Mass Effect category
Salarian
13 entries tagged Salarian, 13 of them long reads. The rest of the wiki points here most often at Salarian and Mordin Solus.
- Jarun Tann: Director of the Andromeda InitiativeJarun Tann was a salarian bureaucrat who became Director of the Andromeda Initiative after the deaths of every leader above him. Self-important and insecure yet broadly well-meaning, he steered the Nexus through famine, mutiny, and the search for a habitable home in the Heleus Cluster.
- Jondum BauJondum Bau was a salarian Spectre and Special Tasks Group agent who investigated the possible indoctrination of hanar officials during the Reaper War, enlisting Commander Shepard to root out an indoctrinated diplomat on the Citadel.
- KirraheCaptain Kirrahe was a salarian Special Tasks Group officer whose covert regiment uncovered Saren Arterius' breeding facility on Virmire, a brave and inspiring commander remembered for the speech he gave his men before a near-suicidal assault.
- Maelon HeplornMaelon Heplorn was a salarian geneticist, former Special Tasks Group operative, and student of Mordin Solus who helped modify the genophage. Consumed by guilt over what he came to see as cultural genocide, he later defected to the krogan and pursued a cure through increasingly brutal experiments.
- Mordin SolusMordin Solus was a salarian geneticist and former Special Tasks Group operative who helped modify the krogan genophage and later sought to undo it. Recruited by Commander Shepard against the Collectors, he wrestled with the consequences of his work until the end.
- Padok WiksPadok Wiks was a salarian Special Tasks Group scientist who commanded the research base on Sur'Kesh and devoted himself to curing the genophage, driven by a conviction that his people had wronged the krogan by manipulating their evolution.
- Salarian UnionThe Salarian Union was the labyrinthine, matrilineal government of the salarians, the second species to join the Citadel Council. Masters of espionage and bleeding-edge technology, the salarians shaped the krogan, the genophage, and the founding of the Spectres.
- SalarianThe salarians of Sur'Kesh were warm-blooded amphibians with a hyperactive metabolism, fast-thinking and short-lived, renowned for invention, espionage, and non-linear reasoning. The second species to join the Citadel, they uplifted the krogan and later engineered the genophage.
- Doctor SaleonDoctor Saleon was a salarian geneticist who used the bodies of his own employees as living incubators for cloned organs, growing and harvesting them for the Citadel black market. His crimes drew the attention of C-Sec officer Garrus Vakarian, whose pursuit of the doctor carried over into Commander Shepard's hunt for Saren.
- Scorpion: Salarian STG Heavy PistolThe Scorpion was a heavy pistol originally issued to the salarian Special Tasks Group so small units could hold off far larger forces. It fired low-velocity, squash-head projectiles that stuck to whatever they hit and, when planted on a surface, turned into proximity mines.
- Special Tasks GroupThe Special Tasks Group was the salarian espionage organization, deployed by the Citadel Council or the Salarian Union for counterterrorism, infiltration, and assassination. Its wartime effectiveness provided the template for the Council's Spectre program.
- Sur'Kesh: The Salarian HomeworldSur'Kesh was the lush, jungle-covered homeworld of the salarians, the seat of their breeding rules and government, and the site of a secret STG base raided by Cerberus during the search for a genophage cure.
- Venom Shotgun: Salarian STG WeaponThe Venom Shotgun was a salarian weapon developed by the Special Tasks Group to meet the unpredictable needs of operatives in hostile territory. Firing explosive rounds and clusters of microgrenades, it was designed to force an exit during extraction operations.