Tali: Shepard, I may need your help
Shepard: With what?
Tali: I just received a message from the migrant fleet. The admiralty board has accused me of treason
Shepard: Is it because you're working with cerberus?
Tali: I'm not working with cerberus. I'm working with you. And I got leave to serve on the Normandy again. I have no idea what exactly they're accusing me of. You'd think I would remember if I betrayed the fleet!
Shepard: Nobody who knows you would believe you'd betray your people, Tali
Tali: I don't know. They don't lay charges like this unless the evidence seems absolute. And they don't discuss the specific details on open channels. We won't know more until we arrive at the flotilla. But thanks. I appreciate your faith in me, Shepard
Shepard: So, what exactly happens when a quarian is accused of treason?
Tali: There is a hearing, with members of the admiralty board acting as judges. My father is an admiral on the board. He'll have to recuse himself from judgement. I can't even imagine what he's thinking right now. The punishment for treason is exile. If they convict me, then I can never go back. If it is deemed only a tragic mistake in judgement, the guilty party might receive a small ship and supplies. But if I'm convicted, I will never see the migrant fleet again
Shepard: Don't worry, we've got your back. Lets go find the flotilla
Tali: I was going to book passage on another ship, I didn't think there would be time for you to help. Thank you, Shepard. I'll program the Normandy with the flotilla's current location. The admirals will be waiting for us
Shepard: Joker, plot a course for the quarian flotilla
Joker: Aye aye, Commander
(Joker sets a course for the quarian flotilla and starts flying)
(Soon)
(The Normandy is on approach to the quarian flotilla)
Tali: This is Tali'Zorah vas Neema nar Rayya requesting permission to dock with the Rayya
Quarian: Our system has your ship flagged as cerberus. Verify
Tali: "After time adrift among open stars, along tides of light and through shoals of dust, I will return to where I began"
Quarian: Permission granted. Welcome home, Tali'Zorah
Tali: We'd like a security and quarantine team to meet us. Our ship is not clean
Quarian: Understood. Approach exterior docking cradle 17
(Joker docks the Normandy on the docking cradle)
(Shepard, Thorne, Tali, and Garrus through the airlock, wearing their breathing gear so they don't contaminate the quarian ship)
(The rest of the squad is on standby, but Legion decides to sit this one out)
(They are met by a team of quarian marines led by Captain Kar'Danna)
Kar'Danna: Captain Shepard. Tali'Zorah has told me a lot about you and the Normandy's crew. I wish we could be meeting under more pleasant circumstances
Shepard: Tali helped the Normandy's crew out of many difficult situations. I'm here to return the favor
Kar'Danna: I understand. As the commander of the vessel she serves on, your voice carries weight. I wish I could do more to help, Tali. The trial requires that I be officially neutral, but I'm here if you need to talk. They're charging you with bringing an active geth into the fleet as part of a secret project
