Mass Effect Characters

[Nikolai Odell]

Name: Nikolai James Odell
Race: Human
Born: Earth, 2135
Class: Infiltrator

Commander Nikolai Odell is a career military officer. Ever since his early childhood he had drempt about becoming an astronaut; when he was fifteen years old, the discovery of the Prothean ruins on Mars gave him that chance. After three years at university he joined the Systems Alliance, graduating from the N7 training program and entering service shortly before the First Contact War.

Odell's career in special forces covers more than twenty-five years. Though the human conflict with the turians was quickly halted, Odell still has trouble working with turians, like many of his war-time comrades. During those early stages, he met and became friends with David Anderson.

Recently however, most of Odell's covert missions have involved conflicts with mercenary and pirate groups, or with the batarians in the Terminus Systems. Odell and his unit were present on Elysium during the Skyllian Blitz in 2176, performing covert strikes against batarian targets. He met Staff Lieutenant Shepard briefly, though the two never became more than acqaintances in passing. He also encountered Katrin Laran for the first time during that mission.

In 2177, Odell and his unit were sent to Akuze when contact was lost with the pioneer team. Odell's company was ambushed by a thresher maw: fifty men under Odell's command were killed, though Nikolai himself managed to survive and kill the creature, saving numerous civilian lives in the process. Odell was decorated by the Alliance for his survival, and there is apparently now a statue of him on Akuze; Odell however focuses more on the fact that he failed to keep his men alive.

[Katrin Laran]

Name: Katrin Genevieve Laran
Race: Human
Born: Earth, 2156
Class: Vanguard

Born on Earth, but having grown up on a planet with a population that is half alien, First Lieutenant is well accustomed to dealing with the cornucopia of alien races in both Citadel space and the Skyllian Verge, an asset the Systems Alliance has found to be very useful.....along with her biotic talents.

Identified at a young age as having nascent biotic abilities, Laran was quickly inducted into the L3 program. She endured rigorous mental training and biofeedback therapy and stubbornly clawed her way tooth and nail into Aliiance special forces.

Always looking for the next big challenge and always in search for an edge over the host of threats to the Systems Alliance, Katrin willfully underwent the dangerous surgeries to upgrade to the L4 biotic implants under the Ascension program.

Even at 27, she is a veteran of many battles, including the Skyllian Blitz. The assault on her homeworld hardened Laran nearly to an extreme. In her anger during the raid against the mercenary headquarters on Torfan, she and her squad slaughtered everyone they came across, even those that surrendered. Nikolai Odell managed to calm the carnage before the lieutenant and her squad purged the entire base.

Her experiences and interaction with Commander Odell as a mentor of sorts have done much to trade her initial rash behavior for a more calculating mind or the years......though she is now and again prone to high-risk high-reward actions.

[Ryder Cross]

Name: Ryder Cross
Race: Human
Born: Earth, 2152
Class: Soldier

Service Chief Ryder Cross joined the Systems Alliance as soon as he was able to on his 18th birthday.

Assigned to the Alliance Marines, he served in the 14th Regiment of the 10th Frontier Division on Nepmos. Afterl being reassigned to a ship-board regiment where he took part in the Thesbaca Raids against various pirate groups.

His experience against pirate groups has given Ryder experience of facing many of the various alien species of the galaxy in combat.

[Nirax Essamus]

Name: Nirax Essamus
Race: Turian
Born: Tridend, 2154
Class: Soldier

Nirax Essamus is an excellent example of a Turian Military officer. His unit, which patrolled the border between Citadel Space and the Attican Traverse (http://masseffect.wikia.com/wiki/Attican_Traverse) earned many accolades and had one of the lowest encounter to casualty ratio in 500 years. Nirax is by-the-book in everything but application of Turian tactics and is perfectly willing to use a human or Asari derived solution if it suits the situation.

Pirates who encountered Nirax led patrols and units found that the application of overwhelming force wasn't precisely where they thought it was, and uses combined arms more aggressively than conventional Turian doctrine.

Outside of his tactical abilities, Nirax is a stick in the mud. He is slightly distrusting of non-Turian military units because of their comparative lack of discipline, but admires their flexibility and diversity, and this caries into his interpersonal relations with other species. He is not a very good diplomat and can be uncomfortable in unconventional non-military situations.

Like many other Turians, Nirax is aware of his limitations and turned down an offer to be a Specter, as he felt it would do more harm than good.

An Asari commando once remarked that Nirax "is cold, calculating, and ruthlessly efficient. ...an absolute hard-ass."

[Mazar'Lira nar Kandahas]

Name: Mazar'Lira nar Kandahas
Race: Quarian
Born: The Migrant Fleet - Liveship Kandahas, 2161
Class: Engineer

A young Quarian in the process of completing his Pilgrimage, Mazar left the Migrant Fleet shortly after the conclusion of the Eden Prime war and has since been travelling the galaxy in search of some valuable gift to return to the Fleet.

[Ento]

Name: Ento
Race: Salarian
Born: 2166, Mannovai
Class: Engineer

Ento is a talented technophile. Hacking, VI crafting, information dealing, electronic warfare, and spectrum security are all lines on his resume. A proud free agent, he's farmed his services out to groups both within and beyond Council space, although he is careful to make sure he stays on the right side of Council law.

He gained some amount of mild infamy in Turian circles by hacking through massive exploits in their military communications network. When discovered, he claimed he was contracted by a Spectre in a bid to tighten up Council information security. Perhaps as a face-saving measure or perhaps because Ento was telling the truth, the Turians never pursued any action against him.

Recently, his stock has been rising with the Systems Alliance. He built ingenious VI gatekeepers which were installed in Human colonies near the Perseus Veil, which confounded Geth war sorties without having to fire a shot, freeing up the Alliance Navy to actively bring the fight to the enemy rather than play defense. Though the Geth are expected to defeat the countermeasures eventually, it was breathing room the Alliance greatly appreciated, and they paid Ento well for his consultant work.

Ento is fast-talking, prone to ego-stroking and bragging, often to his detriment. While this has the effect of making him appear to be a self-important primadonna, he is careful to deflect close examination of his life and activities. One with knowledge of Salarians can take certain assumptions from this, and it's a fair bet that Ento holds far more cards than he shows. He knows this, and delights in neither confirming nor denying wild rumors, further obfuscating himself.

[Vartan Kurus]

Name: Vartan Kurus
Race: Salarian
Born: Jaëto, 2151
Class: Sentinel

Captain Vartan Kurus is a member of the salarian Special Tactics Group, currently commanding the 2nd Infiltration Regiment. He is thirty-two years old: quite a respectable age for a salarian, who generally don't live beyond fourty, and is considered by his peers to be due for retirement.

After the Systems Alliance saccrificed ships and personnel to save the Destiny Ascension and the Citadel Council, the 2nd Infiltration Regiment was deployed to Asteria, aiding the local garrison in defending the colony against the Geth as a sign of solidarity. However, contact has recently been lost with the human colony on Asteria, and with Captain Kurus' team...

This is a DM/NPC character.