Mass Effect 2 characters: recruiting Mordin, Garrus and the Normandy team
Identify the early squad, its recruitment missions and the specialists who suggest critical ship upgrades.
Original Mass Effect 2 (2010), with original PC publisher images; not the Legendary Edition remaster. Core recruitment and finale advice applies to the original campaign. Zaeed and Kasumi require their original downloadable content and are optional alternatives where named.
6 characters · one picture per entry · open a picture for full size.
Characters
Commander Shepard
The revived human commander assembles a team to investigate the Collectors and missing colonies.
Miranda Lawson
A starting squad member with tech and biotic support, including Overload and Warp.
Jacob Taylor
A starting squad member who can suggest the Normandy’s Heavy Ship Armor research project.
Mordin Solus
Recruited through the Professor dossier on Omega; Mordin opens the ship’s research lab.
Garrus Vakarian
The former Normandy ally is found through the Archangel dossier on Omega.
Tali’Zorah
Tali joins through her later recruitment mission and suggests Multicore Shielding for the Normandy.
Quick notes
- Shepard leads a two-companion field team. Outside special story sequences, Shepard selects two companions for missions.
- Miranda and Jacob form the starting squad. Miranda and Jacob join during the opening story.
- Find Mordin and Garrus through Omega dossiers. The Professor mission leads through Omega’s plague district to Mordin, the salarian scientist who runs your research lab.
- Tali supplies a crucial engineering suggestion. Tali becomes recruitable later through the Engineer dossier.
Ask companions about ship upgrades as well as personal matters; different dialogue topics unlock different kinds of preparation.
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