Fleshdress wrote...
But if I do her loyalty quest after the SM won't she be shark bait and possibly die. And yah, I know there are ways to keep unloyal squaddies alive but this is my head canon playthrough, I am trying to Metagame as little as possible and Shep really wants to put Tali in those vents. So I am slow and need this reiterated, I can do Tali's quest after aquiring Legion during the IFF quest, without killing off my crewmen. I really just don't want Doc to die.
Two things: First, Doc Chakwas NEVER dies naturally due to being kidnapped (everyone else does however), you have to specifically make a decision during the SM proper in order for her to die...
Second, yes you can... Once you get the IFF a count down starts, normally you only get one mission before the Collectors kidnap your crew (and that is generally used for Legion Loyalty Mission), however if you still have uncompleted Loyalty/Recruiting missions, you get two before the kidnapping instead of just one, so you just have to do it like this: IFF > Tali's loyalty > Legion's loyalty (it is imperative that you talk to Legion after Tali's loyalty to unlock its own loyalty mission)...
Technically you could save both Tali's recruitment and loyalty for after the IFF mission and bring Legion in both (getting special dialogue), consider, however, that this way you won't be able to have a loyal Legion in the SM (as the kidnapping triggers after the second mission)...
After the kidnapping if don't want to lose anyone you have to immediately go through the Omega 4 Relay, even just one mission after that kills off half the crew as far as I know... :/
Hope this helps...