[73], In Mass Effect Tali wanted to trade evidence incriminating Saren to the Shadow Broker in exchange for a safe place to hide; the Broker sends a thug named Fist to deal with her, although he later dispatches Wrex to eliminate Fist, who had turned traitor. I could probably write a 3,000 word essay on why I believe my Shep and Liara have one of the greatest love stories ever… The film follows the story of two N7 Soldiers, Meer and Hale, who are hunting down Defoe, a smuggler whose cargo is of great interest to a lot of parties. [43], Lieutenant Steve Cortez is a Systems Alliance supply procurement specialist aboard the SSV Normandy SR-2 in Mass Effect 3, and also serves as the Normandy's UT-47A Kodiak shuttle pilot that transports Commander Shepard and the squad to various mission locations. Kasumi returns in Mass Effect 3 with a small role, provided a save game is imported where her eponymous DLC was played and she survives the suicide mission. [3] Due to this, the rest of the species in Citadel jurisdictions limit their reliance on artificial intelligence, using "virtual intelligence" (VI) that lack self-awareness. Mass Effect Wiki is a FANDOM Games Community. Her actions led to the sequence of events following Shepard's awakening from a coma in Mass Effect 2. SAM handles a number of tasks as well as assists the Tempest's crew from its node in the Hyperion ark. [54] The design of her headdress references religious and royal clothing. Liara T'Soni is easily the flagship companion and romance of the Mass Effect series. [61], Kai Leng is a former lieutenant N7 marine and Cerberus assassin, who first appears in the novel Mass Effect: Retribution, as well as its subsequent sequels. A family friend of Tali'Zorah, Shala'Raan fulfills a portion of the character's role within the narrative of Mass Effect 3 in imported saved games where she is deceased and cannot appear in-game. After her entire team is revealed to have been indoctrinated by the Reapers, Shepard has to stop Dr. Kenson from interrupting the asteroid's course, which culminates in Dr. Kenson killing herself after detonating an explosive device. The Protheans were first depicted in the form of visually ambiguous statues on the planet Ilos in the first game, as at the time BioWare was unsure as to the extent of the role the Protheans would play over the course of the original trilogy. [67], Aria T'Loak is voiced by Carrie-Anne Moss. Samara will join Shepard for the suicide mission at the conclusion of the investigation. [87], Gatatog Uvenk is a Krogan Battle Master who appears as a minor antagonist in Grunt's loyalty mission on Tuchanka. She also appears in Mass Effect Andromeda: Initiation, a prequel novel to Mass Effect: Andromeda. Unlike other members of the Nakmor clan, he is loyal to the Nexus, the seat of government and power for the Andromeda Initiative, and to his granddaughter, Nakmor Kesh. Meet Jaal Ama, Nakmor Drack, Vetra Nyx, Peebee, Cora Harper, Liam Kosta and the characters of Mass Effect Andromeda. [34], Dr. Amanda Kenson is a human scientist known for her groundbreaking discoveries on the origins of the mass relays. She is one of the experts on Prothean history and technology. ", "BioWare Writers Talk Same-Sex Love In Mass Effect 3", "Mass Effect 3: The Return of the Shepard", "All The Pretty Doritos: How Video Game Journalism Went Off The Rails", "Mass Effect 3 writer: creating engaging female characters "shouldn't be such an issue, "THE WAR FOR OMEGA HAS BEGUN - HOW FAR WILL YOU GO TO END IT? Corporal Richard L. Jenkins is an Alliance Marine from the rural world of Eden Prime under the command of Captain Anderson, and a member of the SSV Normandy's crew. Mordin Solus is voiced by Michael Beattie in Mass Effect 2, and by William Salyers in Mass Effect 3. He narrates the Andromeda Initiative's introductory briefing to the ND1 Nomad and Tempest vehicles. [25], EDI is an AI entity who first appears in Mass Effect 2 as the Normandy SR-2's artificial intelligence and speaks with an aurally feminine voice. [70][71] The Collectors were initially envisioned as robed walking bipedal aliens for a dark, cultlike feel; as Collector soldier units had to fulfill in-game combat mechanic requirements, their design shifted to a more humanoid appearance, while the Collector General has multiple limbs that resemble arthropod legs. She is rated better as an antagonist instead, the "cat-and-mouse game of catching Morinth" being lauded as one of Mass Effect 2's most exciting moments. He is a cybernetically modified Cerberus operative who discovers that his employer is up to something nefarious, goes rogue and embarks on a mission to save his friend from Cerberus. They hibernate and remain dormant for a cycle of fifty thousand years, before returning to the Milky Way galaxy and harvest all sentient organic life. [100] She also appears as a supporting character in the prequel tie-in comic to Andromeda, Mass Effect: Deception. [47], Captain David Anderson is a protagonist of the novel Mass Effect: Revelation and Commander Shepard's mentor throughout the Mass Effect trilogy. [5], Vetra Nyx is from the turian homeworld of Palaven and a well traveled drifter, who at some point "drifted into the wrong crowd". It is primarily based on a series of third-person role-playing shooter video games which currently consists of four mainline instalments and two spin-off mobile games. [11] One of Javik's quotes: "Stand in the ashes of a trillion dead souls, and asks the ghosts if honor matters. During the Alliance raid on Cerberus Headquarters, a Cerberus report discovered in the base reveals EDI's original identity as a rogue VI featured in an optional mission of the first Mass Effect game, in which she somehow achieved sentience and took over an Alliance training ground located on Earth's moon. The character is also the star of the third issue of Mass Effect: Homeworlds. [38] Her face was modeled after Rana McAnear. 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