Mass Effect: The Citadel: Homecoming Assignment Guide
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Here’s everything you need to know to complete the Homecoming Assignment in Mass Effect.
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Wondering how to complete the Citadel: Homecoming assignment? Here are all the options you have and the consequences they will have in the future. If you’ve been playing Mass Effect for a while now you may have noticed that there is a bunch of side content to get through, and it’s just as engaging as the game’s main story.
Your first mission in Mass Effect is on a planet where one of the first human colonies settled – Eden Prime. Eden Prime was developed and improved by the Alliance. Unfortunately, the planet is under attack by the Geth, a sentient AI race. A lot of people were killed during this attack and the Citadel: Homecoming assignment is exactly about helping someone that is mourning a significant other.
How To Start The Citadel: Homecoming Assignment
If you’ve unlocked the Citadel: Expose Saren mission, then all you have to do is find Tali, the quarian, near Chora’s Den. Then, once she joins your party, you will be granted access to the Citadel: Homecoming assignment.
To receive the assignment you have to talk to an NPC called Samesh Bhatia, you can find him in the Presidium, next to the embassy reception desk. Samesh will call out for you, so he’s hard to miss if you walk past.
Samesh is a human, trying to get back his wife’s body to put her to rest properly. She was an Alliance soldier, but, sadly, she was killed on Eden Prime. However, recuperating his wife’s body hasn’t been an easy task for Samesh, the Alliance has denied giving it back to him without any sort of justification. This, of course, quickly became a frustrating situation for him, and he requires assistance.
Additionally, if you have Ashley in your squad you will also learn more about the situation since she was in the same unit as Samesh’s wife. Kaiden will also warn you about this if you have him in your squad but not Ashley.
How To Solve The Issue
Clerk Bosker, in the Embassy Lounge, is the one that’s been denying Samesh his wife’s physical remains. If you talk to him, since Shepard is a respectable soldier, he’ll let you in on some information regarding the body. Bosker says that given the circumstances in which she died, the Alliance is conducting some tests so they can learn more about the geth technology and weaponry to improve defenses. However, the tests may go on for years.
Ultimately it is up to you to decide what is the moral thing to do here, but both options will result in you gaining either the same amount of paragon or renegade points – it only depends on how you decide to talk to the person.
Keeping The Body
If you think that the Alliance keeping the body will be best for the greater good and Samesh that should make a sacrifice, you have to persuade him to understand. To do this you can either charm him or intimidate him, but beware that Samesh requires an additional Charm and Intimidate point to persuade compared to Clerk Bosker, since it’s understandably a much more delicate situation for him. Here’s how you can do it:
- After receiving the quest from Samesh talk to Clerk Bosker, so he can explain the Alliance’s motives
- Return to Samesh and talk to him
- With three Charm points, you can choose “This is important“, the quest will end, and you will be awarded +8 Paragon points
- With three Intimidate points, you can choose “This is war“, the quest will end, and you will be awarded +9 Renegade points
Not using morality options while allowing the Alliance to keep the body will make Samesh upset, he will leave, and you won’t receive any rewards.
Releasing The Body
The other option is to make Clerk Bosker release the body to Samesh so he can give her the cremation he wanted and find some peace. Clerk Bosker is easier to convince since it’s not a personal issue for him, it’s just part of his job to follow orders from the Alliance. Here’s how you can convince him:
- After receiving the quest from Samesh talk to Clerk Bosker
- With two Charm points, you can choose “This isn’t right“, he will release the body and you will be awarded +8 Paragon points
- With two Intimidate points, you can choose “I’m releasing the body“, he will release the body and you will be awarded +9 Renegade points
- After persuading Clerk Bosker, you have to return to Samesh and let him know that you were able to help him
Consequences In Mass Effect 2
You will only learn about the consequences of this assignment if you decide to take Samesh’s side and release the body in Mass Effect 1. Samesh will email you expressing his gratitude for your help. He will let you know that he’s opened a restaurant to honor his wife’s wish since this would’ve been her plan once she finished her military work.
But, on the other hand, there is also a chance that you may hear on the news that the Alliance is finding it difficult to find new recruits since they aren’t being able to match the geth technology.
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