Video Game Spin-Offs: Mass Effect Comics--"Foundation" #5

The tangled adventures of the Cerberus agents Rasa and Kai Leng continue as they are again re-assigned by the Illusive Man to investigate the major happenings of the galaxy.  The issue starts after the attack on the Citadel as depicted in Mass Effect.  The rumor is that Commander Shepard has died and Cerberus hopes to gain control of the body for their own purposes.  Rasa volunteers to pursue leads and locate the body of Shepard but the Illusive Man informs her that he already has appointed an agent to complete this task.  That agent is Miranda Lawson and much of this issue follows her as she teams up with a disgruntled former alliance soldier named Jacob Taylor.

Miranda and Jacob team up to find Shepard.

After Miranda and Jacob formally agree to team up, Miranda centers their investigation on a Batarian colony where she hopes to find out the location of Shepard's remains.  This colony is a backwater populated by the scum of the galaxy and much of the issue involves them trying to avoid getting shot by a bunch of angry Batarians.

Like many of the issues in the "Foundation" series, I didn't really feel like I learned anything interesting or new, but instead got a sort of sideways glimpse into non-important events.  It was kind of cool to see a pre-Cerberus Miranda and Jacob tag team, but that's about it.