3, proceed to the Anomaly on the SW corner of the Map; from the initial Normandy landing position, go directly up the mountain range WNW, following the green path areas for a slightly smoother drive (its still very bumpy). Once there interact with the Prothean sphere to start a decryption minigame (with 5 quick inputs required), then select investigate to reveal an Easter Egg.

U2: UNC: Rogue VI

Assuming you have reached level 20 by now and have received the appropriate transmission from Admiral Hackett, we will now do the mission that will give you a more powerful specialization class.

Use the Galaxy Map and travel to the Local Cluster just below the bright core region. Move the Galaxy Map cursor to select Luna slightly to the upper right of Earth (just above Mercury), land, then choose your squad.

Luna Map

Open the Map and place a marker on the Alliance Training Ground icon on the bottom left and travel there. As you approach the mountain range due W go slightly right to go up the more gentler incline to help with the driving. You may see a downed probe that you can interact with using an Electronics minigame; press cn_B to exit the Mako.

As you drive up the incline you will eventually reach the top. In the distance, you will see three bunkers that each have two Alliance Heavy Turrets on top that will fire rockets at you. Destroy all six of these then exit the Mako and enter any of the buildings, which all have the same internal layout.

When inside, go through the door on the left. Be prepared for a battle with many Assault Drones, some of which fire rockets that can one-shot you. Open the next door, begin to move inside the room but go back into the previous corridor as the enemies start to engage so that you have more cover and limit the number of drones firing at you. Use cn_up to position your squad out of harms way if they start to lose too much health and have no shields/barriers, and use tech powers along with AI hacking if available to help you defeat the drones. Press cn_Y to use medi-gel to heal.

After, cross the room filled with containers and open the door at the other end, then proceed to the next two rooms on both the left and right of the intersection. Each room contains 4 VI Conduits, two on each side. Destroy these using your weapons (avoid standing too close to them otherwise you will receive poison damage), then retrace your steps and exit the building.

Manually save your game here and enter another building to deal with more Assault Drones as before. Cross the room with the crates and destroy the Conduits in the two rooms using your weapons, and you also need to deal with kinetic barriers that protect the Conduits and doorways.

Save, then enter the third and final building, repeating the process along with removing barriers protecting the doors. There will be many more rocket drones compared to the other two bunkers, so don't be afraid to move back into the first room and use cover as they approach you. After clearing this area manually save your game, then proceed to the other side and destroy the Conduits in the two rooms as before. Be aware that more drones will appear in the second room; stand at the intersection so that you can get into cover using the adjacent corridor if required.

When you destroy the final Conduit (the Ascii message reads "Help") you will be asked to select your specialization class; one will be more offensive, the other defensive. Choose one that fits your play style. Leave the building, enter the Mako then press cn_X to return to the Normandy, ending the assignment.

If you imported a level 59 character it is around this time that you will unlock

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