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How to Unlock:Read an email fromDoctor Aridana.
This section contains a walkthrough forThe Firefighters,one of Heleus assignments found inMass Effect: Andromeda.
The quest involves identifying and stopping a group of hackers, who are responsible for the attacks onNexusA.I.
Your duties as a Pathfinder will also involve a number of assignments that take place in the mother base.
Return to the Tempest and check your inbox to find the email.
Make your way toNexusand proceed toNexus: Docking Bay.
Use the tram to reachNexus: Habitation Quartersand enter the mainframe to initiate the upgrade.
Once you’ve managed to restart the system, talk with SAM about the virus.
Return toDoctor Aridanaand accuse her of an attempt to sabotage SAM.
She, as well as other researchers, will tell you about the problems Nexus has with AI-disrupting viruses.
Get to the bottom level ofNexus: Docking Bay.
Using the scanner will enable you to identify an infected object -VI Avina.
Initiate a conversation to get through to one of the hackers.
Use the opportunity to trick your interlocutor, who will be utterly convinced of the success of the operation.
The next step involves staging a meeting with the leader of the hackers.
However, you’ll need to wait for an e-mail from the hackers regarding the possibility of a meeting.
Return to theTempestand read the e-mail from Knight.
The message will contain an invitation to visit the hackers' hideout.
Land onKadaraand start exploring the wastelands.
venture to approach it from the north (which requires a quite demanding off-road ride).
Your destination is shown on the screenshot above.
Once you’ve reached the hackers' hideout, use the main entrance and talk toKnight.
you’ve got the option to now proceed in two different ways.
The first variant is less subtle, but it is much less time-consuming.
The second one is a non-lethal solution involving an in-house errand.
This variant sees you use your scanner to find the evidence on your own.
Start scanning the area despiteSAM’swarnings.
you’re free to now proceed to Knight’s personal terminal and hack it.
You’ll learn that she is planning to destroy all quantum computers on Nexus.
Use the opportunity to talk toLaveriaand read a fewdatapads.
The man will enlist you to help him repair his spinal implants.
To fulfil Alain’s wishes, you’ll need to return to one of the crafting tables, e.g.
the one found inKadara’s docksor on theTempest.
Return to thehackers' hideoutand deliver the equipment toAlain.
Ask him about Knight’s plans, and you’ll learn that her project has a codename: Mercury.
you might use this information to hack her personal terminal.
The terminal contains distressing data - Knight plans to destroy all of the quantum computers on Nexus.
The second and the third charge can be found inNexus: Operations Center.
During this conversation you may have to make a decision.
Rewards for finishing the quest:XP.
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