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Mazoril

**Mazoril** is a former combat engineer within the Courts of Dekuuna, now serving as the Admiral Elder within the Judicial Armada.

## Biography

Born on the Elcor homeworld of Dekuuna, Mazoril was always cut from a different cloth than most of her fellows. She dreamed of exploring the galaxy, defending her people. Her father, a renowned chef, and her mother, a teacher, supported her dreams as best they could even if they did not know where these aspirations came from.

In primary school, she learned of the Dekuuna Military and began to plot out her future as an elcor soldier. She couldn't wait to enlist as soon as she became of age. Her test scores, however, proposed a different path. She grew to have a passion for engineering and attended school at the University of Seruun/Malvuon, earning a Ph.D. in record time, 40 years. After this, she finally started on her dream of joining the military.

She passed through the Dekuuna Military Academy with flying colors, earning her commission and leading a combat engineering team for over 50 years. During that time she fought numerous foes, but never in a formal war. The most mobilized the Dekuuna Military ever became in her time was a small attack on a pirate colony that had moved a bit too close to home for comfort. After 56 years of frontline combat service, she was offered a temporary leave for mating purposes.

She married her husband, Hekaza, at the age of 130 in 1946. They have two calves together, both in the later years of their first century together. She knew that the family life wasn't for her. She rejoined the military after her youngest turned 30. This time, she was assigned a line officer's role.

As the commanding officer of an Elcor cruiser, the *JFV Moireturanum*, she dealt with more aliens than she ever had in her life. The fast pace of their lives was something shocking to her, and caused her quite a bit of stress. Adapting to this new environment would be difficult, but she was up for the challenge.

## Armament

When in combat, Mazoril equips her Towardunom Armaments E-24 Battlesuit. The VI-equipped armor utilizes the combat abilities Energy Drain, Incinerate and Cryo Blast.
Kosh'lanhk System

Screenshot by Konig

**Location:** Milky Way / Kite's Nest

**Kosh’lankh**, literally translated to ‘Blood Star’, is a red subdwarf located only 1.3 light-years away from the Harsa System, making it the second-closest star to the batarian homeworld of Khar’shan. From the planet’s surface, it can be seen as a dim but prominent red dot circling the sky, and as such has influenced their culture and religions for millennia.

## Description

The system is home to only three planets. The closest and smallest, Naribnost, is tidally locked to its sun and experiences intense tidal heating due to its extreme proximity to Kosh’Lankh, but bears no atmosphere, few surface resources and is otherwise unremarkable.

Larklesh, the system’s second planet, orbits many times further away than Naribnost and as such is permanently covered in ice. Its thick atmosphere is made up primarily of nitrogen and ammonia, and while life was once theorized to exist here, no evidence for this has been found. Larklesh’s most prominent feature is its faint ring made from nitrogen ice, which likely used to be a small moon that was torn apart by tidal forces.

The only possible rival to Kosh’lankh’s beauty is its third planet, an ice giant known as Khuramna, which is distant enough to receive very little light from its star. This faint red glow on its dayside, however, combines with the planet’s distinct, blue-ish white bands to create a unique pattern of shadowy purple stripes.

The ice giant is also notably the system’s only planet with major moons, all of which are captured asteroids from Kosh’lankh’s outer belt. This asteroid belt begins just beyond the orbit of Khuramna, and gradually fades into the outer edges of the system. Only a handful of major asteroids exist outside of this belt, most of them having been knocked into eccentric orbits by close encounters with Khuramna.

The Kosh’lankh system was the first to be visited by the batarians after they had achieved interstellar travel, but due to the star’s exceptionally low luminosity and high variability, no permanent residential settlements have ever been established in the system.

Today, only a single major space station orbits Kosh’lankh’s third planet and serves as a tourist destination for wealthy batarians wishing to experience the star’s deep red glow from up close.

Several small asteroid bases used as hideouts for smugglers trading from and with the Harsa System have also been known to exist, but their exact number and current status is unknown.

## Planets

* Narbinost
* Larklesh
* Khuramna
M-9 Tempest

The **M-9 Tempest** is a submachine gun designed and manufactured by Elanus Risk Control Services.

## Desciption

The commonality of kinetic barriers has led to increased demand for rapid-fire weapons like the Tempest. Produced by Elanus Risk Control Services for the Eclipse mercenary band, the Tempest is an expensive but deadly addition to anyone’s personal arsenal.
Nasurn

**Location:** Milky Way / Annos Basin / Vothi System

The Union-held planet of **Nasurn** is a colony dominated by salarian interests. The first world other than Sur'Kesh to be colonized by the amphibious species, it is a world of climate extremes varying across the world. From frigid poles to tropical beaches, the world houses almost every biome seen across the galaxy. Uniquely, the dominant coloring of vegetation is violet, a ponderous occurence that has been a source of research interest for millenia.

## Notable Locations

### Geographical Features

* Henzobi Sea

* Nekis'Di Peninsula
Pamyat System

**Location:** Milky Way / Hades Nexus

The **Pamyat System** is made up of a G-class star and the four planets that orbit it, one within an asteroid belt along with several planetoids. A hotbed of pirate activity until recently, the Systems Alliance has actively been attempting to remove the problem with the Pamyat Campaign. Results, as of early 2182, have been mixed.

## History

Conflicting information exists whether the asari or the hanar charted Pamyat first, but the system was decisively first colonized by humans. The hanar were unable to establish ownership when they landed on a planetoid for repairs back in 1879 CE, meaning the Systems Alliance managed to stake a legal claim on the system in 2156 CE. None of its worlds are livable: Dobrovolski's aluminum abundance and other supplies from Sheol ensures no shortage of raw materials for the fabricators that churn out habitats.

## Planets

* Komarov
* Dobrovolski
* Patsayev
* Volkov (In the Chazov Belt)
Mytel Dolun

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**Erinle Cynis Gad Delthri Mytel Dolun**, known to most simply as **Dolun**, is a salarian systems engineer serving aboard the FSS Asteria in servitude to the Holun-Myeri Exploratory Fund.

## Biography

Born and raised on the dying world of Erinle, Dolun and his clan were among the last of his kind still trying to preserve the rapidly dying biodiversity of their world.

Eschewing time at university in favor of field work and experience, Dolun rapidly became one of the more knowledgeable and experienced systems technicians on the world. His expertise was highly sought-after by conservationists across the colony, and as such he found himself becoming something of a guru on life support systems and computer maintenance in hostile environments.

One of the few survivors of the Gad Delthri Stampede of 2180, the event shook him to the core. He no longer found the hope to continue working on Erinle, the passion to save these native creatures. Instead his work became mundane, disorienting, and even harmful to his state of mind.

It was in this state the Holun-Myeri Exploratory Fund discovered the talented man, shaken and disturbed. Offered the chance of a new life away from his home, Dolun accepted.

## Personality

Dolun is more reserved and quiet after the stampede, preferring to focus on his work. While it's clear that he hasn't given himself enough time to process the disaster, it is unlikely that will come any time soon.

## Physical Description

Slightly taller than average with a coloration that makes him stand out, Dolun has always been easy to spot in a crowd.

## Armament

Dolun's omni-tool is equipped with the combat abilities Combat Drone, Defense Drone and Sabotage. His HMEF Wayfinder armor is installed with a Tactical Cloak module, and he carries with him an M-9 Tempest into combat.
Arc Grenades

**Arc Grenades**, sometimes called **EMP Grenades**, are a modified form of impact grenade packed with a micro-scale electromagnetic pulse device which emits upon detonation. In addition to the kinetic explosion, the electomagnetic pulse sends out a charge which can briefly disrupt technological devices within a 10 meter range, including kinetic barriers. The effect typically wears off within minutes, though if it detonates on the circuits of a device the effect can be permanent.
M-98 Widow

The **M-98 Widow** is a sniper rifle of Geth design, utilized exclusively by the AI race until a cache of their technology was acquired by the Asari Republics from a pair of freelance explorers.

## Description

Weighing in at 39 kilograms, the Widow Anti-Material Rifle is primarily used by Armali Snipers in missions against armored vehicles or krogan. While kinetic barriers offer effective protection on vehicles, the kind generated by conventional military field generators are far too weak against the Widow.

The Widow was never designed to be carried and fired by a non-synthetic. Although implants can be received to allow users to sustain against the knockback, they often prove too expensive to justify the procedure and training. As of 2183, the M-98 Widow has kickback that will shatter the arms of any non-implanted organic being that uses it.
Mactare System

**Location:** Milky Way / Meade Cluster

The **Mactare System** is a star and the five planets that orbit it within the Meade Cluster within Inner Council Space.

## Planets

* Sanhei
* Taetrus
* Palex
* Xemna
* Talae

## Asteroid Belts

* Arca Belt (Between Taetrus and Palex)
	+ Regeris

## Trivia

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

**Neto** was a starship technician under the command of the Perix Relocation Effort, serving aboard the *VRC Chutano*.

## Biography

* Valedictorian of Arkix Regional Technical Development Academy in starship engineering
* Worked with teams to develop cutting-edge technology for starships in a growing time of need
* Set to serve PRE on the *Chutano*, one starship to come of his team’s efforts
* Killed on the 2nd of May 2182 when the *Chutano* came under attack by an unidentified vessel.

## Personality

* Optimistic
* Nerdy
* Excitable
* Always takes initiative
* Unlikely to accept help from other people
* Overly-reliant on technology

## Physical Description

* Short

* Lanky
* Reflective exoskeleton
* Uneven, crooked horns

## Armament

In combat Neto utilized a SUBMACHINE PISTOL and a COMPACT PISTOL. His FORAYAN OMNI-TOOL ANALOGUE was equipped with an omni-shield generator, as well as the combat abilities Combat Drone, Defense Drone, Energy Drain and Overload. He also wore TREAD SKATES.

## Names

* Neto Den Chutano Zan Torchix (Unknown - Death)
Office of Religious Implementation

The **Office of Religious Implementation** is a branch of the Hegemony of Khar'shan that is tasked with instilling the state religion, the Temple of the Pillars, upon the batarian people and slaves who live within the bounds of Hegemonic space. Part religious sect and part brutal intelligence agency, the ORI both spreads the state religion and quells any religions differing from the Pillars of Strength.

## Administration

As a dual-purpose organization, the ORI has two leaders tasked with maintaining their own portion of the sect, and two leadership hierarchies.

### Temple of the Pillars

The Temple of the Pillars, tasked with zealously preaching the tenants of the Pillars of Strength and spreading the religion to the furthest of batarian colonies is led by an individual known as the Vicar Supreme. Described by humans as something of a propogandist pope, the Vicar Supreme preaches nearly every day from their cathedral in Qnobis.

### Heretic Hunters

The Heretic Hunters, led by the Inquisitor Major, are the branch of the ORI focused on destroying relics, writings and persons involved with non-state religions throughout the Hegemony. Though they too are officially housed within the Cathedral Rohn'vdanon in Qnobis, the space is not utilized as their base of operations.
MJOLNIR Hammer

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The **Melee Jet Omni Lightning - Navigated Identity Returning Hammer,** more commonly referred to as a **MJOLNIR Hammer**, is a relic weapon utilized by the krogan during the Rachni Wars.

## Description

The M.J.O.L.N.I.R. Technical Hammer represents compact salarian technology in weapon only really wieldable by krogan. Initially designed to assist Krogan ground forces in stunning Rachni, the weapon features unprecedented utility for a krogan melee weapon.

Featuring an inbuilt Mass Effect drive core, the weapon is capable of supplying its own power, as well as simple mass effect field manipulation. In effect, the user can lighten the weapon for swifter blows, or even weighten the weapon for strong overhead slams.

In a more advanced usage of its functions, the weapon can actually be thrown, using an anti-gravity mass effect field to retain a true trajectory regardless of planetary gravity. Miniature jet boosters can heighten melee blows, or even allow a thrown hammer to hit with even more force. An inbuilt autopilot VI can be utilized to guide the flight of the hammer, allowing it to arc towards or away from targets.

Further utilizing the inbuilt drive core, the weapon can be recalled to the users Omni-tool, a useful utility for Rachni surprise attacks, being disarmed in melee combat, or after throwing such a hefty weapon. In some instances, the user can greatly increase the mass of the hammer to prevent it from being moved, making it unable to be used by anyone other than the biometrically assigned user.

To elevate the weapon above standard options, the inbuilt drive core accumulates enough power to sustain electrical based tech abilities. Users can frequently unleash electrical smashes or the Overload application, designed to allow for greater crowd control and collateral damage, essentially like a second Omni-tool.

Such a weapon would have seen constant use by the krogan during the Rebellions if it wasn’t for the efforts of equally savvy STG and Asari Huntresses. The hammer’s drive core effectively made it a possible bomb, which special forces could easily sabotage to detonate in mid-flight, or the users hands. In rare cases, these hammers have even been caught and repurposed, before, during or after a battle, when a third party reverses biometric control. Due to the huge technical flaw that was not exploited by the Rachni, the weapon's previous fame became infamy, especially as the krogan could scarcely afford to maintain a relatively expensive and intricate weapon.

Nowadays, antiques of this weapon often find themselves in Turian or Salarian weapon collections. Reproduction runs surface from time to time, but these models rarely enter combat scenarios between civilised combatants. Instead, the weapon is mostly favored by krogan militia or hunters, the former using it for incapacitation, and the later using it for live capture.
Lifebearer Brigade

The **Lifebearer Brigade** is, to anthropomorphize, the humanitarian unit within the military of the Hierarchy of Palaven. Strictly organized from the bottom-up to be a quick-response disaster relief unit, the thousands of operatives within the brigade are dedicated solely to the aid of innocents in the face of danger.
Khelish

**Khelish** is the most commonly used language of the quarian species. The standardized language aboard the Migrant Fleet, it has become ubiquitous in quarian teachings of all ages as a common tongue, though a few others survived the Geth War to be utilized in smaller communities within the fleet as well.

## Known Idioms

* *Taking the ferry* - A phrase akin to the English saying "*Drawing the short straw*". It dates to a time when the Migrant Fleet became so overpopulated that the ferries utilized to haul crewmembers between vessels were actually themselves utilized for housing space.

## Known Words

* *ax'kah* - asshole
* *bosh'tet* - curse/insult, relative to "son-of-a-bitch" or "bastard"
* *esan* - young one
* *essed* - anything
* *esu se'lai* - a form of goodbye
* *geth* - "Servant of the People"
* *hasan* - elder
* *Mered'vai Rannoch* - "Forget Rannoch"
* *keelah* - "By the homeworld"
* *keelah se'lai* - "By the homeworld I hope to see one day."
* *keelah si'yah* - "By the homeworld I hope to find one day."
* *ke'sed* - offspring of the qorach, figuratively means "naive" when used on people but is also used as a term of endearment
* *kiyet -* bitch
* *nar* [ship-name] - child of
* *nedas* - nowhere
* *omnas* - anywhere
* *pallu'kaziel* - "Nevertheless, Justice Comes"
* *prat'ya -* whore, slut
* *Rannoch* - "walled garden"
* *tak’tal -* curse/insult meaning superfluous, unnecessary, a waste of space that is not worth being around or dealing with
* *tasi* - no-one
* *tiral azhana* - "handful of water"
* *vas* [ship-name] - crew of
* *von* - "one who has a weak bladder"
* *vot* - shit
M-55 Argus

The **M-55 Argus** is a high-powered rifle favored by senior C-Sec officers. An excellent close-range weapon, its bursts of fire ensure ammunition conservation during lengthy conflicts. Other law-enforcement agencies across the galaxy are adopting the Argus as their standard rifle as of the mid-2170s, as much for its intimidation factor as its suppression power.
Ocean Beach

**Ocean Beach** is the most popular public beach on the Pacific Ocean in San Francisco.

## Description

Regarded as San Francisco’s most popular public beach, Ocean Beach was the target of a massive 2181 public clean-up effort, meant to reduce trash-pollution and restore the natural ecosystem of the beach-dunes. As a result, it’s warm water is clean, and clear of most visible trash, leading to a good deal of popularity with the city’s natives and visitors, who get to decide between enjoying the sun-warmed waters, or dining out at one of the many eateries lining the sands.
Palaven

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

"The only thing on this planet that isn't silver are the turians. It's all too clear they're made of steel." These were Alliance hero Jon Grissom's impressions of the turian homeworld **Palaven**, seen by humans for the first time following the First Contact War. The turians' martial attitude permeates every aspect of Palaven society, from architecture to art to politics.

## Description

When the turians were introduced to the galactic community, an asari diplomat poetically described their homeworld, Palaven, as “a silver world of fortresses and fire.” Because Palaven's weak magnetic field is a poor shield from its sun, most of the planet's animal life developed metallic carapaces as defenses against solar radiation. Its photosynthetic life is similarly impressive, shutting down vulnerable metabolic processes during daylight hours and repairing cellular damage at night.

The visible fortifications of Turian cities reflect their martial society, but since joining the galactic community, internal conflicts have become honor-bound affairs with few casualties among noncombatants.

Shortly after the First Contact War, the first three humans to set foot on Palaven were the mercenaries Jack Harper, Eva Coré, and the heavily modified Ben Hislop. The three were paraded on the streets by Desolas Arterius in an attempt to convince the populace to use the Arca Monolith.

## Alliance Travel Advisory

Palaven's weak magnetic field means solar radiation levels are greater than those found on other habitable worlds. Human visitors are advised to wear enviro-suits or other radiation protection when visiting Palaven.

## Wildlife

All of Palaven's native biota has dextro-amino chirality.

* Xemna - Large, bloated herd animals, kept as livestock. They are known to be dimwitted, only responding to dangerous stimuli when they themselves are jabbed by it.
* Louza - Poultry, a staple in the turian diet.
* Hyax - Animals kept as livestock. Their meat is popular in stews.

## Notable Locations

### Cities

* Arx
* Ceran
* Cipritine
* Murantia
* Ranis

### Geographical Features

* Sercusium River
* Silver Sea
* South Peaks
M-22 Eviscerator

The **Lieberschaft** **2180** shotgun, or "**M-22** **Eviscerator**," is of human civilian design and has a unique ammunition generator. Where most modern firearms shave off chips or pellets from an ammunition block, the M-22 shaves off serrated metal wedges designed to fly aerodynamically. This dramatically improves its armor-piercing capabilities, and its tight grouping helps wound ballistics at longer ranges than standard shotguns. Drachenmaul Armworks' design also violates several intergalactic weapons treaties, so the M-22 is not distributed to militaries.
Listening Post X-19

**Location:** Milky Way / Ninmah Cluster / Maskim Xul System

**Listening Post X-19** was built shortly after the Rachni Wars, just in case any rachni survived the Annihilation of Suen. The post orbits the mass relay and is still manned and maintained, although today it largely exists as a customs checkpoint for researchers studying the rachni homeworld. Among members of the Council militaries, being assigned to the station is seen as a form of punishment or exile, considering that there have been no signs of sapient life on Suen for over a thousand years.
Kur'zen Caste

The **Kur'zen Caste** is one of the oldest ruling castes within the Batarian Hegemony.

## History

The Kur’zen caste is one of the oldest castes of modern batarian society, established shortly after Harz’s conquest of Khar’shan. Primarily made up of natives of the Krudanz nation, Kur’zen is one of fourteen castes that comprise Khar’shan’s ruling class within the Batarian Hegemony. Historically, they have always been a strong contributor to military and manufacturing on Khar’shan, and have long been wealthy and well-respected in batarian society. Consequently, they also make up a significant percentage of slave-owners within the population, relying on indentured servants to power their booming industries. Beyond batarian space, terrorist activities are frequently overseen by members of Kur’zen.

Soon after the batarians developed FTL travel, a large number of Kur’zen caste members migrated to newly-discovered Erszbat, establishing the colony’s thriving farming, mining and manufacturing industries.

Today, Kur’zen is one of few batarian castes that still stringently practice eugenics and selective breeding. Arranged marriages are common, and pairings are often established by powerful families long before husband and wife meet. One quirk of this practice is that batarians born into the Kur’zen caste are often easily distinguishable - they are famous for their tiger-like striping and brightly-coloured skintones, though it should be noted that not all members of the caste have these features, and vice versa.

## Membership

Batarian individuals can purchase membership into the Kur’zen caste via a yearly subscription service, although batarians born into the caste enjoy a higher degree of prestige than those who buy their way in.

## Sigil

The Kur'zen sigil features four curved blue bars over a pale blue-green background. It traditionally represents the clear waters of the coastal regions that the caste's wealthiest families call home, though it's also sometimes interpreted as the classic striping pattern that Kur'zen batarians are famous for.

## Notable Members

* Brathe Sap'korah
* Iratia Hat'tan
* Ka'hairal Balak
Kinetic Barriers

**Kinetic barriers**, colloquially called "shields", provide protection against most mass accelerator weapons. Whether on a starship or a soldier's suit of armor, the basic principle remains the same.

Kinetic barriers are repulsive mass effect fields projected from tiny emitters. These shields safely deflect small objects traveling at rapid velocities. This affords protection from bullets and other dangerous projectiles, but still allows the user to sit down without knocking away their chair.

The shielding afforded by kinetic barriers does not protect against extremes of temperature, toxins, or radiation.
Pranas System

**Location:** Milky Way / Annos Basin

 The **Pranas System** is the home system of the salarian species, housing the star, Pranas, and its four orbiting planets as well as the one asteroid belt. It also serves as the gateway system to the rest of the Annos Basin.

## Planets

* Saradril
* Sur'Kesh
* Dragel
* Halegeuse
Omni Grenade

An **Omni Grenade** is an omni-tool-synthesized explosive on a timer that will detonate on impact or within 7 seconds of creation. When the application is triggered, a small grenade-like device is rapidly synthesized out of omni-gel and suspended just beyond the wearer's hand. It can be held to ensure the detonation takes place closer to the user, but holding it out for the full seven seconds will result in extremely close detonation and significant harm to the user.
Ledartha Ked'urz

Art by Railroad

**Ledartha Ked'urz** is a batarian propulsion engineer under the employ of the Holun-Myeri Exploratory Fund, assigned to the FSS Asteria. She is a citizen of the Dok'tinal Caste within the Batarian Hegemony.

## Biography

Born to a pair of Carbon Dioxide miners on the barren world of Cholis, Ledartha grew up with the full expectation that she would become just like her parents. This couldn't be more wrong.

From a young age, Ledartha was outspoken and eager to learn. The floating habitats were her play place, and the components that kept them all safely hovering in the sky were her building blocks. She tagged along with her parents on mining expeditions and pestered her uncle about his job as a propulsion engineer, absorbing all she could about the technology that kept them afloat.

When the time came for her to start pulling her own weight, however, she was shocked when her parents and uncle surprised her with tuition enough for the distinguished engineering school on the planet Vana, the Technical Academy at Arradaiz. Overjoyed with this news, Ledartha set off on her new journey with glee.

Returning from university in 2178, the young woman was eager to share what she had learned with the community. She took up a posting alongside her uncle, where her brilliant young mind made short work of the repetitive maintenance that made up the majority of their time.

It was here that an agent for the Holun-Myeri Exploratory Fund discovered the young woman's talents going to waste, and offered her a position exploring the furthest stars. Eager for a challenge and a chance to again see the galaxy beyond the habitats, she happily agreed.

## Personality

Ledartha is extremely intelligent and makes no attempt to hide it. She meets every intellectual challenge with the full brunt of her personality, oftentimes with a razor-sharp smile and clear head.

Personally, she finds solace in literature and other media, often focusing on films and novels with even a hint of mystery and suspense to keep her mind guessing, working even when she is off the clock.

## Physical Description

While not the pinnacle of batarian beauty, Ledartha takes good care of herself. Her teeth shine like pyrite, polished and flossed every day. She stands a bit taller than the average batarian woman, and a bit more stout than average as well.

## Armament

Ledartha wears a standard set of HMEF Wayfinder armor and utilizes a Kroasis heavy pistol when in combat. Her omni-tool utilizes the abilities Overload, Combat Drone and Tactical Cloak.
Preying Mouth

**Location:** Milky Way / Eagle Nebula / Relic System

A hydrogen-helium gas giant, **Preying Mouth** is a ship-killing enigma, "the Bermuda Triangle of the Terminus Systems" as described by human explorers. There are many theories why ships never return from visiting: undetectable space debris; old disruptor torpedoes and magnetic mines from a long-forgotten war; even miniature black holes. Though no theories have truly been put to the test as of 2183, what is clear is that too many ships have been lost around the planet for it to be happenstance.

## Travel Advisories

### Systems Alliance

TRAVEL ADVISORY: Due to the large number of ships lost when attempting to discharge their drive cores in Preying Mouth, the Relic system highly recommends using First Land's complimentary discharge stations instead.
Listening Post CL-9

**Location:** Milky Way / Argos Rho / Phoenix System / Sylsalto

**Listening Post CL-9**, colloquially referred to as **Sylsalto Station**, is a Council-operated listening post orbiting high above the gas giant Sylsalto.

## Description

As more and more threats have emerged on the galactic field as time has passed, it was deemed necessary to protect some of the Council's more valuable assets - in this case, that asset being Pinnacle Station. The CL-9 Outpost, colloquially referred to as Sylsalto Station, functions as a listening post and advanced warning system built with the intent of monitoring traffic and communications in the Argos Rho cluster. Should a threat against Pinnacle Station ever arise, the outpost would be equipped to raise the alarm and deter attackers until a proper defense could be mounted.

Although it is an important location in theory, the reality is that Sylsalto Station is something of a backwater in terms of job assignments. There is little activity in Argos Rho beyond commercial ships and the occasional civilian transport, meaning time stationed on the outpost is incredibly dull, and those sent there count down the days until they can relocate.
Lorebodum Tree

The **Lorebodum Tree** is a species of tree native to the elcor homeworld of Dekuuna. Known for its pleasant aroma, the tree is endemic to the northern plains of the continent of Boribonu.

## Description

A victim of the high-gravity of its homeworld, members of this species and many others tend to grow wider than they do tall, confusing offworlders into believing the lorebodum trees with bushes or shrubs instead of their true designation.

With its massive and thin leaves the trees absorb sunlight from Phontes, following the galactically-pervasive process of photosynthesis to a T.

Most at home in the cool, moist hillsides around the continent of Boribonu, particularly around the city of Unovasereng, the pleasantly-scented organisms have since become a staple of elcor horticulture, even spreading to some non-elcor colonies as a quirky addition to grand gardens.
Proteus

**Location:** Milky Way / Artemis Tau / Athens System

Like the hanar homeworld, **Proteus** has more than 90% oceanic cover. The incredible heat thrown off from Athens raises global humidity to 100%, creates constant cloud cover, and powers colossal typhoons that rage across the surface year-round.

## Description

Hot, humid, and storm-wracked, Proteus' rare combination of oxygen-nitrogen atmosphere and carbon-based biosphere nevertheless recommend it for colonization. A pilot program is studying the possibility of colonies below the ocean surface, safe from the worst effects of the weather. Began in early 2179, the program is based out of the planet's capital of Ithaka.
Prothean-Reaper War

Credit to Electronic Arts

The **Prothean-Reaper War** was a galaxy-spanning conflict between the forces of the Prothean Empire and the Reapers. Spanning decades, the reapers' goal of eliminating all advanced sentient life was almost completed again until the protheans unleashed the Crucible. The weapon utilized the Mass Relays against the reapers, sending out a pulse that disabled the mechanical species permanently. It also, however, rendered all prothean technology useless as well. The few remaining protheans were left to die scattered across the galaxy.
Lessand B'Tarie

A famed asari musician most notable for her works in the N'Tosie and Boson genres, **Lessand B'Tarie** is a prominent matriarch, and one of the few who travel regularly outside of asari space. She is also a multi-trillion record-seller, one of a very few musical artists in galactic history.

## Biography

Lessand was born in Monoi on Lusia in 1316. During the end of her maidenhood, Lessand gave birth to three daughters. In 1639, she graduated from the prominent Dassus Academy of Musical Arts on Thessia.

In late April of 2182, Lessand was declared dead after collapsing during rehearsals for an upcoming performance on the Citadel. Rushed to the Chesek Nur Medical Center on Tayseri Ward, the doctors could do nothing as her Celessari's Disease had progressed too far. She had not disclosed the ailment publically. Galaxy-wide, celebrations were held in honor of the widely-renowned music.

In June of that same year, she was identified by the owner of a dingy Illium motel known as Orphan Vic's as she checked in to his establishment. He notified local news outlets almost immediately, where the story was picked up by Citadel journalist Emily Wong. When he went to check on the woman after breaking the story, he found the room vacated.
Orators of Truth

### Purpose

* To “open people’s eyes to the truth of the alien threat now hanging over humanity’s head”

The **Orators of Truth** were an obscure, xenophobic group of human extranet conspiracy theorists brought together by a radical known as Taylor Rivera. Finding their traditional methods of alerting the public to the dangers of alien life falling on deaf ears, the group eventually lead a small attempt at a suicide crash on Thessia, leading to many of their deaths and the arrest of the survivors.

## Description

In the beginning, the so-called Orators of Truth were little more than a forum-based group of people who were scared of the unknown and didn’t know how to come to terms with the discovery of intelligent extraterrestrial life. Until Taylor Rivera took the reins, they didn’t even have a name or consider themselves part of a group - but as soon as they did, their radical views and completely made-up stories of alien atrocities led this strange, motley group of people to finally come together and take action against their perceived invaders. The Orators’ first attempts to get the Alliance’s attention were met with little success - petitions that no-one signed, meetings that no-one attended, protests that no-one paid any mind to - but every failure only made them that much more persistent. A year later, still no closer to their goal, Taylor urged their group to take action - the kind of action that neither the Alliance nor the aliens would be able to ignore.

On February 11th, 2162, the Orators of Truth met in New York City and pooled their money to rent a ship, the largest they could afford, as part of Taylor’s grand plan; to fly from Earth to Thessia and crash the ship onto the planet’s surface, causing as much damage as possible and creating an incident that would be impossible to overlook. The Orators were willing to go through with it simply because they were gripped by Taylor’s mania at that point, and somehow saw some twisted sense in their insanity.

To say things had gone awry would be an understatement; the Orators hardly made it into asari space before the authorities had caught onto them and demanded they surrender and submit peacefully. But realistically, as mentally unstable as the people on that ship were, there was no other way it could have ended than how it did. The Orators hurtled onward, and made it just within reach of Thessia before being shot down. The few who managed to make it into the ship’s sole escape pod were arrested just as soon as they were rescued - but predictably, Taylor Rivera, who they named as the leader of the whole operation, hadn’t actually been on the ship himself. They vanished in the aftermath of the incident, and though the Orators of Truth were no more, in the end, one could at least say they succeeded in getting the galaxy’s attention.
Manswell Expedition

The **Manswell Expedition** was a human exploratory venture funded and developed by billionaire Victor Manswell and his private aerospace company. Launched in 2070, 300 prospective colonists were put into cryo-sleep for the journey to the nearby Alpha Centauri system. Contact was lost with the vessel a mere four months into their journey, and the fate of the venture is unknown as of 2182.
M-8 Avenger

The **M-8 Avenger** is a common, versatile, military-grade assault rifle manufactured by the Elkoss Combine. It's accurate when fired in short bursts, and deadly when fired on full auto. The modular design and inexpensive components of the Avenger make it a favorite of military groups and mercenaries alike. The rifle has a reputation for being tough, reliable, easy to use, and easy to upgrade.
Pelion System

**Location:** Milky Way / Nimbus Cluster

The **Pelion System** is a stellar system composed of a star orbited by four worlds and a mass relay, all tucked within the Nimbus Cluster of Outer Council Space. It is notable for housing the asari colony world of Trategos.

## Planets

* Zosteros
* Sthenia
* Trategos
* Aitis
Kassa Fabrications

A human-controlled private company, **Kassa Fabrication** is known to make some of the finest body armor in the galaxy. When it comes to personal protection suits, no expense is spared - as reflected in the exorbitant cost of their products. Kassa also makes top quality weaponry as well. As of 2180, Kassa has also begun to manufacture omni-tools, though it will be some time until the quality is brought up to the high standards of their armor lines.

## History

Founded by Cameroonian engineers Louis Ndeki and Maïmounatou Dimako in 2171 after both of their careers in the Systems Alliance had come to a close, the former hardsuit researchers spent the next year attempting to refine the designs they had worked on while in the military. In September of 2172, their hard work came to fruition with the Colossus Armor suit.

Partnering with businessman Gauthier Yowa less than a month after the hardsuit underwent preliminary testing, the company began to run out of a series of repurposed manufacturing plants in the nation's capital of Yaoundé.

By the end of 2180, Kassa had made a name for themselves not only in the armor community across the Milky Way but in weapons as well which had started coming out of the corporation's many factories in 2174.

That same year, the company took its first steps into the competitive omni-tool market, a move that as of 2182 had yet to pay off. They released a proprietary line of biotic amplifiers in 2182, however they scrapped the project before it fully came to market.

## Products

### Armor Sets

* Aegis Armor
* Colossus Armor

### Polaris Family

* Polaris I
* Polaris II

### Weaponry

#### Shotguns

* Armageddon
* M-303 Cudgel
Ponaleid's Vase

**Ponaleid's Vase** are a species of stationary marine predators native to the asari homeworld of Thessia. Indigenous to the tropical reefs to the northeast of the continent Galanos, these bright violet-hued creatures are often compared in appearance by humans to sea sponges native to Earth. They are named for Ponaleid, an ancient asari deity of trickery and deceit.

## Description

### History

Evolving within the seas of the element zero-rich world of Thessia, Ponaleid's Vase are one of the oldest existing animal species to display active use of biotic properties.

### Morphology

Individuals of this species are distinguished by three major features, though for many humans it helps to think of the basic body plan as that of an upturned octopus with arms outstretched. The three major regions of the body of a Ponaleid's vase are:

* The cephalothorax - A solid, rough cylindrical mass that sits at the "bottom" of the animal, and serves also as the foot attaching to the ocean floor. Most of the creature's mass is within this region, including the "brain" and digestive system.
* The collar - The top edge and surface of the cephalothorax, the collar is a ring of semi-flexible tissue that both serves as the mouthparts of the animal and the attachment point of the arms.
* The arms - Anywhere from three to nine arms (environmentally-linked quantity) spawn from the creature's collar. These arms are composed of the same material as the cephalothorax, and have nerves running up and down. Crucially, it is in these arms that the deposits of element zero are maintained within the animal's body. Each of these arms maintains several "whiskers": translucent, hair-like tendrils that wave naturally over the mouthpiece of the animal, reflecting sunlight to attract prey.

### Feeding

Ponaleid's Vase rely on their latent biotic abilities for the capture of prey. From each arm, several "whiskers" extend into the water column above the creature's mouthpiece. These translucent appendages reflect the sunlight of the shallows in which they live, attracting inquisitive prey. When three of these whiskers are contacted by the food, the arms react by casting a biotic field onto their prey, increasing the mass of the target. From there, the captured animal sinks through the flexible mouthpiece and directly into the digestive tract.

## Classification

### Human

Following the established scientific traditions of humanity, each alien species is given a name in binomial nomenclature. To distinguish non-Earth originated life from that which came from Terra however, planetary identifiers are placed before the nomenclature. Thessia is distinguished by the three English characters THE. The proper binomial nomenclature for Ponaleid's Vase is ***THE Maritivenus captionem***.
Omni-gel

A nearly magical mix of common, reusable industrial plastics, ceramics, and light alloys kept in a semi-molten state, **Omni-gel** is a miracle substance used to ease in a wide variety of tasks, most notably minifacturing in Omni-tools and within small-scale fabrication devices.

## Description

Although the science behind the substance is still being researched as of 2182, omni-gel is relatively easy to make on an industrial scale. Breaking down common mechanical goods such as weaponry, vehicle parts and computer systems into their individual components and then shipping them off to a foundry where they are further processed into a pasty green substance that can be flash-forged into a variety of forms or "printed" into more solid materials.

Flash-fabricated goods such as what is created for omni-tool combat abilities are never rigid nor cool enough to hold, though when utilized to repair common breaks (such as a ruptured helmet visor) the repairs will become solid after time.

When used to fuel a fabrication machine such as a weapon minifacturing device, the device can rearrange omni-gel components to replicate or exactly reproduce the materials needed for construction. While not always equal in quality to a truly original manufacturing, the created device will most always work as intended.

### As a Lockpicking Mechanic

In the mid-2130s it was discovered that in large quantities omni-gel could be poured into or smeared onto a locking device, where it would seep into the components and degrade the mechanism, unlocking crates, doors and nearly any other locked object. This security flaw was largely fixed by 2180 after salarian ferrofluid researcher Solus Limnon discovered a workaround that could be easily retrofitted onto older locks.
Kruban

**Location:** Milky Way / Krogan DMZ / Aralakh System

**Kruban** is a tidally-locked Venusian hothouse, its surface perpetually obscured by clouds of sulfur and carbon dioxides.

## Description

The first group of krogan brought into orbit by the salarian uplift teams requested a trip to Kruban. The salarians at first thought the krogan were confused about the nature of Kruban's environment; the planet is named for a krogan mythological paradise in which honorable warriors feast on the internal organs of their enemies. In fact, krogan astronomers had correctly deduced the nature of Kruban in the years before the global holocaust. In the two millennia since, Kruban had come to be thought of as an ideal test of one's toughness.

Every year, a few krogan attempt to land on Kruban and exit their ships naked in an attempt to prove their "kroganhood." The planet's surface is littered with the crushed, corroded remains of their ships. Only one, Shath Norda, is known to have returned from the surface alive, albeit with most of his bones crushed and all four of his lungs damaged by sulfuric gas. Norda recovered from his trial, to the adulation of his people. Until he died in 1943 CE, he could lie with any fertile female he wished.
Rael'Zorah

**Rael'Zorah** **vas Alarei**, formerly both **Rael'Zorah vas Rayya** and **Rael'Zorah nar Yaska**, is a quarian captain of the vessel *Alarei* and a member of the Admiralty Board, the Migrant Fleet's highest point of command. He is a widower, with his wife perishing during an outbreak of a virus within the Migrant Fleet. The couple had one daughter together, Tali'Zorah.

## Biography

During his adolescence, he and his friend Han'Gerrel, also of the *Yaska*, were instrumental in defending their vessel against a raid of batarian pirates. During this assault, six out of ten crewmen died. The two youths were alone on the bridge, and the batarians had drawn off a tramp freighter. They were under orders to hold position, but Rael looked to Han'Gerrel and said "We're underage. They can't charge us with breaking formation." Rael'Zorah took the helm, Han'Gerrel took weapons, and they brought the freighter back. The crew hailed them as heroes while the brass called them idiots. Han'Gerrel and Rael received medals for their actions and were sent off on pilgrimage earlier than usual.

His daughter was born in 2161. In 2178, an outbreak of a virus took the life of his wife aboard the Rayya. She had not fully followed precautions, attending a public discussion of a political nature. Taking the breach of protocol by the speaker personally, Rael'Zorah saw to the man's expulsion from the fleet.

## Family

* Hana'Nim - *Spouse*
* Tali'Zorah - *Daughter*
Mass Effect Fields

**Mass effect fields** are created through the use of element zero. Element zero can increase or decrease the mass content of space-time when subjected to an electrical current via dark energy. With a positive current, mass is increased. With a negative current, mass is decreased. The stronger the current, the greater the magnitude of the dark energy mass effect.

In space, low-mass fields allow FTL travel and inexpensive surface-to-orbit transit. High-mass fields create artificial gravity and push space debris away from starships. In manufacturing, low-mass fields permit the creation of evenly-blended alloys, while high mass compaction creates dense, sturdy construction materials.

The military makes extensive use of mobility enhancing technologies, with mass effect-utilizing fighting vehicles being standard front-line issue in most military forces. The Mako's small element zero core can reduce the vehicle's mass enough to allow a safe drop from the high altitudes. Mass effect fields are also essential in the creation of shields to protect against enemy fire on the ground, and protect starships in planetary orbit or during space battles.

Many biotics can also use mass effect fields, which are biologically generated and controlled. This requires intensive training, and cybernetic implants, but can produce impressive offensive or defensive effects. Some biotics' talents are not strong enough to be offensively viable, but all biotics are sensitive to the presence of mass effect fields.

However, the use of mass effect fields creates static electrical charge. In starship drive cores, this charge must be grounded at regular intervals, either by touching a planet surface or interacting with a planet's geomagnetic field, to prevent the electricity discharging into the hull and causing catastrophic damage. For biotics, this manifests as an occasional static shock when they touch metal or other people.