1988:: The asari were the first species to discover the Citadel. When the salarians arrived, it was the asari who proposed the establishment of the Citadel Council to maintain peace throughout the galaxy. Since then, the asari have served as the mediators and centrists of the Council. / An all-female race, the asari reproduce through a form of parthenogenesis. They can attune their nervous system to that of another individual of any gender, and of any species, to reproduce. This capability has led to unseemly and inaccurate rumors about asari promiscuity. / Asari can live for over 1,000 years, passing through three stages of life. In the Maiden stage, they wander restlessly, seeking new knowledge and experience. When the Matron stage begins, they "meld" with interesting partners to produce their offspring. This ends when they reach the Matriarch stage, where they assume the roles of leaders and councilors.
2009:: The second species to join the Citadel, the salarians are warm-blooded amphibians with a hyperactive metabolism. Salarians think fast, talk fast, and move fast. To salarians, other species seem sluggish and dull-witted. Unfortunately, their metabolic speed leaves them with a relatively short lifespan; salarians over the age of 40 are a rarity. / The salarians were responsible for advancing the development of the primitive krogan species to use as soldiers during the Rachni Wars. They were also behind the creation of the genophage bioweapon the Turians used to quell the Krogan Rebellions several centuries later. / Salarians are known for their observational capability and non-linear thinking. This manifests as an aptitude for research and espionage. They are constantly experimenting and inventing, and it is generally accepted that they always know more than they're letting on.
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a piece of art", as he recalled that some ideas that worked on paper ended up not working well on a 3-D model. The character model would next be textured and prepared for inclusion into the game. The animation team gets involved early in the process to make sure everything works correctly. Most aliens had to fit into a humanoid skeleton for animation purposes; for example, the batarian's appearance is originally based on a previous design intended for something else, and had "flaps" on the side of their heads; however, in order to wear equipment they had to be changed to a human shape. Similarly, more "outrageous" designs for species like the elcor were made, although modelling and animation constraints would go on to effect their final design. Plans to include a non-humanoid
399:, the batarians intended to steal the technology of the "Nazari", which was at that point the name of the extinct race that preceded the contemporary races and created most of the technology. Humanity were to be depicted with an inherent ability to access and use the technology of the Nazari, in spite of their lack of technological knowledge; this makes them an important race, drawing much attention from the other species. It would then turn out that humanity were in fact originally a slave race to these Nazari, which explains their innate affinity for the lost technology. This idea was later discarded, with the focus of the narrative turned to the tension between synthetic and organic life and the batarians were replaced with the
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adding a predetermined number of planets from the lists into each individual star system on the galactic map, which are mapped out using a proprietary tool within the game engine. Lore for the individual planets was delegated to the writing team, who would seed information throughout the setting. According to game director Mac
Walters, the sheer volume of information generated is difficult to follow even for the developmental team, but the "little bits of mystery" also serves to make the world "seem so much deeper and richer", with the potential for some of it to be utilized for possible future stories.
515:. The Reapers appear every 50,000 years with the sole purpose of wiping out emergent organic civilizations as well as any evidence of their own existence, but deliberately leave behind technology which ensure that the organic civilizations of the next cycle develop according to their predetermined specifications. Unlike their predecessors in previous cycles, the Protheans had learned of the Reapers and prepared for their arrival, though they were unable to prevent their own extermination by the Reapers. Their preparations survive into the next cycle, in the form of the Crucible. The
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the creature. Phase one begins when the paragraph description is given to the concept artists, who are given a lot of freedom to explore ideas about the subject alien species. Once a few concepts have been completed, the team would attempt to move on from phase one by honing on a few ideas, and start working through multiple phases which may increase depending on the idea's complexity. The goal for the artists was to keep honing in and defining the final design, until they come up with something that feels interesting and unique yet grounded and believable.
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Cluster, a seemingly resource-rich frontier of Andromeda, and eventually create a reliable route between both galaxies. Research on the ODSY drive and its core components, which are essential technology for the Initiative's goal to undertake long distance travel to the Andromeda galaxy, was underway by the time of the attack on the Citadel by Sovereign and the geth, the events of which spurred the Initiative to fast track its plans to depart from the Milky Way galaxy.
531:, is reconstructed and revived by Cerberus in the year 2185, following a complex cybernetic engineering process which lasted two years. Shepard sets out to assemble a team of skilled individuals from across the galaxy for a suicide mission into the Omega Four mass relay to stop the Collectors from harvesting more human colonies on behalf of the Reapers. Near the Omega Four relay is Omega space station, which lies outside of Citadel jurisdiction. Ruled by the asari pirate queen Aria T'Loak, Omega serves as the
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that causes its violet-blue coloration at a molecular scale. Willcocks pointed out that in all in-universe depictions of
Element Zero, such as the generation of mass effect fields by starships and biotics, it is always portrayed in a shade of blue. He concluded that Element Zero is the source of the blue coloration of asari blood, and since an electrical current could pass through it, the substance is theoretically a metallic semiconductor.
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their DNA, any children they have will also be Asari no matter who or what they reproduced with. The Asari themselves closely resemble female humans and use feminine pronouns. Asari go through three stages of life and are capable of living for over a thousand years. The asari are depicted as the most politically and culturally influential of all the Milky Way races within the original trilogy.
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are against the quick establishment of the human embassy on the
Citadel (within a decade; whereas other member species and factions have waited for hundreds, if not thousands of years) and the perceived appeasement-hypocrisy of human-sympathetic members of the Citadel Council for placing humanity on the Council and establishing the first Human-
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343:"What is the visual language for their clothing? What's the shape of their face? What's iconic? Is this going to work with our conversation system? Are these characters going to be able to show emotion? Are people going to get attached to them? And these are all things you think of as you go through the phases."
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Palaven. Their biological makeup is different from that of most other species, and are culturally rooted in a militaristic society. The Turians are the first alien species to have come into contact with humanity, which inadvertently sparked a brief
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Citadel space community by the events of the original trilogy, humanity tend to be underestimated, held in suspicion or looked down upon. While biotics are common amongst most alien species (like the asari) they are rare in humans and often require an implant in
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was envisioned as a trilogy from the very beginning as part of the developers' efforts to create a memorable story. Early versions of the first game's plot involved a conflict between humanity and the batarians, originally conceived as a "warmongering" group of "small bat-like creatures". Led by the
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series is meant to be only fairly far in the future enough to be new but not unrecognizable. Through standardizing the different concept art for their clothing, a "common visual language" was found for the human characters. The standard look for all attire for members of the
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are a mono-gendered humanoid species from the eezo-rich world of
Thessia, who are naturally inclined towards biotics. The Asari have a universal pansexual orientation and may reproduce with any gender of any species using their biotic ability to mind meld. Due to this process and a specific code in
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galaxy who created most of its technology, but have since disappeared tens of thousands of years ago. The
Citadel Council welcomes humanity into the Citadel community, providing them with a Systems Alliance embassy and allowing individual members to join the Citadel Security Forces (C-SEC), despite
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and its alien species, with detailed explanations documenting the complex relationships between the universe's various factions and the setting's phenomena from a scientific perspective. The developers were inspired and influenced by numerous fantasy and science fiction works, as well as real world
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analyzed the hypothetical properties of Element Zero from a real world scientific basis. He observed that while the asari most closely resemble humans in terms of biology, their blood color is markedly different. He suggested that the logical explanation is because asari blood contains a property
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that could generate planetary data, including its name, surface temperature, distance from a star, and other statistical information. The developmental team used the generated information to compile lists of viable planets that could be used in the video games, and incorporated the information by
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capital. Since gaining a seniority seat on the Council, the Citadel Human Embassy leverages its equal partnership status to further human interests and holds legitimate jurisdiction over humans residing outside of Alliance Space. Among the Citadel species, the Alliance is considered a sovereign
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trade capital of the Terminus Systems confederation—a disparate collective of uncharted space, independent states, corporate fiefdoms and pirate domains—whose only uniting principle is the unanimous refusal to acknowledge Citadel jurisdiction. It is also popular as an alternative hub for alien
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is the most important science fiction universe of the contemporary generation, and that it overshadowed that of other established science fiction franchises due to the depth of its medium as a video game, its message which embraces diversity and pluralism, and its philosophy which meaningfully
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The Salarians are a warm-blooded amphibian species with a hyperactive metabolism from Sur'Kesh, and are known for their relatively short lifespans compared to other races in the galactic community. Salarians are generally known for their observational capability and non-linear thinking, which
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The series' setting has garnered a mostly positive reception from commentators. GamesRadar praised the setting's Milky Way galaxy as "so well-constructed that it felt like a decades-old franchise" and its presentation "a high-water mark for video games as a story-telling medium." Similarly,
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series starts as the nascent appearances of the Reapers in this cycle have occurred, beginning with the indoctrination of a rogue turian Spectre, an influential asari Matriarch, and a "heretic" faction of geth who broke away from the Geth Consensus to further their plans of return.
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Watts came up with the idea of different face paints and tattoos for many of the races as additional features. BioWare realized they would be unable to make both male and female versions of all the races due to budgetary concerns, which in part led to the development of the
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enjoyed the "family secrets, tribal grudge matches, and interplanetary political turnabout" depicted throughout the original trilogy, describing them as memorable moments where it felt like players could change lives in both minor or major ways. Kyle Munkittrick from
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said what the developers accomplished with their setting is "pretty extraordinary" in spite of its inherent flaws, with the first two games ambitiously and smartly pairing "brave, big-idea genre fiction with visceral thrills and strong characters". Cian Maher from
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substance known as Element Zero or "eezo" to slingshot spacecraft to the next relay. Element Zero is found to also react with biological entities, giving them limited powers known as "biotics" that evoke the mass effect on a much smaller scale.
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universe have been explored in articles published in academic journals. In his analysis of the series' characters from the perspective of disability studies, Adan Jerreat-Poole observed that biotics represent the series' version of
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noted that while part of the video game series' appeal for players is its fully realized science fiction universe filled with "complex political machinations and a web of long-simmering alien rivalries", the series' commitment to
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The Volus are an ammonia-breathing species who are known to be aggressive traders and industrialists with a keen grasp of exchange and finance. The Volus always wear environmental suits outside of their high pressure homeworld of
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addition to decades of training to channel and improve upon the skill. Two factions dominate humanity: the Earth Systems Alliance, and Cerberus; each representing humanity's nobliest aspects and darkest tendencies, respectably.
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invasion, the Systems Alliance Military has acted as the emergency governing body of the human species at large for a time. Despite having a volunteer force of only 1% of humanity's total population, the Systems Alliance's
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DLC pack. The Leviathans, an ancient species of colossal aquatic beings who created the AI entity known as the Catalyst, which in turn created the Reapers in the image of its creators, are first introduced in the
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under the mandate by the United Nations—to safeguard humanity as it expanded to new colonies through the mass relay. When the Citadel Human Embassy, Alliance Parliamentary, United Nations Prime Ministry, and the
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Kahje, who worship the Protheans as their progenitors with religious fervor. The Hanar communicate using highly developed patterns of bioluminescence, which is translated by other species via machine assistance.
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universe, but are in fact the deformed remnants of the Prothean race. They are known to conduct trade of hyper-advanced technology in the Terminus Systems in exchange for living samples from various species.
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declared the elcor to be the best new species of 2007. Commentators have lauded the elcor's speech patterns and peculiar behavior as a good source of humor and comic relief, although Hollander Cooper from
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noted that while the original trilogy featured humanity's ascension to galactic prominence as its main narrative, the setting's various alien species were the one aspect that "stole the show". While the
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as the "first blockbuster franchise in the postmodern era to directly confront a godless, meaningless universe indifferent to humanity". Referencing Munkittrick's observations, Erik Henriksen from the
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other client species having waited for such a privilege for some time. The Citadel Council soon invites a human to join the Office of Special Tactics and Reconnaissance (SPECTRES), elite extrajudicial
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The batarians are an isolationist people native to the planet Khar'shan, who are notorious for their piracy as well as their active opposition to humanity's colonization activities around the galaxy.
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manifests as an aptitude for research and espionage. The Salarians are known for their covert ops organization, the Special Tasks Group (STG), on which the Council's Spectre organization is based.
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SR-2 in order to rally the rest of the galactic community against the Reaper threat, and find a solution that will break the Reaper-imposed cycle of harvesting organic species forever.
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and force, and operate independently from governmental oversight, cutting through red tape, bureaucracy, and logistics that might otherwise impede the completions of their assignments.
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which free up cycles for more advanced forms of reasoning and make them capable of more complicated or nuanced tasks. The geth are the most common recurring antagonists in the first
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advocates extremist anthropocentric militarism and a "humanity-first" supremacist agenda, appears as recurring antagonists in the series. Cerberus is officially
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interstellar nation and no other species has right of oversight into Alliance affairs. Non-Citadel species hold the Alliance and the Council with equal disdain.
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1849:"A Beginner's Guide to the World Of Mass Effect"
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2477:"Gaming's best #teamboneless characters"
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2720:The Art of the Mass Effect Universe
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1936:The Art of the Mass Effect Universe
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1759:Adam Bankhurst (February 7, 2021).
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35:The Art of the Mass Effect Universe
2650:Hollander Cooper (March 7, 2012).
2563:Richard Mitchell (April 1, 2010).
2475:Hollander Cooper (April 5, 2013).
2056:Petitte, Omri (October 10, 2012).
2028:Erik Brudvig (November 14, 2007).
1672:Crecente, Brian (March 15, 2012).
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1847:Hamilton, Kirk (March 21, 2017).
1733:Brenna Hillier (April 10, 2013).
1700:Nicholson, Brad (July 29, 2009).
1155:List of science fiction universes
1091:topics within the context of the
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2140:Dakan, Rick (January 27, 2010).
2111:"The Top 100 Videogame Villains"
2085:"The alien races of Mass Effect"
1599:The Art of Mass Effect Andromeda
1587:The Final Hours of Mass Effect 3
2410:Sal Basile (February 9, 2012).
2382:Carter, Justin (May 13, 2021).
1819:Polo, Susano (March 21, 2017).
1334:Sara Mitchell (July 31, 2012).
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2529:Andy Hartup (July 11, 2013).
2167:"The voices of Mass Effect 3"
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148:Mass Effect Legendary Edition
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1948:Tom, Senior (May 30, 2012).
1281:Joe Skrebels (May 3, 2017).
1014:or banter with all sorts of
2787:, Volume 19, Issue 2, 2019.
2777:, Volume 20, Issue 1, 2020.
1548:Andrew Yoon (May 9, 2013).
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1027:Goddard Space Flight Center
665:all decapitated during the
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1128:University of Leicester
743:Mass Effect: Revelation
711:violent non-state actor
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2599:Official Xbox Magazine
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1882:Codex - Citadel Space
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1470:. Hachette UK, 2017.
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1252:Hardcore Gaming 101
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