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| This article describes the '''''characters of Mass Effect''''', an [[Xbox 360]] [[action role-playing game]] under development by [[BioWare]]. The game is scheduled for release on [[November 20]], [[2007]].
| | '''David Anderson''' is a fictional character in [[Bioware]]'s [[Mass Effect]] series of video games and novels. Created by writer [[Drew Karpyshyn]], Anderson appears as the protagonist of the novel [[Mass Effect: Revelation]], then later as the supervisor to the player's Commander Shepard in the first video game. |
| | [[Image:David Anderson Mass Effect.jpg|thumb|200px|right| David Anderson]] |
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| == Main Character == | | ==Mass Effect: Revelation== |
| [[Image:Shepherd trans.png|left|100px|Commander Shephard]]
| | In the novel, David Anderson is depicted as a young lieutenant who discovered the massacre at the research station on Sidon and lead the ensuing investigation into those responsible for it. Lt. Anderson is considered one of the Alliance's 'elites', having been trained in the N7 Marine program, graduating from the Arcturus Academy, as well as serving with honor in the First Contact War between the turians and the Alliance. Before he began his investigation of the massacre at Sidon, Anderson served as the Executive Officer of the [[SSV Hastings]]. |
| ===Commander Shepard===
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| Commander Shepard is a veteran soldier, having seen action in multiple engagements across the galaxy. As a newly recruited Spectre agent, Shepard is assigned the most important missions in the galaxy and authorized to do whatever it takes to get those missions done. Something may have to be sacrificed to further the mission, and as all of Shepard's decisions are important ones, people's lives, and the fate of the galaxy, hang on the details of each choice. It is up to the game player to make those choices -- and to live with the consequences that result.
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| == Party members == | | It is confirmed that Anderson was capable and had been considered a suitable candidate to represent Humanity in the Spectre agency. However, [[Saren]], a [[Turian]] and the antagonist of the game, spoke poorly of him in front of the Council causing Anderson to be overlooked.<ref>{{cite book| title = "Mass Effect: Revelation" | url = http://amazon.com/o/ASIN/034549816X/ref=s9_asin_image_1/102-4050861-3530561?pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_s=center-1&pf_rd_r=0PQ3CSYJ4R7A1KH5ST1S&pf_rd_t=101&pf_rd_p=292858701&pf_rd_i=507846 | publisher = Del Rey}}</ref> |
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| A human female Alliance Marine that enlisted straight out of high school and is a competent non-commissioned officer. She is confirmed romanceable for male players.
| | During the investigation, Anderson fell in love with [[key witness]]/[[prime suspect]] Kahlee Sanders. However, they mutually agreed not to continue a romance after the investigate, in part because she was assigned to a classified scientific project, and also that their careers made marriage impossible. |
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| ===Liara T'Soni=== | | ==Mass Effect== |
| An asari companion that has a passion for studying and working with Prothean technology. Confirmed romanceable for both male and female players. <ref>{{cite website| title = "Bisexual extraterrestrials steaming up Mass Effect"| url = http://www.gamespot.com/news/show_blog_entry.php?topic_id=25928388&sid=6179029&om_act=convert&om_clk=newstop&tag=newstop;title;5| publisher = Gamespot}} </ref>
| | David Anderson becomes the superior and adviser to [[Commander Shepard]], the central character of the video game.<ref>{{cite website| title = "Mass Effect - Heroes and Villains" | url = http://blogs.ign.com/BioWare_Games/2007/07/30/61801/ | publisher = IGN.com}}</ref> |
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| ===Kaiden Alenko===
| | He will be voiced by [[Keith David]]<ref>{{cite website| title = "IMDB - Keith David" | url = http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0202966/ | publisher = imdb.com}}</ref> |
| A human male party member that accompanies Shepard from the very beginning of the game. Confirmed romanceable for female players. Voiced by [[Raphael Sbarge]].
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| ===Garrus Vakarian=== | | ==External links== |
| A male turian party member.
| | * [http://masseffect.bioware.com/galacticcodex/revelation_prologue_01.html A chapter] from [[Mass Effect: Revelation]] featuring Lt. Anderson. |
| | | * [http://www.gamespot.com/video/930279/6174539/videoplayerpop?rgroup=e32007_videos Game footage] featuring information about the character of David Anderson. |
| [[Image:wrex.png|left|100px|Urdnot Wrex]] | |
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| ===Urdnot Wrex===
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| Wrex is among the last of the krogan Battle Masters. They are rare individuals who can combine biotic abilities with advanced weaponry. Wrex quickly gained fame for his battle prowess and became a leader of one of the smaller Urdnot tribes at a very young age. To date, Wrex is the youngest krogan to be granted the honor in 1000 years.
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| Following the krogan genophage, Wrex realized that his people had degenerated from the honor-bound people they once were and had become senselessly violent, preferring death in battle rather than saving their culture through peaceful means. Wrex subsequently turned his back on his people. During the past three centuries, Wrex has worked as a bodyguard, mercenary, soldier and a bounty hunter.
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| Despite his menacing appearance, Wrex rarely loses his temper. Likewise, Wrex doesn't voice his thoughts very often. But when he does, people are more than willing to listen. The mere threat of his anger is enough to ensure that. <ref>{{cite website| title = "Galactic Codex - Krogan Series Part 3: Wrex, Krogan Battle Master" | url = http://masseffect.bioware.com/galacticcodex/krogan_wrex.html | publisher = BioWare}}</ref>
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| ===Tali'Zorah nar Rayya===
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| A female quarian party member. Tali'Zorah is introduced as a way to get to Fist, a gangster and owner of a gentlemen's club on The Citadel. She is an engineer (specializes in tech abilities) and is away from her home because of her culture's belief in a necessary journey away from home. She has some trouble adjusting to the quiet atmosphere of the Normandy because the ships she lived on at her home were all second-hand and thus were rather loud and clunk.
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| == Allies ==
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| ===Captain David Anderson===
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| Captain of the Normandy and main character, and partner/rival of Saren in the prequel novel, [[Mass Effect: Revelation]]. Captain Anderson, as a top tier human Alliance officer, serves as Shepard's mentor and close advisor through out the game. <ref>{{cite website| title = "Mass Effect - Heroes and Villains" | url = http://blogs.ign.com/BioWare_Games/2007/07/30/61801/ | publisher = IGN.com}}</ref>
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| ===Jeff "Joker" Moreau===
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| The pilot of the Normandy. He suffers from a hereditary disease that caused the bones in his leg to become brittle to the point where his legs were breaking in the womb. As a result of this, he became a pilot (as it wouldn't require any standing) and is now the best in the Alliance fleet. Voiced by [[Seth Green]]
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| ===Navigator Pressly===
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| Navigator Pressly is the second-in-command of the ship, under only Commander Shepard himself. He takes over the ship when Shepard is out. He, as well as several other human members of Shepard's team, has some problems getting along with his alien companions.
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| ===Corporal L. Jenkins===
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| A member of Shepard's team during the first mission on Eden Prime. Confirmed to be a [[Leeroy Jenkins]] reference. Jenkins is killed in a manner similar to his namesake as well. Without waiting for orders, Jenkins dashes from cover where he is immediately cut down by the [[geth]].
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| ===Nihlus Kryik===
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| A decorated turian Spectre agent, Nihlus is first encountered aboard the Normandy at the beginning of the game. Being born in a small colony outside of Hierarchy space, Nihlus learned how to fend for himself. After the death of his father, his mother forced him to join the turian military. Despite his exceptional marks in class, he was never truly accepted by his peers due to his outsider status. While Nihlus was undeniably an excellent soldier, his reckless behavior in battle earned him nothing but criticism from his superiors.
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| It was during his third reassignment that he met [[Saren Arterius]], a fellow turian and renowned Spectre. Impressed with the young soldier's abilities, Saren befriended Nihlus, and offered to mentor him. Within a year of meeting Saren, Nihlus was asked to join the Spectres.
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| Nihlus soon stepped out of Saren's shadow and quickly established himself as one of the Council's most able bodied agents. He maintains a cool composure when under dire circumstances and has an uncanny ability to root out an enemy's weaknesses and exploit them. While his methods are not as brutal as Saren's, he will take any steps necessary to get the job done--and eradicate anyone or anything that stands in his way. <ref>{{cite website| title = "Spectre Agent Nihlus Kryik" | url = http://masseffect.bioware.com/galacticcodex/nihlus.html| publisher = BioWare}}</ref>
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| ===Shialia===
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| An asari ally.
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| == Enemies ==
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| ===Saren Arterius===
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| A Spectre turian agent gone rogue, Saren Arterius was best known for 'getting results' through brutal but efficient means. He harbors a seething hatred for humans, which is speculated by other characters in the novel to stem from the loss of his brother in the First Contact War. After the events described in [[Mass Effect: Revelation]], Saren takes command of an army of Geth. He serves as the primary antagonist of the video game.
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| ===Benezia===
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| An asari matriarch who is in league with Saren. She is voiced by [[Marina Sirtis]].
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| * [http://masseffect.bioware.com/ Official Website]
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