Saren Arterius in Mass Effect

The Mass Effect Web site continues to post spotlights and other features about the upcoming game. Here's the latest profile on Saren Arterius.

Saren Arterius is the longest-serving Turian member of the Spectres—the elite military operatives answering directly to the Citadel Council. For 24 years he has been an agent of the Council's will, a zealous defender of galactic stability in the unsettled border region of the Skyllian Verge.

Saren Arterius.

Official records of Spectres are sealed, but it is known that Saren followed Turian tradition and entered the military at the age of 15. In 2155, he was promoted to active service after only a year of training, though it is unclear whether his unit was involved in any of the battles against human forces during the First Contact War of 2157.

In 2159, he became the youngest Turian ever accepted into the Spectres. Intelligent, cunning and capable, Saren quickly developed a reputation for ruthless efficiency. Although there were a number of unsettling rumors about the brutality of his methods, there was no denying his results.

He's the longest-serving Turian member of the Spectres.

In recent years, Saren has become an outspoken opponent of human expansion. Like many other non-humans, he believes the Alliance has become overly aggressive in its efforts to establish the people of Earth as a dominant species in Citadel space. As a Spectre, it is generally believed he will continue to follow the will of the Council in this matter, but there are some—particularly among the Alliance—who fear Saren may soon decide to take matters into his own hands.

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