| Ryder Family Secrets | |
|---|---|
| |
| Type | Allies and relationships |
| Starting Location | SAM Node, Hyperion |
| Mission Location | Multiple |
| Start | SAM |
| End | sibling |
| Previous | A Better Beginning |
Ryder Family Secrets is an allies and relationships mission. It is acquired while speaking with SAM in SAM Node on the Hyperion during A Better Beginning.
Description[ | ]
Your father locked portions of SAM's memory array, and SAM is unable to recall certain information. You must explore in order to find the numerous memory triggers scattered throughout the world.
You have unlocked your father's final memory, which revealed that your mother is still alive—aboard the Hyperion. Visit her stasis pod.
Objectives[ | ]
- Find a way to remove SAM's memory blocks
- Optional: Visit your sibling in Hyperion's cryo bay
- Speak with SAM in SAM Node about an unlocked memory
- Search for memory triggers that will unlock SAM's array
- Investigate Alec's logs in his quarters on the Hyperion
- Speak with Director Tann about the "benefactor"
- Find a way to unlock the extra security on your father's final memory
- Investigate the Nexus records about Jien Garson's death
- Investigate the Nexus apartment where Jien Garson was found dead
- Scan the room for clues
- Continue scanning the room for more information
- Investigate the hidden room
- Speak with Garson's VI display in the Nexus Cultural Exchange
- Speak with SAM in SAM Node about an unlocked memory
- Meet with your sibling at your mother's stasis pod in Hyperion cryo bay
Memory Trigger Locations[ | ]
| Location | Detailed Location |
Details |
|---|---|---|
| Hyperion | Ryder's Room | Ryder's Room after speaking with SAM (during A Better Beginning). |
| Elaaden | Languish | Northwest of New Tuchanka on top of a cliff. |
| Elaaden | Languish | West of New Tuchanka is inside a cave. |
| Elaaden | Gehenna Valley | Southwest of New Tuchanka next to two trees. |
| Eos | Site 1: Promise | On the edge of a cliff to the southwest of Site 1: Promise overlooking Site 1. |
| Eos | The Sheartop | On a cliff northeast of the Forward station in The Sheartop. |
| Eos | Prodromos | In Prodromos, beside August Bradley. |
| Havarl | Turian Camp | Southwest of the Turian Camp. |
| Havarl | Mithrava | At the top of Mithrava (during A Dying Planet). |
| Havarl | Buried Cave | In the area with the third, underground monolith (during A Dying Planet). |
| Kadara | Ditaeon | Just south of the Ditaeon outpost. |
| Kadara | Sulfur Springs | On a cliff east from the Western Monolith. Directly south of the Ditaeon outpost. |
| Kadara | Kurinth's Valley | Next to an acid pool in Kurinth's Valley region. |
| Voeld | — | On a cliff southwest of Hjara Station. |
| Voeld | — | On a cliff northwest of the Taerve Uni outpost. |
| Voeld | — | West of Techiix. On a rocky outcrop near a kett camp. |
Notes[ | ]
This mission must be acquired and/or any objectives on the Hyperion completed before starting Meridian: The Way Home. Due to events in Meridian: The Way Home, this mission will become unavailable and/or portions of the mission will fail.
While the Cryo Bay location is no longer available after Meridian: The Way Home, this mission can still be completed at Port Meridian. When the final objective of the mission is added, the Cryo Bay door will be unlocked. Opening the door triggers the final cutscene of this mission, the meeting with your twin.
Rewards[ | ]
- +1860 XP
- +530 XP after listening to Jien Garson's hidden message
- +1330 XP after visiting Ellen's stasis pod