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Thessia

**Location:** Milky Way / Athena Nebula / Parnitha System

The asari homeworld, **Thessia**, is the core of the largest economy in the Milky Way. The planet's reserves of element zero are so vast that they affect its price galaxy-wide. Because life on Thessia evolved in an eezo-rich environment, the world is home to a wealth of both biotically active and eezo-resistant species. Travel to the planet is strictly controlled, but smuggling remains an issue.

## History

Thessia is host to varying republics instead of a single government and, although each maintains a formidable military, it is notable for having long been free of internal or external wars. The asari are renowned for their cultural and political dominance, and they excel in ambassadorial ventures. They have a strong presence in Citadel politics and galactic policy.

## Wildlife

Due to Thessia's extensive element zero content, virtually all of its biota is adapted to eezo in some way. Many of its native animals exhibit biotic tendencies, although plenty are not and have simply developed resistance to the ill-effects of eezo. None of Thessia's insectoid species are biotically capable, leading to the long-standing belief that insects and other arthropod-like creatures lacked the complex neural pathways necessary to develop biotic powers until the discovery of the kirik.

The manal is a biotically-capable, bipedal animal from Thessia. Since it is the closest evolutionary cousin to the asari, it is often known as the "asari chimpanzee" to human scientists. The manal is currently considered to be endangered due to habitat loss resulting from encroaching cities, although a several decade long conservation effort is ongoing to fix this. The manal also have a cultural importance, featuring in asari lore. For example, Vylius is said to be a crafty manal that seduced asari maidens who then gave birth to hideously deformed offspring

## Locations

### Cities

* Agrinault
* Armali
* Balytia
* Dassus
* Lyenri
* Lyethli
* New Arara
* Rayithri
* Serrice
* Syrranis
* Ulee
The Catalogue (Danessal Benore)

### Members

~250 full-time agents, technicians and operatives (2182)~Many more contacts, affiliates and freelancers

### Purpose

Digitally cataloguing the known universe

**The Catalogue**, founded by Danessal Benore, is a term used both for the asari's long-term project and the organization that funds and undertakes the effort going into said project. An obsessive collector with wealth immeasurable, Benore set up the Catalogue to archive digitally every last item of distinction within the known universe. An ambitious and, some would say impossible endeavor, Benore has nonetheless gone about their work from a private station on the frozen world of Valvontic.
Thred'nakka

**Location:** Milky Way / Titan Nebula / Brikhaun System

**Thred'nakka** is a barren world in the far edge of the galaxy, a haven for desperate individuals seeking to disappear forever. It is a hot, arid world with little in the way of desirable climate, what little water there is being mined from the shrinking poles or deep caverns beneath the dusty surface.

## History

Discovered by a lone batarian pilot in 883 CE, Thred'nakka (Lone Oasis in Keneshal) has been known for two things ever since: solitude and aridity. Consistently ranked as one of the top three most arid planets to be inhabited, Thred'nakka remains largely unsettled and unconsidered by the greater galaxy due to this fact and it's sheer closeness to the edge of the galaxy.

## Terrain

Half of the world is made up of fine-sand deserts, dotted occasionally by a deep canyon or rocky hill deposit. The other half is purely composed of volcanic obsidian flats, remnants of a violent geological past that are slowly being claimed by the desert. Were circumstances any different for the planet, these two massive geological differences would surely be a novelty for galactic geologists everywhere. As it stands, however, placement in the Terminus Systems and general inaccessibility make research a difficult task to attempt.

## Notable Locations

### Cities

* Mrotnik
	+ The largest city on the planet, Mrotnik houses a small population of individuals that scrounge out their lives from the desert. Although it has no official leadership or political organization, the city is considered the capital of the planet as most offworld trade runs through its dusty ports and sun-baked streets. Placed up near the north pole, it mainly thrives on the business of extracting, purifying and selling water.
Sytau

**Location:** Milky Way / Attican Beta / Theseus System

**Sytau** is shrouded by a high-pressure atmosphere composed of carbon dioxide and sulphuric acids. The surface is composed of geologically young plains of volcanic basalts and rhyolites, with high concentrations of carbon and radioactives.

Sytau is rabidly volcanic; a dozen "supervolcanoes" 50-120 kilometers wide are erupting across the planet. Sytau's carbon content and constant volcanism make natural diamonds plentiful, if extremely costly and dangerous to recover.
Red Sand

**Red Sand** is a stimulant with biotic-enhancing properties. Its abuse is disproportionately high among non-biotic friends and relatives of biotics, often out of a misguided desire to understand what their loved ones are experiencing. Red sand was originally created by criminal triads on Mars from refined element zero, and takes its name from the planet.

When taken nasally, red sand creates a brief but intense euphoria, and gives the user very short-term telekinetic biotic abilities. Side effects include red-tinting of the user's vision, discoloration of the teeth and longer-term withdrawal symptoms. Red sand is normally sold in small bags. The slang expression for using it is "dusting up" or being "sand-blasted". Asari and batarians are immune to red sand.

The batarians are known to buy addicts as slaves, when the addicts can no longer afford to support their habit.
Sytau Diamonds

Art by Third

**Sytau Diamonds** is a high-end jewelry manufacturer founded by the brutal asari corporate overlord Cerne M'Taci.

## Description

Owned and operated by asari mastermind Cerne M'Taci, Sytau Diamonds produces the most luxurious of luxury goods. With the raw materials pulled straight from the flaming surface of their namesake, the jewelry SD manufactures is among the most expensive and highly coveted in the galaxy. Owning a piece of Cerne's collection is a symbol of unrivaled status and class - and considering the price of even the smallest of gems in the company's catalogue, it is a treasure that few can afford.
Sanctum

**Location:** Milky Way / Sigurd's Cradle / Decoris System

**Sanctum** is a human-dominated world of little renown deep within the Terminus Systems. A frigid, windy world, its resources attract corporations willing to front the cost in credits and manpower to possibly turn a profit on the luxury of metals available.

## Description

**Sanctum** is proof of the old spacer adage, "just because it's called a garden world doesn't mean it's a picnic." Freezing ice storms cover the poles and temperate zones, leaving a narrow strip of habitable land at the equator. Dry but windy, this area is home to Sanctum's minimal terrestrial plant life. The planet has yet to develop land-based animals, though invertebrates grow quite large in its pelagic seas.

Because of those harsh living conditions, Sanctum attracts only the most gruff and hardy, from miners to mercenaries to company men. Mining, referred to as "ice cracking" anywhere but the equator, is the backbone of Sanctum's economy. The planet is rich in platinum and palladium deposits, as well as boron, which is locally used in semiconductor doping.
Snap Freeze

**Snap Freeze** is an omni-tool combat application that creates a large blizzard of particles in front of the user, synthesized out of omni-gel. This blizzard contains gust of wind up to 75 km/h and near-absolute zero temperatures, freezing almost all matter in its path within seconds. The objects remain frozen until an outside influence thaws them out. However, this process is taxing on the CPU of the omni-tool and its range is only limited to a short distance from the user.
Ying Xiong

Former Premier of the Chinese People's Federation **Ying Xiong** has been hailed the world over as a hero since his assassination alongside the President of the United North American States, Enrique Aguilar, in 2176.

## Biography

On February 5th, 2176, President Enrique Aguilar of the UNAS was assassinated during a photo opportunity alongside Xiong. The perpetrator was Michael Moser Lang, a patent clerk and political dissident. The first burst from Lang's weapon broke through the kinetic barriers protecting the stage. Xiong attempted to shield Aguilar from the line of fire, but Lang's next shots passed completely through Xiong and killed both men.
Tefnut

**Location:** Milky Way / Nubian Expanse / Kalabsha System

A hydrogen-helium gas giant, **Tefnut** is home to a helium-3 collection and the nearest refueling facility to the Nubian Expanse's mass relay. As such, it is a major gateway to the Verge and Terminus Systems, and has become famous for its hospitality industry. Tefnut's motto is known throughout the galaxy: "Like home, only better."

Visitors here can stay at expansive resort stations, watch locally-produced entertainment, buy mind-affecting substances not welcome in Citadel space, and rent companionship. Resources are shipped in from Yamm at substantial discounts, allowing the small space stations to have surprising luxuries such as edible arthropods and large amounts of fresh water.
The Grand Tournament of Maji

A murderous competition held by an apathetic batarian aristocrat, the so-called **Grand Tournament of Maji** was a bloodbath that lasted several months as captives, hunters, slaves and mercenaries alike fought to the death on the barren world of Maji.

## Description

On the harsh, windswept surface of Maji, on the fringes of batarian space and the Skyllian Verge, the bones of hundreds of slain souls can be found scattered across the dismal planet's southern pole - all that remains of one individual's sick, twisted game in which no-one would ever win.

Maji is an empty, desolate place, with nothing of value or interest, in a corner of the galaxy isolated from prying eyes. In every way, Maji was unremarkable and inhospitable, and there was no reason for anyone to travel to the planet at all. For what batarian slave lord Krawn Graskan had planned, all the worst things about Maji were what made it the perfect place for the ultimate fight - a battle of epic proportions, a grand tournament, in which death was the only escape.

Graskan was an aging man, wealthy beyond words, who had become bored with his day-to-day dealings. His solution was to pit the very people whose lives he controlled against one another, as well as trained mercenaries and hunters, and place bets as to who would come out alive. Word of the tournament Graskan planned spread quickly through the Terminus systems and the Traverse, and he had soon rounded up over two hundred people of every race, age, gender and skill level to participate in his demented scheme.

Beginning in February and lasting nearly to the end of April, the Grand Tournament of Maji was a tragic, bloody battle between the most damned of souls and those who wished to destroy them. Sand storms raged constantly across the landscape while the radiation of Vamshi's binary stars cooked the living and dead alike, and by the end of it all, not even the winner would survive.

Mavus Kelleth, the tournament's so-called champion, was an aging turian who'd been dishonorably discharged from the Hierarchy when he was just twenty-four, leaving him disgraced and without a purpose in a galaxy ignorant of his suffering. Habitual alcoholism and growing debts to the wrong people on Omega led to his capture and subsequent enslavement, where he fought and survived for nearly twenty years. Kelleth dealt the killing blow to an asari huntress who was favored to win, and by doing so, sealed his own fate as well.

Kelleth was left to die on Maji by a bitter, dissatisfied Krawn, who had bet a considerable amount the asari Syfine's success. The Tournament ended in earnest the day Mavus died, wishing he'd let the huntress kill him instead as his battered body melted from the inside out and sand suffocated his last breath.
Tenlei'Vido

## Tenlei'Vido vas Shellen

**Tenlei'Vido vas Shellen**was a quarian skycar designer who resided on Illium after growing her aspirations beyond the Migrant Fleet. Known for her unique design style and frequent use of repurposed materials, her death under unusual circumstances has led many to believe that it was an act of corporate sabotage.

## Quotes

An often quotable woman, Tenlei'Vido has many noted soundbites across the extranet.

* *"Trash? What do you mean, trash? That will be my next skycar!"*- Remarked to a Cision Motors janitorial employee months before the reveal of the Cision Model T-304.
Vaal

Credit to the Spectre Expansion Mod

**Location:** Milky Way / Hades Nexus / Azedes System

A hydrogen-helium gas giant with unusual coloration, the raloi consider **Vaal** to be a world of exceptional beauty. On a galactic scale, however, it is quite mundane. Its rings appear to be extremely ancient, at least a billion years old if not more ancient.

## Trivia

* Vaal was created and added by the Spectre Expansion Mod for Mass Effect 3, which can be found at this link.
Sol System

**Location:** Milky Way / Local Cluster

**Sol** is the home system to the humans and the Systems Alliance. In human versions of galactic charts, stellar comparisons and other galactic statistics the units are measured relative to the local star, Sol.

## Description

One of the larger charted systems in the galaxy, the Sol System is home to nine well-observed planets as well as dwarf planets, asteroids and the Charon Relay.

## Planets

* Mercury
* Venus
* Earth
	+ Luna
* Mars
	+ Deimos
	+ Phobos
* Jupiter
* Saturn
* Uranus
* Neptune
Venassie C'Baelis

Often credited with being the first member of the Citadel Council though she never held the seat herself, **Venassie C'Baelis** was an asari diplomat during the foundation of the intergalactic supergovernment. A member of the diplomatic corps from the Asari Republics who had been on hand during the first formal meeting between the Salarian Union and her government, Venassie led the charge from her species to create a unified, central governing body to watch over the conjoined interactions between its member species.

## Quotes

A well-known diplomat, many of Venassie's words have been preserved in recorded form throughout many academic and political institutions across the galaxy.

* *"It is with this goal that we move forward together, into a brighter future for not only ourselves, but those we come to know and those who come long after..."*- An excerpt taken from Venassie's Declaration of Joint Council. The original recording is held in the Citadel Archives.
Verdant Alliance

The **Verdant Alliance** is a left-wing political party within the human Systems Alliance. One of the six largest political parties in terms of registered members as of 2182, their platform focuses on environmental and sustainability goals, taking a long-term view of human progress in terms of society, economy and technology. A popular "third option" party, they see more voters in higher-income regions, leading to a common criticism of the party being "elitist".
United States

Flag of the United States circa 2020

The **United States** was a human nation on their homeworld of Earth that spanned the continent of North America from 1776 to 2096. A precursor to the United North American States, it was the nation with the longest-lived Constitution at the time of its merger with its northern and southern neighbors.
The Conclave

**The Conclave** is the civilian, representative body of the Migrant Fleet, the government and migratory flotilla which houses most of the quarian species. Composed of elected representatives from each vessel above a certain population threshold, these members are in almost constant meeting deciding upon nearly everything the fleet does, from flight plans to resource collection. Together with the Admiralty Board, the Conclave serves to guide and protect the Migrant Fleet.
Zillah

**Location:** Milky Way / Merari Ring / Elam System

Sitting right at the edge of the habitable zone around Elam, **Zillah** is a planet where everything is just a little bit wrong. The temperature is a little too warm, the gravity and atmospheric pressure a little too high, resources are more than a little too scarce - and yet, that hasn't stopped the hardened inhabitants of Zillah from claiming the planet as their own.

## Description

What little of the planet that isn't covered in sand is instead covered in sharp, craggy rock formations and vast canyons that extend nearly to Zillah's core. Water, while present, is incredibly rare; the mercenaries and lowlifes who take refuge there typically mine ice from Prisca in the neighboring system before landing. Those who don't end up paying for it, either with credits, or their lives.

There are a handful of small camps set up on Zillah's surface, but the largest is a ragged shanty town built under the shadowy overhang of a massive rock face - named Rock Harbor, ironically, for the vast stretch of rough terrain surrounding it. The only people willing to suffer through an existence on Zillah are those unable to do so anywhere else: pirates, mercenaries - particularly the Blue Suns, bandits and criminals of all kinds. People go to Zillah to lie low and disappear for a while, and leave as soon as they are able.
Victor Manswell

A billionaire entrepeneur from the early days of human expansion into the Sol System, **Victor Manswell** is most famous for his private exploratory venture known as the Manswell Expedition. The first batch of humans ever to leave the safety of their own system, contact was quickly lost with the vessel. A member of his own team, Manswell went missing alongside them.
Xetic

**Location:** Milky Way / Crescent Nebula / Lusarn System

**Xetic** is a methane-ammonia gas giant more famous for its moons than in its own right.

## Description

A common methane-ammonia gas giant, Xetic is best known for the infamous Kal'thor Camp. Established on the ice moon of Gesis, Kal'thor was a Blue Suns hostile environment training facility, run by a cadre of former batarian Special Intervention Unit operators. In 2168, a cluster-wide scandal broke out when it was revealed that the mortality rate of recruits sent to the camp might be as high as 18%.

Investigation by asari authorities based on Illium uncovered group graves around the facility containing the remains of several hundred recruits, dating back two decades. The camp was immediately closed, and the remains sent back to their worlds of origin. An inquest by the Blue Suns found the batarian commandos had used harsh training methods, but these were consistent with their own training to join the SIU. The batarians were exonerated, though Kal'thor was shut down, and they were reassigned to other units. As the Crescent Nebula is beyond the sphere of Council law, no civil charges could be filed against the Blue Suns.
Yandoa Incident

The **Yandoa Incident** was a catastrophic event that occured on the human colony world of Yandoa. An Eldfell-Ashland Energy vessel was destroyed intentionally by Cerberus over the capital of Yandoa City, though that fact is not widely known as of 2182, in order to determine just how often biotic tendencies would occur in human children. 37 children were born healthy and with biotic tendencies, though over 2,000 more were born with serious birth defects.
Doihara Kasai

**Doihara Kasai** is a human politician from Japan on Earth, who served as the third Prime Minister of the Systems Alliance Parliament after a two-term stint as Japan's representative in the organization. A founding member of the Alliance, he was also instrumental in forming its largest political party, Forward Humanity.
Volae-lin Kitar Sirashau

Art by Third

Built on Pirhall Island, on the outskirts of Dagnes’ Volkan Sea, the **Volae-lin Kitar Sirashau**, translating to the **Syndicate of Science & Reason** in English, is a salarian university well-known as being a haven for modern-day geniuses.

## Description

Founded in the early 2040s, the creation of the VKS was spearheaded by geneticist Kirao Malor, his partner, Dalatrass Tikba Nabani, and their colleague and friend Aehann Ozen, whose clan was among the first to settle on Dagnes back in the early 1900s and on whose land the school was built. Malor and Nabani were considered pariahs of society in their day due to their extreme nationalist and anti-alien beliefs; both held a deep distrust of anything non-salarian. And as they were expecting their first clutch, they began thinking, and found Sur’Kesh to be lacking in the sort of environment they wanted their children to be educated in. So, in 2042, they made the move to the still underdeveloped Dagnes - bringing the Malor and Nabani clans with them to settle the continent of Var’Spari, alongside the Ozens - and began building Nabani Tower and its surrounding buildings that same year.

They completed construction quickly, opening the school’s doors the next year in 2043, but only to their own clans. It wasn’t until after their deaths in 2059 and 2060 that many felt the university was stagnating, and would only survive by going public - sort of. Using Malor’s prior work as a basis, a genetic research program that could detect which clutches might have the most intelligent offspring was created, and the school’s administration began reaching out to the parents of prospective students in 2063. Some were appalled by the Syndicate’s extreme selectivity and the xenophobia that had clearly lasted through the decades, but as students began graduating and offering incredible solutions to problems many had never even considered, the VKS’ reputation as one of the most prestigious schools in salarian space was solidified. Today, they still enjoy that same level of fame, but have stepped back from the rather intolerant principles the school was founded on in hopes of fostering a more welcoming and inclusive environment for everyone.
Varmalus

**Location:** Milky Way / Argos Rho / Hydra System

The planet **Varmalus** is a scorched, rocky world of little note within the Hydra System of the Argos Rho cluster of the Bahanak Frontier. Violently hot with few minerals of value, the planet is largely uninhabited, with no native macroflora or macrofauna.

## Description

Varmalus has a thick atmosphere of nitrogen and helium. Its surface is scorching hot, and mainly composed of alumina with deposits of borax. The planet has an extensive network of subterranean caves, formed over the millennia by volcanic processes. Human independent research company Blue Field Innovations has utilized some of these caverns to hide a facility beneath the scorched surface. In these relatively cool areas, some primitive life has developed.
Unification War

By 470 BCE, the turians had already discovered several mass relays and spawned colonies throughout the galaxy. At about the time the asari were forming the Council with the salarians, the turians were embroiled in a bitter civil war next door. The **Unification War**, as it was later named, began with hostilities between the colonies furthest from the turian homeworld, Palaven.

## History

These colonies were run by local chieftains, many of whom had distanced themselves from the Hierarchy. Without the galvanizing influence of the government, the colonies became increasingly isolated and xenophobic. Colonists began wearing emblems or facial markings to differentiate themselves from members of other colonies and open hostilities became common.

When war finally broke out, the Hierarchy maintained strict diplomacy and refused to get involved. After several years of fighting, less than a dozen factions remained and the Hierarchy finally intervened. By that time, the chieftains were too weak to resist; they were forced to put an end to fighting and renew their allegiance to the Hierarchy. Though peace was restored, it took several decades for animosity between colonists to fade completely. To this day, most turians still wear the facial markings of their home colonies.

## Colonies Involved

* Baetika Outpost - *Eradicated by Edessan, 460 BCE*
* Bostra Outpost
* Carthaan Outpost - *Eradicated by Hierarchy forces, 449 BCE*
* Chatti Outpost
* Edessan Colony
* Epyrus Colony
* Galatana Colony
* Gothis Colony - *Eradicated by Parthia, 450 BCE*
* Macedyn Outpost - *Eradicated by Hierarchy forces, 449 BCE*
* Magna Colony
* Nimines Colony
* Parthia Colony
* Quadim Outpost
* Rocam Outpost - *Absorbed into Magna, 454 BCE*
* Syglar Outpost
* Thracia Colony
* Tridend Colony - *Eradicated by Edessan, 451 BCE*

## Events

### 450 BCE

* Eradication of Gothis Colony
* Siege of Edessan

### 449 BCE

* Blockade of Epyrus
* Petition of Magna
United North American States

The **United North American States (UNAS)** is a nation on Earth, spanning the entire continent of North America.

## History

### The Second American Civil War

Sometime around 2096 CE, Canada, Mexico, and the United States of America united to form the United North American States. This new union was strongly opposed by factions of secessionists, including the extremist group Freedom's First. On the morning of November 1, 2096, the New York chapter of Freedom's First attacked Liberty Island and destroyed the Statue of Liberty. Outrage at this brazen act triggered the Second American Civil War between the secessionists and UNAS forces.

### Founding the Systems Alliance

In 2149 CE, following the discovery of a cache of Prothean technology on Mars, the United North American States and seventeen other nations ratified the Systems Alliance Charter, establishing a representative political body to expand and defend human territory. The UNAS also contributed military assets to the Systems Alliance's fledgling military.

### Dispute over Watson

The garden world of Watson was discovered in 2165 CE, with credit claimed by the Chinese People's Federation, the European Union, and the United North American States. This resulted in a political dispute over which nation could settle Watson first. To resolve this, the Systems Alliance brokered the Reykjavik Compromise which allowed each nation to establish its own settlements on the planet.

### Assassination of President Aguilar

In 2176 CE, President Enrique Aguilar of the UNAS was assassinated during a photo opportunity with Chinese People's Federation premier Ying Xiong. The perpetrator was Michael Moser Lang, a patent clerk and political dissident from Virginia. Lang obtained a Kassa Fabrication M-12 Locust submachine gun and concealed it within a shoulder-mounted video camera which he brought to the event. The first burst from Lang's weapon broke through the kinetic barriers protecting the stage. Xiong attempted to shield Aguilar from the line of fire, but Lang's next shots passed completely through Xiong and killed both men.
Unified Banking Act

The signing of the **Unified Banking Act** was a revolutionary event in the history of the galaxy. Taking place on October 13th, 230 BCE, the races party to the rule of the Citadel Council signed into law the acceptance of a single galactic currency, Credits, and the unification of galactic economies. Since its inception, every major race has ratified the treaty soon after their introduction to the galaxy at large.

## Species Affected

### Founding Members

* Asari
* Hanar
* Salarians
* Volus

### Later Adopters

* Elcor (211 BCE)
* Quarians (208 BCE)
* Batarians (0)
* Krogan (301 CE)
* Turians (705 CE)
* Drell (1993 CE)
* Humans (2159 CE)
Tysius 599B Transport Craft

One particular 599B, the FSS Nercaia.

The **Tysius 599B Transport Craft** was a model of medium-range transport craft designed by the turian firm Tysius Industries. It was produced from 2068 to 2149, and now can be commonly found throughout the Terminus as a popular vessel for smugglers, cargo haulers and other independent contractors.

## Internal Layout

The 599B has a standard interior divided into 4 sections. The underside accessway deposits cargo directly into the hold, which takes up the most internal space. To the fore lies the crew's quarters, a small bunkroom with an even smaller restroom. Further up lies the cockpit, with four seats for a pilot, copilot, communications officer and systems engineer.

#### Cargo Specifications

* Unladen Mass: 287,250 kg
* Maximum Mass: 632,500 kg
* Cargo Capacity: 430 m³

## Technology

* **Armament**
	+ None
* **Defenses**
	+ Standard issue Interplanetary-spec hull plating
* **Powerplant**
	+ 1 Type 103 S4 He-3 Reactor
* **Propulsion**
	+ 2 Midiras-2 Plasma Thrusters
	+ Ion Maneuvering Thrusters
Zhūquè's (朱雀) Nest

Credit to user Jannis on Stargazer's Lounge

Marked on Systems Alliance star charts as **Zhūquè's (朱雀) Nest** and formerly known to human astronomers as Messier 36, this region is an open cluster of stars within the Perseus Arm of the Milky Way. Located in the Bahanak Frontier, it is largely unexploited and uninhabited as of 2182. It is named for the Vermillion Bird of the traditional Chinese constellations.

## Systems

* 348 Monak System
* 348/2 Monak System
* 348/3 Monak System
* 348/4 Monak System
* 351 Monak System
* 734 Kyrix System
* 735 Kyrix System
* 735 Pinathus System
What Lies Beneath

**What Lies Beneath** was the fourth story in the Voyages of the FSV Opolai series, detailing the crew of the titular vessel's mission to Tuchanka to discover, for the Council, the disappearance of a smuggling crew who had run the CDEM blockade. Along the way the crew recruited a new member, the krogan mutant Korten Pozka. It was preceded by the story Projections and was followed by the story Cold Case.

## Teaser

Tracked down by the Citadel Council, the crew of the *FSV Opolai* are given a mission by newcomers Avelyn Tanis and Wilorn Zirix in order to prove their trustworthiness to the intergalactic organization. Travelling to the krogan homeworld of Tuchanka, the crew soon finds themselves embroiled in the fight for their lives…

## Cast

### Player Characters

* Avelyn Tanis played by Techsketch
* Bertharia Sabari played by sar
* Domont Tennek played by BongwaterBojack
* Kohrr Vox played by Sentinel Alenko
* Korten Pozka played by Tuchankasaurus
* Kren To'rahk played by Orion
* Wilorn Zirix played by 0dd

## Setting

* Ahngaz Wastes
* Tuchanka

## Links

The soundtrack and story can be accessed by joining the server. Contact the wiki admin for an invite!
Qdurn

**Location:** Milky Way / Dabo's Knot / Shuoma System

The Protectorate's consolation prize for losing out on Ghra'da during the negotiations following Batarian/Volus First Contact, **Qdurn** is the gateway world to the rest of the Shuoma System. The most distant world in the system by far, this gas giant houses a wide array of tourism facilities across its moons designed to provide everything from virtual recreations of the historical moment to illicit gambling the likes of which are hardly seen outside of the Terminus Systems. One of the less-reputable corners of Citadel Space, it attracts a variety of those who wish for something darker without living in constant fear.

## Notable Locations

### Natural Satellites

* Nefari
* 17 other moons
Zohya Shiiran

Art by Railroad

**Zohya Shiiran** is a drell helmsman under the employ of the Holun-Myeri Exploratory Fund, and a former smuggler within the New Rakhana Movement.

## Biography

Zohya was born and raised on Kahje, though her oldest memories she's experienced are onboard a smuggler's vessel around the age of six. How she came to be in that position, she doesn't know, although she is acutely aware of the smuggler she was raised by: Shaleef Triel.

Shaleef was a go-to man for the New Rakhana Movement, a small band of drell dissidents who view the Compact as unethical and akin to slavery. While he wasn't a member himself, he was more than happy to take his cut of their profits.

Raised alone by this man, Zohya became quite the young scoundrel, taking over as helmsman of his vessel, the *Saythian Revel*, by the age of 12. Over the coming years, she would continue to earn his trust and even save his life a few times, though when pressured he never discussed just how he came to be her caretaker.

Zohya officially took over as owner and proprietor of the *Saythian Revel* in 2179 when Shaleef was killed in a barfight on the fringe world of Thred'nakka. Alone, down to one eye, and unsure of what else to do, she picked up exactly where they had left off. Smuggling.

In late 2182, she came under the attention of an agent of the Holun-Myeri Exploratory Fund when she piloted a Delthurak 1060 freighter through the Nemean Abyss in a time shorter than most fighter jockeys could, all while being hunted by the notorious bounty hunter Thresna Gores. After proving extremely difficult when it came to contract negotiations, Zohya finally accepted the offer to helm their exploratory vessel, the FSS Asteria.

## Personality

Zohya is as sly as smugglers come, though she hides her charismatic nature behind a thick facade of mistrust and loneliness. Friendship and companionship come to her with great difficulty, and she is typically seen as a very abrasive person to talk to.

## Physical Description

Like most drell, Zohya is on the smaller and denser side for humanoids. Her bright yellow and cyan patterning makes her a unique sight among her species, and an easy sight on the eyes of many.

After losing her right eye in a barfight on Thred'nakka, she has kept the gash covered with an eye patch.

## Armament

Zohya prefers to work her way around combat if at all possible, but she carries a DT Sihil with her just in case, albeit without the sniper rifle module. Her omni-tool is equipped with the combat abilities Overload, Decoy and Incinerate, and her trusty pryknife is never far away.
Vancouver

Vancouver c. 2017

Headquarters of the Systems Alliance on Earth, **Vancouver** saw a meteoric rise in importance over the course of the late 20th and early 21st centuries. Located on the northwest coast of the UNAS, the city serves as a vision of a more unified future, with aliens and humans intermingling everywhere as exchanges of wealth, knowledge and enlightenment flow.

## Notable Locations

* Alliance Headquarters - Vancouver
* Museum of Exploration
Volus Colonization Timeline

Always looking for more opportunities to expand their enterprises, the **Volus** are another species that sets their sights on colonizing the worlds beyond their home. Unfortunately, the volus are also one of the most unique sapient species physiologically. Unable to withstand anything besides the high-pressure, ammonia-based atmosphere of Irune without wearing an environmental suit, their prospects are few and far between.
Zuzel System

**Location:** Milky Way / Byenzine Cloud

The gateway system to the Byenzine Cloud, the **Zuzel System** is made up of one white supergiant star and the two gas giants that orbit it. As the ionized gas and other galactic material that makes up the cloud tends to cause scanners and navigational equipment to go haywire, this is often the first and last stop for those beings finding themselves within the cloud.

## Planets

* Haybek
* Dor
Wolfgang von Jäger

**Wolfgang von Jäger** is a human freelancer. A veteran of the First Contact War with the Systems Alliance, Wolfgang has spent much of his adult life in prison.

## Biography

Born to a once rich family who strived to recapture their wealth, he was the youngest child of three. After the loss of their older sister, Wolfgang and his brother Lorenz became inseparable, never leaving each other’s side.

Wolfgang grew up a silent child, though one who loved to fight. Intelligent and reserved, he chose to enlist in the Systems Alliance, to leave home and explore the universe. Inspired by his younger brother, Lorenz joined as well.

However, soon after he and his brother enlisted, Wolfgang eighteen and his brother twenty, the First Contact War broke out, and they were called to fight. While deployed in a combat zone, Wolfgang was captured and became a POW a mere month into the conflict. Kept for interrogations, Wolfgang was finally released back to the Alliance after a peace treaty was negotiated. Upon returning home and discovering his brother was deemed missing in action, he was heartbroken. Turning to a life of crime, rising the ranks of gangs and crime families, he became notorious for flawlessly planned heists and robberies. Though, said reputation was ruined when a former associate snitched and Wolfgang was caught.

Arrested in 2165 and imprisoned for 15 years, he has yet to learn his lesson. Though, his mother plays a large part in what he does. To supply for her, by any means, is what gives him purpose.

## Personality

The strong, silent type is the one of the best ways to describe Wolfgang as a person. He is not one for leisurely conversation, and tends to keep to himself in most cases. And, as a result, he has garnered a reputation for being rather cold and disconnected from those around him, undoubtedly due to the lifestyle he lives.

There are very few people he calls friends, but upon being observed around those he is close to, he is rather easygoing and lax. A few drinks as well may reveal the rather nice person lying beneath the skin.

## Physical Description

With a scar that runs along the left side of his head and continues down his cheek, and even more that span his back, Wolfgang radiates an intimidating presence. The mild stubble that stretches across his face is rough, and the intense blue eyes he bares are typically hidden behind a pair of dark glasses.

Wolfgang typically travels light, bearing a set of tailored armor protecting only his vital organs, capable of stopping small arms fire. A duffle bag is constantly carried at his side, holding both an extra outfit, additional weapons, and tools he finds essential for “work”.

## Armament

Wolfgang is well-armed, carrying an M-15 Vindicator assault rifle, an M-22 Eviscerator shotgun and a Sidewinder heavy pistol into combat with him. His omni-tool is equipped with the Combat Abilities Adrenaline Rush, Decoy, Marksman and Sabotage.
Ulee

**Ulee** is a city located on the asari homeworld Thessia that has a rich history and bustling tourism industry.

## Description

In modern times, Ulee is considered to be a republic. However, for much of its history, Ulee was a queendom ruled by its monarchy. Over time, this style of ruling fell out of favour, and by the time the asari started exploring the stars Ulee was more akin to a crowned republic. Ulee still has a queen and royal line to this day, but their roles are largely informal, existing simply because the novelty of a monarch boosts the tourism industry - the Queen holds no more political power than any other asari and receives no additional benefits. The Queen’s only real purpose is to take part in historical rituals and ceremonies, which attract tourists from across the Asari Republics.

The current Queen of Ulee is Lilea Nissera, reigning since 1683. However, some factions claim that the Nissera line of the throne is illegitimate. This is because of an incident that occurred during Ulee’s transition phase between a monarchy and a crowned republic when the heir presumptive, Arrene Neran, suddenly abdicated the throne and fled, leaving the monarchy without a successor. The monarchy was nearly abolished altogether until the Nissera line was discovered, a distant relative of the Neran line. While the majority of Ulee’s residents consider the Nissera line to be legitimate, or simply do not think it matters enough to actually care, some still contest its validity. Some believe that other, better-suited relatives exist, others question the extent of the relation to the original monarchy, while a few have even come forward claiming to be a direct descendent of Arrene herself.

Relics from the queendom still exist and are displayed in Ulee today. The Inelu Ris Palace, former home of the royal family, is a popular tourist destination. Ulee is also home to the crown jewels collection which contains the Mother’s Star, the largest natural gemstone-cut diamond in the galaxy.
Uba System

**Location:** Milky Way / Minos Wasteland

The **Uba System** is the home system of the volus colony world of Daleon. Claimed by the Vol Protectorate and defended by the Hierarchy of Palaven, the system rests on the border between the Attican Traverse and Outer Council Space.

## Planets

* Daleon
	+ Asok
	+ Tenli
	+ Torol
* Mosha
Venta Tox

Former volus ambassador to the Citadel **Venta Tox** is a noted politician and orator hailing from her people's homeworld of Irune. After a failed assassination attempt on her life in 2164, she held onto her post until early 2170. Retiring back to the homeworld, she has been serving as a speaker and orator within her own clan, Clan Tox, ever since.
War of Peace

The batarian **War of Peace** was the final conflict within the Pre-Hegemonic Period on Khar'shan. Verush, hero of the nation of Krudanz and eventual founder of the Batarian Hegemony, forced his military upon the smaller island nation of Forkek. What followed lay the groundwork for a unified batarian government and the rigid caste system that has remained within batarian society up until and beyond the late 22nd century.
VRC Chutano

The ***VRC Chutano*** was a vessel constructed by Regdikan Driveworks for the forayan colony of Perix. Initially meant to be a part of the defensive force of the world, the ***Chutano*** was allocated to the Perix Relocation Effort after the Perix Calamity was revealed, setting out to discover a new world to colonize. It was on that mission where it encountered a distress call from the *IHF Densris*, responding to the mercenary vessel's call for aid. During said rescue, the *Chutano* was destroyed.
Vas'Diri Gap

The **Vas'Diri Gap** is a stellar cluster within the region known as Inner Council Space in the Milky Way. The first cluster outside their home cluster, the Annos Basin, that the salarians were able to explore, it has since become dominated by salarian interests in the few heavily-charted systems of the cluster.

## Systems

* Anuni'Lib'Se System
* Ardot System
* Bowani System
* Gorot System
* Maced'Dei System
* Ostelo System
Urdnot Wrex

**Urdnot Wrex** is a krogan mercenary of some renown. A former leader within his clan of Urdnot, he was well-spoken in his desire to focus the krogan towards breeding and rebuilding in the aftermath of the Krogan Rebellions. Realizing harshly that it was an unpopular opinion, Wrex soon left his homeworld to find his own fate, leaving his people to struggle on their own.

## Biography

Born into Clan Urdnot, Wrex quickly gained fame for his prowess in battle. He became a leader of one of a smaller Urdnot tribe, Kesaan, while still a youth – the youngest krogan to be granted the honor in a thousand years. After the Krogan Rebellions ended, most remaining krogan tribes wanted to continue fighting despite the genophage and its devastating effect on their ability to reproduce. The most influential voice calling for a return to arms was one of the few warlords to survive the war, Wrex's father Jarrod.

Wrex had different ideas. He believed that the krogan didn't have the numbers to go to war, and even if they did, the genophage ensured they couldn't replenish their numbers quickly enough. Instead of battle, he led his tribe to focus on breeding, for at least one generation, and called for other tribes to follow. Gradually other krogan tribes began to come around to Wrex's ideas. This angered the Warlord Jarrod, who decided to arrange a Crush (a meeting on neutral ground) with all of the tribes. Wrex, sensing it was a trap, reluctantly agreed.

Wrex and his best warriors met with Jarrod's group in the krogan ancestral burial grounds called the Hollows, a holy place among the krogan where violence is forbidden. When it became clear to Jarrod that Wrex wouldn't agree with him, he signaled his men. They leapt from their hiding places and ambushed Wrex's warriors, cutting them down. Wrex managed to escape the ambush, but not before sinking his knife deep into Jarrod's chest. With his father's betrayal, Wrex's eyes were opened to the truth about the krogan: most would rather die in battle than try to rebuild their society. Realizing the proud warrior culture that once valued courage, strength, and honor had now been reduced to glorifying pointless violence, Wrex turned his back on the rest of the krogan and left.

Since that time he has served no master but himself; working as a bodyguard, mercenary, soldier of fortune, and bounty hunter. Wrex has had some interesting adventures – including an encounter with a fellow merc named Aleena – and he was even hired briefly by Saren Arterius to raid a volus cargo ship.

## Armament

Wrex carries with him an M-27 Scimitar and an M-6 Carnifex when heading into battle. He relies heavily on his biotics in combat.
Waypoint

**Waypoint** is a small research outpost on the frontier world of Virmire, set up by the Holun-Myeri Exploratory Fund as a forward base to study the Kestrel Relay in the nearby Telith System.

## Description

Housing a variety of staffers that are largely self-sufficient, Waypoint privately purchases all of its supplies and brings them in on their own as to stay off the radar of galactic interference.
Urla Rast System

**Location:** Milky Way / The Shrike Abyssal

The **Urla Rast System** is controlled by volus interests. The Talis Fia colony was discovered by the asari but handed over to the merchant race in exchange for trade benefits. The system's mineral resources are rated moderate to rich.

## Planets

* Bovis Tor
* Talis Fia
* Doz Atab
* Rosh
Widow System

**Location:** Milky Way / Serpent Nebula

 The **Widow System** is a stellar system in the Serpent Nebula with no natural satellites. It houses the ancient space station known as The Citadel, as well as a massive fuel depot and 12 Mass Relays, the highest recorded number of relays in a single system. Practically, it serves as the center of all galactic diplomacy within the Milky Way.

## History

The Widow system was the scene of the final battle during the Prothean-Reaper war, where the out-of-options Protheans ignited their superweapon and destroyed the Reaper threat once and for all, sentencing their civilization to die in the process.

Discovered by the Asari in 580 BCE, the Citadel was taken up as a home away from home by explorers of their kind, eventually serving as a diplomatic headquarters as more and more races arrived.

## Stations

* The Citadel
* Citadel Depot

## Mass Relays

* Widow A
* Widow B
* Widow C
* Widow D
* Widow E
* Widow F
* Widow G
* Widow H
* Widow I
* Widow J
* Widow K
* Widow L

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Ratis

**Location:** Milky Way / Apien Crest / Navale System

**Ratis** is a barren, vacuous world claimed by the Hierarchy of Palaven. Rich in basic materials needed in shipbuilding and other industrial activities, it is heavily exploited by the turians with many of the resources being immediately turned around to the shipyards on Aephus.
Worker's Day

More of a long-lasting Hegemony propaganda scheme than a true holiday, **Worker's Day** is a major festival celebrated on Khar'shan and throughout the rest of batarian space.

The government proclaims the day a time of rest, allowing citizens a reprieve from the struggles of everyday life. Citizens are urged to enjoy time with their fellow citizens, and displays and shows are put on throughout all manner of public lands.

For the lower castes, the day is not completely without labor. Instead, traditionally the business serves a complimentary meal, though in recent years even the complimentary aspect has been called into question by some business owners. For single-shift businesses, workers are usually granted an extra hour off at the end of the day. For those who work in shifts the schedules remain the same. Slaves are not formally allowed to be beaten this day, though the Hegemony does not supervise this technicality.