Mass Effect 2: Imminent Ship Crash - N7 walkthrough Mass Effect 2 guide, walkthrough

Last update: 02 June 2021

Received from: automatically after getting on board of the MSV Broken Arrow space ship [MSV Broken Arrow]

Description: You'll be informed about the possibility of completing this quest via e-mail, however it will officially appear in your journal after you've found yourself on board of the ship. You can find the Broken Arrow by opening the galaxy map and travelling to The Phoenix Massing. The ship is in the Nariph system - click on it and confirm that you want to start docking procedures. Wait to be transported to the first area of [MSV Broken Arrow].

SAVE your current game, because this mission has a six-minute time limit. Don't worry - assuming you won't make any unwanted stops you should be able to end this assignment between three and four minutes. Start off by heading forward. You can decide to read captain's log along the way or ignore it. Eventually you'll come across a closed door (second screenshot) and you'll have to solve a well-known mini-game to open it. Don't forget that the timer won't stop during the mini-game so you'll have to work a little bit faster than usual.

Be careful, because as soon as the door opens you'll have to start attacking the geth. It would be a good idea to have a tech specialist in your team, because most of tech powers will be effective here. Use a medical station if you need to after the battle. You can also pick up 1200 units of iridium from one of the containers.

You'll have to use a console located to your right (first screenshot) in order to unlock a passageway to the next area. Examining the left console is not mandatory, because it contains only a few log entries. Proceed towards a newly unlocked passageway (second screenshot) and don't forget to save your game along the way.

You'll soon end up in a large engine room and you should order your followers to take cover on the upper balcony (first screenshot). Proceed to the lower level alone and notice that new geth have appeared on nearby balconies (second screenshot). You should allow your teammates to attack the machines, especially since they'll keep respawning (make an exception only for geth bombardiers - they're a much bigger threat).

Make sure to explore the left corner of the room, because you'll find a new container (first screenshot) with 800 units of iridium. Order your teammates to get down here and place them behind a solid cover. You should approach the first coupling in the meantime. The object you're looking for is located to your right (second screenshot).

Make sure that you're not standing in front of the machine, because a single hit would stop the entire process. Instead move to the side (first screenshot) and keep holding the action key until the first coupling is activated. Return to your colleagues, help them for a few seconds and then choose a passageway leading to the next section of the machine room - it's located near the balconies occupied by the geth (second screenshot).

Approach the second coupling and repeat all the actions described above - you shouldn't be standing in front of the coupling and you must count on your followers distracting the geth from Shepard. You may now proceed to an upper balcony (second screenshot).

There's only one more thing for you to do here and that is to restart the main engine (first screenshot). Sadly this requires you to solve a mini-game again so you must have some spare time on your clock if you want to succeed. The good news is that you won't be attacked by anyone while completing the mini-game, allowing you to focus on the puzzle. Restarting the engines will allow you to automatically end this mission.