What did you do today in ME?

Karen Shepard, Soldier, ME3 cont'd:

Normandy

EDI wanted to have another philosophical conversation with Shepard; at the end, EDI decided to modify her self preservation code put the needs of others above herself.

Shepard found Tali in ship's lounge, ingesting turian brandy into her suit through an emergency induction straw. Evidently Miranda standing up to her overbearing father had cut a little close to home for Tali.

Javik asked Shepard if her friendships with the crew and her relationship with Liara were what she was fighting for. His “Echo Shard” was all he had left of the comrades he knew, containing the memories of the Prothean soldiers that had owned it before him. He asked Shepard if she was in his place, would she use it to remember those that were long dead. Shepard thought about her answer for a long. Initially, she thought it would be better to remember, that at least it would be better than nothing. But she realized that it would just cause needless pain without doing much good, that reliving the deaths, the loss, was pointless. Nothing that could be done to change the past, or bring those Protheans back.

Citadel: Silversun Strip

Miranda stopped by the apartment. She seemed to have recovered from the mission on Sanctuary. She asked about the business with the clone, and confirmed that Brooks had been the one that compiled the crew dossiers for the mission against the Collectors, but that she didn't know much else about her. Shepard thought back to when she and Miranda first met – she would have never expected that the two would ever become friends, but she was glad that they had.
Shepard also played some more matches in the combat simulator.

Citadel: Task Force Aurora

Shepard went to see Dr Garret Bryson, head of Task Force Aurora, a project dedicated to learning about the Reapers history, with a goal of finding any weaknesses they might have. As Dr Bryson was filling Shepard in on their progress, and an apparent breakthrough they'd had, he was attacked by his assistant Derek Hadley. Shepard subdued Hadley, but she was too late to prevent Dr Bryson from being shot and killed

EDI arrived, having monitored the C-Sec transmission about the attack. Hadley claimed not to remember what had happened, and insisted that he hadn't been the one who attacked Bryson. EDI suggested Indoctrination may be the culprit. It was certain that something wasn't right, as Hadley collapsed after muttering something about “the darkness cannot be breached”. Something was definitely affecting his mind.

EDI and Shepard looked for clues in the research lab. The task force had been investigating the Leviathan of Dis, a Reaper corpse discovered by the batarians decades before. They were trying to find out what could be powerful enough to kill a Reaper. EDI and Shepard found information that one of

Bryson's assistants, a man named Garneau, was their best lead, having found some sort of artifact linked to this “Leviathan” reaper killer. Information in the lab indicated he was in the Caleston Rift, so they returned to the Normandy and prepared to head out.