

Eventually, Shepard is able to retrieve a cache of information regarding the history and society of the Geth. Problems with GethĪt one point in Mass Effect, Commander Shepard can take part in a side-quest where he destroys multiple Geth strongholds in the Armstrong Cluster. Throughout her time as part of the Normandy's crew Tali revealed much information on the Quarians and their history, including their fight against the Geth. Tali acted as an engineer aboard the Normandy and said she felt very privileged to work on one of the Citadels strongest ships. Tali joined Shepard and his/her crew, wishing to prove herself and help fight against Saren.

The sound file helped give more information on the Reapers and the Conduit and provided as evidence to help revoke Saren's Spectre status, although the council did not accept the file as sufficient evidence in itself. Commander Shepard and his/her squad arrived and defeated the assassins before they could kill Tali and she revealed the sound file on Saren to Shepard, Ambassador Udina and Captain Anderson. Tali fled to the Citadel, attempting to give the information from the sound file to the Shadow Broker in exchange for a hiding place, but was tricked by Fist. Possession of the sound file put her in great danger and Saren hired a team of assassins to kill her. Tali was on her pilgrimage, a Quarian rite of passage, when she managed to capture a sound file from a Geth which contained an important conversation between Saren and Matriarch Benezia. Her mother was killed five years before Mass Effect takes place from an airborne virus, while her father is a very high ranking official in Quarian politics and is head of the Admiralty Board. Tali'Zorah nar Rayya (often simply referred to as Tali) is a female Quarian from the video game franchise Mass Effect.
