Batarians (Mass Effect)
The Batarians are a species that feature in Mass Effect.
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History
Batarians are a humanoid species that evolved in the current cycle of the Milky Way Galaxy where they developed on the planet Khar'shan.
When the batarians achieved spaceflight, they discovered concealed Prothean ruins on Bira, a moon of Verush, that allowed them to develop FTL travel. It is a batarian point of pride that, since the ruins were damaged by earthquakes, they had less information to go on than other spacefaring races. The Citadel Council granted the batarians an embassy on the Citadel sometime after the volus, approximately a century after the batarians and Council had made first contact. Despite being welcomed into the galactic community, batarian aggression provoked several crises in galactic relations over the years. Sometime around 1785 CE, a batarian fleet bombarded the salarian colony world of Mannovai; in 1913, the Batarian Hegemony annexed the independent asari colony of Esan; and in 2115, Citadel forces skirmished with batarian forces on the planet Enael.
In 2183, batarian extremists hijack Asteroid X57 in order to use it against the human colony of Terra Nova. Originally intending to just snatch X57's human engineers and take them as slaves, the batarians brutally executed them and decided to use the asteroid as a weapon. Balak, the ringleader, claimed this was the will of the 'batarian rebellion', and revenge for human activities in the Traverse. However, some of his underlings, including Balak's second-in-command Charn, did not want to commit this act, having initially signed up thinking it would be just another slave raid. The attempted asteroid drop, which would have destroyed Terra Nova and killed millions of people, was thwarted by Commander Shepard.
In the aftermath of the Alpha Relay's destruction, the Reapers entered into the galaxy through the Vular System at the heart of Batarian territory leading to them quickly advancing on their homeworld. The Batarian response was uncoordinated with this due to their recovery of a Reaper corpse known as the Leviathan of Dis in 2163 CE from Jartar. Their government had hid the existence of the find as they had hoped to reverse engineer the entity in order to give them an advantage against their rivals in the galaxy. However, contact with the Leviathan led to the science teams being suffering the effects of Indoctrination with even Batarian officials succumbing to this during visits to the site. Thus, by the time the Reapers invaded the galaxy, the indoctrinated officials came to sabotage the Hegemony's defences and broadcast misleading messages allowing for an easy conquest of Batarian space. Captured Batarians then were converted by the Reapers into hordes of Cannibals that were dispatched on numerous battlefields across the galaxy. Meanwhile, Hegemony space saw the Batarian race depart their space as refugees where they sought safety in alien territory with a number even taking shelter at the Citadel.
Overview
In appearance, Batarians were humanoids with the most noted characteristic of their bodies was their four eyes.
Members
- Ka'hairal Balak :
- Solem Dal'serah :
- Edan Had'dah :
- Anto Korragan :
- Grothan Pazness :
- Eluam Ran'perah :
Notes
- The Batarians were created by BioWare where they featured in the setting of the Mass Effect universe.
- In Mass Effect 3, Batarians became playable characters in the game's cooperative multiplayer mode with several classes were available.
Appearances
- Mass Effect:
- Mass Effect 2:
- Mass Effect 3:
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