Mass Effect 1/2

[Ashe]

MOTHER FUCKER.

Ok, so here I am on Novaria right? I go do that quest where you get this guy's data from his room and then the guard's of the planet come start shit, lead by that bitch Kaira Stirling. We fight, I kill everyone... except when I run down the stairs (the game immediately autosaves me right at the stairs too for some reason), a regular guard appears on my map, comes around the corner, and from full life just one hit kills me. I didn't even have the chance to throw out a Singularity or anything. Just pops out from behind the wall, takes one shot, I just immediately die.

I'm like "ok, bullshit, but whatever". Reload game. Go to last save, which is the Auto Save at the top of the stairs the second before it happens.

Step off the stairs and look for him and he's now toggled neutral again, just chilling in the middle of the room doing nothing. I have tried to 'nade him, tried to Singularity him, anything, but I can't actually attack him or damage him due to him being neutral.

Won't let me leave through the elevator, however, since a guard is alive. Thus I get the "Authorization locked by Kaira Stirling" comment despite there being NOTHING killable aside from this bugged guard. Can't load my file given the way it saved.

So... I'm thinking... I have to fucking start over. Right when I was getting interested in my character build and story.