Mass Effect 2: Lazarus Research Station - Prologue walkthrough Mass Effect 2 guide, walkthrough

Last update: 02 June 2021

Received from: automatically after waking up [Lazarus research station]

Description: Wait until Shepard stands up and make a few steps forward to take M-3 Predator pistol from the locker. You'll now have to follow the game's advice and take cover behind one of the objects (stand near the object and press the SPACE key). Wait for the door to be destroyed and exit the room. Look around to find ammunition. Reload the pistol and don't forget to be on a look out for other clips in the near future. They can be found mostly lying on the floor and close to bodies of defeated enemy units.

Turn right and approach a new object marked by the game. You'll have to jump over this obstacle and this can be done by pressing W and SPACE at the same time. Once you're on the other side take cover behind a new object. You'll have to defeated your first enemy here - hacked LOKI mech. Thankfully it will only take a few hits for the machine to be destroyed. Use the staircase once it's safe to move.

Open a new door and once you're inside a much larger room take cover behind a big object located in front of the entrance. The first mech will step through the main door, however you will have to pay more attention to a larger group which will arrive through the left door. Make sure to start using powers reserved for your character class to make this battle easier. Once you've won head on towards the main door (the same door where you've spotted the first mech).

Go through a short corridor, enter a new room and examine a nearby corpse to find M-100 grenade launcher which is going to be your very first heavy weapon. Choose the grenade launcher from your inventory, approach the balustrade and use this weapon to destroy a large group of mechs seen below your position. You may now proceed to your right. Eventually you'll have to locate an elevator and use it.

Keep heading towards the door where you've seen the last group of mechs and follow a new advice given to you by the game by sprinting in order to avoid the flames. Keep heading forward. Notice that you'll have a chance to explore a small room along the way by opening one of the doors (second screenshot).

During your time spent inside the room you'll have a chance to interact with two laptops in order to listen to interesting recordings. There's also a safe on one of the walls and in order to open it you'll have to solve a simple mini-game (get used to it, because there's going to be plenty of those in the future). The idea of this game is to uncover interactive blue spots in hopes of finding identical icons. You'll then have to connect two icons by clicking on the first one and then quickly clicking on the other one. All of this has to be achieved before the time limit runs out. Opening this safe will result in earning 975 credits.

You may now exit this room and proceed to a staircase leading to an upper level of the station. Notice a public terminal along the way - interacting with the terminal will allow you to listen to a new message. If you don't want to waste time proceed towards a new door. Open it, make a few steps forward and turn left.

You'll meet Jacob here and you'll have to assist him in getting rid of a large group of mechs. As you've probably noticed you can't approach the mechs, so you'll have to attack them from a larger distance and use the balustrade for cover. You'll have a chance to talk to Jacob after defeating the first group of machine and for the first time your responses will result in earning paragon or renegade points.

Get ready to defend yourself against a second group of hacked mechs. Notice that you can issue commands to Jacob from now on and it would be a good idea to follow the game's advice by telling him to use one of his biotic attacks. Talk to Jacob again after the second battle. This time you'll have a chance to ask him more questions (some of the available topics are your wounds, attack on the station, Lazarus project, Normandy crew and Miranda). Don't forget to examine a datapad found on a nearby bench before leaving this area for good.

Proceed towards the only available passageway. Be careful, because soon after entering a room with red light you're going to be attacked by a new group of mechs. Don't forget to use Jacob's abilities to your advantage, aside of course from relying on your own powers. It shouldn't take long to destroy all the machines and once this is done go to the other end of the room to find an exit. Use the staircase to get to an upper floor. Look around to find a new laptop with a recording.

You may proceed to the next room where you'll encounter heavily wounded doctor Wilson. Notice that expressing the will of helping him right away will result in earning a lot of paragon points. Either way you'll have to approach a nearby medical station to take two medi-gels. Go back to doctor Wilson and activate Unity ability to heal him.

You may now initiate a proper conversation with your new ally. Choosing the answer about wanting (or not) to find Miranda will result in receiving paragon or renegade points. Get ready to defeat a new group of mechs - they will appear on the other side of the room. Take cover behind the nearest object and consider using Wilson's overload ability. The explosion should result in the destruction of all enemy units.

Talk to Wilson and Jacob for the last time. You can choose whether you want to admit to Wilson about Cerberus or not. Confirming that you want to have a meeting with the Illusive Man will give you renegade points and dismissing the idea of working with Cerberus in the future will give you paragon points. Proceed towards the passageway where the last group of mechs was originally stationed.

Explore a new corridor to find a datapad and examining it will trigger a second type of a mini-game (this one will also be a very common one). The idea of this mini-game is to choose code segments identical to the one seen in the upper section of the screen. You can move the cursor by using movement keys (WSAD by default) and confirm your choices by pressing the SPACE key. Avoid red fields and don't forget to complete the mini-game within the time limit. Breaking the encryption will result in the main character receiving 900 credits. You may now use the stairs.

Keep heading forward. Be careful, because a large group of mechs will attack you in the next area of the station. It would be a good idea to respond to their attacks from a larger distance and to rely on the rest of the team. Once it's safe you'll have to choose between two passageways - I would recommend choosing the staircase on the right (second screenshot).

Expect new machines to attack you from the left after you've used the stairs. Take cover behind a good cover before returning fire. The second group is located a little further ahead and in this case you'll probably want assistance from the rest of your team. Proceed towards a small room (second screenshot) after the battle. Look around to find a new laptop, as well as a datapad (975 credits) and a safe (900 credits).

You may now return to the staircase. Choose a passageway leading to Docking Station 2 (first screenshot). Clicking on the door will trigger a conversation with Miranda. If you agree with her decision of killing Wilson you can earn renegade points here. Aside from that you can also ask her about the attack, about other survivors and about the Lazarus project.

You'll soon find yourself on board of a space ship and travelling to a different part of the station. If you're playing as a new character you can take part in a short quiz by answering to Miranda's questions. These answers will have an impact on the events from the past, including what happened to the Council at the end of Mass Effect 1. I would recommend taking some time to think before giving each answer. If you don't want to take the quiz you can decline and if you're using an imported character you'll skip this interview.