Samara is on a quest to track down her fugitive daughter Morinth; if Shepard chooses to participate in her quest, they will have to make the decision between Samara dying or killing Morinth. Shepard meets Samara on Illium, where she is found investigating the Eclipse mercenary group who smuggled her daughter off-world. Samara will join Shepard for the suicide mission at the conclusion of the investigation. Shepard will acknowledge Shepard if flirted with, though she will not reciprocate. If the player imports a save game where Samara survives the events of "Mass Effect 2", she returns in a small role in "Mass Effect 3" where she attempts to fulfill her oath by executing her only living child, who is also Ardat-Yakshi like Morinth and forbidden from leaving an asari monastery, and if she fails to do so she may attempt to commit suicide.