Mass Effect 2
Cheat Codes:
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Submitted by: David K.
Cheat mode:
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Use a text editor to edit the "Coalesced.ini" file in the "Program FilesTeam JPN
Mass Effect 2BioGameConfigPCCooked" directory. Change the indicated lines in the
file to their new values to unlock the corresponding cheat function.
Effect Original line Modified line
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No reloads - AmmoPerShot=1 - AmmoPerShot=0
Unlimited ammo (1) - bInfiniteAmmo=true - bInfiniteAmmo=false
Extra health - Health=1500 - Health=9500
More Medigel (2) - MaxMedigel=1 - MaxMedigel=9
More probes (3) - MaxProbes=30 - MaxProbes=90
More fuel - MaxFuel=1000 - MaxFuel=3000
Unlimited fuel - FuelEfficiency=1.5 - FuelEfficiency=0.0
(1) Note: There are multiple instances of this line in the file.
(2) Don't go over 9 or you'll crash the game
(3) Don't go over 99 or you'll crash the game
Bonus Experience, Resources, Paragon and Renegade Points:
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Start a new game in Mass Effect 2 using a profile from Mass Effect (1) and you'll get
the following bonuses:
* Experience Points (an amount based on your previous level, basically you'll start
at Level 2).
* Resources (can be used for weapon and armor upgrades).
* Paragon and Renegade Points (if you have the MAXIMUM amount of either Paragon or
Renegade points from Mass Effect you'll get a bonus number in of the same points
in ME2).
New Game + Bonuses:
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Mass Effect 2 features a New Game + feature which allows you to play the game a second
time with certain items and stats you accumulated in your first game.
* You get to choose your Loyalty Bonus Skill from the start.
* Your retain Skill Points but can redistribute them.
* Your level and XP carry over; the max level (level cap) is 30.
* Your Renegade/Paragon points are reset to neutral.
* You keep your weapons and armor, but not the upgrades.
Bonus Paragon or Renegade Interruption Points:
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During conversations, you may spot a RIGHT or LEFT TRIGGER appear in the top left
portion of the screen. If you hit LEFT TRIGGER when the "wings" logo appears you'll get
Paragon points. If you hit RIGHT TRIGGER when the "star" appears you'll get Renegade
points. You've got to act fast to get the points!
Alternate Costumes/Colors:
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Complete a Loyalty mission for a party member to unlock alternate color schemes for
that character.
Unlock Loyalty Skills:
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Complete the Loyalty missions for each of your party members to unlock their individuals
skills.
Elevators Reference:
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If you travel around with Tali and Garrus the recurring party members, eventually they
will have a conservation about the elevators. Garrus will remember it fondly remembering
the interesting conservations they had about Quarrians. While Tali gets very upset about
to the point of threatening Garrus with her shotgun to stop.
Easy materials:
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To find some easy mining planets, go to the Micah system in the Vallhallan Threshold,
and look for the three planets hidden in the asteroids. They are all "Rich" planets
with a lot of materials on them to help with your upgrades.
Amusing surveying responses:
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Go to the Local Cluster, and survey Uranus. Instead of the usual "Probe Launched"
response, the voice will instead make Uranus jokes such as "Probing Uranus" or
"Really Commander?"
Armor pieces:
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Submitted by: Arju
The following armor pieces will appear for purchase after certain points in the game.
-=Helmets=-
N7 Helmet: +5% health.
N7 Breather Helmet: +5% health.
Kuwashii Visor: +10% headshot damage; at Omega.
Death Mask: +10% negotiation bonus; at Tuchanka.
Umbra Visor: +5% power damage; requires linking Dr. Pepper bonus code to EA account.
Recon Hood: +5% weapon damage; requires linking Dr. Pepper bonus code to EA account.
Sentry Interface: +5% shield strength; requires linking Dr. Pepper bonus code to EA account.
-=Chest=-
N7 Chestplate: +5% power damage.
Capacitor Chestplate : -10%shields regeneration delay; at Citadel, Omega, or Illium.
Aegis Vest: +5% health; at Citadel.
Shield Harness : +5% shields; at Tuchanka.
-=Shoulders=-
N7 Shoulder Guards: +3% weapon damage.
Amplifier Plates : +5% power damage; at Illium.
Strength Boost Pads: +25% melee damage; at Omega.
Asymmetric Defense Layer: +5% health; at Tuchanka.
-=Arms=-
N7 Gauntlets: +3% health.
Heavy Damping Gauntlets: +5% shields ; at Tuchanka.
Off-Hand Ammo Pack: +10% spare ammo capacity; at Citadel.
Stabilization Gauntlets: +5% weapon damage; at Omega.
-=Legs=-
N7 Greaves: +3% shield strength.
Stimulator Conduits: +10% storm speed; at Omega.
Life Support Webbing: +10% health; at Citadel.
Ordinance Packs: +10% spare heavy weapon ammo; at Omega.
-=Armor Sets=-
Blood Dragon Armor : +15% power damage, +10% shield strength; requires Dragon Age: Origins.
Collector Armor: +10% regeneration, +10% storm speed, +20% health; requires Collector's
Edition.
Dr. Pepper bonuses:
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Use the following procedure to get the bonus Dr. Pepper items.
Go to http://www.drpepper.com/promotions/ea/signin and register an account. Note: You can
register three different accounts to redeem three different codes and get each item. After
creating an account enter one of the following redemption codes, selecting the "No Purchase"
option.
CBEEAAA41NWH
CBEEAAAE4L9N
CBEEAAAFQG9J
CBEEAAAE98ZV
Select the "Redeem" button to see a login for a EA Account. Log in with your EA account
information that is linked to Mass Effect 2. Select Mass Effect 2 from the game list and
select the desired bonus item. Repeat the steps with a new drpepper.com account to get
the other items.
Rich planets:
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To find easy mining planets, go to the Micah system in the Vallhallan Threshold. Look for
the three planets hidden in the asteroids.
They are all "Rich" planets with a lot of materials to help with upgrades.
Anomalies:
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You can find anomalies when scanning the following planets:
Nebula Cluster Planet
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Caleston Rift Talava Taitus
Caleston Rift Solveig Sinmara
Crescent Nebula Lusarn Tarith
Crescent Nebula Zelene Helyme
Eagle Nebula Amun Neith
Eagle Nebula Strabo Jarrahe Station
Hades Nexus Sheol Gei Hinnom
HourGlass Nebula Faryar Daratar
HourGlass Nebula Ploitari Zanethu
Minos Wasteland Fortis Aequitas
Omega Nebula Ariniarkan MSV Strontium Mule
Omega Nebula Fathar Lorek
Pylos Nebula Dirada Canalus
Pylos Nebula Nariph MSV Broken Arrow
Rosetta Nebula Enoch Joab
The Shrike Nebula Xe Cha Zada Ban
Sigurd's Cradle Decoris Sanctum
Sigurd's Cradle Skepsis Franklin
Titan Nebula Haskins Capek
Infinite M-920 Cain:
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After initially firing the M-920 Cain you can keep holding down on the fire button while
hitting reload after every shot. The shots will keep firing during the previous shots'
explosions (within about 2-3 seconds of each other). Remember: the blast can harm you and
your squad mates!
Easter Egg: Probing Uranus:
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Head to the Local Cluster and scan Uranus. The first two probes you launch will result
in "unusual" statements from EDI.
Party member Loyalty skills:
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Successfully complete a party member's Loyalty mission to unlock their individuals skills
for Shepard. Note: Complete the Advanced Training research upgrade for your ship to be
able to select the skills.
Armor Piercing Ammo: Archangel's Loyalty mission
Biotic Barrier : Jacob's Loyalty mission.
Dominate : Kill Samara during her Loyalty mission and have Morinth replace her.
Fortification : Grunt's Loyalty mission.
Geth Shield Boost : Legion's Loyalty mission.
Inferno Grenade : Zaeed's Loyalty mission.
Neural Shock : Mordin Solus's Loyalty mission.
Reave : Samara's Loyalty mission.
Shield Drain : Tali's Loyalty Mission.
Slam : Miranda's Loyalty mission.
Warp Ammo : Jack's Loyalty mission.
Romancing the Yeoman:
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If you chat it up with Yeoman Kelly Chambers often and choose to be kind to her you can
instigate an "unusual" romantic encounter. You'll eventually be able to invite her to dinner.
Additionally, you cannot let Kelly die in the final mission (choose a loyal escort for the
crew in the final scene). After you beat the game, talk to Kelly and you'll receive an email
from her. Go to your quarters and you'll be able to invite her up using your console. She'll
appear and you'll be able to watch the evening's awkward events unwind. She's no Yeoman Rand,
but she'll do.
Legion Does the Intergalactic Shuffle:
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Approach Legion in his quarters and highlight him but do not talk to him. He'll do "The
Robot," the traditional dance of his ancestors.
Double Your Hacking Rewards:
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Occasionally, after completing a hacking minigame for credits etc. you can press A repeatedly
as the window closes and cause the game to glitch out and let you hack a second time -- for
another chunk of credits! We've confirmed that this is rare, but it does work -- so get in
the habit of mashing.
Have Dominate ability and keep Samara alive:
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Submitted by: Noor-A-Alam
Dominate is a very useful Biotic ability that allows you to control organic enemies and turn
them into allies, similar to the Hack ability that controls synthetics. In order to get this
ability as a Loyalty mission bonus to use for your character, you must help Morinth kill
Samara during the latter's loyalty mission. However, if you wish to keep Samara on your team
but still have Morinth's Dominate ability, use the following trick. Play Samara's loyalty
mission up to the point where Samara confronts Moritnth. Save the game immediately before
the confrontation. When it is time to choose who you will eliminate, choose the option that
lets Morinth get the upper-hand on Samara and kill her. Create a separate saved game file.
Go to the ship and talk to Morinth. Load the previous saved game then have Samara kill Morinth.
You now get to keep Samara as a squad mate and have Morinth's Dominate ability when you choose
a bonus loyalty power to add to your character in the prototype upgrade screen.
Legion: Unusual dialog:
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* Take Legion to the Citadel. Talk to Anderson and the customs officer.
* Take Legion to the migrate fleet on Tali's Loyalty mission.
Security will force you to remove him unless you can persuade them otherwise.
* Take Legoin to recruit Tali. She will try to shoot him.
Unlimited Ammo, no reload and more live:
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Submitted by: Adocrates
Email: adocrates@hotmail.com
Edit C:Programm FilesTeam JPNMass Effect 2BioGameConfigPCCookedCoalesced.ini and replace:
AmmoPerShot=1 to =0 ;This make NO RELOAD
and every bInfiniteAmmo=true to =false ;This make INFINITE AMMO.
and Health=1500 to =9500 ;More health but with this ammo, can be hurt you...?
* First, BACKUP the file! some changes produces game failure.
Max Out Skill Points:
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To do this you'll need to have the Dominate skill, the Retrain Powers and Advanced Training
upgrades and tons of Element Zero. You can get the Dominate Skill by recruiting Morinth
(Samara's daughter), which means you have to sacrifice Samara in her own loyalty mission. A
list of planets with Element Zero can be found below. First, purchase Advanced Training and
choose Dominate. This will land you a bonus skill point, which you can use by instituting
the Retrain Powers upgrade. Repeat this process for additional skill points; one at a time!
Prequel bonuses:
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Have a saved game file from the original Mass Effect and use that profile in Mass
Effect 2 to get the following bonuses.
100,000 credits : Mass Effect character with the "Rich" achievement.
2,000 experience points : Level 50 Mass Effect character.
30,000 credits : Level 50 Mass Effect character.
5,000 of each resource : Level 50 Mass Effect character.
4,000 experience points : Level 60 Mass Effect character.
50,000 credits : Level 60 Mass Effect character.
10,000 of each resource : Level 60 Mass Effect character.
Baldur's Gate series reference:
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Space Hamster is available on Illium. Once you go into your cabin and select him,
he will come out and do the same "Squeek" that Boo did, who was Minsc's "Intergalactic
Space Hamster" from Baldur's Gate and Baldur's Gate 2.
Infinite YMIR Mechs:
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(Unconfirmed) When you reach the point in the Freedom's Progress mission where you
are told to place your teammates around the giant blast door, you can trick the game
into spawning extra YMIR Mechs (Ed: But why would you want to ... ?). First, position
your team accordingly, and watch the cutscene. You'll now be confronted by a Giant YMIR
Mech. Instead of killing it, turn around, and head BACK through the blast door.
This will glitch the game back before the cutscene. Place your team around the blast
door again, and the cutscene will play. This will spawn an extra YMIR Mech. Repeat
as many times as you wish, but more than three YMIR Mechs will most likely kill you!
Geth Pulse Rifle:
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Switch to the Hardcore difficulty setting before you land on the planet. Complete Tali'
Zora's recruitment mission to find the Geth Pulse Rifle in the room where you find Tali.
You can then change the difficulty back to its original setting.
Respectable Quarian Names:
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When asking Zaal'Koris about his funny name/ship name the "Qwib Qwib" (on the Quarian
fleet vessel), the real joke hits when he mentions desiring a more respectable ship
name like "Defrahnz" or "Iktomi." These two names would have yielded the following
Quarian names: Zaal'Koris vas Defrahnz (vas deferens) and Zaal'Koris vas Iktomi
(vasectomy).
Recruiting Tali: Sunlight exposure:
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While recruiting Tali on Haestrom, direct sunlight will damage you and your squad's
shields and Biotic barriers. Because Grunt uses armor, he is unaffected by the sunlight
and does not suffer weakened defenses while directly exposed.
Jack vs Miranda:
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Submitted by: RockingAssassin
Email: rockingassassin@gmail.com
If you want a ending with the loyalties of Jack And Miranda both, then don't play the
Miranda's loyalty mission at first. At first wait for Jack's mission to be available and
then play it first. After the mission when they are fighting, support the Jack.
Miranda's loyalty will be low. Then play her mission and her loyalty will back.
Humorous dialogue:
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Wander around the ship in between missions to hear some funny quotes.
Stand next to Jeff "Joker" Moreau (the pilot) without interacting with him. You will
hear him say things such as the following.
* "Why is it always claws and guns? Can't we piss off a fuzzy planet? Still dangerous,
I know. But hey, bunnies."
* "Two years and everything hits the crapper. That'll teach you to die on me."
* "You know what I hate about deep space? Crap radio stations from two centuries back.
My gosh, we were idiots."
Stand near the two engineers near the Mass Effect Core to hear the the following.
* Engineer Daniels: "Did you know we're sharing our deck with a krogan?"
* Engineer Donnelly: "Well that's just peachy."
Legion's Gamer Stats:
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At the end of 'The Lair of the Shadow Broker' downloadable content for Mass Effect 2,
you'll find a terminal with all your teammates' dossiers on it. Including information
only the shadow broker could get his hands on. You will find upon reading Legion's
dossier that our favorite Geth happens to be quite the gamer. You can read a list of
games he downloaded and even his scores and rankings on the leaderboards. There's even
a bit where he is kicked for hacking some game, but he challenges the ban, and is let
back onto the servers. I found this read to be worth a chuckle.
Have Dominate ability and keep Samara alive:
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Dominate is a very useful Biotic ability that allows you to control organic enemies
and turn them into allies, similar to the Hack ability that controls synthetics. In
order to get this ability as a Loyalty mission bonus to use for your character, you
must help Morinth kill Samara during the latter's loyalty mission. However, if you
wish to keep Samara on your team but still have Morinth's Dominate ability, use the
following trick. Play Samara's loyalty mission up to the point where Samara confronts
Moritnth. Save the game immediately before the confrontation. When it is time to choose
who you will eliminate, choose the option that lets Morinth get the upper-hand on Samara
and kill her. Create a separate saved game file. Go to the ship and talk to Morinth.
Load the previous saved game then have Samara kill Morinth. You now get to keep Samara
as a squad mate and have Morinth's Dominate ability when you choose a bonus loyalty
power to add to your character in the prototype upgrade screen.
All downloadable content achievements:
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Submitted by: Arju
Email: Arjua269@gmail.com
The following achievement requires the "Zaeed" bonus downloadable content:
Revenge! (15 points): Gain the loyalty of the mercenary.
The following achievement requires the "Kasumi: Stolen Memory" bonus downloadable
content: Broken, Blind and Bedlam (15 points): Gain the loyalty of the Thief.
The following achievements require the "Overlord" bonus downloadable content:
Data Hound (10 points): Collect 6 Cerberus data packets scattered across Aite.
Digital Exorcist (15 points): Successfully shut down the rogue VI in Project Overlord.
The following achievements require "The Lair Of The Shadow Broker" bonus
downloadable content:
Detail Orientated (40 points) : Use all information terminals in the Shadow Broker?s
stronghold.
Most Dangerous Game (35 points): Defeat the Shadow Broker?s Assassin.
Heart of Darkness (50 points) : Confront the Shadow Broker.
The Hard Way (50 points) : Complete the Shadow Broker Mission pack on Hardcore
or Insanity.
Catching Up (25 points) : Reminisce with Liara on the Normandy.
Element Zero locations:
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Submitted by: Noor-A-Alam
Search the indicated planets to find Element Zero:
Nebula Cluster Planet and amount
Calestone Rift Balor Caleston (moderate)
Crescent Nebula Lusam Tarith (rich)
Crescent Nebula Zelene Helyme (moderate)
Eagle Nebula Amun Anthur (rich)
Eagle Nebula Amun Sekhmet (moderate)
Eagle Nebula Relic Preying Mouth (rich)
Far Rim Dholen Gotha (moderate)
Hades Nexus Hekate Asteria (poor)
Hades Nexus Hekate Bothros (poor)
Hades Nexus Pamyat Dobrovolski (moderate)
Hades Nexus Sheol Gel Hinnom (moderate)
Hawking Eta Schwarzschild Etamis (rich)
Hourglass Nebula Faryar Daratar (rich)
Hourglass Nebula Osun Erinle (rich)
Hourglass Nebula Ploitari Thegan (moderate)
Krogan DMZ Nith Mantun (moderate)
Minos Wasteland Caestus Invictus (moderate)
Nubian Expanse Kalabasha Yamm (moderate)
Nubian Expanse Batalla Nearog (moderate)
Nubian Expanse Batalla Thunawanuro (rich)
Pylos Nebula Dirada Siano (moderate)
Pylos Nebula Satent Boro (rich)
Pylos Nebula Raisaris (rich)
Rosetta Nebula Alpha Draconis 2175 Aeia (moderate)
Rosetta Nebula Enoch Joab (rich)
Rosetta Nebula Enoch Laban (moderate)
Rosetta Nebula Enoch Mizraim (rich)
Shadow Sea Iera Prospect (poor)
Sigurd's Cradle Decoris Sanctum (moderate)
Sigurd's Cradle Skepsis Watson (rich)
The Phoenix Massing Salahiel Ekuna (moderate)
The Shrike Abyssal Urla Rast Talis Fia (moderate)
The Shrike Abyssal Xe Cha Tosal Nym (rich)
The Shrike Abyssal Xe Cha Zada Ban (rich)
Titan Nebula Haskins Capek (moderate)
Valhallan Threshold Micah Farlas (moderate)
Valhallan Threshold Micah Israfel (moderate)
Valhallan Threshold Micah Kakabel (moderate)
Valhallan Threshold Paz Garvug (rich)
Romancing Yeoman Kelly Chambers:
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Submitted by: Arju
Talk with Yeoman Kelly Chambers often, and choose the kind responses. Invite her
to dinner when you get the option. Do not let Kelly die during the final mission,
and select a loyal escort for the crew in the final scene. After completing the
game, talk to Kelly. You will get an e-mail from her. Go to your quarters, and
invite her up using your console to get the romance scene.
New Game+ mode:
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Successfully complete the suicide mission and watch the credits. Start a new game
and select the "Import ME2 Character" option. Choose the saved game file with the
completed Suicide mission. In New Game+ mode, your previously obtained level,
class, skills, weapons training, and equipment will be available. You will also
start with 50,000 of each resource and 200,000 more credits. Note: Upgrades do
not carry over and your karma and squad loyalty will begin at neutral.
Loyalty mission bonuses:
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Successfully complete a party member's Loyalty mission or task to unlock their
individuals skills for Shepard, alternate costumes, and increase the chance for
surviving the suicide mission. Note: Complete the Advanced Training research
upgrade for your ship to be able to select the skills.
Armor Piercing Ammo - Archangel's Loyalty mission.
Biotic Barrier - Jacob's Loyalty mission.
Dominate - Kill Samara during her Loyalty mission and have Morinth
replace her.
Flashbang Grenade - Kasumi's Loyalty Mission
Fortification - Grunt's Loyalty mission.
Geth Shield Boost - Legion's Loyalty mission.
Inferno Grenade - Zaeed's Loyalty mission.
Neural Shock - Mordin Solus's Loyalty mission.
Reave - Samara's Loyalty mission.
Shield Drain - Tali's Loyalty Mission.
Shredder Ammo - Thane's Loyalty Mission.
Slam - Miranda's Loyalty mission.
Stasis - Complete the Lair of the Shadow Broker DLC.
Warp Ammo - Jack's Loyalty mission.
The Hitchhikers Guide To The Galaxy reference:
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After talking to Captain Bailey about being classified as dead, he mentions people
"spending a year dead to avoid tax". This is a reference to The Hitchhikers Guide To
The Galaxy where rock star Hotblack Desiato spends a year dead for "tax purposes".
