Mass Effect Remastered

Mass effect is set in the year 2185 CE.

The Milkily Way Galaxy is divided into several parts; council space, systems alliance space, the terminus systems and the attican traverse.

council space is in the southeast of the Milky Way and home of Asari, Turians, Salarians, Elcor and Krogan. Council space is the centre of the Milky Way and the home of the citadel were the citadel council resides. Council space is a very peaceful part of the galaxy.

Systems Alliance Space is in ten Southeastern part of the galaxy which is home to the human system alliance government. The systems alliance boarders the Skyllian Verge which.

The Skyllian Verge and the central parts of the Milky Way system are known as the Attican traverse. The attican traverse is home to the Batarian Hegemony and the Hanaar.

The furthest north part of the galaxy is called the Terminus Systems.

The Geth reside in the Terminus systems beyond a natural cloud formation in space called the “Perseus veil” which makes surveillance of the beth impossible. Beyond the perseus veil is also Rannoch the Quarrian homeworld.

{{mass effect relays}}

Within the Milky Way galaxy there is technology known as “mass effect relays” these relays are mega structures built by the extinct protheans. Upon a space ship approaching a mass effect relay it can use it to propel itself across space. These mass effect relays have made FTL travel possible they are arranged in a network that allows fast travel inside the Milky Way galaxy.

{{VIs and AIs}}

A virtual intelligence is a highly advanced computer program they cannot become sentient or self aware although sometimes software errors can cause “rogue VIs.” Virtual intelligences are used in many different parts of the galaxy to automate tasks.

Unlike a virtual intelligence an artificial intelligence or AI is a fully sentient and self aware machine. The creation and research of artificial intelligence is banned.

{{Biotics}}

Biotics are special abilities that come from exposure to element zero that can be harnessed though the use of biotic implants. Biotics can be used to perform telekinesis and other abilities. The asari are one of the few species who are born with natural biotics.

{{cybernetics}}

The use of cybernetics is relatively uncommon in the galaxy and is mainly used by biotic’s or military personnel but nearly everyone in the galaxy uses a translation implant to understand other species language.

{{Omni Tools}}

Omni tools are common both in the civilian world and in the military. Omnitools can be used for several purposes but civilians use them like phones for messaging, watching videos and accessing the extranet. The most common type of omnitools are omnitool gloves which act like phones and project light in the air which displays a UI while the physical glove is used to feel the haptic feedback of typing. Omnitools are also used to display screens for computers or video game consoles.

An omnitool glove can also be substituted for an implant which is common in the “gaming” community on the extranet.

{{Extranet}}

The Extranet is a galaxy wide network of computers; it’s the same as the internet but only on a far wider scale.

{{systems alliance}}

The main government of the humans is the systems alliance which was an organization formed by eighteen major nations of earth to govern human settlements in space and to protect earth. The systems alliance is a parliamentary republic governed by a prime minister and a parliament. The systems alliance has its military headquarters in London and its parliament in Arcturus Station. The systems alliance has no control over earth however earth is still governed by the national governments. The systems alliance has a military with two branches a navy and the alliance marines along with its elite special forces the N7s a part of the alliance marines.

{{Citadel council}}

The citadel council is an international organization which settles disputes between the civilizations of the Milky Way and legislates on international law. Although the citadel council have no official power over the member ship species of the citadel but their decisions carry great weight. The citadel council is also responsible for setting law in “citadel space” and the citadel itself.

Any species granted an embassy on the Citadel is considered an associate member, bound by the accords of the Citadel Conventions. Associate members may bring issues to the attention of the Council, though they have no input on the decision. The human Systems Alliance became an associate member of the Citadel in 2165 and eventually gained their first spectre and a council seat in 2183 CE.

{{citadel}}

The Citadel is a massive space station, its shape very closely resembling a pentagram. The Citadel consists of a central ring about, from which five arms protrude.

The citadel is the cultural, political and economic centre of the Milkyway galaxy.

The citadel is an ancient structure that was believed to have been built by the protheans although this isn’t known for sure.

{{citadel security}}

Citadel Security Services, or C-Sec, handles law enforcement on the Citadel. It is a volunteer police service answering to the Citadel Council, and is headed by an Executor, who often liaises between C-Sec and the Council. The vast majority of C-SEC officers are turians and humans although Turians were the founding species of C-SEC. The largest minority of C-SEC officers are asari and salarians but there are a few Quarians, Krogans and other species.

C-SEC is also in charge the checkpoints and ports on the citadel. One C-SEC division known as patrol has small frigates and scouting vessels who patrol the space outside the citadel and respond to incidents.

Citadel security is a very prestigious organization and holds its officers to a very high standard. A C-SEC Officer causing an incident could also cause a diplomatic incident since C-SEC officers get they’re position only after being vetted by they’re nations embassy. C-SEC is often criticized for its bloated bureaucracy and excessive red tape by both civilians and C-SEC officers.

{{Citadel fleet.}}

The Citadel Fleet is the main space defense force of the Citadel. The flagship of the fleet is the asari dreadnought Destiny Ascension, the most powerful ship of the Council races. The Citadel Fleet consists of a mixed group of turian, salarian, and asari vessels, though the greater number of them are turian, due to the turians' peacekeeping role. The citadel fleets flagship is sometimes used for transportation or protection of the citadel councillors.

{{spectres}}

Spectres are the Citadel Councils elite paramilitary organization. Most information about spectres and the missions they undertake is classified but the few spectres who serve publicly have celebrity status. One example of a “celebrity spectre” is commander shepherd.

The job of a spectre is heavily dramatized in various forms of media such as video games, movies and extranet videos.

{{Asari}}

Asari look similar to humans and are a species of monogendered blue skinned women with natural biotic abilities. Asari have tentacle like appendages on they’re head that almost appear like hair.

Asari have to mate with other species to reproduce since there are no Asari males. Asari have vaginas and every other Milky Way species also has a vagina or penis making Asari compatible with any Milky Way species.

Asari live for up to a thousand years and they begin different “life stages” staring with maiden, then matron and finally matriarch. Asari matriarchs are reversed elders of over 700 years of life. Asari show no signs of age.

Asari can “meld” with other beings which allows them to sync with their biology to share feelings and emotions. Asari melding is usually used for sex.

{{turian}}

Turians are avian creatures with scales they are sometimes compared to raptors or other dinosaurs from eart. Turians have mandibles and a metal carapace that shields them from the radiation on their home planet of Palaven. Male and female turians don’t look too different expect that female turians lack the distinctive crest of the males.

Turian females have vaginas while Turian males have penises.

Most turians are under the authority of the turian hierarchy a meritocratic stratocracy with limited democracy.

Turian culture has a strong emphasis on duty and honesty they are also considered a progressive species among the citadel races. Some turians still hold a grudge against humanity for the first contact war.

{{salarian}}

The salarians are a bipedal race of amphibians, with tall, elongated bodies well-suited for their high metabolism, and skeletons composed of more cartilage than those of other races such as humans. Salarian heads are long and thin, and have a pair of horns protruding from the top of their skulls. Skin varies in color, from bright reds and greens to the more common shades of blue or grey. Their blood is a greenish color. Salarians are androgynous, and exhibit no major facial differences between males and females. Salarian eyes are large and oval and have thin membranes in place of eyelids. The pupils are a wide slit, oriented horizontally.

Female Salarians have vaginas and Salarian Males have penises.

Salarians are known for their skills in research and espionage because of their nonlinear thinking.

{{quarians}}

The quarians are a nomadic species of humanoid aliens known for their skills with technology and synthetic intelligence. Since their homeworld Rannoch was conquered, the quarians live aboard the Migrant Fleet, a huge collection of starships that travels as a single fleet.

Quarians are the most similar species to humans biologically they have a similar facial structure and hair. Quarians have three fingers instead of five and a very weak immune system. Quarian males and females have the same traits as human males and females. The quarians have bent legs digitigrade legs.

The quarian immune system is very weak and they wear environmental suits for most of their life to stop infection. Quarian environmental suits can have complex designs and they have a hood and visor.

Other species tend to look down on the quarians for several reasons, the foremost of which being their supposed 'unleashing' of the geth upon the galaxy. This act led to the quarians' losing their embassy on the Citadel. Quarians are often viewed as beggars and thieves. Quarians are usually questioned by the citadels custom officers before they can enter.

Many people are outright racist to Quarians viewing them as vermin.

{{batarians}}

batarians A race of four-eyed bipeds native to the world of Khar'shan, the batarians are a disreputable species that chose to isolate itself from the rest of the galaxy. The Terminus Systems are infested with batarian pirate gangs and slaving rings.

Batarian females have vaginas and the males have penises.

The Batarian hegemony was an associate race of the citadel council but withdrew its embassy. Many Batarians are xenophobic and the rest of the galaxy discriminates against them in turn. The Batarian hegemony doesn’t let its citizens freely travel so usually the only Batarians outside the hegemony are either criminals or defectors.

The Batarian Hegemony is a xenophobic and isolationist totalitarian government which is spilt into various regions. The Batarian hegemony use propaganda to sway public opinion within they’re territory. The Batarian hegemony supports Batarian terrorists and criminal activities but tries to publicly distant themselves from them.

{{Krogan}}

The krogan are large reptile like bipeds that hail from the planet Tuchanka. Female Krogan have vaginas and the males have penises.

Krogan have a hard carapace like shell that covers their back and rises up behind their neck. The shell of female Krogans is flatter and less noticeable while male krogans have a shell that rises up slightly. Female krogans have a flat carapace on top of they’re head while males have a spicy carapace on top of their head. The carapace covers a Krogans legs but the stomach, abs and pelvis of a Krogan are just soft skin. (Soft by a krogans standards anyway) krogans have large hands and feet with three toes and fingers.

Because of discrimination against Krogan if they leave their home planet they usally resort to becoming a mercenary or a criminal.

{{geth}}

Geth are a species of true artificial intelligences that are fully sentient and self aware. The geth primarily remain on the quarian homeworld of rannoch and the geth are not allowed to take part in the citadel council. Most quarians want to exterminate the geth and retake rannoch from the geth although some quarians disagree.

Physically, the humanoid geth resemble quarians their hands, head shape and legs are similar which is probably a holdover from their origins. A common design feature among geth is a single brightly glowing photoreceptor.

The geth species are similar to a hive mind they don’t value individuality and operate on a democratic consensus as a method of government.

{{volus}}

The volus are a species of four foot tall humanoids with cylindrical bodies. The volus wear environmental suites with respirators since they’re home planets of irune’s atmosphere is too different from the rest of the galaxy thus making it inhospitable without environmental suits.

The volus have a mercantile culture and their government the volus protectorate is a vassal state of the turian hierarchy. The volus are a associate species of the citadel council and have an embassy on the citadel.

{{hanar}

Hanar are a species that resembles earths jellyfish they stand on six legs and are known for their excessive politeness. Hanar are asexual.

The hanar homeworld, Kahje, has 90% ocean cover and orbits an energetic white star, resulting in a permanent blanket of clouds. Due to the presence of Prothean ruins on Kahje, the hanar have developed a religion centered on the ancient species, calling them the "Enkindlers". Hanar myths often speak of them as an elder race that uplifted and civilized them by teaching them language.

Several hundred years ago, the hanar made contact with the drell on their nearby homeworld of Rakhana. Drell society was quickly collapsing. so the hanar rescued several hundred thousand drell and brought them to Kahje, where they integrated into hanar society with the remaining drell dying out. Now the drell serve as a client race of the hanar. Drell have integrated with every level of hanar society, and most consider it an honor to serve a hanar family in a tradition referred to as the Compact. Many drell become unofficial members of the family, and some even earn the privilege to learn their masters' "soul names".

The Hanar are a citadel associate species and have an embassy on the citadel.

{{Drell}}

Drell are reptile-like humanoids with an average lifespan of 85 years. Drell appearance is very similar to asari and humans, but their muscle tissue is slightly denser, giving them a wiry strength. They appear to have five fingers on each hand, albeit the ring and middle fingers are fused. Their skin is apparently infused with a venom mild enough to be served in drinks, and may cause mild hallucinations on "oral contact". They also have two sets of eyelids. Females have breastlike protrusions, and their head "frills" are more pronounced than males'.

Drell males have penises and females have vaginas.

{{Elcor}}

Elcor evolved on a high-gravity world, making them slow, but incredibly strong. Their large, heavy bodies are incapable of moving quickly, but they possess a rather imposing stature and immense strength, as well as thick, tough skin. They move using all four limbs to support and balance their massive bodies. Given their method of communication, they have highly-attuned olfactory senses. They also have at least three stomachs.

Elcor "lips" are multiple vertical slats situated in what is normally the location of the mouth in other races. Despite the peculiar arrangement, these "lips" are capable of holding on to protruding objects like cigars with no effort.

Elcor speech is heard by most species as a flat, ponderous monotone. Among themselves, scent, extremely slight body movements, and subvocalized infrasound convey shades of meaning that make a human smile seem as subtle as a fireworks display. Since their subtlety can lead to misunderstandings with other species, the elcor prefix all their dialog with non-elcor with an emotive statement to clarify their tone.

Elcor can live for centuries. A hundred or so years is considered young by elcor standards while four hundred years give or take is considered old and grandfatherly. The young of an elcor is called a calf.

The elcor government is known as the Courts of Dekuuna. The elcor follow the recommendations of their Elders, who spend years poring over ancient records of jurisprudence to determine the precedent that should be followed in any given situation. The Elders record closely argued and minutely detailed instructions on what course to follow in any theoretical crisis. These are filed away in huge libraries of data discs and are consulted when needed. This makes elcor policies very predictable, provided one has done a great deal of research.

The elcor are a citadel associate species and have an embassy.

{{Rachni}}

The Rachni were fought to be extinct after the Rachni wars but it turned out one Rachni Queen survived. The Rachni queen lives on her home world of Suen with her colony. Occasionally the Rachni Queen will hire envoys from other species to do tasks from her and she likes to speak to the few people brave enough to venture out to Suen.

The Rachni were a hive mind species controlled by Rachni Queens giant female variants of the Rachni who commanded Rachni drones and soldiers through telepathy. Rachni Queens could also communicate telepathically with other species.

The Rachni are an insect like species with three pincers for mouths, four legs, a scaly body and two sets of four blue eyes on the side of their head. Rachni queens are larger than regular soldiers or drones and also have two arms.

{{mega corporations}}

Mega corporations are very prevalent in the galaxy and the council allows them to own entire planets. On some corporate planets indentured servitude is legal although outright slavery is illegal under citadel council law.

{{terminus systems}}

The Terminus Systems are located on the far side of the Attican Traverse, beyond the space administered by the Citadel Council or claimed by the human Systems Alliance.

The Terminus systems are home to the Batarian hegemony and many criminal organizations.

The Terminus system is a haven for illegal activities, particularly piracy and the slave trade. The Terminus Systems have no government, but the Omega station serves as a trade capital.

Despite the dangers, Citadel races have not been deterred from traveling through and even extensively colonizing the Terminus Systems themselves. Humans, turians, salarians, elcor, asari, and volus each have a sizable colonial presence there. Since the Citadel Council's authority is nonexistent, these colonies are often fully independent from any interplanetary government. The Terminus Systems also encompass the homeworlds of the quarians and the vorcha.

{{omega}}

Omega is described as "the Terminus Systems' dark, twisted counterpart to the Citadel." It is a huge mining station built from the remains of a massive, irregularly shaped asteroid with twisting streets populated with homes, shops and warehouses. Omega's inhabitants are usually lawless. Territory is controlled by the strongest faction in that area and frequently changes hands, often after brutal violence. The station's current "de facto" ruler is Aria T'Loak who has controlled omega since 1980 CE.

Omega is run from a nightclub also called omega that’s run by Aria T’Loak. The Omega nightclub has a bar along with many asari “dancers.”

Omega is home to millions of residents especially the species that aren’t expected in the citadel.