Samuel C. Colt/Mass Effect

**Samuel Catherine Colt** (**Samuel C. Colt**) was an human bounty hunter who once served in the Alliance military as the Head of Engineering on the SR-I Normandy commanded by Commander Shepard and previously by David Anderson. While not nessercarily an combat-based individual, he did served as an great asset as one of the Alliance's top engineer, having knowing almost everything about technology and science. He assisted Shepard in his fight against Saren and the Geth, findin ways to better understand the Geth in order to stop them. After Shepard was able to stop Saren and saved the Council, he continued to serve on the Normandy durnig their rountines for Geth activity, where an Collector ship attacked. He was however able to eject via lifepod, but he resigned from the military and become an bounty hunter due to his reassignment did not have the adventures which Shepard often accompanied.

He decided to follow the life of the bounty hunter, often taking high-risk assignments and bounties for profit, using his own personal starship to get across the Galaxy. One of these missions involved an terroist organization referred as the Golden Dawn, named after an occult and secrety society that treats biotics as an magical supernatural art. He was tasked in hunting down and collecting various high-ranking officials and find a way to bring them down. Through this operation, he had encountered many allies, but also amongt the greatest fighters the Galaxy has ever seen, facing biotics capable of teleportation to people wielding lightsabers that can cut virtually anything. He had an greater role in the Dawn's downfall and this began the rise of his reverence within the underworld, an powerful bounty hunter capable of going against any opposition. Despite being an bounty hunter, he still served as an force of good, often following the Paragon pathway, which lead to him being called by the Council and becoming the second human spectre after Commander Shepard. He'd served the Council as their right hand, and going under investigations against the interests of the Council and those within it.

As Spectra, he served with them for five months before he was assigned to investigation on the supposed revival of Commander Shepard, and his join operation with the human organization Cerberus. This lead him to confronting Shepard when he entered the Citadel and actually joined forces with him to stop the Collectors. Unbeknowst to the council, he too had began his investigation on the disappearing human colonies, and began to work with the Commander as his go-to engineering expert on starship vessels. He had grown close to Tali'Zorah nar Rayya when she was brought onboard on the SR-I back during the investigation on Saren, due to his techno know-hows, he was fond of the quarian til their departure. However reunited, the two shared a closer bond then before, eventually this fell into a romatic relationship, and the two becoming almost inseperatable unless required. However during the final hours of the mission where Shepard chosen to destroy the Collector base, he was critically wounded by an unsuspected Collector. Tali rushed by his said as well with Shepard, with Zaeed stating taking Samuel will cost them. He agrees, looking towars Tali and in affection kissed her visor Tal removed his helmet. Tali left with Shepard and Zaeed in devestation as Samuel began to hold off any remaining Collector, and the base was destroyed when the Normandy exited the galactic core.

## Plot

### Mass Effect I

Samuel hasn't had an massive role during *Mass Effect I*, but he nevertheless proven invaluable as the Head of Engineering on the SSV Normandy SR-1. Samuel became promiment when Tali'Zorah nar Rayya was introduced as one of Shepard's team against Saren. He would help Tali gain an better understanding about the Normandy specs as to provide assisting aid. When Shepard came and he asked about Tali, he voiced his praisd to the young quarian, being of great help due to her ingenuity towards tech - the commonplace of the quarian.

### The Two-Year Gap

Samuel was onboard when they were investigating other geth activity in the sector, where an collector vessel appeared and attacked the Normandy. As commanded, he along with Tali took an escape pod and escaped the now-destroyed Normandy, being saved by allies soon after. After being saved, he decided to stick with Tali until she accomplished her Pilgramige and when she did, he parted ways with her aftr telling her that he loved her. Departing from the Migrant Fleet, he'd soon took the life as an bounty hunter, where some began to call him **Demon** after he accomplished high-risk bounties.