History Characters / MassFoundations

* BiTheWay: Implied, as Liara had feelings towards her. However, Liara insists they were JustFriends.
* TheGhost: We don't ever see her but plenty of characters talk about her in ''Redemption in the Stars''. It's justified because her body was beyond recognition since the Courier had trouble identifying her, being burnt to hell like that.
* HeroOfAnotherStory: She was this in ''Redemption in the Stars''.

* DisappearedDad: Her father disappeared while on a routine mission.

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[[folder:Introduced in ''All the World's a Stage'']]
!![=Jocelyn Song (aka the Lone Wanderer)=]
Raised in Vault 101 by her father James after her mother died, she was forced to leave when he left the vault to restart Project Purity. She eventually found him but the reunion was short; the [[VideoGame/Fallout2 Enclave]] arrived in the Capital Wasteland, intending to control the project for themselves. Her father sacrificed himself, allowing Jocelyn to flee. She joined up with the Brotherhood of Steel and took back the Jefferson Memorial. Sometime after the deaths of Sarah Lyons and her father, the Brotherhood had regressed to their old ways of hoarding technology, causing her to [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere leave the Brotherhood]]. If you want to see more tropes of her canonical counterpart, go [[Characters/Fallout3LoneWandererAndCompanions here]].

* ActionGirl: She's female and she kicks ass. What else is there? It's surprising that she and the Doctor get along so well.
* AllLovingHero: See NiceGirl below for more.
* AmazonianBeauty / StatuesqueStunner: She's described as being built like a power-house. WordOfGod says it's a literal interpretation of the [[IncrediblyLamePun "strong female protagonist"]] trope.
* BrokenHero: Despite being kicked out of Vault 101 and with her father dead and either most of her friends killed or missing, it was a miracle she managed to hold it together. See HurtingHero below for more.
* DropTheHammer: She has a super sledge and makes good use of it.
* EmpoweredBadassNormal: Alongside her PowerArmor, dialogue between the Doctor and Jocelyn revealed that she has the Monocyte Breeder, the same one the Courier has. In addition, they've aided her greatly in battle without much issue.
* FriendToAllChildren: She's quite friendly towards the boy in the church. Later, as the Malfested were attacking the town, she rescued him from a burning down mansion.
* GeniusBruiser: Intelligent and able to grasp some of the things the Doctor says to her, Jocelyn logs around a Super Sledge and able to hold off a horde of enemies. In the epilogue, she's seen applying mathematical formulas on a chalkboard, impressing the Doctor.
* HurtingHero: As if losing her dad during the events of VideoGame/{{Fallout 3}} wasn't enough, both Sarah and Owen Lyons died not long afterward, which caused the Brotherhood of Steel to reject the Elder's ways. It was implied she believed the Courier, who turned out to be a friend of her's, was dead. [[spoiler:She tried to encourage Pyrrha to come with her but she refused.]] [[TheWoobie Poor gal can't catch a break.]]
* KnightInShiningArmor: She described herself as such. It helps that she's wearing a pretty large set of PowerArmor and she's friendly and helpful to everyone she meets. She's also a former Knight of the Brotherhood of Steel. See KnightErrant below.
* KnightErrant: What [[spoiler:Tira]] described her as.
* NiceGirl: You better believe it. She was friendly towards everyone and willing to save people's lives, including members of the Brotherhood of Steel. She even told [[spoiler:Pyrrha that she and the Doctor would find a way to get rid of her manifestation.]] But that doesn't mean she can't hold out on her own.
* TheMusketeer: Not with a sword, mind you, but with a [[DropTheHammer super sledge]].
* NamesTheSame: Shares the same last name as River Song. The Doctor (jokingly) asks if she's related to River but she rebukes that quickly.
* PowerArmor: She wears a set of [[VideoGame/{{Fallout4}} T-60 power armor]].
* TragicKeepsake: The Lone Wanderer has the Courier's [[VideoGame/FalloutNewVegas Holorifle]]. Judging by her comments, she thinks he died some time ago though she isn't so sure about it.
* TwoferTokenMinority: The Lone Wanderer is this, being female and Afro-Asian (half-Asian and half-black if you're wondering).
* WeHelpTheHelpless: Her motivation for getting involved.

Born and raised in Boston to an Irish immigrant father and a Puerto Rican mother, he had just graduated from high school and was on his way to attending at MIT. However, while he was on a vacation at Angkor Wat with his family, a strange orb transported him to the Franchise/MassEffect universe, two years prior to the events of the first game.

* NiceGuy: At least to a degree.
* OrdinaryHighSchoolStudent: He had just graduated from high school and well on his way to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology before winding up in the Mass Effect universe.
* ParentalNeglect: Implied by the narration to be a victim of this by his father.

* DeadpanSnarker: She had her moments.

* SupremeChef: See RealMenCook above.

* ActionGirl: Ya think?

* HurtingHero: As if losing her dad during the events of VideoGame/{{Fallout 3}} wasn't enough, both Sarah and Owen Lyons died not long afterwards, which caused the Brotherhood of Steel to reject the Elder's ways. It was implied she believed the Courier, who turned out to be a friend of her's, was dead. [[spoiler:She tried to encourage Pyrrha to come with her but she refused.]] Poor gal can't catch a break.

* SupremeChef: See RealmMenCook above.

* SensitiveManToManlyMan: The Manly Man to Eric's Sensitive Man.

!![=Garrett Pitt]

!![=Garrett Pitt=}

He started out as a courier, making a living delivering packages until one day, Benny stole his package, a Platinum Chip, and left him for dead. He survived the double tap and recovered. After taking care of Benny, he assisted the NCR against Caesar's Legion, ensuring their victory and control of Hoover Dam. Years later, after having a near-death experience, he tried to improve his Transportalponder. Instead, it transported him to the Mass Effect universe. If you want to see more tropes of his canonical counterpart, go [[Characters/FalloutNewVegasTheCourier here]].

* MixedAncestry: He was described has having multiple Asian and Hispanic traits and had a medium skin tone, thanks to his ancestors living in [[VideoGame/Fallout1 Vault]] [[VideoGame/Fallout2 15]].

* TheGhost: We don't ever see her but plenty of characters talk about her in ''Redemption in the Stars''. In ''A New Day'', Eric looks her up on the Extranet. In ''Redemption in the Stars'', it's justified since her body was beyond recognition, since the Courier had trouble identifying her, being burnt to hell like that.
* HeroOfAnotherStory: She was this in ''Redemption in the Stars'' and ''A New Day''.

* FishOutOfTemporalWater: Somewhat adverted. While Eric had a decent grasp of the Franchise/MassEffect universe, he was still surprised by a fair number of things there. It was told that he hasn't played any of the games for several months prior to his arrival, which meant that he doesn't have complete knowledge of the setting.

* ParentalNeglect: Implied by the narration to be a victim of this by his father. Though in a flashback, it wasn't always like this.

!![=Luke Clay=]
Married to Natalie, he first met her at San Francisco when he was on shore leave.
* HappilyMarried: With Natalie.
* RealMenCook: It was stated he opened up a restaurant after serving in the Alliance Navy. Eric noticed how good his pizza was.
* SupremeChef

[[folder:Introduced in ''All the World's a Stage'' and other spin-offs]]

* EmpoweredBadassNormal: Along with her PowerArmor, dialogue between the Doctor and Jocelyn revealed that she has the Monocyte Breeder, the same one the Courier has. In addition, they've aided her greatly in battle without much issue.

* GeniusBruiser: Intelligent and able to grasp some of the things the Doctor says to her, Jocelyn logs around a Super Sledge and able to hold off a horde of enemies.

* MixedAncestry: He was described has having multiple Asian and Hispanic traits and had olive skin, thanks to his ancestors living in [[VideoGame/Fallout1 Vault]] [[VideoGame/Fallout2 15]].

* MixedAncestry: He was described has having multiple Asian and Hispanic traits and had tanned skin, thanks to his ancestors living in [[VideoGame/Fallout1 Vault]] [[VideoGame/Fallout2 15]].

* AntiHero: Somewhere between a PragmaticHero and an UnscrupulousHero. To start, he killed a batarian thug, stopping him from mugging him and looted the corpse for anything of value to use. He agreed to work with Cerberus on a project to repair his [[TeleportersAndTransporters Transportalponder]], [[spoiler: abandoned Liara and Feron at the mercy of Tazzik when things turned for the worse in their pursuit of Shepard]], and took a Blue Suns centurion hostage to extract information on Liara's and Feron's coordinates from her comrades. On the other hand, he assisted the [[TheFederation NCR]] during his travels in the Mojave, according to the narration. He was also squeamish working with Cerberus but didn't see much of a choice but to go along.

* TallDarkAndSnarky: He stands at 6'1" and he has dark brown hair and eyes, and tanned skin. For the snarky part, see DeadpanSnarker.

* BiTheWay: Implied, as Liara had feelings towards her. However, she insists they were JustFriends.

* TheGhost: We don't ever see her but plenty of characters talk about her in ''Redemption in the Stars''. In ''A New Day'', Eric looks her up on the Extranet. In ''Redemption in the Stars'', it's justified since her body was beyond recognition. The Courier had trouble identifying her gender, being burnt to hell like that.

* NiceGuy: At least to a degree.

* ActionGirl

* FriendToAllChildren: She's quite friendly towards the boy in the church. Later, she rescued him from a crumbling mansion.

* NamesTheSame: Shares the same last name as River Song. The Doctor (jokingly) asks if she's related to River but she rebukes that.
* PowerArmor: Wears a set of [[VideoGame/{{Fallout4}} T-60 power armor]].
* TragicKeepsake: The Lone Wanderer has the Courier's [[VideoGame/FalloutNewVegas Holorifle]]. Judging by her comments, she thinks he died some time ago but she isn't so sure about it.
* TwoferTokenMinority: The Lone Wanderer is this, being female and Afro-Asian (half-Asian and half-black).

Born and raised in Boston to an Irish immigrant father and a Puerto Rican, he had just graduated from high school and was on his way to attending at MIT. However, while he was on a vacation at Angkor Wat with his family, a strange orb transported him to the Franchise/MassEffect universe, two years prior to the events of the first game.

* NeverFoundTheBody: Judging by Jocelyn's TragicKeepsake turning out to be his Holorifle and her remarks about him, it's implied she and possibly other people believed that he died some time ago.

* TragicKeepsake: The Lone Wanderer has the Courier's [[VideoGame/FalloutNewVegas Holorifle]]. Judging by her comments, she thinks he died some time ago.

* AmazonianBeauty: She's described as being built like a power-house. WordOfGod says it's a literal interpretation of the [[IncrediblyLamePun "strong female protagonist"]] trope.

* EmpoweredBadassNormal: It's shown and stated that he has [[{{Cyborg}} several cybernetic implants]], including the Monocyte Breeder, allowing him to [[HealingFactor heal more quickly than a normal human]]. It helps him in most fights, but not against the Harbinger-possessed Collector's biotic powers. Nevertheless, he does manage to hold out on his own.

* HurtingHero: As if losing her dad during the events of VideoGame/{{Fallout3}} wasn't enough, both Sarah and Owen Lyons died not long afterwards, which caused the Brotherhood of Steel to reject the Elder's ways. It was implied she believed the Courier, who turned out to be a friend of her's, was dead. [[spoiler:She tried to encourage Pyrrha to come with her but she refused.]] Poor gal can't catch a break.

* EmpoweredBadassNormal: It's shown and stated that he has [[{{Cyborg}} several cybernetic implants]], including the Monocyte Breeder, allowing him to [[HealingFactor heal more quickly than a normal human]]. It helps him in most fights, but not against the Harbinger-possessed Collector's biotic powers. Nevertheless, he does manage to hold himself up in a fight.

* EmpoweredBadassNormal: It's shown and stated that he has [[{{Cyborg}} several cybernetic implants]], including the Monocyte Breeder, allowing him to [[HealingFactor heal more quickly than a normal human]]. It helps him in most fights, but not against [[spoiler:the Harbinger-possessed Collector's biotic powers.]] Nevertheless, he does manage to hold himself up in a fight.
* GuileHero: Whenever he faces against someone more powerful than him, he resorts to guerrilla tactics and dirty tricks suitable for a CombatPragmatist, like [[spoiler: sliding a grenade across underneath the Harbinger-possessed Collector's feat in a surprise attack.]] He is shown to be pretty persuasive, like convincing Aria to give him and his friends the location of Shepard's body.

* NeverFoundTheBody: Judging by Jocelyn's TragicKeepsake being his Holorifle and her comments about him, it's implied she and probably other people believed he died some time ago.

* TallDarkAndSnarky: His height's 6'1" and he has dark brown hair and eyes, and tanned skin. For the snarky part, see DeadpanSnarker.

Born to military parents, Madison spent her life being transferred from posting to posting. Following in her parents' footsteps, she enlisted to the Alliance navy at age 18, becoming an N7 years later. She was assigned on an expedition to Akuze, her patrol was attacked by thresher maws, leaving her as the sole survivor. By the time of [[VideoGame/MassEffect1 ME1]], she was assigned to the SSV Normandy and sent on a mission to Eden Prime for a Prothean beacon. After finding that Saren, a turian Spectre, was responsible for the attack on the planet, the Citadel Council made her a Spectre and sent her on a mission to hunt him down. She eventually did, stopping him and the Reaper Sovereign from bringing back the Reapers and saving the Council. A month later, the Collectors attacked the Normandy and she perished in the attack. If you want to see her canonical counterpart, go [[Characters/MassEffectCommanderShepard here]].

* TheStoic: Not a lot of things had fazed him, though he [[NotSoStoic cracked up]] when [[spoiler: Christina was badly injured]].

* LastBreathBullet: [[spoiler: She gets shot as the frigate's door is about to close by the Shadow Broker's guards who hid out on a catwalk. She doesn’t die, but ends up badly injured.]]

* DroppedABridgeOnHim: [[spoiler: He died off-screen when the Courier and Christina rescued Liara from captivity.]]
* MauveShirt: He serves a minor role at the end of the third chapter and some of the fourth [[spoiler:before being killed off-screen]].
* WeHardlyKnewYe: Aside from him serving in an Alliance squad called Team Bravo and had a racist and ruthless streak, we didn't know much about him before he died.

* BollywoodNerd: Not only was she a RareFemaleExample but a downplayed example as well. She was described as having Indian features. The only sign of her as a nerd was when she was playing a video game.

* AllLovingHero: See NiceGuy below for more.

* KnightInShiningArmor: She described herself as such. It helps that she's wearing a pretty large set of PowerArmor and she's friendly and helpful to everyone she meets. She's also a former Knight of the Brotherhood. See KnightErrant below.

* [[NiceGuy Nice Gal]]: You better believe it. She was friendly towards everyone and willing to save people's lives, including members of the Brotherhood of Steel. She even told [[spoiler:Pyrrha that she and the Doctor would find a way to get rid of her manifestation.]] But that doesn't mean she can't hold out on her own.

* NamesTheSame: Shares the same last name as River Song. The Doctor (jokingly) asks if she's related to River but she rebukes that.

He started out as, well, a courier, making a living delivering packages until one day when Benny stole his package, a Platinum Chip, and left him for dead. He survived the double tap and recovered. After taking care of Benny, he assisted the NCR against Caesar's Legion, ensuring their victory and control of Hoover Dam. Years later, after having a near-death experience, he tried to improve his Transportalponder. Instead, it transported him to the Mass Effect universe. If you want to see more tropes of his canonical counterpart, go [[Characters/FalloutNewVegasTheCourier here]].

He started out as well, a courier, making a living delivering packages until one day when Benny stole his package, a Platinum Chip, and left him for dead. He survived the double tap and recovered. After taking care of Benny, he assisted the NCR against Caesar's Legion, ensuring their victory and control of Hoover Dam. Years later, after having a near-death experience, he tried to improve his Transportalponder. Instead, it transported him to the Mass Effect universe. If you want to see more tropes of his canonical counterpart, go [[Characters/FalloutNewVegasTheCourier here]].

* GuileHero: He has shades of this, such as his attempt to persuade Aria to give him the location of Shepard's body.

* NotInThisForYourRevolution: His primary motivation was to fix his Transportalponder and find a way home. But when he and Lynch's team infiltrated the base on Allingon, he was willing to rescue Liara from captivity and chose to distract the Collector while she took Shepard's body to a safe place.
* TallDarkAndSnarky: He's described as being 6'1", having dark brown hair and eyes, and tanned skin. For the snarky part, see DeadpanSnarker.

Born and raised in Boston to an Irish immigrant father and a Puerto Rican, he had just graduated from high school and was on his way to attending at MIT. However, while at Angkor Wat on a vacation with his family, a strange orb had transported him to the Franchise/MassEffect universe, two years prior to the events of the two game.

He started out as well, a courier, making a living delivering packages until one day when Benny stole his package, a Platinum Chip, and left him for dead. He survived the double tap and recovered. After taking care of Benny, he assisted the NCR against Caesar's Legion, ensuring their victory and control of Hoover Dam. Years later, after having a near-death experience, he tried to improve his Transportalponder. Instead, it transported him to the Mass Effect universe. If you want to see more tropes of the canonical counterpart of the Courier, go [[Characters/FalloutNewVegasTheCourier here]].

* GuileHero: He has elements of this, such as his attempt to persuade Aria to give him the location of Shepard's body.

Raised in Vault 101 by her father James after her mother died, she was forced to leave when he left the vault to restart Project Purity. She eventually found him but the reunion was short; the [[VideoGame/Fallout2 Enclave]] arrived in the Capital Wasteland, intending to control the project for themselves. Her father sacrificed himself, allowing Jocelyn to flee. She joined up with the Brotherhood of Steel and took back the Jefferson Memorial. Sometime after the deaths of Sarah Lyons and her father, the Brotherhood had regressed to their old ways of hoarding technology, causing her to leave the Brotherhood. If you want to see more tropes of the canonical counterpart of Lone Wanderer, go [[Characters/Fallout3LoneWandererAndCompanions here]].

* {{Privateer}}: Like David Lynch, she was a former member of the Corsairs before joining up with Cerberus.

Raised in Vault 101 with her father James after her mother died, she was forced to leave when he left the vault to restart Project Purity. She eventually found him but the reunion was short; the [[VideoGame/Fallout2 Enclave]] arrived in the Capital Wasteland, intending to control the project for themselves. Her father sacrificed himself, allowing Jocelyn to flee. She joined up with the Brotherhood of Steel and took back the Jefferson Memorial. Sometime after the deaths of Sarah Lyons and her father, the Brotherhood had regressed to their old ways of hoarding technology, causing her to leave the Brotherhood. If you want to see more tropes of the canonical counterpart of Lone Wanderer, go [[Characters/Fallout3LoneWandererAndCompanions here]].

[[folder:Introduced in Redemption in the Stars]]

!![=Ethan Sunderland=]
Also known as [[VideoGame/FalloutNewVegas the Courier]]. He started out as a, well, courier, making a living delivering packages until one day when Benny stole his package, a Platinum Chip, and left him for dead. He survived the double tap and recovered. After taking care of Benny, he assisted the NCR against Caesar's Legion, ensuring their victory and control of Hoover Dam. Years later, after having a near-death experience, he tried to improve his Transportalponder. Instead, it transported him to the Mass Effect universe. If you want to see more tropes of the Courier from Fallout canon, go [[Characters/FalloutNewVegasTheCourier here]].

* AntiHero: Somewhere between a PragmaticHero and an UnscrupulousHero. To start, he killed a batarian thug, stopping him from mugging him and looted the corpse for anything of value to use. He agreed to work with Cerberus on a project to repair his [[TeleportersAndTransporters Transportalponder]](though he was not happy about it himself), [[spoiler: abandoned Liara and Feron at the mercy of Tazzik when things turned for the worse during their pursuit of Shepard]], and took a Blue Suns Centurion hostage to extract information on Liara's and Feron's coordinates from her comrades. On the other hand, he assisted the [[TheFederation NCR]] during his travels in the Mojave, according to the narration. He was also squeamish working with Cerberus but didn't see much of the choice but to go along.

!![=David Lynch=]

* TheStoic: Not a lot of things had fazed him, though he [[NotSoStoic cracked up]] when [[spoiler: Christina was badly wounded]].

* MauveShirt: [[spoiler: Subverted. While it appeared she had died as the frigate took off, it's heavily implied that Christina will survive her injuries.]]

* TheBigGuy

* MauveShirt
* WeHardlyKnewYe: Aside from him serving in a squad called Team Bravo and had a racist streak, we didn't know much about him before he died.

[[folder:Introduced in A New Day]]

* MixedAncestry: Half-white from his Irish father and half-Hispanic from his Puerto Rican mother.

* ParentalNeglect: Implied by the narration to be a victim of this from his father. Though in a flashback, it wasn't always like this.

* [[TheSmartGuy The Smart Gal]: She's an engineer, so that's to be expected.

* TheStotic: Not a lot of things had fazed him, though he [[NotSoStotic cracked up]] when [[spoiler: Christina was badly wounded]].

* CombatEngineer

* [[TheSmartGuy The Smart Gal]: She's an engineer, so that's expected.

* DroppedABridgeOnHim: [[spoiler: He died offscreen when the Courier and Christina rescured Liara from captivity.]]

* GenreSavvy: Eric displayed this trope a few times in the fic so far. In one instance when he woke up at the hospital in the first chapter, he quickly figured out that he was in the Franchise/MassEffect universe by noticing a few things that felt off to him. Subverted in the prologue when he found himself in an inescapable room with the orb. He was tempted to touch it but thought better of it. But that didn't help him much in the end.
* OrdinaryHighSchoolStudent: Though he had just graduated from high school and well on his way to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology before winding up in the Mass Effect universe.

* MauveShirt: [[Spoiler: Subverted. While it appeared she had died as the frigate took off, it's heavily implied that Christina will survive her injuries.]]

* WeHardlyKnewYee

* GenreSavvy: Eric displayed this trope a few times in the fic so far. In one instance when he woke up at the hospital in the first chapter, he quickly figured out that he was in the Franchise/MassEffect universe by noticing a few things that felt off to him.
** Subverted in the prologue when he found himself in an inescapable room with the orb. He was tempted to touch it but thought better of it. But that didn't help him much in the end.