Yup, that does indeed appear to work.
Now if only there was a patch that made me not be terrible at this game. I'm only a few missions in, there's no better equipment available, and yet all the enemies are already way more powerful than anyone on my team. And they outnumber my lot considerably. Not sure what I'm supposed to be doing.
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"I'm Commander Shepard, and you're standing in the biggest library in Citadel Space. Look me up."