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Desolas Arterius

**Desolas Arterius** was a general within the Turian Hierarchy and a veteran of the First Contact War. Assigned to recover a downed frigate carrying a highly-classified object onboard during the war, Desolas was sacrificed by his brother when it became apparent that he had been indoctrinated by the object.

## Biography

During the First Contact War in 2157, General Desolas was tasked with a secret assignment on Shanxi: a turian research vessel had crash-landed on Shanxi with an important artifact aboard, and Desolas needed to recover it. Desolas lead a squad into an abandoned human settlement on Shanxi while searching for the crashed ship, where he was ambushed by the human mercenaries Jack Harper, Ben Hislop, and Eva Coré. Desolas' squad was killed and Desolas himself is taken prisoner.

The mercs used a datapad Desolas had with him to locate a turian encampment. Harper fabricated a fake message from Desolas to lure the turians into a trap and capture them. When the mercs found the cave where the artifact that the turians were looking for had been hidden, Harper and Hislop investigated while Eva guarded the turian prisoners. After fending off guardians, Hislop touched the artifact and was struck by a bolt of energy while Harper is blinded. Outside of the cave, Eva was distracted by the strange lights, allowing the turians to overpower her. Back in charge, Desolas took Eva and Harper prisoner, and ordered his soldiers to take Hislop's body away for study.

When the First Contact War was brought to an end by the Citadel Council's intervention, Desolas returned Eva and Harper to General Williams on Arcturus Station. He expressed interest in Harper due to his exposure to the artifact, the Arca Monolith, but Williams prevented him from detaining Harper any longer.

Desolas was encountered again on Illium after Harper used his connection to the Arca Monolith to pursue it there. Desolas revealed he was aware of Harper's connection and used the Monolith as bait to recapture Harper. Taking Harper and Eva to Palaven, the turian homeworld, Desolas explained that he planned to utilize the Arca Monolith to convert the turian race into an army of super-soldiers that he can use to dominate the galaxy from Temple Palaven, a revered turian site which conceals another Monolith. Harper argued that Desolas doesn't understand the Monolith's true purpose, but the general ignored him and set his plan into motion.

Desolas is stopped after Harper convinced his brother, Saren Arterius, that Desolas was endangering the turians. When Desolas' converted turians begin turning against him, he became trapped within Temple Palaven while Harper made his escape. Saren contacted Palaven Command and orders an orbital strike to destroy the Temple and prevent a "bioweapon emergency". Temple Palaven was destroyed, and Desolas and the Monoliths with it.
Doriae

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

**Doriae** is a large, hot world with a poisonous atmosphere of acidic nitrogen oxides. While the planet is too close to Lusarn for this to condense and fall as rain, this makes the environment too hostile for forms of life more sophisticated than bacteria to evolve.
Besiere's Watchers

> *"As Besiere before me, I watch those against me. I understand those against me. I crush those against me."*
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**Besiere's Watchers** are a unit of asari commandos based within the city of Irira on Lymetis. As the colony is relatively small, it is also the only permanently garrisoned commando unit on the world. Despite their posting, they carry out missions all across asari space, protecting the interests of the Republics. They are officially specialized in subterfuge and espionage, with each commando being sent in for training at the Jassera Espionage School on Thessia before their official assigning to the unit.

## History

The commando unit's motto is as follows:

*"As Besiere before me, I watch those against me. I understand those against me. I crush those against me."*
DC1938

**Location:** Milky Way / Arcturus Stream / SM2183 Rua System

 A rare example of a garden world orbiting a red giant, **DC1938** is, unfortunately, part of another rare statistic: it suffered from a phenomenon known as core fusion. This was caused by the uranium core of the planet collapsing in on itself, igniting a thermonuclear explosion strong enough to rupture the planet into several pieces. The shockwave blew away the atmosphere, destroying the entire ecosystem of the planet.

## Description

DC1938 had been inhabited by a previously unknown alien race who relied upon crystalline matrices for their computational needs. An estimated 5 billion inhabitants were killed in the disaster, the lone survivor a child rescued via a shuttle from the *MSV Kent*. The infant was taken to the Local Cluster for medical care and observation.

## Trivia

* DC1938 was referenced in the original Mass Effect games, but was created and added by the Spectre Expansion Mod for Mass Effect 3, which can be found at this link.
* The planet's story, that a planet exploded and only an infant survived and was rescued by humans, is likely in reference to the comic book superhero Superman.
	+ The Ship that rescued the alien infant was known as the MSV Kent. This is likely a reference to Superman's human name, Clark Kent.
	+ DC is likely in reference to DC Comics, 1938 was the first-year Superman was published.
Eingana

**Location:** Milky Way / Omega Nebula / Amada System

**Eingana** is a hot, beautiful, and deadly world, covered with the debris of ancient starships.

## Description

Approximately 127,000 years before 2180, a series of battles were fought over it by two organic species, the thoi'han and the inusannon. Although no records of the conflict remain, most historians agree that both races wanted to colonize Eingana, and neither were willing to share. The two lost hundreds of ships in a series of battles over Eingana and its moon, Barraiya; many of these were eventually pulled in by the planet's gravity well.

The mass effect drive cores of these ships broke apart, dumping refined element zero over large stretches of landscape. This poisoned the environment and a wave of extinctions followed. Many of the animal species that remained showed a tendency to develop biotic powers. As the ecology of Eingana is energetic and aggressive, this makes colonization a deadly peril.
Genowadunbo

**Genowadunbo**was a General Elder within the Right Fist of the Courts, the elcor army, during the Rachni Wars. A veteran of many campaigns during the conflict, he served in a variety of environments across a wealth of worlds. Most notably he suggested the use of the elcor as living tanks within the narrow and winding tunnels built beneath the former salarian colony of Saetabelo, a mission that gained valuable intel on the Rachni Queens at great expense to the elcor military, including the General's own life.

## Quotes

As headstrong and brave as beings come, Genowadunbo was a non-traditional elcor. Many of his briefings were recorded and have been saved within the repositories of the Courts of Dekuuna.

* *"Respectful but dismissive: The tanks are out of the question in such an environment. With pride and confidence: We shall be the tanks." -*Briefing the heads of the Saetabelo task force before the Infiltration of Saetabelo.
Impera

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

The small planet **Impera** is a hothouse of helium and argon, the latter a product of decaying radioactive materials. Robo-mining was once lucrative here, but like the rest of the solar system, the only remaining veins are inaccessible by cost-effective means.

## Description

The planet is named for Atrin Impera, the "turian Machiavelli," whose ambitious political philosophies led to her reign as regent in the continent-spanning Nialin Empire for more than a decade. She famously combined citizenship tiers with a meritocracy, rather than a caste system, which served to strengthen her empire. This practice fell in and out of favor for centuries before its revival early in the turians' age of nation-states.
Devereaux Industries

A large, human-run business with diverse interests, **Devereaux Industries** is a leading firm within Systems Alliance space when it comes to the mining of raw element zero and the manufacturing of products involving the almost magical element.

## History

Devereaux is an expansive corporation specializing in element zero mining and production of various related equipment, most notably FTL Drive Cores. Having partnered with the Systems Alliance, Devereaux has been instrumental in building humanity’s fleet as well as outfitting their soldiers with combat-ready omni-tools and biotic amps. Under the leadership of Dmitri Radzlov, the company has maintained steady growth since its inception while dealing primarily in human interests; it has recently expanded to offering its products to the Council races as well, hoping for a profitable growth market.

Devereaux was one of the first businesses to seek eezo mining rights after humanity’s discovery of the prothean beacon in 2148, and as with oil miners of the past, the company excelled almost instantaneously. By the time the Systems Alliance had formed roughly a year later, Devereaux was ready and waiting with several drive core designs to be put into R&D. Over the next several years the company grew exponentially along with humanity’s fleet of starships, and this growth sky-rocketed during the First Contact War. In patriotic support of humanity, Devereaux began mass-producing crude handheld devices that would later be replaced with omni-tools, and offered their services to the Alliance at a discounted price.

Following the First Contact War and humanity’s introduction to the larger galactic stage, Devereaux only continued to thrive. Seeking alien consults and advisors, they began experimenting with far-fetched drive core design, a human-produced line of omni-tools, and of course, the discovery of biotic abilities eventually led them to begin producing their own amps. Rumors briefly persisted that Devereaux had conspired with corporations such as Conatix Industries to purposefully expose civilians to the dangerous conditions necessary to produce biotic children, but these accusations were largely stifled when Devereaux CEO Dmitri Radzlov’s daughter Anastasia began displaying biotic power.

In 2180, Radzlov and the board of directors moved to begin entering the galactic market more aggressively, subsequently opening a Citadel branch and attempting negotiations with various alien governments and businesses. The immediate goal is to widen the net, so to speak, and generate enough revenue to divide the various aspects of the business into specific subsidiaries, placing Devereaux at the head as a holding company. Even should these plan fall through, however, the company’s strong roots, effective business model, and vital product
HMEF Wayfinder Armor

Human/Asari/Drell/Batarian Variant

Designed by the turian survival firm Deepspace Ventures, the **HMEF Wayfinder Armor** is a set of armor specifically designed off concepts engineered by the Holun-Myeri Exploratory Fund and available exclusively to members of their vessel, the FSS Asteria.

## Description

Commissioned by the exploratory company in secrecy in early 2183, prototypes had been completed and in lab tests by late 2181. Using Deepspace more as a manufacturing hub than allowing them any real input on the designs kept the spreading of the armor's existence at a minimum while ensuring they would get a quality product designed specifically for their needs.

The armor is bespoke for each wearer, and available for all known Milky Way races as of early 2183. It comes with high-end life support systems, a state of the art onboard VI with records of all known zoological databases, and maneuverability to rival those of asari dancers working in hostile environments such as Irune. It also includes modularity to allow the addition of combat abilities onto it, such as a Tactical Scan module or Tech Armor generators.
Jaunla V'Atu

Artwork by Railroad

**Jaunla V'Atu** was a member of the Order of Lucen and served as a mentor to Dinya Hadran. She was murdered by Sura T'rana on the streets of Illium.

## Biography

Late in the evening on February 3rd, 2183, Jaunla was assisting a drunken man home from one of the street bars in the lower levels of Illium's Sayaren District, Nos Astra. While they passed through an alleyway, Sura T'rana took the opportunity to kill both the man and his companion before fleeing, passing by Dinya Hadran on the way. Jaunla bled out in the alleyway, her mentee nearby.
Fort Ernest Smith

**Fort Ernest Smith** is a Systems Alliance military installation on the human colony world of Eden Prime. Found on the outskirts of the world's capital, Constant, it is named for war hero Ernest Smith, a Canadian soldier during the Second World War. It houses the 212 Brigade, a large contingent of the 2nd Frontier Division of the Systems Alliance Marine Corps.
Horse Head Nebula

The **Horse Head Nebula** has a motley of uninhabited and barely-surveyed planets with some prospect for resourcing. Despite its inclusion in the Bahanak Frontier and proximity to Citadel Space, it is situated in a legal grey area for Citadel races: Noveria, at least, is not part of Citadel Space.

## Systems

* Anadius System
* Fortuna System
* Nedlus System
* Pax System
* Strenuus System

## Mass Relay Connections

* Annos Basin
* Argos Rho
* Exodus Cluster
* Hawking Eta
* Serpent Nebula
* Styx Theta
Elmera Marasi

Art by Railroad

**Elmera Marasi** is a trauma surgeon and explorer formerly employed by the Eclipse mercenary group, and currently a part of the Holun-Myeri Exploratory Fund.

## Biography

Elmera was born on Thessia, though she was not there for long. She was only 40 when her mother left her family, leaving her to be raised by her adventurous asari father. When she was still a young girl, they traveled far and wide together, and Elmera loved going to new places. She grew into a restless maiden, and could never stay in one place for long. She also developed an interest in medicine and first aid, often accompanying the medics of the vessels she travelled on and hounding them about their profession.

When she was 230, she met and fell in love with a turian military technician named Boethius. The pair had a daughter together, Iliana, who took more to her father than her mother. When Boethius died, mother and daughter parted ways, though they remain in close contact today.

Eventually, Elmera would settle for a time in Nos Astra, Illium. Although she began her education quite late, she worked and studied hard, eventually earning her place in a prestigious medical college in Nos Astra, with financial assistance from her father. She completed her training and spent several more decades training as a trauma surgeon, and worked for near a century on Illium until the urge to explore the galaxy returned once more.

For many years Elmera lead an exciting life in the Terminus Systems, working with mercenaries as a field medic and surgeon. When she was 650, she became involved in the Eclipse mercenary group, and later befriended a human nurse, Ashok Grover. The pair enjoyed working with each other, and later they were both recruited into the Holun-Myeri Exploratory Fund.

## Personality

Strict, candid and no-nonsense, Elmera is generous, however she does not like her time being wasted. Although she is approaching her matriarch stage, she has never lost her maiden desire to travel and explore. Not one to settle down, she seeks out excitement and adventure wherever it can be found, and has lead quite the storied life in her near seven-centuries.

## Physical Description

Elmera Marasi is athletic, elegant, though often appears stern. She has sharp features and is meticulous about presenting herself well.

## Armament

Elmera utilizes an M-15 Vindicator while in combat, as well as the combat abilities Neural Shock, Cryo Beam and Defense Drone. Her armor is the standard set of HMEF Wayfinder armor.
Jones Lake Disappearances

The **Jones Lake Disappearances** are a series of disappearances of colonists on the human world of Demeter. Located in and around the titular Jones Lake, nine individuals have gone missing since 2159.

## Description

Just outside of Demeter's popular vacation port Harmonia Harbor is Jones Lake, a secluded body of water frequented mostly by local teens trying to escape both their overbearing parents and the Harbor's obnoxious swarms of tourists. In September of 2177, a group of five high school students went out to the lake one quiet, foggy night, and were never seen or heard from again. The teenagers were simply gone; no ransom demands ever came, no bodies were ever recovered, nothing aside from their abandoned campfire remained to even indicate they'd been out there at all. But the strangest part was that that wasn't the first time someone had gone missing in the vicinity of Jones Lake - it was the fourth known incident, in what was later dubbed the Jones Lake Disappearances by Harmonia Harbor's news station. In total, there were believed to have been at least nine victims, but it was hard for anyone to know for certain given how bizarre the entire ordeal was.

## Timeline

* April 2159 - Structural engineer Gavin Duncan and Penny Godfrey, a high school teacher, were reported missing when neither returned home after going out on a date. Duncan's car was found abandoned near Jones Lake after several days, leading some to believe that they'd gone swimming and drowned.

* December 2165 - Shortly before the new year, an elderly widow named Nadine Zamil disappeared after venturing out for an evening walk around Jones Lake and the surrounding park. Her dog was found wandering the area alone the next day, its leash still attached.

* June 2172 - The vehicle of local attorney Kayleb Madsen was pulled from the bottom of Jones Lake shortly after his loss of a particularly salacious case. Although his body was never recovered, it was generally accepted that he had committed suicide, regardless of his family's vehement protests that he would ever do such a thing.

* August 2177 - Five teenagers gathered for a bonfire on the shore of the lake one evening, but by the next day, they still hadn't returned home. Authorities dispatched to the scene found only a cold, ashen fire pit, and more worryingly, all the teens' abandoned mobile devices. The disappearances of Tamara Higgins, Kathryn Stinger, Adam Coult, and twins Zikmund Vaněk and Pavlina Vankova were what finally led to a real investigation into the strange happenings at Jones Lake.

* June 2182 - Despite extensive searches of the lake and surrounding area, there have been no leads since the Jones Lake investigation began. Many fear that until the next disappearance the case will remain cold, and as a result, confidence in the Harbor's police force is at an all-time low.
Garrus Vakarian

**Garrus Vakarian** is a C-Sec officer within the Investigation Division of the Citadel's protective services. A veteran of the Primarch's Army, he was initially picked as a potential SPECTRE candidate before joining up with C-Sec.

## Biography

Garrus was born on the 15th of October 2156 in Cipritine on Palaven to Castis and Monell Vakarian.

## Armament

Garrus is a sharpshooter, preferring to utilize sniper and assault rifles. His omni-tool is equipped with the Combat Ability Overload, and he customizes his weapons with Concussive Shot launchers and Armor Piercing Ammo. He also carries with him some Proximity Mines.

## Family

* Castis Vakarian - *Father*
* Monell Vakarian - *Mother*
* Solana Vakarian - *Sister*
Illium

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

**Illium** is an asari-settled colony near the edge of the Terminus Systems. It serves as a cultural hub of the species, as well as an economic center for trade going in between the Terminus Systems and Citadel Space.

## History

Discovered by renowned asari explorer Liara T'Meer during the 7th Asari Expansion wave, Illium has served as one of the Asari Republics more controversial colonies ever since its inception. As it is not officially part of the Republics, the normally stringent customs laws of Council space on product safety, proscribed materials, and sapient trafficking are relaxed. Asari corporate interests run the planet, with little to no government oversight enforced on the world.

## Terrain

The world is hot and massive; ground settlement is only possible at the higher polar latitudes. In more equatorial locations, the population is housed in arcology skyscrapers to escape the heat of the surface.

## Notable Locations

* Nos Astra
* Manjoros Plaza
* Saefos Valley
* Nos Parnalo
DT Sihil

The DT-AR Sihil (Art by Noistromo)

The **DT Sihil** is a modular weapons system designed by Dori-Thorn Armaments. Within one system is included a kit to change the frame between a Heavy Pistol, Assault Rifle, and Sniper Rifle.

## Description

Based upon schematics used by nomadic resource-warriors from the final days of Rakhana, the DT Sihil has become popular within a niche group of combatants in the galaxy, particularly those that need to spend long periods of time hauling their own gear around. The three variations, **DT-P**, **DT-AR** and **DT-SR** are all considered mid-tier weapons, highly sought after purely because of their modularity.
Dassus

**Dassus** is an ancient port city on the asari homeworld of Thessia, settled on the southern peninsula that borders the ever-vital Strait of Mayasai. The time-tested seat of the old city-state of Dassus, it has been renowned for its archaeological significance and pristine shorelines for millennia.

## History

While the peninsula had been settled for many years prior, first evidence of a true civilization where Dassus now stands can be drawn back to sometime around the 19th millennia before the common era. Artifacts of this age are scarce and in poor condition but include several spears apparently used for fishing, a leather thong thought to be from a sandal and several fossilized excretions.
Doldit

**Location:** Milky Way / Aethon Cluster / Aru System

A distant gas giant within the Volus home cluster, **Doldit** is a world known more for its myriad moons than the gas giant itself.

## Description

**Doldit**'s moons have long been mined out, but they still host dozens of corporate-owned laboratories relocated there to avoid the environmental restrictions placed on research and development firms on Irune. Everything from weapon testing to cutting-edge biological research is outsourced to facilities orbiting Doldit.
Elcor Timeline

### 738 BCE

* In the wake of the Piquant Coast Disaster, the city of Unovasereng is founded on Dekuuna's northern continent of Boribonu.

### 229 BCE

* The asari discover the elcor home system and help the elcor locate and activate their nearest mass relay.

### 209 BCE

* First contact is made with the quarians.

### 198 BCE

* The elcor and the quarians are granted embassies on the Citadel.

### 1 CE

* The rachni, a species of highly intelligent hive-minded insects, are discovered when a Citadel expedition opens a dormant mass relay leading to their star systems. The rachni prove to be hostile and begin a war with the rest of the galaxy. Negotiation with the rachni queens is impossible because they cannot be contacted in their underground nests on the toxic rachni worlds.

### 80 CE

* The Rachni Wars continue. The salarians make first contact with and uplift the primitive krogan, manipulating them into acting as soldiers for the Citadel Council. The krogan prove able to survive the harsh environments of the rachni worlds and pursue the rachni into their nests, systematically eradicating queens and eggs.

### 300 CE

* The rachni are declared extinct. In gratitude for their aid during the Rachni Wars, the Council rewards the krogan a new homeworld. Free of the harsh environment of Tuchanka, the krogan population explodes.

### 700 CE

* Krogan warlords leverage veterans of the Rachni Wars to annex territory from other races in Citadel Space. Eventually the Council demands withdrawal from the asari colony of Lusia, but the krogan refuse. A preemptive strike is made on krogan infrastructures by the Spectres. The Krogan Rebellions begin.

### 704 CE

* The Citadel Council makes first contact with the turians around this time and persuades them to aid in the war. After the krogan respond to the initial turian offensive by devastating turian colonies with weapons of mass destruction, the turians vow to stop the krogan from ever becoming a threat again.

### 858 CE

* The Krogan Rebellions end, though scattered krogan insurgent actions continue for decades. The turians fill the military and peacekeeping niche left by the decimated krogan.
* The Citadel Conventions are drawn up in the wake of the conflict.

### 2125 CE

#### June

* **3rd** - The yahg, an intelligent pre-spaceflight race, are discovered on the planet Parnack.

### 2157 CE

#### July

* The turians prepare for a full-scale war against humanity, but this draws the attention of the Citadel Council. The Council intervenes before hostilities escalate further, revealing the existence of the greater galactic community to humanity and brokering a peace between them and the turians.
Elanus Risk Control Services

**Elanus Risk Control Services**, or **ERCS** as it is abbreviated, is a major conglomerate that consists of corporate interests in the private security, weapons manufacturing, armor manufacturing and omni-tool manufacturing sectors of the galactic economy.

## History

### Origins

Originally founded as a turian private security firm on the relatively backwater colony of Syglar, founder Moren Elanus sought to corner a more experimental corner of the market. Focusing on highly-intelligent operatives with a variety of backgrounds in the prototype and development companies, he wanted his mercenaries to lead the high-tech charge into the next generation.

While his efforts weren't met with great success, ERCS did gain notoriety simply for the professionalism and sleek look of their guards. Not the most highly skilled or stand out individuals, they went great with highend events that warranted security for show.

### Free Market Consolidation

In 1844 CE, the recently overhauled board of directors for ERCS decided to push forward with Elanus' original ideas, this time creating their own state of the art lines of equipment. Beginning two years later with the launch of their first line of weaponry, it was furthered by a line of combat hardsuits in 1860 and omni-tools in 1877.

## Notable Branches

### Corporate Headquarters

The corporate headquarters on Syglar is a hub within the capital of Martus, the campus sometimes credited with building the city into the sprawling metropolis it is today.

### Weapons Lab - Noveria

ERCS has a facility on the planet Noveria where they create lethal and non-lethal weapons. They also provide security personnel on Noveria; the executive board gets a discount from the corporation.

## Production Models (Available in 2182)

### Armor Sets

* Duelist Armor
* Guardian Armor

### Omni-Tool Lines

#### Mage Family

* Mage I
* Mage II

#### Warlock Family

* Warlock Lite
* Warlock
* Warlock Complete

### Weaponry

#### Heavy Pistols

* Striker
* M-3 Predator

#### Assault Rifles

* Banshee
* M-15 Vindicator
Gaelon

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

**Gaelon** is a standard hydrogen-helium gas giant.

## Description

Gaelon is surrounded by an extensive ring system. The inner rings are composed pulverized nano-manufactured carbon materials, thought to be the remains of an arthenni helium-3 mining infrastructure. The few pieces of larger debris found indicate a materials technology at least equal to the current galactic state-of-the-art.

The outer rings consist of water-ice, silicate dust, and the odd bit of rock. Analysis of the debris often showshock damage and evidence of rapid heating. Some para-historical theorists insist that the outer rings represent debris from a moon or moons destroyed by mass accelerator bombardment. This has been rejected by every reputable xenoarcheologist; while it is theoretically possible to destroy a small moon utterly with dreadnought bombardment, no species sees a compelling reason to do so.
Digeris

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

A hospitable world home to dextro-amino-acid-based life, **Digeris** is famous for being the site of the bloodiest battle in turian history.

## History

During the Krogan Rebellions, a warlord named Graken Dhal took the fight to Palaven's home cluster, bombarding the modestly defended Digeris. When reinforcements came to intercept him, Dhal's navy put their rear to Digeris so that stray shots would hit the planet. The turians won despite this severe handicap, using countless fighters and cruisers to take down the krogan dreadnoughts.

In modern times the planet has seen a decent influx of tourism revenue from this historical significance, as the honor of those lost is encapsulated in massive monuments scattered across the many cities on the world.

## Terrain

Covered in vast seas and rocky continents, Digeris is often referred to by quarian visitors as appearing similar to views of Rannoch that they have from old mementos. Large canyons, rocky deserts and arid plains make up much of the terrain, with prairies of dextro-grasses covering the majority of the world.

## Notable Locations

* Apparitus
* Iceloren
Decoy

**Decoy** is an omni-tool application that creates a holographic representation of the user approximately 3 to 5 meters away from themselves. The projection can be programmed to act in several different poses and actions, though the signal will progressively weaken until completely vanishing around 20 meters from the original user. Much like a Combat or Defense Drone, when the shields around the decoy are destroyed the hologram will vanish.
Climate Change on Earth

**Climate Change on Earth** is a major, human-induced shift in the patterns of climate that effect their homeworld, Earth. As with most worlds that host civilizations, Earth was modified as humanity saw fit once they began shifting en-masse to sedentary, agricultural lifestyles. This process, begun in ancient times, was accelerated quickly with the advent of the Industrial Era, producing a massive leap forward in technology while also seeing the rise of pollution of the atmosphere, landscape and seas of the life-giving world.

The 21st and 22nd centuries have seen the brunt of this effect, with sea levels across the globe rising two meters since the late 20th century. Desertification and melting of permafrost have been other major issues, with extreme weather events becoming more and more common as the problem has continued to manifest. Political battles, and even real wars such as the Indonesian Civil War, were begun either directly or indirectly due to the impacts of this phenomenon.

In recent decades, technological advancements and societal shifts have begun showing success in fighting back against climate change. A shift in focus towards renewable energy, mass utilization of telecommunicating and the greening of cities via arcology skyscrapers have shown slow but steady progress in cutting back against the rapid progress of this planetary ecological disaster.
Clan Daysi

**Clan Daysi** is a salarian familial clan based in the city of On'Sat on the homeworld of Sur'Kesh. A smaller clan, it has nonetheless become a thorn in the side of many of the power players within the Salarian Union, particularly those clans making up the Drinum Vada. Conservatively-minded and focused on their own traditions and beliefs, they are quiet on the galactic scale but loud within the realms of salarian politics.
Gígí Martalla

**Gígí Martalla** is a human high-end fashion retailer founded by their namesake, Gígí Victoria Iliana Martalla.

## History

Created by social media star and former model Gígí Martalla in the mid-2150's, the self-named brand Gígí Martalla established its place in the fashion industry by offering consumers trendy, high-end products in a wide array of styles, and by making them readily available to purchase. Backed by a rich father and a sizeable bank account of her own, Ms. Martalla opened stores worldwide as her products began gaining momentum. The brand quickly became a household name for any fashion enthusiast, and anyone wearing Gígí Martalla clothes or carrying a Gígí Martalla bag was the envy of everyone around them.

The discovery of other intelligent life in the galaxy only further increased the company's success. After the conclusion of the First Contact War, when humans began expanding throughout the galaxy, Gígí Martalla stores began opening on all of the newly-established human colonies, and unsurprisingly the human brand eventually found itself on the Citadel. With foreign markets now open and new clients to please, Gígí Martalla has widened its target audience, hoping to be able to provide products that all of the Citadel races can enjoy. As of 2183 they had recently launched a line of clothing aimed at the elcor, and plan on making hanar-friendly merchandise in the near future.
Contortium Unitartum

**Contortium Unitartum** is a parasitic species of floral plant native to the world of Seitania.

## Description

The contortium nitartum is a native to the rainforests of Seitania and attaches itself to different trees through the jungle thanks to it’s very sticky pollen. From here the plant takes over large portions of whatever it finds itself on. It is a standout amongst the greenery of the rainforest due to its usual vibrant red colour.
Concussive Shot

Riot underbarrels, more commonly referred to as **Concussive Shot** launchers, are small weapon attachments that launch a target-seeking, explosive pellet at an enemy when triggered. With variants manufactured by most major weapon companies, it is one of the more common weapon modifications.

## History

While riot weaponry had been developed by most sapient civilizations by the time they reached the galaxy at large, the weapons were not modified for large-scale combat use until the late 1400s by the turian corporation Armax Arsenal. Since then, it has seen widespread use and design- copying across the Milky Way.
Gad Delthri

**Gad Delthri** is a city on the frontier world of Erinle founded by the salarian Clan Mytel as an environmental restoration outpost to help save the world's dying fauna.

## History

Founded only two years after its sister city Zeviness, Gad Delthri served as a base for similar operations within the planet's much wilder northern hemisphere. Initially run exclusively by Clan Mytel, the city has recently been jointly run between Mytel and Clan Zevin as their mutual conservation efforts become more desperate for cooperation.

Gad Delthri is regretfully extranet famous as the site of the Gad Delthri Stampede in 2180, set off when frustrated handlers and technicians accidentally penned a herd of native Selcau in a hostile environment-dome, resulting in a mass break out and stampede which left 116 salarians dead and many more injured.
Inner Council Space

**Inner Council Space** is referred to as such because it houses locations of great importance to the Citadel Council as well as many of their associate races. Both the turian and salarian homeworlds are located in this sector, as well as the volus and hanar homeworlds. The krogan homeworld is also located within Inner Council Space, however, as a species they are not a member of the Citadel. The Citadel station itself is also located within this region.

## Locations

### Clusters

* Aethon Cluster
* Annos Basin
* Apien Crest
* Krogan DMZ
* Meade Cluster
* Olyn Protectorate
* Proditore's Scar
* Serpent Nebula
* Vas'Diri Gap
* Xìngyùn (幸运) Cluster

### Homeworlds

* Irune
* Kahje
* Palaven
* Sur'Kesh
* Tuchanka
Ganar Yulaz

Inheritor of the legacy of the Blood Pack mercenary guild, **Ganar Yulaz** is one of the rare krogan females known to take up arms and leave the homeworld. Stylizing herself as following the legacy of Denok Shiagur, this member of Clan Ganar runs the Blood Pack with fists of steel, preferring to bludgeon her way through negotiations rather than deal with cunning.
Eternal Earth

A radical conservative political party constantly mired in scandal and rumor, **Eternal Earth** was a group of human politicians formed in the aftermath of the First Contact War. Only managing to get a couple of their members voted on to the Systems Alliance Parliament, the party was disbanded not long after the attempted assassination of volus ambassador Venta Tox by a man who claimed to be sent by the party, Ivor Johnstagg.
Clan Urdnot

**Clan Urdnot** is a large krogan clan on their homeworld of Tuchanka. Based in the remnants of an ancient city within the Rezad Flatlands, which they have taken to calling Urdnot. Boasting a relatively big population and sizeable military for any krogan clan, Urdnot keeps many of the smaller clans in check and is constantly on the radar of the CDEM.

## Rites and Traditions

Petitioners seeking to join the ranks of Clan Urdnot must face a gauntlet of native wildlife. Brought out to an arena known only as such, the prospective member must first survive against waves of varren and klixen before being brought face to face with a thresher maw utilizing a maw hammer. While some have successfully brought down the beast, it is sufficient to merely survive for a few minutes.
Gnashk

**Gnashk**, popularly referred to as the **Hooved Devil** by batarian sports enthusiasts, was a vorcha gladiator and slave. Representing the Steel Fortress of the planet Adek during her brief combat career, she was instrumental in that organization's victory in the Desekodoun of 2155.

## Biography

Born on the vorcha homeworld of Heshtok in 2141, Gnashk was hardly more than an infant when she and her small cluster of vorcha were rounded up by the Blood Pack.

Raised into a life of combat, she excelled in hand-to-hand fights, tearing at anyone who got on her nerves. Her violent tendencies became so difficult to deal with that in 2146 she was sold into slavery to the only bidder, one Fadna Muradlen of Adek.

Fadna had seen evidence of Gnashk's prowess on full display when the batarian woman's benefactors hired the Blood Pack for some anti-piracy work. Intrigued by the prospect of taming this beast, she paid a tiny pittance for the troublesome creature.

Spending years being broken down by the batarian and then remolded into a disciplined, violent fighter, Gnashk honed her skills for one purpose. the Desekodoun. She would be a star in the Hegemony-wide, once-in-a-decade event. She would bring glory to her owner, her trainer, and to her new home.

As the rounds of fighting began, Gnashk was mainly utilized in group combat, oftentimes as a quick-strike gladiator who would look to leap at opponent's faults. She never was pushed into the spotlight, was always an afterthought in the preparation of her enemies and the broadcasts of the media. As the event continued, the Steel Fortress slowly crept its way towards the top.

Finally, in late 2165, the championship rounds were held. The Steel Fortress, against harsh odds, faced off against the perennially powerful Fire from the Home of Khar'shan. After the group stages, event stages and most of the one-on-one duels, the groups were tied in the minds of the Hegemony. A final duel would determine the winner, a duel determined from the beginning to be a deathmatch. Gnashk was faced against a mean-faced krogan, Talyth Nox.

The two matched each other head-to-head for minutes. For every heavy blow the much larger man could land on the woman, three quick strikes were felt somewhere on his body. While his brawn would surely beat her down, her elusiveness and precision made the fight quickly move out of his favor. In the fifteenth minute she feinted the krogan into missing a heavy, double-fisted blow and she struck. Leaping onto the beastly man's back she sunk her daggers beneath his jaw on either side, then slid them together. Nox bled out in the dust, and Gnashk was celebrated in glory.

Receiving no reward, the woman was unceremoniously penned once more at the conclusion of her bout. Covered in the blood of her competitor she was shipped back to Adek where she lived out the rest of her days as a trainer to other vorcha her owner believed would replicate her success. She died of old age in 2170, at the age of 19.
Combat Abilities

**Combat Abilities** are weapon attachments, personal skills or other miscellaneous fighting bonuses that characters within the Mass Effect: Continuation universe and the canon Mass Effect universe can utilize. These abilities are broken into several categories, as listed below.

Whereas in the Mass Effect games they were each keybound and treated as an infinitely supplied power, in the roleplays and writings of Mass Effect: Continuation they are taken as something more realistic. Biotics are given a more lore-reasonable life, and have their own page to describe themselves.

If an in-game ability is not here, it is **not considered canon or game-worthy** within the scope of Mass Effect: Continuation.

## Armor Modifications

**Armor Modifications** are combat abilities that are built into a user's combat hardsuit, be they injectable stimulants or hard-wired current generators.

* Adrenaline Rush
* Blade Armor
* Fortification
* Jump Jets
* Marksman
* Nightshade Blades
* Tactical Cloak
* Tech Armor
* Turbocharge

## Modified Ammunition

**Modified Ammunition Blocks** are metallic chunks of metal that have been specially designed or modified to wreak a specific kind of havoc on the battlefield, be it armor-shredding or shield-penetrating.

* Armor-Piercing Ammo
* Cryo Ammo
* Disruptor Ammo
* Incendiary Ammo
* Shredder Ammo
* Warp Ammo

## Omni-Tool Applications

**Omni-Tool Applications** are combat functions that can be downloaded and installed onto a wearer's personal omni-tool. Such tech is typically restricted to use in military and security companies, though many unlicensed and private versions are distributed among the shadier regions of the galactic society. These applications are typically fueled using the almost magical Omni-gel.

* AI Hacking
* Ballistic Blades
* Combat Drone
* Cryo Beam
* Cryo Blast
* Damping
* Decoy
* Defense Drone
* Energy Drain
* Flamethrower
* Incinerate
* Invasion
* Neural Shock
* Omni Grenade
* Overload
* Sabotage
* Shield Boost
* Snap Freeze
* Submission Net

## Portable Armaments

**Portable Armaments** are armaments that can be picked up and carried around until utilized and then expended in combat. Most, like grenades, are used one time for one purpose before being destroyed in their deployment. Some, like Barricades, are able to be reacquired after deployment and recharged before using again.

* Arc Grenades
* Barricades
* Cain Trip Mines
* Cluster Grenades
* Flashbang Grenades
* Frag Grenades
* Inferno Grenades
* Lift Grenades
* Proximity Mines
* Sentry Turrets
* Sticky Grenades
* Supply Pylons

## Weapon Attachments

**Weapon Attachments** are attachments that can be built onto an existing weapon, then fired with an alternate fire to deploy whatever their special purpose is. Typically they are attached to the underside of larger weaponry.

* Carnage
* Concussive Shot
* Flak Cannon
* Turbocharge
Intarabus

Credit to the Expanded Galaxy Mod

**Location:** Milky Way / Local Cluster / 61 Ursae Majoris System

Like its namesake, the etymologically obscure god Intarabus, the planet **Intarabus** is something of a mystery. Although barely substantial enough to register as a planet, it displays extreme volcanism and yet it is more ancient than its larger neighbor Sirona. Some theorize that it is older than the star system itself.

## Description

The leading theory for this planet's old age compared to the rest of the system is that Intarabus was an extrasolar capture. Astrophysicists speculate that it arrived early in the lifecycle of Ursae Majoris and that collisions with the protoplanetary disk and its close stellar proximity were enough to generate the energy needed to maintain its current level of volcanism.

## Trivia

* Intarabus was created and added by the Expanded Galaxy Mod for Mass Effect 3, which can be found here: EGM
Federal Republic of Germany

Flag of Germany c.2182 (Credit to Wikimedia Commons)

The **Federal Republic of Germany**, more commonly referred to simply as **Germany**, is a nation on the human homeworld of Earth. A small nation in the western portion of the continent of Eurasia, Germany is an important member of the supranational European Union and one of the founding members of the Systems Alliance.
Fogar

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The **Fogar** is a heavy pistol designed and manufactured by drell arms maker Dofazo-Lican Arms.

## Description

One of the only drell-made firearms available on the market, the Fogar is a heavy pistol composed primarily of components found on the hanar homeworld of Kahje.

While not exactly a standout product, the Fogar is reliable, and trumps many other heavy pistols in its price range by offering superior accuracy, high rate of fire, generous clip capacity, and low recoil.
Invasion

**Invasion** is an omni-tool ability that is typically used as a last resort by desperate wearers. While hard to pinpoint the origins of the ability, some of the first reported uses of a "suicide function" like this one appeared during the First Contact War. Turian engineers, starved for food and temporarily abandoned on Shanxi once their fleet had been destroyed, resorted to expending their omni-tool's omni-gel capacity as an option when they had begun to run dry on ammunition and grown weary.

When the protocol is enacted by an omni-tool's wearer, the device begins fabricating a swarm of extremely tiny drones and programming them to overwhelm the defenses of any targeted enemy nearby. This process is extremely taxing to the omni-tool, resulting inevitably in a complete draining of its omni-gel stores.
Ekuna

Location: Milky Way / Phoenix Massing / Salahiel System

**Ekuna** is a high-gravity world within the Terminus Systems. Initially colonized without Council consent by the quarians, when the species made an official petition for ownership their request was denied and the world was gifted to the Courts of Dekuuna, whose people were more suited for the unrelenting pressure of the environment anyways.

## History

First discovered by the quarians at the turn of the 22nd century, Ekuna is habitable, but a second-tier choice for most species. Circling an orange sun, the world averages below-freezing temperatures. This led development firms to colonize at the planet's equator, where the climate is tolerable for agriculture.

The quarians, seeking a homeworld of their own, petitioned the Citadel Council for the right to take over Ekuna, but they had already settled a few hundred thousand quarians on the planet before approaching the Council. Seeing this occupation as an illegal act, the Council turned a deaf ear to quarian pleas and gave the world to the elcor, who could withstand the high gravity of the world far better. The quarians squatting on the planet were given one galactic standard month to leave, at which point their colonies would be bombarded. The junk left behind by the fleeing quarians clogs up portions of the landscape to this day.

In 2114, criminals and other undesirable elements from the Migrant Fleet were dumped in the city of New Elfaas in an event the locals called the Little Invasion. The city was under siege for weeks as the gangs overran city defenses and power arrays.

## Notable Locations

### Cities

* Bel Shadii
* New Elfaas
Cryo Blast

Cryo Blast is an omni-tool application utilized by combatants across the galaxy, and also toned down for civilian applications in several markets. When activated, the device flash-fabricates a stream of hyper-cooled particles out of omni-gel that jet out towards the target. Upon reaching the opponent, the particles get into whatever layer is exposed and freeze it, creating an extremely brittle and solid surface. Although it has an extremely high rate of success when making contact with a target, the range is extremely short, often making it no more than 1.5 meters depending upon the setting in which it is used.