Miranda Lawson

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Miranda Lawson Affiliation unknown
Miranda in Mass Effect Galaxy
Species:	Human
Rank/Title:	Informant
Location:	Citadel space

"I'm an excellent judge of character. I think you'll find my assessments to be right on the money."

Miranda Lawson is a human informant, a major protagonist in Mass Effect Galaxy and a squad member in Mass Effect 2.[1] As contact to Jacob Taylor, she gives him guidance and advice during missions, often via hologram. Miranda is very well traveled and has many contacts, extending from Citadel Space and the Terminus Systems to as far as the Nemean Abyss. She appears to have ties to the Alliance military -- or at least Jacob's former captain Derek Izunami, claiming to be a "friend of a friend", though no one is quite sure where exactly her loyalties lie.

Miranda is both voiced by and modelled on Yvonne Strahovski.

Spoiler warning: plot and / or ending details follow.

[edit] Mass Effect Galaxy

Miranda first makes contact with Jacob Taylor after being referred to him through his former CO Derek Izunami. Izunami arranges for them to meet in a bar called the Fringe on Cartagena Station, a space station in the Nemean Abyss. Miranda greets Jacob after he takes out a group of pirates who had taken over the bar, quipping that she was expecting someone taller. She then explains the supposed batarian plot to sabotage the peace talks at the citadel by assassinating Ambassador Jath'Amon. Miranda gives Jacob three sources which may relate to the recent batarian attacks: A turian arms dealer named Illo Nazario on the planet Tortuga who has worked with the batarians for years, the planet Bekke where a batarian army is reportedly gathering, and a rumor that the batarians have kidnapped several scientists and are holding them on the Ahn'Kedar Orbital Platform.

Miranda then assists Jacob from his ship during his investigations. On Tortuga, Jacob recieves the codes for Nazario's compound from Miranda's salarian contact Ish. After Jacob fights his way through the compound, he and Miranda find that Nazario has been infected with a deadly bioweapon and agree to find a cure in exchange for his information on the batarians. On Ahn'Kedar, Jacob rescues the captive scientists and learns that they need a large quantity of element zero in order to complete a cure.

When they arrive on Bekke, Miranda reports strange readings from the planet surface as the ship comes under fire. She later picks up the massive eezo cache Jacob discovers in the facility. Miranda accompanies Jacob during his interrogation of Nazario, who informs them that Jath'Amon has no intention of a peace treaty, the peace talks being a cover to assassinate the council with the bioweapon. She then accompanies him to the citadel, where Jacob subdues Jath'Amon and saves the council. Miranda later joins Jacob on his resumed vacation on the Arcturian Jade with a bottle of celebratory champagne.

"We... are gonna need bigger guns." — spoilers for Mass Effect 2 follow.

[edit] Mass Effect 2

Miranda is a squad member in Mass Effect 2 along with associate Jacob Taylor. She is present with Shepard during the commander's search for Thane on Illium. She has been described by developers as the "leading actress" of Mass Effect 2.[2] Interestingly, both she and Jacob appear to be bearing the Cerberus insignia.

[edit] Trivia

Miranda has a noticeable Australian accent (as voice actress Yvonne Strahovski is Australian).

[edit] References

• Mass Effect 2 Assassin Cutscene E3 2009
• Miranda in Mass Effect 2 Gameplay Demo
• Miranda in Demo Footage

Jacob Taylor • Miranda Lawson • Tali'Zorah nar Rayya Thane • Grunt • Subject Zero • Legion