Shala’Raan vas Tonbay

Shala'Raan vas Tonbay is a member of the quarian Admiralty Board. Thoughtful and sincere, but with a keen sense for shifting political tides, she is the most moderate member of the board (with the exception, perhaps, of Tali'Zorah).

### The Zorahs

Shala'Rann was close with both of Tali's parents. When Tali's mother gave birth, the two women synchronized their suits so they could be together in the clean room. Rann was the one who placed the newborn in her new infant environmental unit (colloquially a "bubble"). Tali grew up calling her "Auntie Raan".

### Mass Effect 2

Unlike most of the galaxy, the quarian people did not reject the idea of the Reapers out of hand. This upcoming invasion seems to have put additional pressure on the prospect of finding a homeworld. There were those who wished to find an uninhabited world and attempt to settle it, but many desired to reclaim Rannoch- though the hesitation was considerable; they were, if anything, in a weaker position then when they had escaped the Perseus Veil. They would need some additional technology to give them an edge. While Han'Gerrel and Rael'Zorah wished to take Rannoch back by force, Daro'Xen wished to relcaim the servitue of the geth, Zaal'Koris wished to make peace with the geth, Raan herself was undecided on what the proper course of action should be.

In 2185, the *Alarei* was suddenly overrun with geth. When Tali became implicated in the disaster, Shala'Raan was forced to recuse herself in the matter due to her closeness with the family. While she officially did not have a vote, Raan ran the trial to oversee any formalities. As such, she arranged to Tali to be informed of her being charged with treason and upcoming trial while withholding the information that her father was likely dead with the hope that the genuine shock and horror of the news before the rest of the board and observers would sway, though she was unable to keep the board from stripping Tali of her shipname. Shala's plan worked, and Tali and her now captain Shepard won the right to board the *Alarei* and seek any exculpatory evidence they could find. When their team returned, Shepard was able to convince the board and the crowd that Tali was not guilty without presenting any evidence.

### Mass Effect 3

Raan gave provisional support in the end to Daro'Xen and Han'Gerrel for the reclamation of Rannoch. While the war went initially in their favor, when the geth were forced to accept "help" from the Reapers, the Migrant Fleet quickly found themselves trapped in the Perseus Veil. Fortunately for them, Commander Shepard and the *Normandy* arrived, seeking the Migrant Fleet's help for Earth and the Reaper War. When Shepard's team was successful in disabling the Geth Dreadnought, Raan readied her fleet to retreat- unfortunately Han'Gerrel insisted on pressing the assault and endangering Shepard and her team on board the Dreadnought- including Tali'Zorah. While they were able to escape, Raan was furious with Gerrel- accusing him of being a constant troublemaker and threatening to charge him with treason for his actions. Han blasted back that as he was Admiral of the Heavy Fleet he was within his rights.

Raan later asked Shepard to rescue Admiral Zaa'Koris from the surface of Rannoch after the Qwib-Qwib was sacrificed to destroy a geth planetary cannon and crashed on Rannoch.

After peace between the quarians and the geth was achieved, Shala'Raan was the first quairan offered a welcome by the geth. Raan was among those in the Migrant Fleet who flew in the Battle of London.

## Every One That Asketh

After the Crucible was detonated on December 7th, 2186, all those who survived the battle found themselves stuck wherever they were due to the wave that the Crucible released shutting down all the mass relays. When Tali'Zorah managed to reactivate the Local Cluster's Charon Relay, the young admiral was brought into the regular Admiralty Board meetings after a short stint of rest. When Han'Gerrel and Daro'Xen floated the idea of keeping the relay activating system Tali had developed as a state secret, Shala'Raan opined that while she could see the value of using such a system as a bargaining chip, it would be only a matter of time before someone else created a similar system and then public opinion would turn against the quarians.

Tali'Zorah put a stop to the discussions with data showing that all the people stuck in Earth's orbit were starving- they didn't have time to waste talking about how to best keep the technology and it's benefits to themselves- everyone needed to get home now. Tali's data and speech galvanized the Admiralty Board into taking action to assist the rest of the Assembled Fleets. Afterwards, Shala'Raan told Tali "Well done" and also noted that the young quraian sounded like she had been channeling a little bit of her old commander.