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Extraterrestrials appear in many video games in a variety of styles. Sometimes they're evil, sometimes they're benevolent, and sometimes they're very similar to humans.
This concept occurs in many RPGs and Sci-Fi games. The Ancient Advanced Civilization Technology is often a giant weapon (Halo Rings, Giant of Babil, etc.) that becomes a major plot focus in the stories of these games.
The End of Days. A concept often used in video games. In most games: the protagonists are working to prevent it, although sometimes the goal is to actually bring about Armageddon yourself.
The Citadel Council is the governing body of the Citadel. As the authority of Citadel space, they help settle disputes between governments and maintain law and order through the use of there covert agents, The Spectres.
A device used in many games with vast open worlds, to travel instantaneously from one place to another. It sometime appears in the form of an item or skill.
A ship or object travels faster than the speed of light to reach distant locations. An example is the Mass Relay system in Mass Effect.
The mysterious organisms, or machines, that tend to the maintenance of The Citadel. Little is known about these aphid like workers.
The titular concept upon which much of the technology in the Mass Effect series is based.
A narrative that takes an unexpected turn. Commonly, plot twists come in the form of revealing that the player character is not actually who they thought.
The Protheans were once believed to be a single race that spanned the known galaxy with a mighty empire. But it has been revealed that in fact 'Protheans' were a mix of all known alien species unified under one name and empire. 'They' were wiped out by the reapers.
A superweapon is a structure or character with amazing powers and amazing costs. This weapon can turn the battle to its owner's side single-handedly, but is usually the most expensive and time consuming to construct.
The political and military face of humanity in the Mass Effect universe.
In the Mass Effect franchise, the Reapers are a hyper-advanced machine race that appear periodically every 50,000 years to bring a close to a "cycle" in which the Reapers harvest all the advanced forms of life.
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