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Quarian
The quarians are a fictional extraterrestrial humanoid species in the ''Mass Effect'' multimedia franchise developed by BioWare and published by Electronic Arts. The quarians and their backstory are introduced in the first ''Mass Effect'' through the companion character Tali'Zorah, with quarian society as a whole playing a more prominent role in its sequels. Within the ''Mass Effect'' universe, the quarians' backstory represents a cornerstone of the series' recurring theme of conflict between synthetic and organic life. They perpetually wander the Milky Way galaxy as a nomadic people after they were driven from their homeworld Rannoch by a synthetic race of their own creation, the geth. Shunned by the rest of interstellar society for unleashing a potentially dangerous collective of self-aware artificial intelligence (AI) lifeforms onto the galaxy, the quarians harbor a desire to retake their homeworld from the geth, which is the basis of a major storyline in the original ''Mas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tali'Zorah
Tali'Zorah, or Tali in short, is a fictional character in BioWare's ''Mass Effect'' franchise, who serves as a Party (role-playing games), party member (or "squadmate") in all three games in the ''Mass Effect'' trilogy. She is of the quarian alien race. Within the series, she is a skilled technician and the daughter of Rael'Zorah, a member of the quarian judicial review Admiralty Board. Ash "Liz" Sroka voices Tali in each of her appearances. Outside of the trilogy, Tali appears in ''Mass Effect: Homeworlds'', a comic series with individual issues on each of several ''Mass Effect 3'' squadmates. Tali was initially the only quarian in the series. In the sequels, more extreme variations of her design were discarded in favor of revisions on her previous look. The ''Mass Effect 3'' development team considered her removal from the squad, but ultimately chose to include her due to staff interest. The team also debated whether to reveal her masked face. Tali has been received positivel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Turians
The turians are a fictional extraterrestrial humanoid species in the ''Mass Effect'' multimedia franchise developed by BioWare and published by Electronic Arts. Turians are the first alien species to have come into contact with humanity within series lore, which inadvertently sparked a brief but vicious period of conflict which is eventually de-escalated due to the intervention of the Citadel Council, a multispecies governing body based on the Citadel space station. The aftermath of the so-called First Contact War as well as the underlying tensions between humanity and the turians form a recurring narrative theme in the ''Mass Effect'' series, which began with the franchise's debut work, the 2007 novel '' Mass Effect: Revelation''. Turians are conceived as an avian humanoid species with an exoskeleton, whose biology is radically different from that of humanity and several other species, and are culturally rooted in a stratocratic society. Turian characters have appeared in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mass Effect Universe
The '' Mass Effect'' media franchise, developed by BioWare and published by Electronic Arts, is set in the distant future where various extraterrestrial species coexist with humanity. The developers created extensive background lore for the universe of ''Mass Effect'' 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 cultural and scientific concepts. Dark energy, a form of energy theorized to massively affect the universe, forms a key part of the franchise's concept and background. The first three main series games is set in the Milky Way galaxy and follows Commander Shepard, a human special forces soldier who discovers an imminent threat to the galactic community from the Reapers, an ancient collective of sentient synthetic starshi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mass Effect
''Mass Effect'' is a military science fiction media franchise created by Casey Hudson, Drew Karpyshyn and Preston Watamaniuk. The franchise depicts a distant future where humanity and several alien civilizations have colonized the known universe using technology left behind by advanced precursor civilizations. The franchise originated in a series of video games developed by BioWare and published by Electronic Arts. Each installment is a third-person shooter with role-playing elements. The first three games form a trilogy in which the player character, Commander Shepard, attempts to save the Milky Way galaxy from a race of ancient, hibernating machines known as the Reapers. The inaugural video game in the series, ''Mass Effect'' (2007), follows Shepard's investigation of Saren Arterius, one of the Reapers' agents. ''Mass Effect 2'' (2010) begins two years later and sees Shepard's forces battling the Collectors, an alien race abducting human colonies to facilitate the Reape ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
City Of London
The City of London is a city, ceremonial county and local government district that contains the historic centre and constitutes, alongside Canary Wharf, the primary central business district (CBD) of London. It constituted most of London from its settlement by the Romans in the 1st century AD to the Middle Ages, but the modern area named London has since grown far beyond the City of London boundary. The City is now only a small part of the metropolis of Greater London, though it remains a notable part of central London. Administratively, the City of London is not one of the London boroughs, a status reserved for the other 32 districts (including Greater London's only other city, the City of Westminster). It is also a separate ceremonial county, being an enclave surrounded by Greater London, and is the smallest ceremonial county in the United Kingdom. The City of London is widely referred to simply as the City (differentiated from the phrase "the city of London" by capita ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andromeda (book Series)
Andromeda most commonly refers to: * Andromeda (mythology), a princess from Greek mythology * Andromeda (constellation), a region of the Earth's night sky * The Andromeda Galaxy, an astronomical object within the constellation Andromeda may also refer to: Artistic works Fine art * ''Andromeda Chained to the Rocks'', a 1631 painting by Rembrandt * ''Andromeda (Rodin)'', an 1889 sculpture by Auguste Rodin Literature * ''Andromeda'' (play), lost mythological tragedy by Euripides from 412 BC * ''Andromeda'' (novel), 1957 science fiction novel by Ivan Yefremov * ''The Andromeda'' Strain, 1969 techno-thriller novel by Michael Crichton * The Andromeda Evolution, 2019 science fiction novel by Daniel H. Wilson, sequel to The Andromeda Strain Music * Andromeda (English band), a 1960s psychedelic rock band from Britain, or their eponymous debut album * Andromeda (Swedish band), a 2000s progressive metal band from Sweden * Love Outside Andromeda, a 2000s indie rock band from Au ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Irredentism
Irredentism is usually understood as a desire that one state annexes a territory of a neighboring state. This desire is motivated by ethnic reasons (because the population of the territory is ethnically similar to the population of the parent state) or by historical reasons (because the territory formed part of the parent state before). However, difficulties in applying the concept to concrete cases have given rise to academic disputes about its precise definition. Disagreements concern whether either or both ethnic and historical reasons have to be present, whether non-state actors can also engage in irredentism, and whether attempts to absorb a full neighboring state are also included. Various scholars discuss different types of irredentism. One categorization distinguishes between cases in which the parent state exists before the conflict and cases in which a new parent state is formed by uniting an ethnic group spread across several countries. Another distinction concerns whe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Mass Effect Characters
The ''Mass Effect'' series, a military science fiction media franchise developed by Canadian video game developer BioWare and owned by American publisher Electronic Arts, features an extensive cast of characters. It is primarily based on a series of third-person role-playing shooter video games which currently consists of four mainline instalments and two spin-off mobile games. The first three ''Mass Effect'' games takes place in the Milky Way Galaxy during the 22nd century and revolves around a space navy soldier named Commander Shepard. The fourth ''Mass Effect'' game is a standalone sequel to the original trilogy but set in a different galaxy, Andromeda, and focuses on the Andromeda Initiative and the Ryder family. The spin-off games, ''Mass Effect Galaxy'' and ''Mass Effect Infiltrator'', feature different protagonists. This article describes characters, which includes a diverse cast of alien, human and synthetic beings, that appear in video games set in the ''Mass Effec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mass Effect 2
''Mass Effect 2'' is an action role-playing video game developed by BioWare and published by Electronic Arts for Microsoft Windows and Xbox 360 in 2010 and PlayStation 3 in 2011. It is the second installment in the '' Mass Effect'' series and a sequel to the original '' Mass Effect''. The game takes place within the Milky Way galaxy during the 22nd century, where humanity is threatened by an insectoid alien race known as the Collectors. The player assumes the role of Commander Shepard, an elite human soldier who must assemble and gain the loyalty of a diverse team to stop the Collectors in a suicide mission. Using a completed saved game of its predecessor, the player can impact the game's story in numerous ways. For the game, BioWare changed several gameplay elements and further emphasized third-person shooter aspects, including limited ammunition and regenerable health. In contrast to the exclusive focus on the main story of the original ''Mass Effect'', the developers o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ascension
Ascension or ascending may refer to: Religion * "Ascension", "Assumption", or "Translation", the belief in some religions that some individuals have ascended into Heaven without dying first * Ascension of Jesus * Feast of the Ascension (Ascension day), an annual day of feast commemorating Jesus' ascension; a public holiday in several countries * ''The Ascension'', another title for the Old English poem ''Christ II'' * Ascension Cathedral (other) * The Ascension, Lavender Hill, an Anglo-Catholic church on Lavender Hill, Battersea, South West London Places * Ascensión Municipality, Chihuahua, Mexico ** Ascensión, Chihuahua, a city and capital of the municipality * Ascension Island, in the southern Atlantic Ocean * Ascension Islands, a group of uninhabited islands in Canada * Ascension, Prince Edward Island, Canada * L'Ascension, Quebec, Canada * Ascension Parish, Louisiana, United States Fiction * ''Ascension'' (comics), a comic book series (1997–2000) created b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Citadel (Mass Effect)
The Citadel is a fictional space station and megastructure in the '' Mass Effect'' franchise of video games developed by BioWare. An ancient station supposedly constructed by the long-dead Protheans, it serves as the hub of interstellar politics and society in the Milky Way galaxy due to its status as the capital of the Citadel Council, the dominant galactic polity within the ''Mass Effect'' universe. The Citadel was praised by critics for its design, lore, and the diversity of its inhabitants enhancing the game world. Characteristics In series lore, the Citadel is one of the largest artificial structures in the galaxy, with a population of 13.2 million intelligent beings from across the Milky Way galaxy, and uses centrifugal force to create artificial gravity for its inhabitants. Initially, it was discovered by the asari and the salarians, the earliest post-Prothean races to discover the mass relays - megastructures scattered throughout the galaxy that facilitate FTL tr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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