Can you save Benezia?

Fortunately, Benezia is on her own for the final phase, so avoid her biotic attacks and lay your own at her to bring her down. Even though she can briefly be her former self, she knows she can't escape Saren's mind control as long as she's still alive.
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Can you capture Matriarch Benezia?

Matriarch Benezia, a top advisor to Saren, is on Noveria. If you can capture her, it is likely she has insight into his plans.
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Can you go to hot labs after Benezia?

If you've just completed the Matriarch Benezia Mission, there's a door in that area that leads right back to the Tram Station, with the entrance to the Hot Labs on your right. Once in the Hot Labs, speak with the man you find there, Yaroslev Tartakovsky.
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Where do I go after killing Benezia?

If you kill her, you'll get renegade points. If you save her life, you'll get paragon points. Hint! At this moment, you can return to the tram (NOV12-B) and end the mission or grant the queen request and head to the hot labs (NOV12-C).
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Was Benezia indoctrinated?

However, Benezia underestimated the power of Sovereign and she too became indoctrinated by the ships power. She became a slave to Saren as did all the Asari guards and commandos that followed her. Benezia is the mother of Liara T'Soni.
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Finding Matriarch Benezia and Freeing The Mother - Mass Effect Legendary Edition (4K 60FPS)



Can you save Mother Benezia?

Fortunately, Benezia is on her own for the final phase, so avoid her biotic attacks and lay your own at her to bring her down. Even though she can briefly be her former self, she knows she can't escape Saren's mind control as long as she's still alive.
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Is Shepard immune to indoctrination?

I'm confident that it can be suggested that Shepard is immune to the indoctrination process and that is what generally scares the Reapers. Take note that the Leviathan's which has as much if not more power than the Reapers use the same ability as the Reapers and it is ineffective against Shepard.
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What happens if you free the Rachni Queen?

If players choose to spare the Rachni Queen, she'll flee to the wilderness of Noveria and promise Shepard that her children will remember the kindness shown to her by the Commander. If players decide to kill her, the Rachni Queen will plead with Shepard.
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Should I spare the Rachni Queen?

Overall, the best decision is to save the Rachni Queen. She offers more benefits to having saved her in Mass Effect 1 than killing her. When she appears again in Mass Effect 3, and you choose to save her from the nest, she becomes a superb asset.
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Should I go to feros or Noveria first?

While the missions can be taken in any order, there's a natural gameplay and story progression to taking them on in a certain sequence. You can generally take on Therum or Feros first without major consequences, but going for Noveria first is not advisable.
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How do you beat the matriarch in Mass Effect?

Once Matriarch Benezia is no longer protected by her shields, it is best to quickly hit her with Stasis, Neural Shock, or Damping, as her biotics are powerful enough to one-shot Shepard immediately. Keeping Immunity and Barrier up can also be beneficial.
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How do I get the cure in Mass Effect?

Make a Cure

In the main room is a Locked Crate with Easy Decryption next to the laptop where you make the cure, while in the middle side room there's a Medical Kit. The side room at the back will have a Secure Storage Locker with Average Decryption. After grabbing the goods, you can then make a cure.
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Where is Matriarch Benezia?

Benezia is found in a secure lab deep within Noveria's Peak 15. Small talk between her and Shepard's team is exchanged, but ultimately unfruitful as it quickly devolves into a firefight. Benezia places the whole squad in temporary stasis while her commandos move into position.
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What happens if you save the Rachni Queen in me3?

In Mass Effect 3, if you saved the Rachni Queen, she will be captured by the Reapers. However, unlike most other sentient beings, she is resistant to the Reaper indoctrination, and thus proves useless to them. She is kept in shackles, and you must lead an assault on the base where she is kept in order to free her.
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Does the Rachni Queen betray you?

If you enlist the help of the Clone Rachni Queen: the clone isn't the same Rachni Queen, and ultimately will betray you. You initially get 100 points of Rachni support for the war; but ultimately they turn on you later in the game, and an email will reveal that they have fleed.
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Does grunt survive the rachni?

If Shepard chose to spare either queen, Grunt dies if his loyalty wasn't secured prior to the suicide mission. If Shepard chose to abandon either queen, Grunt survives regardless of his prior loyalty, limping out of the rachni nest all bloody and asking for something to eat.
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Is it better to save the Rachni Queen or Aralakh company?

If you choose to rescue the original queen from Noveria, Aralakh Company will suffer grievous losses in the holding action, reducing their strength by 25 points. However, the queen provides rachni workers worth 100 points.
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Should I save the Rachni Queen in Mass Effect 1 Reddit?

Too bad it never mattered in the end anyway. It had No Effect. The Rachni were a threat 2000 years ago. The queen herself is 2000 years out of date technology wise, with no workers and having to build her entire civilization from scratch.
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Is the Rachni Queen indoctrinated?

She is located on Utukku, deep within a perversion of a rachni hive filled with Reaper technology. Her young are indoctrinated and converted into Ravagers for the Reapers' forces.
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Is the Illusive Man indoctrinated me3?

He was indoctrinated around 2157 on Palaven while touching a Reaper Artifact. Obviously I have some interesting things to read. That settled.
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Are the Reapers indoctrinated?

Indoctrination is the term used for the "brainwashing" effect the Reapers and their technology have on organic beings. A signal or energy field surrounds the Reaper, which subtly influences the minds of any organic individual in range.
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Was harbinger the first reaper?

During its encounter with Shepard, Leviathan reveals that Harbinger was the first Reaper created, and that it was formed in the image of the Leviathans.
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How old is Matriarch Benezia?

Being a Matriarch means Benezia must have lived for nearly 1000 years.
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Who should I take to Noveria?

The companions you bring are also up to you, though we recommend bringing Liara and Wrex to Noveria – Wrex has a lot to say, and Liara should be there for plot reasons.
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When was Saren indoctrinated?

By 2183, Saren was allied with Sovereign, the Reaper vanguard, and he was somewhat indoctrinated.
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