Surveyor Dialog

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Conversation key: prc1_surveyor_wrapup_dlg
Package: Asteroid X57 — Interior or encounter area — Design, gameplay, and Kismet logic BIOA_UNC52_05_DSG
BIOA_UNC52_05_DSG_LOC_INT.pcc
Organization: Conversation graph; additional records grouped by speaker

Duplicate source rows with identical technical context are collapsed for presentation.

SurveyorBut that's not going to happen, thanks to you.E17 · string 178976 · conditional 1060:2

SurveyorIs Katie in here? Is she all right? Is her team?E18 · string 179000 · conditional 7300:13 choices

AgreeChoice 1

Wheel

She's fine.

Shepard says

Balak was holding them hostage. I let him go to save them.

File location

Response: Reply R16, from link 1
Wheel string: 179079
Spoken string: 179040

SurveyorLet a terrorist go, or sacrifice innocent lives. I-- I'm glad that's not a choice I had to make.E19 · string 179003

SurveyorIs that-- will you get in trouble for that? I mean, he could do the same thing somewhere else. Couldn't he?E21 · string 1794163 choices

FriendlyChoice 1

Wheel

I'm not like him.

Shepard says

Yeah, he could. Balak seemed like a practical man. Practical, but callous. I'm sure if he'd been in my place, Ms. Bowman would be dead now, along with all the terrorists.

File location

Response: Reply R21, from link 1
Wheel string: 179492
Spoken string: 179454

SurveyorEntry 22 — no spoken lineE22 · string 1794171 response

Commander ShepardAutomatic response

Shepard says

But I'm not going to sacrifice people who happen to be between me and my target.

File location

Response: Reply R22, from link 1
Wheel string: 179495
Spoken string: 179455

Continues at: So what happens now? The bad guys get away?

HostileChoice 2

Wheel

Should I have let them die?

Shepard says

You think I should've let him blow up your friends? Sacrificed a few now to avoid possible deaths later?

File location

Response: Reply R31, from link 2
Wheel string: 179493
Spoken string: 179457

SurveyorWhat? No, I--E29 · string 1794191 response

Commander ShepardAutomatic response

Shepard says

Nobody dies on my watch. Yeah, Balak might attack another colony in the future. If he does, I'll be there to nail him to the wall.

File location

Response: Reply R32, from link 1
Wheel string: 179497
Spoken string: 179458

Continues at: Ease down, miss.Continues at: Ease down, son.

DefaultChoice 3

Wheel

He won't get the chance.

Shepard says

The Alliance has a whole navy full of people like me, waiting to take him down. We'll be watching.

File location

Response: Reply R36, from link 3
Wheel string: 179494
Spoken string: 179424

SurveyorShepard? Thank you. For my grandchildren's lives.E50 · string 179408 · transition 6127:-1

Continues at: Well. Thanks to you, I have a team to get things squared away here.Continues at: I don't think I'll stick around, though. Not with the team gone. Too many ghosts.

DisagreeChoice 2

Wheel

She better be.

Shepard says

I let Balak walk so he wouldn't blow them up. If they're not all right, he's going to have a short, unhappy life.

File location

Response: Reply R18, from link 2
Wheel string: 179078
Spoken string: 179038

SurveyorYou let him go to save them?E20 · string 179001

Continues at: Is that-- will you get in trouble for that? I mean, he could do the same thing somewhere else. Couldn't he?

DefaultChoice 3

Wheel

I don't know.

Shepard says

I think so. There are hostages in one of the offices nearby. Balak said he'd blow them up if I didn't let him leave.

File location

Response: Reply R19, from link 3
Wheel string: 179077
Spoken string: 179036

Continues at: You let him go to save them?

SurveyorHave you found Katie and her team?E33 · string 1790083 choices

AgreeChoice 1

Wheel

You may want to sit down.

Shepard says

I'm sorry, Simon. Balak took Kate and some others as hostages. There was a bomb in their cell, and...

File location

Response: Reply R37, from link 1
Wheel string: 179088
Spoken string: 179047

SurveyorYou're-- you're not kidding, are you? Oh god.E34 · string 179010

SurveyorHow could this happen? I thought you were-- Couldn't you save them?E36 · string 1790123 choices

FriendlyChoice 1

Wheel

I did my duty.

Shepard says

There are people in the galaxy who'll kill a human whenever they're given a chance. Balak was one of them. I didn't give him the chance to run away and try again. The price was three lives.

File location

Response: Reply R42, from link 1
Wheel string: 179465
Spoken string: 179442

SurveyorEntry 37 — no spoken lineE37 · string 1794061 response

Commander ShepardAutomatic response

Shepard says

Part of my job is to accept responsibility for decisions like that. I'll be glad to let Kate's face keep me awake tonight, if it means your family sleeps soundly.

File location

Response: Reply R43, from link 1
Wheel string: 179481
Spoken string: 179443

Continues at: All right. I'm sorry. I can see that you're.... Well. I understand.

HostileChoice 2

Wheel

No one could've done better.

Shepard says

You need to understand something: not everyone out here in the big, bad galaxy likes humans. It's not safe.

File location

Response: Reply R45, from link 2
Wheel string: 179464
Spoken string: 179428

SurveyorEntry 39 — no spoken lineE39 · string 1793961 response

Commander ShepardAutomatic response

Shepard says

Some days, the bad guys are going to win. You ask me, the good guys made out pretty well today.

File location

Response: Reply R46, from link 1
Wheel string: 179468
Spoken string: 179429

Continues at: So this son of a bitch, this Balak.

DefaultChoice 3

Wheel

The cost was too high.

Shepard says

Yes, I could have. If I let the batarians go. But then they might have done the same thing to another colony. Or two more. Or a dozen.

File location

Response: Reply R59, from link 3
Wheel string: 179463
Spoken string: 179425

SurveyorThat-- I-- I know in my head what you're saying makes sense. It's just a little hard to see the big picture right now. All right?E49 · string 179395

Continues at: Shepard? Thank you. For my grandchildren's lives.

DisagreeChoice 2

Wheel

They're dead.

Shepard says

Balak murdered Katie and the others. Blew them up with a bomb.

File location

Response: Reply R39, from link 2
Wheel string: 179087
Spoken string: 179045

SurveyorAll of them? Katie. And her brother? Everyone?E35 · string 179011

Continues at: How could this happen? I thought you were-- Couldn't you save them?

DefaultChoice 3

Wheel

They were held hostage.

Shepard says

The batarians had a bomb. They were holding Katie and her team hostage. I'm afraid they detonated it.

File location

Response: Reply R40, from link 3
Wheel string: 179089
Spoken string: 179049

Continues at: All of them? Katie. And her brother? Everyone?

SurveyorSay, Shepard? You didn't happen to find any of my engineers, did you?E1 · string 179508 · conditional 7418:05 choices

InvestigateChoice 1

Wheel

How could I track them?

Shepard says

Not yet. Can you think of anything that would help me find them?

File location

Response: Reply R83, from link 1
Wheel string: 179622
Spoken string: 179529

SurveyorSee if you can tap into our transmission tower out on the surface. Their equipment sheds will show up on your sensors.E69 · string 1795161 choice

DefaultChoice 1

Wheel

Goodbye

Shepard says

Take care of yourself.

File location

Response: Reply R84, from link 1
Wheel string: 179545
Spoken string: 179530

DefaultChoice 2

Wheel

They didn't make it.

Shepard says

Yes, all of them. Their bodies, anyway.

File location

Response: Reply R80, from link 2
Wheel string: 179546
Spoken string: 179526
Conditional: Function 1795, parameter -1

SurveyorOh. I-- I see. Well, then. I guess it's better than not knowing.E66 · string 179513 · transition 6138:-11 choice

DefaultChoice 1

Wheel

Goodbye

Shepard says

Take care of yourself.

File location

Response: Reply R84, from link 1
Wheel string: 179545
Spoken string: 179530

DefaultChoice 3

Wheel

Only two.

Shepard says

I found two of them. They didn't make it.

File location

Response: Reply R81, from link 3
Wheel string: 179547
Spoken string: 179527
Conditional: Function 1794, parameter -1

SurveyorI-- I see. Well. Maybe the last is still out there. Could you please keep looking?E67 · string 1795141 choice

DefaultChoice 1

Wheel

Goodbye

Shepard says

Take care of yourself.

File location

Response: Reply R84, from link 1
Wheel string: 179545
Spoken string: 179530

DefaultChoice 4

Wheel

Just one so far.

Shepard says

I came across a member of your crew. He didn't make it.

File location

Response: Reply R82, from link 4
Wheel string: 179548
Spoken string: 179528
Conditional: Function 1796, parameter -1

SurveyorI-- I see. Well. Maybe the other two are still out there. Would you mind looking?E68 · string 1795151 choice

DefaultChoice 1

Wheel

Goodbye

Shepard says

Take care of yourself.

File location

Response: Reply R84, from link 1
Wheel string: 179545
Spoken string: 179530

DefaultChoice 5

Wheel

No, I haven't

Shepard says

Not yet. Can you think of anything that would help me find them?

File location

Response: Reply R83, from link 5
Wheel string: 179549
Spoken string: 179529

Continues at: See if you can tap into our transmission tower out on the surface. Their equipment sheds will show up on your sensors.

SurveyorHe left? Is that-- is that all right?E12 · string 178997 · conditional 7300:13 choices

AgreeChoice 1

Wheel

It was the only option.

Shepard says

Letting him go was better than the alternative. I thought you were going to stay someplace safe?

File location

Response: Reply R5, from link 1
Wheel string: 179486
Spoken string: 179448

SurveyorI-- There might have been something I could have done to help. I thought I should be here. I know this asteroid better than anyone.E16 · string 179414

SurveyorYou did it. Another hour and our course would have been irreversible.E71 · string 178700

SurveyorI ran the numbers, Shepard. X57 would have struck near the capital city. The most densely populated region.E72 · string 178975

DisagreeChoice 2

Wheel

You should've stayed put.

Shepard says

In the future, run away from the sound of gunfire.

File location

Response: Reply R6, from link 2
Wheel string: 179073
Spoken string: 179032

Continues at: I-- There might have been something I could have done to help. I thought I should be here. I know this asteroid better than anyone.

DefaultChoice 3

Wheel

That's not your problem.

Shepard says

Forget it. Can you tell if the asteroid's stable?

File location

Response: Reply R7, from link 3
Wheel string: 179074
Spoken string: 179034

Continues at: You did it. Another hour and our course would have been irreversible.

SurveyorIs it safe?E13 · string 1790064 choices

AgreeChoice 1

Wheel

If you're careful.

Shepard says

Watch where you step. There were bombs, and there may be more. I need a sapper team to sweep the area.

File location

Response: Reply R8, from link 1
Wheel string: 179084
Spoken string: 179043

SurveyorRight. I'll be careful.E14 · string 179412

Continues at: You did it. Another hour and our course would have been irreversible.

DisagreeChoice 2

Wheel

As safe as it gets.

Shepard says

This facility is secure. But the batarians can always attack another colony.

File location

Response: Reply R10, from link 2
Wheel string: 179487
Spoken string: 179450
Conditional: Function 146, parameter 2

SurveyorI hope someone like you will be around to stop them.E15 · string 179413

Continues at: You did it. Another hour and our course would have been irreversible.

DisagreeChoice 3

Wheel

If it wasn't, you'd be dead.

Shepard says

You're standing in the open. You haven't been shot. What do you think?

File location

Response: Reply R12, from link 3
Wheel string: 179488
Spoken string: 179452

Continues at: I-- There might have been something I could have done to help. I thought I should be here. I know this asteroid better than anyone.

DefaultChoice 4

Wheel

It's safe.

Shepard says

That was the last of them. Can you tell if the asteroid's stable?

File location

Response: Reply R14, from link 4
Wheel string: 179085
Spoken string: 179053

Continues at: You did it. Another hour and our course would have been irreversible.

SurveyorSo what happens now? The bad guys get away?E23 · string 1795183 choices

AgreeChoice 1

Wheel

Only temporarily.

Shepard says

Balak gets away today. But we'll still be after him tomorrow, and the day after that. Me, my crew, and every other crew in the Alliance.

File location

Response: Reply R23, from link 1
Wheel string: 179535
Spoken string: 179531

SurveyorEntry 24 — no spoken lineE24 · string 1795191 response

Commander ShepardAutomatic response

Shepard says

He'll run, and he'll hide. But eventually he'll slip up, and we'll get him. Bad guys never get away, Simon. Not unless the good guys give up.

File location

Response: Reply R24, from link 1
Wheel string: 179538
Spoken string: 179532
Transition: State 4029, parameter -1

SurveyorWell. I wouldn't want you after me.E26 · string 179509

Continues at: Shepard? Thank you. For my grandchildren's lives.

DisagreeChoice 2

Wheel

Oh, he won't get away.

Shepard says

Have you ever hunted, Simon? Actually stalked an animal in the wilderness?

File location

Response: Reply R25, from link 2
Wheel string: 179536
Spoken string: 179533

SurveyorCan't say as I have.E25 · string 1795201 response

Commander ShepardAutomatic response

Shepard says

Hunting an animal requires patience and discipline. I'll wait for this batarian animal to pop his head up again. And then I'll come down on him like the wrath of God.

File location

Response: Reply R26, from link 1
Wheel string: 179539
Spoken string: 179534

Continues at: Well. I wouldn't want you after me.

DefaultChoice 3

Wheel

Yes, but it doesn't matter.

Shepard says

Yes. Balak gets away. But does that really matter? Terra Nova is safe. Kate and her crew are safe. You're safe.

File location

Response: Reply R28, from link 3
Wheel string: 179537
Spoken string: 179522

SurveyorEntry 27 — no spoken lineE27 · string 1795101 response

Commander ShepardAutomatic response

Shepard says

Meantime, Balak's lost his followers, he's lost a lot of material, and he didn't accomplish anything. I think we won here, Simon.

File location

Response: Reply R29, from link 1
Wheel string: 179541
Spoken string: 179523

SurveyorWell. When you put it that way. Yeah. I guess it'll be a long time before he can try doing this to anyone else.E28 · string 179511

Continues at: Shepard? Thank you. For my grandchildren's lives.

SurveyorEase down, miss.E30 · string 179420 · conditional 144:-1

SurveyorAnyone asks me? You did the right thing. They say otherwise, I'll set them straight.E32 · string 179392

Continues at: Shepard? Thank you. For my grandchildren's lives.

SurveyorEase down, son.E31 · string 179421

Continues at: Anyone asks me? You did the right thing. They say otherwise, I'll set them straight.

SurveyorAll right. I'm sorry. I can see that you're.... Well. I understand.E38 · string 179407

SurveyorSo this son of a bitch, this Balak.E40 · string 179397

SurveyorAt least he's dead. Right?E41 · string 179398 · conditional 7315:11 response

Commander ShepardAutomatic response

Shepard says

That's right.

File location

Response: Reply R57, from link 1
Wheel string: 179543
Spoken string: 179440

Response: Reply R57, from link 3
Wheel string: 179477
Spoken string: 179440

Continues at: Good.

SurveyorWell. Thanks to you, I have a team to get things squared away here.E51 · string 178978 · conditional 7317:1

SurveyorBefore you go, I've got some equipment I'd like you to have.E52 · string 178980

SurveyorAs lead engineer, I get some quality items. Take your pick; you've earned it.E56 · string 1789846 choices

AgreeChoice 1

Wheel

Human Light Armor

Shepard says

I could really use some light armor.

File location

Response: Reply R67, from link 1
Wheel string: 178714
Spoken string: 178706
Transition: State 6128, parameter 1

SurveyorI hope you get good use out of it.E61 · string 178704

SurveyorYou might want to talk to Katie before you go. But, ah--E62 · string 178979 · conditional 7317:1

Continues at: There's a body in the office. Shot in the head. I'm pretty sure it's her brother, Aaron. Just... be kind to the girl. Please.

SurveyorEntry 64 — no spoken lineE64 · string 1789882 choices

InvestigateChoice 1

Wheel

About your three engineers.

Shepard says

One more thing. You asked me to look into your missing engineers.

File location

Response: Reply R79, from link 1
Wheel string: 179544
Spoken string: 179525
Conditional: Function 7418, parameter 0

Continues at: Have you found them?

DefaultChoice 2

Wheel

Goodbye

Shepard says

Take care of yourself.

File location

Response: Reply R84, from link 2
Wheel string: 179545
Spoken string: 179530

DisagreeChoice 2

Wheel

Human Heavy Armor

Shepard says

I need that heavy armor.

File location

Response: Reply R68, from link 2
Wheel string: 178716
Spoken string: 178708
Transition: State 6128, parameter 3

Continues at: I hope you get good use out of it.

FriendlyChoice 3

Wheel

How about your omni-tool?

Shepard says

I know it's a lot to ask, but... that omni-tool of yours? I could really use something like that.

File location

Response: Reply R69, from link 3
Wheel string: 178717
Spoken string: 178709
Conditional: Function 158, parameter 4
Transition: State 6128, parameter 4

SurveyorShepard, I think I mentioned that you saved my kids and grandkids. What's an omni-tool compared to that? Take it, with my blessing.E57 · string 178985

Continues at: I hope you get good use out of it.

HostileChoice 4

Wheel

Hand over your omni-tool.

Shepard says

That omni-tool of yours looks handy. And expensive. Your gratitude go that far?

File location

Response: Reply R71, from link 4
Wheel string: 178718
Spoken string: 178710
Conditional: Function 159, parameter 4
Transition: State 6128, parameter 4

SurveyorHow could I say no to the man who saved my home and family?E58 · string 178986 · conditional 143:-1

Continues at: I hope you get good use out of it.

SurveyorHow could I say no to the woman who saved my home and family?E59 · string 178987

Continues at: I hope you get good use out of it.

InvestigateChoice 5

Wheel

Quarian Armor

Shepard says

You have quarian armor? That's hard to come by.

File location

Response: Reply R74, from link 5
Wheel string: 178719
Spoken string: 178712
Transition: State 6128, parameter 5

SurveyorWe hired a few to help install the torches. They really knew their stuff. You're welcome to take it.E60 · string 179410

Continues at: Entry 64 — no spoken line

DefaultChoice 6

Wheel

Human Medium Armor

Shepard says

The medium armor sounds like a good bet.

File location

Response: Reply R76, from link 6
Wheel string: 178715
Spoken string: 178707
Transition: State 6128, parameter 2

Continues at: I hope you get good use out of it.

SurveyorI don't think I'll stick around, though. Not with the team gone. Too many ghosts.E53 · string 178981

Take care of yourself.

File location

Response: Reply R84, from link 2
Wheel string: 179545
Spoken string: 179530

Additional dialogue records

Surveyor7 lines

You can't imagine how much you've done. For all of us.

String 178990 · 1 known context · Export #233 · Raw speaker Owner

We'll get this place operational again.

String 178991 · 1 known context · Export #233 · Raw speaker Owner

I'm going to visit my family while we wait for the repair teams.

String 178992 · 1 known context · Export #233 · Raw speaker Owner

My home's safe. Just have to focus on that. Right?

String 178994 · 1 known context · Export #233 · Raw speaker Owner

I need to make sure everything's in order before I go.

String 178995 · 1 known context · Export #233 · Raw speaker Owner

Days like this make you realize just how important family is.

String 178996 · 1 known context · Export #233 · Raw speaker Owner

Be well, Shepard. We owe you.

String 179517 · 1 known context · Export #233 · Raw speaker Owner