Mass Effect 3 Garrus Romance Again

"Fighting a rogue Spectre with countless lives at pale and no regulations to get in the way? I'd say that beats C-Sec."

Garrus Vakarian is a turian, formerly part of C-Sec's Investigation Segmentation. Similar nigh turians, Garrus had his war machine training at 15, but later followed in his father's footsteps to become a C-Sec officer. He was responsible for the investigation of Saren Arterius, the Council's top Spectre, after the Alliance claimed Saren had gone rogue. Although Garrus was told that the investigation was over, he decided to defy the Executor's order and pursue another lead on his own. Eventually, Garrus attempts to bring together Commander Shepard's squad to help defeat Saren and the geth.

Contents

• 1 Mass Effect
  • one.i Personal assignment
• 2 Mass Effect: Homeworlds
• 3 Mass Effect 2
  • 3.one Loyalty
  • 3.two Romance
    • iii.2.one Lair of the Shadow Broker
• 4 Mass Event three
  • four.1 Mass Effect iii: Citadel
  • four.2 Romance
• five Trivia
• 6 References

Mass Effect

For his gameplay attributes in Mass Consequence, run into Squad Members Guide#Garrus Vakarian.

Garrus was put in charge of investigating Saren later on Ambassador Udina complained to the Quango, claiming that Saren had gone rogue and attacked a homo colony. Garrus, however, establish himself hampered at every turn: as a Spectre, most of Saren'south activities were classified, and it was almost impossible to get whatever solid evidence. He appealed to Executor Pallin for more than time, merely Pallin, seeing simply that Garrus had not found any evidence of Saren'south guilt, ordered the investigation closed and reported that there was nothing to support a charge of treason. However, Garrus had 1 pb and merely needed more time to look into it. Regardless of Pallin's orders, he decided to pursue it on his own.

During the investigation to observe out whether Saren had gone rogue, Commander Shepard can learn that Garrus has gone to the Med Clinic in the Wards. If Shepard follows this lead, the Commander arrives to find Dr. Chloe Michel being threatened past a grouping of thugs, not realizing that Garrus is lying low nearby. Shepard's inflow distracts the thugs, allowing Garrus to take 1 of them out with a unmarried well-placed head-shot.

After the ensuing firefight, Garrus tells Shepard that he is leaving C-Sec: he knows Saren is guilty, merely regulations and his position mean that his hands are tied. Now, notwithstanding, he is determined to take Saren downward. Shepard agrees to permit him come along and go part of the Normandy'southward coiffure.

If Shepard recruits Wrex commencement, Garrus will come to Shepard requesting to join the team later, but the Med Clinic encounter will nonetheless be available. It is possible for Shepard to refuse Garrus' request and bring Saren to justice without ever recruiting him.

Garrus is very courteous to Shepard, calm and reassuring to victims similar Dr. Michel, but ruthless when fighting. He is also very impressed with the SSV Normandy, saying she is proof of what races can reach when they work together. He is eager to see what she tin can practise in a fight, because the stealth system offers an entirely new angle on space combat. During mission downtimes, he hangs effectually the Normandy'southward vehicle bay next to the Mako.

Although Ashley is suspicious of Garrus (despite the fact he'southward a C-Sec officer), he tends to get along well with the rest of the coiffure, enjoying the run a risk to go off the Citadel and see how things are done outside C-Sec. He is surprised by Wrex, stating that he thought all krogan were bloodthirsty thugs, prompting Wrex to retort: "The genophage is a lot easier to consume when all krogan are savage monsters isn't it? Why don't you caput dorsum to the Normandy, kid – if you lot stay here in the existent globe, you might take to learn something."

Little is known of Garrus's past, other than the fact he grew upward on Palaven—he says Virmire reminds him of home, and if talked to on Therum'southward surface, he says that he "thought Palaven was hot." He has a very "by-the-book" father, a well-known C-Sec investigator whose mantra was "Do things correct or don't do them at all."

Shepard is surprised to hear that Garrus was targeted as a potential Spectre candidate, just Garrus claims that he was but 1 of close to a thou potentials picked from the turian military. He could accept received special training to prepare, but his begetter blocked his candidacy, despising Spectres for their extralegal freedoms. Garrus doesn't appear to have whatever regrets over losing his take chances, just he is very interested to see how Spectres do their job, and wants to learn from Shepard.

He has no qualms about hunting Saren, a swain turian—in fact, that is 1 of the reasons for Garrus's hatred of Saren. According to Garrus, Saren is not only a threat, but a disgrace to their species.

Harkin describes Garrus as a hothead who "withal thinks he can alter the world", maxim he is always arguing with the Executor. Pallin himself respects Garrus as an investigator, but claims that every bit a C-Sec officer he should take more consideration for the constabulary; he may see Garrus as doing the wrong thing for the correct reasons. Garrus'south chief objection to C-Sec is the abundance of restrictions and regulations: He believes it doesn't matter how you do information technology—simply get it washed. Garrus and Shepard can debate this while aboard the Normandy.

Garrus is particularly frustrated when regulations hateful that a suspect goes free. He does mention to Shepard that he is concerned well-nigh their apprehension of Saren: if they arrest the ex-Spectre and bring him back to the Citadel, there'southward too much take chances of him escaping, or being exonerated and protected by the Council in order to prevent a scandal. Garrus suggests that it might exist ameliorate in the long run if they simply kill Saren, rather than strictly going by-the-book. Shepard tin offer an opinion on this.

Eventually, Garrus thank you Shepard for bringing him aboard the Normandy and letting him exist part of the team. He says that he'south learned a lot and that he doesn't want to let those lessons go to waste matter. Depending on what Shepard has said to him, and the Commander's behavior throughout the mission, Garrus states that he is going to reapply for Spectre candidacy, with or without reapplying for C-Sec in the process.

Personal assignment

Garrus has a personal assignment to rail down a criminal who got away from him. When asked about his views on C-Sec and some of his old cases, Garrus mentions a particularly gruesome instance involving a salarian dr., Dr. Saleon, who escaped the Citadel with hostages because the government wouldn't burn on his vessel, despite Garrus telling them that the doctor would only use the hostages as test subjects. This incident caused him to start losing faith in C-Sec policy.

Shepard can offer to rail Saleon downwardly as an assignment—the experience gives Garrus some food for idea. If Shepard doesn't take Garrus equally a party member for that assignment, Garrus after regrets missing the opportunity to take downwards Dr. Saleon.

Mass Upshot: Homeworlds

Afterwards the Battle of the Citadel, Garrus is disappointed when the public accepts the official line that the threat posed by Sovereign and the geth has ended and goes back to living every bit if the tragedy never happened. Frustrated with C-Sec's crimson record, Garrus quits and goes subsequently a local drug smuggler on his own. The smuggler reveals that his supplier is on Omega. Garrus heads there, where he thinks he can actually make a difference.

Upon arrival at the station, Garrus stops a vorcha from mugging an elderly human couple, who thank him and call him a "real-life angel". At Afterlife, Garrus meets Sidonis and the ii concord to form a squad to combat Omega's criminals. Garrus assumes the moniker of "Archangel" and spreads the word of what he'south doing by going after thugs personally.

Before long, Garrus' team expands to twelve members, including himself, Sidonis, a salarian explosives expert, a batarian tech expert, and various former mercs, security consultants, and C-Sec agents. Together, they declare war on Omega's criminals merely are careful to avoid civilian casualties. Fifty-fifty when the gangs unite against Garrus' squad, they are unable to stop them.

Eventually, the squad's success earns them a surplus of credits. Some members want to settle down and live comfortably, but Garrus pushes them to use their funds to striking parts of the station that were previously out of attain. Instead of listening to his squad, Garrus pushes them to their limits, hoping to completely purge Omega of crime.

At some point, Sidonis is captured past the Blueish Suns and forced to trick Garrus into leaving the squad'southward hideout to strike an declared Blood Pack gun running performance in the Kenzo District. Garrus finds no trace of the performance, and returns to the hideout just as the gangs bomb information technology and gun downwardly the residue of his squad. Garrus remembers his arguments with his begetter and decides that he was mistaken to ignore what his male parent tried so hard to teach him, that he had to exist strong plenty to exercise the right matter even when information technology was difficult.

Resigned to his fate as the gangs motion in to kill him, Garrus contacts his begetter and apologizes. His male parent, realizing Garrus' situation, tells him to forget about that and to terminate upwards his "target practice" so head dorsum to Palaven and so they tin can sort everything out. Through his rifle's scope, Garrus spots a familiar emblem on one private'south armor, and tells his father that he'll render abode when he tin because "the odds only got a lot better."

Mass Outcome 2

For his gameplay attributes in Mass Outcome 2, see Team Members Guide (Mass Upshot 2)#Garrus Vakarian.

"You realize this plan has me walking into hell, as well. Hah. Merely like quondam times."

Shepard is advised to recruit a tactical genius and infiltrator known every bit Archangel, who is currently operating out of Omega.

Apparently, over the past few months, Archangel has developed a reputation of being cipher short of a menace to Omega's crime empires; arriving with his team of twelve operatives, Archangel acquired an impressive amount of trouble for three of the Terminus Systems' most powerful and successful mercenary groups (Bluish Suns, Claret Pack and Eclipse).

The impact on the mercenary groups' operations was so devastating that information technology drove all iii into forming a temporary alliance with ane some other, intending to employ all their available manpower and resources to eliminate Archangel. Seeing Blue Suns, Eclipse and Blood Pack work together was unprecedented; equally Aria T'Loak explained, unless a war broke out, the three were near never seen together.

The mercs corner Archangel at his base of operations in Kima District, keeping him stuck on one side of a bridge. Shepard's team arrives at the mercs' nearby encampment, initially pretending to be recruited freelancers then rushing to the beleaguered turian's help after making it to his base. Archangel removes his helmet upon their inflow, revealing himself to be none other than Garrus Vakarian.

Later on the Battle of the Citadel and Shepard'southward death, Garrus reveals that he followed Shepard'south example and created his own team to enforce their own version of justice on Omega, leading to his current predicament. After Garrus explains the situation to Shepard, Shepard's team assists in taking out the residue of the mercenaries. During the battle, Garrus is attacked past a Blue Suns gunship and suffers multiple wounds to his face and upper torso. Following the battle, he is rushed back to the Normandy SR-2 to receive medical treatment.

Afterwards being treated by Dr. Chakwas, Garrus greets Shepard in the comm room, showing the damage he sustained in the gunship attack. A quarter of his face on the right side has been badly damaged, replaced past a cast/artificial graft; Jacob Taylor mentions that some cybernetics were also needed to keep Garrus alive. There are various degrees of damage to Garrus' armor, and a clamper of the armor'due south neckband has been blasted off.

It presently becomes clear that, in the previous two years, Garrus had lost his way in life. Sometime after the Battle of the Citadel and Sovereign's defeat, Garrus either rejoined C-Sec, declined an offering to rejoin, and/or began Spectre grooming, depending on his conversations with Shepard in 2183. Despite which path he took Garrus grew increasingly disgusted with the bureaucracy of the Citadel, a situation likely exacerbated past the Citadel Quango downplaying and dismissing the Reaper threat as nothing more than than a rumor.

To know of the Reapers and be unable to exercise anything most it was frustrating enough. After hearing of Shepard's expiry and the Normandy'south destruction, Garrus could no longer tolerate the Quango's unwillingness to act. He abandoned either his Spectre training or C-Sec and headed to Omega, adamant to make a difference at that place.

After commencement to strike dorsum at Omega's mercenary and criminal elements on his own, he eventually gathered a team of 11 specialists to aid him in his vigilante activities. As Joker describes Garrus' change, the turian had "worked that stick out of his barrel", merely to start "trying to vanquish guys to death with it." When one member of his team betrayed the others, an act that lead to their deaths, Garrus became overwhelmed by acrimony and guilt, making him increasingly trigger-happy.

Garrus half-jokes that he doesn't think he's a very skilful turian since he lacks the discipline expected of him. He feels that, in the face of the Reapers and the galactic extinction they bring, it is just not worth blindly following bad orders.

Loyalty

"It's so much easier to come across the world in blackness and white. Greyness... I don't know what to do with gray."

Principal article: Garrus: Centre for an Eye

Shepard has an opportunity to ask Garrus about past events when catching upward. The turian recounts the story of his squad's deaths: ane of his crew, Sidonis, requested his assistance on a chore that turned out to exist bogus. Garrus returned to his base only to find out that the residual of the squad were massacred. All but two of the squad were dead when he reached them, and they didn't last long afterward.

Garrus learned that Sidonis cleared out his accounts and booked transport off Omega only before the assault. Eventually he finds out that Sidonis was spotted on the Citadel, in the company of a professional forger named Fade. Garrus has every intention of enforcing the human saying "an middle for an center" in collecting the blood debt from Sidonis and requests Shepard'south aid if time permits.

After interrogating Fade, who turns out to exist the one-time C-Sec cop Harkin, Shepard has the choice to either allow Garrus shoot Harkin in the kneecap or end him. If stopped from shooting Harkin, Garrus headbutts him instead.

Shepard tin can choose to assist Garrus' bump-off attempt on Sidonis or endeavour to warn him, though either choice secures Garrus' loyalty. If Shepard stops Garrus from killing Sidonis, a news study fabricated after by Emily Wong will inform Shepard that Sidonis has turned himself in for the murder of x people, simply C-Sec can't really take activeness against him since at that place is no regime on Omega to extradite Sidonis to.

Romance

"So... your, uh, pilus looks good. And your waist is... very supportive."

In 2185, Garrus becomes a potential romance for a female Shepard. The option becomes available afterward completing Garrus' loyalty mission. Throughout the romance, Garrus' demeanor is somewhat awkward; notwithstanding, if Shepard asks Garrus whether his beliefs suggests that he is uncomfortable with the idea, Garrus says he is simply nervous, and that Shepard never has to worry about making him uncomfortable. In these more than vulnerable moments, Garrus admits he feels very alone in the galaxy, because Shepard is the only friend he has left.

Garrus confesses he wants "something to go correct" (he mentions Sidonis and his work with C-Sec as times where he failed, implying his departure from C-Sec may non have been entirely his choice) later on which Shepard—who slowly approaches him while he talks—touches his face, stroking the scar he gained during his recruitment mission. The two of them affect foreheads affectionately, followed by Garrus reaching upwards as though to bear on Shepard's shoulder.

When Mordin notices Shepard'southward attraction to Garrus, Shepard tin ask him for advice regarding the turian, to which Mordin will warn Shepard nigh "chafing". He advises her non to ingest turian tissue, as it is based on dextro-amino acids, and can crusade an allergic reaction in Shepard's body. He then suggests that she return later for a painkiller and frontward information packets regarding turian physiology and positions comfortable for both species to Shepard'southward room.

Lair of the Shadow Broker

Afterwards defeating the Shadow Banker, Shepard may invite Liara aboard the Normandy to catch up. She asks Shepard what she's fighting for, and if it's a adventure to give Garrus peace. The Commander responds that Garrus has been injure and betrayed and that she would like to offer him something amend.

Shepard also notes that she never expected to observe happiness in the arms of a turian. Liara remarks that information technology is by no ways uncommon for a man to be attracted to an conflicting, given the widespread obsession with asari, and wishes them both happiness.

Mass Effect 3

For his gameplay attributes in Mass Effect three, run across Squad Members Guide (Mass Effect iii)#Garrus Vakarian.

"Are you lot kidding? I'm right behind you."

Garrus returns to fight the Reapers, provided he survived Shepard'southward assault on the Collector base. If Garrus did not survive the suicide mission, his name will announced on the memorial wall aboard the Normandy.

After the suicide run on the Collector Base of operations, Garrus realized what little time the galaxy had before the Reapers arrived. With the Quango still unwilling to heed, Garrus went to his father, the concluding affair he thought he'd do, relaying all the events that had started from the Eden Prime War. As unbelievable as his story was, his father, having been C-Sec, put all the pieces together and believed him. Though Primarch Fedorian was a friend of his father's, the former wasn't piece of cake to convince. Eventually, Garrus managed to gain his own "Reaper task forcefulness" as a token resources to improve turian defenses, which he hopes has bought Palaven a limited amount of time when the Reapers invaded.

Shepard encounters Garrus on Menae, one of Palaven's moons, acting as a armed forces consultant given his feel against Reaper forces. Shepard had arrived on Menae in search of Primarch Fedorian, but the turian leader has already been killed by the Reapers.

Garrus assists Shepard in seeking out the side by side primarch, General Adrien Victus, before rejoining the Normandy. He over again takes up residence in the Normandy'south main battery. When not in the main battery calibrating the guns, Garrus can often be found on the port ascertainment lounge after missions. He spends time with Ensign Copeland, Javik, and Liara on occasions.

Immediately after Palaven, the Normandy experiences technical problems due to EDI'south interface process with the synthetic recovered from Mars. If Shepard heads to the main bombardment before going to investigate the AI core, they find Garrus on the intercom with Joker, who jokingly suggests that Garrus may have miscalibrated something. Garrus quite seriously reminds him about his proficiency in that field, and Joker laughs and clarifies he was only checking.

Upon Javik'southward revival and recruitment into the squad, Garrus is amused at all the crazy things he has seen while with Shepard: a talking Reaper, a talking found (or geth, if he never experienced that), and now a real, live, talking Prothean. Garrus reflects on how Javik must be feeling: a sense of loss and a desire for revenge.

He jokingly speculates on what Javik might consume, unwilling to sacrifice himself for the team if Javik does indeed swallow "boiled asari" or "fried turian". Garrus likewise quips that if the war is lost, Shepard can exist frozen for 50,000 years, which volition turn them from "merely famous" to "legendary."

When Shepard visits the Citadel later rescuing the Primarch from Palaven, they observe Garrus at the refugee docks coordinating housing and supplies for the turian refugees. Garrus quietly reports that the turian frontline squads are getting slaughtered platoons at a time.

If Shepard asks if the wounded tin even so fight, Garrus replies that armament is in brusk supply and weapons should be given only to those nevertheless capable of bearing them. If Shepard suggests focus on caring for the wounded, Garrus isn't optimistic on their recovery. Some may go back on their feet, but sympathy is the only matter they tin can offering for the remainder.

Garrus too asks how Shepard is handling the war. Regardless of the Commander's reply, the turian advises Shepard to have a breather every now and and then.

Once the evacuation of Grissom University is completed, and if Garrus is part of the shore political party with Jack being present, aboard the Normandy he claims life wouldn't take been complete if he didn't encounter her one more time. Jack saw through Cerberus in 2185 and he might even have taken her seriously back so, only her tattoos gave him a headache every time he saw her.

Garrus has a few thoughts nearly the concluded mission if pressed. Going on a tangent related to children, he gets introspective on their lot and reactions about the war. Normally, kids grow up learning hardships here and there only overall finding the galaxy a decent place. The Reaper invasion teaches them that there are things in the dark that want to destroy everyone they cared about. Garrus muses that at the end of the war, there volition be a lot of aroused orphans looking for answers.

Garrus also wonders what the Illusive Man would do to his lieutenants for failing: if he but fires them, or if he lines them up confronting a wall to be executed. Later, he also wishes there was a Grissom Academy for turians when he was growing up: Garrus always wanted to larn how to pigment. Painting walls with Reaper claret isn't exactly the same, he claims, but it'south still a living.

Garrus admires Eve for her tenacity and backbone at having to endure the genophage afterwards the retrieval mission on Sur'Kesh. He hopes that he and Shepard can measure out up to her courage in the difficult times alee. He also jokingly asks if the krogan-turian alliance can be sealed with his bundled marriage with Eve owing to female krogan'southward liking for scars. He admits he has never seen a female krogan earlier and suggests that the females might exist the real brains on Tuchanka.

Afterwards ascertaining the fate of the Urdnot leader'southward missing krogan squad on Utukku, Garrus is in the port ascertainment lounge sharing his rachni experiences with Ensign Copeland. Garrus rebuffs Copeland'southward flattering compliments, saying almost of the time he was trying to become out of a mess, simply to land into another one.

If the mission to rescue Victus' stranded turian platoon was washed earlier dealing with the genophage, Garrus shares a drink with Liara in ane of the lounge's couches, reminiscing about his sojourn on Omega equally Archangel. In response to Liara's amused question of whether or non he killed 3 Blue Suns mercenaries with one bullet, Garrus calmly states that the tertiary guy had a heart attack and it wouldn't exist fair to count him. He also tells Shepard that he is worried nearly the bomb on Tuchanka and says that he is surprised that he was kept in the night almost it.

Afterward the bomb on Tuchanka has been disabled, Garrus is contacted over comms by the Urdnot leader (if he is present aboard the Normandy at that time).

If Wrex is present, he menaces Garrus if he knew anything virtually the flop on Tuchanka. Garrus sincerely replies that he was in the dark as much as Wrex was. Wrex laughs and admits he was just trying to see Garrus squirm: the turian replies he's exist more than happy to give the krogan lessons on relaxing provided he is given the chance. Off the comm, he recommends to Shepard that Wrex be kept away from the intercom.

If Wreav is present instead, Garrus persistently tries to shove the effect under the rug. Nowadays-day turians didn't plant the bomb anyway, and he advises the Urdnot leader to end chasing old ghosts for the sake of the krogan-turian brotherhood. Off the comm, he confides to Shepard his dislike for Wreav.

Garrus is also contacted by Javik who commends the turian decision years agone to implement a fail-prophylactic program on Tuchanka. Javik considers the turians apt for integration as a "subservient race" given their cunning and brutal efficiency. Garrus takes offense at the compliment and coats his objections in sarcasm. Javik continues on, maxim that the turians should have detonated the flop outright or used information technology equally leverage.

When an annoyed Garrus asserts that peace was the objective dorsum then, Javik defines peace as a static mode of being which doesn't prosper change. Garrus smoothly cuts the comm, having had enough, merely not before quipping that at least they all get to live another day.

Moments after the mission on Tuchanka to cure the genophage, Garrus advises Shepard to take some rest; they both know there's no room for mistakes in the war. In the interim, he has taken up the task of coordinating several dry-dock ships from the Bureaucracy for helping in the Crucible's construction.

Garrus tin be establish later in the cockpit trading jokes with Joker. When Shepard arrives, they reminisce at some length almost Mordin (if he was present during the mission). Garrus always thought he was a crazy but useful salarian: and still, he was office of the team.

Walking away from Joker and conversing with Shepard further, Garrus asks Shepard how they feel at krogan praising their name for curing the genophage. If Shepard only claims to have done information technology for the war effort, Garrus promises to make sure the turian fleets will exist in that location for Earth when the time comes. Otherwise, Garrus shows some satisfaction at being able to pull off a krogan-turian brotherhood and a cure for the genophage.

He hopes the krogan leader continues to uphold his terminate of the bargain, expressing dislike at the idea of ending another war if Wreav is the leader or joking about hiring a food taster for Wrex to ensure his survival if otherwise. Garrus imagines the carnage if some other hotheaded krogan took over from Wrex.

Despite the brotherhood, Garrus still has some reservations, doubting he could've gone with it if it wasn't Palaven that needed krogan assist. He would've looked for an alternative, or considered the salarian deal if Shepard publicly divulged it earlier.

If Shepard is sincere in curing the genophage (or lies about doing so), Garrus admires the Commander's restraint. If Shepard reveals the salarian deal just then, even Garrus finds the underhanded activeness distasteful. If Shepard expresses doubts on the krogan likewise, Garrus affirms the assessment just opines the krogan amend remember that Shepard didn't choose to let their race dice.

If Shepard did sabotage the cure (and regardless of whether they confide to Garrus about it), Garrus detects some of Shepard's disquiet and repeatedly asks how they're doing. Ultimately, he concludes their salarian doctor would non have gone with Shepard'due south position.

Afterward the foiled Cerberus insurrection, Garrus can be plant staring at the memorial wall. When Shepard joins him, he reflects on the events of the solar day. If the Virmire survivor was killed during the assault, Garrus is disquieted, hoping that due south/he has found peace. If the Virmire survivor survived again, Garrus comments on the tense state of affairs the Commander was placed in, request the Commander if they could've pulled the trigger on a friend willingly.

If the ex-Cerberus scientists have been rescued from Gellix, Garrus tin be found loitering in the Mess Hall after the mission, competing with James Vega over who has done more than amazing things. Garrus mentions busting a batarian spy ring trying to assassinate a councilor, stopping Saren with Shepard or but helping to cease Saren from the sidelines (depending on whether Shepard recruited him way back or not), and his time as Archangel on Omega. Things go along on a swaggering vein until they both settle for taking credit on recent major events that accept transpired prior to their face-off.

After the destruction of the Ardat-Yakshi Monastery on Lesuss, Garrus is once over again in the lounge conversing with Javik and Ensign Copeland almost wars by and present and the nature of its participants. If Samara was present and survived the events on Lesuss, Garrus is glad to have such a relentless ally in the war. Otherwise, he curses at the loss of an important asset.

Later on the mission to disable a geth dreadnought, Garrus expresses doubts at his abilities as a leader, since Primarch Victus gave him the responsibility to coordinate all turian fleet activities. He finds information technology difficult to take certain decisions, knowing that the lives of millions of people swivel on them.

If Shepard considers him a skillful leader, Garrus muses that a perpetual outsider's point of view is ill-suited to the challenges once he's on the within. Shepard assures him that what he's doing is no different from his C-Sec days: doing the best you can with what you lot know. If Shepard advises him not to show his doubts, Garrus reminds the Commander why he isn't a good turian: he can't follow bad orders, only he's the one giving out orders. Shepard counters that at every decision some die while others alive.

Whatever Shepard'southward stance, Garrus begins to realize the Commander's point and the necessity for leaders who don't give a damn well-nigh consequences. If the ruthless calculus of war dictates that x billion dice then that twenty billion tin live, Garrus asks if they are prepared for such sacrifice.

Following the rescue mission of Admiral Zaal'Koris vas Qwib-Qwib, Garrus establishes a connection to his father nonetheless stranded on Palaven, trying to go to the escape shuttles. Garrus's sister, Solana, broke her leg just the injury isn't life-threatening. However, the connection dies before Garrus could talk more. He silently mutters a prayer to the turian spirits, wishing to run across his family again.

After the mission on Thessia, Garrus learns that his family has successfully fled from Palaven. It is immediately followed by bad news, however, as Garrus has just advised Primarch Victus to issue a total retreat confronting the Reapers and to hold back their ships until the Crucible's completion. He has now gambled everything on the Crucible and "ruthless calculus."

If Shepard went through with curing the genophage, Garrus shifts his concerns toward Shepard'southward well-existence. Whether Shepard admits to weariness of the war or stubborn rejection of fatigue, Garrus attempts to cheer the Commander up in his chapters every bit a friend regardless of response.

If Shepard decided to sabotage the cure on Tuchanka, Garrus takes notice on how the salarians had chosen to commit resource to the war despite the genophage "cure" and wonders how the Commander had managed that, additionally asking if Wrex jumping Shepard at the Citadel had anything to exercise with it (if that happened). At this signal Shepard can either come clean or avoid the questioning.

If the Commander decides to come up make clean with this, Garrus assures Shepard that he would take done the same to save Palaven under the same drastic circumstances.

Garrus inquires whether the salarian scientist willingly went along with Shepard's plan. If the scientist did not, Shepard doesn't respond, to which Garrus swears at the war. If they did, notwithstanding, Garrus is astounded. If Mordin was the scientist, Garrus calls him a devious salarian before realizing the implication. With Wiks, Garrus just jumps to the implication of tricking Wreav.

If Wrex was once a member of Shepard's team earlier dying on Virmire, Garrus remarks that the krogan might've figured it out but his replacement brother Wreav is only besides stupid. Otherwise, he states that Wreav scares him. In whatsoever instance, Garrus opines that he can't tell the Urdnot leader what he thinks. Garrus compliments Shepard for playing both sides and asks that he exist reminded to never play poker with Shepard.

If Shepard still kept the truth from Garrus, either past mentioning "a disagreement nigh strategy" with Wrex or "careful negotiation about strategy" with the salarians otherwise, Garrus states that he won't be ane to judge if that "strategy" involved paying a toll to save Earth.

Garrus has a few more things to say after the topic on ruthless calculus. He tries to point out Thessia's fall wasn't the Commander's fault: the earth was already gone past the time they arrived. He doesn't care the Illusive Homo won this fight: the turian lost a few fights in his fourth dimension, just he always made certain the next ane belonged to him. He advises restraint against acrimony and frustration, keeping it bottled up then letting it loose to rearrange every molecule in Kai Leng's body when Shepard gets the take chances.

During one of the calmer moments in the war, Garrus invites Shepard to meet him in the D24 docking bay of the Citadel. Garrus wants to partake in 1 last entertaining activity with Shepard before the final battle with the Reapers on Earth. The two travel to the top of the Presidium, shoot beverage cans with sniper rifles, and reminisce nearly working together. If Shepard misses the 2d shot on purpose, Garrus is unable to incorporate himself and he happily proclaims: "I'm Garrus Vakarian, and this is at present my favorite spot on the Citadel." If Shepard doesn't miss, Garrus snarks most upping the difficulty by throwing in a herd of rampaging klixen next time, to "separate the rookies from the pros."

Later on the mission to Horizon, Garrus is disquieted at seeing the horrible experiments performed on the refugees. He vows to take his revenge by carving the names of the turian refugees who died at Sanctuary into the Illusive Man's skull.

During the Battle for Earth, Shepard can speak to Garrus, reflecting on how far they have come as comrades. Garrus is quite optimistic about their chances at victory and even jokes near retirement plans. Shepard can agree with him or just say that civilian life is not suitable for them. Before saying farewell, Garrus tells Shepard to go out at that place and give the Reapers hell: the Commander was built-in for this. Shepard then bids him goodbye, proverb that if they don't make it and he does, they will be looking down and always have his back.

If Shepard chooses to actuate the Crucible, Garrus, along with Joker, Cortez, and any surviving squad members, tin be seen paying their respects to Shepard, placing the Commander's name in a higher place Anderson's on the memorial mall aboard the Normandy.

If Garrus is in the squad at the final push towards the conduit, he dies in Harbinger'southward onslaught if Shepard failed to gather enough of the galaxy's military forces.

Mass Effect 3: Citadel

If Garrus is in a romantic relationship with Shepard, then he will come to her aid when Shepard is ambushed past mercenaries while on shore leave. Garrus contacts Shepard request if she is ok, having been filled in on the state of affairs by Joker. Garrus meets Shepard at the Cision Motors skycar lot where Joker extracts them with a shuttle. If they're not in a relationship then Garrus will soon join the squad at the Personal Flat to help the Commander.

Old after the clone is defeated, Garrus sends a message to Shepard asking to meet at the bar of the Silver Coast Casino. If Garrus is beingness romanced, the two roleplay a commencement date only Garrus runs out of banter ideas. He spontaneously pulls a reluctant Shepard onto the dance flooring and the two go on to tango. Alternatively, if Shepard is not romancing Garrus, they can directly him to talk with a female person turian. Garrus is conspicuously uncomfortable and his attempts to talk are clumsy, only with the Commander'south help (and beer), Garrus steels himself and starts again, making a more than positive impression.

Garrus speaks at Thane's funeral if Shepard accepts Kolyat's request to hold a memorial service. Garrus says he would not characterization Thane every bit an assassin, since how they both always covered each other in firefights, which made them partners.

Garrus is an optional invite to Shepard'due south big political party. At the beginning, he loiters with Liara and Traynor past the kitchen. In a quiet setting, he complains almost the lack of hard drinks, though in an energetic setting he dares Shepard to partake in the swill being served. He finds the apartment a skillful place to retire, its features highly-seasoned to his sniper sensibilities. If Shepard's his girlfriend, Liara calls the pad the "Shepard-Vakarian dear nest" when he announces his thoughts, though if Shepard's involved with someone else (Tali, Liara, or Traynor) Garrus himself calls attention to the pair'south "love nest" and teases most not interrupting anything they might've been "planning".

Past the second phase of the political party, he'southward hanging out with different groups of people. At an energetic party, Garrus helps Steve goad Joker over the latter'southward lack of proper sidearm training at the bar, claiming that "[a] weapon [he] tin't get to is no weapon at all." In a placidity setting, Garrus discusses beefing up the apartment's defenses with Zaeed at the balcony, if the merc is around.

By the last leg of the political party, in an energetic setting Garrus is dancing with Steve, Traynor and some other invited guests on the improvised trip the light fantastic flooring between the kitchen and the conference room. On seeing Shepard trip the light fantastic, he suggests recording and broadcasting information technology to the Reapers equally he sees iii things that may happen: they'll run away, melt down, or fall in love. If Shepard's his girlfriend, non even their human relationship can stop him from wondering what she's doing with her artillery, utterly unable to go along a straight turian face at Shepard'due south (lack of) talent.

If someone in the group starts reciting from the periodic table of the elements, he sarcastically comments how turian parties almost never terminate up with something like that happening. At the mention of "element 69", the humans in the grouping snigger while Garrus takes the time to remind them information technology'due south thulium.

In a quiet setting, Garrus makes good on some of his (and Zaeed'due south) plans for the apartment's "security", inspecting the drinking glass by the apartment'due south door, collaborating with Zaeed over comms if he's around, and initially feigning innocence when Shepard comes checking by. When questioned, Garrus enthusiastically launches into an explanation of micro-filaments - tiny explosives laid beyond the glass in a grid that shred intruders to pieces upon flipping a switch. He gets to name a proposed coffeemaker booby trap "caffeine blitz" later when the brainstorming turns to Shepard's kitchen appliances.

Garrus poses at the dorsum of the group photo Shepard assembles the whole gang for if they're simply friends, or sits side by side to her if they're in a relationship. The morning afterward the party, Garrus and Shepard wake up beside each other if they're lovers. If not, or afterward, Garrus can be seen sitting at the one of the upper floor's couches opposite of Liara, promising to cut downwards on the calibrations jokes but simply if Liara stops saying "by the goddess" herself. He's also relieved on the presence of extra bathrooms - Miranda (or Liara is she's absent) takes forever to exercise her hair (or "whatever she calls it" if referring to the asari).

Romance

"Forgive the insubordination, but your fellow has an club for you... come up dorsum alive. It'd exist an awfully empty galaxy without you lot."

Garrus is an available romance option in 2186, provided he was previously romanced in 2185. Shepard runs into Garrus while he is stationed on the moon Menae, attacking the Reapers. Not much is said about their relationship while they are fighting the Reapers, but once Garrus is aboard the Normandy, Shepard can visit him in the main battery. It is here where Garrus asks where they stand and if she still has feelings for him, jokingly recalling that she had an allure towards scarred men and that he is more than willing to become more if it will better his chances. Shepard has the option to either end things with Garrus hither, or to continue the human relationship past kissing his scar and confessing that she missed him.

During the course of the journey, Shepard can provide emotional support for Garrus, who is worried near his family unit on Palaven and virtually being asked for communication by the Primarch, something he is not used to. Garrus, in plow, tries to help cheer Shepard up when the pressure of the state of war begins to be as well much for her to bear.

On the Citadel, Garrus asks to meet up with Shepard and they ride off to the Presidium in a skycar. It is here where Garrus asks her if she is ready to commit to a human relationship and "ready to be a one turian kind of adult female." If pursued, Shepard volition say that "the only thing that fabricated leaving Earth bearable was knowing [he was] out there" and that she loves him and the 2 kiss. Subsequently, Garrus challenges her to a bottle shooting round with sniper rifles similar to the regular run into, except that if Shepard misses the shot, Garrus will say, "There, there, it's okay. I know in that location are other things y'all're good at" after declaring the spot his "favorite spot on the Citadel."

Before heading to the Illusive Man'south base, Garrus meets Shepard in her quarters and offers to continue her company. Later Shepard wakes upwards from another dream and admits that she's worried she hasn't washed enough, Garrus reassures her that they could have died at any moment earlier, only they are still live at present and have faced dangerous risks before.

Later attacking Cerberus Headquarters, Shepard can find Tali and Garrus talking in the main battery. When she thank you the ii for believing her since the beginning, Garrus will answer that "[she] gave [him] some incentive."

Back on Earth, Garrus jokes about retiring with Shepard to "somewhere warm and tropical" and "find[ing] out what a turian-homo babe looks like," though Shepard may opt to say that adoption is likely a ameliorate choice due to their incompatible biology to which Garrus replies there will be a lot of lilliputian krogan effectually soon, or that they probably wouldn't brand very practiced parents anyway, to which Garrus asks whether Shepard is scared that "Daddy'south rifle collection might scare junior." Shepard is jokingly concerned that instead he might similar it, and that having two practiced killers in the family was more than enough. Garrus then says that if everything goes bad, to come across her at the bar in heaven. Earlier departing, Garrus gives her an order to come back alive earlier they osculation. If the Commander chooses to comfort Garrus further, Shepard says that if she dies and he doesn't, she will always be watching over him, and he volition never be alone.

During the charge to the beam, Garrus may exist wounded by an exploding vehicle, forth with another squad mate. Shepard calls in the Normandy in and carries Garrus to the Normandy, where she tells the Normandy crew to have him and go. Garrus refuses to get out Shepard, but she insists that he doesn't argue and that she volition always love him, property his face. Later on a brief silence, Garrus will say that he too loves Shepard but before she sprints for the beam and the Normandy departs.

If Shepard chooses to actuate the Crucible, Garrus volition exist the last person Shepard sees before ending the Reaper threat.

If Shepard chooses to command the Reapers or merge organic and synthetic life, Garrus volition be seen placing Shepard's name on the memorial wall, or, if Shepard chooses to destroy the Reapers and enough of the galaxy's forces have been mustered, he will smile and refrain from placing the plaque, and the Normandy is seen flying off.

If Shepard chose to merge organic and synthetic life, Garrus will place the Commander's proper noun on the memorial wall. Subsequently that, he volition share a hug with EDI.

If neither Garrus nor Tali'Zorah vas Normandy are romanced in 2185, they enter a romantic human relationship with each other and Shepard may walk in on them embracing each other in the Master Battery. Caught in the act, they both make a hasty excuse that one of Garrus's mandibles may have gotten hooked on Tali's helmet, and that Tali asked for him to check for a rupture. Shepard tin can tell them that they are happy for the ii of them, and the two give thanks the Commander. Garrus says that it helps knowing that at that place is something to go back to, to which Tali replies that the relationship is a fling and she is "using [him] for [his] trunk." Garrus responds past saying "You're so mean... and I'thousand okay with that."

Trivia

• Forth with Ashley, Garrus is ane of the "affiche" characters for Mass Result and appears on most of the promotional art and demo footage.
• During the Xbox 360 demo, a conversation with Garrus was used to demonstrate the dialogue system, where Shepard interrupted Garrus' complaint about endangering the mission to rescue civilians, and ordered the turian to fall in line.
• There is currently a problems on the PC version of Mass Effect where even on Ultra-High particular, Garrus' face is remarkably low textured. This is known by the developers of the game, who have said that a patch is not currently in the works and well-nigh likely never volition be, since due to the way the game is made, it would require a multi-gigabyte patch to fix. It can exist mitigated, withal, by modifying the BIOEngine.ini file in the game'due south install directory.^{[1] [2]} This is one of many graphical aspects to accept been fully resolved in Mass Effect Legendary Edition.
• Garrus' trademark visor is explained to be a custom targeting visor based on the turian version of the Kuwashii Visor. Information technology holds great personal significance to him, as he is never seen without information technology, even during his romance subplot. He too has the names of his former Omega team members carved into the frame, removing Sidonis' after his betrayal.
• Early promotional screenshots for the commencement Mass Event show Garrus would originally exist able to wear heavy turian armor; even so, this was scrapped afterwards during development. As of Mass Consequence ii, heavy turian armor is his default outfit.
• Shepard and Garrus' relationship is, to a degree, one of mentor and protegé, respectively, as Garrus usually seeks out Shepard'south communication and opinions regarding missions and ever follows Shepard's example.
• As observed in the E3 2006 and X06 demos, Garrus underwent many revisions, including changes to his visor, turian insignia markings, and armor.
• Author Patrick Weekes pegs Garrus Vakarian's age at 2-4 years younger than Shepard.^[3]
• Garrus was not originally intended to be romanceable. Fan feedback for the outset Mass Event game allowed him to become an selection for female Shepards.^[iv]
• As with all team members, Garrus has unique dialogue that can be heard at various locations, during missions or assignments, or if a specific team member is in the selected team.
• The Shadow Broker has files on Garrus which can be accessed aboard his transport.

References

1. ↑ http://meforums.bioware.com/forums/viewtopic.html?topic=691470&forum=125&sp=0
2. ↑ https://www.reddit.com/r/masseffect/comments/15ybzn/advice_for_anyone_playing_through_mass_effect_1/
3. ↑ https://twitter.com/PatrickWeekes/status/211110027774275585
4. ↑ https://www.thegamer.com/mass-issue-garrus-romance-shepard/

	Mass Effect Squad
	Ashley Williams • Garrus Vakarian • Kaidan Alenko Liara T'Soni • Tali'Zorah nar Rayya • Urdnot Wrex

	Mass Effect 2 Squad
	Garrus Vakarian • Grunt • Jack • Jacob Taylor • Kasumi Goto • Legion • Miranda Lawson Mordin Solus • Morinth • Samara • Tali'Zorah vas Neema • Thane Krios • Zaeed Massani

	Mass Effect three Squad
	Ashley Williams • EDI • Garrus Vakarian • James Vega Javik • Kaidan Alenko • Liara T'Soni • Tali'Zorah vas Normandy

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