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Ryncol

**Ryncol** is an extremely potent liquor created by the krogan. Ryncol "hits aliens like ground glass" according to many a krogan drinking companion.

Humans can survive drinking ryncol in small amounts, although it is dangerously unsafe for volus. Contrary to popular belief, the drink does not have any radioactivity, unlike its homeworld.

Ryncol has pure and cocktail variants. It is also highly flammable and acidic, capable of melting through machinery, and being used as a Molotov cocktail simply by being thrown with enough force.
Therum

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

**Therum** is a distant but rich industrial world claimed by the human Systems Alliance. Its plentiful heavy metals have fueled the recent manufacturing boom on Earth. Core samples rich with the fossils of simple silicon-based organisms indicate Therum was more habitable in the past than it is at present. Perhaps this explains the many Prothean ruins dotting the surface, most of which have been looted by mining corporations.
Tied'caur System

**Location:** Milky Way / Radana Burst

The **Tied'caur System** is a star system located within the Radana Burst of the Terminus Systems. A unique system notable for the existence of a Chthonian planet within, it is largely unexploited aside from the small, backwater colony of Zied'nar.

## Planets

* Mnoth
* Zied'nar
Sudham-Wolcott Genetic Heritage Act

The **Sudham-Wolcott Genetic Heritage Act** is the Systems Alliance's cornerstone legislative act on the subject of genetic manipulation in human beings. It is named for MPs Gamon Sudham and Susan Wolcott, the co-writers who initially pushed for the bill in the late 2150s into the early 2160s.

## History

After making first contact with the turians and joining the Citadel, there were concerns that such modifications might lead to Earth's unique biodiversity being lost, so the Alliance Parliament passed the Sudham-Wolcott Genetic Heritage Act in 2161, leading to strict controls on genetic modification. The law states, as of 2182, that modification of natural abilities is legal, but acquisition of new ones is not. For example, using gene therapy to increase muscle mass is legal, but adding the ability to digest cellulose is not.
Torel Holun

**Torel Holun** was a wealthy volus eezo tycoon, heading the Galactic South mining company until his retirement in 2130. He was the spouse of asari matriarch Tera Myeri, with whom he had one daughter, Fiura; and with whom he also co-founded the Holun-Myeri Exploratory Fund. On April 9th, 2143, he died of natural causes on the frontier world of Virmire.
Skepsis System

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

The **Skepsis System** is a star and its orbiting bodies within Sigurd's Cradle that acts as the gateway to the rest of the cluster by housing the Mass Relay. Its worlds, in human languages, are named for notable scientists.

## Planets and Moons

* Wallace
* Darwin
* Watson
	+ Franklin
* Crick
* Pauling
* Keimowitz
San Francisco Zoo

The **San Francisco Zoo** is a center that houses a wide variety of animals from all across Earth, displaying them in environments to suit their needs that generate public awareness and education.

## Description

The San Francisco Zoo has grown wildly in popularity with the introduction of alien neighbors into the city, with many adventurous souls excited to witness the exotic life on Earth. Although a krogan, vorcha, or batarian may still find earthen creatures dull, high-tech sound suppression systems and simulated environments give the animals unprecedented privacy, and allow for greater degrees of realism in the depictions of their home-environments, even simulating night to allow visitors to view nocturnal animals more frequently during normal park hours.
Talis Fia

**Location:** Milky Way / Shrike Abyssal / Urla Rast System

A volus colony world within the dangerous yet lucrative region of space that is the Terminus, **Talis Fia** is a well-populated world with an atmosphere of ammonia on which commerce rules by cutthroat means.

## Description

Discovered by asari explorers, the planet was used as a bargaining chip by the Citadel Council, who quickly drafted a colonization agreement with its wealthy client race, the volus. The Council would fund the volus colonization effort in return for massive trade benefits. With uncharacteristic enthusiasm, an enormous volus influx ensued, and the Council reaped the economic benefits for a dozen years before the colonization bubble burst.

Today, the economic good times on Talis Fia are long gone, and modern volus businesses are cutthroat operations. Piracy is a grave threat to shipping, as well-armed criminals see the volus as easy prey.
Slavery

**Slavery** is an institution in which the rules surrounding property rights are applied to sapient beings, allowing them to be purchased, sold and used for manual labor wherever their owners see fit. In practice, slavery has been abolished or outlawed formally in all but one major government across the galaxy as of 2182.

## History

### Batarians

As old as batarian civilization itself, the institution of slavery on Khar'shan is considered integral to both the species' rigid social structure and the economic backbone of the Batarian Hegemony. Even into 2182, slavery was commonplace amongst the species, their colonies, and the worlds they coinhabited with other races.

Slavery within the Hegemony comes in a variety of forms in and of itself, though the most commonplace is the traditional use of slave labor. Warriors, escorts, attendants and even gladiators were part of this establishment as well.

### Humanity

As a practice, slavery existed before written language in many human cultures. Before the 19th century CE, slavery was an important facet of labor across most major societies on Earth, though that rapidly changed with the onset of industrialization and formation of larger, more democratic governments. Wars were fought to gain independence from slavery and abolish the practice in a wide variety of nations, with the last holdout nation of Mauritania finally abolishing the practice by law in 2007.

Although slavery is highly illegal in all established nations of Earth and the Systems Alliance as well, it has taken modern forms across humanity's colonies and even the homeworld itself, including human trafficking, debt bondage, serfdom or domestic servitude. In only one instance as of 2182, slavery had been fully reintroduced to a human world when corporate influencers and politicians on the world of Anhur effectively abolished the minimum wage. This incident led to the Anhur Rebellions, in turn leading to the re-abolishing of slavery on the world.
Timeline

This timeline covers everything that is canon within the Mass Effect: Continuation universe, including material from the canon Mass Effect universe. Initially a one-page source that listed every major event in the universe, it has since been split up into eras depending upon how much activity has occurred in the years covered. This helps condense the timeline, and helps cause fewer issues with Wikia's pages.

## Timeline of the Present Cycle

* 39,999 BCE - 10,000 BCE
* 9,999 BCE - 5,000 BCE
* 5,000 BCE - 0
* 1 CE - 1,000 CE
* 1,001 CE - 2,000 CE
* 2,001 CE - 2,050 CE
* 2,051 CE - 2,100 CE
* 2,101 CE - 2,150 CE
* 2,151 CE - 2,200 CE

## Timeline By Species

Broken down by species for assistance when creating characters or expanding the lore behind a certain race, these timelines should help.

* Asari Timeline
* Batarian Timeline
* Drell Timeline
* Elcor Timeline
* Forayan Timeline
* Geth Timeline
* Hanar Timeline
* Human Timeline
* Krogan Timeline
* Quarian Timeline
* Raloi Timeline
* Salarian Timeline
* Turian Timeline
* Volus Timeline
* Vorcha Timeline
* Yahg Timeline

## Timeline of Continuation Events

A sort of Out of Character timeline of roleplaying events that have taken place within the Mass Effect: Continuation universe.

* Continuation Timeline

## Timeline by Cycle

* Timeline of the Arthenn Cycle
* Timeline of the Rakfeeli Cycle
* Timeline of the Inusannon Cycle

* Timeline of the Prothean Cycle
Shu Qian

Doctor **Shu Qian** (钱 淑) was a Systems Alliance researcher with extensive knowledge and experience in the field of Artificial Intelligence. He led the crew of the Alliance Research Station Shodan up until its destruction in 2165. His body was never found in the remains, leaving his official status as missing in action.
Terra Nova

**Location:** Milky Way / Exodus Cluster / Asgard System

Discovered by Alliance surveys in the early 2150s, **Terra Nova** was settled as the second human extrasolar colony, and the first beyond the Charon Mass Relay. As of 2182, it housed the largest population of humans outside of Earth in the galaxy.

## Description

Though banded by a harsh equatorial desert, areas closer to the poles are temperate. The pace of development was modest until extensive deposits of platinum were discovered in the 2170s. This rare metal, required in the clean-burning hydrogen fuel cells that power private vehicles, attracted a "platinum rush" of immigrants and investment from throughout Alliance space. Between 2170 and 2172, Terra Nova had seen a 30% rise in population.

## Notable Locations

### Cities

* Aronas
* Scott
Sparta System

**Location:** Milky Way / Artemis Tau

The **Sparta System** is a star and the five planets that orbit it along with its pair of asteroid belts within the Artemis Tau cluster.

## Planets

* Tremanre
* Edolus
* Altaaya
* Ontamalca
* Alsages

## Asteroid Belts

* Unnamed Belt (between Tremanre and Edolus)
* Unnamed Belt (between Ontamalca and Alsages)
The Blues

**The Blues** are a human political party within the Systems Alliance with a focus on Earth-centric issues including income inequality, social equity and continuing to combat the lingering effects of climate change on Earth. A popular party on the homeworld, they are consistently one of the better-represented parties amongst the Alliance Parliament. With little to no strong views on colonial issues, they have never been elected to represent a human colony world as of 2182.

## Political Ideas

Dealing with the slowdown, cessation and aftermath of climate change on Earth has been a major, globe-spanning project since the late 20th century. Having truly only been brought under control by the mid-22nd century, lingering issues are still faced by citizens of the human homeworld. The Blues seek to follow the science in the best ways possible, managing the risen sea levels, microplastic waste and biota loss at almost any cost necessary.

As humanity has grown more and more wealthy while their economy integrates with that of the rest of the Milky Way, the income gap between rich and poor grows by the second. The Blues seek to manage this gap in whatever way possible, though they are often hindered by special interests and the lure of wealth themselves.

Many issues on Earth have stemmed from the Industrial Revolution and Colonialist periods of human history, and have impacted humans of color much more severely than those identified by the outdated term of "white". While the 21st and early 22nd centuries saw much advancement in the realm of social equity, it is a long and arduous process that the Blues seek to continue to work on.

## History

Formed during the initial founding of the Systems Alliance, the Blues sought to find their niche by bringing together many center-left ideas from nations across Earth and the fledgling colonies on Luna and Mars. Almost immediately it became apparent they were one of the more popular parties within the Alliance, making up over 40% of the initial members during the 1st Systems Alliance Parliament. As a result, the first-ever Prime Minister of the Systems Alliance, Adunni Afolayan of Nigeria, was a member of the Blues.
Rakhana

**Location:** Milky Way / Vesuvius Nebula / Pompeii System

**Rakhana** is a dry and barren planet covered in rocky deserts. Eight centuries ago, the already-arid drell homeworld began its swift descent into lifelessness due to disastrous industrial expansion. Today, Rakhana is a cemetery world, home to only a few thousand drell living in clusters never exceeding a few hundred; during pilgrimage season the population can double.

## Notable Locations

### Cities

* Aatenbaik
* Bat Prima
* Enektet

### Geographical Features

* Erusa River
* Ikharon Salt Flats
* Samkante Summit
Tereshkova System

**Location:** Milky Way / Armstrong Nebula

The **Tereshkova System** is a binary star system made up of two stars, Tereshkova-A and Tereshkova-B and the 6 planets and asteroid belt that orbit the heavenly pair. It is named for cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova, the first human female in space.

## Planets

* Antibaar
* Patamalrus
* Hunsalra
* Thegeuse
* Solmarlon
* Mawinor

## Asteroid Belts

* Unnamed Asteroid Belt (between the stars and Antibaar)
Ghedoun Caste

A more recently founded caste within the Batarian Hegemony's rigid and unforgiving social system, the **Ghedoun Caste** was formed as both a necessity for specialized horticultural labor and an honor for a particularly reputable laborer.

## History

Seeking a way to distinguish their colony from the homeworld, wealthy citizens of the batarian colony of Erszbat began specializing some of their more trusted laborers with the design, planting and maintenance of lush and extravagant gardens. One such laborer, Tredash Ghedoun, became so revered across the world that his designs and efforts were honored by the creation of an entirely new caste of workers, the Ghedoun Caste.

In the years that followed, Ghedoun was given citizens from various other laboring castes to help improve the world's aesthetic beauty and horticultural designs. While in the end their efforts paid off with fantastical gardens and spectacular nurseries across the planet, the honored Ghedoun felt his gift was more of a prison sentence than an honor. Overworked and still spat upon because of his caste, he ended his own life not even two years after the creation of this caste..

In the centuries that followed, the Ghedoun Caste continued their namesake's legacy, with most of them becoming very skilled horticulturalists and agriculture specialists throughout batarian space.

## Sigil

The Ghedoun caste sigil is a contemporary design featuring a green zig-zag pattern across a field of black, with a single bar and a diamond in the center. The sigil represents the exquisite Erszbatian gardens and fields that the caste is known for.

## Notable Members

* Brathe Sap'korah
* Densin Sap'korah
Ruoscha System

**Location:** Milky Way / Annos Basin

The **Ruoscha System** is composed of four planets and six moons all orbiting the white subgiant that gives the system its name. A system dominated by salarian interests, its point of note is the second salarian extrasolar colony, Mannovai.

## Planets

* Bek'Non
* Aschenal
* Osu'Debal
* Mannovai
Raloi

Concept Art of the Raloi by Railroad-blues

The **Raloi** are a species of bipedal, avian beings native to the world of Turvess. First contacted by the asari exploratory cruiser *Azedes* in 2184, the species had just launched their first space telescope.

## Biology

The raloi are avian in appearance and possess feathers. Due to an outbreak of an alien flu virus among the raloi during the ceremonies held to welcome them to the galactic community, the raloi have to wear environmental suits while in contact with other alien species.
Qnobis

Both the capital of the Batarian Hegemony and the largest city on the batarian homeworld of Khar'shan, **Qnobis** is an ancient and metropolitan city that counts itself among the most populous in the known galaxy. Historians estimate it was founded almost two thousand years before the common era, though estimates are unclear as to how long the region had been populated prior to incorporation. Located within the Vanko'oko Delta within the continent of Krudanz, it also serves as the seat of power to the nation of the same name.

A humid, mucky metropolis, the delta on which it sits led to the development of a vast, lucrative trading center within the city itself. Overpollution is rife within the rivers that lead into and out of the city, creating a strong market for water purification technologies. A thick fog penetrates most every morning in Qnobis. In the shifts between Khar'shan's winter and summer periods, the fog is almost permanent.
Sirta Foundation

The **Sirta Foundation** is a human biomedical non-profit organization renowned for its humanitarian efforts and groundbreaking research into genetics.

## History

The Sirta Foundation made its fortune eliminating several genetic diseases endemic to human populations. Sirta also created medi-gel, which, while technically illegal under Council law, is far too useful to ban. Another product is the Sirta Home Series AutoMedBed, an expensive piece of emergency equipment that comes with a sophisticated medical VI.

Sirta refuses on principle to produce weapons or similar "offensive" products, but they do offer basic protective or utilitarian items ranging from armor to omni-tools to bio-amps.
Rasiil Life Dome

The **Rasiil Life Dome** is a mid-sized domed city that houses many drell citizens on the hanar homeworld of Kahje. A lower-key destination for tourists than the larger domed cities dotting the planet, it nonetheless has a booming tourism industry in addition to the extraction of biological resources from the Encompassing.

## Notable Locations

* Museum of Rakhana
* RRP Headquarters
Talein's Daughters

> *“I am a daughter of Talein. Against chaos—we stand. Against death—we refuse.”*
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**Talein's Daughters** are an asari commando unit based on Thessia, carrying out missions all across asari space. While not specialized in any particular field as with some of the commando units, they are renowned for their biotic prowess.

## History

Unit lore tells of an asari matron who held the defensive line by herself against a horde of krogan descending upon the colony Ellita in order to buy the rest time to evacuate. The matron's commander tried to remind her there would be no one to raise her two daughters back on Thessia to be good asari if she didn't come back. The matron believed she only had one lesson to teach them: how to fight. She died in a hail of weapons fire, although she held the krogan back long enough for the last evac shuttle to take off.

In 2180, the Daughters accepted the biotic human Cora Harper into their ranks as part of the Alliance's Valkyrie Program. The Commanding Officer at the time, Nisira T'Kosh, gave no preferential treatment, providing Cora many opportunities to prove her worth during her 4 years in the unit and forge bonds of friendship in the interim.

Known military actions taken by the group include operations on Omega and in Nos Astra.They once infiltrated a cult posing as initiates, but the group's perversion of faith offended commando Valenza's spiritual sensibilities. Nisira secured a private audience between Valenza and the cult leader claiming she needed to be "purified of evil", and afterward Valenza promptly shot the leader then prayed for her.

As with many military units, members aren't always made privy to mission specifics although they are expected to do their jobs without question.

The commando unit's motto is as follows:

*“I am a daughter of Talein. Against chaos—we stand. Against death—we refuse.”*
Seira Lezvelan

**Seira Lezvelan** is a drell businesswoman engaged in a wide variety of seedy dealings in the Terminus Systems. As coy as she is quick with her tongue, she has a reputation for being discreet and efficient.

## Biography

In early 2183, Seira sold a telepresence mining outpost on the asteroid Asiedo C-19 to fellow scoundrel Sagrin Bled'ekna.
The Vermillion Isle

**The Vermillion Isle** is a casino of great renown on the Citadel's Silversun Strip.

## Description

One of the most popular luxury casino resorts on the Citadel, the Vermilion Isle has become the crown jewel of the Silversun Strip in recent years. The Isle boasts only the best of the best in every possible way, and Sizan Tiroc, the salarian responsible for the casino's booming success, ensures it stays that way. The real money, though, is made behind the scenes; there are whispers of secret back room games only available to the Isle's wealthiest patrons and special guests that offer the chance to win, or lose, everything - with Tiroc himself taking a sizable cut of the profits. Few are ever afforded the chance, but at the Vermilion Isle, no-one with a brain and a will to live crosses the Sizz.
Sabulum System

**Location:** Milky Way / Proditore's Scar

The **Sabulum System** is a turian-dominated system that serves as the gateway to the rest of Proditore's Scar, itself nestled within Inner Council Space. Notably orbited by the Hierarchy's colony world of Edessan, the star is also encircled by three other rocky, atmosphere-less worlds exploited for mineral resources and terrestrial space.

## Planets

* Edessan
* Caustes
* Jactatum
* Vastus
Ruam

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

**Ruam** is the smaller of the two gas giants located within the krogan home system Aralakh.

## Description

The smaller of Aralakh's hydrogen-helium gas giants maintains a small helium-3 recovery infrastructure. Although the depth of Ruam's gravity well makes it inefficient to export, visitors to the Aralakh system often "top off" their fuel tanks at Ruam's stations. The Council Demilitarization Enforcement Mission maintains a token garrison to monitor any potential sale of fuel to known subversives and terrorists.
Rannoch

**Location:** Milky Way / Perseus Veil / Tikkun System

**Rannoch** is the former homeworld of the Quarian people, taken from them after the Geth sprung consciousness and defeated them in the Geth War.

## Description

Although its orange sun is only about 90% the mass of Sol and half as luminous, Rannoch is arid by Earth standards because it formed closer to its star and has slightly less ocean coverage. Photosynthetic life is concentrated around rivers and oceans, with large expanses of desert in between. The importance of plant life and shade in ancient quarian culture is evident in the translation of Rannoch's name -- "walled garden."

Rannoch's lack of insect life led to a symbiosis between flora and fauna that is believed to be responsible for the quarians' weakened immune systems. Consequently, colonization of other planets is extremely difficult for the quarians after their exile from Rannoch. For many quarians, reclaiming their homeworld from the geth is a matter of both cultural and physiological necessity.

To a starship's sensors, the most obvious feature of the quarian homeworld is the numerous heat sources in orbit. Thousands of geth space stations watch over the planet. Somewhere in this artificial swarm of constructions lurks the geth armada, waiting for its moment to counterattack.

## Wildlife

All of Rannochs's native biota has dextro-amino chirality. Notably, Rannoch has no insect life. As a result, its pollinating plants evolved to rely on animals for propagation. Pathogenic microbes are relatively rare in Rannoch's biosphere, and the few that do exist are often beneficial for the pollination process, resulting in much of Rannoch's life, including the quarians, evolving weak immune systems.

Lemek worms are a small, slender vermiform species covered in rose-coloured scales that are found in the deserts of Rannoach. If a lemek worm is cut into pieces, each piece, down to the thinnest shavings of its body, will grow back into a new lemek worm.

The qorach is a large, carnivorous, mammal-like species that has horns and often resides in mountainous regions. Its stomach is always covered in blue-green fern pollen and seed casings, which are dragged along the mountainsides. Its offspring are born blind and are known as "ke'sed" in Khelish.
Ghrigult

The ***Ghrigult*** is a converted batarian Hekkorate-make Freighter owned and operated by the quarian Migrant Fleet as a part of the civilian fleet. Salvaged from the ethane swamps of the planet Dorgal in 1985, the vessel floated empty alongside the rest of the armada until it enough repairs were completed to declare the vessel livable in 1999.

## History

### Discovery by the Migrant Fleet

While on pilgrimage in late 1984 CE, Yla'Teren nar Maharum discovered the wreck while working for a batarian salvage operation out of Lorek. On their fifth year of pilgrimage and more desperate to return to the fleet than make commission, the exhausted quarian tucked the coordinates into their own personal files and told no one. Upon the crew's return to the Hegemony colony, Yla reached out to a few other quarians they thought might still be on the planet. Luckily enough, Gheren'Mex nar Krodessa had recently found something of worth himself, and was willing to join wallets to book passage back to the fleet together.

Early the next year, the duo returned to the fleet via a volus trade vessel all too eager to attempt negotiations with the vagrant species. Gheren, with his discovery of an experimental method of aeroponic plant growth stimulation, was accepted as crew of the *Novarra.* Yla was greeted with eager, yet skeptical arms into the crew of the *Tonbay*. Though their hands were empty upon completion of their pilgrimage, the promise of a new vessel was too exciting to ignore.

On the 14th of January 2182 CE, Nav'Teel vas Ghrigult was named captain of the ship.
Tokyo-Chiba

View of Tokyo c. 2017

Formerly two separate prefectures, Tokyo and Chiba, **Tokyo-Chiba** is a fairly recently converged city as of 2182 in the nation of Japan on Earth. A major financial center, tourism hotspot and base of operations for the Systems Alliance, Tokyo-Chiba is one of the most important cities on the human homeworld.

## History

In mid-2174 the culmination of the Tokyo-Chiba Merger Act of 2150 was reached, and the two prefectures were officially merged. City management was officially unified on Monday, the 1st of August, 2174.

## Notable Locations

* Nashan Stellar Dynamics International Headquarters
* Systems Alliance Naval Academy
Republic of Singapore

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

The **Republic of Singapore**, commonly referred to simply as **Singapore**, is an island nation on Earth. Uniquely it is one of the few remaining city-states on the human homeworld, existing solely as a single city on the island of the same name and a number of surrounding islets in the Pacific Ocean.
Gregory Watson

**Gregory "Gore" Watson** is a human mercenary within the Blue Suns, integral to their operations on Omega.

## Biography

Joining the Blue Suns when he was just 17, Gregory started out as little more than a glorified waterboy. No-one took him seriously, but from doing all of the things nobody else wanted to do he learned more about the inner workings of the gang than some of the Suns' most senior commanders. He found opportunities to prove himself more than capable time and time again, and eventually people began to take notice. Gregory had achieved a high-ranking position in the Suns by the time he was 19, and after working closely with Tarak Hasman he came to idolize the gruff batarian, and did everything in his power to impress him. His input has become more important to the Suns on Omega than Tarak would probably like to admit.

## Personality

* Endearing
* Persistent
* Adaptable
* Cunning

## Physical Description

One might not immediately think 'mercenary' when seeing a tall, pale, lanky young man like Gregory, with his bright red hair, baby blue eyes and overabundance of freckles - he looks more like the boy next door. But what Gregory may lack in physical prowess, he makes up for doubly with his impressive biotic power and intelligence.

## Armament

### Combat Arms

Gore carries with him an M-6 Carnifex and an M-9 Tempest for his murderous deeds, and utilizes the Combat Abilities Defense Drone, Overload and Tech Armor.
Reaper Tech

**Reaper Tech** is mysterious, powerful technology that is scattered throughout the galaxy. Often unintentionally discovered and at every instance seeming to be beyond the scope of understanding, these dangerous artifacts often bring nothing but bad luck to those who obtain it.

What is not known throughout the galaxy, though some have speculated, is that these pieces of technology are all that remains of the once Milky Way-threatening Reapers. Destroyed by those of the Prothean cycle in order to protect the future, the Reapers left behind the refuse of countless cycles before to pollute and echo their malicious intent.
Shadow Broker

The **Shadow Broker** is an individual at the head of an expansive organization which trades in information, always selling to the highest bidder. The Shadow Broker appears to be highly competent at its trade: all secrets that are bought and sold never allow one customer of the Broker to gain a significant advantage, forcing the customers to continue trading information to avoid becoming disadvantaged, allowing the Broker to remain in business.

## History

In 2161, the Shadow Broker tasked Brooks, an associate, to kill a man named Roth and to transfer Roth's funds to Barla Von, another associate of the Broker. Roth was funding Cerberus, a pro-human terrorist organisation. Though Brooks didn't find Roth, she did manage to find out where Roth was hiding from his decoy before killing him. Brooks then attempted to board a shuttle headed for Earth, where Roth was hiding. However, she was shot and left for dead by a little girl who she had worked with previously, inadvertently derailing the Broker's plan.

At some point in its tenure, the Shadow Broker was directly responsible for the Verrikan's destruction. One of its clients wanted to embarrass the Turian Hierarchy, requiring one of their more renowned frigates to be destroyed conspicuously. Hireling Zaeed Massani got to the Broker's good side, who in return tasked him with completing this job. The Broker delivered the terms to Zaeed on a holo-meeting, the majority of its features concealed but showing the massive outline of its body.

## Former Identities

* Lyobdelles (2056 - 2131)
* Niche Tur (2131 - Present)
Talava System

**Location:** Milky Way / Caleston Rift

The **Talava System** is a star and the four planets that orbit it within the Caleston Rift. Its worlds are inhospitable, barely exploited by commercial interests, moreso by criminals, mercenary organizations and unsavory aspects of the Turian Hierarchy.

## Planets

* Aitarus
* Kaushus
* Maitrum
* Taitus
Special Tasks Group

The **Special Tasks Group** (**STG**) is a salarian espionage organization, usually deployed by the Citadel Council or the Salarian Union. STG operators work in independent cells, performing dangerous missions such as counterterrorism, infiltration, reconnaissance, assassination, and sabotage.

## Description

The STG form a large part of the salarian military due to their heavy focus on gathering intelligence before making a move. They are used to monitor "developing situations" because they tend to attract less attention than more prominent figures, such as SPECTREs. This also allows them to quietly "handle" troublesome individuals. STG operators are brutally practical, devoted to accomplishing their mission regardless of the cost involved to others or themselves. Nevertheless, STG operators are highly flexible, accustomed to carrying out their missions on shoestring resources and changing their tactics when necessary.

STG operatives who showed exceptional skill were some of the first SPECTRE candidates. The records of STG missions are sealed and even the greatest agents are only known by codenames. These include the Ever Alert, who kept armies at bay with hidden facts; another, known as the Silent Step, was so successful he once defeated a nation with a single shot. However, the STG's role in tracking down the infamous League of One is common knowledge.

## Ranking Structure

* Colonel
* Major
* Captain
* Commander
* Lieutenant
* Sergeant
* Corporal
* Private

## Known Members

* Heplorn Durges (Unknown - Unknown)
* Heplorn Ral (2169 - 2182)
* Jondum Bao (Unknown - 2174)
* Olan Kooth (Unknown - 2181)
* Saelen Chen (Unknown - 2182)
* Saelen Varn (Unknown - 2182)

### 3rd Regiment

* Bido Stenvon (Unknown - 2183 - Unknown)
* Daysi Tolan (Unknown - 2183 - Unknown)
* Ganto Imness (Unknown - 2183 - Unknown)
* Guta Arlon (Unknown - 2183 - Unknown)
* Inoste Vaykom (Unknown - 2183 - Unknown)
* Ludo Rentola (Unknown - 2183 - Unknown)
* Maelon Heplorn (Unknown - 2183 - Unknown)
* Menos Avot (Unknown - 2183 - Unknown)
* Mordin Solus (Unknown - 2183)
* Ostar Kirrahe (Unknown - 2183 - Unknown)
* Padok Wiks (Unknown - 2183 - Unknown)
* Tesik Jenzin (Unknown - 2183 - Unknown)

### League of One Hunters

* Bido Milon (Unknown - 487 BCE)
* Deskin Thein (Unknown - 490 BCE)
* Menos Varsinth (Unknown - 490 BCE)
* Solus Stranaka (Unknown - 484 BCE)

## STG Designs

### Weapons

* Scorpion
* Venom
Turbocharge

**Turbocharge** is a Combat Ability that was devised to allow users more time firing their weapons without having to allow the device to cool or reload a thermal clip.

## Description

Designed to temporarily distribute heat through the user's armor, Turbocharge does exactly what is advertised with a few side effects. Activating the ability via a switch on the weapon, heat is vented through the handle of the weapon and/or the grip on longer weapons such as shotguns and assault rifles.

The vented heat distributes itself through long wires that act like heat sinks implanted in the user's armor, spreading up the arms as shots continue to fire. Theoretically, a wearer could continue to fire until the heat had vented out of the cabling and into the armor itself, and even then continue until they erupt on fire, but the uncomfortable nature of the heat typically holds the Turbocharge's length between 5 and 8 seconds longer than the traditional method would have allowed.
Sian

**Location:** Milky Way / Hindara Globular / Plenesh System

**Sian** is a small, vacuous world within the Plenesh System barely worth a second glance. Untouched by the quarians who colonized nearby Ket'osh, the world only serves to play host to several wrecks left behind from the aftermath of the Battle of Ket'osh.
Serrice - San Francisco State University Student Center and Museum

The **Serrice-San Francisco State University Student Center and Museum** is a public museum on the campus of the San Francisco extension of the University of Serrice.

## Description

This building serves as both the headquarters for the Serrice University extension in San Francisco, and a well-funded asari-human art museum, primarily featuring artistic collaborations between the two races, with a large emphasis on romantic-styled sculpture. It is the home of the famous *“Many Faces, One Heart”* light-sculpture, designed to display a unique image to each and every person that views it, while also keeping one common theme of galactic unity. This is accomplished by using several trillion microscopic light pillars, which can appear to take different colors and patterns depending on the viewers height, eye-spacing, and the structure and chemical composition of their corneas. In photo and video, the sculpture only appears to be a single, prismatic sheet of light, ensuring that the only true experience comes as a visitor to the museum.
The Genophage

**The Genophage** was a biological weapon deployed against the krogan by the turians during the Krogan Rebellions. It was designed to severely reduce krogan numbers by "infecting" the species with a genetic mutation.

## Background

The genophage's modus operandi is not to reduce the fertility of krogan females, but rather the probability of viable pregnancies: many krogan die in stillbirth, with most fetuses never even reaching this stage of development. Moreover, every cell in each krogan is infected, to prevent the use of gene therapy to counteract it. Though the genophage was not designed as a "sterility plague", the combination of a low frequency of viable pregnancies with the krogan proclivity to violence and indifference about focused breeding leaves the krogan a dying race, and soon to be extinct.

The genophage was originally developed by the salarians. They believed that, as the consequences would be so devastating, no one would ever deploy the genophage, thus wielding it as a deterrent. However, the salarians and the turians had different military attitudes, the turians only appreciating an approach of "massive retaliation". Once the genophage was complete, the turians immediately used it, and krogan numbers began to dwindle rapidly. Any female krogan who could carry young to term became a prize of war who was viciously fought over. Taking advantage of this, a female warlord named Shiagur used her fertility as a bargaining chip to attract the strongest males to her army.

After several hundred years of living with the genophage, the knowledge their species will soon be extinct has created a kind of fatalism amongst the krogan that makes them dangerous opponents—they are indifferent to who they attack or kill, or what risks they take, as their species is doomed. A few individuals have attempted to rebuild the species, or at least curtail its decline, by focusing on breeding, but the inherent belligerence of the krogan usually frustrates their efforts.

There is no known cure for the genophage. Some krogan groups have invested in companies such as Binary Helix to try to discover one; however, efforts have so far been thwarted by a lack of krogan scientists and a disinterest of other species in a revived krogan population. This has led to some krogan trying bizarre alternatives. There is a healthy trade in krogan testicles on the black market, because of the unsubstantiated belief that testicle transplants can counteract the effects of the genophage.
Takkan

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

Orbiting closest to the F-class star Amada, **Takkan** is a blistering, sun-blasted hell. Neither its carbon dioxide nor its weak magnetic field provides any protection from the star's harsh radiation. Fortunately, Takkan has few significant resources, and is only notable for an unusual purple desert in the southern hemisphere, thought to be the result of eroded spessartite.
Trident

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

**Trident** is a human colony founded in 2164 CE, known for its large array of life.

## Description

A human-dominated world with over 95% of its surface covered by saltwater, **Trident** is home to a dazzling array of life. The oceans are filled with creatures ranging from tiny bivalves to mammoth vertebrates unequaled even by Earth's whales and ichthyosaurs. Small archipelagos create what little land there is, and its valuable real estate is fought over constantly.

Underwater extraction operations have recovered a number of valuable minerals from the ocean floor, including iridium, uranium, and dust-form element zero. A largely lawless world, Trident is home to a rogues' gallery of unethical corporations exploiting the resources of the planet and actual rogues -- criminals, slavers and mercenaries -- working the shadows.

## Wildlife

Trident is home to the megalosteus family of creatures, which makes up the first four largest known predatory sea creatures in the galaxy.

## Notable Locations

### Cities

* Black Bay
* New Cousteau
Supply Pylons

**Supply Pylons** are a form of portable armament that can be carried into battle to act as a resupply point for combatants. A hollow metallic tube that can be filled with various items, the Pylon is very durable and can be magnetically attached to metallic surfaces. They come pre-packaged in three variants: one filled with heat sinks for weapons equipped with a Thermal Clip System, one filled with a type of grenade, and one filled with a wireless Kinetic Barrier regenerator that will bolster the shields of all combatants within a 5 meter radius.
Third Eye Syndrome

A genetic disorder amongst the asari, **Third Eye Syndrome** is an extremely rare affliction known to cause random periods of hypersensitivity, muscle spasms and seizures.

## Description

Third Eye Syndrome is a rare birth defect which causes periods of hypersensitivity to basic senses, resulting in an event where the brain suddenly takes in a massive influx of information. Sounds, sights, scents - everything is amplified almost beyond comprehension; a whisper can feel like a thousand voices ringing through one's head, a simple touch as electric as being struck by lightning. The sensation is similar to undergoing a near-death experience, and to the afflicted feels as if time stops for an eternity, followed by muscle spasms, seizures, and explosive migraines ranging in severity. In extreme cases, the victim can even end up comatose for several days or weeks following an episode.

Very little is actually known about the disease as cases are so rare, so aside from establishing it as genetic, the actual causes are unknown. It is usually triggered by stress or being in a particularly intense environment, though random incidents are not unusual either. Suppressive drugs and various herbal remedies are used to help treat the affliction, but no true cure exists. Statistically, it is only known to affect one in thirty million asari, making additional research on the syndrome nearly impossible.
Third Eye Syndrome has received some attention in mainstream media after a young asari named Irrine T'Dorr claimed her episodes were actually prophetic visions that allowed her to perceive everything in the universe. Few believed her, naturally, but she was strange and popular enough to earn a spot on the long-running docuseries *Mysteries of the Galaxy: Secrets Revealed*.
Sagrin Bled'ekna

A man of few talents but many words, **Sagrin Bled'ekna** is a self-described entrepeneur with "Diversified Investments across the Galaxy." While this statement may be less fact than fiction, he does own a couple of robo-mining businesses out of his headquarters on a moon of Terapso.

## Biography

In February of 2183, Sagrin purchased a telepresence mining outpost on the asteroid Asiedo C-19 from fellow Terminus do-nothing Seira Lezvelan. After contact was lost with the outpost in the month that followed, Sagrin reached out to intel broker Korinsia L'Soe to see if she could set him up with some agents to investigate.

## Personality

As anti-slavery as batarians come, Sagrin has almost no respect for the Hegemony of his ancestors. Technologically reliant to a fault, he has a veritable militia of various mechs and technical drones that help maintain his various business holdings.

## Armament

Sagrin is a liability in a fight, though his tricked-out M-6 Carnifex would have you believe otherwise. It is equipped with both Carnage and Flak Cannon launchers, and his omni-tool can deploy both a Combat Drone and a Defensive Drone.
Inusannon

The **Inusannon** were a spacefaring race that existed at least 127,000 years before 2182. Little is known about them except that they warred with another race, the thoi'han, over colonization rights to the garden world Eingana, and that they inhabited Ilos at some point. The inusannon were eventually wiped out by the Reapers. Tens of thousands of years later, the ruins of inusannon civilization provided the Protheans with the knowledge necessary to develop mass effect technology.
Tech Armor

**Tech Armor** is a pre-installed or retrofitted module in some sets of combat hardsuits. Triggered via omni-tool, projectors within the hardsuit create thin, protective sheets of omni-armor that bolster the user's shields. When this thin layer of protection is destroyed, the projectors are overwhelmed and release their energy in a small blast of kinetic energy, typically repulsing anything nearby.
Totau IV

**Location:** Milky Way / Serpent Nebula / Totau System

**Totau IV** is an iceball world dotted with scant remains of an ancient civilization. Small research posts can be found in the southern and northern hemispheres, though the temperature and historical significance keep the world protected from other settlement.

## History

The homeworld of the ancient Rakfeeli race, Totau IV (Ifor as it was known to them) stood as the center of galactic civilization hundreds of thousands of years ago. At the end of their own war with the reapers it was utterly destroyed, only ruins and deeply-buried secrets remaining.

It was here that the protheans discovered the plans for the Crucible, a weapon of mass destruction powerful enough to end the cycles of destruction once and for all. This discovery culminated with the destruction of both the prothean civilization and reaper threat, saving the galaxy from permanent, cyclical harvesting.

Today it houses two small research outposts manned by Council science teams, slowly excavating what little remains of the ancient civilizations, unaware of the significance of this giant, glacial sphere.

## Terrain

Ice, mountains, crevasses and more ice was the initial fly-by report by an asari scouting vessel, it was only more recently that the ruins were spotted. The ice is now speckled with a few small excavation sites, most of which remain unpopulated until the "warm" season hits their region.

## Satellites

* 3 small moons deemed insignificant by the archeological teams

## Notable Locations

* **Research Station Botren**
	+ The base of operations for research teams on the southern hemisphere, Botren houses half the population in heavily-insulated domes.
* **Research Station Vardos**
	+ The base of operations for research teams on the northern hemisphere, Vardos houses the other half of the population in sprawling ice caverns beneath the windswept surface.
SM2183 Rua System

**Location:** Milky Way / Arcturus Stream

The **SM2183 Rua System** is a stellar system most notable for being one of the few red giant stars to house a habitable planet. Unfortunately the planet in question, DC1938, was destroyed in a rare event known as core fusion. The remaining fragments of the world are slowly being reigned in by the gravity of the giant star.

## Planets

* DH1993
* L/2183
* DC1938
* MV1963

## Trivia

* SM2183 Rua 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 Shrike Abyssal

**The Shrike Abyssal** is a large cloud of gases and stars that is home to the vorcha, and a region of the Terminus Systems largely exploited by volus and turian interests.

## Description

About half of the traversable systems in the vorcha home cluster have been mostly co-opted by volus interests. The vorcha are mostly restricted to their own system while turians have a small presence in another.

## Systems

* Kyzil System
* Thal System
* Urla Rast System
* Xe Cha System
Shredder Ammo

**Shredder Ammo** is a type of modified ammunition block that can be installed in a wide variety of personal weaponry. As a functionality, it provides a boost in damage against organic enemies, tearing through flesh and bone more effectively than traditional ammunition. When installed in a modern weapon, the holographic heads-up display gives off a green glow.