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| - The story begins with the Illusive Man aboard his secret space station, orbiting a star that is near the end of its life. The Illusive Man receives a transmission from Kai Leng, Cerberus' top "wet-work" agent. In the transmission, Leng details how he located Paul Grayson, a former Cerberus Operative who betrayed them three years ago during the events of Mass Effect: Ascension, on the lawless Omega space station in the Terminus Systems. The Illusive Man is pleased by the news and tells Leng to capture Grayson alive, for he needs human subjects for his investigation into Reaper technology recovered from the Collector Base.
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| - The story begins with the Illusive Man aboard his secret space station, orbiting a star that is near the end of its life. The Illusive Man receives a transmission from Kai Leng, Cerberus' top "wet-work" agent. In the transmission, Leng details how he located Paul Grayson, a former Cerberus Operative who betrayed them three years ago during the events of Mass Effect: Ascension, on the lawless Omega space station in the Terminus Systems. The Illusive Man is pleased by the news and tells Leng to capture Grayson alive, for he needs human subjects for his investigation into Reaper technology recovered from the Collector Base. Grayson is currently working for Aria T'Loak, the so-called "pirate queen" of Omega. He, his fellow batarian gang member Sanak, and an asari named Liselle, whom he is sleeping with, are at a warehouse completing a job given to them by Aria. The warehouse is owned by the Talons, an up-and-coming gang on Omega, and contains a large quantity of red sand, a powerful and incredibly addictive drug with the interesting side effect of granting humans minor biotic abilities, which the Talons have been selling without giving Aria her required cut. They stash the red sand at Grayson's apartment, since they do not want to bring it into the Afterlife Club, T'Loak's command centre and the most popular nightclub on the station. Sanak and Liselle leave his apartment with Grayson staying behind momentarily, stating he will catch up to them soon. He opens up a comm channel with Kahlee Sanders, who is currently at the Jon Grissom Academy directing the biotic research and education program known as the Ascension Project, and asks her how everything is going with his daughter, currently travelling uncharted space with the quarian fleet. She is glad to talk to him again but slightly put on edge from his sloppy appearance. Grayson is also put on edge by the conversation, though it is revealed that he is always on edge after their calls. After their call ends, Grayson, a former red sand addict, is sorely tempted to 'dust up' but manages to control the urge, reminding himself he is keeping clean for Gillian. He leaves his apartment and heads over to Afterlife, where he meets up with Aria as she is scolding the Talons. She "negotiates" an increase in the required cut she would receive from their drug dealing. The Talons grudgingly accept her new terms and left. The Talons are not the only problem Grayson has to deal with on Omega though, as Kai Leng has been watching him for days, and has planned out a kidnap attempt. Seeing Grayson leave Afterlife alone sets his plan into motion – he and five other Cerberus operatives begin their strike. They manage to get into Grayson's apartment complex under the guise of going to Grayson's birthday party, even bringing presents along. Each of them brings a concealed tranquilliser gun, since killing Grayson was not part of the plan. However, unknown to them, Grayson had invited Liselle over to his apartment in order to 'replace one addiction with another': a struggle ensues, giving Grayson enough time to attend to his private terminal, and ends with one of the Cerberus operatives dead and both Grayson and Liselle knocked out by stun darts. Leng, a fervent Cerberus xenophobe, enthusiastically finishes off Liselle with his knife by cutting her throat. They haul Grayson out of his apartment, kill the guards outside the apartment complex, and depart Omega, leaving little evidence behind.
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