Journal Entry One Start

"This is Tali'Zorah and this is my first time recording an audio journal. Uh, Well I guess I will start off by talking about the Geth encounter. Keenah landed after he picked up information on Geth in the Crescent Nebula. We managed to get its memory core and we found something interesting. I don't know who they are but two individuals were talking about Eden Prime a Human colony and something about Reapers. It seems the Geth revear the Reapers whatever they are as gods."

Shifting.

"I hid where I currently am...aboard a transport vehicle which we now know is going to the Citadel guess we can put the Pilgrimage on hold for a good reason I'll just give this to the Council and get back on my way. Nice and simple"

Commotion outside loud knocking

Journal Entry One End

Journal Entry Two Start

"Well the crew discovered us. The Captain was 'Graceful' enough to only turn us over to C-Sec but that was one step closer to the Council the only problem with that was well he didn't seem to care we had important information I guess it's true us Quarians have no quarter outside the Fleet. So...I spoke with Avina and it seems that even talking to the Council even with an emergency would take seven months."

Loud screaming and a gunshot. Footsteps and heavy breathing another gunshot

Journal Entry Two End

Journal Entry Three Start

"Keelah...So much has happened Keenah was killed, I was shot by that bosh'tet Turian. He's dead now I locked him in the incinerator...now I've killed this pilgrimage has not gone as I thought it would at all. Speaking of the fire I took I've gotten patched up and am only running a mild fever I'm lucky it wasn't any worse and that I got to a doctor in a quick time. I told her about the information I had and she pointed me to Chora's Den, well Towards Fist who runs the bar. Apparently he knows the Shadow Broker, maybe he'll make use of the information I have clearly being Quarian people would rather deal with consequences than deal with me."

Journal Entry Three End

Journal Entry Four Start

"Nothing in my life can stay simple can it? Well where do I start? The fact that Fist set me up and isn't working for the Shadow Broker...anymore that is I suppose or that he is working for the person from the Geth recording. Well the set up didn't kill me I don't know if I would have lived if Commander Shepard didn't show up when she did, but I would have taken some of them with me. Anyway apparently Commander Shepard was looking for me because of the information I had it's a good thing it got back to her"

Omni-tool beep and responses

"Sorry just recording these numbers on this engine. Oh that's right well once I gave Shepard the information I asked to help her out it was the right thing to do and she accepted me on her mission to stop Saren and the coming back of the Reapers. She really came at a great time and now I have a bigger purpose than just looking for tech for my pilgrimage. Well the Council made Shepard a Spectre and took Saren's away but it's not much. The other one on the recording was an Asari a Matriarch Benezia. Now I'm in the Normandy's engine room. This ship was build by both Humans and Turians it's a marvel. Oh Shepard's coming I want to ask more about this engine"

Journal Entry Four End

Journal Entry Five Start

"Shepard asked about me...ME I mean I'm just a Quarian. Well I told her about the Geth, my mother's death, the Migrant Fleet,the pilgrimage, and my father. She really took in interest in the Geth. She defended the Geth and how we attacked first. I can't change history but maybe things would have been different...I can't worry about it. I'm just so excited and worried and so many other feelings I'm gonna really enjoy my time here"

Journal Entry Five End

Journal Entry Six Start

"One of the first stops we made was to Therum in the Artemis Tau Cluster where we rescued the Daughter of Benezia Liara T'Soni she seems well awkward with the crew I suppose when you isolate yourself and throw yourself into your work with Prothean artifacts that can happen. She melded with Shepard to help keep the visions Shepard has in order. I thought melds were reserved for intimate moments like sharing a suit with another it got really hot in my suit I might have a minor fever again how frustrating"

Journal Entry Six End

Journal Entry Seven Start

"Ugh, Keelah Geth, Varen, mindless colonists, plant husks, green Asari, and a VERY old plant might be all I describe of Feros I'm going to clean my suit now...oh and Shepard melded with another Asari just great"

Unintelligible mumbling

Journal Entry Seven End

Journal Entry Eight Start

"Ok so, Shepard is just the best let me start off by saying that while on a mission Shepard got from Alliance command we had to drive off the Geth we took down a dropship and destroyed a few Geth bases. But we came across something weird inside one of the bases there was old Quarian Music and a cache of data detailing the evolution of the Geth it's a lot of new information and it might be enough to fulfill my pilgrimage it might take awhile to go through it all though. And Shepard just gave me the cache...well the only strings attached were that I stay on the team and help beat Saren and stop the Reaper threat which was an easy fix. I wouldn't abandon the galaxy especially with this being the biggest threat"

Rustling

"There is one problem being on this ship I've come to realize. It's so quiet here and it's been affecting my sleep. It's also eerie to not have as many crewman on one ship it's like we're running a ghost ship. But back to the positives it's nice being treated like part of the crew while I do get some stares here and there, I'm treated with more respect than I ever was outside of the Fleet were on our way to Noveria in order to go after the Asari working with Saren...hopefully there won't be anything like those plant creatures"

Journal Entry Eight End

Journal Entry Nine Start

"It was worse, for multiple reasons. First we had to do busy work by getting a pass to go to Peak 15 where Benezia went. In order to get a pass we needed to speak to a Turian which had us fight off Anoleis' goons then we had to convince the Turian to testify against Anoleis then Gianna gave us a pass to Peak 15 where we had to fight Geth in the garage. Then at Peak 15 there was a Rachni infestation which was gross because they were so spider-like. We dealt with the children then sadly killed Benezia who was indoctrinated by a ship much like the other Asari said on Feros"

Breath in

"Then Shepard did a thing that could change the galaxy as we know it. She let the Rachni Queen go. She promised not to do anything but maybe I'm being too sceptical. Now we are on our way to Virmire where a Salarian STG group lost contact with the Council and we are being sent in to check it out."

Journal Entry Nine End

Journal Entry Ten Start

"Saren's ship is a Reaper and it created the Mass Relays. Let's start from the top it turns out the Salarians were sent to also investigate thing and they discovered a Krogan birthing lab where Saren was building an army of Krogan to use at his beck and call. Wrex needed to be talked down by Shepard which she dealt with beautifully. The reason Wrex was upset was the Captain of the Salarian team Kirrahe wanted to bomb the facility with good reason an army of Krogan would be a hard thing to stop adding to the Geth. We sent Ashley with the STG team and Kaidan was chosen to set the bomb."

Mumbling

"I'll get to that later, well we came across another beacon and Shepard got more pieces to the puzzle to use a human expression. Then we had a chat with an actual Reaper, Sovereign, and confirmed they wiped out the Protheans. And like I said before created the Mass Relays they said they had a bigger purpose but we couldn't imagine it. Then we got to the planned bomb sight after the added pressure of the Reaper coming at us at top speed. Kaidan unloaded the bomb and we got a radio call from Ashley asking for backup at another location. We got about halfway there when Kaidan said he was being overrun by Geth. Shepard had to make the decision on who to go for after Kaidan armed the bomb. She chose probably the right one with helping the STG team as well. Then Saren showed up Shepard tried to talk to him but it seems that even people working for the Reapers must be putter under heavy control. It was a quick fight with Saren nearly killing us all but he decided with the nuke being armed that he retreat, which meant the same for us. Joker picked us up and we left poor Kaiden behind. We will make Saren and the Reapers pay if only for making Shepard this sad...she's better than all of this."

Journal Entry Ten End

Journal Entry Elven Start

"Those Bosh'tets grounded the Normandy after everything we've done after everyone we've lost. I've told Shepard as much she looked so defeated. I decided to give her one of her own pep talks. She said she got a message from Captain Anderson. Let's hope he can help. Then we can get to Illos. Oh I suppose I forgot to mention one thing after Virmire Liara melded with Shepard again...I can say that for the first time that I feel...jealousy when it happens...I know it's for a good cause, but why is it her...well all I am is just a Quarian good for tech only. I guess we're not as squishy as those Asari...and I guess it's the suits too."

Heavy Sigh

"I'm a bit worried about what the council will do once we go against direct orders. Shepard made a joke about how my father would get me out of jail...she doesn't know my father. Oh it seems Anderson did what he needed we're moving. Next stop Illos I just hope we aren't too late to the conduit."

Journal Entry Elven End

Journal Entry Twelve Start

"Oh Keelah, how embarrassing. I talked to Shepard in her quarters and well...I wanted to show my support to her but I didn't complete my pilgrimage and it's different to Humans she's seven years older and I told her that maybe after we're done saving the galaxy and after I complete my pilgrimage if she was still interested. She said she was I don't know if this will work out but I want it to so badly. They are loading the Makko for a jump if there are no additions to this you know what happened...it just occurred to me I don't know who I'm making these for...to sort out my own mind or maybe for anyone that finds this I suppose."

Journal Entry Twelve End

Journal Entry Thirteen Start

"Shepard did it...all of us did. I'll go in order. We were freefalling in the Mako trying to hit one of the smallest spots thanks to Jokers great flying we made it. Then we had to get inside because Saren somehow sealed the doors behind him. We encountered an old message that only Shepard could understand with her learning from the Prothean beacons. It somehow unlocked the main door and we sped off after that mad man in the Mako but were once again stopped by a force field of some sort. It was so weird being down there like we were trespassing. We were led to a Prothean VI named Vigil, where we were told about the conduit being a backdoor of some sort to the Citadel and we learned about the Protheans and how they all tried to make it through their fight through the Reapers...but they all lost...all of those lives just gone wiped away in cryo sleep."

Long Pause

"We then had to race to the closing of the conduit in order to beat Saren and Sovereign so we teleported to the other side of the galaxy in a Makko. It was...a feeling, a rush Garrus called it. Then we fought UP the citadel destroying Geth and a dropship if I recall correctly using the Citadel defences. Then we made it to the Council chambers and there he was Saren."

Another Pause

"Saren had closed the Citadel arms locking Sovereign inside we were cut off from the outside. Then Saren and Shepard spoke and I don't know-No I know how she did it she moved him with that strong personality of hers and talked to him. She broke through the indoctrination just long enough and Saren shot himself. We got the arms of the Citadel open and picked up a signal from Joker and the Normandy asking what to do and well Shepard chose to save the Council first something I can't say I'd do if I hadn't met her. Then after the Council made it to safety all those ships unloaded on Sovereign. While we had to deal with...Saren he had gotten some upgrades since our last fight I assume Reaper tech of some sort. It was a major fight but we prevailed and so did the many ships outside."

Shaky Breath

"I thought I lost Shepard when the parts of Sovereign came crashing into the room it knocked us all apart. Shepard was nowhere to be seen Anderson came in maybe part of a search party and Shepard just walked up from the remnants of the dead Reaper."

Laugh

"She looked so indestructible in that moment. Like one of the most powerful people in the galaxy. I wanted to to run to her but held myself back she needed to deal with more important things so I hid in the background and just watched as she spoke to the Council and appointed Captain Anderson to the Council. He looked a bit shocked but otherwise seemed accepting to the choice. Shepard then spoke about having work to do against the Reapers...and took us, her crew with her."

Breath

"Shepard asked me to stay. I told her as much as would love to, my obligation to my people was still there. The obligation to my father. Those two things hold me back right now from just being truly happy. But once I get this information to the fleet I can ask to be put with Shepard...it's unlikely but maybe I can be a bit selfish with me saving the galaxy from this first threat...and definitely not the last with all I know now."

Sniffle

"Oh Keelah, I'm crying. Well I can only hope and pray that Shepard will wait for me to come back...if I can. It's time I go back home to my father. I feel that a part of me is missing. I can only hope to get it back when I get back to Shepard. I will make it back to her."

Journal Entry Thirteen End